Lutzer
Pennsylvania German
editNoun
editLutzer f (plural Lutzre)
- lantern
- 1938, poem published in the journal of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, page 26:
- Der Feiervoggel baut ken Nescht,
Er singt net in de Baem;
Er hot en Lutzer hinne fescht.- The firefly doesn't build a nest,
He doesn't sing in the trees;
He has a lantern affixed behind [him].
- The firefly doesn't build a nest,
- 1938, poem published in the journal of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, page 26:
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- Albert F. Buffington, A Pennsylvania German grammar (1954)