Oschderhaas
Pennsylvania German
editEtymology
editCompound of Oschder (“Easter”) + Haas (“rabbit”). Compare German Osterhase.
Noun
editOschderhaas m (plural Oschderhaase)
- Easter Bunny
- 2013, Richard Savidge Hegins, “'S iss Friehyaahr im Daal”, in Hiwwe wie Driwwe, volume 17, number 1, page 16:
- Sundaag iss Oschder, noh kummt der Oscherhaas.
- On Sunday it's Easter, now the Easterbunny comes.