Wedderfrösch
Central Franconian
editAlternative forms
edit- See the two component words below.
Etymology
editFrom Wedder (“weather”) + Frösch (“frog”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWedderfrösch m (plural Wedderfrösch)
- (Ripuarian) a frog kept in a jar with a small ladder, used to predict the weather; see German Wetterfrosch for more
- 1975, “Wenn de Sonn schön schingk”[1]performed by Bläck Fööss:
- De Mamm hät der Drieh jetz endlich rus:
Hück bliev der Papa brav zo Hus.
Ejal, wat der Wedderfrösch verzällt,
Dat Barometer nit mieh fällt.- Mum has really figured it out now:
Dad will be good today and stay at home.
No matter what the weather frog says,
The barometer won’t fall anymore.
- Mum has really figured it out now: