Weeze

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Weizen, Dutch weit, English wheat.

Noun

Weeze m

1. wheat
   • 1988, Pierce Edward Swope, "Wie ich en Bu waar", in Earl C. Haag, A Pennsylvania German Anthology, page 271.

     Wann mer Mischt un Kallick uffs Land hot, noh hot's en Latt Weeze gewwe.

     When one has manure and lime on the land, then it gave a lot of wheat.

Derived terms

• Weezemehl