döksch

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• dütsch
• deitsch (Moselle Franconian)
• deutsch (variant from standard German)

Etymology

From Old High German *diudisc, northern variant of diutisc, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, with the regular Ripuarian velarization -iud- → -ög- (as in höck from hiudu, hiutu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /døkʃ/

Adjective

döksch (masculine döksche, feminine and plural döksche or döksch, comparative dökscher, superlative et dökschte)

1. (central and eastern Ripuarian, widely archaic) German, of Germany