Deitsch

See also: deitsch

Hunsrik

Alternative forms
  • taytx (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German diutsc, from Old High German diutisc, diutisk (“popular, vernacular”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of the people, popular”), an adjective from *þeudō (“people”) (compare Old English þēod), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Cognate with German Deutsch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taɪ̯t͡ʃ/

Noun

Deitsch n

  1. German (language)
    Sprechst-du Deitsch?
    Do you speak German?
  2. Hunsrik (language)

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German diutsc, from Old High German diutisc, diutisk (“popular, vernacular”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of the people, popular”), an adjective from *þeudō (“people”) (compare Old English þēod), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Cognate with German Deutsch.

Proper noun

Deitsch

  1. the German or Pennsylvania German language
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