deitsch

See also: Deitsch

Bavarian

Etymology

Cognate with German deutsch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̥ai̯t͡ʃ/

Noun

deitsch

1. German

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German diutsc, from Old High German diutisk, diutisc (“popular, vernacular”), which see for more. Cognate to German deutsch.

Adjective

deitsch

1. (Silesian, Erzgebirgisch) German

   Deitsch und frei woll mr sei und do bleim mr aa drbei.

   German and free is what we want to be and that's what we'll stick to. (Anton Günther)

Related terms

• neideitsch
• Deitschland

Further reading

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31
• https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/d.deitsch_1.wort

Hunsrik

Etymology

See Deitsch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪ̯t͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯t͡ʃ
• Syllabification: deitsch
• Homophone: Deitsch

Adjective

deitsch

1. German (of, from or relating to Germany)
   • 2018, Pronila Krug, “Varum Deutsch un net Taitsch? [Why “Deutsch” and not “Taitsch”?]”, in Crônicas da Pronila [Pronila's Chorincles] (overall work in Portuguese and Hunsrik), Ivoti: Z MultiEditora, →ISBN, page 108:

     Di Hunsrikschprooch komt fun de Taitsch Keechend woh de selwiche nohme hat — Hunsrik.

     The Hunsrik language comes from the German region of the same name — Hunsrik.

   • 2021, Piter Kehoma Boll, “deitsch”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 33, column 1:

     Ich lieve deitsche Mussik […]

     I love German music.

Declension

Declension of deitsch (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
weak inflection	nominative	deitsch	deitsch	deitsch	deitsche
	accusative	deitsche	deitsch	deitsch	deitsche
	dative	deitsche	deitsche	deitsche	deitsche
strong inflection	nominative	deitscher	deitsche	deitsches	deitsche
	accusative	deitsche	deitsche	deitsches	deitsche
	dative	deitschem	deitscher	deitschem	deitsche

References

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “deitsch”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 33, column 1

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German diutsc, from Old High German diutisk, diutisc (“popular, vernacular”). Cognate to German deutsch. Compare Dutch Duits, English Dutch.

Adjective

deitsch

1. German or Pennsylvania German

Rhine Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German diutsc, from Old High German diutisk, diutisc (“popular, vernacular”). Cognate to German deutsch.

Adjective

deitsch

1. German; Lorrainian

Descendants

• Pennsylvania German: deitsch, Deitsch