Deitsch

See also: deitsch

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• taytx (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂

Proto-Germanic *þeudō

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz

Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk

Old High German diutisk

Middle High German diutsc

Central Franconian dütsch

Hunsrik Deitsch

From Central Franconian dütsch, from Middle High German diutsc (“Germanic”), 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): /ˈtaɪ̯t͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯t͡ʃ
• Syllabification: Deitsch
• Homophone: deitsch

Noun

Deitsch n (uncountable)

1. German language

   Sprechst-du Deitsch?

   Do you speak German?

   • 2008 January 2, Noemia Assmann, “Erinerung An Friirixe Xuul Tsayte [Memory of old school times]”, in Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul (overall work in Portuguese), Cuiabá: SIL Brasil, page 35:

     In te tswët wëlt kriich, wi tas taytxe ferpoot waa […]

     In the Second World War, when German was forbidden.

2. (colloquial) Hunsrik language

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Hunsrick

   • 1990 October, Cléo Vilson Altenhofen, quoting Pai, chapter 7, in A aprendizagem do português em uma comunidade bilingüe do Rio Grande do Sul: um estudo de redes de comunicação em harmonia‎, Porto Alegre: UFRGS, page 220:

     Dann tun die sich beisamma unn spreche Taitsch.

     So they will gather and speak Hunsrik.

Derived terms

• Deitscher
• Deitschland

References

• André Kuster-Cid, Eduardo Fausto Kuster Cid (2018), “alemão”, in Dicionário renano-hunsrik: português (in Portuguese), Vitória: Cousa, →ISBN, page 21, column 1
• 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 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