deitsch

See also: Deitsch

East Central German

Etymology

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

Adjective

deitsch

  1. (Silesia) German

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German diutisk, diutisc (“popular, vernacular”), from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of the people, popular”), an adjective from Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Cognate to German deutsch. Compare Dutch Duits, English Dutch.

Adjective

deitsch

  1. German or Pennsylvania German

Rhine Franconian

Etymology

From Old High German diutisk, diutisc (“popular, vernacular”), from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of the people, popular”), an adjective from Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Cognate to German deutsch.

Adjective

deitsch

  1. German; Lorrainian
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