Pennsylvania German
Conjugate VerbsFacts
- Language: Pennsylvania German
- Alternate names: Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvanish, Deitsch, Pennsylvania Deutsch, Pennsilfaanisch-Deitsch, Pennsilfaani-Deitsch, Pennsilweni-Deitsch, Pennsilfaanisch
- Language code: pdc
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, West Germanic, High German, Middle German, West Middle German, Rhenish Franconian, Palatinate
- Number of speakers: 98700
- Vulnerability: Vulnerable [Read more...]
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
Pennsylvania German is a West Central German variety spoken in North America. It is traditionally the language of the Pennsylvania Dutch community.
The verb
Irregular verb: sei 'to be'
ich | bin |
du | bischt |
er, sie, es | iss |
mer | sin |
ihr | sint |
sie | sin |
Regular verb: gleiche 'to like'
ich | gleich |
du | gleichscht |
er, sie, es | gleicht |
mer | gleiche |
ihr | gleicht |
sie | gleiche |
List of verbs
backe | to bake |
bede | to pray |
denke | to think |
drinke | to drink |
esse | to eat |
fliege | to fly |
gewe | to give |
gleiche | to like |
gucke | to look |
hawwe | to have |
heere | to hear |
hocke | to sit |
kann | to be able to |
kicke | to kick |
koche | to cook |
laafe | to walk |
lanne | to learn |
leie | to lie |
mache | to make |
saufe | to drink |
schaffe | to work |
schmecke | to taste |
schpiele | to play |
schteh | to stand |
schwetze | to talk |
sehne | to see |
springe | to run |
tschumbe | to jump |
Verblist
aadreffe, aaduh, aafange, aafingre, aahawwe, aalache, aarufe, aatme, abkoche, angle, aussehne, baahne, backe, baddere, balwiere, barye, baue, bauere, bedaerfe, bede, begreife, beile, bewillkumme, bezaahle, bidde, biede, binne, blaffe, blaudre, bleiwe, blose, bluge, bohne, bosse, brauche, breche, brenne, briehe, bringe, brockle, brode, browiere, brumme, brutzle, daafe, daerfe, deede, denke, dotmache, draame, drede, dreiwe, drenke, drinke, dufde, duh, effne, eiwindre, ennere, erwaarde, esse, faahre, falle, fange, farichde, fatze, fechde, feese, fege, ficke, fiedre, fiehle, fille, fingre, finne, folye, froge, gauze, geh, geize, gewwe, giesse, gilbse, glaawe, gleddere, gleiche, glewe, graase, greiziche, griege, gucke, hariche, hasse, hawwe, heere, heiere, hewe, hexe, hinnere, hocke, hole, hupse, hure, huuschde, iwwersetze, kaafe, kaue, kehre, kenne, kisse, koche, koschde, kumme, laade, laafe, laawe, lange, lauere, lauschdere, lausche, lechle, lege, lehne, leie, lese, lewe, liege, liewe, losse, lutsche, mache, madde, maehe, maunse, meege, meene, mehne, melke, misse, naehe, neide, nemme, nenne, newwle, nexe, niese, petze, reche, redde, reeschde, reggere, reide, reischneee, rode, rooschde, rumschpringe, rumspringe, runnermache, russle, saage, saege, saehe, salse, schadde, schaerfe, schaffe, schaufle, scheede, scheine, scheisse, scheppe, schidde, schiesse, schiewe, schliesse, schlofe, schlucke, schmacke, schmatze, schmecke, schmeisse, schmoke, schmore, schmunsle, schnaufe, schneee, schneide, schockle, schpaare, schpaue, schpautze, schpiele, schpiere, schpringe, schpucke, schpure, schreiwe, schtaerewe, schtarewe, schteh, schteige, schtelle, schtill, schtille, schtoosse, schtrutze, schweige, schwetze, schwimme, seefe, segne, sehne, sei, setze, singe, solle, suche, suddle, tschaae, tschumpe, verkaafe, verlehne, verliere, verraetze, verschpreche, verschteh, waade, waarde, waere, waerre, ware, wesche, wessre, wewe, windere, winsche, wolle, wuhne, yaemere, yohle, yubele, zaehle, ziege, zumache, zuschneee, zwarwle.