Manisch
Appearance
Manisch refers either to a dialect of Rotwelsch (especially in the vicinity of greater Gießen, Germany) or a speaker thereof (plural: Manische or Manen). The term Manisch however, is also understood primarily throughout much of the German state of Hesse and parts of the Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Rheinland-Pfalz) to refer to the Manisch/Jenisch (alternatively "gypsy") elements of their vernacular.[1] Several words are recognisably derived from Yiddish (e.g. malocho, "work") or Romany (e.g. pani, "water").
Manisch in Gießen
[edit]German | Manisch | English |
---|---|---|
aber sicher! | aweles! | for sure! |
acht | ochte | eight |
alt | puri | old |
Arbeit | maloche | work |
Arm | mussi | arm |
Baum | ruck | tree |
beobachten | spannen | observe |
Bier | lawine | beer |
Blödsinn | stuß | drivel |
Brille | nagewelo | glasses |
Brot | maro | bread |
Brötchen | ballemari | roll |
Dame | tschuwel | lady |
Dirne | lupni | whore |
Drei | trin | three |
Dumm | dinnelich | dumb |
eins | jäck | one |
Fahrrad | welo | bicycle |
Ficken | buijen | to screw |
Franzose | walltscho | Frenchman |
Fräulein | moss | young lady |
Friseur | ballefusser | barber |
geben | dehlen | to give |
Geld | lowi | money |
Gesindel | mischpoche | riff-raff |
Gott | dewel | God |
Gut | latscho | good |
Haar | balle | hair |
Hexe | tschowachani | witch |
ist | bescht | is |
ja | awe | yes |
Jude | boboldo | Jew |
German | Manisch | English |
---|---|---|
Kein | tschü | no / none |
Kerl | gardsch | fellow |
Kerl (liederlich) | kluntegardsch | man (loose) |
Lehrer | siegebaskero | teacher |
Lügner | kochebasgero | liar |
machen | kären | make / do |
Messer | tschuri | knife |
Milch | tut | milk |
Namen | lab | name |
Nase | nag | nose |
neun | enje | nine |
Ohr | kant | ear |
Penis | gari | penis |
Prostituierte | kluntemoss | prostitute |
reden | pennen | to talk |
rot | loli | red |
richtig | tschatcho | correct |
Sack | gono | sack |
schlau | kochem | smart |
Schmand | schmentana | sour cream |
Schule | siegebaskeri | school |
Toilette | tschundekär | toilet |
trinken | schwächen | to drink |
Unrat | fuhl | refuse |
Vulva | minsch | vulva |
Wasser | pani | water |
Wetter | tsiro | weather |
wir | amos | we |
zehn | desch | ten |
Zigarette | pimangelo | cigarette |
zu | banedi | closed |
Zwiebel | burme | onion |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Dialekt (University Koblenz)". Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ^ Hans-Günter Lerch, "Tschü lowi...Das Manische in Gießen", pages 313-332
- ^ "Leo Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch". Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- Lerch, Hans-Günter: Tschü lowi....Das Manische in Gießen. Mit Lexikon Manisch-Deutsch und Deutsch-Manisch, 1976/2005, Reprint Edition, ISBN 3-89687-485-3
External links
[edit]- http://gummi-insel.de/10.html (in German)
- http://www.levanzo.de/faq.php?title=Diskussion:Manische_Sprache (in German)