döksch

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

dütsch
deitsch (Moselle Franconian)
deutsch (variant from standard German)

Etymology

From Old High German *diudisc, northern variant of diutisc, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, with the regular Ripuarian velarization -iud- → -ög- (as in höck from hiudu, hiutu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /døkʃ/

Adjective

döksch (masculine döksche, feminine döksch, comparative dökscher, superlative et' dökschte)

(central and eastern Ripuarian, widely archaic) German; of Germany

Related terms

Dökschland

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