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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].
[edit] Manisch in Gießen
[edit] Select glossary of the Gießen Manisch dialect [2][3]
| 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 |
[edit] References
- ^ Dialekt (University Koblenz). Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- ^ Hans-Günter Lerch, "Tschü lowi...Das Manische in Gießen", pages 313-332
- ^ Leo Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch. Retrieved on 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
[edit] External links
Lerch is the official text on Manisch in Giessen, to learn more about unofficial sources:
