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. Several words are recognisably derived from Yiddish (e.g. malocho, "work") or Romany (e.g. pani, "water").
Manisch in Gießen
Select glossary of the Gießen Manisch dialect
Source:
| 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 |
| 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
References
- "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
- http://gummi-insel.de/10.html (in German)
- http://www.levanzo.de/faq.php?title=Diskussion:Manische_Sprache (in German)