Words List

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Pennsylvania Dutch Dictionary

A

Abbreviated Watchtower Study noun = Katzah Shtoddi Funn Da Vatshtavvah

About adv = baut (as in nearly or almost)
Miah sinn baut datt.

Above all = ovvich alles

Acceptable adj = acceptable
Sell is acceptable.

Access verb = aeksessa
Miah zayla’s information aeksessa.

Acted out adj = ausgaekt
Ich gleich awl di talks un sacha es ausgaekt vadda.

Actually = aekshli

Advice noun = es advice

Affected adj = afekt
Vi mecht ma afekt sei vann em sei job tshaynsht?

(this) Afternoon = dinochmidawk

Afterword = nochdihand

Age noun = di eld
Si sinn baut di saym eld.

Amazing adj

• amazing (with neu nouns)
  ’Sis amazing vi ald da gaul is!
• amaysingi (with f and pl nouns)

Amish noun = di Amishi (as in, the people who are Amish)
Daviess County Amishi sinn known fa iahra Southern twang.

and so on phrase = un so veidah (as in etc, etc)

Animals noun = di animals (not diahra)

Another = noch
Sell is noch en reesin es miah shaffa free mieyets.

Antique noun = da antique

Area noun = di area

Argument noun = da argument
en grohsah argument

Article noun = da article

Asked adj = kfrohkt

At = an

Ate up verb = ufkfressa past tense

Attack noun = attack

Attacked adj = attacked

Attitude noun = da attitude

Available adj = available

Awake! (magazine) = Ufvekka!

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B

Baptized adj = gedawft (use with a form of sei or vadda)
Vass setsht du denka diveyya eb gedawft vatsht?

Based verb = gebayst past tense
Eah hott sei discussions uf facts gebayst.

Based adj = gebayst
Di bichah sinn gebayst uf medical research.

Bear verb = shtenda (as in to handle or stand a situation)
Ich binn so hungahrich es ich’s baut nett shtenda kann.

Beat verb = beeda (as in to win at something; game, race, etc or have success over someone or something)
Ich zayl dich beeda.

• Beat verb = gebodda past tense
  Ich habb dich gebodda!

Belief noun = da glawva (a person’s faith, beliefs, or religion)
Vi kann ich da recht glawva finna?
Mach dei glawva shteikah.

Believe verb = glawva (as in to trust something as true, or to soften a statement)
Ich kann’s nett glawva!
Si zayla da gans dawk bleiva, glawb ich. (See note)
Vass maynd’s fa convinced sei funn vass ma glawbt?

Beneath it / under it = unna droh
Gukk an di piktahs un vass’s sawkt unna droh.

Benefits noun = di benefits

Better (one) noun = bessahrah
Ich binn en teacher avvah du bisht en bessahrah.

Better (thing) noun = bessahs (a better thing. Note the -s at the end of bessah)
Miah kenna shuah sei es ebbes bessahs kumma is.

Bible Study noun = da Bivvel Shtoddi

Bible Talk noun = da Bivvel Talk (most commonly when referring to a public talk)

Bit noun = es gebiss (steel part of bridle that goes in an animal’s mouth)

Blame verb = blayma

Bless verb = blessa

Blessed adj = geblest
Miah sinn geblest.

Blessings noun = di blessings

Boo-boo noun = atzi (an ouchy; used for pain with very small children)

Booked adj = beshteld (See also scheduled (adj)) (Technically a borrowed German word, but often used in print when talking about upcoming events.)
Da class is beshteld alli Samshdawk.

Bothered verb = gebaddaht past tense

Bowl (small) noun = di shisli

Bowl (large bowl) noun = di shissel (serving bowl or large mixing bowl)

Branch noun

1. Branch (off the tree) = di hekk
   • Branches (off the tree) = di hekka plural
2. Branch (on the tree) = da nasht
   • Branches (on the tree) = di nesht plural

Brave adj = brayf

Bridle noun = da zohm (animal’s headgear; usually containing the bit and reins)

Buggy noun = es buggy

Built adj = gebaut
Si sinn gebaut mitt hols.

Busy adj = bissi

Busier = bissiyah

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C

Calm adj = kawm (See also still (quiet))

Caption noun = vass’s sawkt unna droh (lit: what is says under it)
Gukk an di piktahs un vass’s sawkt unna droh.

Cards noun = di koada plural
Ich kann baut nett voahra fa koada shpeela.

Carve out / chip out verb = raus tshibba

Cause verb = kawsa

Challenges noun = di challenges plural

Chance noun = di chance

Check verb = tshekka

Chew verb = tshawwa

Chip out / carve out verb = raus tshibba

Choose verb = tshoosa

• (ich) tshoos
• (miah) tshoosa
• (diah) tshooset
• (si) tshoosa
• Chose verb = getshoost past tense

Choose from verb = raus laysa (pick out; select from)
Ich habb di fauli aebbeahra raus laysa.

• Chose from verb = raus glaysa past tense

Church rules noun = di adninga / di adlinga plural

Close verb = zu macha (opposite of open)
(Note: These work together but do not have to be right next to each other in the sentence)
Mach di deah zu.
Ich zayl di deah zu macha.

Closed adj = zu gmacht
’S buch is zu gmacht.

Collect verb = kalekta | kollekta

Come Up verb = ufkumma (as in to occur or come to attention)
Shpendet zeit shvetza mitt eiyah kinnah, nett yusht vann problems ufkumma.

Comfort noun = kamfirt

Comforting adj = kamfirting

Coming together phrase = am zammah kumma (progress is being made)
Alles is am zammah kumma.

Compare verb = kamperra

Congregation noun = di congregation

Content adj = zufridda
Ich binn zufridda mitt vass ich habb.

Control noun = kantrohl

Convention noun = di convention

Cooperate verb = koahberayda

Copy verb = kabbiya

Correct adj = recht

Correct verb = korekta

Cost noun = di kosht

Counsel noun = es counsel

Counter noun = da counter

Couple noun = di couple (as in married. See also married people.)

Couple adj = poah (as in amount; also a few)

Courage noun = da courage

Crooked adj = shep

Cut verb = shneida (often with scissors. Never used when talking about wood; use saw (verb) instead.)
— compare with saw (verb) and shpalda (verb)
Si sinn di rekk shneida.
Ich muss mei hoah shneida.

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D

Dangerous adj = kfeahlich
’Sis kfeahlich fa lawfa inna blatz’s dunkel is unni en licht.

Daughter noun = es maydel / ’s maydel (common)

• Daughters noun = di mayt plural

Day noun = da dawk

Day adj = dawk (as in daylight, daytime)
Ich zayl’s du veil’s dawk is.

Day after tomorrow = ivvah meiya (See also Times of Day)

Day before yesterday = foah geshtah (See also Times of Day)

Dedicate (oneself) verb = layva fa Jehova (personally deciding to live for God, done before becoming baptized; lit: living for Jehovah)

Delete verb = dileeda

Deliberately adv = poahbes (Not to be confused with the purpose or desire (noun) of something.)(See also on purpose)
Ich habb nett poahbes.

Depend verb = dipenda

Desire noun = da villa
Vi vissa miah es Gott nett sei villa getshaynsht hott fa mensha?

Destroyed adj = distroit (usually accompanied by sei or vadda)
Di shtatt zayld distroit vadda bei da shtoahm.

Devour verb = fressa (see also animals eat)
Kaeffahra un termites fressa di baym un’s hols.

Dictionary noun = di dictionary

Difference noun = da diffans (not da unnahshitt)

Direction noun = es direction (as in guidance or instructions)
Miah sedda’s direction trosta funn unsah eldra.

Discipline noun = dissaplin
Dissaplin veist leevi.

Disciplined adj = dissaplind (often with sei or vadda)
Vi doon samm aekta vann si dissaplind vadda bei iahra eldra?

Distract verb = distraekta

Doubts noun = di doubts plural
Ich kann dei questions ensahra vann du doubts hosht.

Doubt verb = dowda | zveifla

Download verb = daunlohda (see other Technology Words)

Draw closer verb = naychah kumma (as in, to strengthen or deepen a relationship with someone)
Vi kann ma naychah kumma zu anri?

Dressed adj = gedrest (use with a form of sei or vadda)
Diah sind shay gedrest heit.

Dress up verb = ufdressa

Dried up verb = ufgedrikkeld past tense

Drive around verb = rumm foahra

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E

Earned verb = fadeend past tense

Earned adj = fadeend

Earthquake noun = da earthquake

Encourage verb = enkiritsha

Enforce verb = enforsa

etc phrase = un so veidah (and so forth; and so on)

Every once in a while phrase = alli-gebott
Alli-gebott setsht du dei teiyahs inshpekta fa shuah macha es si in goot shape sinn.

(this) Evening = dinohvet (See also Times of day)

Everything keeps changing phrase = Alles hald on tshaynsha.

Everywhere = alli-vo

Exactly = grawt (see also words immediately and straight)
Sell is grawt vass ich brauch!

Expect verb = ekshpekta

Extract verb = ekstraekta

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F

Face verb = faysa

Fair adj = feah (reasonable and just)

The Faithful and Discreet Slave noun = Di Faythfel Slave Mitt Veisheit

Family noun = di family

Family Worship = Family-Zeit Fa Jehova

Far adj = veit
Vass henn miah gland so veit?
Even vann’s veit is fa gay, doon miah alsnoch reklah zammah kumma.

Far off adj = veit ab
Miah gayn even zu areas es veit ab sinn.

Fell verb = kfalla past tense
(Even though it’s past tense, use with a form of sei.)
Da bohm is nunnah kfalla.

Fewer adj = vennichah

Field service noun = di ministry (not feld deensht)

Figure out verb = aus fikkahra

Fill out verb = ausfilla

Finish verb = faddich macha (conjugate macha)
(Note: Both words work together but do not have to be right next to each other in the sentence.)
Macht da lesson faddich.

• Finished verb = faddich gmacht past tense
  Du da dawk nei vann da lesson faddich gmacht hosht.

First (see also language lesson Eahsht vs S’eahsht vs Seahsht)

• First adj = eahsht (with nouns)
  Gukket da eahsht paragraph.
• First adj = ’s eahsht (with singular neuter nouns)
  (Note: The es often is shortened to ’s and often gets pronounced together with eahsht. You will be most likely to hear it at the start of a sentence.)
  ’S eahsht moll es ich do voah, habb ich dich kolfa’s haus butza.
• First adv = seahsht (with verbs)
  Miah missa seahsht lanna vi.

Fixed verb = kfixt past tense

Fixed adj = kfixt

Flat adj = flaett
Si sinn uf’s flaett dach funn iahra haus.

The Flood noun = di Sindfloot

Follow verb = fallohwa

Follow (an example) verb = nohch kumma (to follow after someone and do what they did)
Sei foos-dabba nohch kumma.

Followers noun = di followers plural

For (it) = difoah (usually used when putting for at the end of a thought or sentence) (Compare with previously)
Veah is da boi gmacht difoah?

Forgetful adj = fagesslich

Footsteps / Footprints noun = di foos-dabba plural

Force verb = forsa
Miah kenna nett leit forsa fa ebbes du es miah vella.

Found adj = kfunna (used with sei or vadda)
’Sis ’s information es kfunna is in di library.

Free adj = free (not frei)
Sell is da vayk es miah free sei kenna.

Freedom noun = da freedom

Friend noun = da friend (not freind)

Friendship noun = da friendship

Frosty adj = frushtich

Fulfilled adj = folfild (often with sei or vadda)

Fun adj

1. fann
2. fitt (see also good)
   Sell voah fitt!

Funeral noun = da leicht

Future noun = da future

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G

Get rid of (something) phrase = ritt vadda

Good adj = fit (describing something)
Dess grumbeahra mush is fit!

Governed verb = gegoverned past tense

Government noun = da government (as in a general or modern-day government)
— compare kingdom

• Governments noun = di governments plural

The Great Tribulation noun = di grohs dreebsawl

Greedy adj = greedi

Grew up verb = ufgvaxa past tense (Use with a form of sei.)
Dess is vo ich ufgvaxa binn.

Grieve verb = greeva

Grown up adj = ufgvaxa (use with sei or vadda)
Zayla dei kinnah goot bleiva vann si ufgvaxa sinn?

Guard verb = garda

Guided adj = gegeid

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H

Handle verb = haendla
(See also deela)

Happy adj = haebbi

Hard adj = hatt
(See also really (for emphasis))

Harder adj = haddah
Es voah haddah fa see.

Hardest adj = hatsht
Sell voah’s hatsht ding.

Harness noun = es ksha

Harvest verb = harvesta

Hassle noun = vattshaft
’Sis en vattshaft!

Hated verb = kast past tense
Da hund hott di katz kast.

Hated adj = kast (to be or become hated; used with forms of sei or vadda)
’Sis nett eesi vann du kast bisht.

Have I verb = havvich (combination of ‘habb ich’; used after time words)
Shpaydah, havvich en appointment.
Vann ich 18 voah, havvich en latt zeit kshpend shaffa.

Have the opinion or viewpoint verb = mayna (not used the same as mean (verb))
— See also view
’S mensht leit mayna es is.
Vann du maynsht es’s zu feel is fa deela mitt…

• (ich) mayn
• (du) maynsht
• (eah/see/es) maynd
• (miah) mayna
• (diah) maynet
• (si) mayna
• Had the opinion or viewpoint verb = gmaynd past tense
  Ich habb gmaynd alli-ebbah voah feah am getreet vadda, avvah ich habb glei auskfunna sell is nett voah.

Headache noun = kobb vay

Health noun = health
Mei health is shlimmah un shlimmah vadda.

Health adj = health (with another noun)
Hosht du ennich health problems?

Healthy adj = ksund
Unsah kinnah sinn ksund.

Help noun = di hilf

Hitched adj = eikshpand (used with forms of sei or vadda)
Da gaul is shund eikshpand.

Hold back verb = zrikk hayva (to keep from doing or saying something. Conjugate hayva based on the noun/pronoun)

Homes noun = di haymeda plural (not haymedah)

Honor noun = da honor

Humble adj = humble (not daymeedich)

Humility noun = humility (not daymoot)

Hurry! phrase = Dabbah! (as a command)

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I

If = vann (as in, if this, then that; not to be confused with whether.) (See also Eb vs Vann language lesson)

Illustration noun = da illustration (as in an example or story used to teach) (See also parable)

Imperfect adj = impirfikti (with f nouns)

Including = including (as well as, in addition to)
…including shlimm veddah, earthquakes, un sacha vi sell.

Inspect verb = inshpekta

Instead = in blatz (not imblatz)
In blatz funn sell, eah vill havva es miah layva enjoya.

Interested adj = innarest (often used with sei or vadda)

Interesting adj = innaresting

• innarestingah (with m nouns)
• innarestingi (with f and pl nouns)

Interfere verb = interfera

Internet noun = da internet

Interrupt verb = innarobda

Into / in = nei (usually grouped with a verb) (Compare with new)
Vass kann uns helfa fa nett nei gevva zu temptations?
Log nei.

Invited adj = kaysa (often with a form of sei or vadda)
Du bisht kaysa.

Involved adj = involved (often with sei)

Inward adj = nei-zuss (toward the inside, center, or interior)

Isn’t it? / is that not so? / right? = gell (used at end of a sentence as a confirmation of something)
Dei daett shaft mitt construction, gell?
Miah henn samm reeli shayni dawwa katt, gell?

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J

Joy noun = da joy

Joyful adj = joyful

Judge verb = judga (no longer tshotsha)

Judged verb = gejudged past tense

Judged adj = gejudged (used with a form of sei or vadda)

Juice noun = di bree
abbel bree

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K

Keep in mind (to continue remembering) verb = meind halda (See also remember)

Keep up with verb = ufhalda mitt
’Sis hatt fa ufhalda mitt alles es am gay is in di news.

Killed verb = doht gmacht (needs helper verb for whoever is doing the killing)

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L

Last verb = laesta

Last night = geshtrohvet (See also Times of day)

Law noun = es gebott

• Laws noun = di gebodda plural (not ksetz unless speaking about a set of laws. See Mosaic Law)

Leave off verb = ablossa (as in not include)
Du kansht’s ablossa.

Less adj = vennichah

Lesson noun = da lesson
In deah lesson, zayla miah lanna veyyich…

Let verb = lossa (see also leave)
Loss mich helfa!

Library noun = di library

Likely adj = aebt

Lion noun = da lion (layb is only used in the Bible)
— compare with loaf (noun)
’Sis en grohsah lion.

Listen (to) verb = abheicha
— compare with obey (verb)
Eah abheicht zu dich.

• Listened verb = abkeicht past tense
  Da Marlin hott abkeicht zu da warning.

Log in verb = log nei (see other Technology Words)

Lost adj = faloahra (used with form of sei or vadda)
Miah sinn faloahra.

Loud adj = laut
(Compare with sound (verb) and out loud)
Sellah hund is laut!

Love noun = di leevi

Loyal adj = loyal (not shtandhaftich)

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M

Made up verb = ufgmacht past tense

Made up adj = ufgmacht (often with sei)

Mail noun = di mail (as in, the post)
Ich zayl eich en breef shikka in di mail.

Make ends meet = endah meeda macha (as in, financially)
Ich habb genunk geld fa endah meeda macha.

Map noun = di maeb

Married people noun = di keiyahri leit

Marriage noun = es keiyaht layva

Mattress noun = di mattress

Mean verb = mayna
— compare with to have the opinion (verb)
Sell’s vass ich mayn.

Meaning noun = di mayning
Sell gebt mei layva en rechti mayning.

Meditate verb = meddatayda

Mention verb = menshind

Mentioned adj = gmenshind (often with sei)

Mess up verb = fadutza (to cause something to be out of order; scrambled)

• Messed up verb = fadutzt past tense
  Vann ich kfalla binn, habb ich di papers fadutzt.

Messed up adj = fadutzt / fadutztich

Message noun = da message

(this) Mid-day = dimiddawk (See also Times of day)

Midweek meeting = deichdivoch fasamling

Ministry Workbook (Life & Ministry Workbook) noun = es Ministry un Layva Fasamling Workbuch

Ministry noun = di ministry (not feld deensht) (See also preaching work noun)

Mocking noun = shpoddes (ridicule; what a person experiences)
Vann di kinnah an shool voahra, missa si deela mitt shpoddes.

Mop verb = mabba

Move verb = moofa

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N

Nearly adv = baut (see also about)

New Testament noun = es Neiy Teshtament

New World Translation noun = di New World Translation

Newest adj = neiysht

(last) Night = geshtrohvet (See also Times of day)

No longer adv = nimmi (used with a verb; Compare with anymore)
Mei bays is fabrocha un ich kann nimmi shpringa.

No one pro = kenni (as in not a single person/thing; often used by itself in reply and for emphasis)

Noisy adj = yachtich
Di boova sinn yachtich alli-moll es si Mt Dew henn.

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O

Obey verb = heicha
— compare listen (verb)
Miah missa Gott heicha.

• Obeyed verb = keicht past tense
  Si hott iahra maemm keicht.

Of them = funna
Samm funna henn parts missing.
Vels funna gleichsht’s besht?

Offer verb = offera

Often = oft (frequently; compare with oftentimes.)
Deah vayk is oft da vayk es miah gayn.

(more) Often = eftah
Sell haebbend eftah es difoah.

Oftentimes = als (usually connected with a verb. See also once; compare with oft)
’S vatt is als getrenslayt “veld”.

Once = als (at one time, oftentimes)
Leit henn vennichah leevi es si als katt henn.

Old (people) noun = di eldri plural
Vi kenna eldri un yingahri nannah helfa?

One (number) = ayn (See also ay, ayn, ayns, and vann language lesson)
Miah henn drei geil: zvay sinn brau, un ayn is shvatz.

One = ay (a single item) (See also ay, ayn, ayns, and vann language lesson)
Ay mann un ay fraw.

One (of) = ayns (one of several; always used with funn) (See also ay, ayn, ayns, and vann language lesson)
Sell is ayns funn di reesins es miah shaffa missa.

• Ones pro = di vans plural (as in other people)

Oneself pro = em (more personal. See also us)

Open verb = uf macha (opposite of close)
Mach dei maul uf.
Ich zayl di deah uf macha.

Openly adv = fanna rumm (opposite of secretly)

Opportunity noun = di gleyyaheit | di opportunity

Ouchy noun = atzi (a boo-boo; used for pain with very small children)

(out) loud adj = laut
(with a verb, it often means out loud)
(See also loud and sound (verb))
Kansht du di shrift laut laysa?
Favass du ich nett laut laysa…

Own pro = ayknes
Uf unsah ayknes kenna miah nett acht gevva uf alles.

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P

Paid adj = betzawld
Ich vatt nett betzawld koss ich binn en volunteer.

Pantry noun = di botri (place for storing food)

Parable noun = es gleichnis (as in a story used to teach; similar to an illustration)

Paragraph noun = da paragraph

Part noun = es part

Participate verb = participayda

Particular adj = patiklah

Past = fabei (as in direction)
Gay fabei. Si sinn nett dihaym.
’S nett en dawk’s fabei gayt…

Patiently adv = patiently (how someone does something)
Ich binn am patiently voahra biss ich healthy binn.

Peaceful adj = peaceful (does not change for the noun it goes with)

Perfection noun = pirfekshin

Pet verb = shtreicha (lit to stroke)
Shtreich nett da hund!

Phone noun = da phone

Phrase noun = da frays

Phrases noun = di frayses plural

Pick out verb = raus laysa (choose from; select from)
Ich habb di fauli aebbeahra raus laysa.

• Picked out verb = raus glaysa past tense

Piled up adj = uf gepeild (used with a form of sei or vadda)
Di ksharra sinn uf gepeild.

Piled up verb = uf gepeild past tense
Miah henn di ksharra uf gepeild.

Pioneer verb = peiyneera

Plain adj = playn

Plan verb = plenna

Pleasing adj = pleesing

Point noun = da point
Vass is da mayn point?

Position noun = da position

Post noun = da pohsta (as in a fence post)

Post verb = posta (as to mail something like a letter or post it to the internet)

Power noun = da power

Powerful adj = powerful

Practice verb = praektisa

Prepare verb = reddi greeya (literally, get ready) (Conjugate greeya based on who is preparing)

Prepared adj = reddi (to be prepared (ready); used with sei or vadda)
Vass kann em helfa fa goot reddi sei fa di fasamlinga?

Pretty much = adlich

Previously = difoah (before now, earlier) (Compare with before and for it)
Ich habb sell nett keaht difoah!

Principle noun = da principle

Print verb = prinda

Printed adj = geprind
Kann ich en geprind kabbi greeya?

Problem noun = da problem

Promise noun = da promise

Protect verb = protekta

Protection noun = protekshin

Proud adj = proud (not shtols)

Public Bible Discourse = Bivvel Talk fa Awl-Leit

Publication noun = da publication

Publications noun = di publications plural

Publish verb = poblisha

Published adj = gepoblisht
The Directory is gepoblisht baut alli zvay yoah.

Pulled out verb = raus gezohwa
Ich habb di veetz raus gezohwa.

(on) Purpose adj = poahbes (as in deliberately)
Ich habb nett poahbes.

Put up with verb = uf du mitt
Miah missa patiently uf du mitt unsah kinnah.

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Q

Question noun = da question

Question verb = frohwa (to ask) (see also ask)
Miah frohwa dich fa ohhalda may lanna veyyich sell.
Frohk da vann es di bichah shtoddit mitt dich.

Questioned verb = gequestioned past tense (to get answers or information from someone; for example in a courtroom setting)
Si henn mich gequestioned.

Quiet adj = shtill (see Shtill vs Alsnoch vs Noch vs Doch language lesson)

Quite a few = edlichi

Quoted verb = gekwoht past tense
Eah hott funn’s buch gekwoht.

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R

Rather = leevah
Ich dayt leevah…
Leevah es releiya uf uns selvaht…

Reach verb = langa

Reacted verb = react
Vi henn’s mensht leit react zu deah message?

Reading noun = es layses

Reading verb = am laysa

Reader noun = da laysah

Ready adj = reddi
Bisht reddi? Vi reddi es ich vatt.

Real = recht (as in genuine)
recht joy finna

Realized verb = realized past tense

Really = reeli

Really = hatt (for emphasis; used along with a verb)
Eah hott hatt boviaht di shlisla finna.
Si hott hatt vella fa kumma.

Recently = katzlich
Vass hott di Becky yusht katzlich gedu katt?

Recommended adj = rekkamend
Bichah, videos, un annah shtoft es rekkamend is.

Record verb = rekorda

Regular adj = reklah

Relatives noun = di freindshaft plural (relations/family)
Eah is unsah freindshaft. (as in one of our relatives)
’S mensht leit shteahra bei dee goodi sacha sheira mitt iahra friends adda freindshaft.

Rely verb = releiya
Miah missa releiya uf unsah eldra vann miah baybes sinn.

Remember verb = meinda
Ich meind nau.

Remember verb = meind halda (as in keep in mind / continue to remember)
Vass dutt ebbah inna race meind halda?

Reminded adj = remind (use with form of sei or vadda)
Miah braucha remind vadda diveyya.

Repentant adj = recht sorry (use with form of sei or vadda)

Respect noun = da respekt

Report verb = riporda

Resurrect verb = resurrect (common)

Return visit = viddah zrikk gay | return visit

right? / isn’t it? / is that not so? = gell (used at end of sentence as a confirmation of something)
Dei daett shaft mitt construction, gell?
Miah henn samm reeli shayni dawwa katt, gell?

River noun = da revvah (not di revvah)

Rule verb = roola

Ruled adj = groold
’Sis di veesht veld’s groold is bei da Satan.

Ruler noun = da roolah (person with authority)

• Rulers noun = di roolahs plural

Rules noun = di rools (guidelines set by someone in authority)

Run verb
(See also guides shpringa and shprenga and Figures of Speech: Walking and Running)

1. Run verb = shpringa (to move; work)
   Di generator dutt shpringa.
   Miah shpringa alli meiya.
2. Run verb = shprenga (to operate sometime like a piece of equipment)
   Ich kann di equipment shprenga.
   Du bisht dei maul am shprenga!

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Sad adj = sad (not bedrohwa)
Zvay leit es reeli sad voahra.

Satisfy verb = saetisfeiya

Saved adj = ksayft (use with a form of sei or vadda)
Missa miah yusht glawva an da Jesus fa ksayft sei?

Saw verb = sayya (as in to cut up wood. Never use shneida when talking about cutting wood. Not the same as to split wood)
— compare with split (verb) and sow (verb)
Say’s hols.
Miah hols sayya fa unsah nochbah.

Schedule noun = da sketshel

Scheduled adj = beshteld (See also booked (adj)) (Technically a borrowed German word, but often used in print when talking about upcoming events.)
Da leicht is beshteld fa Samshdawk meiya.

Secretly adv = hinna rumm (opposite of openly)

Section noun = da section
Vass lanna ma funn deah section?

Select verb = selekta (pick from some options)

Select from verb = raus laysa (pick out; choose from)
Ich habb di fauli aebbeahra raus laysa.

• Selected from verb = raus glaysa past tense

Self-control noun = self-kantrohl

Send out verb = naus shikka

Sense = sense (not sens)
Dayt’s nett yusht sense macha?

Sentence noun = da sentence

Set straight verb = recht setza (to correct something or someone) (present/future) (conjugate setza to match the pronoun)

• Set straight verb = recht ksetzt past tense

Set straight adj = recht ksetzt (to become corrected; used with sei or vadda)

Set up verb = ufsetza

Settled verb = kseddeld past tense

Shake up verb = fashidla
Du nett mei drink fashidla.

• Shaken up verb = ufkshiddeld past tense
  Ich habb da drink ufkshiddeld.

Shaken up adj = ufkshiddeld (physically or emotionally; used with sei or vadda)
Miah sedda kawm bleiva un nett ufkshiddeld vadda bei vass anri du kenna.

Shaking noun = es shidles

Shame = shawt

Shipped adj = kshibt

Shortly before phrase = vennich eb
Vennich eb mei daett kshtauva is, hott eah ksawt…

Shut off verb = abshodda

Since = siddah

Single adj = single (as in not married)

Single adj = ay (as in a single item)
ay shtikk boi

Skin noun = di haut (not es haut)

Slave noun = di slave

Sled riding verb = shlidda foahra

Snacks = noun di shnaeks

Sometimes = daylmohls or alsamohl or etmohl (varies with region and dialect)
Favass mecht’s daylmohls hatt sei…?
Miah henn feel leit assigned zu unsah group, avvah alsamohl, henn miah elf anri, es kumma funn diffandi bletz.

Somewhere = eiyetz
Du bisht am shaffa eiyetz es reeli laut is.

Song noun = da song (see also metaphorical gender on how to use with pronouns)
Ma gleicha da song. Eah is fann fa singa!

Soon = glei

Sovereignty noun = recht da roola

Speed noun = da shpeet

Spelled adj = kshpeld (often with sei)
Mach shuah es awl vadda recht kshpeld sinn fa da test.

Split verb = shpalda (as in to split something up or cause a division. Commonly used when talking about using an ax to split wood. Not the same as to cut or saw wood.)
— compare with to saw (verb)
Ich muss hols shpalda.
Iahra gmay is shpalda.

Spoon noun = es leffel (not da leffel)
’S leffel is drekkich.

Stain noun = da shtayn
Sellah shtayn is roht.

Stale adj = ohgezowwa
’S broht is ohgezowwa.

Stand verb = shtenda (as in to bear or handle a situation)
Eah kann nett shtenda si sayna so hungahrich sei.

Stand verb = shtay (as in to stand on one’s feet)

Stands for verb = shtayt fa (as in symbolizes or means)
Di letters USA shtayt fa United States of America.

Start noun = da shteaht
Si henn en goodah shteaht katt.

Steak noun = di shtayk
Di shtayk shmakt reeli goot.

Story noun = di shtoahri

• Stories noun = di shtoahris plural

Straight = grawt (see also words, exactly and immediately)
Hald oh grawt faddi noch da stop sign.

Strength noun = di graft
Eah is da vann es uns graft gebt.

Stubble noun = da shtubbel (unshaven facial hair; the whole)

• Stubbles noun = di shtubla plural (individual hairs)

Study noun = da shtoddi
Bivvel shtoddi
Vatshtavvah Shtoddi

Study adj = shtoddi
shtoddi article

Stuff noun = es shtoft
Du kansht diffand shtoft daunlohda…
Neiy shtoft funn da shtoah.

Subject noun = da subject

Such = so (when emphasizing something)
Fido is so en aldah hund.

Such / Suchlike = so (when referring to things that have already been mentioned)
Gott is nett di shuld funn earthquakes, shlimm veddah… Feel funn’s soffahres heit kumd funn so sacha.

Suffer verb = soffahra

Suffering noun = soffahres

Support noun = da support

Support verb = supporda

Surcingle noun = da bauch-gatt (belt or strap that goes under horse’s stomach to hold a saddle or pack to horse’s back)
Mach shuah da bauch-gatt teit is.

Sure enough phrase = Shuah genunk

Sympathize verb = mitt-leida (to have fellow feeling for someone)

Synchronized adj = sinkraneiysd (used with sei or vadda)

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Talk noun = da talk (as in a speech or presentation)

Talk verb = shvetza (as in to talk; not to be confused with talk (noun))

Teacher noun = da teacher

Teaching Toolbox noun = di Teaching Toolbox

Tempted adj = getempt (often with sei or vadda)

Terrible adj = shlimm (awful)
—Compare with more intense versions worse and worst.

Thinking noun = denkes (as in the way a person thinks; opinion, viewpoint)
—See also Thank, think, thinking language lesson
Di veld iahra denkes is letz!

This time = dessamohl
Avvah dessamohl, voahra sacha diffand.

Thought noun = da thought
Sell is en goodah thought.

• Thoughts noun = di gedanka plural
  Vi kenna miah vekk bleiva funn letzi gedanka un aekshins?

Tidy / Tidied up adj = ufgrohmd
’S haus is so sauvah un ufgrohmd.

Tobacco noun = da doowak (not doovak or duahk)

Today = heit (See also Times of day)

Tomorrow = meiya (See also Times of day)

Tomorrow morning = meiya free (See also Times of day)

Tonight = dinohvet (See also Times of day)

Too bad = shawt
Sell is shawt!

Torn adj = farissa (use with form of sei or vadda)
Mei rokk is farissa.

Tough time phrase = tuffi zeit (as in a difficult, rough period of time; similar to haddi zeit)

Tract noun = da tract

Translation noun = trenslayshin

Trash noun = es trash

Trials noun = di trials

Tricked adj = getrikt (as in fooled; use with sei or vadda)

Trust noun = es trost

Trusted adj = getrost (as in dependable; use with sei or vadda)
Veis es du getrost sei kansht.

Try it out verb = ausboviahra
Ich habb en neiyah tool gekawft. Reddi fa’s ausboviahra?

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Under it / beneath it = unna droh
Gukk an di piktahs un vass’s sawkt unna droh.

Unharness verb = abkshadda (take off an animal’s harness)

Unhitched adj = auskshpand
Is da donkey auskshpand?

Unless = unni
(See also without)
Unni’s shunsht sawkt sinn di vadda gnumma funn dee buch.

Upbuild verb = ufbauwa

Upload verb = uplohda

Used adj = gyoost
En trap is gyoost fa ess-sach greeya.

Used to adj = gegvaynd (to be accustomed to) (use with a form of sei or vadda)
Mei bukkel is nett gegvaynd zu sell bett.

User noun = yoosah

Username noun = yoosah nohma

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Very (or pretty much) = adlich

Video noun = da video

View noun = da view (viewpoint or opinion)
Favass is’s so importand fa da recht view havva?

Vote verb = vohta

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Warning noun = da warning

Wasted verb = gwayst past tense
Du hosht en latt gwayst!

Wasted adj = gwayst
So feel ess-sacha is gwayst.

The Watchtower (magazine) noun = Da Vatshtavvah

Weather noun = es veddah
Miah henn samm shay veddah katt.

Weekend noun = da weekend

When = vann (See also Eb vs Vann language lesson)

Whether = eb (when talking about 2 possible options or outcomes; not to be confused with if) (See also Eb vs Vann language lesson) (Compare with before)
Di Donna vill vissa eb du hinkel-flaysh adda fish vitt.

While = veil
Du zaylsht en latt may lanna veil’s miah mitt-nannah shvetza veyyich di lessons.

Will be verb = (eah/see/es) vatt
Nimmand vatt kfrohkt fa geld.

Will be given verb = (eah/see/es) vatt gevva
’Sis zvay-dawk lang un vatt gevva bei di organizers.

Willing adj = willing (not villing)

Wisdom noun = es wisdom / di veisheit

Without = unni
(See also unless)

Women noun = di veibsleit plural

Wondering verb = am vunra

Work noun = di eahvet (the place and type of work)

Work verb = shaffa (action of doing work)

Workbook (Life & Ministry Workbook) noun = es Ministry un Layva Fasamling Workbuch

Worn out adj = ausgvoahra
Mei glaydah gukka ausgvoahra.

Worries noun = di wohris plural

Worse adj = shlimmah (more terrible or awful)

• Worst adj (most terrible or awful)
  • shlimsht (with neu nouns)
  • shlimshtah (with m nouns)
  • shlimshti (with f and pl nouns)

Worthwhile adj = diveaht
’S mecht en latt effort nemma, avvah es zayld diveaht sei.

Would verb = dayda

Would have verb = hedda

Would have to / would need to verb = mista
Ich mist een frohwa eb miah en decision macha.

• (ich) mist
• (miah) mista
• (si) mista

Wrinkly adj = runslich
Vann du shmohksht, zayld dei haut runslich vadda.

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Yesterday = geshtah (See also Times of day)

Yet = noch (as of yet; at the present time)
(Not to be confused with still)
Hosht du keaht funn da Mervin? Noch nett.
Di mail is noch nett do.

Young (people) noun = di yungi plural (can be used alone)
Di yungi sinn am shpeela.

Younger (people) noun = di yingahri plural (can be used alone)
Di eldri sinn dankboah fa di yingahri iahra hilf.

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Z

Zeal noun = zeal (not eahnsht)

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