taytx

Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

• Deitsch

Etymology

From Old High German diutisc (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of the people, popular”), an adjective from *þeudō (“people”) (compare Old English þēod), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Cognate with German Deutsch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taɪ̯tʃ]

Noun

taytx n

1. German (language)
   • 2008, Noemia Assmann, Erinerung An Friirixe Xuul Tsayte, (published inside Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, by Ursula Wiesemann), page 35:

     In te tswët wëlt kriich, wi tas taytxe ferpoot waa...

     In the Second World War, when German was forbidden...

Usage notes

The adjectival form taytxe can be used interchangeably.