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Central Franconian
Noun
Deiwel m
- (Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) devil
1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 3:Wer sall meich dann bei die Spielleit fehre, / Wann eich naunder meine Kerl verleere? / Geh, eich wullt, datt Deich der Deiwel hätt!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German tiuvel, from Old High German tiufal. Cognate to German Teufel, Dutch duivel, English devil.
Noun
Deiwel m (plural Deiwel)
- devil
2011, Peter Fritsch, Pennsylvania Dutch Halloween Scherenschnitte, page 62: