Leit

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See also: leit and lèit

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German liute, from Old High German liuti, also liudi, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”).

Compare Dutch lieden, luden, luiden, Old Norse lýðir (“people”) (whence Icelandic lýður), Old Saxon liudi, Old English lēode (“people”), English lede (“people”), Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs), Russian люди (ljudi), Bulgarian люде (ljude).

Pronunciation

Noun

Leit pl (diminutive Leidln)

  1. people (several individual persons, a group of people in general)
    De Leit san deppert. ― People are stupid.
  2. folks, relatives, family, kinship
    Wo sand'n deine Leit heid? ― Where's your folks today?

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Leute.

Noun

Leit f

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) people

Further reading

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Noun

Leit ?

  1. people

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German liut, Proto-Germanic *liudiz. Cognate with German Leute, Dutch lieden, (obsolete) English leod.

Pronunciation

Noun

Leit pl (plural only)

  1. people
    Vill Leit huele sech keng Zäit, fir owes ze kachen.
    Many people don’t take the time to cook supper.

Derived terms

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Leute, Dutch lieden, Old English lēod.

Noun

Leit

  1. (in the plural) people
    Viel Leit wolle es net esse, awwer ich fer schurr.
    Many people don't want to eat it, but I do for sure.
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