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Transylvanian Saxon
Etymology
From Old High German man, Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognates include German Mann, Luxembourgish Mann and English man.
Noun
Mäun m
- (Sibiu) man
Der gäd auld Mäun ess met dem Räuss duch det Ais gebräuchen uch än det kault Wosser gefollen.- The good old man broke through the ice with the horse and fell into the cold water.
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References
- Adelheid Frățilă, Hildegard-Anna Falk, Das Siebenbürgisch-Säschsische. Eine Inselmundart im Vergleich mit dem Hochdeutschen, Neue Didaktik, 2011