Mösch

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Mesch (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Latin musciō, derived from musca. Compare Luxembourgish Mësch, Dutch mus.

Pronunciation

Noun

Mösch f (plural Mösche, diminutive Möschelche)

  1. (Ripuarian) sparrow (small bird)
    • 1931, “Die Mösch”‎performed by Willi Ostermann:
      Wie kütt die Mösch, die Mösch, die Mösch
      Bei uns en de Köch?
      Un setz sich medden op der Desch,
      Die Mösch, die Mösch, die Mösch!
      Wat well die en dä Köch?
      En Mösch hööt en der Bösch!
      Och, wenn se doch bluß wiggerflöch,
      Die Mösch, die Mösch, die Mösch!
      How does that sparrow, sparrow, sparrow
      Get into our kitchen?
      And it sits down in the middle of the table,
      That sparrow, sparrow, sparrow!
      What does it want in this kitchen?
      A sparrow belongs in the forest!
      Oh, if it only flew away,
      That sparrow, sparrow, sparrow!

Limburgish

Etymology

From Latin musciō, derived from musca.

Pronunciation

Noun

Mösch f (plural Mösche, diminutive Möschke) (Eupen)

  1. (general): sparrow (small bird)
  2. (ornithology, technical) house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

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