nevvenaan

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From nevve (next to) +‎ aan (on, at). Compare German nebenan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛvəˈnaːn/, (locally) /nevəˈnaːn/

Adverb

nevvenaan

  1. (Ripuarian) next door
    • 1976, “Ming eetste Fründin”‎performed by Bläck Fööss:
      Met veezehn kom ich en de Liehr als Installateur.
      Do dät ich janz jot verdeene un baal schon hatt ich e Moped vür der Dür.
      Doch nevvenaan dä Webers Mattes, dä wor schon Jesell, hatt mieh Jeld als ich.
      Un et Kättche fuhr mem Mattes em Auto un leet mich janz einfach em Stech.
      At fourteen I became an apprentice as a plumber.
      My wages weren’t bad and soon enough I had a moped standing outside my door.
      But Matthew Weber next door, who was already a journeyman, made more money than me.
      And Cathy rode with Matthew in his car and simply abandoned me.

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