opwahße

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Central Franconian

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Etymology

Equivalent to op +‎ wahße. Compare German aufwachsen.

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Verb

opwahße (third-person singular present wähs op or wiehs op or wähst op or wiehst op, past tense wohs op, past participle opjewahße or opgewahs or opgewahst)

  1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to grow up
    • 2015, “Stadt met K”‎performed by Kasalla:
      Du bes einer vun einer Million,
      E Kend vum Rhing un ne Sonn vum Dom,
      Weil uns Mamm einfach jeder adopteet,
      Dä hee opwähs oder hee si Hätz verleet.
      You are one of a million,
      A child of the Rhine and a son of the cathedral,
      Because our mother adopts anyone,
      Who here grows up or here loses their heart.