Deivel
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Old High German tiufal, from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos). Cognate with German Teufel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ̯vl̩/
Noun
Deivel m (plural Deivel)
- devil
- De Deivel kommd dich hole.
- The devil comes to get you.
- 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart. 4. Auflage, R. Voigtländer, Kreuznach, p. 3:
- Wann eich naunder meine Kerl verleere? / Geh, eich wullt, datt Deich der Deiwel hätt?
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary