Leit
See also: leit and lèit
Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German liute, from Old High German liuti, also liudi, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”).
Compare Dutch lieden, luden, luiden, Old Norse lýðir (“people”) (whence Icelandic lýður), Old Saxon liudi, Old English lēode (“people”), English lede (“people”), Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs), Russian люди (ljudi), Bulgarian люде (ljude).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɛ̯d̥/ (Central)
- IPA(key): /læːd̥/ (Vienna)
Noun
Leit f pl
- people (several individual persons, a group of people in general)
- De Leit san deppert. ― People are stupid.
- folks, relatives, family, kinship
- Wo sand'n deine Leit heit? ― Where's your folks today?
East Central German
Etymology
Compare German Leute.
Noun
Leit f
- (Erzgebirgisch) people
Further reading
2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, OCLC 932028867, page 80:
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɪ̯t/
Noun
Leit
- people
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German liut, Proto-Germanic *liudiz. Cognate with German Leute, Dutch lieden, (obsolete) English leod.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑɪ̯t/
Noun
Leit pl (plural only)
- people
- Vill Leit huele sech keng Zäit, fir owes ze kachen.
- Many people don’t take the time to cook supper.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German Leute, Dutch lieden, Old English lēod.
Noun
Leit
- (in the plural) people
- Viel Leit wolle es net esse, awwer ich fer schurr.
- Many people don't want to eat it, but I do for sure.