Nochber
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Cognate to German Nachbar.
Noun
Nochber (plural Nochbere)
- neighbor
- 1907, Meik Fuchs, Charlie Green's Expirienz mit eme Skunk (Western German-American Dialect), in The Pennsylvania-German: A Popular Magazine, page 185:
- Mei Nochber, der Greeley, is an der Fenz gestanne un hot mer zugeguckt.
- My neighbour, Greeley, stood at the fence watching me.
- Mei Nochber, der Greeley, is an der Fenz gestanne un hot mer zugeguckt.
- 1907, Meik Fuchs, Charlie Green's Expirienz mit eme Skunk (Western German-American Dialect), in The Pennsylvania-German: A Popular Magazine, page 185: