Wenter
See also: wenter and wénter
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- Wengter (Ripuarian, now chiefly western dialects)
- Wonter, Wönter (Eifel)
Etymology
From Old High German wintar, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋentʌ/
Noun
Wenter m (plural Wentere)
- (most of Moselle Franconian, parts of Ripuarian) winter
- Line from a Kölsch song
- Jedes Johr em Wenter, wenn et widder schneit,
Kütt der Fastelovend un mir sinn all bereit.- Every year in winter when it snows again,
That’s when the carnival season comes, and all of us are ready.
- Every year in winter when it snows again,
- Line from a Kölsch song