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Pronunciation

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• /ˈdɔɪt͡ʃ/

Etymology

PIE word *tewtéh₂ Borrowed from German Deutsch (“German”). Doublet of Dutch and Doitsu.

Meanings

1. (rare) German, in the German language.
   • Riley's father, Reuben, spoke Deutsch in his boyhood home and did not learn to speak English until after his childhood even though he came from Irish roots. Riley's ancestors kept alive many of the old folktales and stories of their lives. Few of these Deutsch tales survive. 1997, Thomas E. Q. Williams, James Whitcomb Riley: the poet as flying islands of the night, page 76:

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Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈdɔɪt͡ʃ/

Etymology

PIE word *tewtéh₂ Borrowed from German Deutsch (“German”). Doublet of Dutch and Doitsu.

Meanings

1. (rare) German (the language).
   • This letter had to be written in Deutsch because neither Paul nor Harriet knew Danish. 2002, Richard Braden, Escape from Europe, page 102:
   • “We sing our Sunday hymns a cappella, too,” Sadie said. “But Amish songs are very different from yours. They're written in Deutsch, and there's no harmony.” 2012, Rosalind Lauer, A Simple Spring: A Seasons of Lancaster Novel, page 163:
   • Riley's father, Reuben, spoke Deutsch in his boyhood home and did not learn to speak English until after his childhood even though he came from Irish roots. Riley's ancestors kept alive many of the old folktales and stories of their lives. Few of these Deutsch tales survive. 1997, Thomas E. Q. Williams, James Whitcomb Riley: the poet as flying islands of the night, page 76:
2. A surname from German.

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