Pennsylvania Dutch Dialect - Fun with Words
Schpass mit Wadde (Fun with
Words)
My hair is Haar,
My ear is an Ohr,
My nose is my Naas,
A rabbit is a Haas.
My eye is my Aag,
A day is a Daag,
My head is my Kopp,
A button is a Gnopp.
My mouth is my Maul,
A horse is a Gaul,
My hand si a Hand,
And sand is Sand.
My finger is a Finger,
My toe is a Zehe,
My leg is my Bee,
A stone is a Schtee.
A man is a Mann,
A can is a Kann,
A boy is a Bu,
A cow is a Kuh,
My Mother is my Memm,
Her kitchen is a Kich,
My Father is my Pap,
A light is a Licht.
A Valentine is a Hatz,
A cat is a Katz,
A dog is a Hund,
And ground is Grund.
My foot is my Fuus,
My sneaker is my Schuh,
My boot is a Schtiwwel,
An onion is a Zwiwwel.
An apple is an Abbel,
Yelowis gehl, red is rot,
Butter is Budder,
And bread is Brot.
A flower is a Blumm,
A tree is a Baam,
Milk is Millich,
And cream is Raam.
A girl is a Meedel,
Her dress is a Gaund,
Her doll is her Bopp,
Her head is her Kopp.
A mouse is a Maus,
A house is a Haus,
A bench is a Bank,
A cupboard is a Schank.
A fish is a Fisch,
A table is a Disch,
My chair is my Schtul,
My school is a Schul.
My plates is my Deller,
My spoon is a Leffel,
My fork is a Gawwel,
My knife is a Messer.
My cup is my Koppche,
My glass is my Glaas,
My broom is my Besem,
And grass is Graas.
My thumb is my Daume,
A plum is a Blaume,
A grape is a Draub,
A caterpillar is a Raub.
A dish is a Schissel,
A key is a Schlissel,
A door is a Dier,
And paper is Babier.
A bird is a Voggel,
A chicken is a Hinkel,
An egg is an Oi,
And a pie is a Boi.
A fly is a Mick,
A creek is a Grick,
A penny is a Bens,
And an ant is an Umens.
A goat is a Gees,
A sheep is a Schof,
Mom's garden is a Gaarde,
Our yard is a Hof.
My book is a Buch,
A cloth is a Duch,
A barrel is a Fass,
And my fun is Schpass.