GLOSSARY

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ab im kopp: crazy, crazy in the head

ach: oh

aenti: aunt

appeditlich: delicious

boppli: baby

bruder: brother

bu/buwe: young man/young men

daag/daags: day/days

daed: father

danki: thank you

Dietsch: Amish language

dochder: daughter

dummkopf: idiot

Englisch: non-Amish

familye: family

frau: woman, Mrs.

geh: go

gute nacht: good night

haus: house

herr: man, mister

kaffee: coffee

kapp: white hat worn by Amish women

kinn/kinner: child/children

kumme: come

lieb: love

maedel: girl/young woman

mamm: mom

mann: Amish man

mei: my

mudder/mutter: mother

nee: no

nix: nothing

schee: pretty/handsome

schwesters: sisters

seltsam: weird

sohn: son

vatter: father

ya: yes

yer: your

yerself: yourself

yung: young