Manisch

Manisch refers either to a dialect of Rotwelsch (especially in the vicinity of greater Gießen, Germany) or a speaker thereof (plural: Manische or Manen). The term Manisch however, is also understood primarily throughout much of the German state of Hesse and parts of the Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Rheinland-Pfalz) to refer to the Manisch/Jenisch (alternatively "gypsy") elements of their vernacular.^[1] Several words are recognisably derived from Yiddish (e.g. malocho, "work") or Romany (e.g. pani, "water").

Manisch in Gießen

Select glossary of the Gießen Manisch dialect

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German	Manisch	English
aber sicher!	aweles!	for sure!
acht	ochte	eight
alt	puri	old
Arbeit	maloche	work
Arm	mussi	arm
Baum	ruck	tree
beobachten	spannen	observe
Bier	lawine	beer
Blödsinn	stuß	drivel
Brille	nagewelo	glasses
Brot	maro	bread
Brötchen	ballemari	roll
Dame	tschuwel	lady
Dirne	lupni	whore
Drei	trin	three
Dumm	dinnelich	dumb
eins	jäck	one
Fahrrad	welo	bicycle
Ficken	buijen	to screw
Franzose	walltscho	Frenchman
Fräulein	moss	young lady
Friseur	ballefusser	barber
geben	dehlen	to give
Geld	lowi	money
Gesindel	mischpoche	riff-raff
Gott	dewel	God
Gut	latscho	good
Haar	balle	hair
Hexe	tschowachani	witch
ist	bescht	is
ja	awe	yes
Jude	boboldo	Jew
Kein	tschü	no / none
Kerl	gardsch	fellow
Kerl (liederlich)	kluntegardsch	man (loose)
Lehrer	siegebaskero	teacher
Lügner	kochebasgero	liar
machen	kären	make / do
Messer	tschuri	knife
Milch	tut	milk
Namen	lab	name
Nase	nag	nose
neun	enje	nine
Ohr	kant	ear
Penis	gari	penis
Prostituierte	kluntemoss	prostitute
reden	pennen	to talk
rot	loli	red
richtig	tschatcho	correct
Sack	gono	sack
schlau	kochem	smart
Schmand	schmentana	sour cream
Schule	siegebaskeri	school
Toilette	tschundekär	toilet
trinken	schwächen	to drink
Unrat	fuhl	refuse
Vulva	minsch	vulva
Wasser	pani	water
Wetter	tsiro	weather
wir	amos	we
zehn	desch	ten
Zigarette	pimangelo	cigarette
zu	banedi	closed
Zwiebel	burme	onion

See also

• Lotegorisch
• Manush
• Rotwelsch