Deivel

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German tiufal, from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos). Cognate with German Teufel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ̯vl̩/

Noun

Deivel m (plural Deivel)

  1. devil
    De Deivel kommd dich hole.
    The devil comes to get you.
    • 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart. 4. Auflage, R. Voigtländer, Kreuznach, p. 3:
      Wann eich naunder meine Kerl verleere? / Geh, eich wullt, datt Deich der Deiwel hätt?
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