Weeze

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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German Weizen, Dutch weit, English wheat.

Noun

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Weeze m

  1. wheat
    • 1988, Pierce Edward Swope, "Wie ich en Bu waar", in Earl C. Haag, A Pennsylvania German Anthology, page 271.
      Wann mer Mischt un Kallick uffs Land hot, noh hot's en Latt Weeze gewwe.
      When one has manure and lime on the land, then it gave a lot of wheat.

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