wimmen
English
Noun
- Eye dialect spelling of women.
- 1903, Jack London, The People of the Abyss:
- "But women," I suggested, when he had finished proclaiming booze the sole end of existence.
"Wimmen!" He thumped his pot upon the bar and orated eloquently. "Wimmen is a thing my edication 'as learnt me t' let alone."
German
Etymology
From Middle High German wimmen, windemen, from Old High German windemōn, ultimately from Latin vindemiō, itself from vinum + demō.
Pronunciation
Verb
- (Switzerland, viticulture) to hold/keep a vintage (grape harvest) (clarification of this definition is needed)
Conjugation
Related terms
Categories:
- English eye dialect
- English terms with quotations
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Latin
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Switzerland German
- de:Horticulture
- de:Wine