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Oosterei
in Low German
Pronunciation:
/ɔu̯stɐaɪ̯/
noun
Syllabication:
Oos·ter·ei
Plural:
Oostereier
n
dat Oosterei
[1]
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Oldenburg:
Rüstringer Schrieverkring.
Waldeck:
Karl Bauer:
Waldeckisches Wörterbuch nebst Dialektproben.
1902, Wörterliste, page 7
PDF, 25.4 MB
Warberg:
Antun Willdeygud:
Van ussen Hierguede. En Preuweken int ner plattduitschen Mueke.
Bonifacius-Drückerigge, Paderborn 1890, page 33
PDF, 1.1 MB
Stader Geest:
Marcus Buck: attested by oral sources on the Stade Geest
Low Saxon:
Ei
,
dat
de
Oosterhaas
bringt
English:
easter
egg
Dutch:
paasei
German:
Osterei
Examples:
Wi
hebbt
Oostersünndag
Oostereier
söcht
.
Karolyn, CC BY 3.0
Etymology:
Compound word constructed from: ooster +
Ei
Rhyming words
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