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Pierona
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German
Alternative forms
de pierona
de Perronje Perrunje Pieronie Pierunie Pirona Pironie Pironje Pirunie Pirunje Pjeronje Pjerunje
Etymology
de szl pierōn lightning, from de sla-pro *perunъ.
Pronunciation
de /pjeˈrɔna/
Interjection
de interjection Pierona!
de archaic Silesia damn!, blimey!; exclamation stereotypical for the German speech of eastern Silesia, which was a form of Standard German influenced by Slavic as well as (western) Silesian German dialects
de before 1955 1975 Schlesien wie es lachte Gute Forseze für den Neuen Jahr Erich Hoinkis Albrecht Baehr 76 Verlag Weidlich Frankfurt am Main nonstandard Also nimmst du dem Album mit die ganzen Bilder fon die Medchen und den ganzen Haufen Briefe, was haben sie geschrieben wegen die ewige Treue und so weiter ganzem Unfuk, und steckst du ihm bei Ofenloche und zindst du ihm an und sagst du: »So! Pierona! Da is ihm aber auch Gottseidank Schluß damit!« So you take the album with all the pictures of the girls and the whole heap of letters that they wrote about eternal fidelity and so on all that nonsense, and you put it in the oven mouth and you light it and you say: “So! Blimey! That’s also over thank goodness!”