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Fleddermaus
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Pennsylvania German
pdc IPA info (or audio) + either a translated quote or reference
Etymology
Compare de Fledermaus.
Noun
pdc noun f plural Fleddermeis
butterfly, moth
2006, Deutsch-Pennsylvanischer Arbeitskreis (eds.), Mit Pennsylvaanisch-Deitsch darich's yaahr: A Pennsylvania German reader for grandparents and grandchildren, Tintenfaß (publ.), page 118.
pdc Un hie un do sehnt mer noch en Fleddermaus, as widder zu Gnaade kumme is.
bat (animal)