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Deif
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Low German
Alternative forms
nds Deiv Deiw ; Daif Daiv Daiw ; Däif Däiv Däiw variant spellings
nds Deuf Doif parts of eastern Westphalian
nds Deev chiefly northwestern dialects
Etymology
nds gmw-pro gem-pro 2
From nds gml dêf, from nds osx thiof.
Pronunciation
nds /daɪ̯f/ /dɛɪ̯f/
Noun
m Deiwe,Deiwen nds most of _ Westphalian Eastphalian Mecklenburgisch Pomeranian
thief
nds De Wiäke fäng all guet an, sä de Deif, do brachen se em up’n Maondag nao’n Galgen. The week starts just great, as the thief said when they took him to the gallows on Monday. old Wellerism