Rotwelsch (German: [ˈʁoːtvɛlʃ], "beggar's foreign (language)") or Gaunersprache (German: [ˈɡaʊnɐʃpʁaːxə] "crook's language") also Khokhmer Loshn (from... 11 KB (1,177 words) - 02:13, 9 April 2024 |
 | reference refers to the Rotwelsch cant, not its speakers, with no implication of an itinerant lifestyle. Friedrich Kluge: Rotwelsch. Quellen und Wortschatz... 15 KB (1,665 words) - 18:09, 20 March 2024 |
 | Liber Vagatorum (redirect from Die Rotwelsch Grammatic) had entered Rotwelsch via Yiddish. From around 1540, some editions were titled inaccurately Die Rotwelsch Grammatic (lit. 'The Rotwelsch Grammar'). A... 17 KB (1,789 words) - 17:44, 13 September 2023 |
 | Norwegian, but has heavy lexicon borrowing from Romani and German Rotwelsch. Rotwelsch lexicon has entered through the Yeniche, and Romani lexicon has entered... 14 KB (1,446 words) - 22:42, 10 March 2024 |
heavy lexical borrowings from German Rotwelsch as well as lexical borrowings from Romani too. The German Rotwelsch lexicon found within Norwegian Rodi... 5 KB (523 words) - 19:57, 20 October 2023 |
Three heirs to a Judeo-Latin legacy: Judeo-Ibero-Romance, Yiddish, and Rotwelsch. Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz. p. 8. ISBN 9783447028134. Wexler, Paul (1988)... 3 KB (206 words) - 05:12, 30 November 2023 |
pronounced as TOY-fell) in German (n.b. not the French "toi"). Also from Rotwelsch tof and from Yiddish tov ("good", derived from the Hebrew טוב and with... 4 KB (400 words) - 19:00, 6 January 2024 |
Spain's Germanía or French Argot. It is speculated to originate from Rotwelsch. However, the word Bargoens usually refers to the thieves' cant spoken... 4 KB (300 words) - 02:40, 9 April 2024 |
criminal underworld (criminals, prostitutes). Rotvælsk, from Denmark Rotwelsch, from Germany Šatrovački, from the former Yugoslavia Scottish Cant, a... 20 KB (2,422 words) - 08:42, 18 February 2024 |
 | saying that the Jews had contributed Hebrew words as a main basis of the Rotwelsch cryptolect. He warned in the admonitory preface Christians not to give... 151 KB (19,000 words) - 01:05, 17 April 2024 |
Saliva traditionally was supposed to have demon-banishing powers. From Rotwelsch tof, from Yiddish tov ("good", derived from the Hebrew טוב and with phonetic... 17 KB (2,053 words) - 01:55, 19 April 2024 |
the Yenish vocabulary,[citation needed] which is derived in part from Rotwelsch, with influences from Yiddish, Romani, and other minority languages of... 3 KB (242 words) - 09:18, 19 December 2023 |
 | "holy") is a trading language and Palatine variant of the secret language, Rotwelsch, spoken in the Leiningerland (especially in Carlsberg), where in the late... 2 KB (117 words) - 01:56, 24 May 2022 |
 | Three Heirs to a Judeo-Latin Legacy: Judeo-Ibero-Romance, Yiddish and Rotwelsch (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1988). Taylor-Schechter K 1.115, a Judeo-Latin... 4 KB (385 words) - 07:51, 31 May 2023 |
 | chranawita ("croaker timber," another name for juniper) and from the Rotwelsch word Blamp (alcoholic drink). A red-colored cherry liqueur called Krambambuli... 2 KB (129 words) - 05:11, 19 November 2023 |
 | Bargoens, Netherlands Fenya, Russia Germanía, Spain Grypsera, Poland Rotwelsch, Germany Coa, Chile A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of... 12 KB (1,533 words) - 10:21, 5 April 2024 |
Language game Lavender linguistics Lunfardo Meme Nadsat Pig Latin Polari Rotwelsch Shelta Thieves' cant Verlan It is often difficult to collect etymologies... 27 KB (3,186 words) - 21:09, 12 April 2024 |
Manisch refers either to a dialect of Rotwelsch (especially in the vicinity of greater Gießen, Germany) or a speaker thereof (plural: Manische or Manen)... 4 KB (153 words) - 20:47, 14 July 2022 |
Gruyter. pp. 37–52. ISBN 3-11-012802-0. Iversen, Ragnvald (1945). The Rodi (Rotwelsch) in Norway. Secret languages in Norway. Oslo: I Kommisjon Hos Jacob Dybwad... 8 KB (598 words) - 20:45, 17 January 2024 |
 | University of Applied Sciences University of Giessen Manisch is a dialect of rotwelsch spoken in and around Giessen by people in lower income neighbourhoods... 18 KB (1,493 words) - 16:02, 13 March 2024 |
(story, something overheard) whereas Robert Sedlacek suggests an origin in Rotwelsch, in which Schmee means something similar to thieves' cant, lie or joke... 4 KB (515 words) - 01:18, 14 July 2023 |
Lunfardo and Vesre Mediterranean Lingua Franca Pajubá Julian and Sandy Rotwelsch Shelta Swardspeak, argot used by LGBT people in the Philippines Verlan... 38 KB (3,003 words) - 13:42, 12 April 2024 |
 | hawkers selling items such as baskets, brushes, and whips, and belongs to Rotwelsch. It was used as a code. The "Swabian–Alemannic" carnival is an important... 20 KB (2,569 words) - 08:01, 12 April 2024 |
Bron Gacería Lunfardo (Argentina and Uruguay) Quinqui Thieves' cant Rotwelsch Bloom, Harold; Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold (2010).... 4 KB (445 words) - 11:58, 24 June 2022 |
 | etymologists report that the word is actually a Berlin dialect term derived from Rotwelsch Yiddish and that this story was invented after the fact. As a result of... 60 KB (7,823 words) - 00:57, 16 April 2024 |
characteristic vocabulary that was partly influenced by varieties such as Rotwelsch, Jenisch or Yiddish, because people wanted to communicate in a way the... 3 KB (321 words) - 22:20, 2 August 2022 |
with an account of the underground language of central Europe called Rotwelsch. It was long-listed for the Wingate Prize. Michael Rosen, in The Guardian... 11 KB (1,119 words) - 23:48, 25 December 2023 |
seen as well in the international language used by criminals (see also Rotwelsch). The evidence for these blatant assertions is nowhere produced. Insofar... 47 KB (5,805 words) - 19:16, 15 April 2024 |
strengthen ingroup solidarity. Rotvælsk should not be confused with: German Rotwelsch Norwegian Rodi/Rotvælsk Bakker, P. & Nielsen, F.S., 2011. Goddeis genter... 2 KB (265 words) - 15:25, 2 January 2024 |
little relation with English, but has a number of loans from Jenisch, Rotwelsch and Yiddish. In addition to it, there was also a special kind of Pig Latin... 13 KB (1,509 words) - 09:38, 21 January 2024 |