Authors: Marianne Ellis
Glossary
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ab in kopp
crazy
ach
oh
aenti
aunt
Ausbund
hymn book
blabbermaul
chatterbox; blabbermouth
boppli (plural: bopplin)
baby
daed, daedi
dad, daddy
danki
thank you
dawdi-haus
grandparents' house attached to main house
Deitsch
Pennsylvania German
dochder (plural: dochdern)
daughter
dokterfraa
a woman healer
dumm
dumb; stupid
Englisch
non-Amish
Englischer
non-Amish person
fraa
wife
gennuk
enough
graabhof
graveyard
gross-mammi
grandma
gude mariye
good morning
gut
good
gut nacht
good night
ich liebe dich
I love you
ja
yes
kaffi
coffee
kapp
prayer head covering for females
kind (plural: kinder)
child
komm
come
Leit
the people, the district
maedel (plural: maedels)
girl; young unmarried woman
mamm
mom
mei kinder
my children
mutza
coat worn by a man to Sunday services
onkel
uncle
Ordnung
district's rules of behavior and worship
rumspringa
running-around time before baptism
schatzi
little treasure (an endearment)
Schteckliman
intermediary between groom's and bride's parents
snitz pie
dried apple pie
sohn (plural: söhne)
son
vorsinger
lead singer at services or singings
was iss letz?
what's wrong?
wie geht's?
hello, how are you doing?
wilkomm
welcome
wunderbaar
wonderful
yunga
young one
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If you enjoyed
Summer Promise
, don't miss
AUTUMN GRACE
the second book in the Amish Seasons series, coming in November 2013 from Berkley Books.