Leit

== Bavarian == === Alternative forms === Leid (spelling) === Etymology === From Middle High German liute, from Old High German liuti, also liudi, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Compare Dutch lieden, luden, luiden, Old Norse lýðir (“people”) (whence Icelandic lýður), Old Saxon liudi, Old English lēode (“people”), English lede (“people”), Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs), Russian люди (ljudi), Bulgarian люде (ljude). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lai̯d̥/, /lɑɛ̯d̥/ (Central Bavarian) IPA(key): /læːd̥/ (Vienna) === Noun === Leit pl (diminutive Leidln) people (several individual persons, a group of people in general) De Leit san deppert. ― People are stupid. folks, relatives, family, kinship Wo sand'n deine Leit heid? ― Where's your folks today? == East Central German == === Etymology === Compare German Leute. === Noun === Leit f (Erzgebirgisch) people === Further reading === Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 80 == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /laɪ̯t/ === Noun === Leit ? people === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Leit”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Old High German liut, Proto-Germanic *liudiz. Cognate with German Leute, Dutch lieden, (obsolete) English leod. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɑɪ̯t/ === Noun === Leit pl (plural only) people ==== Derived terms ==== Aarbechtsleit == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === Compare German Leute, Dutch lieden, Old English lēod. === Noun === Leit (in the plural) people