Rotwelsch

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Rotwelsch. === Proper noun === Rotwelsch (historical) A secret cant or thieves' argot spoken by covert groups primarily in southern Germany and Switzerland. Coordinate term: Bargoens === Further reading === Rotwelsch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == German == === Etymology === Uncertain. Rot (Rotwelsch for “beggar”, compare Rotte (“rout; group”)) + welsch (“Romance; foreign”). Compare Kauderwelsch (“gibberish”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʁoːtvɛlʃ/ === Proper noun === Rotwelsch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Rotwelsch or Rotwelschs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Rotwelsche, alternative genitive Rotwelschen, no plural) (historical) Rotwelsch (secret cant formerly spoken in southern Germany and Switzerland) Synonym: Gaunersprache ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Kauderwelsch (“gibberish”) ==== See also ==== Category:Rotwelsch === Further reading === “Rotwelsch” in Duden online Rotwelsch on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Rotwelsch”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)