opwahße
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- ufwahße, ufwohße (southern Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
Equivalent to op + wahße. Compare German aufwachsen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈopˌʋaːsə/
Verb
opwahße (third-person singular present wähs op or wiehs op or wähst op or wiehst op, past tense wohs op, past participle opjewahße or opgewahs or opgewahst)
- (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) to grow up
- 2015, “Stadt met K”performed by Kasalla:
- Du bes einer vun einer Million,
E Kend vum Rhing un ne Sonn vum Dom,
Weil uns Mamm einfach jeder adopteet,
Dä hee opwähs oder hee si Hätz verleet.- You are one of a million,
A child of the Rhine and a son of the cathedral,
Because our mother [i.e. Cologne] adopts anyone,
Who here grows up or here loses their heart.
- You are one of a million,
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