Lutzer

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Lutzer f (plural Lutzre)

1. lantern
   • 1938, poem published in the journal of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, page 26:

     Der Feiervoggel baut ken Nescht,
     Er singt net in de Baem;
     Er hot en Lutzer hinne fescht.

     The firefly doesn't build a nest,
     He doesn't sing in the trees;
     He has a lantern affixed behind [him].

Synonyms

• Ladann

References

• Albert F. Buffington, A Pennsylvania German grammar (1954)