Deutsch vs Francais - What's the difference?
deutsch | francais |
(Germanism) German (the language)
* 1997 , Thomas E. Q. Williams, James Whitcomb Riley: the poet as flying islands of the night , page 76:
* 2002 , Richard Braden, Escape from Europe , page 102:
* 2012 , Rosalind Lauer, A Simple Spring: A Seasons of Lancaster Novel , page 163:
(rare, Germanism) German, in the German language
* 1997 , Thomas E. Q. Williams, James Whitcomb Riley: the poet as flying islands of the night , page 76:
(borrowed) The French language.
As a proper noun deutsch
is (germanism) german (the language).As an adjective deutsch
is (rare|germanism) german, in the german language.As a noun francais is
.deutsch
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Riley's father, Reuben, spoke Deutsch in his boyhood home and did not learn to speak English until after his childhood even though he came from Irish roots. Riley's ancestors kept alive many of the old folktales and stories of their lives. Few of these Deutsch tales survive.
- This letter had to be written in Deutsch because neither Paul nor Harriet knew Danish.
- “We sing our Sunday hymns a cappella, too,” Sadie said. “But Amish songs are very different from yours. They're written in Deutsch , and there's no harmony.”
Adjective
(en adjective)- Riley's father, Reuben, spoke Deutsch in his boyhood home and did not learn to speak English until after his childhood even though he came from Irish roots. Riley's ancestors kept alive many of the old folktales and stories of their lives. Few of these Deutsch tales survive.
francais
English
Noun
(head)- Look, I don't parlez vous francais , so speak to me in English.