Hannover Göttingen and Grubenhagen proverbs

Hannover Göttingen and Grubenhagen is a Eastphalian dialect spoken in north-central Germany.

D

 * De Appel fallt nich wit vunn Stamm .
 * English equivalent: The apple does not fall far from the tree.


 * De Nacht is neines (kenes) Minschen Fründ.

E

 * 'Ein kan den Esel wol henbringen nâän Water, âwer ein kan' ne nich twingen, dat he süpt (dat he sûpen sal).
 * English equivalent: You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.


 * Et is kein Ding sau slim, et is wô gaud vor.
 * English equivalent: Every cloud has a silver lining.


 * Et passêrt is nits Nîes under der Sunnen.
 * English equivalent: Nothing is new under the sun.

K

 * Kümt Tîd, kümt Râd.

M

 *  Morgenstunne het Gold in n Munne Wër slöpt dë geit te Grunne.
 * English equivalent: An hour in the morning before breakfast, is worth two all the rest of the day.

N

 * Nâ der Dâd, Weit Jêder gauen Râd.
 * English equivalent: If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.


 * Nôd Het kein Gebôd.
 * English equivalent: Necessity has no law.

S

 * Stêter Droppen (Drippen) hület den Stein.
 * English equivalent: Constant dropping wears the stone.

V

 * Vêle Köche verdarwet den Brî.
 * English equivalent: Too many cooks spoil the broth.

W

 * Wat en gaud Hâken wëren wil, krümt sek bî Tîen.
 * English equivalent: Soon crooks the tree that good gambrel would be.


 * Wenn de Appel rîp, is sau felt he .
 * English equivalentː When the vine is ripe, the fruit will fall.
 * "Let us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls."
 * Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: Second Series (1844)


 * Wenn et Brî rëgent, het man kenen Lepel.


 * Wër Alles hem wil, krigt nits.
 * English equivalent: Grasp all, lose all.


 * Wô de Profête gebôren is, dâ gelt he nich.
 * English equivalent: A prophet is not recognized in his own land.


 * Wô tau vêle Râdgewers sint da werd sellen wat gaues (gescheues).