Holstein proverbs

Holstein is a Northern Low Saxon dialect spoken in northern Germany.

A

 * Wer sin Nese afsnitt de schendt sin Angesicht.
 * English equivalent: He is cutting off his nose to spite his face.

D

 * 'De Beeren sünd suur, seggt de Voss .
 * English equivalent: The fox, when he cannot reach the grapes, says they are not ripe.


 * De wat heegt de hett wat.

S

 * 'Sin beslaten Mund nig natoseggen.
 * English equivalent: Speak well of the dead.

W

 * Wennt Pankoken regnet, so is min Vatt umstůlpt.


 *  Wo is (ist) de (der) Hirsch, wenn 't Gras wasst (wächst)ǃ.
 * English equivalentː While the grass grows the steed starves.