Prussian proverbs

Prussian is an East Central German dialect spoken in north-eastern Germany and northern Poland.

D

 * Drei Mal umziehen ist so gut wie einmal abbrennen.
 * English equivalent: Two fittings are as bad as one fire.

E

 * 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)

H

 * Handthere deit lehre.
 * English equivalent: Practice makes perfect.

K

 * Kömmt Tiet, kömmt Rath ; kömmt Sack (Sa.deltiet ), hommt Saat.

V

 * Vader, si dem Sähn nich gramm: De Appel föllt nich wiet vom Stamm.
 * English equivalent: The apple does not fall far from the tree.