Pennsylvania Dutch Dialect Project

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Pronouns in Pennsylvania Dutch are similar to English, except they imply different cases of their objects.  For contractions and other information, consult the suggested grammar books.

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aus	out of
bei	with, by, at, at the house of (shows proximity to a person or family)
in blatz vun	instead of
mit	with
noch	to, toward
nooch	after
vun	from, of, by
weeich, wegge	about,because of, on account of, concerning
zidder	since
zu	to

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bis	until, by, asfar as (bis zum) (time)
darrich	through
fer	for
geeich, geegge	against (a principle)
um	around (time), at the time
unne	without
wedder	against (contact)

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preposition	meaning
an	at, to
hinnich, hinner	behind, in back of
in	in (D), into (A)
iwwer	over, above
newich, newe	beside, next to, near
owwich	over, above
uff	on, upon
unnich	beneath, under, among
ver, vor	before, in front of
zwische, g'schwissich	between

note, these objects that depend on motion:
 A - toward or into the area represented by the object (into)
 D - no motion, or motion with (in)

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debei	with it, by it, at it (shows proximity to a person or family)
dedarrich	through it
defor	for it
degeegge	against it
demit	with it
denewe	beside it, next to it, near it
denooch	after it
devor	before it, in front of it
devun	from it
dewedder	against it
dewegge,deswegge	about it, because of it,on account of it, therefore
dezwische	between (them)
dezu	to it
draa	at it,to it
draus	out of it
drin	in it, into it
driwwer	over it, above it
druff	on it, upon it
drum	beneath it, under it, among them
drunner	without it

The above show how the prefixes de- and dr- can be used to indicate that the object of the preposition is an inanimate object.  In this case, the word represents the preposition and the object.