Gschwarl

Etymology
From, with adaptation to words on Gsch-. The same word is also mentioned for other South German lects in the United States; whether these appearances are independent borrowings from English or are due to the word spreading through the German lects is hard to determine.

Noun

 * 1) squirrel
 * 2) * 2006, Deutsch-Pennsylvanischer Arbeitskreis (eds.), Mit Pennsylvaanisch-Deitsch darich's yaahr: A Pennsylvania German reader for grandparents and grandchildren, Tintenfaß (publ.), page 118.
 * "pdc"

- Datt driwwe schpringt en groh Gschwarl uff de Fens naus un geht am Eechebaam nuff mit'me Hickerniss im Maul.