 | English  | German |  |
 | wee {adj} [esp. Scot. and NZ] | 1598 klein |  |
 | auld {adj} [Scot.] | 991 alt |  |
 | syne {adv} [Scot.: ago] | 689 vergangen |  |
 | wee {adj} [esp. Scot. and NZ] | 650 winzig |  |
 | nay [Scot.] [archaic] | 425 nein |  |
 | wee {adj} [esp. Scot. and NZ] | 375 lütt [nordd.] [ugs.] [klein] |  |
 | eldritch {adj} [Scot.] | 345 unheimlich |  |
 | sb. pled [esp. Am., Scot., dial.] | 130 jd. plädierte |  |
 | ain [Scot.: own] | 115 eigener |  |
 | belive {adv} [Scot.] | 113 alsbald |  |
 | Aye! [Scot., N. Engl., archaic, and said when voting] | 107 Ja! |  |
 | went {past-p} [Scot.] [Irish] [Tyneside] | 102 gegangen |  |
 | aye {adv} [Scot., N.Engl. and N. Ireland dialect: always] | 78 immer |  |
 | braid {adj} [Scot.] | 69 breit |  |
 | bonnie {adj} [Scot., N. Engl.] [poet.] | 63 hübsch |  |
 | Sot! {adv} [Scot.] [on the contrary] | 58 Doch! |  |
 | agr. dour {adj} [Scot.] [of land] [barren, infertile] | 48 unfruchtbar [Land] |  |
 | gey {adv} [Scot.: quite] | 46 ziemlich |  |
 | anent {prep} [esp. Scot.] [archaic] | 43 zu |  |
 | Yersel! [Scot., N. Engl. sl.: yourself] | 43 Ebenso! |  |
 | blithering {adj} [Scot.] | 41 geschwätzig [pej.] |  |
 | happen {adv} [Scot.] [Br. regional] [perhaps, maybe] | 41 vielleicht |  |
 | leal {adj} [Scot. or poet.] | 39 loyal |  |
 | muckle {adj} [Scot.] | 34 riesig |  |
 | braw {adj} [Scot.] | 31 schön |  |
 | dreich {adj} [weather] [Scot.] | 29 feuchtkalt [Wetter] |  |
 | douce {adj} [Scot.: modest] | 27 bescheiden |  |
 | canny {adj} [Scot., N. Engl.] | 26 hübsch |  |
 | real {adv} [Am.] [Scot.] [coll.] [very] | 24 ausgesprochen [wirklich] |  |
 | anent {prep} [esp. Scot.] [archaic] | 23 bezüglich [+Gen.] <bzgl.> |  |
 | harled {adj} {past-p} [Scot.] [N. Engl.] | 23 verputzt [Kalk + Sand] |  |
 | stay {adj} [Scot.: live] | 21 lebendig |  |
 | leal {adj} [Scot. or poet.] | 20 treu |  |
 | a'thing {pron} [Scot.] | 19 alles |  |
 | pished {adj} [Scot.] | 19 betrunken |  |
 | mickle {adj} [Scot., N. Engl. or archaic] | 18 riesig |  |
 | muckle {adj} {adv} [Scot.] [N. Engl.] [archaic] | 16 groß |  |
 | gallus {adj} [coll.] [Scot.] [cheeky] | 15 frech |  |
 | timeous {adj} [chiefly Scot.] | 15 rechtzeitig |  |
 | crabbit {adj} [Scot.: crabbed] | 14 übelgelaunt |  |
 | blethering {adj} [Scot.] | 13 geschwätzig [pej.] |  |
 | braw {adj} [Scot.] | 13 aufgetakelt [ugs.] |  |
 | a'where {adv} [Scot.] [allwhere] | 12 überall |  |
 | pawky {adj} [Scot.] [N. Engl.] | 12 pfiffig |  |
 | agley {adj} [Scot.] | 11 schief |  |
 | blate {adj} [Scot.] | 10 scheu |  |
 | ling. Sassenach {adj} [Scot.] [Irish] [pej.] | 10 englisch |  |
 | a'body {pron} [Scot.] [allbody] | 9 jedermann |  |
 | lang {adj} {adv} [Scot.] | 9 lang |  |
 | pled {past-p} [esp. Am., Scot., dial.] | 9 plädiert |  |