English Explanatory Dictionary

Pennsylvania Dutch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Those people of German origin who settled in the Pennsylvania area prior to 1800, and their descendants.
  2. Their language, Pennsylvania German, a High German language descended from Palatine German.
  3. The Old Order Amish.
adj
  1. Related to the Pennsylvania German people or their language.

Word forms

Pennsylvania Dutch

Etymology

From their primary residence in Pennsylvania and from Palatine German Deitsch (“German”), their own endonym, gradually modified under influence from Dutch.

Synonyms

Pennsylvania German

Related words

Black Dutch

Derived words

Pennsylvania Dutch English Pennsylvania Dutchland
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