Pennsylvania Dutch
Meanings
Noun
- Those people of German origin who settled in the Pennsylvania area prior to 1800, and their descendants.
- Their language, Pennsylvania German, a High German language descended from Palatine German. .
- The Old Order Amish.
Adjective
- Related to the Pennsylvania German people or their language.
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Origin
- From Pennsylvania + Dutch, in the now obsolete sense of "German". Also by folk etymology from the German word "Deutsch" meaning "German".
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