Pennsylvania Dutch

English

Etymology

From Pennsylvania + Dutch, in the now obsolete sense of "German".

Noun

Pennsylvania Dutch (countable and uncountable, plural Pennsylvania Dutch)

(plural) Those people of German origin who settled in the Pennsylvania area prior to 1800, and their descendants.
(uncountable) Their language, Pennsylvania German, a High German language descended from Palatine German. (Not to be confused with the Low German language Plautdietsch.).
(nonstandard) The Old Order Amish.

Synonyms

Pennsylvania German

Translations

People of Pennsylvania German origin

Norwegian:
Bokmål: pennsylvaniatyskere

Nynorsk: pennsylvaniatyskarar

language

German: Pennsylvaniadeutsch (de) n, Pennsilfaanisch n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pennsylvaniatysk (no) m

Nynorsk: pennsylvaniatysk m

Pennsylvania German: Deitsch n, Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch n
Scots: Pennsylvanish

Adjective

Pennsylvania Dutch (not comparable)

Related to the Pennsylvania German people or their language.

Synonyms

Pennsylvania German

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