Pennsylvania Dutch

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Pennsylvania Dutch (countable and uncountable, plural Pennsylvania Dutch)

1. (in the plural) Those people of German origin who settled in the Pennsylvania area prior to 1800, and their descendants.
2. (uncountable) Their language, Pennsylvania German, a High German language descended from Palatine German.
3. (nonstandard) The Old Order Amish.

Synonyms

• Pennsylvania German

Derived terms

• Pennsylvania Dutch English
• Pennsylvania Dutchland

 

Related terms

• Black Dutch

Translations

People of Pennsylvania German origin

• German: Pennsylvanier m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pennsylvaniatyskere

  Nynorsk: pennsylvaniatyskarar

language

• Cornish: Pennsylvaynek m
• German: Pennsylvaniadeutsch (de) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pennsylvaniatysk (no) m

  Nynorsk: pennsylvaniatysk m

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

Adjective

Pennsylvania Dutch (not comparable)

1. Related to the Pennsylvania German people or their language.

Synonyms

• Pennsylvania German