Ordnung
/ˈɔːdnʊŋ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A set of rules for Amish and Mennonite living. US
"Rather than a packet of rules to memorize, the Ordnung is the “understood” set of expectations for behavior. In the same way that the rules of grammar are learned by children, so the Ordnung, the grammar of order, is absorbed by Amish youth."
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More examples"Rather than a packet of rules to memorize, the Ordnung is the “understood” set of expectations for behavior. In the same way that the rules of grammar are learned by children, so the Ordnung, the grammar of order, is absorbed by Amish youth."
Etymology
From Pennsylvania German, from German Ordnung (“order, discipline”).