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Pennsylvania dutch

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Related to the Pennsylvania German people or their language. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    Those people of German origin who settled in the Pennsylvania area prior to 1800, and their descendants. countable, in-plural, uncountable
  2. 2
    a dialect of High German spoken in parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland wordnet
  3. 3
    Their language, Pennsylvania German, a High German language descended from Palatine German. uncountable
  4. 4
    The Old Order Amish. countable, nonstandard, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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