Pennsylvania Dutch
Noun
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Noun
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.
- German: Pennsylvaniadeutsch, Pennsilfaanisch
Pennsylvania Dutch (not comparable)
- Related to the Pennsylvania German people or their language.
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