Pennsylvania Dutch

Definition: Pennsylvania Dutch

Pennsylvania Dutch

Noun

1. A dialect of High German spoken in parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Commercial Usage: Pennsylvania Dutch

Domain	Title
Books	Gruel and Unusual Punishment: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery With Recipes (reference) No Use Dying over Spilled Milk: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery With Recipes (reference) Custard's Last Stand: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery Recipes (reference) Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Christmas (reference) The Hand That Rocks the Ladle: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery With Recipes (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	The Frugal Gourmet: Pennsylvania Dutch (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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Specialty Definition: Pennsylvania Dutch

The Pennsylvania Dutch (more correctly Pennsylvania German) are a people of various religious affiliations, living mostly in eastern Pennsylvania, with cultural traditions dating back to the German immigrations to America in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Despite the name, the people are not from the Netherlands, but rather are from various parts of southwest Germany, Alsace and Switzerland. Pennsylvania Germans spoke a language known as Pennsylvania German, and some continue to speak it to this day. The word "Dutch" here is left over from an archaic sense of the English word, which once referred to Germany as well as to the Netherlands. This archaism may have survived for various reasons; for example, the Pennsylvania German word for "German" is "Deitsch", which sounds similar to the English "Dutch".

The German word for "German" (itself) is "deutsch" (it sounds similar to "dutch", too).

See also: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Image Slideshow: Pennsylvania Dutch

Photo Album: Pennsylvania Dutch

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	Study in character of the Pennsylvania Dutch.Credit: Library of Congress.		Pennsylvania Dutch barn. Krunsville, Pennsylvania.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Pennsylvania Dutch barn near Krunsville, Pennsylvania.Credit: Library of Congress.		Michael Taradash, residence in Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York. Pennsylvania Dutch room to cabinets.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pennsylvania Dutch

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Modern Translations: Pennsylvania Dutch

Language		Translations for "Pennsylvania Dutch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		pennsylvania-deutsche, pennsylvania-deutsch. (various references)

Pig Latin		ennsylvaniapay utchday

Turkish		pensilvanya alman lehçesi, alman asıllı pensilvanyalı. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Pennsylvania Dutch

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-h-i-l-n-n-n-p-s-t-u-v-y"
	-5 letters: incapsulated.
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