pennsylvania dutch

English - Turkish

Definition of pennsylvania dutch in English Turkish dictionary: pensilvanya alman lehçesi; alman asıllı pensilvanyalı

English - English

Definition of pennsylvania dutch in English English dictionary: Their language; Related to the Amish or their language; The Amish; those people of German origin who settled in the Pennsylvania area prior to 1800; a group of people living in the US state of Pennsylvania, who came from Germany in the 1600s and 1700s to find religious freedom, and still live in the style of that time. They wear very old-fashioned clothes, and do not have cars or other modern machines. They are Protestants, and include the Amish and the Mennonites Dutch; a dialect of High German spoken in parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland

pennsylvania dutch

Hyphenation

Penn·syl·va·ni·a dutch

pensılveynyı dʌç

/ˌpensəlˈvānyə ˈdəʧ/ /ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə ˈdʌʧ/

() Possibly from Pennsylvania + Deutsch (“German”).

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