Pennsylvania Dutch (Deitsch, Pennsilfaanisch-Deitsch or Pennsilfaanisch) or Pennsylvania German is a variety of Palatine German spoken by the Pennsylvania...
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The Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvanisch Deitsche), also referred to as Pennsylvania Germans, are an ethnic group in Pennsylvania (U...
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since the first ethnically German families settled in the United States in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1608, the German language, dialects, and different traditions...
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German (German: Deutsch, pronounced [dɔʏtʃ] ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, It is the most used language within the...
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younger Pennsylvania Germans tend to speak General American English. Very few non-Amish members of these people can speak the Pennsylvania German language, although...
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Pennsylvania residents age five and older spoke English at home as a primary language while 4.1% (486,058) spoke Spanish, 0.9% (103,502) spoke German...
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from Pennsylvania. By 1871, nearly 55% of the population of Waterloo County had German origins. Especially in Berlin, German was the dominant language spoken...
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Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in...
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Alsatian dialect (redirect from Alsatian German)
"Alsatian German"; Lorraine Franconian: Elsässerdeitsch; French: Alsacien; German: Elsässisch or Elsässerdeutsch) is the group of Alemannic German dialects...
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The Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie Deitschland), or Pennsylvania Dutchland, is a region of German Pennsylvania spanning the...
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extinct languages. Proto-West Germanic High German languages Old High German† & Middle High German† Upper German High Franconian East Franconian German South...
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The High German languages (German: hochdeutsche Mundarten, i.e. High German dialects), or simply High German (Hochdeutsch [ˈhoːxˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ] ) – not to be...
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Texas German (German: Texasdeutsch, pronounced [ˈtɛksasˌdɔʏtʃ]) is a group of German language dialects spoken by descendants of mid-19th century German settlers...
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"Hail, Pennsylvania!" (Pennsylvania German: Haagel, Pennsylvanie!) is a song written by Edgar M. Dilley (Class of 1897) as a submission to a University...
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minority language by immigrant communities in North America, South America, Central America, Mexico and Australia. A German dialect, Pennsylvania Dutch,...
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Old Order Mennonite (category Articles containing Pennsylvania German-language text)
(Pennsylvania German: Fuhremennischte) form a branch of the Mennonite tradition. Old Order are those Mennonite groups of Swiss German and south German...
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Pow-wow (folk magic) (category Articles containing Pennsylvania German-language text)
Powwow, also called Brauche, Brauchau, or Braucherei in the Pennsylvania Dutch language, is a vernacular system of North American traditional medicine...
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is a German belt consisting of areas with predominantly German American populations that extends across the United States from eastern Pennsylvania, where...
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Boyertown (Pennsylvania Dutch: Boyerschteddel) is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,264 at the 2020 census....
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Ephrata (/ˈɛfrətə/ EF-rə-tə; Pennsylvania German: Effridaa) is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 42 miles (68 km)...
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1764, to aid German immigrants, including those who arrived as indentured servants, it now promotes the teaching of the German language and culture, sponsors...
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Plautdietsch (redirect from Mennonite Low German)
low) German" (referring to the plains of northern Germany or the simplicity of the language). In other Low German dialects, the word for Low German is usually...
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language. This would imply approximately 175–220 million German speakers worldwide. The German language is spoken in a number of countries and territories in...
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into German. The myth also extends to German being the second official language of Pennsylvania; however, Pennsylvania has no official language. Although...
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Hog maw (category Cuisine of the Pennsylvania Dutch)
stomach, Susquehanna turkey or Pennsylvania Dutch goose is a Pennsylvania Dutch dish. In the Pennsylvania German language, it is known as Seimaage (sigh-maw-guh)...
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Palatine German are Westpfälzisch (also called Hinterpfälzisch) and Vorderpfälzisch (also called Ostpfälzisch). The Pennsylvania Dutch language is descended...
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"Pennsylvania" (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvanie) is the regional anthem of the U.S. state of the same name. The song was written and composed by former...
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Brownstown (Pennsylvania German: Brauneschteddel) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in West Earl Township, Lancaster County...
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Schwarzenau Brethren (redirect from German Baptist Brethren)
language in North America. Many members of the Schwarzenau Brethren came from the Southwest of Germany, the same region where the Pennsylvania German...
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German studies, also often known as German philology, is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature...
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