# Pennsylvania Dutch

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Those people of German origin who settled in the Pennsylvania area prior to 1800, and their descendants.
2. Their language, Pennsylvania German, a High German language descended from Palatine German.
3. The Old Order Amish.

## Etymology
From their primary residence in Pennsylvania and from , their own endonym, gradually modified under influence from Dutch.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pennsylvania-dutch