Pennsylvania German

Variant of Pennsylvania Dutch

Pennsylvania Dutch definition

☆ Pennsylvania Dutch

  1. the descendants of early German immigrants, principally from the Palatinate, who settled mainly in E Pennsylvania
  2. the High German dialect of this people
    also called Pennsylvania German
  3. their form of folk art, characterized by carved or painted, stylized decorations of flowers, fruits, birds, etc., as on furniture

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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