# Pennsylvaniadeutsch

Pennsylvaniadeutsch is a German proper name meaning “Pennsylvania Dutch (a variety of Palatine German spoken in North America)”.

## In other languages

- Русский: пенсильванско-немецкий диалект

## Meanings

1. _no plural_ Pennsylvania Dutch (a variety of Palatine German spoken in North America)
   - 1846 September 13, Joseph Fey, “Notizen über die deutſchen Katholiken in der Stadt und Diöceſe Philadelphia — Februar 1864 — [Notes on the German Catholics in the city and diocese of Philadelphia — February 1864 —]”, in Sonntags-Beiblatt zur Augsburger Zeitung [Sunday Supplement to the Augsburg Newspaper], volume six, number 37, Augsburger Zeitung, page 147: Die übrigen Prieſter auf dem Lande, wenn auch geborne Pennſylvanierdeutſche, lernen nicht Deutſch, theils weil ſie ſich während ihrer Studien in engliſchen Collegien befinden, theils weil ihre Mutterſprache (Pennſylvaniadeutſch) ſehr verächtlich gehalten, und von den Amerikanern allgemein verſpottet wird. The other priests in the countryside, although born Pennsylvanian Germans, do not learn German, partly because they are in English colleges during their studies, and partly because their mother tongue (Pennsylvanian German) is held in great contempt and is generally ridiculed by Americans. 1984, Language Problems & Language Planning, volumes 8–9, page 116: Trotz wichtiger Sprachplanungsbestrebungen (wie z.B. Grammatik, Evangeliumübersetzung) verliert das Pennsylvaniadeutsch am Boden. Despite important language planning efforts (such as grammar, Gospel translation), Pennsylvania German is losing ground. 2024 November 25, Anja Hasse, Guido Seiler, “Die Sprache(n) der Schweizer Täufer in Nordamerika [The language(s) of the Swiss Anabaptists in North America]”, in Elvira Glaser, Johannes Kabatek, Barbara Sonnenhauser, editors, Sprachenräume der Schweiz [Language Areas of Switzerland], volume one, Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, →ISBN: — Thus, Amish Speakers and Pennsylvania German share grammatical constructions that clearly distinguish them from Mennonite Bernese German, but also from other German dialects.

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