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2 days ago · Pennsylvania Dutch. Swiss German. The Amish ( / ˈɑːmɪʃ /; Pennsylvania German: Amisch; German: Amische ), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins. [2] As they maintain a degree of separation from surrounding populations, and hold their faith ...
- Amish Mennonites
The Kauffman Amish Mennonites, also called Sleeping Preacher...
- Amish Life in The Modern World
Sacred music originates from modern hymns derived from the...
- Swartzentruber Amish
They speak Pennsylvania German as their mother tongue as...
- Jakob Ammann
Further reading. Steven M. Nolt, A History of the Amish,...
- Amish in Ohio
The Ohio Amish Country, also known simply as the Amish...
- Anabaptist
Anabaptism (from Neo-Latin anabaptista, from the Greek...
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Lancaster County (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ɪ s t ər /; Pennsylvania...
- Ordnung
The Ordnung is a set of rules for Amish, Old Order Mennonite...
- Amish (Disambiguation)
Language links are at the top of the page across from the...
- Dirk Willems
Dirk Willems saves his pursuer in this etching from the 1685...
- Amish Mennonites
1 day ago · The Pennsylvania Dutch are Germanic-speaking people who immigrated to the New World in the 17th century, bringing with them diverse backgrounds and cultures from Switzerland, Germany, and Austria ...
2 days ago · A Dutch speaker. Dutch ( endonym: Nederlands [ˈneːdərlɑnts] ⓘ) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language [4] and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (or 60% ...
4 days ago · Presented by Bradley Smith. The Pennsylvania Dutch have made a tremendous impact on our nation's development, and as recently as 1950, a half million individuals spoke or at least understood the Pennsylvania Dutch language. Despite this, many do not fully appreciate the curious and unique history of these people and their language.
1 day ago · Pennsylvania (/ ˌ p ɛ n s ɪ l ˈ v eɪ n i ə / ⓘ, lit. ' Penn's forest country '), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
- 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)
- 9 Democrats, 8 Republicans (list)
2 days ago · Yes, Virginia, Santa Claus is a New Yorker and he came over with the Dutch. Next: #2 Bowling. View all on one page. Tags : Dutch New Amsterdam Peter Stuyvesant slideshowpage. 10 things the Dutch ...
3 days ago · by The Press. Dr. William Donnery will speak about “Legendary Pennsylvania-Dutch Humor,” 1 p.m. Feb. 2, Lehigh County Historical Society’s Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, 432 W. Walnut St., Allentown. Donner will explore Pennsylvania-Dutch humor and share some of his favorite Pennsylvania-Dutch and Groundhog Day jokes. Donner will discuss ...
