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Are Pennsylvania Dutch People Really Dutch?

That may sound like a foolish question. But the people who are known as the Pennsylvania Dutch aren't Dutch at all.

They came to America from Germany, and at first were called Pennsylvania Deutsch — the German word for Germany is Deutschland, and German people are Deutsch.

Since that word sounded to most Americans like Dutch, Pennsylvania Deutsch soon became Pennsylvania Dutch.


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