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Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Cf. Dutch menist, Low German Menist.
Noun
Mennischt m (plural Mennischde)
- Mennonite
2014, C. Richard Beam, Jennifer L. Trout, editors, Dorathy V. Eberly Fry: Pennsylvania German Teacher and Storyteller, Masthof Press, →ISBN, page 161:Awwer die Mennischde, ich denk sie hen's gschtart fer die alde Leit raushelfe un hen net gschtart fer Geld mache.- But the Mennonites, I think they started it to help out the old people and didn't start it for making money.