Mennischt

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Cf. Dutch menist, Low German Menist.

Noun

Mennischt m (plural Mennischde)

  1. 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.