Amish Vocabulary "Things Seen on a Farm"

G3RM4N1 Says:

Apr 29, 2008 - wtf it sounds like german with alemanian dialekt. (south germany). Just the firs one wasn't the same.

FreeMerryJane Says:

May 3, 2008 - The Amish dont have tv.

lurkula Says:

May 15, 2008 - G3RM4N1>> It is an almanian dialect.

PaolaLorenz Says:

May 23, 2008 - i speak dutch and it verry different then oure's sheep=schaap donkey=ezel farm=boederij house=huis

patio87 Says:

Jun 11, 2008 - They don't speak Dutch, they speak a form of Deutsch(German).

AndyByler Says:

Jun 14, 2008 - I have a TV in my barn, hooked to a generator. Thats how I'm using this computer in my barn with my AOL (Amish on Line) account. I call my sheep "Fluffybuns!"

almightylovexo Says:

Jun 23, 2008 - pennsylvania dutch is most similar to german..not dutch.

rollerbaby520 Says:

Jun 27, 2008 - that's because it's technically pennsylvania deutsch (german). it's just been changed over the years to dutch... pretty much as patio87 said below.

zombie19844891 Says:

Aug 3, 2008 - But the dunkey = aysel the way the speak it its dutch i'm dutch ;)

Logixmaster Says:

Aug 12, 2008 - LOW german

quincee33 Says:

Aug 13, 2008 - are u sure.....everybook i've read says they speak high-german?????

tritop Says:

Aug 23, 2008 - Every single word is also used by older people over here in Frankfurt Area; except "Bavvahrei" which can be called "Bauerei".

Superelve Says:

Aug 24, 2008 - it's a mix of dutch & german (don't know what kind of german exactly) some words are more german & some dutch but u can't make a difference cuz there r like so many words they have different so ^^'

Superelve Says:

Aug 24, 2008 - *aysel = ezel (dutch) {same pronounciation} *farm = Bauernhof (german) / boerderij (dutch) *barn = scheune (german) / schuur (dutch) *house = haus (german) *horse = pferd (german) / paard (dutch).. no link to dutch OR german *cows = kühe (german) / koeien (dutch).. no link again *sheep = schapen (1 schaap - dutch) / schafe (german) *

Superelve Says:

Aug 25, 2008 - The Pennsylvania Dutch (perhaps more strictly Pennsylvania Deitsch, Pennsylvania Germans or Pennsylvania Deutsch) are the descendants of German immigrants who came to Pennsylvania prior to 1800... Those German immigrants used to live in Germany near the Belgian (Flemish => Dutch) border.

TheEagle1 Says:

Aug 25, 2008 - horse = Gaul (swabian dialect) cows = Kia (swabian dialect) schafe = schoof (swabian dialect) barn = Scheier (swabian dialect) The swabian dialekt is a german dialect, spoken in southwest germany, country of württemberg

ThomasRenneis Says:

Sep 17, 2008 - Palatinate! Esel=Ezel Farm=Bauerei;Baurehof Barn:Schey(ij)er House=Haus,Hoim;Hüdt Horse=Gaul,Perd(Spoken like Paard),Pferd Cows=Kieh Scheep=Schoff(e)Scheef,

ThomasRenneis Says:

Sep 17, 2008 - @quincee33 they speak high German in church and when they read from the Bible!

ThomasRenneis Says:

Sep 17, 2008 - Superelve you are wrong...there is no dutch in Pennsylvania Dutch,it´s a mix of Southwestern/western Palatinate,Swiss-German (schweitzerdeutsch) and Alsacian and English.They have nothing to do with the Netherlands.some of them might have crossed the Atlatic strating from there,but thats all!

ThomasRenneis Says:

Sep 17, 2008 - Paste Pennsylvania German language in the Wiki searchbar and you see where it´s from!

DerPoltergeist13 Says:

Oct 8, 2008 - Amish TV... how Ironic. I speak Hochdeutsch (Standard German) and American english (want to be more british), I also want to learn Dutch and maybe Deitsch/Pennsylvania Dutch and Afrikaans (a dialect of Dutch, counted as as a seperate language but it is extremely similar and mutually intelligble with Dutch!

Beatpoet7371 Says:

Oct 10, 2008 - Sheiyah is such a gorgeous name for a girl, but it means barn. LOL! Okay, yes, I would use it to name a daughter.

Tpal91 Says:

Oct 20, 2008 - not completly true some of the words were very near to swiss german for exampel "Gaul" or "schoof"

Tpal91 Says:

Oct 20, 2008 - I thought that it had nothing to do with dutch it's more german and swiss german mixe and some english no dutch but german, dutch and english are languages wich are near to each other like french and spanish

fatmeteor Says:

Oct 23, 2008 - Amish tv?