This video is dedicated to the Fancy Dutch culture of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Pennsylvania Dutch, Fancy Dutch, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Germans
This looks it was filmed around 1970. That birds eye view of a city is Allentown! I’m from Lehigh County and am 8th generation Fancy Dutch and Plain Dutch. I’m happy to report that in 2024, there are still Fancy Dutch dialect speakers in Lehigh County!
@@harriependers9171 this is indeed a German dialect. The German dialect-speaking immigrants to Pennsylvania in the 1700s were called Dutch (Deitsch) by the English people of Pennsylvania. There was no unified country of Germany at that time. These immigrants came through the port of Philadelphia. They came primarily from the Palatinate, from Alsace, and Switzerland. Over time, their German dialects fused into what is know today as Pennsylvania Dutch. I am eighth generation Pennsylvania Dutch. My dad’s ancestors were Lutheran (fancy Dutch) and my mom’s ancestors were plain Dutch (Mennonite and Schwenkfelder). We identify with this name, although it does cause some confusion today because of how the word Dutch is understood in the 21st century.
This looks it was filmed around 1970. That birds eye view of a city is Allentown! I’m from Lehigh County and am 8th generation Fancy Dutch and Plain Dutch. I’m happy to report that in 2024, there are still Fancy Dutch dialect speakers in Lehigh County!
I´m dutch and it sounds more german then dutch
@@harriependers9171 this is indeed a German dialect. The German dialect-speaking immigrants to Pennsylvania in the 1700s were called Dutch (Deitsch) by the English people of Pennsylvania. There was no unified country of Germany at that time. These immigrants came through the port of Philadelphia. They came primarily from the Palatinate, from Alsace, and Switzerland. Over time, their German dialects fused into what is know today as Pennsylvania Dutch. I am eighth generation Pennsylvania Dutch. My dad’s ancestors were Lutheran (fancy Dutch) and my mom’s ancestors were plain Dutch (Mennonite and Schwenkfelder). We identify with this name, although it does cause some confusion today because of how the word Dutch is understood in the 21st century.
@@darleneschneck Thankyou for your explanation
Ich wohne am Oberrhein, wir sagen im Dialekt zu Deutsch Dütsch
Ich verstehe euer Dialekt zu 98 %.
This is German not Dutch!!