Mennischt
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Cf. Dutch menist, Low German Menist.
Noun
Mennischt m (plural Mennischde)
- Mennonite
- 2014, C. Richard Beam & Jennifer L. Trout (eds.), 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.
- 2014, C. Richard Beam & Jennifer L. Trout (eds.), Dorathy V. Eberly Fry: Pennsylvania German Teacher and Storyteller, Masthof Press, →ISBN, page 161.