"Traditional Pennsylvania Dutch" Foods?

[silentreader]

While I don’t consider myself an expert here, I believe “Don’t be stupid” would be a more accurate translation.

It could mean "stupid". But in PA Dutch, "so dumm" is "so dumb"

https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/g ... -dumb.html

Wife: may be a “dumb” question, but would German/Pennsylvania Dutch be similar to English, in having more than one meaning for the word dumb? I guess I always assumed that English just re-allocated a word used for mute people, but I suppose it might be the other way around, since the German also uses that for people lacking in common sense.

Not sure what you are asking, but I've not heard "dumm" used to refer to "mute". In my experience "shtumm" was always used to refer to mute. Being so similar, it is possible "shtumm" may have been slanged down to "dumm" for that usage.

[Grace]

While I don’t consider myself an expert here, I believe “Don’t be stupid” would be a more accurate translation.

It could mean "stupid". But in PA Dutch, "so dumm" is "so dumb"

https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/g ... -dumb.html

Wife: may be a “dumb” question, but would German/Pennsylvania Dutch be similar to English, in having more than one meaning for the word dumb? I guess I always assumed that English just re-allocated a word used for mute people, but I suppose it might be the other way around, since the German also uses that for people lacking in common sense.

I think the word for someone who is mute, would be "shtumm". But don't hold me to that. The Pa. Dutch I hear today has been infiltrated with English.

We are in the midst of strawberry season here. Almost all Dutch speaking people here, use the word "strawberry". But the word for strawberries in Dutch would be "Ahwbeere" which is close to the German word for them, "Erdbeere".

Note :I see Silentreader addressed the meaning of "Mute"

[Josh]

While I don’t consider myself an expert here, I believe “Don’t be stupid” would be a more accurate translation.

It could mean "stupid". But in PA Dutch, "so dumm" is "so dumb"

https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/g ... -dumb.html

Wife: may be a “dumb” question, but would German/Pennsylvania Dutch be similar to English, in having more than one meaning for the word dumb? I guess I always assumed that English just re-allocated a word used for mute people, but I suppose it might be the other way around, since the German also uses that for people lacking in common sense.

“Dumb” has had both meanings in English for a very long time (despite certain fundamentalist homeschoolers who would teach it’s wrong to use words like “dumb” to mean “stupid” or “kids” to mean “children”).

[silentreader]

It could mean "stupid". But in PA Dutch, "so dumm" is "so dumb"

https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/g ... -dumb.html

Wife: may be a “dumb” question, but would German/Pennsylvania Dutch be similar to English, in having more than one meaning for the word dumb? I guess I always assumed that English just re-allocated a word used for mute people, but I suppose it might be the other way around, since the German also uses that for people lacking in common sense.

I think the word for someone who is mute, would be "shtumm". But don't hold me to that. The Pa. Dutch I hear today has been infiltrated with English.

We are in the midst of strawberry season here. Almost all Dutch speaking people here, use the word "strawberry". But the word for strawberries in Dutch would be "Ahwbeere" which is close to the German word for them, "Erdbeere".

Note :I see Silentreader addressed the meaning of "Mute"

The Deitsch word is erdbeere. The Dutch word is aardbei.

[steve-in-kville]

Pierogies, yes or no?

[ohio jones]

Pierogies, yes or no?

More traditional among Ukrainian / Russian / Prussian Mennos than among the Pa. Dutch, I think.

[steve-in-kville]

Pierogies, yes or no?

More traditional among Ukrainian / Russian / Prussian Mennos than among the Pa. Dutch, I think.

After I posted this, I did look some stuff up. It is Polish by origin. But like the afore mentioned taco salad, names can be misleading.

[MaxPC]

My wife made sauerkraut with brown sugar last night. I am told that is also PA Dutch. Is that true?

[seinetsodumm]

My wife made sauerkraut with brown sugar last night. I am told that is also PA Dutch. Is that true?

I've never eaten it with brown sugar. How was it?

[steve-in-kville]

My wife made sauerkraut with brown sugar last night. I am told that is also PA Dutch. Is that true?

I've never eaten it with brown sugar. How was it?

I never heard of that, either.