Amish

See also: amish

English

Etymology

From Pennsylvania German Amisch or German Amische, after the name of the Swiss preacher Jakob Amman (1645-1730). The surname is a contraction of Old High German ambahtman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.mɪʃ/, /ˈæ.mɪʃ/, /ˈeɪ.mɪʃ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːmɪʃ, -eɪmɪʃ

Noun

Amish pl (plural only)

1. A strict Anabaptist sect living mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.

Translations

a strict Anabaptist sect

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿米什教派 (Āmǐshén Jiàopài)

• Esperanto: amiŝoj
• Finnish: amissit
• French: Amish (fr)
• German: (adjective-derived noun) Amische (de) m pl
• Irish: Amanaigh m pl
• Japanese: アーミッシュ (āmisshu)
• Marathi: आमिश (āmiś), एमिश (emiś)
• Portuguese: amish m pl
• Spanish: amish m pl (ámish)
• Swedish: amishfolket n

Adjective

Amish (not comparable)

1. Relating to this sect.
   • 2018 October 21, Sam Janesch, “Meet Lloyd Smucker: Amish-born congressman seeking a second term on tax cuts and conservative record”, in Lancaster Online‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 September 2022:

     U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker gestures to the National Mall while showing a group of Amish men from Quarryville and Paradise the House speaker's balcony at the U.S. Capitol to on Sept. 26, 2018. Smucker is running for re-election to represent the 11th Congressional District.

Derived terms

• Amish bus driver rule
• Amish friendship bread
• Amishman
• Amishness
• Amishperson
• Amishwoman

Translations

relating to the Amish sect

• Esperanto: amiŝa
• Finnish: amissi- (fi)
• German: amisch (de)
• Irish: Amanach
• Portuguese: amish
• Spanish: amish (ámish)

Anagrams

• 'ismah, Isham, Masih, Misha, Shima