賓州和俄亥俄州是阿米什人聚居州，他們有自己的教堂，聖經也是德文。
所以他們也算美國的特色。
阿米什人，霍爾姆斯縣擁有最大的阿米什人的世界人口。
The term "Dutch," when referring to the Pennsylvania Dutch, means "German" or "Teutonic" rather than "Netherlander." Germans, in their own language, call themselves "Deutsch," which in English became, misleadingly, "Dutch."[63] The Pennsylvania Dutch language is a descendant of German, in the West Central German dialect family. Although it is still spoken as a first language among some Old Order Amish and Mennonites (principally in the Lancaster County area), the language is almost extinct as an everyday language among the non-religious, though a few words have passed into English usage.
術語“荷蘭，”當談到賓夕法尼亞荷蘭語，意思是“德國”或“頓”而不是“荷蘭人”。德國人在他們自己的語言，稱自己為“德語”，這在英語成了，誤導，“荷蘭。賓夕法尼亞荷蘭語是德國後裔，在西中德語方言的家庭。雖然它仍是壹個在壹些舊秩序和門諾派阿米什人的第壹語言（主要在蘭開斯特縣區）發言後，幾乎絕跡的語言為各非日常語言，宗教，但也有幾句話已成為使用英語通過