Etymology

Ordnung

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Today it means: A set of rules for Amish and Mennonite living. Full definition →

German Ordnung
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The story

  1. German · borrowed fromOrdnung“order, discipline”
  2. English todayOrdnung

From German Ordnung (“order, discipline”), in part through Pennsylvania German.

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.