Distelfink definitions

Distelfink

1) American art
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Distelfink

A distelfink is a stylized goldfinch, probably based on the European variety It frequently appears in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art. They represent happiness and good fortune and the Pennsylvania German people, and they are a common theme in hex signs and in fraktur. The word `distelfink` (literally `thistle-finch`) is the German name for the Eu...
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distelfink

a stylized bird motif traditional in Pennsylvania German art.
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