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Ger·man / ˈjərmən/ •
n.
1. a native or national of Germany.
∎ a person of German descent: Sudeten Germans.
2. a West Germanic language
used in Germany, Austria, and parts of Switzerland, and by communities in the
U.S. and elsewhere. See also High German,
Low German.
3. (in full German
cotillion) a complex dance in which one couple leads the other
couples through a variety of figures and there is a continual change of
partners. • adj.
of
or relating to Germany, its people, or their language.
ORIGIN: from Latin Germanus, used to
designate related peoples of central and northern Europe, a name perhaps given
by Celts to their neighbors; compare with Old Irish gair
‘neighbor.’
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GERMAN AMERICANS & WORLD WAR I.(repercussions German American culture suffered after World War I)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 5/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...looked on as the best in the world. German scientists were at the peak of...scientists, and other professionals, German Americans had become an integral...everything associated with the Germans, German language, and German culture was...
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German unification as a cultural dilemma: a retrospective.
Magazine article from: East European Quarterly; 6/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...system. Research of German political culture suggests that Germans have embraced democracy...dismantled and the East Germans brought under the wings of West German largesse and prosperity...the newly-liberated Germans. There is talk about...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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GERMAN ACCORD REACHED KILLINGS AT WALL MAY CEASE.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/9/1987; 700+ words
; ...Tuesday night, Honecker urged West Germans to accept the fact of two German nations, warning them to avoid...in effect against deserting East German soldiers. West German officials say 188 East Germans have died trying to cross to the...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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German only spoken here
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 3/27/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Schwenk (left) and Josh Simpson converse in German on Wednesday at the university's Kade-Duesenberg German House and Cultural Center in Valparaiso. The center offered a coffee hour for German-speaking people of all levels.(PHOTO - Color...
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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German claims from WW II rankle Poland's twin leaders.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 1/25/2007; 700+ words
; ...Three million Sudeten Germans were evicted from...out of traditional German settlements in Yugoslavia...demanded that the German government take punitive...the newspaper. The Germans declined. More substantive...an analyst at the German Institute for International...Berlin, "is that the ...
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Fighting everything German in Texas, 1917-1919.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...wartime experiences of German Americans in the Midwest...dealt substantively with Germans in Texas. In 1910...Anglo Texans and their German neighbors were not always...constitution recognized Germans' significance in Texas...laws to be published in German as well as in English...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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GERMAN WINES TOPS IN VALUE, VINTAGE.(Life and Arts)(ON WINE)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/20/2001; 700+ words
; ...Pike Place Market sells more German wines than many area retailers...rationales offered as to why German wines are not as popular today...to be silly. Not even the Germans can interpret the information...over the years (in fact, German wine sales were at their peak...
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German Security Investment Report 2006 Now Available.
Business Wire; 1/22/2008; 700+ words
; ...OVERVIEW Catalyst Summary SECURITY INVESTMENT IN GERMANY German enterprises' investment in firewall and VPN solutions German enterprises' investment in identity/access management solutions German enterprises' investment in intrusion detection...
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GERMAN TV Reaches Distribution Agreement With Time Warner Cable.
PR Newswire; 10/30/2003; 700+ words
; WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- GERMAN TV (http://www.german.tv/), and Time Warner Cable have reached a...which Time Warner Cable has the right to distribute GERMAN TV on its digital lineup as an international premium...
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German NEW ORLEANS
Magazine article from: New Orleans Magazine; 8/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; "It takes a German to do it." In the 19th...impossible. By then, Germans had been an important...city owes much to its German ancestors. As the largest...Orleans from 1848 to 1900, Germans entered almost every...native competition. GERMAN NEW ORLEANS, WYES...
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German Russians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
German Russians ETHNONYMS: Germans in Russia, Germans from...Russo-Germans, Czar's Germans, nemetskie kolonisty (German colonists), Sowietdeutsche...or Plattdeutsch (Low German). Although Germans in Russia often show a marked...
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German language
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
German language member of the West Germanic group...Altogether nearly 100 million people speak German as their first language, among them about...Romania, Ukraine, and the Balkan states. German is important as a cultural and commercial...
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Germans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Byelorussia. Very few Germans lived in settlements with an existing German majority. Settlements...1926, 95 percent of Germans living in the Soviet Union declared German to be their mother...Relations The first Germans to forge links with Russia were the German missionaries and...
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German literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
German literature works in the German language by German, Austrian, Austro-Hungarian, and Swiss authors, as well as by writers of German in other countries. Old and Middle High German: From Early to Medieval Literature Heroic legends, among...
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German Americans
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...counted 375,000 Germans in the United States. German immigration increased...than 976,000 German immigrants arrived...United States. Germans stood out because...Schneider See also German-American Bund...Pennsylvania Germans .
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