German Pakistani or Pakistani German also unhyphenated may refer to As an adjective, anything relating to Germany Pakistan relations Pakistanis in Germany Germans in Pakistan dab ... more details
The sole currency of Germany has been the euro since 2002. List class wikitable Currency Area Date created Date abolished euro Federal Republic of Germany 1999 Deutsche Mark West Germany br unified Germany 1948 West Germany br 1990 East Germany 2002 East German mark East Germany 1948 1990 Saar franc Saar protectorate Sarrland 1947 1959 Saar mark Saar protectorate Sarrland 1947 1947 Reichsmark German Reich Weimar Republic br Greater German Reich Nazi Germany br German Realm Allied occupied Germany 1924 1948 German Rentenmark German Reich Weimar Republic 1923 1924 German Papiermark German Empire br German Reich Weimar Republic 1914 1923 German gold mark German Empire 1873 1914 Vereinsthaler North German states 1857 1873 South German gulden South German states 1754 1873 Bremen thaler Bremen ? 1873 Hamburg mark Hamburg ? 1873 Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. disambig Category Currencies of Germany ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2008 Ibero German means of or pertaining to people of Spain Spanish or Portugal Portuguese descent living in Germany or the German speaking countries . This includes Spanish people Spaniards and Portuguese people , Latin American s and Hispanic s in Germany. The expression is in reference to the Iberian Peninsula , including Spain east and Portugal west . See also Italo German Category Ethnic groups in Germany Category German people of Portuguese descent Category German people of Spanish descent ethno stub ... more details
unreferenced date August 2009 A German dance is a dance of Germans German origin. German dance is an example of the exchange and the relationship among the Historical dance Courtly Dance , the social dance , and the folk dance . Origins It has its origins in the Allemande French for German . This was a dance popular from the 16th to the 18th centuries, consisting of a calm part in 4 4 time followed by a quick part in triple time . DEFAULTSORT German Dance Category European dances de Deutscher Tanz pl Taniec niemiecki ... more details
A German Requiem may refer to A German Requiem Brahms A German Requiem Brahms , a large scale work for chorus, orchestra, and soloists, composed by Johannes Brahms and completed in 1869 A German Requiem novel A German Requiem novel , a 1991 novel set in post war Germany by Philip Kerr See also Deutsches Requiem short story Deutsches Requiem short story , a 1949 short story by noted Argentine author, Jorge Luis Borges disambig ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Cleanup date March 2008 The German champions in German Deutsche Meister is the general name given to winners of a Bundesliga disambiguation Bundesliga national league sporting competition in Germany . Current German championship holders List of German football champions Football 2010 11 Women s 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam List of German football champions Football 2010 11 Men s Borussia Dortmund German champions Ice Hockey Ice Hockey 2010 11 Women s ESC Planegg , Men s Eisb ren Berlin German Football League American Football 2011 Women s Berlin Kobra Ladies Men s Kiel Baltic Hurricanes German champions basketball Basketball 2010 11 Women s TSV 1880 Wasserburg , Men s Brose Baskets German champions volleyball Volleyball 2010 11 Women s Schweriner SC , Men s VFB Friedrichshafen Kinds of sport Football In Association football football , the List of German football champions German champions are determined in the Fu ball Bundesliga football Bundesliga . In men s football, FC Bayern Munich Bayern Munich have won the most German championships. Ice Hockey In ice hockey, the List of German ice hockey champions German championship is played out in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga German Ice Hockey League . American Football The German championship in American Football , is determined in the German Football League , by the winner of the German Bowl . DEFAULTSORT German Champions Category Sport in Germany Sports award stub de Deutscher Meister ... more details
The history of the German language as separate from common West Germanic languages West Germanic begins in the Early Middle Ages with the High German consonant shift . Old High German , Middle High German and Early Modern High German span the duration of the Holy Roman Empire . The 19th and 20th centuries saw the rise of Standard German and a decrease of dialectal variety. High German Old High German ... within the Holy Roman Empire , ca. 962, detailing the distribution of Alemannic German Alemannic , Bavarian German Bavarian , Old Frankish Frankish , Old Saxon Saxon and Old Frisian Frisian . main Old High German The earliest testimonies of Old High German are from scattered Elder Futhark inscriptions, especially in Alemannic German Alemannic , from the 6th century, the earliest glosses Abrogans ... Incantations to the 9th century. Middle High German main Middle High German Middle High German MHG, German Mittelhochdeutsch is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350. It is preceded by Old High German and followed by Early New High German . In some older scholarship, the term covers a longer period, going up to 1500. Early New High German main Early New High German When Martin Luther translated the Bible the New Testament in 1522 and the Old Testament ... on Eastern Upper and Eastern Central German dialects and preserved much of the grammatical system of Middle High German unlike the spoken German dialects in Central and Upper Germany that at that time ... Catholic standard gemeines Deutsch which, however, differed from Protestant German only in some ..., thus ending the period of Early New High German . Low German Low German , being at the crossroads between High German, Anglo Frisian and Low Franconian has a less clear cut linguistic history ... by Anglo Frisian in Early Medieval times, and by High German during the duration of the Holy Roman Empire . After the end of the Hanseatic League in the 17th century, Low German was marginalized to the status ... more details
German also Germ n is a given name , often the Slavic or Spanish form of Herman , as well as a surname ... , Mexican painter German Galynin , Soviet Russian composer Germ n Gedovius , Mexican painter German Goldenshteyn , Romanian klezmer musician Germ n Legarreta , Puerto Rican actor German Londo o , Colombian painter and sculptor Germ n Magari os , Argentine film director and screenwriter German Moreno , Filipino actor German Okunev , Soviet Russian composer Germ n Pedro Ib ez , Cuban musical director ... Aleksei German , Soviet Russian filmmaker Anna German , Polish singer Edward German , English composer Gretchen German , American actress Lauren German , American actress Robert German , American singer ... Germ n Espinosa , Colombian novelist and poet German Gref , Russian economist Germ n Gull n , Spanish literary critic German Kim , Kazakhstani historian German Nogueira Gomez , Cuban author German Sadulaev , Chechen writer Politics Given name German Kuznetsov , former deputy premier of Kyrgyzstan ... Lleras , Colombian politician and presidential candidate Surname Lindsey German , British anti war activist Mike German , Welsh politician Obadiah German , American politician and lawyer William Manley German , Canadian politician and lawyer Yael German , Israeli politician, first female mayor of Herziliya ... Germ n Arangio , Argentine footballer German Apukhtin , Soviet Russian footballer Germ n Barranca , Mexican baseball player in the U.S. Major League Germ n Beltr n , Spanish footballer German Beriyev ... German Fernandez , American distance runner German Felk , Russian footballer Germ n Figueroa , Puerto Rican wrestler Germ n Gabriel , Spanish basketball player German Garrido , Spanish golfer German ... Major League German Kutarba , Russian footballer Germ n Legu a , Peruvian footballer Germ n Lauro , Argentine shotputter Germ n Leonforte , Argentine footballer German Lovchev , Russian footballer Germ n ... Republic volleyball player Germ n Rivarola , Argentine footballer German Rieckehoff , Puerto Rican ... more details
Infobox language name Texas German states Texas region Texas Hill Country speakers 3,000, declining familycolor ... fam4 High German languages High German Texas German lang de Texasdeutsch is a dialect of the German language that is spoken by descendants of German American German immigrants who settled in the Texas ... Schulenburg , Weimar, Texas Weimar , Walburg, and Comfort, Texas Comfort . Most German Texan s continued to speak German in their homes and communities, but were required to learn English when Texas ... of these communities and cultural bias during World War I and World War II , Texas German speakers ... is near extinction , as it is now spoken almost exclusively by a few elderly German Texan s. Currently ... Gillespie County.svg thumb left 200px Gillespie County Some 1,035 people report speaking German ... 48&place id 27348&cty id ref the town with the largest community of Texas German speakers, where they constitute ... of which except Weimar lie in the traditional Texas German heartland of the Hill Country. Gillespie County , with the communities of Fredericksburg, Harper, Stonewall and Luckenbach, has a German speaking population of 2,270, 11.51 of the county s total population. 82,100 German speakers reside in the state of Texas, ref name mla1 but most of those are probably not Texas German speakers. Comparisons with German and English Texas German is intelligible to anyone with an understanding of continental German, though it adapted to U.S. measurement and legal terminologies. German words were invented or English was Germanicized for words not present in 19th century German. In some cases, these new words also exist in modern Standard German, but with a different meaning. The word Luftschiff see below , for instance, means airship in Standard German. Refer to the table below for some examples of differences class wikitable Texas German Literal translation German language Standard German English ... Languages Pennsylvania German language Pennsylvania German Plautdietsch Hutterite German References ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 For other meanings of central German , see Central Germany disambiguation . Infobox language family name Central German dialects region Western Germany Western and Central ... West Germanic fam4 High German languages High German child1 West Central German child2 East Central German map Verbreitungsgebiet des heutigen Mitteldeutschen.PNG mapcaption Central German dialects ... German Legend LimeGreen 6 Lorraine Franconian Legend 85FFFF 7 Thuringian Dialect Thuringian Legend olive 8 Upper Saxon German Upper Saxon Legend FF0066 9 Low Lusatian German Lusatian Silesian German Silesian Legend SaddleBrown 10 Berlin Brandenburgish dialects Berlin Brandenburgish Central German Mitteldeutsch is a group of High German languages High German dialects spoken from the Rhineland in the west to the former eastern territories of Germany . History Central German divides into two subgroups, West Central German Franconian languages Franconian and East Central German . Central German is distinguished by having experienced only the first and fourth phases of the High German consonant shift . It is spoken in the linguistic transition region separated from Northern Germany Low German ... Germany Upper German by the Speyer line . Central German is spoken in large and influential German cities like the capital Berlin , the former West Germany West German capital Bonn , Cologne , D sseldorf and the main German financial center Frankfurt . The area corresponds to the geology geological region of the hilly Central Uplands that stretches from the North German plain to the South German ... and Saxony . As it involves only a narrow strip of land, the name is seldom used in common German ... and Southern Germany. Classification West Central German Westmitteldeutsch , part of the Franconian ... Lorraine francique lorrain Rhine Franconian Rheinfr nkisch Palatinate German Pf lzisch Hessian dialects ... Hessian Mittelhessisch East Central German Ostmitteldeutsch Berlin Brandenburgish dialects Berlin Brandenburgish ... more details
Infobox ethnic group group German Namibians image Image Helmut Lewin 1936.JPG 100px caption small Notable German Namibians br Adolph Jentsch br Monica Dahl Klaus Dierks Erik Hoffmann J rg Lindemeier Anton ... 2 of Namibia s population popplace Central and South Namibia langs German language German , English ... date August 2007 German Namibians lang de Deutschnamibier are a community of people descended from ethnic German colonists who settled in present day Namibia . In 1883, the German trader Adolf L deritz ... of L deritz . The German government, eager to gain overseas possessions, annexed the territory soon after, naming it German South West Africa South West Africa lang de Deutsch S dwestafrika . Small numbers ... Africa n mandate. The German settlers were allowed to remain and, until independence in 1990, German language German remained an official language of the territory. Language Today, English is the country s sole official language, but about 30,000 Namibians of German descent around 2 of the country ... Namibian independence still speak German or Namibian Black German , respectively. ref http www.omulaule.de ref However, the numbers of German Namibians, rather than of Namibian speakers of German, are uncertain, for many Namibians of German descent either no longer speak German or prefer classification as Afrikaners. Communities Most German speakers live in the capital, Windhoek lang de Windhuk , and in smaller towns such as Swakopmund and L deritz , where German architecture, too, is highly visible. Many German Namibians are prominent in business, farming, and tourism or as governmental officials. For example, the first post independence mayor of Windhoek was a German Namibian. The interests of the community are usually voiced through Africa s only German speaking daily, Die Allgemeine Zeitung . The legacy of German colonialization in Namibia can also be seen in the Evangelical Lutheran .... Many place names in Namibia carry names of German origin. The main road in the capital city, Windhoek ... more details
standard languages Dutch, German and Frisian . The colours in this map do not reflect the actual relationship between the languages or dialects. German dialect is dominated by the geographical spread of the High German consonant shift , and the dialect continuum that connects the German language German with the Dutch language . Dialects German dialects in relation to varieties of standard German In German linguistics , German dialect s are distinguished from variety linguistics varieties of standard German . The German dialects are the traditional local varieties. They are traditionally traced back to the different German tribes. Many of them are hardly understandable to someone who knows only standard German, since they often differ from standard German in lexicon , phonology and syntax . If a narrow definition of language based on mutual intelligibility is used, many German dialects ... of view is unusual in German linguistics. The varieties of standard German refer to the different local varieties of the pluricentric language standard German. They only differ slightly in lexicon and phonology. In certain regions, they have replaced the traditional German dialects , especially ... map of the German and Dutch dialects. Brockhaus Konversationslexikon, Leipzig 1894. The variation among the German dialects is considerable, with only the neighbouring dialects being mutually intelligible . Low German, most Upper German and High Franconian dialects, and even some Central German ... German. However, all German dialects belong to the dialect continuum of High German and Low German. In the past ... intelligible. The German dialect continuum is typically divided into High German languages High German and Low German . The terms derive from the geographic characteristics of the terrain where they are spoken rather than from social status accorded to them. Low German main Low German Low German varieties in Germany usually referred to as Platt or Plattdeutsch are considered dialects of the German ... more details
German Republic can refer to Weimar Republic West Germany Federal Republic of Germany West Germany , also called Bonn Republic Germany Federal Republic of Germany Reunited Germany , also called Berlin Republic German Democratic Republic German Democratic Republic East Germany disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Palatine German may refer to Palatinate German dialect German Palatines disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Long comment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
Infobox language name Hutterite German nativename Hutterisch region Alberta , Saskatchewan , and Manitoba ... languages West Germanic fam4 High German languages High German fam5 Upper German fam6 Austro Bavarian iso3 geh Hutterite German Hutterisch is an Upper German dialect of the Austro Bavarian German Austro Bavarian variety of the German language , which is spoken by Hutterite communities in Canada and the United States . Hutterite is also called Tirolean or Low German , but these are anachronisms. Distribution ... learn and speak first Hutterite German before learning English language English , the standard .... Canadian adults are generally literate in Early New High German Biblical German Martin Luther s predecessor to Standard German that they employ as the written form for Scriptures while Standard German ... stories with Wycliff Bible translators. History and related languages Hutterite German is descended from the German which was spoken in Carinthia duchy Carinthia , in Austria , in the mid 18th century, a Austro Bavarian German Bavarian Austrian language . It is only 50 intelligible to a speaker of Pennsylvania German language Pennsylvania German , ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp ... Palatinate Palatinate . Hutterite German is more closely related to Austro Bavarian Bavaria ... once spoke German Tyrol Tirol ean German, they no longer do. The switch among Hutterites from Tirolean German to Carinthian German occurred during years of severe persecution in Europe when Hutterite ... North America . See also Pennsylvania German language Pennsylvania German Plautdietsch Texas German ... German http www.hbbookcentre.com lindasgluecklichertag.html Lindas Gl cklicher Tag http hbbookcentre.com hutterischabibltschichtlen1.html Hutterischa Bibl Tschichtlen 1 References references German language ... Category Upper German languages Category German dialects Category Languages of Canada Category German American culture Category German American history bar Hutterisch br Alamaneg an Huterited de ... more details
German Russian or Russian German may refer to Germany Russia relations c.f. a German Russian treaty Germans in the old Russian Empire or present day Russia History of Germans in Russia and the Soviet Union Caucasus Germans the area is now divided between several countries Crimea Germans the Crimea is now part of Ukraine Volga Germans Russian speaking population groups in Germany Russian Mennonites People with multiple citizenship of Germany and Russia People of mixed German and Russian descent dab ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 German News , often abbreviated GermNews , is a daily web based press service in German and English, which is produced by volunteers. The delivery of the news is free of charge and free of advertisement. The service is accessible via the website , the mailing list or the Usenet news soc.culture.german soc.culture.german . External links http www.germnews.de dn GermNews Website http www.gpnews.de German Press News Category German media Category News agencies ... more details
German Gutierrez may refer to Germ n Guti rrez Cueto 1883 1975 , Mexican painter, sculptor, puppet designer and puppeteer Germ n Cardona Guti rrez born 1956 , the current Minister of Transport of Colombia German Gutierrez , television director of Insectia German Guti rrez de Pi eres , the List of head coaches of Alianza F.C. head coaches of Alianza F.C. in 2002 Germ n Ojeda Guti rrez , List of Sporting de Gij n presidents Sporting de Gij n president 1998 1999 hndis Gutierrez, German ... more details
Distinguish Standard German Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox language family name Upper German ... German languages High German child1 Alemannic German Alemannic child2 Bavarian language Austro Bavarian map Oberdeutsch 1945.png mapcaption Legend 008000 1 East Franconian German East Franconian Legend 00FF00 2 South Franconian German South Franconian Legend E10000 3 Swabian German Legend FF5151 4 Low Alemannic German Low Alemannic Legend FF8080 5 Alsatian language Alsatian Legend FF0000 6 High Alemannic German High and Highest Alemannic German Highest Alemannic Legend AEAEFF 7 Northern Austro Bavarian Legend 0000FF 8 Central Austro Bavarian Legend 0000CC 9 Southern Austro Bavarian Upper German Lang de Oberdeutsch is a family of High German languages High German dialect s spoken primarily in southern Germany , Austria , Switzerland and Northern Italy . Family tree Upper German can be generally classified as Alemannic German Alemannic or Austro Bavarian German Austro Bavarian . However ... and Austro Bavarian. Alemannic German G Lang de Alemannisch Swabian German G Lang de Schw bisch , spoken mostly in Swabia , numbered 3 Low Alemannic German G Lang de Niederalemannisch , numbered 4 Alsatian ... G & Lang es Alem n Coloniero , spoken in Venezuela Basel German Baseldytsch Lang gsw Baslerd tsch , G Lang de Baseldeutsch High Alemannic German Al & G Lang de Hochalemannisch , numbered 6 Bernese German Bernese Lang gsw B rnd tsch , G Lang de Berndeutsch Z rich German G Lang de Z richdeutsch , Z rich German Lang gsw Z rit tsch Highest Alemannic German Al & G Lang de H chstalemannisch , numbered 6 Walliser German G Lang de Walliserdeutsch Walliser German Wallisertitsch, spoken in the Valais Wallis Canton of Switzerland Walser German G Lang de Walserdeutsch Austro Bavarian A B Lang bar ... , spoken in Bavaria and Austria, numbered 8 Viennese German G Lang de Wienerisch , spoken in Vienna and parts of Lower Austria, Austria Munich German G Lang de M nchnerisch , spoken in Munich ... more details
Bernese German is the dialect of High Alemannic German spoken in the Swiss plateau Mittelland part of the canton ... within Bernese German dialects. However, with the increasing importance of the big agglomeration of Bern ... different groups could be distinguished The Patrician post Roman Europe patrician Bernese German of the high ... Mattenenglisch according to some people. Phonology main Bernese German phonology Bernese German is distinguished from other Swiss German dialects by the following characteristics The shortening of many high vowel s, e.g. Zit , L t , lut instead of Ziit , L t , luut Standard German Zeit , Leute ... ei and ou , and not IPA a and IPA a . Pragmatics As in other Western Swiss German dialects ... plural as in German. Vocabulary A lot of the vocabulary known as typical to Bernese German comes from the Mattenenglisch , e.g. Gieu boy , Modi girl . The best known shibboleth s of Bernese German ... say m ngisch for the German manchmal sometimes . An often used word at the end of a sentence is a question ... other Swiss German dialects prefer oder , like or what? . Bernese German literature Although Bernese German is mainly a spoken language for writing, the standard German language is used , there is a relatively ... German grammar s and dictionary dictionaries also exist. Bernese German music Many Bernese German songs have become popular all over the German speaking part of Switzerland , especially those of Mani Matter . This may have influenced the development of Bernese German rock music, which was the first Swiss German rock music to appear and continues to be one of the most important ones. Today, notable bands singing in Bernese German include Patent Ochsner , Z ri West and Stiller Has . Bibliography ... verein.ch Baernduetsch Verein Association for the conservation of Bernese German http www.dialekt.ch ... berndeutsch.ch Bernese German dictionary with several thousand words http www.edimuster.ch baernduetsch my b rnd tschi syte Private homepage with articles, poems and songs in Bernese German ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name German Army br Deutsches Heer image File Kaiserstandarte.svg 200px caption Kaiserstandarte dates 1871 1919 country German Empire allegiance branch type Army role Protecting the German Empire, and its interests, by using ground and air assets. size 500,000 Normal 13,000,000 World War I command structure garrison garrison label nickname patron motto colors File Flag of the German ... fighter aircraft interceptor aircraft patrol aircraft recon aircraft transport aircraft tanker The German Army Deutsches Heer was the name given the combined land and air forces of the German Empire ... or Kaiserlich , disappeared in 1919, Deutsches Reich German Realm or Nation lasted through the Weimar Republic and Nazi era. ref Imperial Army Kaiserliches Heer or Kaiserreichsheer or Imperial German Army. The term Deutsches Heer is also used for the modern German Army , the land component of the German Bundeswehr . The Imperial German Army was formed when the German Empire was formed in 1871, and lasted until 1919, after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I . Formation and name The states which made up the German Empire each had their own separate armies. Within the German Confederation ..., the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia . The end of the German Confederation was sealed by the Austro Prussian War of 1866. Image HusarenAngriff.jpg thumb 400px German Army hussar s on the attack ... Draftees of the German Army, 1898. After this war, a victorious and much enlarged Prussia formed a new confederation, the North German Confederation , which included the states of northern Germany. The treaty which formed the North German Federation provided for the maintenance of a Federal Army ... some later amended were entered into between the North German Confederation and its member states, effectively ... ref Shortly after the outbreak of the Franco Prussian War in 1870, the North German Confederation also ... of the German Empire of 1871, an imperial army Reichsheer was born. The contingents of the Bavarian ... more details
Standard German lang de Standarddeutsch , colloquially also lang de Hochdeutsch is the standard language standard variety of the German language used as a written language , in formal contexts, and for communication between different dialect areas. Since German is a pluricentric language , there are different varieties of Standard German. Origins Standard German originated not as a traditional dialect ..., Standard German was almost entirely a written language. In this time, people in Northern Germany , who mainly spoke Low Saxon languages Low Saxon dialects very different from Standard German, learned it as a foreign language. However, later the Northern pronunciation of Standard German was considered ... died out with the exception of small communities of Low German speakers. It is thus the spread of Standard German as a language taught at school that defines the German Sprachraum , i.e. a political ... of German dialects in mass media. Terminology In German linguistics , only the traditional regional German dialects varieties of German are called dialect s, not the different varieties of standard German. The latter are known as Umgangssprachen and in the territory of Germany began to replace ... elements with Standard German. In German, Standard German is often called lang de Hochdeutsch , a somewhat misleading term since it collides with the linguistic term High German languages High German . lang de Hoch high in the term for the standard language refers to high in a cultural or educational sense, while in the linguistic term it simply refers to the geography of the German speaking regions in Central Europe High German of the southern uplands and the Alps including Austria , Switzerland ... German spoken in the lowlands stretching towards the North Sea . To avoid this confusion, some refer to Standard German as lang de Standarddeutsch standard German , lang de deutsche Standardsprache German standard language , or if the context of the German language is clear, simply lang de Standardsprache ... more details
German Fest is an ethnic festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , at the Henry Maier Festival Park , on the Lake ... This and Wiener Dogs, Too German Fest Is Set to Celebrate Milwaukee s Oompah Heritage accessdate 18 October 2011 newspaper Chicago Sun Times date July 18, 1993 ref The genesis of German Fest occurred when Mayor Henry Maier challenged the local German American community during a speech on May 20th, 1980, at the 20th Anniversary of the German American National Congress DANK to organize a German festival ... Vertretung usa en pr GKs CHIC 2011 08 GermanFest.html publisher German Missions in the United ... The charter of German Fest was subsequently written in January 1981. The first German Fest was held ... It is billed as the Largest German celebration in North America ref name Toledo cite news title Beer, music call at German Fest url http news.google.com newspapers?id Z1xPAAAAIBAJ&sjid cwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg .... ref name DANK cite web title German Clubs and Societies url http www.dank.org links clubs societies publisher German American National Congress accessdate 18 October 2011 ref As of 1993, Milwaukee had a 52 German population, which is the largest European percentage in a major U.S. metropolitan area. ref name ChicagoSunTimesJuly181993 German Fest celebrates the culture, food, travel, and history ... 1995 07 23 travel tr 26878 1 german festival accessdate 18 October 2011 newspaper Los Angeles Times date July 23, 1995 ref as well as Switzerland , Austria , Liechtenstein , South Tyrol , and German ... German. They range from Bavarians Bayern , and Hessians Hessen , to other German speaking nations ... area of the grounds a parade periodically passes by, showcasing 38 German American heritage organizations, ref name DANK local German immersion schools, and others celebrating their German heritage. German cuisine is also featured at German Fest. ref name German.info Many well known German restaurants ... its 125th anniversary in 2005, in a joint anniversary of German Fest s 25th anniversary. References ... more details
Use dmy dates date June 2011 Use Australian English date June 2011 Barossa German lang de Barossadeutsch or Barossa Deutsch refers to a dialect of German language German , which was once common in South ... Australian writer, Colin Thiele 1920 2006 , whose grandparents were German people German immigrants ... 2007. ref It takes its name from the Barossa Valley , where many German people settled during the 19th century. Some words from Barossa German have entered South Australian English . ref http www.abc.net.au ... , 28 February 2004 . Access date 7 June 2007. ref History The first wave of German settlement in Australia began in 1838. German was first spoken in the Barossa Valley in the 1840s, when German Lutheran ... German Australia website . Access date 9 June 2007. ref Use of the German language in Australia declined as a result of World War I . Even though many German Australian s enlisted in the First Australian ... interned , and immigration by German people was officially banned between 1914 and 1925. In addition, the German language was actively suppressed by the Australian government during the war. For example, many Australian place names changed from German names placenames with German origins were changed ... lutheran.htm There is some evidence that Barossa German was the first ..., Ibid. ref For example, Colin Thiele claimed to have spoken nothing but German until he went ... from Prussia and Silesia , Barossa German is classifiable as a Central German dialect &ndash a sub group of the High German languages High GermanGerman Hochdeutsch dialects. It is closer to standard German than analogous dialects spoken by Ethnic Germans German diaspora communities around the world, such as the Pennsylvania Dutch German language dialect spoken in the United States . The vocabulary of Barossa German includes some words from South Australian English, which is a local variant of Australian English . Vocabulary and culture The best known examples of Barossa German vocabulary are words ... more details
German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and German literature literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on Culture of Germany German culture , German history , and German politics in addition to the language and literature component. Common German names for the field ... is more often referred to as German studies , German language and literature , or German philology . Modern German studies is usually seen as a combination of two sub disciplines German linguistics and Germanophone literature studies. German linguistics German linguistics is traditionally called philology ... divided as follows Old High German Althochdeutsch 8th 11th centuries Middle High German Mittelhochdeutsch 11th 14th centuries Early New High German Fr hneuhochdeutsch 14th 17th centuries Modern German Standard German , German dialectology 18th 21st centuries In addition, the discipline examines German under various aspects the way it is spoken and written, i.e., spelling declination vocabulary ..., written texts, etc. and geographical groupings dialects, etc. . German literature studies Literary ... deals with the period from the beginnings of German in the early Middle Ages up to post Medieval times ... systematically examines German literature in terms of genre , wikt form form , Content media and publishing ... . The relationships of German literature to the literatures of other languages e.g. reception ... but contains many German language literary terms that apply cross culturally in the field of literary criticism quite a few of the in terms in the book originated in German but have since been adopted by English language critics and scholars. German media studies In recent years, German has looked ..., the sub branch of film studies has established itself. History of German studies As an unsystematic field of interest for individual scholars, German studies can be traced back to Tacitus Germania . The publication ... more details
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