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A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...
(Germany) The informal name that people in Germany call former citizens of the German Democratic Republic before re-unification, while the counterpart for former citizens of West Germany is Wessi. It is said to imply a lack of sophistication, assets, or both. Ozzy : (UK, Commonwealth and US) an Australian.
1 People. 2 See also. Toggle the table of contents ... a pejorative term for Germans; People. Aurélien Boche ... Robert M. Boche (1921–2004), American politician ...
According to their findings, 41% of Americans think their state has unique words and phrases that might be unfamiliar to outsiders. Here are the most popular slang terms from each state across the ...
In Germany, the word usually simply means 'habitat' Nazi, short for Nationalsozialist (National Socialist) Neanderthal (modern German spelling: Neandertal), for German Neandertaler, meaning "of, from, or pertaining to the Neandertal ("Neander Valley")", the site near Düsseldorf where early Homo neanderthalensis fossils were first found.
Bosch is one of Germany’s biggest private employers, with a global employee base of 429,000 at the end of 2023. However, the industrial giant has been caught up in the downturn of Germany’s ...
(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) a mocking term for a German or the German people (from Hitler's term for the "Aryan Race") (Scotland, Wales) English persons possessing strong Unionist opinions and an attitude that other parts of the UK are the "property" of England. Mau-Mau (U.S./UK) a black activist or black person. Mutt
It was recorded as a colloquial term for Germans by the mid-19th century. During World War I, Kraut came to be used in English as an ethnic slur for a German. However, during World War I, it was mainly used by British Soldiers; during World War II, it became used mainly by American soldiers and less so by British soldiers, who preferred the terms Jerry or Fritz.