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  2. German Americans - Wikipedia

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    German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃʔameʁɪˌkaːnɐ]) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. According to the United States Census Bureau 's figures from 2022, German Americans make up roughly 41 million people in the US, which is approximately 12% of the population. [ 7 ]

  3. List of German Americans - Wikipedia

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    German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States who are of German ancestry; they form the largest ethnic ancestry group in the United States, accounting for 17% of U.S. population. [1] The first significant numbers arrived in the 1680s in New York and Pennsylvania. Some eight million German immigrants have entered ...

  4. List of place names of German origin in the United States

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    Relatively few place names in the United States have names of German origin, unlike Spanish or French names. Many of the German town names are in the Midwest, due to high German settlement in the 1800s. Many of the names in New York and Pennsylvania originated with the German Palatines (called Pennsylvania Dutch), who immigrated in the 18th ...

  5. Category:German-American history - Wikipedia

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    German American Heritage Center; German Americans in the American Civil War; German Church and Cemetery; German Emigration Center; German Life; German Presbyterian Church and Hortonville Cemetery; German prisoners of war in the United States; German Reform Movement (New York City, 1800s) German Village; German Village Historic District; German ...

  6. Category:American people of German descent - Wikipedia

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    This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of German ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. Wikimedia Commons has media related to American people of German descent .

  7. History of the Germans in Holyoke, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    A number of smaller organizations, like the German-Austria Sick Benefit Society, and the German-American Social Club of Holyoke, would appear in the early 20th century, but few endured as long or in as many accounts of history as the Turnhall and the Sons of Hermann.

  8. Germans in the American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Inside America, German Americans were largely concentrated in Pennsylvania and upstate New York. The majority supported Congress and the patriot cause. Very few German Americans were Loyalists, although many of the religious sects (such as the Amish) were neutral. It is estimated that nearly 5,000 of the German auxiliaries permanently settled ...

  9. Americans in Germany - Wikipedia

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    Kirsten Dunst, American actress of German descent, holds German citizenship. David Garrett, pop artist and violinist. Ernst Hanfstaengl, ex-Nazi and intelligence worker for the Americans during World War II. Emil Jannings, actor. Carlos Kleiber, German-born Austrian conductor. Boris Kodjoe, Austrian-born American actor. Ghanaian father and ...