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  2. Stereotypes of Germans - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] Part of the contribution to this was the similar image of the German work ethic perceived by American GIs in the postwar period: "Many West Germans are serious about their duties, keeping to their timetables, and do not enjoy many tea or coffee breaks". The German railroad system, which usually runs late, notoriously challenges this ...

  3. Culture of Germany - Wikipedia

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    German designers were leaders of modern product design, with the Bauhaus designers like Mies van der Rohe, and Dieter Rams of Braun being essential. [58] Germany is a leading country in the fashion industry. The German textile industry consisted of about 1,300 companies with more than 130,000 employees in 2010, which generated a revenue of 28 ...

  4. Germans - Wikipedia

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    The English term Germans is derived from the ethnonym Germani, which was used for Germanic peoples in ancient times. [7] [8] Since the early modern period, it has been the most common name for the Germans in English, being applied to any citizens, natives or inhabitants of Germany, regardless of whether they are considered to have German ethnicity.

  5. Why Germans are flocking to this hotel that celebrates all ...

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    Germans love it – more Germans like England than you can imagine,” he says, noting that their 9.3 rating on Booking.com is higher than that of the hotel nearby where the actual queen of ...

  6. German TikTokers like China, Russia more, poll shows

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    Germans who get their news through TikTok are less likely to see China as a dictatorship, be less critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and be more sceptical about climate change and the ...

  7. German cuisine - Wikipedia

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    German Selters, a typical German carbonated mineral water. Johann Jacob Schweppe was a German-Swiss watchmaker and amateur scientist, who developed the first practical process to manufacture bottled carbonated mineral water and began selling the world's first soft drink [80] [81] under his company Schweppes.

  8. Germanic peoples - Wikipedia

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    For those scholars, the "Germanic" and modern "German" were identical. Ideas about the early Germans were also highly influential among members of the nationalist and racist völkisch movement and later co-opted by the Nazis. During the second half of the 20th century, the controversial misuse of ancient Germanic history and archaeology was ...

  9. Native Americans in German popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Johnny Cash's recording of "The Ballad of Ira Hayes," which commemorates the Pima Marine of the title who was one of the six men who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima, also became popular in Germany. Like Cash himself, who had been a GI in Bavaria, soldiers formerly or currently based in Germany played a role in German-Native American relations.