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2. German language in the United States - Wikipedia

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   German-Americans, especially immigrants, were blamed for military acts of the German Empire, and even speaking German was seen as unpatriotic. Many German-American families anglicized their names (e.g. from Schmidt to Smith, Schneider to Taylor, Müller to Miller), and German nearly disappeared in public in many cities. In the countryside, the ...

3. German language - Wikipedia

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   Man speaking German. German ( Standard High German: Deutsch, pronounced [dɔʏtʃ] ⓘ) [ 10] is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province ...

4. Germanisation of Poles during the Partitions - Wikipedia

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   Following the partitions, the Prussian authorities started the policy of settling German speaking ethnic groups in these areas. Frederick the Great, in an effort to populate his sparsely populated kingdom, settled around 300,000 colonists in all provinces of Prussia, most of which were of a German ethnic background, and aimed at a removal of the Polish nobility, which he treated with contempt.

5. German Shepherd’s On-Brand Reaction to Leaf Blower Is ...

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   Speaking of smart, German Shepherds are one of the most intelligent dog breeds that you can find. Reader's Digest ranked the top smartest breeds recently and the German Shepherd came in at #3.

6. Standard German - Wikipedia

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   Standard High German ( SHG ), [ 3] less precisely Standard German or High German[ a] ( German: Standardhochdeutsch, Standarddeutsch, Hochdeutsch or, in Switzerland, Schriftdeutsch ), is the umbrella term for the standardized varieties of the German language, which are used in formal contexts and for communication between different dialect areas.

7. Geographical distribution of German speakers - Wikipedia

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   German-speaking Europe. Approximate distribution of native German speakers (assuming a rounded total of 95 million) worldwide: [ 7][ 8][ 2][ note 1] Germany (78.3%) Austria (8.4%) Switzerland (5.6%) South Tyrol (0.4%) Others (non-German speaking countries in Europe and non-European countries) (7.3%) The German language is spoken in a number of ...