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The German diaspora (German: Deutschstämmige, pronounced [ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃˌʃtɛmɪɡə] ⓘ) consists of German people and their descendants who live outside of Germany. The term is used in particular to refer to the aspects of migration of German speakers from Central Europe to different countries around the world.
A country demonym denotes the people or the inhabitants of or from there; for example, "Germans" are people of or from Germany. Demonyms are given in plural forms. Singular forms simply remove the final s or, in the case of -ese endings, are the same as the plural forms. The ending -men has feminine equivalent -women (e.g. Irishman, Scotswoman).
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 ...
People from Christchurch by occupation (14 C) B. Burials in Christchurch by place (15 C) Pages in category "People from Christchurch" The following 200 pages are in ...
The following is a list of adjectival forms of cities in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these cities. Demonyms ending in -ese are the same in the singular and plural forms. The ending -man has feminine equivalent -woman (e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman).
In modern German, the ancient Germani are called Germanen and their country Germania is Germanien, and there are clearly distinct terms for modern Germans (Deutsche) and modern Germany (Deutschland). In English however there are no common terms which distinguish Germans from Germani , or Germany from Germania , blurring the distinctions. [ 17 ]
James Gapes (1822–1899), mayor of Christchurch and flautist; Jo Giles (1950–2011), former sports representative and television personality; A. K. Grant (1941–2000), writer, historian and humorist; Charles Gray (1853–1918), independent parliamentarian and mayor of Christchurch; Jeffrey Grice (born 1954), classical pianist
Bithell, Jethro, ed. Germany: A Companion to German Studies (5th edition 1955), 578pp; essays on German literature, music, philosophy, art and, especially, history. online edition Archived 11 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine; Buse, Dieter K. ed. Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture 1871–1990 (2 vol 1998) Clark ...