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Surnames of German language origin. Wikimedia Commons has media related to German-language surnames . This category will also include Yiddish -language surnames, where the surname has its origins in German .
The German American Bund, or the German American Federation ( German: Amerikadeutscher Bund, Amerikadeutscher Volksbund, AV ), was a German-American Nazi organization which was established in 1936 as a successor to the Friends of New Germany (FONG, FDND in German). The organization chose its new name in order to emphasize its American ...
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.
Germanic peoples. Roman bronze statuette representing a Germanic man with his hair in a Suebian knot. Dating to the late 1st century – early 2nd century A.D. The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who once occupied Northwestern and Central Europe and Scandinavia during antiquity and into the early Middle Ages.
German grammar. The grammar of the German language is quite similar to that of the other Germanic languages . Although some features of German grammar, such as the formation of some of the verb forms, resemble those of English, German grammar differs from that of English in that it has, among other things, cases and gender in nouns and a strict ...
Outline of German language. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to German language : One of the major languages of the world, German is the first language of almost 100 million people worldwide and the most widely spoken native language in the European Union. [1] Together with French, German is the second most ...
v. t. e. Anti-German sentiment (also known as Anti-Germanism, Germanophobia or Teutophobia) is opposition to and/or fear of, hatred of, dislike of, persecution of, prejudice against, and discrimination against Germany, its inhabitants, its culture, and/or its language. [1] Its opposite is Germanophilia. [2] [3]
