German American
Bavarian heritage American
A German American is an American of German descent, or something relating to both Germany and the United States: German American heritage, the German American community in Milwaukee.
German Americans represent one of the largest ancestry groups in the United States, with significant historical immigration waves in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Also hyphenated: German-American.
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- dual identityHaving two distinct selves
- OktoberfestMassive Bavarian brewing celebration
bratwurst · Milwaukee · Pennsylvania Dutch · Lutheran · Ellis Island · lederhosen · sauerkraut · pretzel stand · Bavaria · homeland · Old World · assimilation · beer garden · Midwest · Cincinnati · St. Louis · Amish · strudel
- American EthnicityPuerto Rican, Hispanic, Latino, Chicano, Chicana
- European American heritageEuropean descent, ethnic heritage, ancestry
- MidwesternersOhioan, Iowan, Kansan, Nebraskan, Minnesotan
German AmericanJapanese American
Person of Japanese ancestry
Native American · Jewish American · Chinese American · Mexican American · African American
German AmericanAnglo-American
British and American combined
WASP · new arrival · undocumented immigrant · refugee · asylum seeker
German, American, Germany, Germanic, Germans, America, Americans, Americana, Americanism