Germans
People from Berlin
Germans are the people of Germany, or people of German descent.
The word functions as both noun and adjective: Germans celebrate Oktoberfest, German engineering, German shepherd.
German also refers to the language: She speaks fluent German.
The Germanic peoples historically included a broader group of northern European tribes, but German now specifically denotes the nation and its culture.
Relating to motor vehicles
- VolkswagenGerman automobile corporation
- Mercedes-BenzGerman luxury vehicle manufacturer
- BMWBavarian motor works
- AudiGerman premium car manufacturer
Porsche · Siemens · Bosch · manufacturing · innovation · precision · autobahn · apprenticeship
Bavaria's largest city
- beerFermented grain drink
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- lederhosenTraditional German leather shorts
- dirndlAlpine peasant dress
pretzel · bratwurst · stein · polka · oompah · beer garden · prost · bierkeller
Status as state member
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- BerlinGermany's largest city
- FrankfurtGerman financial capital
- MunichBavaria's largest city
Hamburg · Cologne · Stuttgart · Düsseldorf · Leipzig · Dresden · Nuremberg · Bremen
Custom passed through generations
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- BavariaSoutheastern German state
- dirndlAlpine peasant dress
- lederhosenTraditional German leather shorts
Goethe · Beethoven · Bach · Bauhaus · Grimm · Romanticism · punctuality · orderliness
Former German kingdom
- BismarckPrussia's unifying statesman
- WeimarThuringian city, cultural landmark
- ReichGerman word for empire
- reunificationRestoring divided unity
Berlin Wall · Cold War · division · Stasi · Merkel · Hanseatic · Holy Roman Empire · Reformation
Regional language variations
- BavarianOf a German state
- compound wordsFused lexical units
- umlautsDouble-dot diacritical marks
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
declension · conjugation · pronunciation · Yiddish · Pennsylvania Dutch
automotive
Relating to motor vehicles
- VolkswagenGerman automobile corporation
- Mercedes-BenzGerman luxury vehicle manufacturer
- BMWBavarian motor works
Audi · Porsche · Siemens · Bosch · manufacturing · innovation · precision · autobahn · apprenticeship · patents
Munich
Bavaria's largest city
- beerFermented grain drink
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- lederhosenTraditional German leather shorts
dirndl · pretzel · bratwurst · stein · polka · oompah · beer garden · prost · bierkeller · brewery
citizenship
Status as state member
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- BerlinGermany's largest city
- FrankfurtGerman financial capital
Munich · Hamburg · Cologne · Stuttgart · Düsseldorf · Leipzig · Dresden · Nuremberg · Bremen · Heidelberg
tradition
Custom passed through generations
lederhosen · Goethe · Beethoven · Bach · Bauhaus · Grimm · Romanticism · punctuality · orderliness · Bundesliga
Prussia
Former German kingdom
- BismarckPrussia's unifying statesman
- WeimarThuringian city, cultural landmark
- ReichGerman word for empire
reunification · Berlin Wall · Cold War · division · Stasi · Merkel · Hanseatic · Holy Roman Empire · Reformation · Luther
dialects
Regional language variations
- BavarianOf a German state
- compound wordsFused lexical units
- umlautsDouble-dot diacritical marks
grammar · declension · conjugation · pronunciation · Yiddish · Pennsylvania Dutch
- European peoplesItalians, Greeks, French, Poles, Romanians
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Japanese
- German peoplesBavarians, Saxons, Hessians, Rhinelanders, Berliners
- Germanic peoplesAustrians, Goth, Visigoth, Ostrogoth, Vandal
- Indo-EuropeansCelts, Slavs, Indo-Aryan, Aryans, Greeks
- Ancient RomansJulius Caesar, patricians, consuls, Marcus Aurelius, Nero
- German occupationMilitary seizure of territory
- German shepherdsBreed used by police
- German musicCompositions from Deutschland
- West GermansCitizens of the postwar democratic state
- German pretzelTwisted salted bread knot
- German passportFederal Republic travel document