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German Americans

ethnic group; Americans of German birth or descent
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German Americans

Summary

German Americans is a diaspora or migration by origin and host country[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of diaspora_or_migration_by_origin_and_host_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,069 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • German Americans held citizenship in United States[3].
  • German Americans's religion is recorded as Lutheranism[4].
  • German Americans's religion is recorded as Reformed Christianity[5].
  • German Americans's religion is recorded as Anabaptism[6].
  • German Americans's religion is recorded as Catholic Church[7].
  • German Americans's instance of is recorded as diaspora or migration by origin and host country[8].
  • German Americans's ancestral home is recorded as Germany[9].
  • German Americans is a type of Central European Americans[10].
  • German Americans is part of German diaspora[11].
  • German Americans's Commons category is recorded as American people of German descent[12].
  • German Americans comprises Pennsylvania Dutch[13].
  • German Americans's topic's main category is recorded as Category:German diaspora in the United States[14].
  • German Americans's topic's main category is recorded as Category:American people of German descent[15].
  • German Americans has a population of {'amount': '+50764'}[16].
  • German Americans's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Deutschamerikaner'}[17].
  • German Americans's history of topic is recorded as History of the Germans in the United States[18].
  • German Americans's diaspora is recorded as German diaspora[19].

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Context

German Americans is part of German diaspora[11]. Its instance of is recorded as diaspora or migration by origin and host country[8].

Why It Matters

German Americans ranks in the top 1% of diaspora_or_migration_by_origin_and_host_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,069 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved . factfinder.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → diaspora or migration by origin and host country
    Part of → German diaspora
    Citizenship → —
    Diaspora → German diaspora
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565438605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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