Germans

residents and citizens of Germany & people of German descent
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Germans

Summary

Germans is a nation[1]. Germans draws 1,275 Wikipedia views per month (nation category, ranking #4 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • German was Germans's native language[3].
  • Germans's religion is recorded as Protestantism[4].
  • Germans's religion is recorded as Catholicism[5].
  • Germans is in the country of Germany[6].
  • Germans is in the country of Austria[7].
  • Germans is in the country of Liechtenstein[8].
  • Germans is in the country of Switzerland[9].
  • Germans's instance of is recorded as nation[10].
  • Germans's instance of is recorded as human population[11].
  • Germans's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[12].
  • Germans's ancestral home is recorded as Germany[13].
  • Germany is named after Germans[14].
  • sibling is named after Germans[15].
  • Germans is a type of Western Europeans[16].
  • Germans is a type of inhabitant[17].
  • Germans's Commons category is recorded as Germans[18].
  • Germans comprises Bavarians[19].
  • Germans comprises Swabians[20].
  • Germans comprises German-Russians[21].
  • Germans comprises Franconians[22].
  • Germans comprises Saxons[23].
  • Germans comprises German Americans[24].
  • Germans comprises Alsatians[25].
  • Germans's topic's main category is recorded as Category:German people[26].
  • Germans's topic's main category is recorded as Q15636801[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include nation[10], human population[11], and ethnic group[12]. Recorded subclass of include Western Europeans[16] and inhabitant[17].

Origins

Things named after include Germany[14], a sovereign state[28], in Germany[29], founded in 1949[30] and sibling[15], a kinship[31].

Use and Application

Components include Bavarians[19], a human population[32], in Germany[33]; Swabians[20], an ethnic group[34], in Romania[35]; German-Russians[21], an ethnic group[36]; Franconians[22], an ethnic group[37], in Germany[38]; Saxons[23], a subethnic group[39]; and German Americans[24], a diaspora or migration by origin and host country[40].

Why It Matters

Germans draws 1,275 Wikipedia views per month (nation category, ranking #4 of 36).[2] Germans has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Germans is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · C960657 · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'av', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'bar', 'bat_smg', 'be'
    Lex id → tyskere
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: tyskere"
  2. 25d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM250881
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14249]]: SM250881, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788904550532"
  3. 5w ago · InactiveSponge · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → nation, human population, ethnic group
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q41710]]"
  4. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2jUgGS
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → german, germans
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: germans, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289930487|germans (#289930487)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  6. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → german, germans
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: german, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289930459|german (#289930459)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  7. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0370266-Nemky, h0005734-Nemci
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0370266-Nemky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
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