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Americans in Germany, the Glossary

Americans in Germany or American Germans (German: Amerikanische Deutsche or Amerika-Deutsche) refers to the American population in Germany and their German-born descendants.^[1]

91 relations: Alex King (basketball), Alfredo Morales, Allied-occupied Germany, American English, Americans, Andrew Wooten, Baldur von Schirach, Berlin, Bonn, Boris Kodjoe, Bruce Willis, Carlos Kleiber, Chris Kaman, Christianity, Danny Williams (soccer, born 1989), Darmstadt, David Garrett, David Yelldell, Dee Dee Ramone, Del-Angelo Williams, Democrats Abroad, Demond Greene, Diaspora, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Donald Lutz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Education in Germany, Eintracht Frankfurt, Elias Harris, Emigration from the United States, Emil Jannings, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Expatriate, Fabian Johnson, Fall of the Berlin Wall, FC Bayern Munich (basketball), Federal Statistical Office of Germany, Felix Magath, Frankfurt, Fraternization, German Americans, German language, German reunification, Germany, Germany–United States relations, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Hitler Youth, Immigration to Germany, Irreligion, ... Expand index (41 more) »
American diaspora in Europe
American emigration
German people of American descent
Immigration to Germany

Alex King (basketball)

Alex King (born February 20, 1985) is a German former professional basketball player.

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Alfredo Morales

Alfredo Morales (born May 12, 1990) is a professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes.

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Allied-occupied Germany

The entirety of Germany was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the Berlin Declaration on 5 June 1945 to the establishment of West Germany on 23 May 1949.

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American English

American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.

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Americans

Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States.

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Andrew Wooten

Andrew Wooten (born September 30, 1989) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for VfR Mannheim.

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Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (9 May 1907 – 8 August 1974) was a German politician who served as head of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. Americans in Germany and Baldur von Schirach are German people of American descent.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Bonn

Bonn is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine.

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Boris Kodjoe

Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe (born March 8, 1973) is an Austrian-born German actor and former model, based in the United States.

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Bruce Willis

Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a retired American actor.

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Carlos Kleiber

Carlos Kleiber (3 July 1930 – 13 July 2004) was a German-born Austrian conductor, who is widely regarded as among the greatest conductors of all time.

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Chris Kaman

Christopher Zane Kaman (born April 28, 1982) is a German-American former professional basketball player.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Danny Williams (soccer, born 1989)

Daniel Charles Williams (born March 8, 1989) is a former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

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Darmstadt

Darmstadt is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region).

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David Garrett

David Christian Bongartz (born 4 September 1980), known by his stage name David Garrett, is a German classical and crossover violinist and recording artist. Americans in Germany and David Garrett are German people of American descent.

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David Yelldell

David Yelldell (born October 1, 1981) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper and serves as an assistant coach for Sonnenhof Großaspach.

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Dee Dee Ramone

Douglas Glenn Colvin (September 18, 1951 – June 5, 2002), better known by his stage name Dee Dee Ramone, was an American musician.

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Del-Angelo Williams

Del-Angelo Williams (born 4 August 1993) is a German footballer who plays as a forward for VfB Marburg.

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Democrats Abroad

Democrats Abroad is the official organization of the Democratic Party for United States citizens living temporarily or permanently abroad.

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Demond Greene

Demond Greene (born 15 June 1979) is a German–American professional basketball coach and former player.

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Diaspora

A diaspora is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin.

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Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

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Donald Lutz

Donald Thomas Lutz III (born February 6, 1989) is an American-German former professional baseball first baseman / leftfielder.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Education in Germany

Education in Germany is primarily the responsibility of individual German states, with the federal government only playing a minor role.

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Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse.

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Elias Harris

Elias Harris (born 6 July 1989) is a German professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague.

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Emigration from the United States

Emigration from the United States is the process where citizens from the United States move to live in countries other than the US, creating an American Diaspora (Overseas Americans). Americans in Germany and Emigration from the United States are American emigration.

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Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in Hollywood in the 1920s. Americans in Germany and Emil Jannings are German people of American descent.

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Ernst Hanfstaengl

Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl (2 February 1887 – 6 November 1975) was a German American businessman and close friend of Adolf Hitler. Americans in Germany and Ernst Hanfstaengl are German people of American descent.

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Expatriate

An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their country of citizenship.

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Fabian Johnson

Fabian Marco Johnson (born December 11, 1987) is a former professional soccer player who played as a full-back and wide midfielder.

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Fall of the Berlin Wall

The fall of the Berlin Wall (Mauerfall) on November 9, 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded.

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FC Bayern Munich (basketball)

FC Bayern München Basketball GmbH, commonly referred to as Bayern Munich, is a professional basketball club, a part of the FC Bayern Munich sports club, based in Munich, Germany.

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Federal Statistical Office of Germany

The Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt, shortened Destatis) is a federal authority of Germany.

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Felix Magath

Wolfgang Felix Magath (born 26 July 1953) is a German football manager and former player.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.

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Fraternization

Fraternization (from Latin frater meaning "brother") is the act of establishing intimate relations between people or groups.

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German Americans

German Americans (Deutschamerikaner) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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German reunification

German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single full sovereign state, which took place between 9 November 1989 and 15 March 1991.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Germany–United States relations

Today, Germany and the United States are close and strong allies.

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Hamburg

Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.

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Heidelberg

Heidelberg (Heidlberg) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany.

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Hitler Youth

The Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend, often abbreviated as HJ) was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany.

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Immigration to Germany

Immigration to Germany, both in the country's modern borders and the many political entities that preceded it, has occurred throughout the country's history.

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Irreligion

Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.

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Jermaine Jones

Jermaine Junior Jones (born November 3, 1981) is a former professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder.

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Jerome Kiesewetter

Jerome Julien Kiesewetter (born February 9, 1993) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward.

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Jimmy Hartwig

William "Jimmy" Hartwig (born 5 October 1954) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

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John Brooks (soccer, born 1993)

John Anthony Brooks Jr. (born January 28, 1993) is a professional soccer player who plays as a center-back.

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José Holebas

José Lloyd Cholevas (Ιωσήφ Λόιντ Χολέβας; born 27 June 1984), known as José Holebas (Greek: Χοσέ Χολέμπας), is a former footballer who played as a left-back.

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The Journal of Social History was founded in 1967 and has been edited since then by Peter Stearns.

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Julian Green

Julian Wesley Green (born June 6, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Greuther Fürth.

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Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern (Palatinate German: Lautre) is a town in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. Americans in Germany and Kaiserslautern are American diaspora in Europe.

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Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress.

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Lamont Bryan

Lamont Bryan (born) is a Jamaica international rugby league footballer who plays for the London Skolars in Betfred League 1.

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List of United States Army installations in Germany

The United States Army has over 40 military installations in Germany, two of which are scheduled to close.

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London Skolars

The London Skolars are a rugby league club based at the New River Stadium in Wood Green, Haringey, North London.

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Mainz

Mainz (see below) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 35th-largest city.

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Manfred Curry

Manfred Curry (11 December 1899 – 13 February 1953) was a physician, inventor, sailor and author of American citizenship.

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Mannheim

Mannheim (Palatine German: Mannem or Monnem), officially the University City of Mannheim (Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 21st-largest city, with a 2021 population of 311,831 inhabitants.

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Munich

Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.

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Nuremberg

Nuremberg (Nürnberg; in the local East Franconian dialect: Nämberch) is the largest city in Franconia, the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria, and its 544,414 (2023) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany.

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Occupation statute

The Occupation Statute of Germany (Besatzungsstatut) of April 10, 1949 specified the roles and responsibilities of the newly created government of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the Allied High Commission.

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Quality of life

Quality of life (QOL) is defined by the World Health Organization as "an individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns".

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Ramones

The Ramones were an American punk rock band formed in the New York City neighborhood Forest Hills, Queens in 1974.

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Ramstein-Miesenbach

Ramstein-Miesenbach is a town in the district of Kaiserslautern in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, adjacent to the U.S. Ramstein Air Base. Americans in Germany and Ramstein-Miesenbach are American diaspora in Europe.

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz; Rheinland-Pfalz; Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany.

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Rosenheim

Rosenheim is a city in Bavaria, Germany.

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Royal-Dominique Fennell

Royal-Dominique Fennell (born June 5, 1989) is an American soccer player who plays for SGV Freiberg as a defensive midfielder.

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San Jose Earthquakes

The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer club based in San Jose, California.

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SGV Freiberg

SGV Freiberg is a German association football club from the city of Freiberg am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg.

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Southern Germany

Southern Germany is a region of Germany that included the areas in which Upper German dialects are spoken, which includes the stem duchies of Bavaria and Swabia in present-day Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, and the southern portion of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate that were part of the Duchy of Franconia.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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SpVgg Greuther Fürth

Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth, commonly known as Greuther Fürth, is a German football club based in Fürth, Bavaria.

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: italics) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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SV Waldhof Mannheim

SV Waldhof Mannheim is a multi-sports club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg.

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Terrence Boyd

Terrence Anthony Boyd (born February 16, 1991) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for SV Waldhof Mannheim, a club in Germany's third tier 3. Liga.

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Timothy Chandler

Timothy Chandler (born March 29, 1990) is a professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.

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TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., commonly known as TSG Hoffenheim, is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg.

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_in_Germany

Also known as American Germans.

, Jermaine Jones, Jerome Kiesewetter, Jimmy Hartwig, John Brooks (soccer, born 1993), José Holebas, Journal of Social History, Julian Green, Kaiserslautern, Kirsten Dunst, Lamont Bryan, List of United States Army installations in Germany, London Skolars, Mainz, Manfred Curry, Mannheim, Munich, Nuremberg, Occupation statute, Quality of life, Ramones, Ramstein-Miesenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Rosenheim, Royal-Dominique Fennell, San Jose Earthquakes, SGV Freiberg, Southern Germany, Spanish language, SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Stuttgart, SV Waldhof Mannheim, Terrence Boyd, Timothy Chandler, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, United States Department of Defense, VfB Marburg, VfR Mannheim, Vilseck, War children, Wiesbaden, World War II.

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See also

American diaspora in Europe

American emigration

German people of American descent

Immigration to Germany

References