Definitions for germans
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1. Germans

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1. Germans

   Germans are the citizens or native-born people of Germany; or people of descent to the ethnic and ethnolinguistic group associated with the German language. This connection may be ethnic, historical, ancestral, cultural, legal or residential. The English term Germans has historically referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages. Legally, Germans are citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany. Of approximately 100 million native speakers of German in the world, roughly 70 million consider themselves Germans. There are an additional 80 million people of German ancestry mainly in the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, South Africa, post-Soviet states, France, Australia, Chile and Italy. Thus, the total number of Germans worldwide lies between 66 and 160 million, depending on the criteria applied. Today, people from countries with a German-speaking majority such as Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg, have developed their own national identity, and since the end of World War II, have not referred to themselves as "Germans" in a modern context.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'germans' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3824

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'germans' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4814

Anagrams for germans »

1. engrams

2. mangers

How to pronounce germans?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of germans in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of germans in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of germans in a Sentence

1. Ford Chief Executive Mark Fields:

   We're not trying to out-German the Germans or try to be like anyone else.

2. Munzer Khattab:

   Even when we asked Germans they had problems understanding the forms, if the Germans found them unreadable, how could we [migrants] read them?

3. Frank-Walter Steinmeier:

   Even though German deaths also exceeded well over 10,000 in the battle that stretched deep into January, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier took special time to thank the U.S. troops. On this day, we Germans would like to thank the United States of America. The American armed forces, together with their allies, liberated Europe and they also liberated Germany. We thank you.

4. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas:

   We are now also considering a possible evacuation of all Germans who are willing to leave.

5. Jessica Gienow-Hecht:

   Germans have developed an obsession about security and safety yet when it comes to World War Two bombs that are found just about everywhere we just accept it, it touches on Germany's responsibility and war guilt.

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