German American
2
2.9
- noun
- /ˈɡɜrmən əˈmɛrɪkən/
:
alemán estadounidense
- Many German Americans celebrate their heritage by attending festivals and cultural events.
- many German Americans
- German American Historical Society
- German American Historical
Examples
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We did not do the same to German-Americans or Italian-Americans.
Blog text (27) -
In the First World War, the object of greatest concern was the loyalty of German Americans.
Academic text (1997) -
This brings us to the question of current European American, current German American relations.
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If life in the United States had so little to offer, why did so many German Americans stay?
Academic text (2016) -
During World War II, those German Americans who fully supported America had to stop speaking German.
Blog text (17) -
In the Second World War, Italian Americans and Japanese Americans joined German Americans.
Academic text (1997) -
Maybe most of those present, naturalized German Americans, felt the same way.
Academic text (2016) -
There were various German American groups that had public meetings before WWII, also.
Blog text (4) -
Perhaps it is significant that the German Americans alone are rebuilding an ethnic group, not simply preserving or enhancing one.
Academic text (1994) -
At first glance, the evidence suggests that the German Americans were largely unanimous in their political allegiance.
Academic text (1994)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from the constituents 'German' and 'American'—a person described as German American is simply someone American with German origin or ancestry. This nationality/ethnicity compound is a regular, compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the two words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
German American comes from joining two words: German, a person from Germany, and American, a person from the United States. The name began when many people moved from Germany to the U.S. and kept their language and customs, so today it means an American with German family background.