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Potato Germans

Potato Germans noun: a group of German families who settled in the heathlands of central Jutland in Denmark during the mid-1700s.

Noun

Potato Germans pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) A group of German families who settled in the heathlands of central Jutland in Denmark during the mid-1700s.
    • Then there were the French Huguenot tobacco farmers (early 1700s), the “Potato Germans” and paid German soldiers (late 1700s), and Moravian crafts people (late 1700s).2017, Andrew DJ Shield, Immigrants in the Sexual Revolution: Perceptions and Participation in Northwest Europe, Springer, →ISBN, page 23

Origin of Potato Germans

Calque of Danish Kartoffeltyskere, in reference to the cultivation of potatoes in the areas they settled.

Questions about Potato Germans

What does Potato Germans mean?
Potato Germans means a group of German families who settled in the heathlands of central Jutland in Denmark during the mid-1700s.
What part of speech is Potato Germans?
Potato Germans is a noun.

Words near Potato Germans in the dictionary

  1. potato diggers
  2. potato eater
  3. potato eaters
  4. potato flies
  5. potato fly
  6. Potato Germans
  7. potato head
  8. potato heads
  9. potato in its jacket
  10. potato masher
  11. potato mashers

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