outland Germans

outland Germans

English

Etymology

Calque of the German term Auslandsdeutsche.

Noun

outland Germans pl (plural only)

1. Germans living abroad, in a foreign land.
   • 1919, William Milligan Sloane, The powers and aims of western democracy, page 402:

     Whatever dependence the Pan-German chauvinist had placed on outland Germans proved to be a broken reed.

   • 1936, December 7, LIFE, page 28:

     The little figures, he tells them, represent, according to color, 200 to 50,000 outland Germans each.

   • 2001 June 12, "Mike Echo Mike" (username), "Why do I fly !!!", in rec.aviation.student, Usenet:

     And Bruno's name is "Bienenfeld" meaning that I would place him as what are in Cleveland anyway called "Donau Schwaben" i.e., outland Germans living in SE Europe […]

See also

• outland