Title: German Culture In The USA | German Language Blog
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German Culture In The USA Posted by Constanze on Feb 22, 2017 in Culture, Language, Traditions
Why are there so many Germans in the US?
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About the Author: Constanze

Content: But there are, in fact, many countries around the world that have German as a second or minority language, with towns & cities that have German roots. Today I’d like to talk about the German language and culture in the United States. German-American club. Photo by pat_ossa on flickr.com under a CC license (CC BY 2.0)
Why are there so many Germans in the US? From the 17 th century onwards, there were high levels of German immigrants arriving and settling in the US. They left Germany for a variety of reasons, but were ultimately in search of a better quality of life. In 2014, there were an estimated 46 million people in the United States with full or part German ancestry. That makes Germans the largest single minority group in the US! Who’d have thought it? But during World War 1 there was a distinct anti-German sentiment in the US, and during this time many aspects of German language and culture were banned, renamed or otherwise played down.