Germans

residents and citizens of Germany & people of German descent
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Germans

Summary

Germans is a nation[1]. Germans draws 3,902 Wikipedia views per month (nation category, ranking #4 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • German was Germans's native language[3].
  • Germans's religion is recorded as Protestantism[4].
  • Germans's religion is recorded as Catholicism[5].
  • Germans is in the country of Germany[6].
  • Germans is in the country of Austria[7].
  • Germans is in the country of Liechtenstein[8].
  • Germans is in the country of Switzerland[9].
  • Germans's instance of is recorded as nation[10].
  • Germans's instance of is recorded as human population[11].
  • Germans's ancestral home is recorded as Germany[12].
  • Germany is named after Germans[13].
  • sibling is named after Germans[14].
  • Germans is a type of Western Europeans[15].
  • Germans is a type of inhabitant[16].
  • Germans's Commons category is recorded as Germans[17].
  • Germans comprises Bavarians[18].
  • Germans comprises Swabians[19].
  • Germans comprises German-Russians[20].
  • Germans comprises Franconians[21].
  • Germans comprises Saxons[22].
  • Germans comprises German Americans[23].
  • Germans comprises Alsatians[24].
  • Germans's topic's main category is recorded as Category:German people[25].
  • Germans's topic's main category is recorded as Q15636801[26].
  • Germans has a population of {'amount': '+150000000'}[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include nation[10] and human population[11]. Recorded subclass of include Western Europeans[15] and inhabitant[16].

Origins

Things named after include Germany[13], a sovereign state[28], in Germany[29], founded in 1949[30] and sibling[14], a kinship[31].

Use and Application

Components include Bavarians[18], a human population[32], in Germany[33]; Swabians[19], an ethnic group[34], in Romania[35]; German-Russians[20], an ethnic group[36]; Franconians[21], an ethnic group[37], in Germany[38]; Saxons[22], a subethnic group[39]; and German Americans[23], a diaspora or migration by origin and host country[40].

Why It Matters

Germans draws 3,902 Wikipedia views per month (nation category, ranking #4 of 36).[2] Germans has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Germans is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag german
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: german, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289930459|german (#289930459)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  2. 22d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id ['0370266-Nemky', 'h0005734-Nemci']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0370266-Nemky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
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