Culture of Germany

field of humanities that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature

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pattern of human activity and symbolism associated with Germany and its people

subgenre of rock music

thumb|GDR T-shirts, for sale in Berlin in 2004 thumb|right|Soviet and GDR Memorabilia for sale in Berlin in 2006 thumb|right|Jägerschnitzel, a popular East German cuisine item In German culture, Ostalgie () is nostalgia for aspects of life in Communist East Germany. It is a portmanteau of the German words Ost (east) and Nostalgie (nostalgia). Its anglicised equivalent, ostalgia (rhyming with "nostalgia"), is also sometimes used. Another term for the phenomenon is GDR nostalgia ().

philosophy originating from German thinkers or in the German language

Heimat () is a German word translating to 'home' or 'homeland'. The word has connotations specific to German culture, German society and specifically German Romanticism, German nationalism, German statehood and regionalism so that it has no exact English equivalent. The word describes a state of belonging "the opposite of feeling alien," and its definition is not limited to a geographical place.

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traditional Norther European Christmas decoration

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overview of the names of Germany in different languages

thumb|250px|Present day flag of Germany A Germanophile, Teutonophile, Teutophile, or Deutschophile is a person who is fond of German culture, German language, German people and Germany in general, or who exhibits German patriotism in spite of not being either an ethnic German or a German citizen. The love of the German way, called "Germanophilia" or "Teutonophilia", is the opposite of Germanophobia.

languages of a geographic region

figure representing the national character of the German people

cultural term

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collective guilt attributed to Germany

literary work

painting by Philipp Veit of the German national personification from 1848 at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany

Gummibär (; German for "gummy bear") or Gummy Bear is a German Eurodance multilingual character and virtual musician that performs gummy bear-related songs on various albums, including I Am Your Gummy Bear (2007) and La La Love to Dance (2010). The video for the song "I'm a Gummy Bear" and its Spanish version has 3.8 billion and 1.3 billion views on YouTube respectively.

nostalgia in various post-communist states of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia for the prior Communist states

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Leitkultur () is a German concept, which can be translated as 'guiding culture' or 'leading culture', less literally as 'common culture', 'core culture' or 'basic culture'. The term was first introduced in 1998 by the German-Syrian sociologist Bassam Tibi and from 2000 onward the term figured prominently in the national political debate in Germany about national identity and immigration.

Short humorous story, play, song, opera, etc.

interaction of an individual or a society with their past and history

term for being passive in the face of atrocity

thumb|right|Blutritt in Weingarten, The Blutritt (, literal translation: Blood Ride) is an equestrian procession in honor of a relic containing the blood of Jesus Christ. There are several cities in Germany holding Blutritte, however, the dates are not unified.

Prussianism comprises the practices and doctrines of the Prussians, specifically the militarism and the severe discipline traditionally associated with the Prussian ruling class.

thumb|The head table of a fraternity commercium in Vienna in the early 1950s A commercium (plural commercia) is a traditional academic feast in universities in Central and Northern European countries. In Germany it is called a or . It is organised by student fraternities in Germanic and Baltic countries, as well as Poland.

thumb|Hermann Struck, Chacham, en face ("[[Hakham, front-facing"), 1932, drypoint, aquatint]]

thumb|right|Map depicting the territories inhabited by ethnic Germans in Europe during the interwar period ( 1930)

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personal names in German-speaking Europe

'''' ("Kevinism") is a German term for the practice of giving children trendy, exotic-sounding names as opposed to traditional German ones. It is often considered to be an indicator of low social class. The prototypical example is Kevin, which like most such names came to Germany from Anglo-American culture. Specifically, Kevin McCallister, the protagonist of the 1990 comedy film Home Alone (titled Kevin – Allein zu Haus'' in the German release) is credited with making Kevin the most popular boys' name chosen in Germany in 1991. Kevin Costner's 1990 film Dances with Wolves is often cited as an