Ethnic groups in Germany

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Sorbs (; ; ; ; ; ; also known as Lusatians, Lusatian Serbs and Wends) are an indigenous West Slavic ethnic group predominantly inhabiting the parts of Lusatia located in the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg. Sorbs traditionally speak the Sorbian languages (also known as "Wendish" and "Lusatian"), which are closely related to Polish (Lechitic languages) and Czech, Slovak. Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian are officially recognized minority languages in Germany.

ethnic group of South Caucasian origin

ethnic Germans inhabitants of the eastern Baltic Sea

Luxembourgers ( ; ) are a Germanic ethnic group native to their nation state of Luxembourg, where they make up around half of the population. They share the culture of Luxembourg and speak Luxembourgish, a West Germanic language.

thumb|Sinti people in Rhine Province, Germany, 1935

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semi-nomadic ethnicity in Europe

In German-speaking countries, the term Gastarbeiter (; both singular and plural) refers to foreign or migrant workers, particularly those who had moved to West Germany between 1955 and 1973, seeking work as part of a formal guest worker program ().

history of Jews in Germany

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Slovincians (), also known as Łeba Kashubians, is a near-extinct ethnic subgroup of the Kashubian people, who originated from the north western Kashubia, located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, from the area around the lakes of Łebsko and Gardno. In the aftermath of World War II, Slovincians emigrated en masse to Germany, with the last families emigrating there in the 1980s. They originally spoke the Slovincian language, which went extinct in the early 20th century, as well as Kashubian, Polish, German and Low German.

Lithuanians that inhabited East Prussia

The Masurians or Mazurs (; ; Masurian: Mazurÿ), historically also known as Prussian Masurians (Polish: Mazurzy pruscy), are a Polish ethnic group originating from the region of Masuria, within the modern-day Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland. They number around 5,000 to 15,000 people. In the 2011 Polish census, 1,376 individuals declared themselves to be Masurian as either a first or a secondary identification. Before World War II and its post-war expulsions, Masurians used to be a more numerous ethnic group found in the southern parts of East Prussia for centuries. Today, most Masurians li

Swabians ( , singular Schwabe) are a German ethnographic group native to the region of Swabia, which is mostly divided between the modern states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, in southwestern Germany.

ethnic Danish community in northern Germany

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German citizens or residents of Ukrainian descent

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inhabitants of East Frisia

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Croatian diaspora in Germany

Armenian community in Germany

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