Minnesota man with German heritage here and to answer why so many Germans settled in the north,ive been told by my older relatives that the climate was similar to Germany and that way they could anticipate the seasonal changes better so they would know when to plant and harvest the crops.
"Hessian" is the English word for "Hessen": IE a person from Hesse. Linguistic and cultural enclaves are relatively common in the US. Even several generations after immigration to the US, many people retain their original languages. I went to a university in Minnesota. The specific region where the university is located was settled almost exclusively by Bavarian Catholic immigrants. Monasteries, schools, churches and hospitals were established with funds provided by Ludwig II. Many of my schoolmates spoke German exclusively in their homes, not learning English at all until they began school at the age of 5-6. The people of the region settled in the 1850s. Other ethno-linguistic cultural enclaves include: Cubans in South Florida, Acadien (Cajun) French in Louisiana and the Gulf Coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, Hasidic Jewish communities (primarily New York, however they are widespread), Han Chinese (primarily West Coast with specific concentration in San Francisco, but also widespread). My father grew up in a small farming community which was settled by Catholic Irish and Poles. To this day, the same small town of fewer than 2000 people is home to two separate Catholic parishes. One is named Saint Brendan's, the other is Saint Stanislas. Every ten years or so, the archdiocese attempts to combine them as a cost saving measure. Every time, the locals shriek in outrage until the archbishop decides that the financial benefit isn't worth the headache of forcing the descendants of Irish famine refugees to attend mass with the descendants Polish victims of Czarist Russian pogroms.
My Ancestors came to America in 1678 from Germany / Switzerland being the main ethnic identity and to this day my grandmother was raised to speak Pennsylvania Dutch which is a Low German as this was before Otto Von Bimarck created the unified German language of High German which is what's spoken in modern Germany today.
"Dutch" came out of Deutsch. I've always was told that when German Americans would say "Deutsch" the Anglo Americans thought they where saying "Dutch" so it just stuck
Amish were from Switzerland and southern Germany. Modern German speakers would readily understand Texas German, but would have difficulty understanding the much older Amish dialect. You could visit modern Amish at their place of business, but it would be more difficult to fraternize with them on a social level, unless you were neighbors. Never try to photograph them because it is strictly against their religious beliefs and would show them much disrespect if you would try to photograph them. Germans were so populous in the city of Cincinnati that the Cincinnati public schools required everyone to study German language in school, until the First World War involved the USA. When I was young in the 1950s in Cincinnati, we would visit some of the shops around Findley Market and Over-the-Rhein neighborhood with my grandmother. You could still hear German spoken on the streets of Cincinnati, but those days are long gone.
In the 1990s, New Ulm in Minnesota (featured in the Polizei vehicle photo) was one of the most homogenous cities in the U.S. Approximately 97% of its residents claimed German ancestry.
Many who spoke fluent German didn't always pass it down, especially when there was a propaganda campaign to vilify the German and Russian languages here in the States. My great-grandfather had been fluent in Deutsche but didn't pass the language on, which is unfortunate.
The German, Norwegian ad Swedes finding the climate being quite similar to home, the farming methods from home could be used also in the USA and Southern Canada. Creating their own German and Scandinavian towns could make them right at home :-)
I am Pennsylvania German living in southern Pennsylvania Franklin county its farm land mountains and forests when German come over for vacation they say looks much like German
The narrator was referring to Hessian troops, Prussian mercenaries who were paid to fight as supplementary units to the British Army. Also if you're interested in German speaking people in the revolutionary war, you would probably be fascinated by Baron Von Steuben. The county in New York my dad was raised in is named after him.
Riding through Germany (from Basel on my way to Frankfurt), I thought the landscape looked very much like the Midwest. Made me think that was why there are so many German descendants there.
My some of my great grandparents came from Germany, Ireland and Italy so I thought that was cool growing up. We don't speak the language anymore in my family. I'm a mix of German, Italian, Dutch and Irish. Which is pretty common where I live in western Pennsylvania. There are also a lot of polish people in PA as well.
My father’s grandparents were German /Banat Schwabians on his father’s side of his family and his mother was also 50% German. Baltimore Maryland was 20% German Ancestry in The year 1900.
Both sides of my mother's Pennsylvania family Americanized their names: "Laudenschlager" became "Laudenslayer" and "Von Dreele" became "Drill." The Drills never mentioned their old name to their neighbors, but every one of them put it on their gravestone.
Funny, I am visiting my parent's recreational trailer between a predominantly French community in Manitoba (Sainte Anne) and a community with predominantly German ancestry (Steinbach). A lot of people in Steinbach are also Mennonite too, like in Pennsylvania.
I have German and Irish ancestry. The German side of my family came to America before the Civil War. I have a Great German Grandfather who fought for the Union during the Civil War. Technically speaking Germans won the Second World War, they were Americanized Germans but still of German heritage.
Not only that it was a German protestant in Pennsylvania that is the first person recorded stating the immorality of slavery based on God creating man in his image how can you then enslaved God.
me realizing half my school and friends are German then later realizing I AM HALF GERMAN and irish-english. Also Amish don't mind visitors you should look at into Texas German there are regions that still speak it most likely will be harder for you to understand since it is a older way of speaking German... I plan on learning German!
The opening line of my father's biography begins "Shake my mother's family tree hard as you want. Only Germans fall out." Our family was from Pennsylvania and there is much German heritage there. In fact there are 28 places in the United States named Germantown according to Google. Also Bavarian themed towns like Leavenworth Washington.✌️🤙
I am in Chicago Chicago is Berlins sister city. There were newspapers and I could tough German in German culture center the Dank House. Every one Spreaks German. We have in Chicago part of the Berlin wall German consulate and German Airlines.
Hessians were German American mercenaries who fought on both sides of the American Revolution. They were called Hessians because they were originally from the Hesse region of Germany. They were known for teaching the Continental Army guerilla warfare tactics which turned the tide in the Patriots favor.
The headless horseman of the town of sleepy Hollow was a Hessian German. Many Hessian German aoldiers who were killed by american mutineers were not properly buried. Theh still haunts the battlefield. German poltergeist 👻
Many Germans, and Europeans more generally, chose to live in the North because the climate was similar to Northern Europe and because there was good soil for farming. Most immigrants who moved to the US chose 1 of 2 lifestyles: move to the frontier and become a farmer (like the Dutch, German, and Scandinavians) or move to the city and become a day laborer (like the Irish, Jews, Italians, etc). Up until the Early 20th century, the South was a disease-ridden swamp which one could only survive if they were a local or were wealthy enough to afford proper sanitation. 50% of the original French colonists of New Orleans died withing the first year of settlement (1720-21). This is why the primary European ethnicity in the South for a long time was English, as the English settlers adopted African chattel slavery and became the dominant, land-owning class of the South (aka the "Planter Class"). This can be seen in placenames and in how the slaveowner sociolect (aka Georgian accent) is so similar to the sociolect of southern English aristocrats. In any case, German immigrants largely chose the self-sufficient agrarian lifestyle that was popular in what would become the Midwest and Northern Plains areas, and make up a group of people that are often considered to be the 'quintessential rural white American'.
The Upper South, however, is not swampy, but often hilly and mountainous, and many Germans entered along with Scots-Irish and made their way down through the interior Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region. Some of my own ancestors made this trek ... with some generations in Pennsylvania and Maryland and then later some in Virginia and the Carolinas. Additionally, there were French Huguenots. It seems like they intermingled and intermarried maybe having sometimes to do with religious beliefs. By far, however, larger proportions of German immigrants migrated to the farmlands of the Midwest.
Almost none of the people claiming German heritage speak German or hold German passports. Many are from 3-5 generations ago. They usually have German surnames (it's funny how mothers' heritage gets ignored) or live in an area with strong German roots (like Cincinnati). There was a 2nd wave of immigration to the US after WW2 and you can find a lot of German spouses around big American Army & Air Force bases.
Obviously they wouldn't hold German passports if they are Americans. As for "mothers' heritage", my family traces their German ancestry through my mother. Oh, and yes, I speak German.
Hallo! Die Amish People sprechen wohl einen etwas anglikanisierten "deutschen" Dialekt, bei dem man sehr genau zuhören muss und das Gesagte am besten auch noch dazu lesen kann. Aber....ja. Eine Verständigung müsste möglich sein!!!😆😅 ...Was die Amerikaner "dutch" nennen, ist bestimmt ein verhundstes Wort für "deutsch"!? Dass die Deutschstämmigen zum größten Teil in den kühleren Gegenden in Amerika leben hat bestimmt damit zu tun, dass ihnen diese Witterung und somit auch Landschaft vertrauter ist. (Die Germanen halt.....). In Kanada gibt es wohl Viele oder Einige in Winnipeg (nicht "allzu weit" weg vom amerikanischen North Dakota). Aber da sind mittlerweile auch neue Deutsche Auswanderer. Übrigens: Dank TH-cam lernen ja gerade viele Amerikaner Deutschland kennen und bemühen sich ganz süß, deutsch zu sprechen! 😅 (Aber das weißt Du ja)... Schöne Grüße aus Köln! 👋
The amish speak an old version of, if I'm not mistaken, low german. So it's probably easier for a northern german to understand them, though it would still sound archaic, and I'm guessing weird as they probably have their own terms, some coming from English. Also, they are called dutch because it's a wrong translation of deutsch that just stuck.
The Amish speak a high German dialect which is close to the Rhineland Palatinate (Rheinland Pfalz) dialect with other south German influences like Hessian and Swiss German. German immigrants from Russia spoke low German which is the dialect from North Germany. Hutterites speak a low German dialect, also.
The Hessians were the soldiers hired by the British during the War of Independence, who settled in the U.S. after the war. The Amish speak German amongst themselves, though I don't know if it's the same dialect spoken in modern day German. I don't know if they drink alcohol, because they are also very devout Protestant Christians. Another group very similar to the Amish are the Mennonites, also from Germany. Like the Amish, they are a very devout, Christian group, and also averse to high technology, though not to the extreme as the Amish. One major, extremely valuable German contribution to American culture is...Chicken Fried Steak. A lot of Germans and Bohemians settled south Texas beginning in the mid 19th century, near New Braunfels, located south from Corpus Christi. Wienerschnitzel transformed into Chicken Fried Steak, due to the abundance of cows found in the area. Mariachi music, popular Mexican music, experienced a transformation with the introduction of the German tuba. And there's this, nearly every American's first year in school begins with Kindergarten, at five years of age. And finally, we have Octoberfest, which needs no explaining. Last year I did a DNA test to determine my ancestry and wasn't surprised to know that I'm 89% Lancashire and West Yorkshire, in the north of England, and 9% evenly split between Brittany, in France and Grissom, a German speaking region in eastern Switzerland.
My dad’s side of tge family dates back to a family that emigrated from somewhere in the Rhein-Palatinate in 1756 as part of the Pennsylvania Dutch (related to the Mennonites and Amish). in my opinion, the Pennsylvania Dutch were called that because the English couldn’t say “Deutsch” properly.
They went to Pennsylvania because William Penn let them in. Also, I am descended from a Hessian soldier named "Johann Heinerman." I am also descended from Prussians who settled here in the 19th Century, as well as Bavarians and some Swiss Germans who got here in the 18th Century. My mom said it was racist of me to want to learn German in high school. I still want to learn German, though. 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭 And btw, yes, I love the cold.
I visited Wales when I was a teen. A friends elderly relative started talking about how much the Britts appreciate the help America gave in defeating Hitler. He said " if it weren't for America, we would be speaking German. I didn't think much of it at the time, but now it's funny, because he was Welsh and he was speaking English.
The Amish accent being called "Pennsylvania Dutch" is likely because English speaking colonists misheard "Deutsch" in the early years of the country when the state was being settled.
My mom went to Aldi on Sunday, and I was surprised they were open. I told her in Deutschland all commerce is closed on Sundays. She said when she grew up, there were BLUE LAWS in the United States that prohibited stores from opening.
The farmland had been fertilized by Bison for millennia, the farmers wept when they saw the rich black soil. To answer the question of why they went to the northerly Plains states. Still growing crops like crazy 🤪
Oh yeah I've known this, German Americans are everywhere in the U.S. The Germans went to Mexico as well, I had alot of German/Mexican friends as well. Even taking the ancestry DNA test, my mom got distant German ancestry, we are African American. When I look at some of her DNA cousins, there were alot that had mixed race German/African ancestors. So none of this is surprising to me.
The Amish generally don’t allow pictures but there have been shows where a camera crew will follow a host as they interact with an Amish guide. You might find that they would allow you to video them.
The Amish speak a version of German. You will be able to understand and speak with them. I speak Standard German and do fine speaking to Amish. It’s sounds old fashion and has some English words sprinkled in here and there.
Ya I’m ethnically German over 50%. Then British right behind. I’ve done multiple DNA tests. My surname was Von Schmuck. Now it’s Alan It was never pronounced right here in the states. Can I come back? Lol I’ll even change my last name to Von Schmuck
You might wanna consider leaving the "von" though, as it used to be reserved for nobility or people of high status (like "von Goethe"). Only very few Germans have a "von" in their name like the descendants of minor counts and such.
@@kabakaprime5127 thanks for telling me I never knew that. Here in the states we don’t learn much about are ethnic backgrounds. It’s taught in broad manner. For example, we learn why the British came to the “new world “. I don’t know much about Germanys history other than the two world wars. It’s been awhile since I’ve been in school I am 45 lol
@@toddalan5603 Believe me , the °von" is regarded as pretentious nonsense in modern germany. There is still a very small community of actual nobels left but: A: They are invisible and live a happy life because they inherited actual wealth. B: Sold their Titel/adopted a mid 50s moneybag as "son", which means normal people think you are an idiot for buying a stupid titel. C: Have normal jobs and neopotism will keep it that way. P.S.: Schmuck translates to jewelry in german.
I'm irish, Scot decent. I don't speak celtic at all so my family had been hear sense the late 1500s so I'm American . And a navy vet . You seem to have forgotten the 2 ww .GOD bless America
That's because when he is saying conservative, he is referring to something different. Conservative is a relative term. Their starting point is monarchy, theocracy, and authoritative governance. In the US, the starting line is limited government, religious freedom, natural rights, etc. So the people leaving Germany were looking for liberalism. Those same people would be called conservatives in the US now, and a large portion of their ancestors are considered conservatives. That's because excluding outliers, American conservatives are technically liberal. The political terminology is all mixed up.
With the advent of WW1 & 2 the German language war verboten around the children. There was a concerted effort to anglicize anything German, the German schools were closed, newspapers banned, church services in German severely curtailed. Many German first & last names were anglicized overnight. Yes the Amish still speak German as a heim language, but speak English to non Germans, ANYONE not Amish are referred as Englishman even if Italian or other ethnic people. The German spoken is pre hoch Deutsch and therefore a little more difficult for modern Germans to understand. Hope this was helpful. The Amish and Mennonite communities would allow the male members speak and visit with you during your stay there. Enjoy your travels & wilkommen to the states. 😃
I think one reason the Germans settled in the North was because of slavery in the South. My ancestors sailed from Germany and landed in New Orleans, but they did not want to compete with slave holders, so they went up the Mississippi River to Minnesota, where my family finally settled.
Most White Americans are mixed ethnicity but the majority are of mixed European ancestry. Which isn't uncommon in our homeland Europe. If you do DNA tests in Europe most people would also be mixed since people move around there as well.
I'm Cajun, my parents first language was French, but I ran my DNA and I'm 12% German. My Great grandmother was German. We have a German settlement here in Acadiana , that's what we call the French area's of Louisiana. New Orleans has a Germantown neighborhood. Yes, German's settled all over America.
4:55 let me tell you. Hesse region in Germany which once belong to British crown and the British king George III came from there. He was a great man englightmen who support science and discovery.
German also is the third most popular foeign language taught in high school in America and the 5th most popular foreign language in American universities studied. North Dakota and South Dakota are the two states where more Americans learned German in school then any other langauge and while I have no idea how many Americans there are who learned Germans and cn still speak it theres about 1 million Americans who speak German when they are in their home which does not include Amish, Schwenkfelders, Mennonites, Hutterites, Old Order German Baptist Brethren and other Brethren who are the most integrated into American society. Those groups all speak it a variation of German you should be able to understand well enough (while they arent likely to call you it or have a reason to call you or anyone else this unless it comes up in conversation, anyone who isnt from their community/world is considered English regardless of ethnicity, nationality or the langauge you speak, but idk what theyd call someone whose native language and home country is Germany, although likely theyd still call you English but can always ask). In anycase worse case scenario youll both know english to a good extent, theyre pretty friendly, they understand that theyre not like most Americans and as long as you dont swear, act rude or criticize them, but are respectful when asking questions theyll likely answer anything you ask. Many of them are farmers too and will have fruit, veggie and other food stands along roads throughout the regions they live, will many times work and been seen at plant nurseries in he countryside and at farmers markets in cities like State College in Pennsylvania. Youd likely be told yes if you asked if it was ok to take a picture or even if you asked if itd be ok to film them while you asked them some questions for a youtube video. Some in those different groups but not all and its to various extents across the regions they live, will use some technology to a limited extent or specific types of technology related to their job, in certain situations they might have a phone booth at the end of their driveway near the street for them and neighbors to use thats located away from their homes, you might see them inside stores or gas stations like Sheetz if youre in Pennsylvania, they might have a cash register and if you live next door to one like I did for awhile you might occasionally drive one of them to a auction where theyre selling or buying bulk amounts of pumpkins or other food stuff.
The mennonites and hutterites are another couple of groups of German speaking people who settled in North America to escape religious persecution. They speak a very archaic dialect though so I’m not sure how intelligible it is with modern German.
It’s not really a secret. Many Americans have German lineage. Many chose to hide their heritage because of the world wars. The amish speak a German dialect from the 1800s. The Pennsylvania Dutch is a mispronunciation as they identity as Deutsch when asked not German. Many German immigrants came to America and immediately moved out west. I personally identify as African American but have German descent in my family.
I heard that, before WW1 they were called Pensylvania Deutsch. After the war as the discrimination begun, they let the e go, so it sounded not German anymore.
Those of us who grew up in the 60's and 70's and had German surnames still had to deal with the stigma of Hitler. I can't begin to tell you how many times I was called Nazi, Hitler lover etc.
Why Dutch instead of German as the name? Easy enough, when it became popular in the US to try and erase all it owed to Germans (under pro English governments, none as WASPs, which never included Americans of German origin, in spite of the meaning of WASP) , they've altered all names with a link with Germany. And as Deutsch and Dutch sound similar to an English speaker, many things became labelled as being Dutch. Others became Danish. Such as the "great dane" instead of Deutsche Dogge or German mastiff.
My ancestors got kicked out of Germany for being Catholic. They chose Pope over Kaiser. Bismarck threw my grandfather out. Otherwise my father would have flown for the Luftwaffe instead of the US 8th Air Force. You would need to speak hoch Deutsch, not the debased form you have today. Er...I mean simplified.
You are correct. The video starts off with a huge error by stating that US culture is "homogenous". It is not homogenous at all. They couldn't even get this basic thing right, right at the beginning. How ridiculous. Wisconsin is heavily German, as the descendants of German dairy farmers (the climate of Wisconsin is very similar to Germany). Most American cheese and dairy comes from Wisconsin, which has the motto of "the dairy state". Also, they are famous for their bratwurst and they are the beer capitol of the US.
Up until 2006 the United States did not have an official language and there is no historical evidence that there was a vote for one prior to that; not even in Pennsylvania 🥴
The US still doesn't have an official language. The Senate passed a bill in 2006, but never became law. The one vote legend comes from a measure for translating laws into German. It was tabled by a vote of 42 to 41.
The Amish religion is off Swiss origin w/ Jakob Ammann (1644 - 1730) being the founder of this mennonite rigorick protestant community called Old Order Amish these days. They left Europe because their way of life was no longer tolerated (no electricity or running water indoors , no techological advances) Simplicity & relegion are the top priorities. Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsilfaani-Deitsch) is a mixture of old Frankish dialects (from the Elzas to Lotharingen over Nederrhein & Mittelrhein) also named West-Mittel German , a small 10% still speaks the Swiss Elzassisch. So no , they don't speak German in the form you do. It's comparable to todays Dutch & Afrikaans , the South-African Dutch or Boers.
i've also been told that the language they speak has been heavily Americanized. for example, they will use idioms that originated in English but will then speak that idiom in "German" so that people from Germany will hear it and wonder what they are talking about.
Interesting video but he says 'English' when he means Scottish and Irish as well as 'English'. We British sadly sent many, many prisoners to the 13 colonies as 'indentured servants'.....slaves by another name but with a c 14-year time limit. Of course, most of them stayed there, as we didn't pay to bring them back!! Hessians were from Hesse....a very military culture in the late eighteenth century. 'Pensylvania Dutch' is a corruption of 'Deutsch'. They had a culture that was extremely like that of the Amish, who also came from Germany and deliberately retained their way of life. (Back at home, they were probably seen as religious nutters, like the Pilgrim Fathers we shipped out of Britain.) I believe the Amish speak German and English, so you can go there. You would have to wear the funny hat, and drive that strange horse-drawn buggy thing they have. I think Mennonites were German religious extremists also......?? I believe that Germany, or those countries that became Germany, had a FAR larger population than the UK throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, so it wouldn't surprise me to find that far more Germans than Britis emigrated to America. In 1776, the population of the UK was a mere 8 million. There were already 2 and 1/2 million colonists in the 13 British colonies. At the time of the AWoI, most British troops were already being deployed against France (of course!!!), and in India.....hence we had to hire the Hessian mercenaries. I find the development of the USA one of the unlikeliest things ever to happen, given the way all those people came together. A lot of their history is even more hilarious than ours!! Thanks for the video. Your reactions are inspiringly laconic.🤩
@@kcirtapelyk6060 British Isles is a term the Irish vehemently dislike lol, they see it as a colonial relic of a name that is used to justify British rule in Ireland. British people are just people from Britain or who has ancestry from Britain like the Protestants in Northern Ireland.
@@fyrdman2185 Whether the Irish like to admit it or not, the British Isles are a legitimate geographic term and they are genetically and culturally closer to their nearby neighbors than anyone else.
The Amish & Mennonite community speak German first & English only out of necessity. They call any non Germans Englishman, which in itself is kind of weird. It’s a great place to visit, and of course we love their food. German was severely suppressed during WW1 & much more so during the Second World War. German became verboten nationwide. Many first & last names were anglicized to sound more English. We dropped our German first names fairly quickly & last names were altered, often deliberately by government officials. Don’t forget the massive wave of German immigrants post WW2 when millions of Germans were made homeless. Many Germans had to relocate back to a destroyed and occupied Heimat, where starting over was nearly impossible. So, here they came, dating from 1918 to the mid 1970’s. The immigration largely ended after the German miracle of rebuilding was so successful. So now you know, we’re everywhere. 🤪
4:20 Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn who was a Quaker pacifist & he recruited other pacifists like the Mennonites & Amish to settle in his colony
the narrator described America as a homogeneous culture which is true but it's definitely not homogeneous racially speaking, can be used two ways. also, never ask an american to tell the difference between German And Dutch, or even deutch 😂
“Don’t speak the enemies language , speak German” my family came to America in 1923 from Germany. I’m relearning German now. It’s disgusting that we gave up our language and culture .
The reason English ancestry seems a little lower than it should is because many British immigrants were from Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall and Wales. So there are a lot of British Americans, but not as many English as many would assume. I am really good at sharing facts that nobody really gives an honest damn about - typically when I get high.
There is two countries Ireland and North Ireland. Ireland is not UK, not British nor belongs to England. Cornwall is just a country part in England. Britain consists of England, Scottland, Wales (all on the same island). UK consists of England, Scottland, Wales plus North Ireland.
Many Americans have mixed ancestry lines over the Years and I believe the English always out numbered Scottish, Irish and Cornish. I actual believe American white is its own ethnicity now as is American black its own ethnicity separate from say Senegalese by now.
Germans as a whole know very little about their historic out migration. The same hold true for many European countries. Italians are taught little to nothing about the multi-million person migration of Italians to the Americas in the early 20th century. It seems like most Europeans are embarrassed that so many left Europe for the Americas due to constant wars and poverty in Europe.
They speak both German and English and I hope they continue to do so because this gives us Americans an opportunity to actually use the German language. There are lots of European countries that speak German or a close derivative thereof so it's of benefit for us to know it. However, their accent is thoroughly English so basically to Europeans it would probably just sound like a typical American who picked up German as a hobby.
Please don't get it wrong. People came here at Walmart here for better way of life to get away from the countries they lived in which were not doing well at those times. It would be wrong to say the Germans built this country. No they helped build this country. So when you hear them say Germans built this country in fact the term as they helped build this country to a better Nation. Terminology is important. So put it into the in the correct terms. We are a diverse country me we uphold right for All peoples who come to America to make it a better Nation.
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Minnesota man with German heritage here and to answer why so many Germans settled in the north,ive been told by my older relatives that the climate was similar to Germany and that way they could anticipate the seasonal changes better so they would know when to plant and harvest the crops.
The Amish speak a kind of "older" German, from before the 1840's.
my take has always been that English is just German with extra steps, lol.
Amish speak a different dialect. There are a few different dialects spoken amongst the amish and mennonites.
Upper German, specifically.
"Hessian" is the English word for "Hessen": IE a person from Hesse.
Linguistic and cultural enclaves are relatively common in the US. Even several generations after immigration to the US, many people retain their original languages.
I went to a university in Minnesota. The specific region where the university is located was settled almost exclusively by Bavarian Catholic immigrants. Monasteries, schools, churches and hospitals were established with funds provided by Ludwig II. Many of my schoolmates spoke German exclusively in their homes, not learning English at all until they began school at the age of 5-6. The people of the region settled in the 1850s.
Other ethno-linguistic cultural enclaves include: Cubans in South Florida, Acadien (Cajun) French in Louisiana and the Gulf Coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, Hasidic Jewish communities (primarily New York, however they are widespread), Han Chinese (primarily West Coast with specific concentration in San Francisco, but also widespread).
My father grew up in a small farming community which was settled by Catholic Irish and Poles. To this day, the same small town of fewer than 2000 people is home to two separate Catholic parishes. One is named Saint Brendan's, the other is Saint Stanislas. Every ten years or so, the archdiocese attempts to combine them as a cost saving measure. Every time, the locals shriek in outrage until the archbishop decides that the financial benefit isn't worth the headache of forcing the descendants of Irish famine refugees to attend mass with the descendants Polish victims of Czarist Russian pogroms.
During both world wars, people were "encouraged" to Anglicize their surnames.
My Ancestors came to America in 1678 from Germany / Switzerland being the main ethnic identity and to this day my grandmother was raised to speak Pennsylvania Dutch which is a Low German as this was before Otto Von Bimarck created the unified German language of High German which is what's spoken in modern Germany today.
"Dutch" came out of Deutsch. I've always was told that when German Americans would say "Deutsch" the Anglo Americans thought they where saying "Dutch" so it just stuck
I've read that the term Dutch used to refer to both Germany and the Netherlands.
Amish were from Switzerland and southern Germany. Modern German speakers would readily understand Texas German, but would have difficulty understanding the much older Amish dialect. You could visit modern Amish at their place of business, but it would be more difficult to fraternize with them on a social level, unless you were neighbors. Never try to photograph them because it is strictly against their religious beliefs and would show them much disrespect if you would try to photograph them. Germans were so populous in the city of Cincinnati that the Cincinnati public schools required everyone to study German language in school, until the First World War involved the USA. When I was young in the 1950s in Cincinnati, we would visit some of the shops around Findley Market and Over-the-Rhein neighborhood with my grandmother. You could still hear German spoken on the streets of Cincinnati, but those days are long gone.
In the 1990s, New Ulm in Minnesota (featured in the Polizei vehicle photo) was one of the most homogenous cities in the U.S. Approximately 97% of its residents claimed German ancestry.
Many who spoke fluent German didn't always pass it down, especially when there was a propaganda campaign to vilify the German and Russian languages here in the States. My great-grandfather had been fluent in Deutsche but didn't pass the language on, which is unfortunate.
Same I asked my great grandpa why? And he said "we just didn't". I then found out how bad the US government treated the German immigrants.
The German, Norwegian ad Swedes finding the climate being quite similar to home, the farming methods from home could be used also in the USA and Southern Canada. Creating their own German and Scandinavian towns could make them right at home :-)
I am Pennsylvania German living in southern Pennsylvania Franklin county its farm land mountains and forests when German come over for vacation they say looks much like German
Not only are the Amish German, but they speak a version of German as their first language.
The narrator was referring to Hessian troops, Prussian mercenaries who were paid to fight as supplementary units to the British Army. Also if you're interested in German speaking people in the revolutionary war, you would probably be fascinated by Baron Von Steuben. The county in New York my dad was raised in is named after him.
5:00 Yes, Americans pronounce the people from Hesse as Heshians vs Hessens
If that pronunciation is good enough for Yosemite Sam, it's good enough for me.😂✌️
Riding through Germany (from Basel on my way to Frankfurt), I thought the landscape looked very much like the Midwest. Made me think that was why there are so many German descendants there.
My some of my great grandparents came from Germany, Ireland and Italy so I thought that was cool growing up. We don't speak the language anymore in my family. I'm a mix of German, Italian, Dutch and Irish. Which is pretty common where I live in western Pennsylvania. There are also a lot of polish people in PA as well.
My father’s grandparents were German /Banat Schwabians on his father’s side of his family and his mother was also 50% German. Baltimore Maryland was 20% German Ancestry in The year 1900.
Both sides of my mother's Pennsylvania family Americanized their names: "Laudenschlager" became "Laudenslayer" and "Von Dreele" became "Drill." The Drills never mentioned their old name to their neighbors, but every one of them put it on their gravestone.
Funny, I am visiting my parent's recreational trailer between a predominantly French community in Manitoba (Sainte Anne) and a community with predominantly German ancestry (Steinbach). A lot of people in Steinbach are also Mennonite too, like in Pennsylvania.
I have German and Irish ancestry. The German side of my family came to America before the Civil War. I have a Great German Grandfather who fought for the Union during the Civil War. Technically speaking Germans won the Second World War, they were Americanized Germans but still of German heritage.
“I would have chosen to live in Florida”
I would reconsider that.
If youre interested in ancestry and genetics, this is a good channel for it. It seems to be a rare topic and Mason does a good job in being fair.
Not only that it was a German protestant in Pennsylvania that is the first person recorded stating the immorality of slavery based on God creating man in his image how can you then enslaved God.
me realizing half my school and friends are German then later realizing I AM HALF GERMAN and irish-english. Also Amish don't mind visitors you should look at into Texas German there are regions that still speak it most likely will be harder for you to understand since it is a older way of speaking German... I plan on learning German!
The reason the German and Scandinavian immigrants chose to settle in the Northern part of the US is because it was cheap affordable land.
The opening line of my father's biography begins "Shake my mother's family tree hard as you want. Only Germans fall out." Our family was from Pennsylvania and there is much German heritage there. In fact there are 28 places in the United States named Germantown according to Google. Also Bavarian themed towns like Leavenworth Washington.✌️🤙
I am in Chicago
Chicago is Berlins sister city. There were newspapers and I could tough German in German culture center the Dank House. Every one Spreaks German. We have in
Chicago part of the Berlin wall German consulate and German Airlines.
Hessians were German American mercenaries who fought on both sides of the American Revolution. They were called Hessians because they were originally from the Hesse region of Germany. They were known for teaching the Continental Army guerilla warfare tactics which turned the tide in the Patriots favor.
0:20 not true. The United States don't have an official language. The vote was about a petition to print laws also in German, rejected by one vote.
The headless horseman of the town of sleepy Hollow was a Hessian German. Many Hessian German aoldiers who were killed by american mutineers were not properly buried. Theh still haunts the battlefield. German poltergeist 👻
Many Germans, and Europeans more generally, chose to live in the North because the climate was similar to Northern Europe and because there was good soil for farming. Most immigrants who moved to the US chose 1 of 2 lifestyles: move to the frontier and become a farmer (like the Dutch, German, and Scandinavians) or move to the city and become a day laborer (like the Irish, Jews, Italians, etc). Up until the Early 20th century, the South was a disease-ridden swamp which one could only survive if they were a local or were wealthy enough to afford proper sanitation. 50% of the original French colonists of New Orleans died withing the first year of settlement (1720-21). This is why the primary European ethnicity in the South for a long time was English, as the English settlers adopted African chattel slavery and became the dominant, land-owning class of the South (aka the "Planter Class"). This can be seen in placenames and in how the slaveowner sociolect (aka Georgian accent) is so similar to the sociolect of southern English aristocrats. In any case, German immigrants largely chose the self-sufficient agrarian lifestyle that was popular in what would become the Midwest and Northern Plains areas, and make up a group of people that are often considered to be the 'quintessential rural white American'.
The Upper South, however, is not swampy, but often hilly and mountainous, and many Germans entered along with Scots-Irish and made their way down through the interior Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region. Some of my own ancestors made this trek ... with some generations in Pennsylvania and Maryland and then later some in Virginia and the Carolinas. Additionally, there were French Huguenots. It seems like they intermingled and intermarried maybe having sometimes to do with religious beliefs. By far, however, larger proportions of German immigrants migrated to the farmlands of the Midwest.
Almost none of the people claiming German heritage speak German or hold German passports. Many are from 3-5 generations ago. They usually have German surnames (it's funny how mothers' heritage gets ignored) or live in an area with strong German roots (like Cincinnati). There was a 2nd wave of immigration to the US after WW2 and you can find a lot of German spouses around big American Army & Air Force bases.
Obviously they wouldn't hold German passports if they are Americans. As for "mothers' heritage", my family traces their German ancestry through my mother. Oh, and yes, I speak German.
Hallo! Die Amish People sprechen wohl einen etwas anglikanisierten "deutschen" Dialekt, bei dem man sehr genau zuhören muss und das Gesagte am besten auch noch dazu lesen kann. Aber....ja. Eine Verständigung müsste möglich sein!!!😆😅
...Was die Amerikaner "dutch" nennen, ist bestimmt ein verhundstes Wort für "deutsch"!?
Dass die Deutschstämmigen zum größten Teil in den kühleren Gegenden in Amerika leben hat bestimmt damit zu tun, dass ihnen diese Witterung und somit auch Landschaft vertrauter ist. (Die Germanen halt.....). In Kanada gibt es wohl Viele oder Einige in Winnipeg (nicht "allzu weit" weg vom amerikanischen North Dakota). Aber da sind mittlerweile auch neue Deutsche Auswanderer.
Übrigens: Dank TH-cam lernen ja gerade viele Amerikaner Deutschland kennen und bemühen sich ganz süß, deutsch zu sprechen! 😅 (Aber das weißt Du ja)...
Schöne Grüße aus Köln! 👋
The amish speak an old version of, if I'm not mistaken, low german. So it's probably easier for a northern german to understand them, though it would still sound archaic, and I'm guessing weird as they probably have their own terms, some coming from English. Also, they are called dutch because it's a wrong translation of deutsch that just stuck.
The Amish speak a high German dialect which is close to the Rhineland Palatinate (Rheinland Pfalz) dialect with other south German influences like Hessian and Swiss German. German immigrants from Russia spoke low German which is the dialect from North Germany. Hutterites speak a low German dialect, also.
The Hessians were the soldiers hired by the British during the War of Independence, who settled in the U.S. after the war. The Amish speak German amongst themselves, though I don't know if it's the same dialect spoken in modern day German. I don't know if they drink alcohol, because they are also very devout Protestant Christians. Another group very similar to the Amish are the Mennonites, also from Germany. Like the Amish, they are a very devout, Christian group, and also averse to high technology, though not to the extreme as the Amish. One major, extremely valuable German contribution to American culture is...Chicken Fried Steak. A lot of Germans and Bohemians settled south Texas beginning in the mid 19th century, near New Braunfels, located south from Corpus Christi. Wienerschnitzel transformed into Chicken Fried Steak, due to the abundance of cows found in the area. Mariachi music, popular Mexican music, experienced a transformation with the introduction of the German tuba. And there's this, nearly every American's first year in school begins with Kindergarten, at five years of age. And finally, we have Octoberfest, which needs no explaining.
Last year I did a DNA test to determine my ancestry and wasn't surprised to know that I'm 89% Lancashire and West Yorkshire, in the north of England, and 9% evenly split between Brittany, in France and Grissom, a German speaking region in eastern Switzerland.
Yes, the Amish do speak German albeit with a rural Pennsylvania accent.
My dad’s side of tge family dates back to a family that emigrated from somewhere in the Rhein-Palatinate in 1756 as part of the Pennsylvania Dutch (related to the Mennonites and Amish). in my opinion, the Pennsylvania Dutch were called that because the English couldn’t say “Deutsch” properly.
They went to Pennsylvania because William Penn let them in. Also, I am descended from a Hessian soldier named "Johann Heinerman." I am also descended from Prussians who settled here in the 19th Century, as well as Bavarians and some Swiss Germans who got here in the 18th Century. My mom said it was racist of me to want to learn German in high school. I still want to learn German, though. 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭 And btw, yes, I love the cold.
I visited Wales when I was a teen. A friends elderly relative started talking about how much the Britts appreciate the help America gave in defeating Hitler. He said " if it weren't for America, we would be speaking German. I didn't think much of it at the time, but now it's funny, because he was Welsh and he was speaking English.
The Amish accent being called "Pennsylvania Dutch" is likely because English speaking colonists misheard "Deutsch" in the early years of the country when the state was being settled.
My mom went to Aldi on Sunday, and I was surprised they were open. I told her in Deutschland all commerce is closed on Sundays. She said when she grew up, there were BLUE LAWS in the United States that prohibited stores from opening.
The farmland had been fertilized by Bison for millennia, the farmers wept when they saw the rich black soil. To answer the question of why they went to the northerly Plains states. Still growing crops like crazy 🤪
Oh yeah I've known this, German Americans are everywhere in the U.S. The Germans went to Mexico as well, I had alot of German/Mexican friends as well. Even taking the ancestry DNA test, my mom got distant German ancestry, we are African American. When I look at some of her DNA cousins, there were alot that had mixed race German/African ancestors. So none of this is surprising to me.
The Amish generally don’t allow pictures but there have been shows where a camera crew will follow a host as they interact with an Amish guide. You might find that they would allow you to video them.
Ive never been called a bastard by a youtuber before. Im now subscribed.
The Amish speak English, Pennsylvania Dutch, and high German on Sunday
The Amish speak a version of German. You will be able to understand and speak with them. I speak Standard German and do fine speaking to Amish. It’s sounds old fashion and has some English words sprinkled in here and there.
Ya I’m ethnically German over 50%. Then British right behind. I’ve done multiple DNA tests. My surname was Von Schmuck. Now it’s Alan It was never pronounced right here in the states. Can I come back? Lol I’ll even change my last name to Von Schmuck
Or you could change your last name, but stay in the U.S. and get 90% of all villain roles in Hollywood. 🤣
@@marcromain64 🤣
You might wanna consider leaving the "von" though, as it used to be reserved for nobility or people of high status (like "von Goethe"). Only very few Germans have a "von" in their name like the descendants of minor counts and such.
@@kabakaprime5127 thanks for telling me I never knew that. Here in the states we don’t learn much about are ethnic backgrounds. It’s taught in broad manner. For example, we learn why the British came to the “new world “. I don’t know much about Germanys history other than the two world wars. It’s been awhile since I’ve been in school I am 45 lol
@@toddalan5603 Believe me , the °von" is regarded as pretentious nonsense in modern germany.
There is still a very small community of actual nobels left but:
A: They are invisible and live a happy life because they inherited actual wealth.
B: Sold their Titel/adopted a mid 50s moneybag as "son", which means normal people think you are an idiot for buying a stupid titel.
C: Have normal jobs and neopotism will keep it that way.
P.S.: Schmuck translates to jewelry in german.
Your beginning statement struck me considering most Americans think of Germany as very left leaning
they are
I'm irish, Scot decent. I don't speak celtic at all so my family had been hear sense the late 1500s so I'm American . And a navy vet . You seem to have forgotten the 2 ww .GOD bless America
That's because when he is saying conservative, he is referring to something different. Conservative is a relative term. Their starting point is monarchy, theocracy, and authoritative governance. In the US, the starting line is limited government, religious freedom, natural rights, etc. So the people leaving Germany were looking for liberalism. Those same people would be called conservatives in the US now, and a large portion of their ancestors are considered conservatives. That's because excluding outliers, American conservatives are technically liberal.
The political terminology is all mixed up.
With the advent of WW1 & 2 the German language war verboten around the children.
There was a concerted effort to anglicize anything German, the German schools were closed, newspapers banned, church services in German severely curtailed. Many German first & last names were anglicized overnight. Yes the Amish still speak German as a heim language, but speak English to non Germans, ANYONE not Amish are referred as Englishman even if Italian or other ethnic people. The German spoken is pre hoch Deutsch and therefore a little more difficult for modern Germans to understand.
Hope this was helpful. The Amish and Mennonite communities would allow the male members speak and visit with you during your stay there. Enjoy your travels & wilkommen to the states. 😃
I think one reason the Germans settled in the North was because of slavery in the South. My ancestors sailed from Germany and landed in New Orleans, but they did not want to compete with slave holders, so they went up the Mississippi River to Minnesota, where my family finally settled.
You have to remember how frigging hot the South is and what that must have been like before air conditioning.
He said two thirds of the european german population. Hes refering to ethnicity, not nationality. Its more than 60 million.
I'm one of the last of a dying breed as I am only 2nd generation American. My paternal grandparents immigrated here just prior to WW1.
I'm 3rd my great grandparent came here 2 weeks before WW1 started
You can totally visit the Amish. They are so friendly.
Except that english and other words Anglo-Saxon are portraming because of the saxony part.
Dutch is probably the american version of german Deutsch. It has been smplified to "Dutch", meaning deutsch....
2/3 of the european german population .They are about 110 million foreign germans
Yeah the amish speak german, theyd be able to understand you. Theres some shows about the amish too but yah it is super interesting.
Most White Americans are mixed ethnicity but the majority are of mixed European ancestry. Which isn't uncommon in our homeland Europe. If you do DNA tests in Europe most people would also be mixed since people move around there as well.
I'm Cajun, my parents first language was French, but I ran my DNA and I'm 12% German. My Great grandmother was German. We have a German settlement here in Acadiana , that's what we call the French area's of Louisiana. New Orleans has a Germantown neighborhood. Yes, German's settled all over America.
4:55 let me tell you. Hesse region in Germany which once belong to British crown and the British king George III came from there. He was a great man englightmen who support science and discovery.
10:55 I like the cold, but I'm not German 🙂
German also is the third most popular foeign language taught in high school in America and the 5th most popular foreign language in American universities studied. North Dakota and South Dakota are the two states where more Americans learned German in school then any other langauge and while I have no idea how many Americans there are who learned Germans and cn still speak it theres about 1 million Americans who speak German when they are in their home which does not include Amish, Schwenkfelders, Mennonites, Hutterites, Old Order German Baptist Brethren and other Brethren who are the most integrated into American society. Those groups all speak it a variation of German you should be able to understand well enough (while they arent likely to call you it or have a reason to call you or anyone else this unless it comes up in conversation, anyone who isnt from their community/world is considered English regardless of ethnicity, nationality or the langauge you speak, but idk what theyd call someone whose native language and home country is Germany, although likely theyd still call you English but can always ask). In anycase worse case scenario youll both know english to a good extent, theyre pretty friendly, they understand that theyre not like most Americans and as long as you dont swear, act rude or criticize them, but are respectful when asking questions theyll likely answer anything you ask. Many of them are farmers too and will have fruit, veggie and other food stands along roads throughout the regions they live, will many times work and been seen at plant nurseries in he countryside and at farmers markets in cities like State College in Pennsylvania. Youd likely be told yes if you asked if it was ok to take a picture or even if you asked if itd be ok to film them while you asked them some questions for a youtube video. Some in those different groups but not all and its to various extents across the regions they live, will use some technology to a limited extent or specific types of technology related to their job, in certain situations they might have a phone booth at the end of their driveway near the street for them and neighbors to use thats located away from their homes, you might see them inside stores or gas stations like Sheetz if youre in Pennsylvania, they might have a cash register and if you live next door to one like I did for awhile you might occasionally drive one of them to a auction where theyre selling or buying bulk amounts of pumpkins or other food stuff.
The mennonites and hutterites are another couple of groups of German speaking people who settled in North America to escape religious persecution. They speak a very archaic dialect though so I’m not sure how intelligible it is with modern German.
They speak an archaic form of German
“You’re bastards!”
*puts on Gigachad face*
YES
It’s not really a secret. Many Americans have German lineage. Many chose to hide their heritage because of the world wars. The amish speak a German dialect from the 1800s. The Pennsylvania Dutch is a mispronunciation as they identity as Deutsch when asked not German. Many German immigrants came to America and immediately moved out west.
I personally identify as African American but have German descent in my family.
I heard that, before WW1 they were called Pensylvania Deutsch. After the war as the discrimination begun, they let the e go, so it sounded not German anymore.
Those of us who grew up in the 60's and 70's and had German surnames still had to deal with the stigma of Hitler. I can't begin to tell you how many times I was called Nazi, Hitler lover etc.
Why Dutch instead of German as the name? Easy enough, when it became popular in the US to try and erase all it owed to Germans (under pro English governments, none as WASPs, which never included Americans of German origin, in spite of the meaning of WASP) , they've altered all names with a link with Germany. And as Deutsch and Dutch sound similar to an English speaker, many things became labelled as being Dutch. Others became Danish. Such as the "great dane" instead of Deutsche Dogge or German mastiff.
The hessian* soldiers
My ancestors got kicked out of Germany for being Catholic. They chose Pope over Kaiser. Bismarck threw my grandfather out. Otherwise my father would have flown for the Luftwaffe instead of the US 8th Air Force.
You would need to speak hoch Deutsch, not the debased form you have today. Er...I mean simplified.
The Armish speak German and English
The land of the Midwest has the best farmland in the world. Especially Iowa.
Germans brought engineering and mechanical to America I thought
You are correct. The video starts off with a huge error by stating that US culture is "homogenous". It is not homogenous at all. They couldn't even get this basic thing right, right at the beginning. How ridiculous. Wisconsin is heavily German, as the descendants of German dairy farmers (the climate of Wisconsin is very similar to Germany). Most American cheese and dairy comes from Wisconsin, which has the motto of "the dairy state". Also, they are famous for their bratwurst and they are the beer capitol of the US.
there was never a vote on national language
Up until 2006 the United States did not have an official language and there is no historical evidence that there was a vote for one prior to that; not even in Pennsylvania 🥴
The US still doesn't have an official language. The Senate passed a bill in 2006, but never became law. The one vote legend comes from a measure for translating laws into German. It was tabled by a vote of 42 to 41.
Germans in America are conservative too.
"well, if they all come back once the US state fails...".....thanks for your optimism 😅
Many former Nazis never faced justice for their war crimes and found refuge in south America countries.
I'm of German descent and come from Germans who settled in Iowa.
I am as well don't forget all the Dutch my self being both
Nope.americans have a very distinct culture, but they only become aware of it,when they leave the country.
The Amish religion is off Swiss origin w/ Jakob Ammann (1644 - 1730) being the founder of this mennonite rigorick protestant community called Old Order Amish these days. They left Europe because their way of life was no longer tolerated (no electricity or running water indoors , no techological advances) Simplicity & relegion are the top priorities. Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsilfaani-Deitsch) is a mixture of old Frankish dialects (from the Elzas to Lotharingen over Nederrhein & Mittelrhein) also named West-Mittel German , a small 10% still speaks the Swiss Elzassisch. So no , they don't speak German in the form you do. It's comparable to todays Dutch & Afrikaans , the South-African Dutch or Boers.
i've also been told that the language they speak has been heavily Americanized. for example, they will use idioms that originated in English but will then speak that idiom in "German" so that people from Germany will hear it and wonder what they are talking about.
I know that many Amish fo speak german, but itll sound archaic and be of a southern dialect, usually.
Interesting video but he says 'English' when he means Scottish and Irish as well as 'English'. We British sadly sent many, many prisoners to the 13 colonies as 'indentured servants'.....slaves by another name but with a c 14-year time limit. Of course, most of them stayed there, as we didn't pay to bring them back!!
Hessians were from Hesse....a very military culture in the late eighteenth century.
'Pensylvania Dutch' is a corruption of 'Deutsch'. They had a culture that was extremely like that of the Amish, who also came from Germany and deliberately retained their way of life. (Back at home, they were probably seen as religious nutters, like the Pilgrim Fathers we shipped out of Britain.)
I believe the Amish speak German and English, so you can go there. You would have to wear the funny hat, and drive that strange horse-drawn buggy thing they have.
I think Mennonites were German religious extremists also......??
I believe that Germany, or those countries that became Germany, had a FAR larger population than the UK throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, so it wouldn't surprise me to find that far more Germans than Britis emigrated to America. In 1776, the population of the UK was a mere 8 million. There were already 2 and 1/2 million colonists in the 13 British colonies. At the time of the AWoI, most British troops were already being deployed against France (of course!!!), and in India.....hence we had to hire the Hessian mercenaries.
I find the development of the USA one of the unlikeliest things ever to happen, given the way all those people came together. A lot of their history is even more hilarious than ours!!
Thanks for the video. Your reactions are inspiringly laconic.🤩
The Irish are not British.
@@fyrdman2185Ireland is a part of the British Isles, so technically they kinda are.
@@kcirtapelyk6060 British Isles is a term the Irish vehemently dislike lol, they see it as a colonial relic of a name that is used to justify British rule in Ireland. British people are just people from Britain or who has ancestry from Britain like the Protestants in Northern Ireland.
@@fyrdman2185 Whether the Irish like to admit it or not, the British Isles are a legitimate geographic term and they are genetically and culturally closer to their nearby neighbors than anyone else.
@@kcirtapelyk6060 Still doesn't make them British.
its culture - the more south you go the more "right" leaning the culture gets - germans are just not dumb lol
The Amish & Mennonite community speak German first & English only out of necessity. They call any non Germans Englishman, which in itself is kind of weird. It’s a great place to visit, and of course we love their food. German was severely suppressed during WW1 & much more so during the Second World War. German became verboten nationwide. Many first & last names were anglicized to sound more English. We dropped our German first names fairly quickly & last names were altered, often deliberately by government officials. Don’t forget the massive wave of German immigrants post WW2 when millions of Germans were made homeless. Many Germans had to relocate back to a destroyed and occupied Heimat, where starting over was nearly impossible. So, here they came, dating from 1918 to the mid 1970’s. The immigration largely ended after the German miracle of rebuilding was so successful. So now you know, we’re everywhere. 🤪
From Hesse
4:20 Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn who was a Quaker pacifist & he recruited other pacifists like the Mennonites & Amish to settle in his colony
the narrator described America as a homogeneous culture which is true but it's definitely not homogeneous racially speaking, can be used two ways. also, never ask an american to tell the difference between German And Dutch, or even deutch 😂
“Don’t speak the enemies language , speak German” my family came to America in 1923 from Germany. I’m relearning German now. It’s disgusting that we gave up our language and culture .
germans are quite systematic in many things like racism
You still have not visited the Amish and Mennonites. They have kids from Germany every year come to visit!
The reason English ancestry seems a little lower than it should is because many British immigrants were from Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall and Wales. So there are a lot of British Americans, but not as many English as many would assume. I am really good at sharing facts that nobody really gives an honest damn about - typically when I get high.
There would be 90 to 100 million with ancestory from uk
@@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781 Thanks for that. Not sure how that ties in, but cool
There is two countries Ireland and North Ireland. Ireland is not UK, not British nor belongs to England. Cornwall is just a country part in England.
Britain consists of England, Scottland, Wales (all on the same island).
UK consists of England, Scottland, Wales plus North Ireland.
Many Americans have mixed ancestry lines over the Years and I believe the English always out numbered Scottish, Irish and Cornish. I actual believe American white is its own ethnicity now as is American black its own ethnicity separate from say Senegalese by now.
@@tbrown4080 just say British rather than differentiating between English Scottish etc
Ich bin volksdeutsche
So the existance of Menonnite and Amish is not taught in Germany?
nope
Germans as a whole know very little about their historic out migration. The same hold true for many European countries. Italians are taught little to nothing about the multi-million person migration of Italians to the Americas in the early 20th century. It seems like most Europeans are embarrassed that so many left Europe for the Americas due to constant wars and poverty in Europe.
Ah mish
I live in Cincinnati, Ohio... world's largest Oktoberfest -- that should tell you something.
The Amish have a German Bible but don't speak German to each other.
Yes they do. Many of them speak Pennsylvania Dutch, which is a dialect of German.
@@kcirtapelyk6060 Indeed they do!
They speak both German and English and I hope they continue to do so because this gives us Americans an opportunity to actually use the German language. There are lots of European countries that speak German or a close derivative thereof so it's of benefit for us to know it. However, their accent is thoroughly English so basically to Europeans it would probably just sound like a typical American who picked up German as a hobby.
@@kcirtapelyk6060 Yes they speak Plattdeutsch- Low German which is spoken here in some regions even nowadays
Please don't get it wrong. People came here at Walmart here for better way of life to get away from the countries they lived in which were not doing well at those times. It would be wrong to say the Germans built this country. No they helped build this country. So when you hear them say Germans built this country in fact the term as they helped build this country to a better Nation. Terminology is important. So put it into the in the correct terms. We are a diverse country me we uphold right for All peoples who come to America to make it a better Nation.
Fun fact: Walmart failed in Germany long ago.
@@atconnys8786 well I like aldi's grocery store