GERMAN, GERMANY
ADJECTIVES
► BOCHE German → 1914
► DUTCH relating to the people of Germany, German → 1480 obs.
► DUTCHKIN of ‘Dutch’ or German kind or sort → 1576 obs.
► FRITZ German → 1919 colloq., mainly derogatory
► HUNNISH German → 1915 colloq., derogatory & offensive
► KRAUT German → 1911 colloq., offensive & derogatory
► SAUSAGE-EATING German → 1910s sl.
NOUNS
► BIG B, THE Berlin, Germany → 1944 US Air Force usage
► BOCHELAND ► BOSCHELAND Germany → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CABBAGE HILL a German settlement area → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CABBAGE TOWN a German settlement area → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DUTCHLAND Germany → 1547 obs.
► GERMANOMANIA an obsession with Germany and things German → 1991 (Bk.)
► GERMANOPHOBIA a hatred of Germany, or things German → 1991 (Bk.)
► HEINIELAND Germany → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HITLAND Germany → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HUNDOM Germany → 1916 colloq., derogatory & offensive
► HUNLAND Germany → 1916 colloq., chiefly derogatory & offensive
► KRAUT-BASHING the practice of targeting Germans for verbal attack or abuse; the incitement or exploitation of anti-German sentiment → 1974
► KRAUTLAND Germany → 1907 colloq., offensive and derogatory
► LAND OF THE SQUAREHEAD Germany → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NAZILAND Germany → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RHINELAND Germany → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPRUCE, THE Prussian people, considered collectively → 1640 Sc. obs.
► TEUTONOMANIA an obsession with Germany and things German → 1991 (Bk.)
► TEUTONOPHOBIA a hatred of Germany, or things German → 1991 (Bk.)
► TEUTOPHOBIA a hatred of Germany, or things German → 1991 (Bk.)
► VATERLAND, THE Germany → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► ALLEYMAN a German → 1915 army sl.
► BEERHEAD a German → 1944 US sl.
► BELGIES Low Germans → 1602 obs.
► BEMOSSED HEAD in the German universities: a student during the sixth and last term → 1856 students’ usage (Bk.)
► BLACKSHIRT in Nazi Germany: a member of the internal security force, the Schutzstaffel (S.S.) → 1933 hist.
► BLITZ a German → World War II Amer. sl.
► BOCHE a German; a German soldier; Germans collectively → 1914 sl., derogatory
► BONEHEAD a German → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BORSCH a German → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BUSHER a German → Amer. World War I sl.
► BUTTERBOX a German → M19 sl.
► CABBAGE-EATER a German or Russian immigrant; a foreigner of German or Russian origin→ 1942 US sl., offensive
► CABBAGEHEAD a nickname for a German or a Dutchman → M19 US sl., derogatory
► DAITSCH a German → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DEUTSCHER a person of German descent → 1950 Amer. dial.
► DUDE a German soldier → 1918 US Army sl.
► DUTCH a German → Amer. World War I sl.
► DUTCHEE ► DUTCHIE ► DUTCHY a German → 1834 colloq., derogatory
► DUTCHER a German; later, a Dutchman → 1671
► DUTCHMAN a German → a1387 obs.
► DUTCHWOMAN a German person → 1788 obs.
► ERIC ► ERICH a male German → 1985 Brit. sl., usually derogatory
► FLAT-FOOTED DUTCH a German → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FLATHEAD a German → 1965 Amer. dial.
► FRAT a woman met by fratting (frat – to establish friendly and esp. sexual relationships with German women: used of British and American occupying troops after World War II) → 1945 sl.
► FRITZ a German; a German soldier → 1887 colloq., mainly derogatory
► FRITZER a German, esp. a German military serviceman → 1918 USA military sl.
► FRITZIE a German, esp. a German soldier → 1915 colloq.
► GASTARBEITER a person with temporary permission to work in another country, an immigrant worker; applied esp. to those encouraged into Germany after 1945 to assist in the post-war economic revival → 1966
► GERM a German; used derisively → 1915 US sl.
► GERMAN 1. a native or inhabitant of Germany or of the regions of central Europe corresponding to modern Germany; a person descended from such Germans, esp. one belonging to a German cultural community outside Germany → a1387
2. a scholar or speaker of German → 1809 obs.
► GERMAN-AMERICAN an American of German ancestry → 1775
► GERMANI a German; a German soldier → 1915 military sl.
► GERMANIST an expert in or student of German language, literature, history, or though; a person with knowledge of Germany or German; also, a supporter of favourer of Germany or things German → 1817
► GERMANIZER one who adopts German manners and customs → 1834
► GERMANOPHIL ► GERMANOPHILE a great admirer of Germany and its culture; a supporter of German interests → 1876
► GERMANOPHILIST one who is friendly to, or excessively fond of, the Germans → 1864
► GERMANOPHOBE a person with a strong dislike or fear of Germany or Germans; a person who is hostile towards Germany or German interests → 1883
► GERMO a German; used derisively → 1975 US sl.
► GERMY a German; used derisively → 1915 US sl.
► GERRY a German, esp. a German soldier → 1915 US sl.
► GERS, THE the Germans, esp. soldiers → 1914 military sl.
► GRETCHEN a German girl or woman → 1890
► HAMBURGER a native or inhabitant of Hamburg, Germany → 1617
► HANOVERIAN a native or Hanover, Germany → 1775
► HANS a German or Dutchman → 1855
► HANS THE GRENADIER a German nickname for a German soldier → World War I sl.
► HANS WURST a German → 1942 Amer. dial.
► HARDHEAD a German → 1966 Amer. dial.
► HEINE ► HEINIE ► HINEY a German; a German soldier→ 1904 N. Amer. sl.
► HELGOLANDER a native or inhabitant of Helgoland, Germany → 2006 (Bk.)
► HERMAN a German → Bk1919 Aust. services sl.
► HESSIAN a native of Hesse in Germany; a soldier of or from that country → 1729
► HIGH DUTCH German settlers or their descendants in North America, regarded collectively → 1773
► HIGH DUTCHER a German, esp. a German settler as distinguished from a Dutch settler or descendant in the United States → 1671
► HIGH DUTCHMAN a native or inhabitant of Germany; a German → a1450-1500
► HIGH GERMAN a native or inhabitant of the highlands in the south of Germany → 1550
► HUN a German, a person of German descent → 1900 UK sl.
► JERRY a German; a German soldier or aircraft; Germans or German soldiers collectively → 1919 sl.
► KRAUT a German, esp. a German soldier during wartime → 1841 US derogatory
► KRAUT-EATER a German → 1865 colloq., offensive and derogatory
► KRAUTHEAD a German → 1904 colloq., offensive and derogatory
► LUGER LOUT a German → 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘Kraut’
► MOOTMAN one of the Princes of Germany formerly entitled to take part in the election of the Emperor → 1654
► MULLER a German → 1939 Brit. sl.
► OLD FRITZ a German soldier → World War I sl.
► OLD HEINE a German soldier → World War I sl.
► OTTO a German, with an implication of stolidity → 1914 sl., derogatory
► PRETZEL a German person → 1873 US sl., depreciative usage
► RAD a German male → post-World War II US military usage
► SALE BOCHE a French term of abuse for a German (sale = dirty) → 1919 sl.
► SAUERKRAUT ► SOURCROUT ► SOURKRAUT a German → 1771 sl., chiefly Aust. & US derogatory
► SAUERKRAUT EATER a German or person of Germany ancestry; also, a nickname for such a person → 1918 Amer. dial.
► SAUERKRAUTER a German → 1771 sl., chiefly Aust. & US derogatory
► SAUERKRAUT FACE a German → World War II Amer. sl.
► SAUERKRAUT SLURPER a German → 1771 derogatory
► SAUSAGE 1. a German → 1890 sl.
2. a nickname for a German soldier → World War II US sl., derogatory
► SAUSAGE-EATER a German → 1844 sl.
► SAUSAGE-GORGER a German → 1844 sl.
► SAUSAGE-MANGLER a German → 1844 sl.
► SAUSAGE-MEAT a German → 1844 sl.
► SAUSAGE-SPOILER a German → 1844 sl.
► SAUSAGE WALLOPER a German → 1916 sl.
► SCHANZI ► SCHATZI a German girlfriend; a German prostitute → 1945 US Army usage from soldiers stationed in Germany
► SPRUCIER a native or inhabitant of Prussia → 1443 obs.
► SQUAREHEAD a foreigner of Germanic extraction; a German soldier in World War I → 1903 sl., chiefly US derogatory
► TANNAKIN a diminutive pet-form of the name Ann or Anna; specifically used for a German or Dutch girl → 1557 obs.
► WALDGRAVE in medieval Germany: an officer having jurisdiction over a royal forest; on the lower Rhine, the title was hereditary in certain families of the higher nobility → 1928 hist. (Bk.)
► WALDGRAVINE the wife of a ‘waldgrave’ → 1928 hist. (Bk.)
► YAH-YAH a German → 1886 UK sl.
► YA-YAS German tourists → 1998 NZ sl. (Bk.)