America had a loose open door policy towards war immigrants during the world wars. Which is one of the reasons why the Statue of Liberty is in New York, to greet (probably wives tale but still interesting) the new immigrants as they got off of the boats at the Port of New York.
Gesundheit (= "health") kindergarten (= literally "child garden") Kitsch (an art movement, literally something like "trite junk") schadenfreude (literally "joy at damage to someone") Some Yiddish words used in America are taken from German, but have come to have different meanings: schmuck (in America a "loser", "fool"; in German "decoration, jewel" - This originally was slang for "penis", sort of like we might call a guy a "tool" now) schmuse (in America "talk/chat"; in German "cuddle")
The German word for come is komm. It is pronounced the same as in English. No, it is pronounced as the first syllable of 'comment'. This is a question of dialect.
Poodle comes from the German language and it is a type of dog!!
For the majority of German-Americans the answer is no. Some German families expect their children to speak German at home, even when in the United States but there are many American children with German parents who don't speak the language.
John Peter Zenger, a German immigrant, likely spoke German when he first arrived in America. However, he also would have learned English, as it was the predominant language in the American colonies at the time.
why do imigrants come to america
3,908,752,136 including imigrants
They come to new countries to seek a new life.
it allowed 700,000 more imigrants to come into the united states
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In the period from about 1700-1914 the most important reason was lack of prospects in the German states.
The largest groups of people immigrating to the UK are from Republic of Ireland, India, Pakistan, the Caribbean and the USA.
it allowed 700,000 more imigrants to come into the united states
German decent then migrated to America to settle in the P.A. area of America, the original name was changed to Schriver.
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she fought for the imigrants.