Meaning of Potato Germans | Babel Free
Definitions
A group of German families who settled in the heathlands of central Jutland in Denmark during the mid-1700s.
historical, plural, plural-only
Equivalents
Deutsch
Kartoffeldeutsche
Examples
“Then there were the French Huguenot tobacco farmers (early 1700s), the “Potato Germans” and paid German soldiers (late 1700s), and Moravian crafts people (late 1700s).”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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