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Potato Germans
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English
Etymology
en da kartoffeltysker Kartoffeltyskere, in reference to the cultivation of potatoes in the areas they settled.
Noun
p Potato Germans
en historical A group of German families who settled in the heathlands of central Jutland in Denmark during the mid-1700s.
en 2017 Andrew DJ Shield Immigrants in the Sexual Revolution: Perceptions and Participation in Northwest Europe Springer 9783319496139 23 https://books.google.com/books?id=z3IzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA23&dq=%22Potato+Germans%22&hl=&cd=12&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Potato%20Germans%22&f=false 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).
Translations
German settlers in Jutland
German: de Kartoffeldeutsche p