Potato Germans

noun

A group of German families who settled in the heathlands of central Jutland in Denmark during the mid-1700s.

OriginDanish Kartoffeltyskere →
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Meanings

nounPotato Germans pl (plural only)
  1. historicalpluralplural onlyA group of German families who settled in the heathlands of central Jutland in Denmark during the mid-1700s.

    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).

    2017, Andrew DJ Shield, Immigrants in the Sexual Revolution: Perceptions and Participation in Northwest Europe, Springer, →ISBN, page 23

Origin

  1. DanishKartoffeltyskere
  2. EnglishPotato Germans

Calque of Danish Kartoffeltyskere, in reference to the cultivation of potatoes in the areas they settled.

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Translations

German Kartoffeldeutsche
  • KartoffeldeutscheGerman settlers in Jutland
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APA

Potato Germans. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Potato%20Germans

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Chicago

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