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The term '''German''' refers to anything originating from the nation-state of [[Germany]], including its people, as well as the [[German language]].
 
The term '''German''' refers to anything originating from the nation-state of [[Germany]], including its people, as well as the [[German language]].
   
[[Benjamin Sisko]] once danced in German [[lederhosen]] at the [[Mazurka Festival]] on [[New Berlin]]. ({{DS9|The Maquis, Part I}})
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[[Benjamin Sisko]] once danced in German [[lederhosen]] at the [[Mazurka Festival]] in [[New Berlin]]. ({{DS9|The Maquis, Part I}})
   
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"'''Jerry'''" was a [[slang]] term for a German person during [[World War II]]. [[Miles O'Brien]] and [[Julian Bashir]] (as well as [[Quark]]) used the term when O'Brien and Bashir used their [[Battle of Britain]] [[holoprogram]]. ({{DS9|Homefront|Accession|Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places}})
===People of German descent===
 
*[[Johann Sebastian Bach]]
 
*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
 
*[[Johannes Brahms]]
 
*[[Albert Einstein]]
 
*[[Johann Gutenberg]]
 
*[[Friedrich Nietzsche]]
 
*[[Erwin Rommel]]
 
*[[Adolf Hitler]]
 
*[[Heinrich Schliemann]]
 
*[[Schmidt]]
 
   
 
== German citizens or of German descent ==
===Background===
 
 
* [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]
* According to the shooting script of {{TNG|Home Soil}}, [[Kurt Mandl]] was intended to be of German descent; he was played by the German actor [[Walter Gotell]].
 
 
* [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
* Dr. [[Leah Brahms]] is rumored to be of German origin, too.
 
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* [[Johannes Brahms]] (in reality, an alias of the [[Mesopotamia|Mesopotamian]] [[Flint]])
* The {{ShipClass|Oberth}} is named after [[Wikipedia:Hermann Oberth|Hermann Oberth]], a German [[20th century]] space travel enthusiast and author of the book ''Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen'' (''The Rocket to Interplanetary Space'').
 
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* [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] (German-[[Poland|Polish]])
 
* [[Albert Einstein]]
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* [[Hermann Göring]]
 
* [[Johannes Gutenberg]]
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* [[William Herschel]] (German-[[Great Britain|British]])
 
* [[Adolf Hitler]] (actually Austrian)
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* [[Karl Jaeger]]
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* [[Kurt Mandl]] (uncertain)
 
* [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]
 
* [[Erwin Rommel]]
 
* [[Heinrich Schliemann]]
 
* [[Schmidt]]
   
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== Appendices ==
;German actors in ''Star Trek'':
 
 
=== Background ===
* [[LeVar Burton]] as [[Geordi La Forge]] ([[TNG]])
 
 
* According to the shooting script of {{TNG|Home Soil}}, [[Kurt Mandl]] was intended to be of German descent; he was played by the German actor [[Walter Gotell]]. [http://www.st-minutiae.com/academy/literature329/117.txt]
* [[Walter Gotell]] as [[Kurt Mandl]] ({{TNG|Home Soil}})
 
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* A pair of metal rigging loops, used as uniform components for the [[engineer's radiological suit]], were sold off on the [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]] on eBay. The two German words "sichern" (to lock) and "abseilen" (to rappel) are engraved on the rigging loops. {{stala|9463}}
* [[Harry Groener]] as [[Tam Elbrun]], ({{TNG|Tin Man}}) [[Nechani|Nechani Magistrate]], ({{VOY|Sacred Ground}}) and [[Nathan Samuels]] ({{ENT|Demons|Terra Prime}})
 
* [[David Hurst]] as [[Hodin]] ({{TOS|The Mark of Gideon}})
 
* [[Rudolf Martin]] as [[Ravis]] ({{ENT|Two Days and Two Nights}})
 
* [[Saul Rubinek]] as [[Kivas Fajo]] ({{TNG|The Most Toys}})
 
* [[Jeri Ryan]] as [[Seven of Nine]] ([[VOY]])
 
   
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=== Related topics ===
;German directors in ''Star Trek'':
 
* [[Winrich Kolbe]] ([[TNG]], [[DS9]], [[VOY]], [[ENT]])
 
* [[Gerd Oswald]] ([[TOS]])
 
 
===See also===
 
 
* [[German Shepherd]]
 
* [[German Shepherd]]
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* [[Sauerkraut]]
   
==External links==
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=== External links ===
*{{wikipedia}}
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* {{wikipedia}}
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* {{wikipedia|List of terms used for Germans#Jerry|Jerry}}
 
[[Category:Earth groups]]
 
[[Category:Earth groups]]
[[fr:Allemagne]]
 
[[de:Deutschland]]
 

Revision as of 05:13, 29 June 2014

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The term German refers to anything originating from the nation-state of Germany, including its people, as well as the German language.

Benjamin Sisko once danced in German lederhosen at the Mazurka Festival in New Berlin. (DS9: "The Maquis, Part I")

"Jerry" was a slang term for a German person during World War II. Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir (as well as Quark) used the term when O'Brien and Bashir used their Battle of Britain holoprogram. (DS9: "Homefront", "Accession", "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places")

German citizens or of German descent

Appendices

Background

  • According to the shooting script of TNG: "Home Soil", Kurt Mandl was intended to be of German descent; he was played by the German actor Walter Gotell. [1]
  • A pair of metal rigging loops, used as uniform components for the engineer's radiological suit, were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. The two German words "sichern" (to lock) and "abseilen" (to rappel) are engraved on the rigging loops. [2]

Related topics

External links