Danube Swabian

English

Etymology

Although most migrants were not from Swabia, the peoples they settled among (Hungarians, Romanians, etc) often referred to them all as Swabians.

Noun

Danube Swabian (plural Danube Swabians)

(often in the plural) A member or descendant of any of the unrelated, usually non-Swabian groups of Germans that settled along the Danube and elsewhere in southeastern Europe (not including the Carpathian Germans or Transylvanian Saxons).

Hyponyms

Hungarian German
Sathmar Swabian, Satu Mare Swabian
Banat Swabian
Vojvodina German

Translations

German living along the Danube

Catalan: sueu del Danubi m, suabi del Danubi m
German: Donauschwabe
Hungarian: dunai sváb

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