german american

1. 1.

   an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German

   BroaderAmerican

Questions about german american

What does german american mean?

german american means "an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German".

Is german american a common word?

german american is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.