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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Deutscher.

Proper noun

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Deutscher (plural Deutschers)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Deutscher is the 31482nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 735 individuals. Deutscher is most common among White (95.78%) individuals.

Noun

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Deutscher (plural Deutschers)

  1. (rare) A German man.
    • 1875 October, George Augustus Sala, “Wills and Bequests: Not from the ‘Illustrated London News’”, in M[ary] E[lizabeth] Braddon, editor, Belgravia: A London Magazine, volume VII, third series; XXVII, first series, London: Office: [], page 331:
      He left [] 10,000 dollars to the Lieber Vaterland association for defraying the fines of Deutschers prosecuted for ‘schlogging the kops’ of Irishmen.
    • 1876, Oswald Allan, Worthy a Crown?, London: Head and Meek, [], page 13, column 2:
      [] While two Deutschers say, “You’d better surrender to us ’tis true!”
    • 1877, “Hans and Fritz”, in Appletons’ Journal: A Monthly Miscellany of Popular Literature, volume II, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, [], page 472, column 1:
      HANS and Fritz were two Deutschers who lived side by side, / Remote from the world, its deceit and its pride; / With their pretzels and beer the spare moments were spent, / And the fruits of their labor were peace and content.
    • 1910 August 27, Charles Ernest Scott, ““The Apostle of Shantung””, in The Sunday School Times, volume fifty-two, number 35, Philadelphia, Pa., page 423, column 1:
      ‘Then, to show their contempt for Boxers and Boxer-sympathizing cities—and in their daring lay their safety—a handful of these doughty Deutschers chose to enter the city, not through the big jagged hole they had made, but to scale those grim, sheer walls.
    • 1934, Maxwell Anderson, “Valley Forge”, in Eleven Verse Plays, Harcourt, Brace and Company by arrangement with Anderson House, published 1939, page 87:
      A couple of Deutschers been making sausage all night.
    • a. 1968, James Max Henderson, Memoirs of a Mouse, published 2003, →ISBN, page 24:
      Our cornet and trombone players, a couple of Deutschers known as “Gussie”’ and “Goosie,” took their music seriously and helped to cover my lousy fiddling while I was still learning that “der black notes ist der music, and der vite ist der paper” (as Gussie informed me).
    • 1978, James Leasor, Boarding Party, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, published 1979, →ISBN, page 183:
      ‘Maybe they’re a couple of Deutschers who can’t swim,’ suggested Red Mac.

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German

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Etymology

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Nominalization of deutsch (German).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃɐ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯t͡ʃɐ
  • Hyphenation: Deut‧scher

Noun

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Deutscher m (adjectival, definite nominative der Deutsche, genitive (des) Deutschen, plural Deutsche, definite plural die Deutschen, feminine Deutsche)

  1. German (male or unspecified)
    Sind Sie Deutscher? (formal, to a man)Are you German?
    Bist du Deutscher? (informal, to a man or a boy)Are you German?
    Seid ihr Deutsche? (informal, to a group of people)Are you Germans?
    Ich bin Deutscher.I'm German.
    Wir sind Deutsche.We are Germans.
    wir Deutsche; wir Deutschenwe Germans
    Deutsche beiderlei Geschlechtsmale and female Germans

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Noun

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Deutscher f

  1. inflection of Deutsche:
    1. strong genitive/dative singular
    2. strong genitive plural

Further reading

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  • Deutscher” in Duden online
  • Deutscher” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache