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)

1. (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