Volga German

English

Noun

Volga German (countable and uncountable, plural Volga Germans)

1. (countable) A member of the German community which settled along the Volga in southern Russia in the 18th century, and can now be found in Siberia, Germany, and elsewhere due to deportations and migrations.

Translations

a member of the German community which settled along the Volga in southern Russia

• German: Wolgadeutscher (de) m, Wolgadeutsche (de) f
• Russian: пово́лжский не́мец m (povólžskij némec), пово́лжская не́мка f (povólžskaja némka), во́лжский не́мец m (vólžskij némec), во́лжская не́мка f (vólžskaja némka)

Proper noun

Volga German

1. (uncountable) The language spoken by these people, the core of which is Rhine Franconian.

Translations

the language spoken by Volga Germans

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Volga German terms