German Brazilians

E57240
Brazilian people of European descent ethnic group

German Brazilians are Brazilian citizens and residents of German ancestry, forming one of the largest and most culturally influential German-descended communities outside Europe.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Brazil (Mennonite communities) 1

Statements (86)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brazilian people of European descent ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestry German ⓘ
citizenship Brazilian ⓘ
continentOfResidence South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
culturalInfluence Brazilian architecture ⓘ
Brazilian cuisine ⓘ
Brazilian festivals ⓘ
Brazilian music ⓘ
culturalRegion Serra Gaúcha ⓘ
Vale do Itajaí ⓘ
Vale do Rio dos Sinos ⓘ
Vale do Taquari ⓘ
Gran Chaco ⓘ
surface form: West of Paraná

West of Santa Catarina ⓘ
diasporaOf Germans ⓘ
ethnicOrigin German ⓘ
festival Fenachopp (Joinville) ⓘ
Festival of the Grape (Caxias do Sul) ⓘ
Oktoberfest of Blumenau ⓘ
Oktoberfest of Santa Cruz do Sul ⓘ
firstMajorColony São Leopoldo ⓘ
firstMajorColonyFoundationYear 1824 ⓘ
heritagePreservation German cultural associations ⓘ
German-language schools (historically) ⓘ
German-style bands ⓘ
folk dances ⓘ
traditional German cuisine ⓘ
historicalEvent Vargas-era restrictions on German language use ⓘ
language German ⓘ
Hunsrückisch dialects ⓘ
Pomeranian dialects ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Riograndenser Hunsrückisch ⓘ
majorSettlement Bahia ⓘ
Federal District (Brazil) ⓘ
surface form: Distrito Federal (Brazil)

State of Espírito Santo ⓘ
surface form: Espírito Santo

Mato Grosso region of Brazil ⓘ
surface form: Mato Grosso

Mato Grosso do Sul ⓘ
Minas Gerais ⓘ
Paraná River ⓘ
surface form: Paraná

Pernambuco ⓘ
Rio Grande do Sul ⓘ
State of Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
surface form: Rio de Janeiro (state)

Rondônia ⓘ
Santa Catarina ⓘ
state of São Paulo ⓘ
surface form: São Paulo (state)
notableCity Blumenau ⓘ
Brusque ⓘ
Castro (Paraná) ⓘ
Caxias do Sul ⓘ
Curitiba ⓘ
Domingos Martins ⓘ
Erechim ⓘ
Estrela (Rio Grande do Sul) ⓘ
Guarapuava ⓘ
Ijuí ⓘ
Itajaí ⓘ
Jaraguá do Sul ⓘ
Joinville ⓘ
Lajeado ⓘ
Marechal Cândido Rondon ⓘ
Novo Hamburgo ⓘ
Panambi ⓘ
Pomerode ⓘ
Paraná state ⓘ
surface form: Rolândia

Santa Cruz do Sul ⓘ
Santa Maria de Jetibá ⓘ
São Leopoldo ⓘ
Teutônia ⓘ
notableReligionMinority Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil ⓘ
surface form: Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil ⓘ
partOf German diaspora ⓘ
relatedGroup Austro-Brazilians ⓘ
German Argentines ⓘ
German Chileans ⓘ
Italian Brazilians ⓘ
Pomeranians ⓘ
Swiss Brazilians ⓘ
Volga Germans ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantImmigrationPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Germans → diaspora → German Brazilians ⓘ
Low German → isSpokenIn → German Brazilians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brazil (Mennonite communities)
German Canadians → relatedTo → German Brazilians ⓘ