Talk:Auslandsdeutsche

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The article states that no translation exists for Auslandsdeutsche. However, doesn't the word "auslander" mean "foreigner"? Would this not infer that an approximate translation would be "foreign German"? 24.84.56.46

In my laymanish opinion, the word has cognates in some other languages, but I can think of no good and short English translation. The meaning is broader than that of ex-pat, I believe. --Ruhrjung 16:19, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Is it true that this only refers to those with German citizenship legally? I thought Germany had a provision somewhat like the Israeli "law of return", whereby ethnic Germans from outside Germany and without German citizenship can claim German citizenship with priority over those who aren't ethnically German. I seem to recall this being used by a lot of people from the former USSR migrating for economic reasons and realizing they have German ancestry, but I could be misremembeirng something. --Delirium 17:16, May 23, 2004 (UTC)
 * There is a law of return and millions of USSR-citizens migrated to Germany this way. But you have some more criteria to meet. The economic crisis in Latin-America caused some people to think about their german forefathers, but with diverse results. 195.93.74.22 06:57, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * I am a German living abroad for 3 years now, but I would never consider me to be an "Auslandsdeutscher". I always thought this means people with German ancestors living in former German regions in Poland, Romania, etc. Or some of the German people in the former sovjet union who live there for several hundred years like the Volga Germans. At least this should be mentioned as most Germans use it more in the meaning of "Spätaussiedler" = people who move to Germany after WWII because of their German origin. Also the article "Expulsion of Germans after World War II" links to it.cattleyard 13:43, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

There are serious problems with this article. It would be better to translate the German article itself rather than to just fabricate something. Apart from the special exception of the Spätaussiedler, typically people with *ONLY* German citizenship are called Auslandsdeutsche, although the legal definition itself applies to all German citizens living abroad. In a general social sense, people with citizenship to another country are not socially regarded as German. If you live outside of Germany for a certain period of time and you were born in Germany, you can reach a point where you are no longer socially regarded as a German. In the legal sense, Auslandsdeutsche must have lived in Germany a minimum of three months before they can vote in Federal elections. 70.250.216.14 23:40, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

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