# Danube Swabian

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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).

## Etymology
Although most migrants were not from Swabia, the peoples they settled among (Hungarians, Romanians, etc) often referred to them all as Swabians.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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