German Argentines

German Argentines
Deutschargentinier (German); Aleman-argentinos (Spanish)
	German Argentines during the Immigrant's Festival in Oberá, Misiones.
Total population
	7,888 (by birth, 2023); + 4,000,000 (by ancestry); 10% of Argentine population ;
Regions with significant populations
	Predominantly in the Pampas, Patagonia and the Northeast.
Languages
	Spanish · German (notably Riograndese Hunsrik and Paraná-Wolga-Deutsch)
Religion
	Majority: Catholicism; Minority: Protestantism · Irreligion

German Argentines (German: Deutschargentinier, Spanish: germano-argentinos) are Argentines of German ancestry as well as German citizens living in Argentina. They are descendants of Germans who immigrated to Argentina from Germany and elsewhere in Europe. Some German Argentines originally settled in Brazil, then later immigrated to Argentina. Although Germany as a political entity was founded in 1871, the German language and culture have traditionally been more important than the country of origin, as the basis of the ethnic identity. Today, German Argentines make up the fifth-largest ethnic group in Argentina, with over two million citizens of Volga German descent alone.^[5]

German Argentines have founded German schools such as the Hölters Schule and German-language newspapers such as the Argentinisches Tageblatt ("Argentine Daily").^[6] German descendants even make up the majority of the population in several localities in the interior of the country.

^ "Datos sociodemográficos por país de nacimiento". RENAPER - Dirección Nacional de Población. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
^ Embajada Alemana en Argentina (2010): Funciones del departamento cultural. Consultado el 3 de abril de 2021.
^ "Día del alemán del Volga en la Argentina: Más de 2,5 millones de personas de esta descendencia celebran hoy su día". Paralelo.com.ar (in Spanish). April 15, 2017.
^ "Alemanes del Volga. Dejaron Rusia y en Entre Ríos fundaron varias aldeas donde celebran sus tradiciones". Lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). December 12, 2021.
^ Centro Argentino Cultural Wolgadeutsche Archived October 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Argentinisches Tageblatt. "Página Oficial" (in German). Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[RENAPER_2023-1] "Datos sociodemográficos por país de nacimiento". RENAPER - Dirección Nacional de Población. Retrieved 15 November 2023.

[Alemanes_en_Argentina,_600.000-2] Embajada Alemana en Argentina (2010): Funciones del departamento cultural. Consultado el 3 de abril de 2021.

[paralelo32.com-3] "Día del alemán del Volga en la Argentina: Más de 2,5 millones de personas de esta descendencia celebran hoy su día". Paralelo.com.ar (in Spanish). April 15, 2017.

[4] "Alemanes del Volga. Dejaron Rusia y en Entre Ríos fundaron varias aldeas donde celebran sus tradiciones". Lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). December 12, 2021.

[5] Centro Argentino Cultural Wolgadeutsche Archived October 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[6] Argentinisches Tageblatt. "Página Oficial" (in German). Retrieved 23 February 2014.

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Deutschargentinier (German) Aleman-argentinos (Spanish)

German Argentines during the Immigrant's Festival in Oberá, Misiones.
Total population
7,888 (by birth, 2023)^[1] + 4,000,000 (by ancestry) 10% of Argentine population ^[2] ^[3]^[4]
Regions with significant populations
Predominantly in the Pampas, Patagonia and the Northeast.
Languages
Spanish · German (notably Riograndese Hunsrik and Paraná-Wolga-Deutsch)
Religion
Majority: Catholicism Minority: Protestantism · Irreligion