'being German' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
For example, "Her strength and determination are a product of being German."
She was imprisoned in France for being German.
And third, being German, he has an overwhelming subject: the postwar sundering of his country.
Ebert was born in Illinois, a third-generation American, his paternal grandparents being German Catholic immigrants.
"This pressure of being German really made us what we are," he says.
But they do not want to go through life ashamed of being German.
How about if instead of being German, the camp guards were Poles?
That, I decided, was what being German was all about: friendship, hard work, and dirty pants.
"I'm not necessarily proud of being German, but I am proud of being from Cologne.
Being German, I have to disagree with Susan Neiman: Change we can believe in.
For older folk, at least, being German is a question of blood links, which makes integration of non-Germans harder.
This much, though, was clear: as far as the attendees were concerned, being German is a great thing once again.
