The Zipser Germans or Zipsers (, , ) are a German-speaking (specifically Zipser German-speaking) ethnic group which developed in the Zips region of Upper Hungary—what is now Slovakia—as that region was settled by people from central Germany beginning in the 13th century. Beginning in at least the 18th century, many members of the ethnic group migrated to northern Romania, including to southern Bukovina and to Maramuresch and Transylvania.