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    Etymologie des Wortes DEUTSCHLAND

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    1. Cuiusquemodi on

      This map is wrong. The main language of Belgium is Dutch. Flanders is the biggest part. It should be red.

    2. artast on

      In Russian, the country is called Germaniya (Германия), and its people are called nemtsy (немцы).

    3. Lionheart1224 on

      I understand where Germania and Aleman come from, but where do the other words derive from?

      EDIT: thank you for all the responses, people. I really appreciate these explanations; I find cultural/linguistic anthropology hella fascinating.

    5. PansotoXPanissa on

      In Italia, Germany is Germania, but the inhabitants are Tedeschi (from the Teuton Knightly order)

    7. FomoSapiens76 on

      Quiz question: which country is in Finnish *Venäjä?*

      The word comes from ancient Germanic word *wened*, which referred to a Slavic tribe living somewhere in today’s Poland. The Finns adopted the word and started calling Russians, the largest Slavic tribe in their neck of the woods, with that name. 

    8. Zealousideal_Till683 on

      In Arabic, we call Germany by the „Alemania“-derived word, but we *also* make use of the „Niemc“-derived word – Austria is „Nimsa.“

    9. Villain_Prince on

      Slight correction: This isn’t the etymology of „Germany“, but the etymology of the word FOR „Germany“.

    10. No_Men_Omen on

      Lithuanian ‚Vokietija‘, Latvian ‚Vācija‘ are both not entirely clear, but could be related to the German tribe Vagoth from Scandinavia.

    11. no_sight on

      These colors don’t even line up. The lime green for „Germania“ is pretty different if you look at Canada right under.

    12. belfman on

      I have no clue why Israel is marked purple. Germany in Hebrew is Germania (with a hard G).

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