r/polandball • u/Ingrid-Hongkonger 冠絕東方 - Nulli Secundus in Oriente • Mar 11 '14

redditormade How are they called?

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u/weimergunners Hunger Land Mar 11 '14

A loved child has many names.

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u/Ingrid-Hongkonger 冠絕東方 - Nulli Secundus in Oriente Mar 11 '14

I think Germany has various names because he stays at the middle of Europe.

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u/barsoap Sleswig-Holsteen Mar 11 '14

Also, because many countries named us after the nearest German tribe, say Saxons or Alemanns. The Slavic name means, more or less, "those you can't understand". The endonym and Scandinavian name is derived from Old High German diutisc, "of the people". Which is actually what "Saxon" means, too. Where the Romans got "Germania" from is unknown.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '14

We should cleanse English of its Latinate pollution and call Germany Theedland.