Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germanymessage-squaremessage-square224linkfedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1237arrow-down1message-squareI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in GermanyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square224linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months ago The Dutch centuries ago called their language Diets/Duuts/Duits which means something like Germanic. No, it means something like “people” or “of the people”.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoWait, so Dutch is the language of people and everyone else has been using animal languages this whole time!?
No, it means something like “people” or “of the people”.
Wait, so Dutch is the language of people and everyone else has been using animal languages this whole time!?
Ja