Why Do Dutch People Hate Admitting They Are German

No, they are deutsch not dutch.

 

that sort of answers its own question, doesn't it? so why does the word "german" even exist?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Babel

The word 'german' has it's root in latin, 'deutsch' in... deutsch or in english: german

edit: I personally think it's best to change the word dutch to netherlandish. Dutch people don't call themselves dutch. Perhaps we could get rid of the words german/Germany as well and globally call it just like it is: Deutschland. Although 'german(y)' seems to cause less confusion than the word 'dutch'

 

germans are Scandinavic . thats make dutch Scandinavian too .

 

Hello,

makes kind of sense. We -here in Tyskland- tend to speak about Holland and the Hollaenders, missing the point that most people in the Netherlands aren't from Holland. It's not easy . Same thing with the UK and England. Odon once posted a coloured map and/or a set diagram to clarify that.

Regards
Gyro

 

Tyskland? Is that swedish for Deutschland? You learn something new everyday And yes, it seems the Netherlands are internationally overall better known as Holland.

 

Hello,

ah, an attentive reader .

Regards
Gyro

 

I had to do a search. But you're not swedish are you? Or in Sweden?

 

No, he's your fellow German.

 

Hello,

no, I'm not in or from Sweden. Currently I have some communication going on with a Swedish company. We usually use (some kind of ) english language, but we learn new words from Swedish or German every now and then .

Regards
Gyro

 

Hello,

which is nearly the same as being Dutch as we might have learned in this thread .

Regards
Gyro

 

I didn't learn anything from this thread, I have to admit :-D

 

I thought so, but when he started using swedish I thought perhaps he's an imported one

You knew all those things about William of Orange already?

 

What I meant is: I haven't read the whole thread :-D

 

There is much wisdom to be gained Don't let the topicstarter discourage you!

 

just read the whole thing, thought it a bit interesting... learned a bit. but still dont know why the dutch dont admit they are german. it does sounds strange typing that though being that if they were german that i would have said.......i still dont know why the germans dont admit they are german.

 

Hello,

reiner Selbstschutz

I lived for more than a decade near his native town. To be precise I lived where Rubens was born.

Regards
Gyro

 

another ignorant thread about language, heritage and ethnicity.

how inspiring.




oh, btw, that's just my opinion. no reason to fuck with my HF membership or slip scripts into posts. took me days to find the last case of VD i got here.

k?thx!

 

Well until the last vestiges of Nazism are erased from history it will remain a topic of conversation


hotwater

 

what does Nazism have to do with any of this thread?