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Nation and nationality

1. Germany is called Deutschland in German language. In English, is it Dutchland?

2. The nationality is Cambodian or Khmer?

8 dic 2017 04:05
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Dutch actually comes from Diets. (Not Deutsch.) That is an old word for northern dialects of the German language spoken in the late Medieval period.
8 dicembre 2017
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A Dutchman is from Holland / the Netherlands. So you'd say: "He is Dutch. He speaks Dutch."

A German is from Germany. You'd say "He is German. He speaks German." 

He is Cambodian (nationality). He is Khmer (that's an ethnic group in Cambodia and some parts of Vietnam.) Khmer is not recognised as a nationality but an ethnic group. 


8 dicembre 2017
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"Dutch" means from the Netherlands.

The "Pennsylvania Dutch"'  are not Dutch.  It is a corruption of  "Pennsylvania Deutsch."

8 dicembre 2017
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"Dutchland" would get you confused looks in English.

English-speakers call it "Germany" though most educated English speakers would recognize "Deutschland" as what Germans call their country. And educated English speakers would recognize a connection between "Deutsch" and "Dutch".

Germany is an interesting country in that different Europeans call it different things, since they named it by whatever German tribe happened to live closest to them! (Norsk: Tyskland, Francais: Allemagne, Italiano: Germania but "a German" is "un tedesco")

In US English, we're more likely to say "Cambodian". Academic people might use "Khmer"

8 dicembre 2017

Hello :)

In English, it's Germany. 

Khmer is used, but Cambodian is more common. 

Have a good day!

8 dicembre 2017

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