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Why there are such different names for German language in different languages?
German
Deutsch
Немецкий (nemetsky)
Tysk
19 апр. 2020 г., 0:00
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You could also watch this video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GtWfXESskQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GtWfXESskQ</a>; (Explaining the Many Names of Germany/Deutschland/Allemagne etc.)
19 апреля 2020 г.
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That's a very interesting question. As I had no idea why is it so I decided to google it. It turns out that every of that word is an orignal one, because Germany was a new country in 1872.


btw, I think you ask very interesting questions on italki
19 апреля 2020 г.
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In Arabic, too, the word for “German” is very different. الألمانية (pron.: al-almaniyya). Kind of interesting.

19 апреля 2020 г.
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I've also found out it is 'saksa' in Estonian, 'vācu' in Latvian, and 'Vokiečių' in Lithuanian.


19 апреля 2020 г.
damngoodadvice, it is likely from French. The Slavic word was borrowed in Arabic as a name of Austria, "nimtsa".

19 апреля 2020 г.
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