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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Japanese:

Germany - ドイツ (doitsu) - or 独逸 or 独乙 if you're feeling nasty.

Nederlands - オランダ (oranda which comes from the word holland) - 阿蘭陀 and a few other kanji forms exist as well

[–] lemmysarius 5 points 3 months ago

Well, the German people are called "Deutsche" which sounds very similar to doitsu when spoken. And if someone is a German the he is "Deutsch".

Also Finland doesn't sound that wrong, just ancient. One of the larger "Clans" that lived in the area that later was called Germany were the Saxons, in German "Sachsen" which again sounds very similar to Saksa. No idea if that's the actual reason for the word though.

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

In Spanish it's Alemania.

[–] WinterBear@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Saksa be you Germany

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

incorrect. It's "Germania". Tedesca / tedesco means "German" (as in a person, or the language)

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Which, in my opinion, was always worse. Germania? Cool. Germanio, germanii? No, tedesco, tedeschi. Grazie al cazzo, Italia!

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[–] cuerdo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Servais@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Funny to meet a Vietnamese speaker here! Is there any Vietnamese-speaking community around?

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