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Originally Posted by El_Zoido
Since almost everyone in Europe is "German"(roman time) or at least somehow mixed (Vandals even went to Tunesia I think), connecting Germany to tribes of that time doesn't work and in no way considers the size of Germany.
The word "Deutsch" doesn't mean "united" it means "People / Nation"
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The word 'deutsch' comes from the word 'thiot' and this means 'to belong together' = people which belong together on no special reason (maybe except language). Perhaps the english expression would be "people-ish". There were always very different people, which belonged together. This is exactly the same what Germans are today. It's often really astonishing how Germans can be - really very astonishing - because this feeling to be a part of something is not limited to be a member of a german tribe.
A german tribe is something like a nation (can be a very small nation but can also be a very big nation) and some german tribes are something like a union.
Some german tribes wandered - others stayed in their homelands or moved only a few miles (like bavarians for example). The Vandals for example travelled to Northafrica. Everywhere in whole Europe lived some Germans since the Romans decided to do suicide and tried to save the ancient world from dissapearing.
I saw a lot of discussions in the english spoken world about Germany and was really astonished, why so many people are discussing about Germans. Seems we are something like a modern myth (and by the way: I had to laugh a lot about). Perhaps it has to do with, that the root of english is german and some people think, if they (mis)understand what Germans are, they are understanding what they like to be themselves?
In my eyes the Jews - with the german language 'jiddish' - are only something like a special german tribe and it's very clear for me that the killing of Jews in World War II was a fight against Germany - perverted in the name of Germany. It's very complex in this case, because the Jews were in history directly under the protection of the german Kaiser. Jews were always in history something special for Germans - and I hope that there are a lot of connections between Israel and Germany today. The antisemitic stuff 'Germasn don't feel reponsible for blablabla " I cannot really take serios, because Germans always feel responsible for everything. That's our 'nature' - sorry: 'culture'. Otherwise the European Union would not exist for example.