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Where is deutschland? |
Evil Eye
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Hey mates do you know where is deutschland?I am asking you this because i read an advertisement in the newspaper which was about a tour to deutschland.If you know please tell. |
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govigov
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Aint that germany?
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Evil Eye
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Thanks. |
kimcheeboi
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'deutsch'land
deutsch=germany
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Lynx69
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On 2004-10-24 05:24:00, kimcheeboi wrote:
'deutsch'land
deutsch=germany
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No 'deutsch'=German(as in the language and the whole word 'deutschland'=Germany 
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Davo_169
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i always thought it was where the dutch come from :s
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kimcheeboi
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dutchland?  
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Evil Eye
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dutchland??
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kimcheeboi
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it was a joke.
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Evil Eye
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ok
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kristaga
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There is an old mix in English.
Some words:
English (GB) - German (D) - Dutch (NL)
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Germany - Deutschland - Duitsland
The Netherlands - Niederland - Nederland
German - Deutsch - Duits
Dutch - Niederländisch - Nederlands
Because of this some English speaking people tend to mix The Netherlands and Germany, because of this Dutch - Deutsch look-alike thing.
Some use Holland for The Netherlands, but this is not correct. It is like saying England when you mean GB. Holland is just an area in The Netherlands.
The Dutch language (spoken in The Netherlands and Flandern in Belgium) is closely related to (High-) German. In North Germany there is a language called Low-German which is closer related to Dutch than German. The "High-" and "Low-" describes the area the German languages were spoken in. On the lowlaying plains in North Germany Low-German is spoken. High-German is spoken in the highlands more south in Germany. Variants of High German is spoken in Austria and Switzerland. Since Martin Luther made his translation of the bible into High-German this language has been the strongest in Germany and it is the language we know as German today, the official language of Germany. Low-German is slowly being pushed and subdued by the High-German language but it is still widely used in the most northern parts in Germany. All users are bi-lingual. Low-German is known as Platt-Deutsch or Nieder-Deutsch in German. Low-German was the language of the Hansa traders, and has therefore influenced the Nordic languages a lot, especially Danish, Norwegian and Swedish.
German and Dutch seperated 1000 years ago, by the second sound displacement. In southern areas the sound 't' changed into 'ss'. This is clear if you look at some words today:
GB - D - NL
water - Wasser - water
street - Strasse - straat
After this the separation of Germany and The Netherlands in different kingdoms made the difference stronger.
It is fun with languages. In the most northern parts of The Netherlands and Germany, ie. Friesland you have another language spoken. This is Frisian, which makes a link between English and Dutch. This language has several variants and one of them is quite strong and will probably survive even though it is influenced a lot from Dutch.
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absinthebri
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East Prussia rulz!
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Vlammetje
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almost 100% correct  only one thing: 'strate' is not a word, it's 'straat' and where the Germans spell nouns with a capital we (the Dutch) do not.
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kristaga
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Oh, sorry. And thanks. I don't speak Dutch, only know a few words so it is easy to make mistakes... I will edit my previous post.
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Atlis
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Another thing: deutsch = german, not germany, land = land, and Deutschland with capital letter guys ;-) please!
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