To add insult to injury, what they call it, Deutschland, sounds like what we should call Netherlands

  • Katrisia@lemmy.today
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    6 天前

    All languages do this to an extent.

    Exactly. In Spanish, we have some ‘curious’ names for Germany and its states and cities. «Alemania» is the name of the country. «Renania-Palatinado» is Rheinland-Pfalz, Bayern got turned into «Baviera». «Colonia» is Köln, «Friburgo de Brisgovia» is Freiburg im Brisgau…