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Deutschland Germany Allemagne Tyskland Vokietija Niemcy Nemecko Saksa... (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

That's stupid. Most countries have different names or at least spellings in other languages. Nothing wrong with that. The name they use in the countries primary language would sound weird in others and some even lack the characters to write it.

[–] Pirasp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It usually isn't this bad with neighbouring countries though. The reason is the late unification of Germany of course.

[–] lemmington_steele@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not sure late unification is necessarily the determing factor here. e.g. look at Italy

[–] Pirasp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Sure, but Italy also has the Vatican in it, and I've heard that place had and continues to have quite a lot of influence... Also, Italy was unified one before, the same cannot be said about Germany. (No, the HRE does not count)