What about the Portuguese! ALEMANHA for Germany
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mech@feddit.org 12 hours agoThe weirdest ones are the Finns, calling Germany Saksa.
I’m German and I feel more at home when I’m in Finland than in Sachsen.
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
Spezi@feddit.org 9 hours ago
In Grench it’s Allemagne. The Alemanni were a german tribe at the rhine.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
In Grench
Is that the Grinch’s native language?
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
Parlez vous Grancais?
Spezi@feddit.org 6 hours ago
No, its the French-Greek hybrid they speak in Freece
bstix@feddit.dk 7 hours ago
Finnish Saksa is a reference to the Saxon tribe from Old Saxon in Northern Germany, not the current Sachsen.