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Encyclopedia : G : GE : GER : German

German can refer to:

Contents

1 Usually
2 People:
3 Places:
4 Other:
5 See also

Usually

Anything related to Germany and its people, especially

the German language
the German people, collectively or individually
*a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany, see German nationality law, Demographics of Germany
*Ethnic Germans
*German cultures

People:

Edward German, a musical composer
Lindsey German, a British activist
Michael German, a British politician
Germán Valdés, a Mexican comedian

Places:

German, New York, a town in the United States
German Flatts, New York
German Township, Pennsylvania
German, a parish in the Isle of Man
German, a village in Rankovce municipality in Macedonia
German, Bulgaria a quarter of Sofia

Other:

(archaic and incorrect) Used synonymously with Germanic or Germanic peoples in English translations of ancient Latin text as English either lacked an appropriate translation or has a very confusing homonym.

Compare:

Latin	English	German
Germani	Germans ¹	Germanen
Celtae	Celts	Kelten
Theodisci	Germans	Deutsche

¹ What is meant is Germanic peoples

See also

Germanus

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