Deutsch

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Deutsch is the German language word for German (adjective). Deutsche are Germans, while [eine] Deutsche/[ein] Deutscher is [a] German (female and male forms, respectively). Etymologically, the word originates from the Old High German word diutisc (from diot "people"), referring to the Germanic "language of the people" as opposed to Latin, the language of the learned (see also theodiscus). Only later did the word come to refer to the people who spoke the language.^[1] The word Dutch is a variant form, which now has a distinct meaning. Deutsch, and its various forms, may refer to:

• the German Language
• Deutschland (Germany)
• Deutsch, in Saxony-Anhalt
• Deutschlandlied (Song of which one stanza is the German anthem)
• Deutsche Demokratische Republik (the former DDR; 1949–1989)
• Deutsch (crater), a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon
• Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft, an influential electropunk / Neue Deutsche Welle band from Düsseldorf
• Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm, a quantum algorithm, proposed by David Deutsch and Richard Jozsa in 1992
• Deutsch Inc., an American advertising agency
• Deutsche Bank, a German bank
• Deutsche Welle, international public broadcaster
• Deutsche Telekom AG, a telecommunications company based in Bonn, Germany

[edit] People

See Deutsch (surname)

[edit] See also

• Theodiscus, Etymology of "Deutsch"
• Reich (disambiguation)
• Deitsch
• Dietsch
• Names for the Dutch language
• Names of Germany
• Deutz
• Nemec
• Tedesco

[edit] References

1. ^ Paul, Hermann. 1960. Deutsches Wörterbuch (siebente Auflage): "Deutsch"

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