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the German language endonym is Deutschland, from the Old High German diutisc; the French exonym is Allemagne, from the name of the Alamanni tribe; In Italian it is Germania, from the Latin Germania, although the German people are called tedeschi; in Polish it is Niemcy, from the Proto-Slavic nemets, referring to strangers, incomprehensible to ...
Germany, [e] officially the Federal Republic of Germany, [f] is a country in Central Europe.It lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen constituent states have a total population of over 82 million in an area of 357,596 km 2 (138,069 sq mi), making it the most populous member state of the European Union.
Germany Today (Deutschland Heute in German) * Check-In (German travel guide) Talking Germany * Living in Germany (Typisch deutsch in German)* Discover Germany (German travel magazine, Hin & Weg in German)* Discover the World (International travel magazine) * Program is no longer broadcast
The Federal Republic of Germany is a federation and consists of sixteen partly sovereign states. [a] Of the sixteen states, thirteen are so-called area-states ('Flächenländer'); in these, below the level of the state government, there is a division into local authorities (counties and county-level cities) that have their own administration.
The following is a list of the countries and territories where German is an official language (also known as the Germanosphere).It includes countries that have German as (one of) their nationwide official language(s), as well as dependent territories with German as a co-official language.
His comment that “Germany has become too comfortable with mediocrity” is a view shared by many business leaders frustrated with its influential trade unions and extensive labor protections.
Germany's economy would have grown by 0.5% instead of contracting last year if illness wasn't so high, researchers say. German bosses are blaming the country’s economic woes on ‘work-shy ...
Estimates on the total number of Germans in the world range from 100 to 150 million, most of whom live in Germany. [6] The history of Germans as an ethnic group began with the separation of a distinct Kingdom of Germany from the eastern part of the Frankish Empire under the Ottonian dynasty in the 10th century, forming the core of the Holy ...