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No European country has as many names as Germany.

'Deutschland' comes from Old High German 'diutisc', 'of the people'. English says Germany after Latin Germania, French and Spanish say Allemagne/Alemania after the Alemanni tribe, Finns say Saksa after the Saxons. Poles say Niemcy, from Slavic 'němec', 'the mute one': people you can't understand.

Useful: Most neighbours named the country after the tribe they met first.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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What does the Polish word 'Niemcy' for Germany originally mean?

  1. The northerners
  2. The mute ones
  3. The warriors
  4. The forest people
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Correct: The mute ones

Slavic 'němec': someone who doesn't speak (intelligibly).

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