German - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

German can mean different things.

• Anything related to Germany
• German language
• Germans, people from Germany or one of the earlier countries in the same area
• Germanic peoples, people who speak Germanic languages, including German and some other languages
• the early people known as Franks
• Holy Roman Empire (843-1806)
• German Confederation (1815-1866)
• German Empire (1871-1918)
• Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
• German Democratic Republic or East Germany (1949-1990)

When talking about a person, it can mean someone who lives in Germany, or someone who thinks of himself or herself as 'German'.

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