Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agoI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germanymessage-squaremessage-square205fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in GermanyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square205fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareji59@hilariouschaos.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoAs someone from Czech Republic, I am not surprised. There are sometimes huge differences between country names in czech and English. And the closer the country is, the bigger the difference. For the German speaking countries eng - ger - cze: Germany - Deutschland - Německo Austria - Österreich - Rakousko Switzerland - Sweiz - Švýcarsko Other examples (eng - cze): Czech - Česko Slovakia - Slovensko Slovenia - Slovinsko Greece - Řecko Georgia - Gruzie Spain - Španělsko Greenland - Grónsko Hungary - Maďarsko Croatia - Chorvatsko
As someone from Czech Republic, I am not surprised. There are sometimes huge differences between country names in czech and English. And the closer the country is, the bigger the difference.
For the German speaking countries eng - ger - cze:
Germany - Deutschland - Německo
Austria - Österreich - Rakousko
Switzerland - Sweiz - Švýcarsko
Other examples (eng - cze):
Czech - Česko
Slovakia - Slovensko
Slovenia - Slovinsko
Greece - Řecko
Georgia - Gruzie
Spain - Španělsko
Greenland - Grónsko
Hungary - Maďarsko
Croatia - Chorvatsko