What is the difference between Gaelic and Germanic?

Answer 1

Dutch refers to Holland or the Netherlands (same country, by the way) German refers to Germany. The confusion comes from the fact that deutsch is the German word for German. Because the two countries are so close together, deutsch became Dutch in English & changed it's meaning.

Answer 2

the Jews are Jewish and are from Iraq i believe while the Germans come from Germany

The above answer is only partially accurate and misses the nuances of both German and Jewish identity. Judaism is an ethno-religious grouping of people. This means that the word "Jew" can refer to a person who holds certain religious beliefs, regardless of place-of-origin and it can also refer to a person who comes from a certain ethnic group regardless of whether they hold religious beliefs at all. "German" can refer to two very distinct things. A German can be somebody whose family has origins in the various Germanic States (an ethnic German). Ethnic Germans need not live in Germany; the United States has quite a large ethnic-German community. German can also refer to anybody who has citizenship to or long-term residency in the State of Germany (a German national). As Germany is becoming more cosmopolitan, many former Spaniards and Turks who immigrated to Germany are gaining this citizenship and therefore becoming Germans.

As a result, there was a lot of overlap between people who considered themselves German and people who considered themselves Jewish. A person could easily see themselves as ethnically and/or religiously Jewish and nationally German or ethnically German and religiously Jewish. These overlaps are especially common in German Jewish communities (as opposed to Polish Jewish communities) because German Jews were (for most of their history in the German States) much freer and more intertwined with the non-Jews of Europe.

However, German non-Jews and German Jews have distinct cultural traditions and histories to a certain degree. Much of German cuisine involves pork or other non-kosher food combinations, which prevented German Jews from fully embracing it. However, much of Yiddisher cuisine was modeled after German cuisine (such as chicken shnitzel, kögel, kishka, etc.) There was also a difference in faith, with most Germans being either Catholic or Lutheran and most Jews being Jewish. Finally, there was de jure and de facto discrimination against Jews in the German States (to varying degrees) concerning what jobs they could work, where they could live, who they could marry, and how they would be taxed. At the end of the work-day, though, Jews and Germans each want to come home to their families.

Answer 3

Germanic refers to ancient tribes, sometimes as an origin to multiple ethnic groups and to a group of languages. German refers to the country, the language and the people nowadays though before it was more or less the equivalent of Germanic.

Answer 4

Nazi is a political party established in the 1920s in Weimar Germany by Adolf Hitler and various people that he knew that were opposed to both Democracy and Communism and blamed the Jews for all of Germany's problems and setbacks. They had a very racist policy and believed in eugenics to eliminate the parts of society they did not like and create a perfect "master race".

Germany is a country that first became unified in 1871 with Otto von Bismarck the first Chancellor. It has had a variety of types of government over the years, including being split following WW2 into East Germany (communist) and West Germany (democratic republic).

Answer 5

Gaelic refers to the group of Celtic languages spoken primarily in Ireland and Scotland, while Germanic refers to the group of languages spoken in parts of Europe including German, English, Dutch, and Swedish. Gaelic and Germanic languages belong to different language families with distinct linguistic characteristics.

Answer 6

Gaelic is a member of the Celtic language subdivision of Indoeuropean languages but Germanic is its own subdivision of Indoeuropean languages.

Answer 7

Germany is a country.

A German is a person who lives in Germany.

German is a language spoken by the Germans.