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Pretty simple. The original/indigenous people of Germany are Europeans from the central and northern regions. However they are not exclusively limited to that, since Slavs also inhabitated parts of eastern Germany. Thus the physical features/ traits would be similar to North and Central Europeans in most cases. As a whole Germans belong to the light and blond branch of Europeans, however this varies greatly. The so-called Nordic type linked to a tallish stature, slender build, longish head shape, strong chin, narrow features, a a pale complexion, with light eyes and light/blond hair is seen among Germans, but is not dominant. This was the type associated to people who brought Germanic languages to Germany. However the Palaeolithic type which is larger in build, taller, broader-featured, shorter-headed, darker-haired( more brown-haired), as pale and light-eyed is dominant in northern to central Germany. The so-called Alpinid/Central-European type which is darker than both types already mentioned and is also broader-featured, shorter-statured than the Nordic, mainly hazel to brown-eyed is common in southern Germany. However due to population movements Alpinid could be found as individuals anywhere in Germany. Now as in every population there are mixing, thus Nordic-Alpinids are common, especially in central and eastern Germans populations. Nordic- Palaeolithics are very common in the north, this type is as blond as the Nordic, but broader featured. Slavs also brought another type known as the Osteuropid, which is somewhat blonder-haired than the Nordic, with more grayish-colored eyes found mostly in northeastern parts, but is in the minority. Thus a whole Germans belong more to the blond regions of Europe than brunets. The very tall, medium-build, hook-nosed, brunet-complexioned, dark-eyed Germans are also found especially in the south and are slightly more common than the Osteuropid ones. Nevertheless Germans are by far predominantly Northern European (60-80%) in physical traits, the rest Central European.

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West Germanic = German, Dutch, English, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Yola (extinct branch of middle English)

North Germanic = Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

East Germanic (extinct branch) = Vandalic, Burgundian, Crimean Gothic.

See the links below for more information.

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There is no word meaning kindle in German.

UNLESS, you're from southwestern Germany and call a child Kindle. Kind means child, and the local dialect/accent/slang (whatever you'd technically call it) adds "le" at the end of words to make them cute. Like "chen" in German or "ito" in Spanish.

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Fasching is not strictly - or legally - a holiday. Fasching (derived from the word Fastnacht - night of fasting) traditionally began in German speaking countries on January 6 (Epiphany) and lasted until Ash Wednesday. Since the 19th Century the Fasching period (also known as the fifth season) has been extended backwards to start on 11 November at 11 minutes past 11 (11/11, 11:11) to include the carnevals that take place in northern Germany.

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Sonntag (masculine, der Sonntag) is the German word for Sunday. It is the last day of the week in the German calendar, which begins with Monday.

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The German word for the compass direction "east" is "osten".

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Litterally translated the German word for east is "Ost".

But, according to the sense of a sentence it can become "Osten".

Please look at the following examples:

1 -The house is exposed to the east: das Haus liegt nach Osten;

2 -The border between east and West: die Grenze zwischen Ost und West;

3 -The people of east: die Voelker des Ostens;

4 -Coming from East: aus dem ostens kommen;

5 - East Berlin: Ost Berlin.

It's (roughly) somewhat like in English:

1 - The eastern exposed house.

2 - The line between of eastern and western border

3 - The eastern people.

5 - The eastern Berlin.

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Andreas

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they participate in clubs

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Karlsruhe, Kaiserslautern, Kassel, Koblenz, Köln, Kempten, ...

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The colours represent the Uniforms of the Lützow Freikorps.The Lützower Freikorps were fighters to free Germany from napoleons occupation. Those fighters were mostly students.

They had black uniforms with red borders and golden buttons.

Those students made flags with the colors black, red and gold in order to demonstrate for freedom and democracy.

Those colors became the symbol of Germany's uprising.

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If you mean the German word for to cook then it is pronounce koo-chen where the ch is in the throat like the ch in loch.

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Oktoberfest was first celebrated in Munich, Germany. The first festival was to publicly celebrate the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen with a horse race. It was so sucessful that they decided to celebrate it again the next year, and it eventually became the yearly event that it is today.

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Only about 40,000-60,000 Danish speak German.

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It could mean pure deer but things change over hundreds of years.

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A man who killed his family and himself

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Generally beer steins are not worth very much. They can be bought in an American department store for about fifteen dollars.

If you have a beer stein made out of precious metal or gems or if it celebrates a particular event it might be worth more.

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'Lost' is the exact meaning of the german word ' Verloren' .

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Sitz Preuss Akad Wiss is a shortened version of the title of the journal Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin Proceedings of the Prussian Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin

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Germans tend to like action, drama and comedies. They watch more American films than any other.

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Midnight is the English translation.