German

"Kraut" is an offensive derogatory term, so no, I don't think they like it much. "Dutch" refers to another nationality altogether, so they probably don't appreciate that either.

I think that the best thing to call German people are "German".

Re: German


I suppose, you can call us so - or with any other name.

But do we really like it? Well, Dutch is the (Englsih) name for the citizens of The Netherlands.

'Kraut' in German means 'cabbage'.
'Fritz' is short for Friedrich, a christian name.
Teuton is a member of the Germanic tribe of the Teutons .... or a member of a football (soccer) club, since 'Teutonia' is like 'Borussia' (the latter related to another Germanic tribe) to be found quite often sport-related. ....

[Terms of disparagement in English during WWII used by British troops were ?'Jerry' and ?'Fritz' in the British army and navy, and ?'Hun' in the RAF. Canadian and American troops generally preferred ?'Heinie,' ?'Kraut' or Fritz.
Boche is a French slang word for ?'rascal' first applied to German soldiers during World War One, and borrowed during the early years of that conflict into British English.]

As phoenix said: 'German' is quite correct as a word for us.

Because a German-speaking German would refer to himself as "Deutsch," Americans have traditionally referred to them as Dutchmen, even though that name also applied to the denizens of Holland.

I like referring to them as Dutchmen because i enjoy being obtuse.

Yes.

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Ask Phoenix, she's head of that department here