Because Holland isn't a country, so we just call them Dutch instead. A better question would be why do we call them the German word for German when they aren't Germans. The answer is that they sounded a lot like Germans when they immigrated to the America's, and we thought it was a funny insult. They call themselves "Lowlanders" (Netherlanders).
Because Holland isn't a country, so we just call them Dutch instead. A better question would be why do we call them the German word for German when they aren't Germans. The answer is that they sounded a lot like Germans when they immigrated to the America's, and we thought it was a funny insult. They call themselves "Lowlanders" (Netherlanders).
A better question would be why do we call them the German word for German when they aren't Germans.
Because they called themselves "deutsch"?
>A better question would be why do we call them the German word for German when they aren't Germans.
Because they called themselves "deutsch"?
They don't though. Only English speakers call them Dutch, they do not call themselves that. That was my whole point - "Dutch" is the German word for German. It was a misunderstanding/insult that lead to the modern English term of "Dutch".
They don't though. Only English speakers call them Dutch, they do not call themselves that. That was my whole point - "Dutch" is the German word for German. It was a misunderstanding/insult that lead to the modern English term of "Dutch".
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