for you ethnic identity is defining, for me, a broad regional

come on Brett

even Hitler didnt dispute that Germans are of mixed origin

how many German noblemen were of

Slavic origin

what about wends

sorbs

poles in germany

do you know how deep in german territory cape of Arkona was

even the word "Germany" is merly an english term

what about alpine, nordic germans

The German word "Deutsche"

is entirely different connotation

How old is "Deutsche" identity ?

or French ?

"POLES HAVE MIXED GENETICS" so do Germans, therefore

Point is, Polish identity is older than "Deutsche" identity

how can that be

germans were in germany at the times of greeks and roman and probably long before

duh

slavs are a recent incursion

Germans do not call them self Germans

but Deutsche

in german

we're speaking english

as ar as "germanic' is concerned, Belgians are also Germanic, and so are French

and Swiss

ancient Germans (Teutons, Marcomanii, Tigurini, Nervi, Belgae)

are not *directly* related to contemporary Germans

and even less they have connection to contemporary German (Deutch) identity

even though of course, they are racially close since they were Indo-Europeans who lived in Western Europe prior to another invasion of Indo-Europeans (Goths, Slavs, etc....)

goths were germans

the true heirs of poland

anyway you think modern germans are not direct descendants of ancient germans, don't see any evidence for that

some other tribes have been assimilated

into germanity

The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ("the German lands") is derived from deutsch (cf. dutch), *descended from Old High German diutisc "popular" (i.e. belonging to the diot or diota "people"), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants*

so much about it

The Germans themselves I should regard as aboriginal, and not mixed at all with other races through immigration or intercourse.

Tacitus

good now add everything that happened after Tacitus