Germanic is the floorboard of the ancient Romans, which refers to the barbaric and uncivilized tribes who speak similar languages outside the northeast border of the Roman civilization world, on the east bank of the Rhine River and on the north bank of the Danube, that is, today's Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Denmark and southern Sweden. Germanic is a foreign name
German originated from the ancient highland German, that is, a word spoken by Germanic people living in central and southern Germany from the 5th century to the10th century, which means people's. After the rise of German national consciousness, this word was used to refer to the German nation. Germans are not necessarily Germans, because before Germany appeared, there were many countries made up of Germans. Even today, Germans may be Austrian or Swiss. But there is no doubt that Germans must be Germans.
Differences and connections between Germans and Germans;
The Germanic nation is not a race or a nation, but a culture or place name, similar to the East Asian nation, the American nation and the Chinese nation. Germanic means a lot more than Germany. Germans are a mixture of many races. In Hitler's era, these mixed-race nationalities, western European nationalities, eastern European nationalities and Indians in Germany were collectively called Aryans. Germans are part of Aryans, and Germans are part of Germans, but it doesn't mean that all Germans belong to Germans. Hitler divided Germans into five different races, including the alpine race with brown and black hair, the Nordic race with the least population and the Mediterranean race with black hair.
The Germans were all ethnic groups living in Germania during the Roman Empire. The original meaning of Germany is "ordinary people". They use a variety of ordinary people's languages that can't communicate with each other and have different characters. The original meaning of German is "the language of ordinary people". After the fall of the Roman Empire, Germany once belonged to the Frankish Kingdom with Italy and France. The Frankish kingdom is called the largest Germanic kingdom after ancient Rome. Because the main ethnic group in West Germany is Germanic Alamanni, the ancient Romans called Germany Germanic. After the reunification of Germany, the British now renamed the Germans as Germans according to Latin and ancient French, while the Germans called themselves Germans.
The area where Germany is located is the most widely known area of ancient Germanic activities, so it is called Germania by the Romans, and because Germany is the largest Germanic country, it is often called Germanic by some countries. This is the predecessor of the Germans. The word Germany means "people", as opposed to "Frank", who at that time referred to the Frankish aristocrats in the upper echelons of the empire.
To sum up, the early Germans were actually Scandinavians, but most of them migrated from their Scandinavian hometown. Germans are a new group separated from Scandinavians by Frankization.