Ghi chú Tên gọi Đức

  1. Diutisc or similar, from Proto-Germanic *Þeudiskaz, meaning "of the people", "of the folk"
  2. While the Bulgarian name of the country belongs to the second category, the demonym is "немски" (nemski), belonging to the fifth category
  3. While the Italian name of the country belongs to the second category, the demonym is tedesco, belonging to the first category
  4. The common demonym in Romanian is german, but the term nemţesc can be heard too, though it is sometimes used to refer to Dutch instead.
  5. While the Russian name of the country belongs to the second category, the demonym is "немецкий" (nemetskiy), belonging to the fifth category
  6. Němьcь 'a foreigner, lit. a mute, e.g. who doesn't speak Slavonic' or unlikely from the name of the ancient Nemetes tribe. See below.
  7. Possibly from the name of the Scandinavian Vagoth tribe or a Baltic word meaning "speak" or "war cry"