Are Dutch people Germans?
Are Canadian’s American? As someone who claims they are Dutch (although I would call you Canadian of Dutch descent and certainly not Dutch) then I am surprised to see this question. Nevertheless, if you look at history we are all descendents of the same tribe originally – namely the “human being” tribe if this is the argument used to justify origin. I will just simply confirm that no, being Dutch does not mean being German. Two separate countries, two different cultures, two different languages, two separate histories, etc Here is a link to the basics including history that it might be helpful for you to read in order to learn about your heritage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands⦠and an explantation of what the term “germanic” means (which is what I think you are refering to) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_pe⦠“On the Eu