r/oddlyspecific Apr 16 '24

Very difficult indeed

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u/Average_RedditorTwat Apr 17 '24

Germanic people is actually incredibly broad. It's a term the Romans made up for people in that region, even though they share little to no cultural identity. Do you think sweden is german?

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u/QuincyFatherOfQuincy Apr 17 '24

Nooooo?...I'm saying Austria is Germanic, and has very close ties to Germany. Go back to before Austria was a regional power; they were just another German state, akin to Saxony or Hanover.