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human
ELI5: Why is the language of the Netherlands called "Dutch" and German not called "Dutch" since that is an Anglicization of "Deutsch", the German word for the German language?
gpt
The word deutsch (and dutch) originaly included both Dutch and german and the differences between german dialects were comparable to the difference between Dutch and german back then. Since England had more trade and contact with the Netherlands and flanders these were the Dutch they knew. When the german language started unifying they called that language (and eventually the country) by another name.