Germany Pres Final

7/31/2019 Germany Pres Final

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Ammarah

Norin Khemani

Geeta

Anila Tooba

Zarmeen


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Bundesrepublik Deutschland


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Brief Introduction of Germany Official Name: Federal Republic of Germany

Capital: Berlin with the population of3,471,756 approx.

Religions: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliatedor other 28.3%

Currency: EURO

It has the world's fourth largest economy by nominal GDP

the fifth largest by purchasing power correspondent

More interestingly there are many extensively varying names ofGermany in different languages, perhaps more than for any other Europeannation


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Names of Germany in

other languages

German Deutschland

French Allemagne

Polish Niemcy

Greek Germania

Indonesian Jerman

Hawaiian Kelemania

Russian Germaniya

Spanish Alemania


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History of Germany


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Germany was came into

being on 18 Januery 1871

after the Franco-Prussian

war. Before 1871 it wasruled by Holy Roman

Empires.

After world war 1 and 2 It

became federal republic on23rd May 1949 at that

time it was the third most

powerful economy in the

world.

It became reunified on 3rd

October 1990and Berlin

was made the capital.


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Religion
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Religion of Germany

Religion and its practice form an important partof the German Constitution.

According to the Constitution of Germany,freedom of faith and religion is guaranteed toevery individual.

Discrimination based on difference of religiousopinion is prohibited by the Constitution.

Germanys main religion is Christianity,dominated by the two strands of RomanCatholicism and Protestantism.

There is a 3.2 per cent minority population ofMuslims in Germany, according to the USDepartment of States report of 2006.

Following Islam in Germany are the minorityreligious communities of Buddhism and Judaism,each with 0.25 per cent of followers. GermanysJewish population is the third largest among thatof the European countries.
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German Language

It is a west Germanic language. related to and classified

alongside English and Dutch.

Estimated 90 to 98 million native speakers.

One of the worlds major language and most widely spoken in

the European union.

Most German vocabulary is derived from the Germanic branch

of the Indo-European language family.


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minorities of words are derived from Latin and Greek, with a

smaller amount from French and English.

Written using Latin alphabets.

In addition to the 26 standard letters.

Has three vowels with umlauts.


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Languages Spoken in

Germany

Minority Languages in

Germany

Danish

Low German

Sorbian

Romany

Frisian

Immigrant languages are

Turkish

Kurdish

Polish

Balkan languages

Russian


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Culture and

Tradition

The culture in Germany has been shaped by major intellectual andadmired current in Europe

Historically Germany is called Das Land der Dichter und Denker

There are 240 subsidized theatres, hundreds of symphonic

orchestras, thousands of museums and over 25,000 libraries spreadin Germany.


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Culture and tradition

The greetings in this culture consist of the most common thehandshake.

The man is to wait until women puts her hand forward before shakingit.

Also crossing someone else's handshake is inappropriate.

Some gestures used in this culture are not chewing gum in public it isinappropriate.

Talking with your hands in your pockets is disrespectful.

Instead of crossing the fingers for good luck they simply squeeze theirthumb.

The dating in Germany is different than that in the United States. Theyeach pay for their own food and entertainment unless a specialoccasion.

Legal marriages are performed by the city hall religious ones areoptional.

Young people may often live together before or instead of marriage .


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Culture and Traditions

Germans are considered to be the masters of planning.

This is a culture that honors forward thinking andknowing what they will be doing at a specific time on a

specific day.

Careful planning, in one's business and personal life,

provides a sense of security.

Rules and regulations allow people to know what is

expected and plan their life accordingly.

Germans believe that maintaining clear lines of

discrimination between people, places, and things is the

surest way to lead a structured and ordered life.

Work and personal lives are rigidly divided.

There is a proper time for every activity. When thebusiness day ends, you are expected to leave the office.

If you remain after normal closing, it indicates that you

did not plan your day properly.


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Etiquettes and Behavior in

Germany

Wish Guten Apetitto the others around you before you startyour meal! That is sure to gain you appreciation! Also say

Prost instead of cheers when you touch your drinks!

Both your hands should be there on the table when you areeating. Do not place your left hand on your lap when you are

eating.

Germans are known for their strict sense of punctuality.

Always be on the promised time!

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Shaking hands is the German way of greeting each other. It is

often important to shake hands with each and every

individual in the group.

Germans are most conscious of their environment. Do not

dare to throw garbage as and where you please.

If you want to call someone just raise your hand with the palm

facing out and only the index finger extended. Waving or

shouting is considered to be impolite.

Do not hesitate to whisper something confidential to the

person sitting beside you. Germans do not consider

whispering to be a rude habit.


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People socializing at a festival in Allgau. German beer, a

favorite beverage, must be made only of water, hops, and

malt.


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German Literature


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Literature comprises those literary(letter) texts written

in the German language.

This includes literature written in Germany,

Austria, the German part of Switzerland,

and to a lesser extent works of the German

Diaspora (people who are of Germanethnicity).

Modern German literature is mostly in

standard German.

some currents of literature influenced to a

greater or lesser degree by dialects(German

tribes).


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Literature

Early German literature started at

the Middle High German period of

the High Middle Ages.

Modern literature begins at authors

of enlightenment such as JOHANNGOTTFRIED HERDER.

It reaches its classical form at the

turn of the 18th century with

Weimar Classicism (Goethe and

Schiller).


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Famous well-

known people

of Germany


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Documents

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