A German Language Question

I didn’t know the Weimar Republik was still officially called ‘Deutsches Reich’. Interesting fact to learn! An empire without an emperor - that’s asking for trouble!

Btw I found an oddity in the infocards too:

The Bundschuh are a populist political faction that has been declared “enemy of the State” by the Rheinland Reichstag.

‘Bundestag’ would be more appropriate, imho.

And I know for 99.99% sure that I (that is to say, Trent) encountered a Rheinlander who spoke of ‘when the Reich will rise again’ or something like it but I cannot find it with FLED-ids.

Oh well, that was years ago and back then I thought playing Freelancer and smoking pot combined very well (especially during those long trade routes), so maybe it was just my imagination * I also thought the commodity dealer at Planet Juno looked really like a human/fish hybrid (I wondered weather DA threw in some of HPL’s Shadow over Innsmouth)

*(I still wouldn’t argue against this opinion. It’s more that my girlfriend won’t allow it )

@ Aigle1707 - Again, interesting to learn! Didn’t know that (about the Reichstag).

Btw the prefix Reichs- also occurs in Dutch in the form of “Rijks-”, meaning (referring to or belong to) the highest national authorities: Rijkspolitie, Rijksweg, Rijksoverheid etc. Sofar I’ve never seen this exploited into a Godwin by the resident anarchist/leftwing protest scene I wonder whether this would change if the Netherlands would become a republic (again). I don’t think anybody feels ‘rijks-’ implies a monarch; at least I don’t.

Yeah Rheinland is indeed modelled after some Pre-WW2 version of Germany, and the other Houses are retro too. A bit weird maybe, but I think DA looked to the European colonization of the Earth, and how places in the new world(s) were often named after those in the familiar old World.

Except for Jupiter, Florida

Skotty. wrote:
For you another one: In english (I think) the military is called “Rheinland Military”. The german term “Rheinwehr” would fit even better, because the name of the german military ever had a “Wehr” in it (Reichswehr, Wehrmacht, Bundeswehr).)

Nice one. I wonder how it’s called in the German version? EDIT: Or do you mean this IS the name used in the German language version?

Btw the genral word for ‘army’ in Afrikaans (the South African language closely related to Dutch, and largely but not exclusively derrived of Dutch) is ‘weermag’

Skotty. wrote:

I think The Ministry of Truth in the campaign was just part of the dictatorship and removed after the end of the Nomad war.

Call your secret Service just “Rheinländischer Nachrichtendienst” (military and civil) or “Rheinländischer Abschirmdienst” (just military).

Thanks, but I already picked Rheinländische Geheimdienst. For some reason, it gives me an impression of Herr Oberinspektor Stephan Derrick in Space

M1C wrote:
You forgot an ‘r’ Rheinländischer Geheimdienst
I hope the spelling is right in the mod

:lol: Yes it is, thanks for the reminder tho