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0 pointshappymellon3y ago0 comments

The German central bank is The Deutsche Bundesbank,which literally means "German Federal Bank" not "Bank of Germany".

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Also regarding the putative "Bank of Germany" – in German "Deutsche Bank" (literally "German Bank") sounds more natural than "Bank von Deutschland" (if you literally translate "Bank of Germany"), and there actually is a "Deutsche Bank", but it is a private entity (and always has been).

happymellonOP3y ago

Indeed, which is why I found it very odd that the two people who tried to argue that it is common then used Germany.

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iggldiggl3y ago

happymellonOP3y ago

Indeed, which is why I found it very odd that the two people who tried to argue that it is common then used Germany.

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