German vs. Aryan — What's the Difference?

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Germany or its people.

Aryan or Arya (; Indo-Iranian *arya) is a term originally used as an ethnocultural self-designation by Indo-Iranians in ancient times, in contrast to the nearby outsiders known as 'non-Aryan' (*an-arya). In Ancient India, the term ā́rya was used by the Indo-Aryan speakers of the Vedic period as an endonym (self-designation) and in reference to a region known as Āryāvarta ('abode of the Aryas'), where the Indo-Aryan culture emerged.

Of or relating to the German language.

Indo-Iranian.

A native or inhabitant of Germany.

A member of the people who spoke the parent language of the Indo-European languages. No longer in technical use.

A person of German ancestry.

A member of any people speaking an Indo-European language. No longer in technical use.

Any of the West Germanic languages and dialects spoken or originating in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, especially standard High German.

In Nazism and neo-Nazism, a non-Jewish Caucasian, especially one of Nordic type, supposed to be part of a master race.

Having the same mother and father; a full (brother or sister).

One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindu Kush and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindu, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic.

Being born to one’s blood aunt or uncle, a first (cousin).

The language of the original Aryans.

(obsolete) Closely related, akin.

A non-Jewish caucasian of Nordic stock; - a classification used by Nazis, having no anthropological basis.

(obsolete) A near relative.

Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.

An elaborate round dance, often with a waltz movement.

(according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)

A social party at which the german is danced.

A member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European

Nearly related; closely akin.

Of or relating to the former Indo-European people;

Of or pertaining to Germany.

A native or one of the people of Germany.

The German language.

A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures.

A person of German nationality

The standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Germany or its people or language;

Of a more or less German nature; somewhat German;