Topic summary
German philology
Extracted from the Wikipedia article German studies.
Common names for "German Studies" for the field within German-speaking countries are Germanistik, Deutsche Philologie, and Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft und Literaturwissenschaft. In English, the terms Germanistics or Germanics are sometimes used (mostly by German-speakers), but the subject is more often referred to as simply German studies, German language and literature, or German philology. Academics who specialize in German studies are referred to as Germanists.