Deutsch's the German language word for German (adjective). Deutsche are Germans, while [eine] Deutsche/[ein] Deutscher's [a] German (female and male forms, respectively). Etymologically, the word originates from the Old High German word diutisc (from diot "people"), referring to the Germanic "language of the people" as opposed to Latin, the language of the learned (see also theodiscus). Only later did the word come to refer to the people who spoke the language. The word Dutch's a variant form, w… (More on Deutsch)