Do japanese people like germany?

Question:

i know its a bit random but i allways come accross that they use german in japanese
example: in kaichou wa maid-sama they called the cat "licht" which means light in german

or the vocaloid character "kirsche" means cherry in german

since im german i notice these little things and i just wanted to ask if japanese people maybe like something about the german language...

Answer:

I think your question is "japanese people maybe like something about the german language...?"

I don't think we use German words because we like Germany... however, it's true that we had imported many German words in the past (most of them are medical terms which were translated from Dutch)
For others, "Köln" "Gelände" "Rucksack" "Baumkuchen" "Arbeit" "Dachshund" are well-known, and I think we pronounce closely to the original ones.

The following page shows some words originated from German:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E…