shrug you can say that for any kingdom the germanic concept of a kingdom is not a geographic area it is a political area defined by folks not acres the area often a latin term will always be an informal shorthand for a collection of dominions of barons owing allegiance to a king east franks are a folk germany is an area lombards are a folk italy is an area etc the kingdom of germany refers to the collection of barons in the area that once constituted the lands of the east franks and their subject tribes swabians bavarians saxons thuringians etc which by the th th c is now settled down into large duchies the royal duchy of franconia plus swabia bavaria saxony etc this specific collection of barons acclaim their king who is crowned in aachen usually by the archbishop of mainz almost always this is the king of germany and the area these barons cover we can call the kingdom of germany there really is no term more convenient to call him or it