Is Germany a Nordic or Norse country?

I have read up on the Teutonic Order and people claimed they were "Nordic". Yet, modern Germany is not counted among the Nordic countries. Is this because of Germany's location? Also is Germany ethnically Norse? Is there even a ethnicity of Nordic people or is that a term simply to describe Northern people? I understand that Germany and Scandinavia are both Germanic and worshiped similar God's back in the day. So us Germany in anyway Norse/Nordic?