Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Germany
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Europe
Minority Language
South Africa
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Not Available
Council for German Orthography
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Not Available
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Latin
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
Danke
How Are You?
How are you?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Good Night
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Good Evening
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Good Morning
Good Morning
guten Morgen
I Love You
I love you
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
American English
Swiss German
Where They Speak
United States of America
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Germany
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Texas German
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Texas
Native Name
English
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Not Available
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
anglais
allemand
German Name
Englisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Germans
Origin
5th Century AD
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1293
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
52-ABA
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
English and German Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and German language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common English Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs German Difficulty
The English vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and German Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.
