Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
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
National Language
Germany
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
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
South Africa
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Danke
Thank you
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
How are you?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Good Night
Good Evening
guten Abend
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Good Morning
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
I love you
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Swiss German
American English
Where They Speak
Switzerland
United States of America
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Germany
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Texas German
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Texas
United Kingdom
Native Name
Deutsch
English
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Not Available
French Name
allemand
anglais
German Name
Deutsch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Germans
Not Available
Origin
6th Century AD
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Standard English
Signed Forms
Signed German
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
stan1293
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
German and English 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 German and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and English language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common German Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs English Difficulty
The German vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of German Alphabets and English 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 German and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.