Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Germany
France
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Italian Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
gute Nacht
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
guten Abend
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Bonjour
Please
bitte
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Switzerland
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Swabian German
African French
Where They Speak
Germany
Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Texas
Northeast France, Switzerland
Native Name
Deutsch
français
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Français
French Name
allemand
français
German Name
Deutsch
Französisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Germans
Not Available
Origin
6th Century AD
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Standard French
Signed Forms
Signed German
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
stan1290
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
German and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and French language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common German Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs French Difficulty
The German vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of German Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.
