Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Germany
Portugal
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Como você está?
Good Night
gute Nacht
boa noite
Good Evening
guten Abend
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
boa Tarde
Good Morning
guten Morgen
bom Dia
Sorry
Verzeihung
pesaroso
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Brazil
Dialect 2
Swabian German
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Germany
Portugal
Dialect 3
Texas German
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Texas
Daman and Diu
Native Name
Deutsch
Português
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Português
French Name
allemand
portugais
German Name
Deutsch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Germans
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
6th Century AD
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Signed German
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
port1283
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
German and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Portuguese language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common German Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Portuguese Difficulty
The German vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of German Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.