Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Council for German Orthography
  
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
hallo
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
bitte
  
Sorry
scuze
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
La revedere
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Germany
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
Română
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
allemand
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Germans
  
Origin
1521
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Romanian 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 Romanian and German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and German language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs German Difficulty
The Romanian vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.