Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Council for German Orthography
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- 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
Czech Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Danke
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
guten Tag
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
guten Morgen
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Texas German
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
slovenčina
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
slovaque
allemand
German Name
Slowakisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Germans
Origin
6th Century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovak
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
slov1269
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Slovak 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 Slovak and German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and German language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs German Difficulty
The Slovak vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.