German

Indo-European (Germanic)134 million totalLatin

RegionGermany/Austria/Switzerland

FamilyIndo-European (Germanic)

Speakers134 million total

ScriptLatin

TypeAlphabetic

About German

The most widely spoken first language in the European Union. Known for compound nouns that can be arbitrarily long. Has 3 grammatical genders and 4 cases. The language of philosophy, science, and engineering. Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft is a real word.

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