German (Standard High German: Deutsch, pronounced [dɔʏ̯t͡ʃ] ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western...

Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in...

In the 21st century, German dialects are dying out as Standard German gains primacy. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called...

official language of Germany is German, with over 95 percent of the country speaking Standard German or a dialect of German as their first language. This...

The High German languages (German: hochdeutsche Mundarten, i.e. High German dialects), or simply High German (Hochdeutsch) – not to be confused with Standard...

Pennsilfaanisch), sometimes referred to as Pennsylvania German, is a variation of Palatine German spoken by the Pennsylvania Dutch, including the Amish...

Palatine German (Standard German: Pfälzisch, endonym: Pälzisch) is a group of Rhine Franconian dialects spoken in the Upper Rhine Valley, roughly in the...

since the first ethnically German families settled in the United States in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1608, the German language, dialects, and different traditions...

German Sign Language (German: Deutsche Gebärdensprache, DGS) is the sign language of the deaf community in Germany, Luxembourg and in the German-speaking...

Texas German (German: Texasdeutsch) is a group of German language dialects spoken by descendants of mid-19th century German settlers, Texas Germans. They...

characteristics of Standard German the farther north one goes. In Germany and other European countries, the abstand and ausbau language framework is used to...

Austrian German (German: Österreichisches Deutsch), Austrian Standard German (ASG), Standard Austrian German (Österreichisches Standarddeutsch), Austrian...

multilingual country in which German is recognised as a national language. While English has been the sole official language of the country since 1990, in...

ייִדיש-טײַטש‎, historically also Yidish-Taytsh, lit. 'Judeo-German') is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originates from...

"The Awful German Language" is an 1880 essay by Mark Twain published as Appendix D in A Tramp Abroad. The essay is a humorous exploration of the frustrations...

Swiss German (Standard German: Schweizerdeutsch, Alemannic German: Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart, and others)...

the Council for German Orthography and are referred to as the German Sprachraum (German language area). Since 2004, Meetings of German-speaking countries...

Standard High German (SHG), less precisely Standard German or High German (German: Standardhochdeutsch, Standarddeutsch, Hochdeutsch or, in Switzerland...

led-government in East Germany, German reunification saw the former East German states join the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 October 1990. Germany has been described...

Old High German (OHG; German: Althochdeutsch (Ahdt., Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from...

German language begins in the Early Middle Ages with the High German consonant shift. Old High German, Middle High German, and Early New High German span...

German literature (German: Deutschsprachige Literatur) comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written...

language. This would imply approximately 175–220 million German speakers worldwide. The German language is spoken in a number of countries and territories in...

extinct languages. Proto-West Germanic High German languages Old High German† & Middle High German† Upper German High Franconian East Franconian German South...

Central German or Middle German (German: mitteldeutsche Dialekte, mitteldeutsche Mundarten, Mitteldeutsch) is a group of High German languages spoken from...

Swabian (German: Schwäbisch [ˈʃvɛːbɪʃ] ) is one of the dialect groups of Upper German, sometimes one of the dialect groups of Alemannic German (in the...

since 1938, and as an official language in correspondence with Romansh-speaking citizens since 1996, along with German, French, and Italian. It also has...

national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh. German, French, and Italian maintain equal status as official languages at the...

and then played a major role as the language of science and religion, follows with 6.1%. High German and Low German were influential until the mid-20th...

of German-language philosophers. The following individuals have written philosophical texts in the German language. Many are categorized as German philosophers...