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West Germanic languages
Writing systems Latin script
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About German Language


German is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol, the German-speaking Community of Belgium, and Liechtenstein.

Germany passes law to attract skilled migrant workers amid fierce debate

Germany passes law to attract skilled migrant workers amid fierce debate
Jun 23,2023 12:31 pm

... Criteria will be lowered for salary, educational level and German Language ability...

Baftas 2023 highlights: From the Batmobile to a drunken Pinocchio

Baftas 2023 highlights: From the Batmobile to a drunken Pinocchio
Feb 20,2023 2:41 am

...By Emma SaundersEntertainment reporter German Language war film All Quiet on the Western Front was the big winner at the Baftas on Sunday night, picking up seven awards and The Banshees of Inisherin and Elvis also enjoyed success with four wins apiece at the event, which was held at London s Royal Festival Hall for the first time...

Baseball, power and war - 2022's key words

Baseball, power and war - 2022's key words
Dec 24,2022 8:31 pm

... It can be translated several ways, but roughly means the end of an era and the beginning of a new one Nominated by: The Society for the German Language Why? following Russia s invasion of Ukraine...

John le Carré: the politicians love the chaos - it gives you power'

John le Carré: the politicians love the chaos - it gives you power'
Feb 16,2020 7:07 am

... funny, it is a word that is used more in the German Language than our own these days...

Olga Tokarczuk, and Peter Handke to win the Nobel prize for literature for the year 2018 and 2019

Olga Tokarczuk, and Peter Handke to win the Nobel prize for literature for the year 2018 and 2019
Feb 16,2020 7:01 am

... Handke s praise and controversy, Handke was met by protests when he received the International Ibsen Award in Oslo in 2014 Handke, credited as one of the most thought-provoking writers of the German Language, burst onto the literary scene in the 1960s and has for several decades one of the most influential writers of contemporary Science fiction, the Nobel judges said...

Holocaust: How a US TV series changed Germany

Holocaust: How a US TV series changed Germany
Feb 16,2020 12:42 am

... It brought the horrors of Nazi crimes into people s living rooms and turned the word Holocaust into a commonly-used term in the German Language...

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