German
de · Deutsch
German (de) is written in the Latin script and has an estimated 141.9M speakers. It is an official language in Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Belgium. CLDR has 8 locales for it.
Native nameDeutsch
ScriptLatinLatn
Speakers141.9Mestimated
Countries27
Locales8
Plural forms2one, other
Overview
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | Official | 100% |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | Official | 97% |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | Official | 91% |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | Official | 76% |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 71% | |
| 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | Official | 63% |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | Official (regional) | 47% |
| 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 42% | |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | Official | 22% |
| 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 22% | |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | Official (regional) | 19% |
| 🇫🇮 Finland | 18% | |
| 🇭🇺 Hungary | 18% | |
| 🇨🇿 Czechia | 15% | |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 14% | |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 9% | |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 8% | |
| 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 6.4% | |
| 🇫🇷 France | 5% | |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 5% | |
| 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 2.9% | |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 1.6% | |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 1.2% | |
| 🇳🇦 Namibia | 0.9% | |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 0.84% | |
| 🇺🇸 United States | 0.47% | |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | 0.21% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| one | 1 |
| other | 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, … |