Language code: de
Technical information about ISO 639 language code de
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The table below provides technical details for the German language, designated by the de code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official German Native Deutsch |
| Family | Germanic |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Plural rules | |
| Language varieties | Low GermanCentral GermanUpper German |
| Related languages | DutchAfrikaansYiddishLuxembourgishEnglish |
| Key facts | Uses the unique letter 'ß' alongside the umlauted vowels 'ä', 'ö', and 'ü'Allows virtually unlimited noun compounding, leading to very long wordsRetains four grammatical cases (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive)All nouns are capitalized regardless of their position in a sentenceHas contributed a large body of vocabulary to scientific, philosophical, and musical discourse worldwide. |
| Sample phrase | Hallo, wie geht es dir? |
| Character encodings | ISO 8859-1, ISO 8859-15, Windows 1252, CP 437, CP 850, MacRoman, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 |
| Supported in Localizely |
German belongs to the Indo-European language family, more precisely to the Germanic subgroup. It is officially used in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. Additionally, it is recognized as a minority language in several countries, including Denmark and Poland. It is written using the Latin script (German alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 95 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of German speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
de-AT – German (Austria)
de-BE – German (Belgium)
de-CH – German (Switzerland)
de-DE – German (Germany)
de-IT – German (Italy)
de-LI – German (Liechtenstein)
de-LU – German (Luxembourg)
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- Localization workflow
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- Professional translation services
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- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
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- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ