Language code: deu
Technical information about ISO 639 language code deu
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The table below provides technical details for the German language, designated by the deu code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official German Native Deutsch |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Low GermanCentral GermanUpper German |
| Related languages | DutchAfrikaansYiddishLuxembourgishWest Frisian |
| Key facts | The German alphabet contains the unique letter ß (Eszett)German nouns are always capitalizedExtremely long compound words are possible, with a record printed word of 79 lettersThe language distinguishes formal vs. informal second-person pronouns (Sie vs. du)Main clauses follow a verb-second order, but subordinate clauses place the verb last. |
| 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 |
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The German language, identified by the code deu, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the German language: deu for terminology purposes and ger for bibliographic uses.
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- 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
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