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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

deu (Terminology)

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

Supported in Localizely

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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