Language code: ger
Technical information about ISO 639 language code ger
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The table below provides technical details for the German language, designated by the ger 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 | DutchLuxembourgishYiddishAfrikaansWest Frisian |
| Key facts | German employs three grammatical genders and four noun casesThe alphabet includes the unique letter ß (Eszett)Words can be concatenated to create extremely long compound nounsGerman shares roughly 60 % lexical similarity with EnglishMajor spelling reforms were introduced in 1996 and revised in 2006 |
| 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 ger, 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: ger for bibliographic purposes and deu for terminology uses.
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