German language

West Germanic language native to Central Europe

Germanisation, or Germanization, is the spread of the German language, people, and culture. It was a central idea of German conservative thought in the 19th and the 20th centuries, when conservatism and ethnic nationalism went hand in hand. In linguistics, Germanisation of non-German languages also occurs when they adopt many German words.

written and formal spoken German

250px|thumb|Logo in 2017 thumb|upright|', first edition by (1880) The Duden''' () is a dictionary of the Standard High German language, first published by Konrad Duden in 1880, and later by Bibliographisches Institut GmbH, which was merged into Cornelsen Verlag in 2022.

German language writing

characteristic feature of German occurring in another language

thumb|267x267px|Meeting of the Isselburg City Council, [[North Rhine-Westphalia, 2011]] In the Germanosphere, a Stadtrat (city council) is a collegial body appointed to represent or administer a city, or a member of such a body. Similar terms are used in Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Sweden, and other democratic countries. In some German states, Stadtrat also refers to a department head within a city administration.

isogloss separating the Central German dialects (Appel "apple") from the Upper German dialects to the south (Apfel "apple")

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thumb|upright=0.9|Mixed German, English and French in a German department store

languages of a geographic region

German association for the cultivation and research of the German language

REDIRECT Belgrano, Buenos Aires#Belgranodeutsch

Ponaschemu [] is a mixed language that was formed by mixing German and Lower Sorbian. Sometimes it is taken as a dialect of German.

typographical dispute in 19th- and early 20th-century Germany

Helvetisms (Neo-Latin Helvetia "Switzerland" and -ism) are features distinctive of the varieties of language spoken in Switzerland, most notably in Swiss Standard German, where they distinguish it from Standard German. The most frequent Helvetisms in German occur in vocabulary and pronunciation, but there are also some distinctive features in syntax and orthography. The French and Italian spoken in Switzerland have similar terms, which are also known as Helvetisms. Current French dictionaries, such as the Petit Larousse, include several hundred helvetisms.

Alemañol (a portmanteau formed of Spanish words alemán and español) is a mixed language, spoken by Spanish-speakers in German regions, which formed with German and Spanish. It appeared in the 1960s and it is used today by Spaniards, South Americans, and other Latin Americans in German regions. In the same way, it is also spoken by descendants of German settlers in South America, mostly in the Southern Cone. Alemañol is also spoken by South American residents of German descent in native German-speaking countries.

orthography used in writing the German language

1880 essay by Mark Twain

metaphony in Germanic languages, occurring around 450–500, in which vowels are raised or fronted when the following syllable contains /i(ː)/ or /j/; e.g. Engl. foot → feet

thumb|Information sign Bannwald () is a German word used in parts of Germany and Austria to designate an area of protected forest. Its precise meaning has varied by location and over time.

German language spoken by Baltic Germans

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specific version of the German language

Braille alphabet of the German language

West Germanic standard of language, based on High German dialects, was the literary language in the German Democratic Republic

personal names in German-speaking Europe

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'''''' () is a type of Low-German-coloured dialect or sociolect of German. It is characterised by Low-German-type structures and the presence of numerous calques and loanwords from Low German in High German.

Kiezdeutsch () is a variety of German spoken primarily by youth in urban spaces in which a high percentage of the population is multilingual and has an immigration background. Since the 1990s, Kiezdeutsch has come into the public eye as a multiethnic language.