Interesting Facts About The German Language

1. German is spoken not only in Germany
German is the most widely spoken language in the European Union – ahead of Spanish, French and even English. It is the official language in Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein and one of the official languages in Switzerland and Luxembourg. German ranks 11th in the list of the most widely spoken languages in the world.

2. All nouns are capitalized
In German, nouns are capitalized. Unlike English, this rule applies not only to proper names; there are no exceptions. did you know that German nouns have three genders and the first printed book was written in German?

3. German has a unique letter
German uses the Latin alphabet. It has, however, an additional consonant: the ß, called "Eszett". The letter never stands at the beginning of the word and, following a long vowel or diphtong, takes the form of a double-s.

4. Words that exist only in German
Some terms exist in no other language. For example, "fremdschämen" refers to shame felt on another person’s behalf. And "Fernweh" (having the travel bug, lusting after adventure) is the opposite of “Heimweh (homesickness).

5 . The longest German word
German is known for endlessly long words. One of the longest is “Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung” (regulation on the delegation of authority concerning land conveyance permissions). This neologism comes from officialese. But no reason to panic: such tapeworm words can almost always be broken down into their more intelligible parts. For example, “Staubsauger” (vacuum cleaner) consists of the words “dust” and “sucking”.

6 . Time is counted with respect to the next hour, rather than the previous one.
If a German tells you that it is halb drei (“half three”), you might assume that it’s 3:30. However, you’d be wrong: in German, you report time by counting the minutes to the next hour, so “half three” means that it’s half an hour until three: in other words, it’s 2:30.

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Interesting Facts About The German Language

1. German is spoken not only in Germany
German is the most widely spoken language in the European Union – ahead of Spanish, French and even English. It is the official language in Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein and one of the official languages in Switzerland and Luxembourg. German ranks 11th in the list of the most widely spoken languages in the world.

You left out Belgium. It is also one of Belgium's 3 official languages.

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You left out Belgium. It is also one of Belgium's 3 official languages.

Thank you
you're very correct. Belgium has German has one of its official languages...