German language, German Deutsch, official language of both Germany and Austria and one of the official languages of Switzerland. German belongs to the West Germanic group of the Indo-European language family, along with English, Frisian, and Dutch (Netherlandic, Flemish). The recorded history of Germanic languages begins with their speakers’ first contact with the …
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German 1 of 4 noun (1) Ger· man ˈjər-mən 1 a : a native or inhabitant of Germany b : a person of German descent c : one whose native language is German and who is a native of a country …
The Germans used to say, "German language, difficult language," and there is some truth to that. Mastering the grammar requires a lot of effort, time, patience and most importantly, practice. Some of the topics that create problems for English speakers are the four different cases , the three noun genders , the distinct verb forms according to person and tense , and sentence …
German / ( ˈdʒɜːmən) / noun the official language of Germany and Austria and one of the official languages of Switzerland; the native language of approximately 100 million people. It is an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch, closely related to English and Dutch.
german ( ˈdʒɜːmən) adj 1. (Genetics) (used in combination) a. having the same parents as oneself: a brother-german. b. having a parent that is a brother or sister of either of one's own parents: cousin-german. 2. a less common word for germane [C14: via Old French germain, from Latin germānus of the same race, from germen sprout, offshoot] German
Germany, officially Federal Republic of Germany, German Deutschland or Bundesrepublik Deutschland, country of north-central Europe, traversing the continent’s main physical divisions, from the outer ranges of the Alps northward across the varied landscape of the Central German Uplands and then across the North German Plain.
German is one of the major languages of the world. It is the most spoken native language within the European Union. German is also widely taught as a foreign language, especially in continental Europe, where it is the third most taught foreign language (after English and French), and the United States. The language has been influential in the fields of philosophy, theology, science, …