German

E9053

West Germanic language standardized language

German is a West Germanic language widely spoken in Central Europe and used as an official language in several countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.

Aliases (6)

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	West Germanic language → standardized language →
branch	West Germanic languages →
closelyRelatedTo	Dutch → English → Yiddish →
coOfficialLanguageOf	Belgium → Luxembourg → Switzerland →
hasCase	accusative → dative → genitive → nominative →
hasDialectGroup	Alemannic German → Bavarian → Central German → High German → Low German → Upper German →
hasFeature	extensive use of compound words →
hasGrammaticalGender	feminine → masculine → neuter →
hasNumber	plural → singular →
hasRegulator	Council for German Orthography →
hasScript	German orthography →
hasStandardForm	Standard German →
historicalAncestor	Old High German →
historicalStage	Middle High German →
ISO639-1Code	de →
ISO639-2Code	deu → ger →
ISO639-3Code	deu →
languageFamily	Indo-European languages →
modernStage	New High German →
officialLanguageOf	Austria → Belgium → Germany → Liechtenstein → Luxembourg → South Tyrol (Italy) → Switzerland →
primaryWordOrder	SVO in main clauses →
region	Austria → Belgium → Central Europe → Germany → Liechtenstein → Luxembourg → South Tyrol → Switzerland →
statusInEU	official language of the European Union →
subfamily	Germanic languages →
usedIn	European Union institutions →
usesDiacritics	umlaut (ä, ö, ü) →
usesSpecialCharacter	Eszett (ß) →
wordOrder	SOV in subordinate clauses →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (97)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aarau → Bavaria → Biel/Bienne → Blaustein → East Belgium → Fribourg → German-speaking Belgium → German-speaking Community → Goethe-Institut → Heidelberg → Legal Service (European Commission) → Liechtenstein → Luxembourg → Mondorf-les-Bains → Saarland → Schlieren → Seibersdorf → Sierre → Third Reich → Upper Austria → Winterthur →	officialLanguage
Alexis ("German language") → Emil → Isidore ("German language") → Maximilian ("German language") → Nicholas ("German language") → Timothy ("German language") → Wolfram →	hasLanguageOfUse
AN → Baltic Germans → German-speaking Switzerland → Germans ("German language") → Görlitz → Northern Germany → On Certainty →	language
Estonian language ("German language") → Romani language ("German language") → Silesian language ("German language") → South Guelderish → Wisconsin English ("German language") →	influencedBy
Nauruan → Romanian language ("German language") → Yapese →	hasLoanwordsFrom
Ellen ("German language") → Leon ("German language") → Peter ("German language") →	isUsedIn
Charles → Ernst → Wilhelm →	languageOfUse
Baltic Germans → German Brazilians →	ethnicOrigin
AEV → Saxony-Anhalt →	hasOfficialLanguage
Cartas de Relación → The Zahir →	hasTranslation
Diana ("German language") → Naomi ("German language") →	usedIn
Kraftt → Rubin →	usedInLanguage
Council for German Orthography ("German language") →	appliesToLanguage
Khoe languages ("German (in Namibia)") →	areContactWith
South Guelderish →	borderDialectOf
RdR ("German_language") →	domain
German-speaking Europe ("German language") →	hasDominantLanguage
Haskalah →	hasLanguage
Romandy →	hasMinorityLanguage
Pomerania →	hasOfficialLanguageHistorically
German-speaking Switzerland →	hasOfficialLanguageStatus
Franziska ("German language") →	hasOrigin
Alsace →	hasRegionalLanguage
German ("Standard German") →	hasStandardForm
Lachians ("German language") →	historicalLanguageContact
Irminonic languages ("Standard German") →	includes
West Germanic languages ("German language") →	includesLanguage
Old High German ("Modern German") →	influenced
Triestine Venetian dialect ("German language") →	isDistinctFrom
André →	isUsedInLanguage
Drava →	languageOfAlternativeName
Charles Philip of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("German language") →	languageOfEthnicGroup
Q source (hypothetical) →	languageOfName
kingdom of ends →	languageOfOrigin
Hilbert problems →	languageOfPresentation
Spirit (Hegelian) →	languageOfTerm
Lars Johanson →	languageOfWork
Mikhail Lomonosov →	languageSpoken
Bixby →	languageSupport
Lorraine →	languageTradition
Swahili language ("German language") →	lexicalInfluenceFrom
Kiunguja →	lexifierInfluence
German-speaking Community →	nativeLanguage
Germans ("Deutsch") →	nativeLanguageName
Sorbian languages ("German language") →	neighboringLanguageEnvironment
Austrians →	officialLanguageOfCountry
Auftragstaktik →	originalLanguage
Königsberg ("German language") →	primaryHistoricalLanguage
Central German languages ("Standard German") →	standardVarietyOf
European Council →	usesWorkingLanguage