The first of these branches survives in modern Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Icelandic, all of which are descended from Old Norse.
The Germanic languages are traditionally subdivided into three branches, North Germanic, East Germanic, and West Germanic. German is an Indo-European language and belongs to the West Germanic group of the Germanic languages. The Germanic languages in contemporary Europe Some of these non-standard varieties have become recognized and protected by regional or national governments. It is also notable for its broad spectrum of dialects, with many varieties existing in Europe and other parts of the world. German is a pluricentric language the three standardized variants are German, Austrian, and Swiss Standard High German. The majority of its vocabulary derives from the ancient Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family, while a smaller share is partly derived from Latin and Greek, along with fewer words borrowed from French and Modern English. German is an inflected language, with four cases for nouns, pronouns, and adjectives (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative) three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter) and two numbers (singular, plural). The German-speaking countries are ranked fifth in terms of annual publication of new books, with one-tenth of all books (including e-books) in the world being published in German. It is the second most commonly used scientific language and among the most widely used languages on websites. The language has been influential in the fields of philosophy, theology, science, and technology. 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. It is the most spoken native language within the European Union. German is one of the major languages of the world. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish.
It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. German ( Deutsch, pronounced ( listen)) is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Central Europe. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Totalling 285 varieties: 52-ACB-daa to 52-ACB-i (Orthography regulated by the Council for German Orthography) ĥ2-ACB-h ( émigré German varieties, including 52-ACB-hc ( Hutterite German) & 52-ACB-he ( Pennsylvania German etc.) Russia ( Azovo German National District).
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