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Is French or German favored in Luxembourg?

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As Facebook would say “It's complicated”. And as Frau Röll said also - “what language to use depends strongly on context”. French is the language of the upper classes, the more elderly, and of the law - laws are written in French. read more

If the people you are talking to are better in French than in German, then French is favored, if they are better in German, then German is favored. Indeed, people in Luxembourg are rather flexible in using different languages and switching from one to another. read more

German, to which Luxembourgish is closely related, followed by French, the language of state, followed by English, the language of international business , and way, way down the list, Dutch. read more

Furthermore, this law recognised the three languages of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish, French and German) as administrative languages. French remains the language of legislation, due to the application of the Napoleonic civil code in Luxembourg. read more

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