Dive into the impossible and fascinating world of the German language with our list of linguistic fun facts. read more
There exist also some German enclaves, i.e. language islands within another country with a different language, e.g. Ruitzhof, Mützenich and parts of Lammersdorf and Rotgen in Belgium (east of Aachen), Büsingen in Switzerland (weird: Germans hardly understand the Büsingen dialect). read more
Keep reading to learn some of the top interesting facts about German. Image via Jürgen Matern / Wikipedia. German is the most-spoken mother tongue in Europe. Globally, German is the 11th most-spoken language, with about 90 million native speakers. read more
German is the most widely taught third language across the world. German remains the language with the most native speakers in Europe. Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein have German as the official language. read more