German is spoken as the official or co-official language in 7 European countries with a combined population of approximately 119 million.
Many people don't realize that German is the most widely spoken language in Europe
German is a key language in the European Union.
Germany is a leading international business force, which has invested extensively in the emerging economies of Eastern Europe.
German is the language of business in central and Eastern Europe.
German is a leading language of science, business, literature, philosophy, theology, history, music and art. Becoming acquainted with artists, composers, scientists and great thinkers and their contributions to the world is doubly rewarding if done through their language.
Goethe, Freud, Einstein, Bach, Plank, Leibnitz, Nietzsche, Kant, Schiller, Kafka, Jung, Dürer, Luther, Brecht, Beethoven and Kepler all wrote in German. Wouldn't it be neat to read them in the original?
German continues to be an important academic language. One out of every ten books published in the world is in German.
Political scientists predict that a unified Germany will play a central geopolitical role in the international community of the 21st century.
German and English are both Germanic languages. Knowledge of one helps with the other.
Almost two hundred of the most common English words are German.
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The capital is the city of Vienna on the Danube River
