Nothing in the German Constitution says that German is our official language. Henning Lobin makes the case for a constitutional amendment to enshrine its social function, though not as a symbol of the ...

How does one find one's way around the rules of the German language, where do new words come from, and what are the most important changes in the use of the language - for example, due to ...

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Language is constantly changing and adapting. For the German language, one of the most significant moments of change came 25 years ago with the introduction of the German spelling reform. The ...

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Long before English became the lingua franca in Europe, another language was already making its mark on the German-speaking world. France was long revered as the cultural, educational and diplomatic ...