German is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. It is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken first language in the European Union. Globally, German is spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers and by about 80 million non-native speakers. Standard German is taught widely in schools and universities worldwide.
Mark Twain's thoughts on the German language.
Useful German words:
THANK YOU - DANKE SCHON
GOOD MORNING/AFTERNOON/EVENING - GUTEN MORGEN/TAG/ABEND
GOODBYE - AUF WIEDERSEHEN
DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH? - SPRECHEN SIE ENGLISCH?
I DON'T SPEAK GERMAN - ICH SPRECHE KEIN DEUTSCH
I NEED A BEER - ICH BRAUCHE EIN BIER
BURG - FORTRESS
BERG - MOUNTAIN
SCHLOSS - CASTLE
PALAST - PALACE
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