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 ...

So you have decided to improve your German language skills by taking a German course at a Goethe-Institut? We want to make sure that you find the type of on-site course that best suits your needs and ...

"Emoji" is now a German word, as are "Darknet" and "Tablet." The official dictionary of the German language, the Duden, is getting an update, adding 5,000 new words taken from contemporary society.

On 8 October in Berlin, the president of the Goethe-Institut Klaus-Dieter Lehmann opened a conference series of the Goethe-Institut’s Europanetzwerk Deutsch on the topic of multilingualism. By ...

German texts are increasingly using symbols like asterisks and colons for more inclusive language. However, Bavaria's conservative government in southern Germany ...

Students should learn German before traveling to Germany, as it facilitates university admissions, visa applications, job ...

Neil MacGregor focuses on the things that bind Germans together, beginning with the story of how Luther created the modern German language by translating the Bible. Show more Neil MacGregor continues ...