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What countries speak German?

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What countries speak German?

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Germany, Switzerland and Austria are often cited as the main countries that speak German, while a good number of German speakers can also be found in Lichtenstein (a microstate), Belgium (most Belgians speak Dutch or French, about 10% speak German) and Luxembourg (as a second language). Most members of Namibia’s white population speak German as a native language as well. German is also traditionally associated with some Jewish communities of the Russian Federation as well as ethnic Germans in the Czech Republic, Poland and parts of the former Austro-Hungarian empire such as Romania and Hungary. Remember that German actually has the most native speakers of any language within the EU and has the second most total speakers after English. German also has more total speakers on a global scale than French, a statistic some find surprising.

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Official language / Majority language // Partially official Liechtenstein / Germany (besides locally Sorbian, Frisian, and Danish) Austria (besides locally Slovene, Croatian, and Hungarian) Switzerland (besides French, Italian and Rumantsch) Luxembourg (besides French and Luxembourgish, the latter being a standardised High German dialect) //Denmark – recognized minority language in the former South Jutland County Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy //Czech Republic //Hungary (Danube Swabians) //Romania (Transylvania and Banat Swabians)

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Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, most of Switzerland and Luxembourg. In addition, many other countries bordering on Germany have small German-speaking communities.

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