Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For centuries, stories have persisted about Congress almost approving German as our official language, except for one vote by its ...

How is it that the culture of German-speaking Europe has so profoundly influenced and shaped Western civilization—and especially the culture of the United States—through the centuries and into today?

The terms on the workshop wall are German, the code is English. Almost no one consciously decides this transition, and that's ...

UP Government German Language Training Programme: The programme aims to prepare young people for employment opportunities in ...

A German lesson is starting in a public-school classroom in the Philippines, and it opens with a greeting: “Guten Morgen,” the teacher says. Students respond carefully, shaping unfamiliar sounds ...

Overzoomed? Covidiot? With its numerous new words inspired by COVID-19, the German language creatively reflects developments of the past year. The coronavirus crisis has not only completely turned our ...

In its successive resolutions on multilingualism, the General Assembly welcomed the efforts made to celebrate and promote multilingualism with a day dedicated to each of the official languages of the ...

The concurrent BAM (Bachelor’s–Accelerated Master’s Program) in German Studies recognizes the need for master's-level training upon entering the job market in a variety of sectors that call for highly ...

The German House ("Das Haus") offers students the opportunity to experience German culture on campus. The German House is part of a language house community comprising eight residence halls dedicated ...

To most people, Yiddish and German are closely related. The languages share many root words and grammatical structures, and most speakers of one language can at least understand an individual speaking ...