The population of the US that speak German as their mother language is not statistically recorded. The American population of German decent is more than 60 million. Following Spanish, German is the third most used language in the U.S.
Over 38 million people currently live in Poland, which is very homogeneous ethnically: 97.8% of people residing in Poland declare that they speak Polish at home and 96.7% claim Polish nationality. This homogeneity is a result of the radically altered borders after the World War II, the subsequent migrations, ethnic cleansing of the German population, and deportations ordered by the Soviet authorities, who wished to remove the sizable Polish minorities from Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine and deportations of Ukrainians from Poland. There are 56 million people of Polish descent in the world. The Poles are European of Indo-European and Slavonic roots. 2nd largest Slavic nation in the world (after Russians). First largest nation of Western-Slavonic group (with i.e. Czechs and Slovaks). The Poles speaks Polish language (slavonic group). The Poles are said to be related with tribe of ancient Sarmats.
no. Hitler invaded many weak countries close to Germany before attacking Poland.
Yes, English is taught as a second language in many schools. About 37% of Polish people can speak English as a second language.
In 2010 - a little bit over 38 million people.
German is the main language of about 90-95 million people in Europe.
It is estimated that around 3 million Turkish people speak German. German is the second most spoken language among the Turkish population in Germany.
It wouldn't be considered offensive, just odd because the Polish don't speak German, although German is a provided foreign language in many Polish schools. ================================================================ It is neither offensive nor odd. German is an auxiliary language in 22 municipalities in the Opole province of Poland and there are 325 schools in Poland teaching 37,000 students that use German as the main language of instruction. According to a 2002 census, the German-speaking population of Poland was 152,900. For more information see the attached link.
as of 2012, approximately 80 million non-Germans speak German as a second language.
There are approximately 81 million people living in Germany. The German government states that 99% of its people speak German as a first language.
German is spoken by about 100 million people as a first language around the world and by about 80 million as a second language.
120 million people in Europe
It is difficult to get an accurate number. There is a German minority of approximately 15,000 people who live in Denmark. German along with English are the two main foreign languages that students learn in school.
Romania has approx. 40 000 Germans. Some other citizens learned the German language but the number is unknown.
German nationals make up 91% of the population so one can be certain that 91% of the people in Germany speak the language as their first language.
German is spoken as a first language by a minority in Argentina of approximately 400,000 people.
about 80 000 000 people are living in germany and most of them speak german as first language