around 105,000,000
There are approximately 90-95 million native German speakers in the world, primarily in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other European countries. Additionally, there are millions of non-native speakers who have learned German as a second language.
Obviously the number grows over time, but there are about 100 million native speakers of German in the world, mostly in Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, and German-speaking minorities in Denmark, Belgium, Italy, Hungary, Poland, and Russia [Kaliningrad]), with a substantial number of native speakers of German living in the United States, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. There are small pockets of German speakers in Namibia, Tanzania, and the Solomon Islands as well (these were German colonies before World War I).
There are around 90-100 million native German speakers worldwide, most of whom reside in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. German is also spoken as a second language by millions of people in countries like the United States, Brazil, and Russia.
If you are simply counting by native speakers, the population of Russian native speakers is higher than that of all other native speakers within Europe (followed by German, French, and English). However, English has effectively become a lingua franca across Europe and has the highest number of cumulative native speakers and secondary speakers across Europe.
The Wikipedia article estimates 3 million native speakers, that is presumably, speakers who have acquired the language from their parents, plus a further 7 million who understand Low German. These figures are for Europe. The Low German-speaking communities outside Europe are very small.
There are approximately 90-95 million native German speakers in the world, primarily in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other European countries. Additionally, there are millions of non-native speakers who have learned German as a second language.
Obviously the number grows over time, but there are about 100 million native speakers of German in the world, mostly in Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, and German-speaking minorities in Denmark, Belgium, Italy, Hungary, Poland, and Russia [Kaliningrad]), with a substantial number of native speakers of German living in the United States, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. There are small pockets of German speakers in Namibia, Tanzania, and the Solomon Islands as well (these were German colonies before World War I).
There are many common German words known to non-native speakers of that language. Some of the most common include hamburger, frankfurter, delicatessen, lager, strudel and wiener.
By native speakers, it is German. By total speakers, it is English.
By native speakers, German and French are the largest. By total speakers, English and German are the largest.
Russian, German, and French are the most spoken languages by native speakers. English, Russian, and German by total speakers.
1st. Russian With 106,000,000 Native Speakers 2nd. German With 97,000,000 Native Speakers 3rd. French With 66,000,000 Native Speakers 4th. Italian With 65,000,000 Native Speakers 5th. English With 50,000,000 Native Speakers
There are around 90-100 million native German speakers worldwide, most of whom reside in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. German is also spoken as a second language by millions of people in countries like the United States, Brazil, and Russia.
Luxembourg is a German speaking country....
the german language has three articles: der (masculine), die (feminine), das (neutral) there is no rule that makes a word either masculine, feminine or neutral. native speakers just know, non-native speakers must learn it by heart.
The number of Germans in the world is dependent on how the term "German" is defined. It depends on whether "partial German ancestry" or only "single-ancestry ethnic Germans" are included. or only native speakers are meant. The answer would be somewhere between 80 and 160 million worldwide.
German is the native language of the overwhelming majority of the population. In Lusatia and the east of Saxony there are about 50,000 native speakers of Sorbian (a Slavonic language). There are about 10,000 native speakers of Frisian in the extreme north-west. Germany has a large Turkish speaking minority in many of the big cities, for example, Berlin and Duisburg. However, most speakers of minoirty languages also speak German.