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Outline of German language

Outline of German language is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Outline of German language rather than just read about it. In short: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to German language. One of the major languages of the world, German is the first language of almost 100 million people worldwide and the most widely spoken native language in the European Union.

Key takeaways

Outline of German language belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Outline of German language to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Outline of German language from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to German language. One of the major languages of the world, German is the first language of almost 100 million people worldwide and the most widely spoken native language in the European Union. Together with French, German is the second most commonly spoken foreign language in the EU after English, making it the second biggest language in the EU in terms of overall speakers.

Scope German language can be described as having two branches, High German and Low German, as depicted in their family trees below:

Language family Indo-European languages Proto-Germanic language Germanic languages West Germanic languages German language High German: Standard High German, Central German, Upper German – diachronic: Old High German, Middle High German, New High German Low German – diachronic: Old Saxon, Middle Low German, New Low German What constitutes a language and what a dialect of a language is a social question into which linguistic factors may, but don't have to, play. For instance, Luxembourgish was in the mid-late 20th century reclassified from originally dialects of German as representing its own language. Austrian and Swiss Standard German may be conceived as their own standards that differ from German Standard German, which makes present-day German a pluricentric language. Attitudes that continue to see German as a monocentric variety, with only one standard, remain strong and lead some scholars to talk of a One Standard German Axiom as a field-defining characteristic.

Dialects of German language Aachen dialect Alsatian dialect Alzenau dialect Amana German Argentinien-schwyzertütsch dialect Austrian German Barossa German Basel German Bavarian language Bergish dialects Berlin German Bernese German Bernese German phonology Bönnsch dialect Brandenburgisch dialect Brazilian German Central Bavarian Central German Central Thuringian Chemnitz dialect Cimbrian language Colonia Tovar dialect Duisburg dialect East Central German East Franconian German East Frisian Low Saxon East Low German East Pomeranian dialect Eastphalian dialect Erzgebirgisch Gottscheerish Hamburg German High Alemannic German High German languages High Prussian dialect Highest Alemannic German Historic Colognian Hohenlohisch dialect Hunsrückisch dialect Hutterite German Itzgründisch dialect Kerkrade dialect Kleverlandish Colognian dialect Koschneiderisch Lachoudisch Lorraine Franconian Lotegorisch Low Alemannic German Low Lusatian German Low Prussian dialect Lusatian dialects Luxembourgish Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect Meuse-Rhenish Missingsch Mòcheno language Moselle Franconian dialects Multiethnolect Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets Mundart des Ostgebietes Mundart des Weichselmündungsgebietes Nehrungisch Northern Bavarian Northern Low Saxon Ostkäslausch Palatine German language Pennsylvania German language Plautdietsch language Rhine Franconian dialects Ripuarian language Ruhrdeutsch Sathmar Swabian Siegerländisch Silesian German South Franconian German South Tyrolean dialect Southern Bavarian Standard German Swabian German Swiss German Texas German Thuringian dialect Transylvanian Saxon dialect Upper German Upper Saxon German Viennese German Vogtlandian Vorerzgebirgisch Walser German Werdersch West Central German West Low German Westphalian language Wisconsin German Wymysorys language Yenish language Zipser German Zürich German

Distribution of German language List of territorial entities where German is an official language Geographical distribution of German speakers

History of German language History of German Old High German Middle High German New High German Early New High German Standard German Duden German Orthographic Conference of 1901 German orthography reform of 1996 Old Saxon Middle Low German Low German

General German language concepts German grammar

Accusative absolute Adverbial genitive German articles Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod German adjectives German adverbial phrases German compounds German conjugation German modal particles German sentence structure Germanic strong verb Germanic verb Germanic weak verb Grammatical gender in German Hammer's German Grammar and Usage German nouns German pronouns German verbs German declension German phonology

Bernese German phonology Bühnendeutsch Standard German phonology Rheinische Dokumenta Teuthonista German orthography

Council for German Orthography Fraktur German Orthographic Conference of 1901 German orthography reform of 1944 German orthography reform of 1996

German language dictionaries List of German dictionaries Altägyptisches Wörterbuch Cooperative Dictionary of the Rhinelandic Colloquial Language Petrus Dasypodius Deutsches Fremdwörterbuch Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch Deutsches Wörterbuch Dictionarium quatuor linguarum Duden Etymological Dictionary of the German Language Johannes Fries German–Serbian dictionary (1791) Der Große Muret Sanders Historisch-kritisches Wörterbuch des Marxismus LEO (website) Linguee Josua Maaler Österreichisches Wörterbuch Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit Reverso (language tools) Schweizerisches Idiotikon Vocabularius ex quo Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache

German-language encyclopedias Abrogans Agent*In Alemannic Wikipedia Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Picture Brockhaus Enzyklopädie Deutsches Theater-Lexikon Encyclopedia of Life Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales Glottopedia Historical Dictionary of Switzerland Klein's encyclopedia Klexikon Munzinger-Archiv Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft Ripuarian Wikipedia Swiss Biographical Archive Verfasserlexikon German Wikipedia

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Outline of German language

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Outline of German language claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Outline of German language before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Outline of German language ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Outline of German language

In research: Outline of German language appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Outline of German language in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Outline of German language is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics German language, Outlines, Outlines of languages, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Outline of German language outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Outline of German language matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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