Alphabet
How many letters (without symbols) are there in the German alphabet?
The answer is: 26
Up to what year was High German used (when did it stop)?
Answer: year 1100
What language family does German belong to?
Answer: The Indo-European language family
How do you say "YES" and "NO" in german?
Answer: "Ja" (YES) and "Nein" (NO)
In which german speaking countries (2) is this symbol "ß" not used?
Answer: Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Fill in the blank: The recorded history of Germanic languages begins with their speakers’ first contact with the Romans, in _____________.
Answer: the 1st century BCE
Name 3 countries where German is the official language.
Possible answers: Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
What word do you use in german if you need help?
Answer: "Hilfe"
What are the 4 symbols (not letters) in the German alphabet?
There's 4: ä, ö, ü, ß
Name 3 german dialects.
Answer: High german, middle high german and low german, Alemmanic dialects
Fill in the blanks: "German is the ___ (what rank) most spoken language in the world with around 155 million speakers."
Answer: It's the 11th most-spoken.
How do you say "good morning" and"good night" in german?
Answer: "Guten morgen" and "Gute Nacht"
How does the Ö umlaut sound like?
Answer: "Errr" (like in burn)
Put these dialects in order (in terms of year - Oldest to most recent): Middle High German, Low German and High German.
How many people learn German as their first language?
Answer: roughly 76.5 million people
Introduce yourself in german. a.k.a. "Hello, my name is [your name]."
Answer: "Hallo, ich heiße [your name]."