The origin and the changes of the German language area: In the High Middle Ages parts of today's Belgium and to a large extent the Netherlands belonged to the German speaking area.More ...
The German Standard: Luther's reformational papers of 1520 and the translation of the Bible (1522-24) into the German spoken at that time had a great influence on the spreading of a standardized German.More ...
The beginnings: German belongs to the family of Indo-European languages. The Slavic and Celtic languages are other members of the same family. They share the same origin.More ...
