Swiss German also has some differences in spelling, for example, the letter ß, which is used only in German, is replaced by ss.Like any language, German has its own strange and peculiar words and phrases. One reason that the dialects are still so different today is that even if Switzerland adopted Standard German, mostly as a written standard, German Swiss in World War II wanted to separate themselves from the Nazis by choosing to speak dialect over the Standard German. Standard German is an official language in Switzerland, but the Swiss dialect of German is difficult to understand for native speakers from Germany and even for Swiss who are not native to speaking German. German is the only language that still has that rule, but Danish and English did so a long time ago. In writing, every noun must start with a capital letter. For example, 'Someone has stolen my car' is Jemand hat mein Auto gestohlen ('Someone has my car stolen'), and 'Someone called me last night' is Jemand hat mich letzte Nacht angerufen ('Someone has me last night called'). German has a system of cases, and when helping verbs are used, the main part of the verb must be moved to the end of the sentence. Much of the vocabulary in German is related to English, but the grammar is more complicated.

German is a part of the West Germanic language family and is much like English and Dutch.

It is also spoken in Eastern Europe, Bulgaria, Romania, and Russia. There are people who speak German in many countries, including the United States and Canada, where many people emigrated from Germany. There are some people who speak German in Belgium, The Netherlands, France and Northern Italy. It is the most widely spoken mother tongue in the first language.

It is spoken in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg natively by around 100 million people.

German (German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. (German orthography regulated by the Council for German Orthography ).

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