Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
National Language
Germany
Sweden
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Finland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Danke
tacka dig
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
hur mår du
Good Night
gute Nacht
godnatt
Good Evening
guten Abend
god kväll
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
guten Morgen
god morgon
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Dialects
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Gabon
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Dialects
Where They Speak
Germany
Georgia
Dialect 3
Texas German
Dialects
Where They Speak
Texas
France
Native Name
Deutsch
Svenska
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
allemand
suédois
German Name
Deutsch
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Germans
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
6th Century AD
13th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Western
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Standard Swedish
Signed Forms
Signed German
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
swed1254
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
All German and Swedish Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Swedish dialects. Various dialects of German and Swedish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Swedish Dialects are spoken in different Swedish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Swedish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Swedish dialects include: Dialects , Dialects. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Swedish Speaking population
German and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of German and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Swedish on German vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Swedish Language Codes
German and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.