Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Israel
National Language
Germany
Israel
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Israel
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Poland
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
hallo
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Danke
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
gute Nacht
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
guten Abend
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
guten Morgen
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
bitte
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
Verzeihung
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
Tschüs
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Israel
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Germany
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Texas
Israel
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
allemand
hébreu
German Name
Deutsch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Germans
Not Available
Origin
6th Century AD
1000 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Semitic
Branch
Western
Canaanitic
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Modern Hebrew
Signed Forms
Signed German
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
hebr1246
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
12-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
German and Hebrew Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where German and Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Hebrew language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common German Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Hebrew Difficulty
The German vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of German Alphabets and Hebrew Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare German and Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.