Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
Germany
Turkey
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Danke
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Nasılsın?
Good Night
gute Nacht
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
guten Abend
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Tünaydın
Good Morning
guten Morgen
günaydın
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Germany
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Dialect 3
Texas German
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Texas
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Native Name
Deutsch
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Anatolian, Türkisch
French Name
allemand
turc
German Name
Deutsch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Germans
Turkish
Origin
6th Century AD
c. 1350
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Western
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Signed German
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
nucl1301
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
German and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Turkish language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common German Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Turkish Difficulty
The German vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of German Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.