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'''德语'''（德语 ：{{lang：lang|de|Deutsch}}，{{IPA，IPA-de| ˈdɔʏtʃ||de-Deutsch.ogg}} ）是[[印欧语系]][[西日耳曼语支]]的一门[[语言]]。以使用国家数量来算是世界排名第六的语言，也是世界[[大国]]语言之一以及[[欧盟]]内使用最广的[[母语]]，<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/10128380/German-should-be-a-working-language-of-EU-says-Merkels-party.html German 'should be a working language of EU', says Merkel's party]</ref>德语拥有9000万<ref name="SIL">{{Cite encyclopedia| editor-last = Lewis| editor-first = M. Paul| encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World| edition = 16 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas| year = 2009| url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=deu}}</ref>到9800万<ref name="Marten">{{cite book |editor1-first= Thomas|editor1-last= Marten|editor2-first= Fritz Joachim|editor2-last= Sauer|title= Länderkunde - Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz und Liechtenstein im Querschnitt|trans_title= Regional Geography - An Overview of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein|year= 2005|publisher= Inform-Verlag|location= Berlin|language= de |isbn= 3-9805843-1-3|page= 7}}</ref>使用者。[[标淮德语|德语标淮共同语]]的形成可以追溯到[[马丁·路德]]对拉丁文《[[圣经]]》的翻译工作。大多数德语词汇源于印欧语系[[日耳曼语族]]的语言<ref name="Many tongues, one family">{{Cite web|title=Many tongues, one family. Languages in the European Union|publisher=[[Europa (web portal)]] |author=[[European Commission]] |year=2004|url=http://ec.europa.eu/publications/booklets/move/45/en.pdf|format=PDF |accessdate=2007-02-03}}</ref>，一些词汇来自[[拉丁语]]和[[希腊语]]，还有部分来自法语和英语。