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German-Speaking Countries

There are six countries where German is an official language. Can you name them?
% = percent of the population who are native speakers of German
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Liechtenstein
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Austria
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Germany
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Switzerland
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Luxembourg
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102 Comments
MrArTiStIxZERO
+41
Level 42
Jan 11, 2016
Weird that Austria should have more German-speakers than Germany.
Carry
+82
Level 63
Jan 20, 2016
There are more native German speakers in Germany. It's just the percentage that is higher in Austria (as in 93% of the Austrian population of about 8.6 million vs. 92% of the German population of about 81.3 million).
IsleAuHaulte
+52
Level 92
Jul 17, 2018
I think we all understand percentage, including the OP, hence his statement.
tomato
+66
Level 36
Jan 31, 2016
I think Germany just has a higher percentage of immigrants from non-native German speaking countries.
QRU
+16
Level 77
Jun 18, 2016
There are also minorities like sorbs and frisians and some more, who doesn't speak german as first language.
Chunkydonkey
+24
Level 59
Sep 14, 2016
But the minorities do not carry that much weight (less than 300k speakers). It's the immigrants, of course.
blixmiss
+6
Level 33
Nov 16, 2017
Not necessary. North Frisian and Danish in Schleswig-Holstein. Saterland Frisian in Lower Saxony. Plattdütsch in northern and Western Germany. Sorbian in Saxony and Brandenburg. And Berlin is de facto Anglophone.
Greenland
+12
Level 47
Feb 22, 2018
Plattduetsch is just a dialect - it's still German -and I can't believe there are many Danish speakers in Schelswig - Holstein, I spent a year there and the only ones I met were Danish Expats.

I don't think many people speak Fresian either

Immigrants - especially from Turkey would be in far higher numbers

BlackJack
+4
Level 51
Sep 27, 2024
Plattdeutsch is actually a own language and not a dialect, i'm a native speaker . Sadly the language is dying.
roteswasser
+3
Level 45
Dec 21, 2018
it could be just an statistical error if were talking about 1 percent.
MarcellDAvis
+1
Level 80
Sep 10, 2021
Germany had a total population of 82 million and a total foreign-born population of 10 million in 2010, i.e. 88% of its population is native-born and could thus be assumed to speak German as a first language (not necessary the only or primary one). The remaining 4% may result from change since then, although I would have assumed there are actually many more immigrants in Germany today.
Daniel1712
+5
Level 72
Aug 6, 2022
Why? Austria is a german speaking country just like Germany, its not like German just belongs to Germany. Both have a very similar history, just in modern times they arent the same country. But tbh I thought Germany had more too
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 22, 2026
Not anymore, although I think these estimates are quite outdated still and the true percentage of native German speakers is almost certainly below 90% in both Germany and Austria.

It's hard to find good data on the subject as governments often don't collect the data or obfuscate it by conflating native speakers with L2 speakers.

SundarIsaacs
+9
Level 57
Jan 31, 2016
Thanks for the 5 points :-)
ludimagister
+17
Level 43
Jan 31, 2016
italy? south tyrol?
cdguy24
+9
Level 51
Jan 31, 2016
True but Germany still isn't an official language in Italy. Similarly, if it was a quiz on countries that have Spanish as an official language the US wouldn't be on it despite our large Spanish speaking population.
jm
+15
Level 88
Jan 31, 2016
English wouldn't be either - no official language in the U.S.
martinz
+9
Level 51
Feb 1, 2016
cdguy24 german is an official language in trentino/southtyrol. the same for french in aosta valley
XpertToxin
+10
Level 30
Feb 1, 2016
@Martinz it needs to be the country official language rather than individual area's.
PitifulExcuse
+5
Level 65
Dec 20, 2024
By that logic Switzerland and Belgium shouldn't be in the list. The rules in Belgium in particular are insanely strict about what language is used in what part of the country.
HemmoAU
+1
Level 57
Apr 30, 2026
Can't tell if you're being disingenuous or you genuinely don't understand the distinction between an official language for an area and a language that is only official within an area.
Frieden
+1
Level 17
Oct 26, 2024
Same idea. South Tyrol is part of Italy.
lepo
+8
Level 56
Jan 31, 2016
German is co-official in South Tyrol, which is in Italy
RoyaleWithCheese
+1
Level 53
May 20, 2016
yup :)
joedimaggio
+6
Level 75
Jan 31, 2016
German is also an official language in Vatican City (as well as english, italian and latin)
cosmokim
+1
Level 70
Jan 31, 2016
Good quiz!
groengert
+4
Level 90
Feb 1, 2016
You forgot Namibia. The official languages there are English and German.
Thorvald
+10
Level 73
Feb 3, 2016
Not anymore. In 1990 Namibian government declared English as the sole official language. German (and couple of other languages) were declared "regional languages" with somewhat lower status than English
QRU
+8
Level 77
Jan 20, 2018
They are "recognized national languages". Ranking beneath the "Official Language" English, but are still officialy recognized nationaly.
Packerswin14
+2
Level 86
May 1, 2016
Good job keeping the time limit short-- I got them all with 3 seconds to spare. Short time limit=people engage the quiz and have to think about it instead of just typing really fast the same answers from the all the countries of the world quiz.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Nov 16, 2017
I got them all with 50 seconds to spare. What were you doing with all that time?
JonOfKent
+6
Level 61
Jun 15, 2020
Perhaps you had a proper keyboard instead of playing on a phone?
BoganToes
+3
Level 21
Jul 4, 2020
Perhaps you had a proper keyboard instead of playing on a PS4's web browser?
EcceHomo
+6
Level 85
Sep 16, 2020
Only 50? What were you doing with all that time?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Apr 6, 2022
Well about half of it (on this site) anymore is taken up scrolling past petulant comments left by you directed at me, for some reason.
IsleAuHaulte
+12
Level 92
Jul 17, 2018
If you're really testing your knowledge the clock is irrelevant, no need to hurry along to keep viewers from switching channels. If you're really testing yourself and your knowledge you click "Give up" when you're through writing what you know. What is there to gain by typing random nothingness? A cookie? A report card to show your parents? You're testing your knowledge in front of only yourself with nothing to prove to anyone but yourself, nothing to gain, no sense in cheating or guessing.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 76
Jan 30, 2019
My thoughts exactly, though a lot of people are extremely competitive. I seem to lack that gene, dont care if everybody beats me. But do care if I let myself down, done worse than I could have. Not much either, but I like to improve myself :)
Chunkydonkey
+2
Level 59
May 23, 2016
What's about Italy?
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Apr 2, 2017
Happy about those 5 points :-)
JohnOfili
+2
Level 39
Dec 22, 2017
What is the other 14% in Liechtenstein?
Honk
+2
Level 26
Feb 21, 2018
If I had to guess, I would say either French or Italian.
Vivelageo
+1
Level 43
Sep 3, 2025
Nope, definitely not. I'm also very curious
52kazerman
+1
Level 48
Oct 16, 2025
probably serbo-croatian, albanian, italian from immigrants
relessness
+7
Level 46
Feb 21, 2018
Only 0.6% in Belgium? Urgh can they do anything right???
Maladroit
+6
Level 50
Feb 23, 2018
...is that wrong?
Coeck
+2
Level 44
Nov 10, 2022
No, it is right. After WWII (and Versailles Treaty) Germany ceded 850 km2 territory to Belgium as a compensation for war related damages. This territory nowadays enjoys a large autonomy (own parliament, educational system...)
ShnevorSomeone
+1
Level 61
Feb 22, 2018
what about namibia
mikeyp
+1
Level 76
Feb 22, 2018
Who would have guessed Liechtenstein as German.
Malbaby
+12
Level 70
Jul 6, 2018
Me
camus
+2
Level 80
Dec 21, 2018
All the people who know that it is in the Alps or who are barely aware of how German words look like?
RobNobody
+2
Level 80
Dec 21, 2018
Yes, that's the joke.
camus
+2
Level 80
Dec 21, 2018
You can never be sure on this website.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Aug 9, 2020
Anybody was has heard of Liechtenstein and knows that it sounds German.
divantilya
+2
Level 36
May 5, 2018
Sandwiched between German speaking countries, why wouldn't it be?

A greater surprise for me were Belgium and Luxembourg.

AntiMatter8192
+1
Level 78
Jun 8, 2020
I just remember small countries have a lot of influence from their bigger neighbors. I still don't understand Belgium.
SaintCity
+4
Level 60
Oct 15, 2020
There's a small part of Belgium which was German until the end of WWI, this parts were annexed by Belgium due to the treaty of Versailles, but are still speaking German.
PhillyPhanatic
+1
Level 37
Jul 25, 2024
I would bet that German is popular in the area around the border between Luxembourg and Germany
Vivelageo
+2
Level 43
Sep 3, 2025
Not really. Most people in Luxembourg are native Luxembourgish or Portuguese speakers, and then some native French and German speakers are scattered across the country. Mostly the elites or people from France/Belgium/Germany. The south of Luxembourg is more French-speaking in day-to-day life though (Esch, Differdange, Luxembourg etc.) because of French cross-border workers and people who have family in France
Xanalania
+1
Level 40
Apr 30, 2026
PORTUGUESE???
GorillaPie
+2
Level 44
Jul 6, 2018
What about Namibia?
pweent
+4
Level 90
Nov 16, 2018
Sayeth Wikipedia: "Upon Namibian independence in 1990, English was enshrined as the nation's sole official language in the constitution of Namibia. German and Afrikaans were stigmatised as having colonial overtones"
Vivelageo
+3
Level 43
Sep 3, 2025
Yeah, and English doesn't 😂😂
fuanacdc
+8
Level 89
Jul 6, 2018
Man leave it to the Belgians to infect yet another list. There are other countries in the world you know...
iiMystiqo
+1
Level 33
Nov 16, 2018
Also add Namibia, around %1 of the population speak german
12345wired
+1
Level 37
Dec 21, 2018
Damn it Switzerland!
Npredella
+1
Level 48
Dec 21, 2018
German is an official language in the Italian region of Sudtirol, thus Italy should be included in the list
RobNobody
+6
Level 80
Dec 21, 2018
But Suditrol is not a country, and Italy as a country does not have German as an official language.
SpartanLlama
+2
Level 79
Dec 21, 2018
Missed Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. Don't know too much about either.
SpartanLlama
+4
Level 79
May 14, 2019
Took it again today, not remembering that I originally took it, and this time missed only Belgium.
rabble
+2
Level 68
May 23, 2023
And 5 years + 60 levels later you've probably vacuumed up a bit more about both
Xanalania
+1
Level 40
Apr 30, 2026
Well isn't this lovely?
Xanalania
+1
Level 40
Apr 30, 2026
Well isn't this lovely?
Chelsea2Champs
+1
Level 10
Dec 22, 2018
Namibia, South Africa and Botswana have alot of German speakers too, could have added more answers to this quiz.
Sifhraven
+8
Level 76
Jan 30, 2019
Another one missing the idea of the quiz. If a german family moves to my country. German is spoken here too, so it should be on the list right?..
LincolnIsTheBestOne
+1
Level 64
Dec 22, 2018
All done with 43 seconds left, 12/22/2018 at 12:25 or 12:26 PM.
WillemLAif
+1
Level 81
Mar 14, 2019
Hungary?

As I understand, German is an official minority language there. I don't know how many are native, but around 11% overall in that country seem to speak German.

Vivelageo
+1
Level 43
Sep 3, 2025
About 0% are native German speakers lol
MimaYo
+1
Level 41
May 13, 2019
How could I forget Austria... doh.
Bearn
+1
Level 23
Sep 27, 2019
I almost forgot Belgium :O
JulianComputer
+1
Level 65
Jul 4, 2020
Why Italy is not listed here, but Belgium is. I mean most of the people of South Tyrol speak German and Italian
Xanalania
+1
Level 40
Apr 30, 2026
It's based on if it's an official language, not if it's actually spoken there.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Sep 16, 2020
There are more than a million German speakers in the USA. But the USA has no official language, although many states do - in some cases several.
HendogJP
+2
Level 62
Dec 14, 2020
About 1.06 million people speak German in the US, out of 328-some million, percentage rounds out at 0.3.
TheBerryLegend
+1
Level 51
Jan 12, 2021
Not much German speakers it looks like
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jun 1, 2021
8 seconds remaining
Xanalania
+1
Level 40
Apr 30, 2026
???
FredB
+2
Level 99
Oct 5, 2021
German is also recognized as co-official language in Upper Adige / South Tyrol an autonomous province in northern Italy where around two thirds of the population speaks German as first language.
TurkeyCookTime
+5
Level 85
Dec 13, 2021
South Tyrol is not a country.
VolcanicPenguin
+1
Level 68
Jun 20, 2023
Exactly
AaronAlder
+1
Level 53
Oct 22, 2021
I might offend some people but I would of thought that France, Netherlands or Poland would speak some German

Just because of History you know?

TurkeyCookTime
+5
Level 85
Dec 13, 2021
Yeah, but it's not official in those countries.
Xanalania
+1
Level 40
Apr 30, 2026
Poland makes sense, France maybe.

But if Netherlands feels fine than I don't know why not the rest of the Germanic countries? I'm gonna try to list them all here and maybe search for a quiz:

Denmark,Sweden

England,Scotland,Ireland

Wales,Sweden

Norway,USA,Canada

Australia,New Zealand

Nigeria,South Africa,Philippines

Some Carribbean Nations

Some Pacific Islands

Davideragno
+1
Level 14
Apr 9, 2022
Easy per il Bot
hippach
+2
Level 56
Apr 11, 2022
Last second i write "Belgimum" and it didn't give it to me...
soleplayer
+2
Level 47
Nov 11, 2022
Unlucky you, I wrote it correctly at the last second
Mk160
+2
Level 26
Oct 1, 2023
Yay! Got them all. I though that netherlands was there
dumBunny
+1
Level 61
May 12, 2025
That was my guess too, but after a while I thought....Netherlands neighbor? Lucky Guess on Belgium.
sirhc
+1
Level 55
Mar 10, 2024
I thought it was every country but germany lol
dumBunny
+1
Level 61
May 12, 2025
Really thought Greece was going to make the cut
Helvian
+2
Level 52
Jul 31, 2025
Anyone else try Argentina?
Xanalania
+1
Level 40
Apr 30, 2026
I thought I was losing it until I figured out that the last one was LIECHTENSTEIN
VithorCarvalho
+1
Level 22
Apr 30, 2026
Why not include Brazil? 3M of german descendents speaks as first language (or 1,5% of popullation).
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