One in Five in Germany Do Not Speak the Country’s Language Exclusively at Home
As many as 20 per cent of German residents do not speak German exclusively while at home, with five per cent speaking no German at all.
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Syrian on Trial for Stabbing Fellow Migrant for Learning German Well
A Syrian man faces trial in Vienna after allegedly nearly stabbing a fellow Syrian man to death because the latter was applying himself to learning German on a course they attended.
Major German Dictionary Adds ‘Inshallah’ to Lexicon
The German equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary has added the Arabic word “inshallah” to the German language lexicon.
Half of Migrants Fail Basic German Language Standard Test
Recently revealed figures have shown that efforts to teach newly arrived immigrants the German language are struggling, with only half of the migrants passing basic language standard tests.
