German (Germany) (de-DE)

Complete reference for the de-DE locale — live Intl API output, CLDR plural rules, and framework config snippets.

Locale reference

German (Germany)

Locale metadata

BCP 47 codede-DE

Native nameDeutsch (Deutschland)

English nameGerman (Germany)

Languagede

RegionDE

ScriptLatn

Text directionLeft-to-right (LTR)

CLDR plural categoriesone, other

Estimated speakers~83,000,000

Intl API Live Output

DateTimeFormat

Short14.09.26

Medium14.09.2026

Long14. September 2026

FullMontag, 14. September 2026

NumberFormat

Decimal1.234.567,89

Currency (USD)9,99 $

Percent75 %

Compact1,2 Mio.

RelativeTimeFormat

vor 3 Tagen

Output for: -3 days ago

ListFormat

apples, oranges und bananas

Conjunction list: apples, oranges, bananas

CLDR Plural Rules

Categories supported by de-DE: one, other

oneExample number: 1

→ one

otherExample number: 100

→ other

Framework Config Snippets

next-intl

// next-intl configuration
// next.config.ts
import createNextIntlPlugin from 'next-intl/plugin';
const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin();
export default withNextIntl({});

// i18n/routing.ts
import { defineRouting } from 'next-intl/routing';
export const routing = defineRouting({
  locales: ['de-DE', 'en'],
  defaultLocale: 'en',
});

react-intl

// react-intl configuration
import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
import messages from './messages/de-DE.json';

function App() {
  return (
    <IntlProvider locale="de-DE" messages={messages}>
      {/* your app */}
    </IntlProvider>
  );
}

i18next

// i18next configuration
import i18n from 'i18next';
import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';

i18n
  .use(initReactI18next)
  .init({
    lng: 'de-DE',
    fallbackLng: 'en',
    resources: {
      'de-DE': {
        translation: require('./locales/de-DE/translation.json'),
      },
    },
  });

export default i18n;