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German / Deutsch (das) Deutsche
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German is the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family, while a smaller share is partly derived from and , along with fewer words borrowed from and .
German is one of the major languages of the world. It is the most spoken native language within the European Union. German is also widely taught as a foreign language, especially in continental Europe, where it is the third most taught foreign language (after English and French), and the United States. The language has been influential in the fields of philosophy, theology, science, and technology. It is the second-most commonly used scientific language and among the most widely used languages on websites. The German-speaking countries are ranked fifth in terms of annual publication of new books, with one-tenth of all books (including e-books) in the world being published in German.
German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second-most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language.
It is Europe’s largest economy, fourth-largest by nominal GDP globally, the world’s second-largest exporter, which makes it an essential language to study. They are world leaders in engineering. Berlin is the Silicon Valley of Europe. Largely IT Startups and product-based companies, based in Germany. Widely opening for Employees and Skilled Labors.
Fluency in the German language in India has opened up job possibilities in medicine and healthcare, education, logistics, automobile, power and utility, media, entertainment, tourism, information technology, financial services, outsourcing, etc.
Germany's powerhouses like BMW, Volkswagen, Bosch, Daimler, Adidas, Allianz, Deutsche Bank, Siemens, SAP, BASF, and Lufthansa are all established around the world.
Having German language skills on your CV can help your career in many of these International corporations.
The country offers various courses spread across multiple bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and post-doctoral programs. Mostly public universities are low fees or free of cost.
If you are attempting to enrol in an English-taught course, fluency in German is not required. Even though you speak some basic A1-A2 language levels, that is more than enough.
If you want to apply to the German thought programs, you must have a purely German level Goethe B1 to C1 and The IELTS score of 6 to 7.5 and in English.
