On Sunday, Denis Scheck, one of Germany’s preëminent literary critics painted his face black and went on TV to make the case that children’s books from an earlier era should not be rewritten get rid ...

Minority languages in Germany are in danger of extinction and legislation must be drawn up to protect them, according to a Council of Europe report released on 9 July. Minority languages in Germany ...

Germany may have a reputation as a monoglot country, but step inside people's homes and a different picture emerges. New figures show that bilingual and multilingual life is an everyday reality for ...

We're a trilingual family raising our three children in Germany. My husband and I each speak our native languages to the kids, and they learn German from day care and school. It's fantastic that ...

After almost five months of talks since September’s parliamentary elections, a new coalition government has finally come to power in Germany. No doubt, the new administration has lots of catching up ...

In an essay describing the loathing that Ted Cruz’s face seems to inspire, the neurologist Richard Cytowic resorts to the German colloquial expression Backpfeifengesicht. It’s a combination of two ...

How is it that the culture of German-speaking Europe has so profoundly influenced and shaped Western civilization—and especially the culture of the United States—through the centuries and into today?