German-speaking Europe

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German language skills of European Union citizens. Note that, being not in the EU, Switzerland remains grey here although German is one of its official languages.
German language skills of European Union citizens. Note that, being not in the EU, Switzerland remains grey here although German is one of its official languages.

The German language (both as an official language and as a minority language) is spoken in a number of countries and territories in Central Europe. To cover this speech area they are often referred to as the German speaking countries or the German speaking area. (The few overseas territories which speak German are not commonly included in this term.) The countries are as follows:

German as official language throughout the whole territory.

German language has official status only in part of the territory

German language is recognized as a minority language

German speaking minorities, but no official status :

Owing to tourism and second-home colonies some areas around the Mediterranean Sea (like the Balearic Islands) have small German-speaking communities.

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