Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For centuries, stories have persisted about Congress almost approving German as our official language, except for one vote by its ...

This video provides a humorous and satirical step-by-step guide on learning the German language, highlighting the challenges ...

German Studies is a small student-focused program, providing courses in German language, culture, business, and history from the Middle Ages to the present. All students are encouraged to study abroad ...

The German language uses about 120 terms that are originally Yiddish. An expert explains why the words often have a negative connotation. "It's a compliment to a language when you borrow a word ...

A German lesson is starting in a public-school classroom in the Philippines, and it opens with a greeting: “Guten Morgen,” the teacher says. Students respond carefully, shaping unfamiliar sounds ...

In its successive resolutions on multilingualism, the General Assembly welcomed the efforts made to celebrate and promote multilingualism with a day dedicated to each of the official languages of the ...

The German House ("Das Haus") offers students the opportunity to experience German culture on campus. The German House is part of a language house community comprising eight residence halls dedicated ...

To most people, Yiddish and German are closely related. The languages share many root words and grammatical structures, and most speakers of one language can at least understand an individual speaking ...

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?