"German is the most widely spoken native language in the EU.
Germany boasts a 99% literacy rate.
German belongs to the three most learned languages in the world as well as the ten most widely spoken languages in the world.
German is among the top five most widely used languages on the Internet.
One fourth of the tourists in the U.S. are German speaking.
Germany is the second most popular European destination for American tourists.
German is the official language in seven countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, as well as parts of Italy and Belgium).
German is spoken by over 100 million people world-wide.
With 22 %, German-Americans represent the largest ethnic group in America today (according to the 1990 Census). Some prominent examples include Albert Einstein, Levi Strauss, Henry Kissinger, and Werner von Braun."

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