German is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Germanic group of the Germanic languages. The Germanic languages are traditionally subdivided into three branches: North Germanic, East Germanic, and West Germanic. The first of these branches survives in modern Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Icelandic, all of which are descended from Old Norse. The East Germanic languages are now extinct, and Gothic is the only language in this branch which survives in written texts. The West Germanic languages, however, have undergone extensive dialectal subdivision and are now represented in modern languages such as English, German, Dutch, Yiddish, Afrikaans, and others.
german is an indo-european language that belongs to the west germanic group of the germanic languages the germanic languages are traditionally subdivided into three branches north germanic east germanic and west germanic the first of these branches survives in modern danish swedish norwegian faroese and icelandic all of which are descended from old norse the east germanic languages are now extinct and gothic is the only language in this branch which survives in written texts the west germanic languages however have undergone extensive dialectal subdivision and are now represented in modern languages such as english german dutch yiddish afrikaans and others