German is a West Germanic language, closely related to English and Dutch, with roughly 90–100 million native speakers concentrated in Germany, Austria, and parts of Switzerland. It's known for three grammatical genders, a four-case system, and its distinctive compound nouns.
German capitalizes every noun, not just proper nouns — a genuinely unique feature among major European languages. Its grammar centers on gender and case agreement across articles, adjectives, and pronouns, and its main clauses famously follow a "verb-second" word order that shifts depending on sentence type.
Not yet — German is planned for a future Tarc course. This page and its linked topic pages cover real facts about the language itself in the meantime.
It's a distinctive spelling convention unique among major European languages — every noun, not just proper nouns, is capitalized, which actually helps readers spot nouns quickly once they're used to it.
In main clauses, the verb is always the second grammatical element, regardless of what comes first — a hallmark, frequently cited feature of German syntax that differs from subordinate clauses, where the verb moves to the end.
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See also: German Alphabet · German Grammar · Learn Languages with Tarc