Do most German people speak english?

Question

I have been trying to learn German for my move there in a couple months. I was told that it didnt matter they al speak english anyway, is this true?

Answer 1

You say you are moving to Germany. Even if this is only for a few months, you should continue with your efforts to learn enough language to survive on. If you keep on speaking to the shop keepers and neighbours in German, they will eventually shut you off and give you bad service. Look at it from the other end, don't you expect people who move to your area to learn to speak your language?

Answer 2

German Speaking English

Answer 3

How Many People Speak German

Answer 4

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I speak German too. Sehen Sie? Es ist heiß und das Wetter ist nice. I learned German fully as a second language but I just have a hard time remembering which J words are pronounced with a J and which ones are pronounced with a Y because J makes a Yott sound in the alphabet. Not everyone can speak in German. There was a friend of mine in High School that was studying German but quite couldn't speak it yet and I made myself fluent in my number 1 or 2 favorite language that looked like English, German. It wasn't a subject in school and I would've impressed people speaking to other people with the language even though I had to cease only talking to my family members in Las Vegas in 2008 and they learn English because lots of people speak English. But from what I heard, fewer people in this world speak German than they do with English which is kind of shocking that no one gets out around that much to learn more languages. German is one of the best languages around. I hate French and Spanish because they're more difficult than English and German combined, that's why. Nothing to do with an argument on a Pokemon forum.

Answer 5

As English is mandatory in schools and has been for a while, you will be not facing too many problems with the "younger" generations, although some might be hesitant to use their English (because they feel insecure or because they haven't used it in years). My partner (he is British, I'm German) actually found it quite frustrating because people just refused to talk German with him (I guess it was especially bad since it was a university town) and eventually gave up his idea to learn the language. Depending on how long you are there and how easily you will have access to other English natives you might want to study German to a conversational level anyway since most Germans will willingly talk English to you in shop situations or asking for the way but when socializing it is hard to find someone who would be willing to spend the whole evening talking in a foreign tongue.

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Do most German people speak english?
I have been trying to learn German for my move there in a couple months. I was told that it didnt matter they al speak english anyway, is this true?

Answer 7

In cities you will get along with english pretty well, but in rural areas you might get a problem not speaking german - and especially talking to elderly people.

Anyway, if you're going to stay here [!! I should know what I'm talking about ;-) ] for longer, you need (and surely will, if you want to) learn german by and by. And if you show that you're willing to learn the language, most people will try to help you although many aren't really fluent in speaking english - they might never have practised it after learning some (Oxford)-English at school.

Answer 8

Most Germans can speak English because we have to learn it in school. Specially the younger people will not have many problems in talking English with you.

Answer 9

Most speak english to some degree but some were not very good students and some left school early....best to know some german especially if you are having your hair done.....I have run into a bunch of middle age to older germans who know absolutely no english...actually it was kind of fun and funny communicating....

Answer 10

Many Germans have had 8 years of English in school. Mostly the older Germans have not had so much English and are not fluent

When my daughter was there, she wanted to practice German, but most of the students she talked to replied in English because they wanted to practice English.