Editing German language (section)

===Europe===

''See Also [[German-speaking Europe]] and [[German as a minority language]]''

German is primarily spoken in [[Languages of Germany|Germany]] (where it is the first language for more than 95% of the population), [[Languages of Austria|Austria]] (89%) and [[Languages of Switzerland|Switzerland]] (65%). German is also spoken by the majority of the populations of [[Luxembourg]] and [[Liechtenstein]].

Other European German-speaking communities are found in [[Northern Italy]] (in the [[Province of Bolzano-Bozen]] and in some municipalities in other provinces), in the [[German speaking community in Belgium|East Cantons]] of [[Belgium]], in the [[France|French]] regions of [[Alsace]] and [[Lorraine (region)|Lorraine]], and in some border villages of the former [[South Jutland County]] (in German, ''Nordschleswig'', in Danish, ''Sønderjylland'') of [[Denmark]].

German-speaking communities can also be found in parts of the [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Russia]] and [[Kazakhstan]]. In Russia, forced expulsions after [[World War II]] and massive emigration to Germany in the 1980s and 1990s have depopulated most of these communities. German is also spoken by foreign populations and some of their descendants in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Cyprus]], [[Croatia]], [[Egypt]], [[Greece]], [[Israel]], [[Morocco]], [[Netherlands]], [[Portugal]], [[Scandinavia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Spain]], [[Turkey]], and the [[United Kingdom]].