Open Library

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German

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2,042	Strings		82%	Browse Translate
9,767	Words		85%
63,136	Characters		84%

Strings status

Strings Words Characters
2,042 9,767 63,136		All strings	Browse Translate Zen
1,725 8,685 55,420		Translated strings	Browse Translate Zen
317 1,082 7,716		Unfinished strings	Browse Translate Zen
1 16 145		Untranslated strings	Browse Translate Zen
316 1,066 7,571		Strings marked for edit	Browse Translate Zen
86 604 4,281		Strings with any failing checks	Browse Translate Zen
39 299 2,111		Translated strings with any failing checks	Browse Translate Zen
19 35 222		Failing check: Unchanged translation	Browse Translate Zen
3 70 410		Failing check: Double space	Browse Translate Zen
20 147 878		Failing check: Mismatched full stop	Browse Translate Zen
9 14 88		Failing check: Mismatched colon	Browse Translate Zen
6 20 112		Failing check: Mismatched question mark	Browse Translate Zen
2 7 40		Failing check: Mismatched exclamation mark	Browse Translate Zen
10 119 1,121		Failing check: Multiple capitals	Browse Translate Zen
6 38 280		Failing check: Same plurals	Browse Translate Zen
4 64 581		Failing check: XML markup	Browse Translate Zen
8 146 1,358		Failing check: Chars around XML tags	Browse Translate Zen
5 59 370		Failing check: Consecutive duplicated words	Browse Translate Zen

Summary

Project website	openlibrary.org
Translation process	Translations can be made directly. Translation suggestions can be made. Any authenticated user can contribute. The translation uses bilingual files. Reviews are disabled for this language. Review setting: Project settings. All translation states, including those needing editing, are eligible to be written to the translation file. Learn how to customize the workflow for this language.
Source code repository	`https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary-i18n.git`
Repository branch	main
Last remote commit	fix(translate): fire checks on bot PRs + end the messages.pot collision (#151) (#158) `a15a214` mekarpeles authored 10/15/2026
Last commit in Weblate	i18n: AI translations — ar, as, az, bn, cs, de, es, fr, hi, hr, id, it, ja, ko, pl, pt, ro, ru, sc, te, tl, tr, uk, zh (2026-10-05) (#115) `3c5982b` Open Library Bot authored 10/04/2026
Weblate repository	`https://adware-alike-income-managing.trycloudflare.com/git/openlibrary/website/`
File mask	`locale/*/messages.po`
Translation file	Download `locale/de/messages.po`
Last change	Oct. 5, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
Last change made by	None
Language	German
Language code	de
Text direction	Left to right
Case sensitivity	Case-sensitive
Number of speakers	141,873,196
Number of plurals	2
Plural type	One/other
Plurals	Singular	1
Plurals	Plural	0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …
Plural formula	`n != 1`

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String statistics

	Strings percent	Hosted strings	Words percent	Hosted words	Characters percent	Hosted characters
Total		2,042		9,767		63,136
Translated	84%	1,725	88%	8,685	87%	55,420
Needs editing	15%	316	10%	1,066	11%	7,571
Read-only	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Failing checks	4%	86	6%	604	6%	4,281
Strings with suggestions	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Untranslated strings	1%	1	1%	16	1%	145

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2,042	File in original format as translated in the repository	gettext PO file
2,042	All strings, converted files enriched with comments; suitable for offline translation	CSV	gettext MO	gettext PO	TBX	TMX	XLIFF 1.1 with gettext extensions	XLIFF 1.1	XLSX
317	Unfinished strings, converted files enriched with comments; suitable for offline translation	CSV	gettext MO	gettext PO	TBX	TMX	XLIFF 1.1 with gettext extensions	XLIFF 1.1	XLSX

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