The Order even possessed a German tongue which was part Protestant and part Roman Catholic.

Forgive me, but my command of the German tongue is slight.

He had been using the German tongue all evening, and did not realize that he was speaking it now.

And now, strangely enough, the chief issued orders to the headless men and the Bedouins in the same halting German tongue.

This is one of the early German tongues, I think.

I was glad I came, it was a great night, & I heard all the great men in the German tongue.

An awestruck feeling came over the four offiziers as they heard soft words that they recognized as their own ancient German tongue.

For Katya, the German tongue was guttural next to the fluid mouthings of Russian.

When she came to the school 14 years ago, 41 percent of the students did not have German as their mother tongue.

It is stated that Karl May is the "most read writer of German tongue".