*The question was phrased as follows: "And to what extent would you say you understand French?"
**The number of respondents varied by year and was approximately 23,000 each year.
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Level of French proficiency among the German population 2017-2021
The number of German-speaking people in Germany who are proficient in French remained stable between 2017 and 2021. Just over *** million Germans reported having a very good command of French in 2021, and * had a fairly good command. The vast majority of Germans, nearly ** million people, have little or no proficiency in the French language. This amounts to about ** percent of Germans having some proficiency in French.
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