Key:name:de

A name in German.

Note that this tag is useful when object has names specified in more than one language:

• If name=* is in German it specifies which language is used in main name tag
• If name=* is in a different language then it specifies name in German

For controversial German names coined during World War II in countries such as Poland, the German-speaking community prefers to use more detailed keys based on old_name:de=* and the date namespace, to keep data consumers from inadvertently using these names matter-of-factly. [1][2]

Maps in German

• Wikimedia Maps (wikimedia.org)
• Wikimedia Maps (toolforge.org)
• OpenStreetMap Americana
• osMap
• OpenStreetMap Deutschland – world map in German and a local language
• TracesMap
• OpenMapTiles – raster and vector tiles (demo)

Examples

• 

  Bilingual village name in Poland 863897920 863897920
  name:pl=Gąsiorowice
  name:de=Gonschiorowitz

• 

  Bilingual signs in Cisek, Poland

See also

• Multilingual names
• Names – about names in general
• official_name:de=*
• alt_name:de=*
• old_name:de=*
• loc_name:de=*

External links

• osmnames.netlify.app OSM Localization Tool – a tool for adding names in German

A map of Europe with German labels