Key:name:de

A common name in German language.

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]

See also

• Names - about names in general
• official_name:de=*
• alt_name:de=*
• old_name:de=*
• loc_name:de=*
• name:en=*

Examples

• 

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

External links

• www.osmap.de – world map in German
• openstreetmap.de – world map in German and a local language
• ISO 639-1 where language code used in this tag is defined
• languages where name:lang type tag is in a noticeable use