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• German is valuable in chemistry, biology, nursing, engineering, music, philosophy, history, finance and economics.
• 24% of the residents in the European Union speak German as their native language and 31% of all Europeans speak German as a second language.
• Germany is the 3rd most popular country in the world for study abroad. Germany is the world's biggest exporter, and one of the most important trading partners of the United States.
• Germany is at the forefront of architectural, industrial and automotive design, not to mention Germany is second in the world in automobile production.
• German is the second most frequently used language on the Internet after English, and Germany has the world's most websites per capita.
• Germany has a rich tradition in music, producing composers as Beethoven, Bach, and Wagner, and is home to some of the world's finest orchestras.