English-German translations for official language

• Amtssprache
  Gälisch ist inzwischen Amtssprache. Irish is now an official language.
  Damit Kroatisch eine Amtssprache werden kann, muss der Vertrag geändert werden. For Croatian to be an official language, the Treaty has to be modified.
  Stellen wir uns doch einfach einmal vor, Russisch würde zu einer Amtssprache der EU werden. Just let us imagine that Russian were to become an EU official language.

Definition of official language

• A language afforded an elevated status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction, typically for government use

Related words

• official
• officially
• unofficial
• officials
• unofficially
• inofficial
• officialdom
• officialism
• semi-official
• semiofficial