Stellenangebote der Stadt | Ville de Luxembourg (2024)

FAQs

Do they speak German in Luxembourg City? ›

According to a 2018 study of the Ministry of National Education, 98% of the Luxembourg population speaks French, 80% speaks English, and 78% speaks German. Luxembourgish is used by 77% of the population. French is the main communication language, followed by Luxembourgish, German, English and Portuguese.

The first line of Counts of Luxembourg

Siegfried is said to have founded Luxembourg in 963, when he exchanged some lands with the Saint Maximin Abbey in Trier. In this exchange, in return for land located in Feulen near Ettelbruck, he acquired an old castle built on a rocky promontory overlooking the Alzette valley.

There are three official languages in the country: Luxembourgish, French and German. English is very common, as is Portuguese, the mother tongue of approximately 20% of the population.

Luxembourgish was considered a German dialect like many others until about World War II but then it underwent ausbau, creating its own standard form in vocabulary, grammar, and spelling and therefore is seen today as an independent language.

First, the country has a thriving financial services sector and serves as a global hub for private banking. Secondly, Luxembourg has a stable political environment, which attracts businesses and investors and fosters economic growth.

Luxembourg is one of the de facto capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels, Frankfurt and Strasbourg), as it is the seat of several institutions, agencies and bodies, including the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Court of Auditors, the Secretariat of the European Parliament, the European ...

Food. Luxembourg has many delicacies. In addition to French pâtisseries, cake and fruit pies, local pastries include the Pretzel, a Lent speciality; Quetscheflued, a zwetschge tart; verwurelt Gedanken or Verwurelter, small powdered sugar-coated doughnuts; and Äppelklatzen, apples en croûte.

Luxembourgers were, much like Austrians, historically considered to be a regional sub-group of ethnic Germans and viewed themselves as such until the collapse of the German Confederation.

Luxembourg is a small country located in the Low Countries, part of North-West Europe It borders Belgium for 148 kilometres (92 miles) to the west and north, France (73 km [45 mi]) to the south, and Germany (138 km [86 mi]) to the east.

Less than 50 km from Luxembourg, Trier is Germany's oldest city. Many traces of its rich past and Celtic, Roman and Germanic history can still be seen today.

Why does Luxembourg speak 3 languages? ›

Unlike neighbouring Belgium, where language is a highly contentious issue, in Luxembourg, languages are simply used in different contexts, with Luxembourgish being the vernacular choice, German being the language of business, and French the language of administration.