OTRS/Administration Manual — German @ OTRS Translations

This manual is available on the Documentation Portal (https://doc.otrs.com/doc/) only for languages that have at least 90% translation completeness.

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9,859	Strings	88%	Browse Translate
125,874	Words	87%
836,906	Characters	85%

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Strings Words Characters
9,859 125,874 836,906	All strings	Browse Translate Zen
7 72 430	Approved strings	Browse Translate Zen
9,082 114,166 758,975	Translated strings	Browse Translate Zen
9,075 114,094 758,545	Strings waiting for review	Browse Translate Zen
777 11,708 77,931	Unfinished strings	Browse Translate Zen
776 11,700 77,871	Untranslated strings	Browse Translate Zen
1 8 60	Strings marked for edit	Browse Translate Zen
389 4,685 45,401	Strings with any failing checks	Browse Translate Zen
382 4,598 44,871	Translated strings with any failing checks	Browse Translate Zen
234 510 19,557	Failing check: Unchanged translation	Browse Translate Zen
3 27 174	Failing check: Mismatched full stop	Browse Translate Zen
17 381 2,238	Failing check: Multiple capitals	Browse Translate Zen
4 5 33	Failing check: Inconsistent	Browse Translate Zen
3 82 497	Failing check: Has been translated	Browse Translate Zen
93 2,642 16,681	Failing check: Inconsistent reStructuredText	Browse Translate Zen
1 8 60	Failing check: reStructuredText syntax error	Browse Translate Zen
41 1,225 7,346	Failing check: Consecutive duplicated words	Browse Translate Zen

Other components

Component	Approved	Translated	Unreviewed	Unfinished	Unfinished words	Unfinished characters	Untranslated	Checks	Suggestions	Comments
OTRS GPL-3.0-or-later	43%	99%	6,294	96	2,452	16,113	96	39	0	0

OTRS::ITSM Manual	50%		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Update Guide	0%	100%	285	0	0	0	0	18	0	0

User Manual	0%	100%	1,975	0	0	0	0	67	0	0

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Summary

Project website	otrs.com
Translation license	proprietary
Translation process	Translations can be made directly. Translation suggestions can be made. Any authenticated user can contribute. The translation uses bilingual files. Reviews are enabled for this language. Review setting: Project settings. All translation states, including those needing editing, are eligible to be written to the translation file. Learn how to customize the workflow for this language.
File mask	`locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/content.po`
Translation file	Download `locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/content.po`
Last change	Nov. 13, 2026, 8:58 a.m.
Last change made by	Contributor
Language	German
Language code	de
Text direction	Left to right
Case sensitivity	Case-sensitive
Number of speakers	141,873,196
Number of plurals	2
Plural type	One/other
Plurals	Singular	1
Plurals	Plural	0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …
Plural formula	`n != 1`

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String statistics

	Strings percent	Hosted strings	Words percent	Hosted words	Characters percent	Hosted characters
Total		9,859		125,874		836,906
Approved	1%	7	1%	72	1%	430
Waiting for review	92%	9,075	90%	114,094	90%	758,545
Translated	92%	9,082	90%	114,166	90%	758,975
Needs editing	1%	1	1%	8	1%	60
Read-only	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Failing checks	3%	389	3%	4,685	5%	45,401
Strings with suggestions	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Untranslated strings	7%	776	9%	11,700	9%	77,871

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9,859	All strings, converted files enriched with comments; suitable for offline translation	CSV	gettext MO	gettext PO	TBX	TMX	XLIFF 1.1 with gettext extensions	XLIFF 1.1	XLSX
777	Unfinished strings, converted files enriched with comments; suitable for offline translation	CSV	gettext MO	gettext PO	TBX	TMX	XLIFF 1.1 with gettext extensions	XLIFF 1.1	XLSX

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