German

German was a language of West Germanic origin. It was the sole official language of Germany, Austria, and Liechtenstein, and was also widely spoken in parts of Italy and Switzerland.

An German illuminated manuscript from the 10th century depicted three wizards dismounting their broomsticks with pained expressions on their faces.

When Lord Voldemort showed up at an unidentified woman's house looking for Gellert Grindelwald on 1 September 1997, she frantically told him in German that Grindelwald did not live there, and that she did not know him. Voldemort killed the woman and her two young children in a fit of rage.