OTRS/Update Guide — German @ OTRS Translations

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288	Strings	78%	Browse Translate
2,727	Words	67%
20,234	Characters	62%

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Strings Words Characters
288 2,727 20,234	All strings	Browse Translate Zen
144 876 6,800	Approved strings	Browse Translate Zen
225 1,843 12,581	Translated strings	Browse Translate Zen
81 967 5,781	Strings waiting for review	Browse Translate Zen
63 884 7,653	Unfinished strings	Browse Translate Zen
63 884 7,653	Untranslated strings	Browse Translate Zen
63 884 7,653	Unfinished strings without suggestions	Browse Translate Zen
14 88 548	Translated strings with dismissed checks	Browse Translate Zen
24 150 927	Labeled: Automatically translated	Browse Translate Zen
288 2,727 20,234	Strings without a label	Browse Translate Zen

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Component	Approved	Translated	Unfinished	Unfinished words	Unfinished characters	Untranslated	Checks	Suggestions	Comments
Administration Manual	31%	73%	2,438	25,013	225,158	2,438	7	0	0

Features Manual	52%		0	0	0	0	0	0	0

OTRS GPL-3.0-or-later	42%	99%	29	444	3,128	29	7	0	0

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

User Manual	49%	56%	773	12,632	97,457	773	0	0	0

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Overview

Project website	otrs.com
Project maintainers	bmu bot-otrs-gitlab
Translation license	proprietary
Translation process	Translations can be made directly. Translation suggestions can be made. Translations are reviewed by dedicated reviewers. Any authenticated user can contribute. The translation uses bilingual files.
File mask	`documentation/update/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/content.po`
Translation file	Download `documentation/update/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/content.po`
Last change	April 15, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
Last change made by	None
Language	German
Language code	de
Text direction	Left to right
Case sensitivity	Case-sensitive
Number of speakers	141,444,441
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		288		2,727		20,234
Approved	50%	144	32%	876	33%	6,800
Waiting for review	28%	81	35%	967	28%	5,781
Translated	78%	225	67%	1,843	62%	12,581
Needs editing	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Read-only	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Failing checks	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Strings with suggestions	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0
Untranslated strings	21%	63	32%	884	37%	7,653

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None Resource updated OTRS Update Guide German	The “`documentation/update/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/content.po`” file was changed. 2 weeks ago
None Resource updated OTRS Update Guide German	The “`documentation/update/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/content.po`” file was changed. 2 weeks ago
None Resource updated OTRS Update Guide German	The “`documentation/update/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/content.po`” file was changed. 2 weeks ago
None String added in the repository OTRS Update Guide German	English External programs to be run by OTRS are blocked by default due to security reasons. You have to add the program to the allow list as described in the [Allow Program Safe to Run](/documentation/admin/tutorials/allow-program-safe-to-run) chapter of the administration manual. German 0 characters edited Current translation Empty 2 weeks ago
None String added in the repository OTRS Update Guide German	English After the migration is done, you need to add a new switch to file `Kernel/Config.pm` to activate the `utf8mb4` support. German 0 characters edited Current translation Empty 2 weeks ago
None String added in the repository OTRS Update Guide German	English Use the `--force` option to perform the actual migration. German 0 characters edited Current translation Empty 2 weeks ago
None String added in the repository OTRS Update Guide German	English OTRS 7 and previous versions only supported the `utf8` MySQL database character set, which is not able to store all Unicode characters. Since OTRS 8 the `utf8mb4` character set is also supported, which removes this limitation. It is recommended to convert your database at your convenience with the built-in migration script. German 0 characters edited Current translation Empty 2 weeks ago
None String added in the repository OTRS Update Guide German	English In normal situations, this value should not be reached, but we recommend to set this value back to 1000 with the following option, that has to be added to the configuration file `elasticsearch.yml`: German 0 characters edited Current translation Empty 2 weeks ago
None String added in the repository OTRS Update Guide German	English .. _`index structures must either be updated`: https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/upgrade/prepare-to-upgrade/upgrade-assistant German 0 characters edited Current translation Empty 2 weeks ago
None String added in the repository OTRS Update Guide German	English Please refer to the [Requirements](requirements) chapter for the supported versions. German 0 characters edited Current translation Empty 2 weeks ago

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