diff --git a/packages/demo/src/examples/example09.html b/packages/demo/src/examples/example09.html
index 00bce434..8df59970 100644
--- a/packages/demo/src/examples/example09.html
+++ b/packages/demo/src/examples/example09.html
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ <h2 class="bd-title">
         <option value="vi-VN">Vietnamese</option>
         <option value="zh-CN">简体中文</option>
         <option value="zh-TW">繁體中文</option>
+        <option value="de-DE">German</option>
       </select>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/packages/multiple-select-vanilla/src/interfaces/locale.interface.ts b/packages/multiple-select-vanilla/src/interfaces/locale.interface.ts
index f236e239..cd58b3ce 100644
--- a/packages/multiple-select-vanilla/src/interfaces/locale.interface.ts
+++ b/packages/multiple-select-vanilla/src/interfaces/locale.interface.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 export type LocaleKey =
   | 'cz-CS'
   | 'da-DK'
+  | 'de-DE'
   | 'en-US'
   | 'es-ES'
   | 'fr-FR'
diff --git a/packages/multiple-select-vanilla/src/locales/all-locales-index.ts b/packages/multiple-select-vanilla/src/locales/all-locales-index.ts
index 8dadccff..775edd05 100644
--- a/packages/multiple-select-vanilla/src/locales/all-locales-index.ts
+++ b/packages/multiple-select-vanilla/src/locales/all-locales-index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export * from './multiple-select-cz-CS';
 export * from './multiple-select-da-DK';
+export * from './multiple-select-de-DE';
 export * from './multiple-select-en-US';
 export * from './multiple-select-es-ES';
 export * from './multiple-select-fr-FR';
diff --git a/packages/multiple-select-vanilla/src/locales/multiple-select-de-DE.ts b/packages/multiple-select-vanilla/src/locales/multiple-select-de-DE.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1936485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/multiple-select-vanilla/src/locales/multiple-select-de-DE.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * Multiple Select de-DE translation
+ * Author: Bugi Goertz
+ */
+
+import type { MultipleSelectInstance } from '../MultipleSelectInstance';
+import type { MultipleSelectLocale, MultipleSelectLocales } from '../interfaces';
+
+const ms =
+  typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.multipleSelect !== undefined
+    ? window.multipleSelect
+    : ({ locales: {} as MultipleSelectLocales } as Partial<MultipleSelectInstance>);
+
+export const German = {
+  formatSelectAll() {
+    return '[Alles auswählen]';
+  },
+  formatAllSelected() {
+    return 'Alles ausgewählt';
+  },
+  formatCountSelected(count: number, total: number) {
+    return `${count} von ${total} ausgewählt`;
+  },
+  formatNoMatchesFound() {
+    return 'Keine Ergebnisse';
+  },
+  formatOkButton() {
+    return 'Schließen';
+  },
+} as MultipleSelectLocale;
+
+(ms.locales as MultipleSelectLocales)['de-DE'] = German;
+
+export default ms.locales;