[iaskwhy]

Sorry, it's not your fault but I found this funny because, of course German is the top first language in the EU, it's EU's most populous country, by far. Romanian is the 7th and Dutch the 8th and so on, pretty much every country has its own national language, with only a few exceptions.

[bobthechef]

But there are more non-native English speakers than non-native German speakers. Everyone is learning English, German far less so.

[jotm]

Don't forget Austria, those sneaky bastards also speak German, adding to the numbers :D

[village-idiot]

As an American who learned German, that feels more like a technicality than a reality.