Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Symbol
- € — placed after the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- 123.456,78 €
- Thousands separator
- .
- Decimal separator
- ,
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- 1 USD = 0.872067672451 EUR (ecb, 2026-07-16)
Tax
- 7% — food
- 7% — books
- 7% — transport
- 7% — restaurant food
Payment methods in Germany
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 paypal
- 02 invoice
- 03 sepa direct debit
- 04 card
- 05 klarna
- 06 apple pay
- 07 google pay
- 08 wero
- 09 amazon pay
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, girocard, amex, jcb, unionpay. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- de-DE
- Official languages
- German
- Regional
- Northern Frisian
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD.MM.YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- yes
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +49
- Mobile format
- +49 XXX XXXXXXX
- Digits
- 10-11
Germany: common questions
What currency does Germany use?
Germany uses the Euro (EUR), symbol €. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as 123.456,78 €.
How many decimal places does EUR have?
EUR has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the VAT rate in Germany?
The standard VAT rate in Germany is 19.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Germany?
The methods that matter in Germany, in rough order of use: paypal, invoice, sepa direct debit, card, klarna, apple pay, google pay, wero, amazon pay.
What is the dialling code for Germany?
Germany's country calling code is +49. Mobile numbers are formatted +49 XXX XXXXXXX (10-11 digits after the country code).
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