This designation is used as a title of nobility in all German-speaking areas.

It is the biggest audience book award in the German-speaking area.

Due to its proximity to German-speaking areas, a lot of words have been borrowed from German.

Some locations were just some kilometers apart from the other German-speaking areas.

Brawling and fighting were regular occupations of students in the German-speaking areas during the early modern period.

It was one of the oldest academies of art in the German-speaking area.

Herbart developed a system of pedagogy widely used in German-speaking areas.

Kochan's academic papers about learning and teaching to write by using the computer are well-known outside the German-speaking areas.

However, the German-speaking areas are where black letter remained in use the longest.

But even in the other German-speaking areas, the proposition was soundly defeated.