diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae7464ae31c1..3466e163ab1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ The extension is available in multiple languages thanks to external
 contributors (if you would like to contribute a translation, see the
 [pull request which added Italian](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/pull/1152)):
 
+* `de`
 * `en`
 * `es`
 * `fr`
diff --git a/news/1 Enhancements/2203.md b/news/1 Enhancements/2203.md
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added a German translation. (thanks to [bschley](https://github.com/bschley) and by means of [berndverst](https://github.com/berndverst) and [croth1](https://github.com/croth1) for the reviews)
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diff --git a/package.nls.de.json b/package.nls.de.json
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index 000000000000..6744ee1cf235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.nls.de.json
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{
+    "python.command.python.sortImports.title": "Sortieren der Importe",
+    "python.command.python.startREPL.title": "Starten des REPL",
+    "python.command.python.createTerminal.title": "Terminal erstellen",
+    "python.command.python.buildWorkspaceSymbols.title": "Arbeitsplatz-Symbole erstellen",
+    "python.command.python.runtests.title": "Alle Unittests ausführen",
+    "python.command.python.debugtests.title": "Alle Unittests debuggen",
+    "python.command.python.execInTerminal.title": "Python-Datei im Terminal ausführen",
+    "python.command.python.setInterpreter.title": "Interpreter auswählen",
+    "python.command.python.updateSparkLibrary.title": "PySpark Arbeitsplatz-Bibliotheken aktualisieren",
+    "python.command.python.refactorExtractVariable.title": "Variable extrahieren",
+    "python.command.python.refactorExtractMethod.title": "Methode extrahieren",
+    "python.command.python.viewTestOutput.title": "Unittest-Ausgabe anzeigen",
+    "python.command.python.selectAndRunTestMethod.title": "Unittest-Methode ausführen ...",
+    "python.command.python.selectAndDebugTestMethod.title": "Unittest-Debug-Methode ausführen ...",
+    "python.command.python.selectAndRunTestFile.title": "Unittest-Datei ausführen ...",
+    "python.command.python.runCurrentTestFile.title": "Ausgewählte Unittest-Datei ausführen",
+    "python.command.python.runFailedTests.title": "Fehlerhafte Unittests ausführen",
+    "python.command.python.discoverTests.title": "Unittests durchsuchen",
+    "python.command.python.execSelectionInTerminal.title": "Selektion/Reihe in Python-Terminal ausführen",
+    "python.command.python.execSelectionInDjangoShell.title": "Selektion/Reihe in Django-Shell ausführen",
+    "python.command.python.goToPythonObject.title": "Gehe zu Python-Objekt",
+    "python.command.python.setLinter.title": "Linter auswählen",
+    "python.command.python.enableLinting.title": "Linting aktivieren",
+    "python.command.python.runLinting.title": "Linting ausführen",
+    "python.snippet.launch.standard.label": "Python: Aktuelle Datei",
+    "python.snippet.launch.standard.description": "Python-Programm debuggen mit Standardausgabe",
+    "python.snippet.launch.pyspark.label": "Python: PySpark",
+    "python.snippet.launch.pyspark.description": "PySpark debuggen",
+    "python.snippet.launch.module.label": "Python: Modul",
+    "python.snippet.launch.module.description": "Python-Modul debuggen",
+    "python.snippet.launch.terminal.label": "Python: Terminal (integriert)",
+    "python.snippet.launch.terminal.description": "Python-Programm mit integriertem Terminal/Konsole debuggen",
+    "python.snippet.launch.externalTerminal.label": "Python: Terminal (extern)",
+    "python.snippet.launch.externalTerminal.description": "Python-Programm mit externem Terminal/Konsole debuggen",
+    "python.snippet.launch.django.label": "Python: Django",
+    "python.snippet.launch.django.description": "Django-Anwendung debuggen",
+    "python.snippet.launch.flask.label": "Python: Flask (0.11.x oder neuer)",
+    "python.snippet.launch.flask.description": "Flask-Anwendung debuggen",
+    "python.snippet.launch.flaskOld.label": "Python: Flask (0.10.x oder früher)",
+    "python.snippet.launch.flaskOld.description": "Ältere Flask-Anwendung debuggen",
+    "python.snippet.launch.gevent.label": "Python: Gevent",
+    "python.snippet.launch.gevent.description": "Gevent-Anwendung debuggen",
+    "python.snippet.launch.pyramid.label": "Python: Pyramid-Anwendung",
+    "python.snippet.launch.pyramid.description": "Pyramid-Anwendung debuggen",
+    "python.snippet.launch.watson.label": "Python: Watson-Anwendung",
+    "python.snippet.launch.watson.description": "Watson-Anwendung debuggen",
+    "python.snippet.launch.attach.label": "Python: Anfügen",
+    "python.snippet.launch.attach.description": "Debugger anfügen für Remote Debugging",
+    "python.snippet.launch.scrapy.label": "Python: Scrapy",
+    "python.snippet.launch.scrapy.description": "Scrapy mit integiertem Terminal/Konsole"
+}