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Translate video to German
Add German subtitles to any video: upload it, pick German, and export an MP4 with German captions timed to the speech — or download an German SRT file. Free, with no sign-up and no watermark.
How to add German subtitles to a video
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Upload your video
Drop in an MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV, or an audio file. The video stays on your device — only the audio is used to hear the speech.
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Choose German
German is preselected when you open the translator from this page. The spoken language is detected automatically.
- 3
Style the captions
Pick a template, font and position. Everything is previewed live on your video.
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Export
Download an MP4 with the German captions burned in, or German SRT and VTT files to upload to YouTube or any platform.
About German subtitles
- Writing system
- Latin alphabet with umlauts (ä, ö, ü) and ß
- Spoken by
- around 135 million people
- Where
- Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg
Tips for great German captions
- German compound words can be very long (Untertitelgenerator is one word), so set a generous maximum characters per line to avoid awkward breaks.
- All nouns are capitalised in German, so avoid the "Capitalize" text-case option, which would capitalise every word.
Frequently asked questions
How do I translate a video to German for free?+
Open the video translator, upload your video, choose German, and press generate. You get German captions timed to the speech, which you can edit and export as an MP4 or an SRT — no account and no watermark.
Can I translate an English video to German?+
Yes — and a video in almost any other language too. The spoken language is detected automatically, then the captions are written in German.
Does it dub the video into German?+
No. It adds German subtitles and keeps the original voice, which is faster, free, and keeps the speaker's real tone.
I already have subtitles — can I translate them to German?+
Yes. Use the SRT translator: drop in your .srt or .vtt file, choose German, and download the translated file with every timestamp unchanged.
Your German captions are one upload away
No sign-up. No watermark. Your video stays on your device. Just better captions, in minutes.
Translate a video to German