Whether you’re asked to portray an artistic German Expressionist, an inebriated Oktoberfest attendee, or a nefarious James Bond villain, the ability to do a German accent can help you land roles ...

However, participants with German as their native language showed stronger connections between brain regions involved in language processing within each hemisphere compared with Arabic speakers.

Those speaking German, formerly the third-largest bloc after English- and Spanish-language speakers, now sit in the fifth spot, after English-, Spanish-, Portuguese- and Chinese-language speakers.