Do they speak German in Mallorca?

Language is a part of majorcan culture. The island has two official languages, Castilian (Spanish) and Catalan, while locals prefer to speak their Mallorquin dialect. However, the island's staff, including maids, speak several foreign languages. English, German and French are particularly common.



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Latest figures from the Ibestat Balearic Institute of Statistics indicate that 18,875 Germans citizens are registered in the Balearics. This number, as of December 2022, is not far off 50% of what it was in 2012 - 36,259.

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Official figures just published by the INE show that as of January 1, 2019, there were 18,922 Germans living in the Balearic Islands in 2019 compared to 36,003 in 2010.

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There are around 120,000 people of German nationality who have moved to Spain. Most of them reside mainly in the Balearic Islands, Cataluña (Barcelona), Canarias (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and Comunitat Valenciana (Alicante).

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Mallorca is a very popular travel destination among Germans: on top of the approximately 1.8 million tourist arrivals from other Spanish regions, approximately four million visits from the central European country were registered by the island in 2022.

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For long decades, Mallorca is so popular among Germans and Brits because of its long and sandy beaches, awesome Mediterranean climate, and ideal costs for both living and holiday. There are many more numerous reasons for this choice of Brits and Germans.

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Why are prices rising in Mallorca? A year on from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, energy and food prices - which surged at the onset of the war - remain high. In Majorca, inflation is currently at 5.8 per cent. The increase in tourism prices can be partly attributed to this global price surge.

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Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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The 22 million Americans of primarily German ancestry are by far the largest part of the German diaspora, a figure equal to over a quarter of the population of Germany itself. Germans form just under half the population in the Upper Midwest.

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Between the First and Second World Wars, the Canary Islands became an obligatory port of call for German ships engaged in naval maneuvers. In fact, 70% of German ships dropped anchor in the islands' ports while the other 30% sailed through their waters at some point.

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Meanwhile, hotels in traditional hotspots for German tourists, such as the town of Puerto de la Cruz in northern Tenerife, are now filling up with weather tourists.

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Mallorca is a popular party island Nestled in the bay of Palma on Mallorca's sunny west coast, Magaluf is home to the largest nightclub in Europe — BCM Planet Dance — along with dozens of other renowned venues, including Bananas, Boomerang, and Carwash.

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The anthem of Mallorca is La Balanguera. Like the other Balearic Islands of Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera, the island is an extremely popular holiday destination, particularly for tourists from the Netherlands, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

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