diff --git a/next-i18next.config.js b/next-i18next.config.js
index 036e765..a902ed3 100644
--- a/next-i18next.config.js
+++ b/next-i18next.config.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = {
   i18n: {
     defaultLocale: 'en',
-    locales: ['en', 'de'],
+    locales: ['en', 'de', 'de-DE'],
     localeExtension: 'yml',
-    defaultLanguage: 'en',
-    fallbackLng: ['en'],
   },
 };
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diff --git a/public/locales/de-DE b/public/locales/de-DE
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..c42e816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/locales/de-DE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+de
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