diff --git a/src/i18n/de/_all.ts b/src/i18n/de/_all.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa81be2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/i18n/de/_all.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export default {
+  common: require('./common'),
+
+  screens: require('./screens'),
+  screenActions: require('./screens/actions'),
+  screenAnnouncements: require('./screens/announcements'),
+  screenCompose: require('./screens/compose'),
+  screenImageViewer: require('./screens/imageViewer'),
+  screenTabs: require('./screens/tabs'),
+
+  componentEmojis: require('./components/emojis'),
+  componentInstance: require('./components/instance'),
+  componentMediaSelector: require('./components/mediaSelector'),
+  componentParse: require('./components/parse'),
+  componentRelationship: require('./components/relationship'),
+  componentTimeline: require('./components/timeline')
+}
diff --git a/src/i18n/i18n.ts b/src/i18n/i18n.ts
index 0199f4f2..7c9fd51b 100644
--- a/src/i18n/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/i18n.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import i18n from 'i18next'
 import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next'
 
+import de from '@root/i18n/de/_all'
 import en from '@root/i18n/en/_all'
 import ko from '@root/i18n/ko/_all'
 import vi from '@root/i18n/vi/_all'
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@ i18n.use(initReactI18next).init({
   ns: ['common'],
   defaultNS: 'common',
 
-  resources: { 'zh-Hans': zh_Hans, vi, ko, en },
+  resources: { 'zh-Hans': zh_Hans, vi, ko, en, de },
+  returnEmptyString: false,
 
   saveMissing: true,
   missingKeyHandler: (ns, key) => {
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales.ts b/src/i18n/locales.ts
index 593b400a..ade8d606 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/locales.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const LOCALES = {
+  de: 'Deutsch',
   en: 'English',
   ko: '한국어',
   vi: 'Tiếng Việt',