Except for conversation classes, most courses in sinology departments are taught in German, and most reports and published papers are written in German. Students have to learn both the traditional and simplified forms of Chinese characters, and in order to be able to read ancient texts in their original form they also have to study classical Chinese.
除了會話課之外，主要以德文授課，一般寫報告或發表論文以德文為主，學生必須同時學會正體字與簡體字，甚至為了將來能直接閱讀古書，他們也必須學習文言文。