The title of the present teaching model "Language - Thinking - (Media) Reality" hints at the richness of the topic in four keywords. Language, which has always been the focal point of German lessons as artistic material for literary works or as a means of expression for informative texts, now takes center stage in its own teaching sequences. Linguistic, philosophical, historical, and media-theoretical perspectives complement each other and illuminate how multifaceted and complex the engagement with this inherently human ability "language" is. It exists in the tension between ancient philosophical considerations and the latest research on a "language gene," linguistic theories and literary reflections, the learning of the first words and the influence of media. The guidelines and curricula for d.