diff --git a/apps/slidingtext/custom.html b/apps/slidingtext/custom.html
index 5023d9a3d..b2863ebf3 100644
--- a/apps/slidingtext/custom.html
+++ b/apps/slidingtext/custom.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   </head>
   <body>
       
-      <p>Please select watch languages</p>
+      <p>Please select watch languages (Max 4, only the first 4 selected will be loaded)</p>
       
       <table id="language_selection">
           <tr>
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
               {name:"French",shortname:"fr"},
               {name:"Japanese",shortname:"jp"},
               {name:"Spanish",shortname:"es"}
+              {name:"German",shortname:"de"}
       ];
       var selected_languages = ["en","es","jp"];
       try{
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@
           for (var i=0; i<slidingtext_languages.length; i++) {
               var curr_language = slidingtext_languages[i];
               var checked=document.getElementById("enabled_"+i).checked;
-              if (checked) {
+              if (checked && new_selected_languages.length < 4 ) {
                   new_selected_languages.push(curr_language.shortname);
               }
           }
diff --git a/apps/slidingtext/slidingtext.locale.de.js b/apps/slidingtext/slidingtext.locale.de.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8eb9e4ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/slidingtext/slidingtext.locale.de.js
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+var DateFormatter = require("slidingtext.dtfmt.js");
+
+const germanNumberStr = [ ["ZERO",""], // 0
+    ["EINS",""], // 1
+    ["ZWEI",""], //2
+    ["DREI",''], //3
+    ["VIER",''], //4
+    ["FÜNF",''], //5
+    ["SECHS",''], //6
+    ["SEIBEN",''], //7
+    ["ACHT",''], //8
+    ["NUEN",''], // 9,
+    ["ZEHN",''], // 10
+    ["ELF",''], // 11,
+    ["ZWOLF",''], // 12
+    ["DREI",'ZEHN'], // 13
+    ["VIER",'ZEHN'], // 14
+    ["FUNF",'ZEHN'], // 15
+    ["SECH",'ZEHN'], // 16
+    ["SIEB",'ZEHN'], // 17
+    ["ACHT",'ZEHN'], // 18
+    ["NEUN",'ZEHN'], // 19
+    ["ZWANZIG",''], // 20
+    ["EINUND",'ZWANZIG'], // 21
+    ["ZWEIUND",'ZWANZIG'], // 22
+    ["DREIUND",'ZWANZIG'], // 23
+    ["VIERUND",'ZWANZIG'], // 24
+    ["FUNFUND",'ZWANZIG'], // 25
+    ["SECHSUND",'ZWANZIG'], // 26
+    ["SEIBEN",'ZWANZIG'], // 27
+    ["ACHTUND",'ZWANZIG'], // 28
+    ["NEUNUND",'ZWANZIG'] // 29
+];
+
+const germanTensStr = ["ZERO",//0
+    "ZEHN",//10
+    "ZWANZIG",//20
+    "DREISSIG",//30
+    "VIERZIG",//40
+    "FUNFZIG",//50
+    "SECHZIG"//60
+]
+
+const germanUnit = ["",//0
+    "EINUND",//1
+    "ZWEIUND",//2
+    "DREIUND",//3
+    "VIERUND", //4
+    "FUNFUND", //5
+    "SECHSUND", //6
+    "SEIBENUND", //7
+    "ACHTUND", //8
+    "NEUNUND" //9
+]
+
+function germanHoursToText(hours){
+    hours = hours % 12;
+    if(hours == 0){
+        hours = 12;
+    }
+    return germanNumberStr[hours][0];
+}
+
+function germanMinsToText(mins) {
+    if (mins < 20) {
+        return germanNumberStr[mins];
+    } else {
+        var tens = (mins / 10 | 0);
+        var word1 = germanTensStr[tens];
+        var remainder = mins - tens * 10;
+        var word2 = germanUnit[remainder];
+        return [word2, word1];
+    }
+}
+
+class GermanDateFormatter extends DateFormatter {
+    constructor() { super();}
+    name(){return "German";}
+    formatDate(date){
+        var mins = date.getMinutes();
+        var hourOfDay = date.getHours();
+        var hours = germanHoursToText(hourOfDay);
+        //console.log('hourOfDay->' + hourOfDay + ' hours text->' + hours)
+        // Deal with the special times first
+        if(mins == 0){
+            var hours = germanHoursToText(hourOfDay);
+            return [hours,"UHR", "","",""];
+        } else if(mins == 30){
+            var hours = germanHoursToText(hourOfDay+1);
+            return ["", "", "HALB","", hours];
+        } else if(mins == 15){
+            var hours = germanHoursToText(hourOfDay);
+            return ["", "", "VIERTEL", "NACH",hours];
+        } else if(mins == 45) {
+            var hours = germanHoursToText(hourOfDay+1);
+            return ["", "", "VIERTEL", "VOR",hours];
+        } else {
+            var mins_txt = germanMinsToText(mins);
+            return [hours, "UHR", mins_txt[0],mins_txt[1]];
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = GermanDateFormatter;
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