Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache
The  (, Association for the German Language), or , is Germany's most important government-sponsored language society. Its headquarters are in Wiesbaden. Re-founded shortly after the Second World War in 1947, the  is politically independent and the declared successor of the  (), the General Association for the German Language, which had been founded in 1885 in Brunswick. Its aim is to research and cultivate the German language; to critically evaluate the current German language change; and to give recommendations concerning the current usage of German. Activities 
With its language advice service, the  supports individuals, companies, authorities and institutions concerning questions of the usage of contemporary German with regard to spelling, grammar and style. In a bi-annual public ceremony, the  awards the Media Award for Language Culture (). Furthermore, and in co-operation with the Alexander Rhomberg Foundation, the  awards the annual Alexander Rhomberg Award for young journalists. Since 1971, the  produces the annual language retrospective, well known for its Word of the Year (). The  has a podcast called "Wortcast"  and has also been featured on other national and international podcasts such as "Yellow of the Egg"  and "Nah am Menschen". Work for the German Parliament 
The  editorial panel of the parliament () gives linguistic advice to both the Federal Council () and the Federal parliament . They also advise ministries and authorities on both federal and state level as regards the linguistic correctness of draft legislation, by-laws, orders and other texts. The most important task of the GfdS is to revise the language of draft legislation, by-laws and orders whose legal terminology must be formulated clearly and concisely. 