diff --git a/public/app/core/internationalization/constants.ts b/public/app/core/internationalization/constants.ts
index 71134bf1f70..6e6eec3ae4e 100644
--- a/public/app/core/internationalization/constants.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/internationalization/constants.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { ResourceKey } from 'i18next';
 export const ENGLISH_US = 'en-US';
 export const FRENCH_FRANCE = 'fr-FR';
 export const SPANISH_SPAIN = 'es-ES';
+export const GERMAN_GERMANY = 'de-DE';
 export const CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED = 'zh-Hans';
 export const PSEUDO_LOCALE = 'pseudo-LOCALE';
 
@@ -38,6 +39,12 @@ export const LOCALES: LocaleDefinition[] = [
     loader: () => import('../../../locales/es-ES/grafana.json'),
   },
 
+  {
+    code: GERMAN_GERMANY,
+    name: 'Deutsch',
+    loader: () => import('../../../locales/de-DE/grafana.json'),
+  },
+
   {
     code: CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED,
     name: '中文（简体）',
diff --git a/public/locales/de-DE/grafana.json b/public/locales/de-DE/grafana.json
index 4a4739ff190..b1db7230652 100644
--- a/public/locales/de-DE/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/de-DE/grafana.json
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
   "_comment": "Do not manually edit this file. Translations must be made in Crowdin which will sync them back into this file",
   "common": {
     "locale": {
-      "default": "Standard",
-      "en-US": "Englisch",
-      "es-ES": "Spanisch",
-      "fr-FR": "Französisch",
-      "zh-Hans": "Chinesisch (vereinfacht)"
+      "default": "Standard"
     },
     "save": "Speichern"
   },
diff --git a/public/locales/i18next-parser.config.js b/public/locales/i18next-parser.config.js
index 1b0d66cb782..8c608d8b129 100644
--- a/public/locales/i18next-parser.config.js
+++ b/public/locales/i18next-parser.config.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module.exports = {
   // Default namespace used in your i18next config
   defaultNamespace: 'grafana',
 
-  locales: ['en-US', 'fr-FR', 'es-ES', "zh-Hans", 'pseudo-LOCALE'],
+  locales: ['en-US', 'fr-FR', 'es-ES', "de-DE", "zh-Hans", 'pseudo-LOCALE'],
 
   output: './public/locales/$LOCALE/$NAMESPACE.json',