diff --git a/tasmota/language/de_DE.h b/tasmota/language/de_DE.h
index 3ae7a842d..161f31482 100644
--- a/tasmota/language/de_DE.h
+++ b/tasmota/language/de_DE.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 #define D_COMMAND "Befehl"
 #define D_CONNECTED "verbunden"
 #define D_CORS_DOMAIN "CORS Domain"
-#define D_COUNT "zählen"
+#define D_COUNT "Anzahl"             // used as a noun throughout
 #define D_COUNTER "Zähler"
 #define D_CT_POWER "CT Power"
 #define D_CURRENT "Strom"          // As in Voltage and Current