diff --git a/lib/rangy-textrange.js b/lib/rangy-textrange.js
index 6e380a12..a8c5473e 100644
--- a/lib/rangy-textrange.js
+++ b/lib/rangy-textrange.js
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@
                 wordRegex: /[a-z0-9]+('[a-z0-9]+)*/gi,
                 includeTrailingSpace: false,
                 tokenizer: defaultTokenizer
+            },
+            "de": {
+                wordRegex: /[\u00C0-\u017Fa-z0-9]+('[\u00C0-\u017Fa-z0-9]+)*/gi,
+                includeTrailingSpace: false,
+                tokenizer: defaultTokenizer
             }
         };
 
@@ -336,7 +341,7 @@
 
         /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-    
+
         // "A block node is either an Element whose "display" property does not have
         // resolved value "inline" or "inline-block" or "inline-table" or "none", or a
         // Document, or a DocumentFragment."
@@ -1925,6 +1930,6 @@
             )
         };
     });
-    
+
     return rangy;
-}, this);
\ No newline at end of file
+}, this);