diff --git a/programs/write/De.rc b/programs/write/De.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c2afa0848ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/write/De.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Mikolaj Zalewski
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Michael Stefaniuc
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
+ */
+
+LANGUAGE LANG_GERMAN, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
+
+STRINGTABLE
+{
+    IDS_FAILED, "Der Start von Wordpad ist fehlgeschlagen"
+}
diff --git a/programs/write/rsrc.rc b/programs/write/rsrc.rc
index 049ee8cc9bc..e74cfbd9bec 100644
--- a/programs/write/rsrc.rc
+++ b/programs/write/rsrc.rc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 
+#include "De.rc"
 #include "En.rc"
 #include "Fr.rc"
 #include "Ko.rc"