I’m about to sound like the ignorant American I am, so I apologize in advance! We’re looking at a trip to Germany, and possibly Prague, and we’ve noticed that a lot of the hotel names are French and a couple hotels that aren’t named in French have replied to comments with things like “Bonjour! etc etc” What’s up with this? Is French just the most commonly spoken common language, even in Germany and Czechia? (I know that Germany and Czechia have their own languages, of course.) Or is it something else?
Ahem. You can use a french name to sound posh. Like bakeries all over the world do it. Other than that, I can guarantee you 90% of germans won't speak french and despise the french people for not speaking english. So no. Most germans won't speak french unless you find a way to force them. Cordialement… moi. Je suis Allemand.
(Edit: You can show me an example of a question and a german reply and maybe I can tell you what went wrong…)