diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index e40ed39d..243885a8 100755
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 * gui: added credits for Glen & team
 * gui: added credits for Meghan
 * blocks, threads: new "variables" choice in OF reporter's attribute dropdown, reports a list of reachable variable names
+* German translation update for "variables" string (lowercased)
 
 ### 2022-08-02
 * cloud: update
diff --git a/locale/lang-de.js b/locale/lang-de.js
index b76a3eb9..fb898c01 100644
--- a/locale/lang-de.js
+++ b/locale/lang-de.js
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ SnapTranslator.dict.de = {
     'translator_e-mail':
         'jens@moenig.org, jadga.huegle@sap.com', // optional
     'last_changed':
-        '2022-07-18', // this, too, will appear in the Translators tab
+        '2022-08-03', // this, too, will appear in the Translators tab
 
     // GUI
     // control bar:
@@ -2122,6 +2122,8 @@ SnapTranslator.dict.de = {
         'Rand unten',
     'position':
         'Position',
+    'variables':
+        'Variablen',
     'costume name':
         'Kostümname',
     'categories':
diff --git a/snap.html b/snap.html
index 1642f107..15edb686 100755
--- a/snap.html
+++ b/snap.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <script src="src/extensions.js?version=2022-07-11"></script>
         <script src="src/xml.js?version=2021-07-05"></script>
         <script src="src/store.js?version=2022-08-01"></script>
-        <script src="src/locale.js?version=2022-07-30"></script>
+        <script src="src/locale.js?version=2022-08-03"></script>
         <script src="src/cloud.js?version=2022-08-02"></script>
         <script src="src/api.js?version=2022-07-19"></script>
         <script src="src/sha512.js?version=2019-06-27"></script>
diff --git a/src/locale.js b/src/locale.js
index 282cade4..d73b4cab 100644
--- a/src/locale.js
+++ b/src/locale.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 // Global stuff
 
-modules.locale = '2022-July-30';
+modules.locale = '2022-August-03';
 
 var Localizer;
 var SnapTranslator = new Localizer();
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ SnapTranslator.dict.de = {
     'translator_e-mail':
         'jens@moenig.org, jadga.huegle@sap.com',
     'last_changed':
-        '2022-07-18'
+        '2022-08-03'
 };
 
 SnapTranslator.dict.it = {