diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 24b06892..b1500f5a 100755
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 ### 2019-03-18
 * Threads: replaced 'colorBehindSprite' with 'colorAtSprite'
 * Blocks: renamed some items of the microphone dropdown
+* updated German translation
 
 ### 2019-03-17
 * Threads: renamed 'colorAtSprite' to 'colorBelowSprite' (first step to refactoring it altogether)
diff --git a/locale/lang-de.js b/locale/lang-de.js
index ed5e2783..927bf1a7 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':
-        '2019-03-12', // this, too, will appear in the Translators tab
+        '2019-03-18', // this, too, will appear in the Translators tab
 
     // GUI
     // control bar:
@@ -612,14 +612,14 @@ SnapTranslator.dict.de = {
         'Lautstärke',
     'note':
         'Note',
-    'pitch':
-        'Tonhöhe',
-    'signals':
+    'frequency':
+        'Frequenz',
+    'samples':
         'Signale',
-    'frequencies':
-        'Frequenzen',
-    'bins':
-        'Bins',
+    'spectrum':
+        'Frequenzspektrum',
+    'resolution':
+        'Auflösung',
     'Microphone resolution...':
         'Mikrofonauflösung...',
     'Microphone':
diff --git a/snap.html b/snap.html
index bbac727f..b37dd12d 100755
--- a/snap.html
+++ b/snap.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <script type="text/javascript" src="src/sketch.js?version=2019-02-22"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="src/xml.js?version=2018-11-12"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="src/store.js?version=2019-02-22"></script>
-        <script type="text/javascript" src="src/locale.js?version=2019-03-12"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="src/locale.js?version=2019-03-18"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="src/cloud.js?version=2019-02-20"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="src/sha512.js?version=2018-10-02"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="src/FileSaver.min.js?version=2018-10-02"></script>
diff --git a/src/locale.js b/src/locale.js
index 9e95eca4..e0e9d16e 100644
--- a/src/locale.js
+++ b/src/locale.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 /*global modules, contains*/
 
-modules.locale = '2019-March-12';
+modules.locale = '2019-March-18';
 
 // Global stuff
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ SnapTranslator.dict.de = {
     'translator_e-mail':
         'jens@moenig.org, jadga.huegle@sap.com',
     'last_changed':
-        '2019-03-12'
+        '2019-03-18'
 };
 
 SnapTranslator.dict.it = {