diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b03f147..329f946 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ docker_up:
 
 generate_pot:
 	wp i18n make-pot kit kit/languages/kit.pot
+	# msgfmt -o generatedFile.mo yourFile.po
diff --git a/kit/functions.php b/kit/functions.php
index f9fd8f8..9c367c8 100644
--- a/kit/functions.php
+++ b/kit/functions.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 function kit_setup() {
 
+  load_theme_textdomain( 'kit', get_template_directory() . '/languages' );
+
   add_theme_support( 'menus' );
   add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
   add_theme_support( 'custom-logo' );
diff --git a/kit/languages/de_DE.mo b/kit/languages/de_DE.mo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..000d8f2
Binary files /dev/null and b/kit/languages/de_DE.mo differ
diff --git a/kit/languages/de_DE.po b/kit/languages/de_DE.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2b337b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kit/languages/de_DE.po
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: \n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-04-27T18:45:54+00:00\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"X-Generator: WP-CLI 2.2.0\n"
+"X-Domain: kit\n"
+
+#: search.php:12
+#: search.php:31
+msgid "Search"
+msgstr "Suchen"
+
+#: search.php:26
+msgid "Search for"
+msgstr "Suchen nach"
+
+#: search.php:49
+msgid "Showing results from"
+msgstr "Anzeige der Ergebnisse"
+
+#: search.php:56
+#: search.php:83
+msgid "< Previous"
+msgstr "< Zurück"
+
+#: search.php:57
+#: search.php:84
+msgid "Next >"
+msgstr "Nächste >"
+
+#: search.php:59
+#: search.php:86
+msgid "Page "
+msgstr "Seite "
diff --git a/kit/languages/kit.pot b/kit/languages/kit.pot
index 160262b..ae4c898 100644
--- a/kit/languages/kit.pot
+++ b/kit/languages/kit.pot
@@ -7,11 +7,24 @@ msgstr ""
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-04-27T18:41:34+00:00\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-04-27T18:45:54+00:00\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "X-Generator: WP-CLI 2.2.0\n"
 "X-Domain: kit\n"
 
+#: search.php:12
+#: search.php:31
+msgid "Search"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: search.php:26
+msgid "Search for"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: search.php:49
+msgid "Showing results from"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: search.php:56
 #: search.php:83
 msgid "< Previous"
diff --git a/kit/search.php b/kit/search.php
index 7e5dd71..6b3d2f7 100644
--- a/kit/search.php
+++ b/kit/search.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ get_header();
 
 
     <div class="headline-element" id="c145">
-      <h2><?php _e('Search'); ?></h2>
+      <h2><?php _e('Search', 'kit'); ?></h2>
     </div>
 
     <div id="c139" class="frame frame-default frame-type-list frame-layout-0">
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ get_header();
               <form method="get" role="search" action="<?php echo site_url(‘/’); ?>">
                 <fieldset>
                   <div class="tx-indexedsearch-form">
-                    <label for="tx-indexedsearch-searchbox-sword"><?php _e('Search for:'); ?></label>
+                    <label for="tx-indexedsearch-searchbox-sword"><?php _e('Search for', 'kit'); ?>:</label>
                     <input class="tx-indexedsearch-searchbox-sword" type="text" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
                   </div>
                   <div class="tx-indexedsearch-search-submit">
                     <button type="submit" class="tx-indexedsearch-searchbox-button" />
-                      <span><?php _e('Search'); ?></span>
+                      <span><?php _e('Search', 'kit'); ?></span>
                     </button>
                   </div>
                 </fieldset>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ get_header();
             $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
             $post_count_start = (($paged -1) * 10) + 1;
             $post_count_end = ((($paged -1) * 10) + $wp_query->post_count);
-            _e("Showing results from") . _e(" <strong>" . $post_count_start . " to " . $post_count_end . "</strong>. Total results: <strong>" . $wp_query->found_posts. "</strong>");
+            _e("Showing results from", 'kit') . _e(" <strong>" . $post_count_start . " to " . $post_count_end . "</strong>. Total results: <strong>" . $wp_query->found_posts. "</strong>");
           ?>
 				</p>