How to validate phone number formats for a specific country or region?

Different countries or regions use different phone number formats. To help you to validate phone number formats used in a specific country or region, FYIcenter.com has designed this online tool. All you need to do is to end a phone number of a specific country/region in the form below, and click the "Validate" button. The validation result will be presented back to you.

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Country/Region:	Germany
Phone #

Validation result by FYIcenter.com:

Specified Phone Number: Valid ✔

"89 975 214 75" matches the format of "AA SSS SSS SS"

Most phone numbers in Germany are written in the following formats:

   Prefix: long distance or international
   --------------------------------------
   |   Carrier or area code 
   |   --------------------
   |   |   Subscriber number
   |   |   -----------------
   v   v   v
   0   AA  SSS SSS SS   - Local format
  +49  AA  SSS SSS SS   - International format

Most telephone numbers in Germany have 10 digits and are written in the format of "AA SSS SSS SS". Here are some examples: 89 975 214 75; 69 690 785 78.

When dialing locally inside Germany, the long distance prefix of "0" is required. So the format becomes "0 AA SSS SSS SS".

When dialing from outside of Germany, the international dial-in prefix "+49" is required. So the format becomes "+49 AA SSS SSS SS".

When dialing from Germany to other countries, the international dail-out prefix "+" or "00" required.

To validate phone number formats for other countries or regions, see our Generic Phone Number Format Validator.

To see phone number examples in Germany, try our Test Phone Number Generator.

 

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