diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/98_SVG.pm b/fhem/FHEM/98_SVG.pm
index 9eb04a787..d7f3d4d79 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/98_SVG.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/98_SVG.pm
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ my $SVG_hdr = 'version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" '.
               'xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" '.
               'data-origin="FHEM"';
 
+my $isDE;
+my %monthNamesDE = (
+  Jan=>"Jan", Feb=>"Feb", Mar=>"Mrz", Apr=>"Apr", May=>"Mai", Jun=>"Jun",
+  Jul=>"Jul", Aug=>"Aug", Sep=>"Sep", Oct=>"Okt", Nov=>"Nov", Dec=>"Dez"
+);
 
 #####################################
 sub
@@ -1669,6 +1674,7 @@ SVG_render($$$$$$$$$$)
   # then the text and the grid
   $off1 = $x;
   $off2 = $y+$h+$th;
+  $isDE = (AttrVal("global", "language","EN") eq "DE");
   my $t = SVG_fmtTime($first_tag, $fromsec);
   SVG_pO "<text x=\"0\" y=\"$off2\" class=\"ylabel\">$t</text>"
         if(!$conf{xrange});
@@ -2369,7 +2375,7 @@ SVG_fmtTime($$)
   $fmt = "" if(!defined($fmt));
   for my $f (split(" ", $fmt)) {
     $ret .= $sep if($ret);
-    $ret .= $tarr[$f];
+    $ret .= ($isDE && $f==1) ? $monthNamesDE{$tarr[$f]} : $tarr[$f];
   }
   return $ret;
 }