diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d31660c2..ef77f2d0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4472,18 +4472,18 @@
           "dev": true
         },
         "mkdirp": {
-          "version": "0.5.1",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-MAV0OOrGz3+MR2fzhkjWaX11yQM=",
+          "version": "0.5.5",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.5.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-NKmAlESf6jMGym1++R0Ra7wvhV+wFW63FaSOFPwRahvea0gMUcGUhVeAg/0BC0wiv9ih5NYPB1Wn1UEI1/L+xQ==",
           "dev": true,
           "requires": {
-            "minimist": "0.0.8"
+            "minimist": "^1.2.5"
           },
           "dependencies": {
             "minimist": {
-              "version": "0.0.8",
-              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-0.0.8.tgz",
-              "integrity": "sha1-hX/Kv8M5fSYluCKCYuhqp6ARsF0=",
+              "version": "1.2.5",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.5.tgz",
+              "integrity": "sha512-FM9nNUYrRBAELZQT3xeZQ7fmMOBg6nWNmJKTcgsJeaLstP/UODVpGsr5OhXhhXg6f+qtJ8uiZ+PUxkDWcgIXLw==",
               "dev": true
             }
           }
diff --git a/src/MatchMaker.js b/src/MatchMaker.js
index 121521ef..1f47a329 100644
--- a/src/MatchMaker.js
+++ b/src/MatchMaker.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const RecentGames = require('./RecentGames')
 
 module.exports = class MatchMaker {
   constructor (opts) {
-    this.waitingPair = null
+    this.waitingPair = {}
     this.games = {}
     this.wikiPages = opts.pages
     this.recentGames = new RecentGames()
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ module.exports = class MatchMaker {
    * Create a new game hosted by the given player.
    */
 
-  createGame (player) {
-    const [origin, goal] = this.wikiPages.randomPair()
-    const game = new WikiBattle(origin, goal)
+  async createGame (player, language) {
+    const [origin, goal] = await this.wikiPages.randomPair(language)
+    const game = new WikiBattle(origin, goal, language)
     game.connect(player)
     return game
   }
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ module.exports = class MatchMaker {
    * either the previous, or the next player that is passed to this method.
    */
 
-  pair (player) {
-    if (this.waitingPair) {
+  async pair (player, language) {
+    if (this.waitingPair[language]) {
       debug('pairing with existing')
-      const game = this.waitingPair
-      this.waitingPair = null
+      const game = this.waitingPair[language]
+      this.waitingPair[language] = null
 
       game.connect(player)
 
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ module.exports = class MatchMaker {
     }
 
     debug('waiting for pairing')
-    const game = this.createGame(player)
-    this.waitingPair = game
+    const game = await this.createGame(player, language)
+    this.waitingPair[language] = game
 
     player.notifyJoinedGame(game)
 
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ module.exports = class MatchMaker {
    * shareable URL.
    */
 
-  new (player) {
+  async new (player, language) {
     debug('forcing new game')
 
-    const game = this.createGame(player)
+    const game = await this.createGame(player, language)
     this.games[game.id] = game
 
     player.notifyJoinedGame(game)
diff --git a/src/SocketHandler.js b/src/SocketHandler.js
index 9548a900..347ff78b 100644
--- a/src/SocketHandler.js
+++ b/src/SocketHandler.js
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ module.exports = class SocketHandler {
     const sock = new SocketEvents(raw)
     const player = new Player(sock)
 
-    sock.on('gameType', (type, id) => {
+    sock.on('gameType', async (type, id, language) => {
       switch (type) {
         case 'pair':
-          game = this.matchMaker.pair(player)
+          game = await this.matchMaker.pair(player, language)
           break
         case 'new':
-          game = this.matchMaker.new(player)
+          game = await this.matchMaker.new(player, language)
           break
         case 'join':
           try {
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ module.exports = class SocketHandler {
       }
     })
 
-    raw.on('close', () => {
-      if (game) {
+    raw.on('close', async () => {
+      if (await game) {
         game.disconnect(player)
 
         this.matchMaker.disconnected(game)
diff --git a/src/WikiBattle.js b/src/WikiBattle.js
index f6ed10a8..dc6ef068 100644
--- a/src/WikiBattle.js
+++ b/src/WikiBattle.js
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ const BACKLINKS_TIMEOUT = ms('90 seconds')
  */
 
 module.exports = class WikiBattle extends EventEmitter {
-  constructor (origin, goal) {
+  constructor (origin, goal, language) {
     super()
     this.id = generateId({ length: 7 })
     this.players = []
     this.origin = origin
     this.goal = goal
+    this.language = language || 'en'
   }
 
   /**
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ module.exports = class WikiBattle extends EventEmitter {
    */
 
   navigateInner (player, to) {
-    player.navigateTo(to)
+    player.navigateTo(to, null, this.language)
     this.emitSocket('navigated', player.id, to)
     this.checkWin()
   }
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ module.exports = class WikiBattle extends EventEmitter {
       return this.navigateInner(player, to)
     }
     // Check that the current article links to the next.
-    const page = await wiki.get(player.current())
+    const page = await wiki.get(player.current(), null, this.language)
     if (page.linksTo(to)) {
       this.navigateInner(player, to)
     }
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ module.exports = class WikiBattle extends EventEmitter {
 
   async sendHint () {
     debug('sending hint for', this.goal)
-    const page = await wiki.get(this.goal)
+    const page = await wiki.get(this.goal, null, this.language)
     this.emitSocket('hint', page.getHint())
   }
 
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ module.exports = class WikiBattle extends EventEmitter {
   async sendBacklinks () {
     debug('sending backlinks for', this.goal)
     try {
-      const page = await wiki.get(this.goal)
+      const page = await wiki.get(this.goal, null, this.language)
       const back = await page.getBacklinks()
       this.emitSocket('backlinks', null, back)
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/src/WikiPages.js b/src/WikiPages.js
index 85d9b23b..8573ad28 100644
--- a/src/WikiPages.js
+++ b/src/WikiPages.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ const event = require('p-event')
 const ms = require('ms')
 const getRandom = require('random-item')
 const debug = require('debug')('WikiBattle:pages')
+const qs = require('querystring')
+const fetch = require('make-fetch-happen')
 
 /**
  * Possible starting and goal wikipedia articles manager.
@@ -55,16 +57,39 @@ module.exports = class WikiPages extends EventEmitter {
     return getRandom(this.pages)
   }
 
+  async translate (article, language) {
+    if (language === 'en') return article
+
+    const query = qs.stringify({
+      action: 'query',
+      format: 'json',
+      prop: 'langlinks',
+      titles: this.title,
+      lllang: language
+    })
+
+    const response = await fetch(`https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?${query}`)
+    const body = await response.json()
+    const langlink = Object.values(body.query.pages)[0].langlinks
+
+    return langlink ? langlink[0]['*'] : null
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get a pair of random article names, guaranteed to be two different pages.
    */
 
-  randomPair () {
-    const one = this.random()
+  async randomPair (language) {
+    let one = null
+    let two = null
+
+    while (!(one && two)) {
+      one = one || await this.translate(this.random(), language)
+      two = two || await this.translate(this.random(), language)
+    }
 
-    let two = this.random()
     while (one === two) {
-      two = this.random()
+      two = await this.translate(this.random(), language)
     }
 
     return [one, two]
diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 1c85bff7..185cbbd6 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ app.use(t(async (req, res, next) => {
  * Serve the application.
  */
 
-function gameToJson ({ origin, goal, startedAt }) {
-  return { origin, goal, startedAt }
+function gameToJson ({ origin, goal, startedAt, language }) {
+  return { origin, goal, startedAt, language }
 }
 
 app.get('/current', (req, res) => {
@@ -87,7 +87,16 @@ app.use(serveStatic(path.join(__dirname, '../public')))
  */
 
 app.get('/wiki/:page', t(async (req, res) => {
-  const body = await wiki.get(req.params.page)
+  const body = await wiki.get(req.params.page, null, 'en')
+  res.end(body.content)
+}))
+
+/**
+ * Serve proxied Wikipedia articles in other languages than English.
+ */
+
+app.get('/wiki/:lang(\\w+)/:page', t(async (req, res) => {
+  const body = await wiki.get(req.params.page, null, req.params.lang)
   res.end(body.content)
 }))
 
diff --git a/src/client/index.html b/src/client/index.html
index 8db37f0d..0cb1321c 100644
--- a/src/client/index.html
+++ b/src/client/index.html
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ <h3>Want to battle a friend?</h3>
               <p> This will give you a game link you can share with your friend. </p>
               <p id="go-priv">[Loading]</p>
             </div>
+            <label for="language">Choose your language:</label> <!-- ToDo -->
+            <select name="language" id="language">
+              <option value="en">English</option>
+              <option value="de">Deutsch</option>
+              <option value="nl">Nederlands</option>
+            </select>
           </div>
 
           <h3>Like WikiBattle?</h3>
diff --git a/src/client/index.js b/src/client/index.js
index 644b05f6..0ed60175 100644
--- a/src/client/index.js
+++ b/src/client/index.js
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ const Player = newless(class Player {
     this.path = []
   }
 
-  navigateTo (page, cb) {
+  navigateTo (page, cb, language) {
     this.path.push(page)
     bus.emit('article-loading', { player: this, title: page })
     loadPage(page, (e, body) => {
       bus.emit('article-loaded', { player: this, title: page, body: body })
       if (cb) cb(e)
-    })
+    }, language)
   }
 })
 
@@ -58,12 +58,14 @@ function init () {
   const startGameWrapper = document.querySelector('#go')
   const startGamePrivateWrapper = document.querySelector('#go-priv')
 
-  render(empty(startGameWrapper), startGameButton(false))
-  render(empty(startGamePrivateWrapper), startGameButton(true))
+  const language = document.querySelector('#language').value
+
+  render(empty(startGameWrapper), startGameButton(false, language))
+  render(empty(startGamePrivateWrapper), startGameButton(true, language))
   bus.on('connect', go)
 }
 
-function go (isPrivate) {
+function go (isPrivate, language) {
   _private = isPrivate
 
   bus.on('navigate', onNavigate)
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ function go (isPrivate) {
     waiting()
   })
 
-  sock.emit('gameType', connectType, connectId)
+  sock.emit('gameType', connectType, connectId, language)
 }
 
 function onNavigate (next) {
@@ -158,9 +160,9 @@ function onBacklinks (e, backlinks) {
   bus.emit('backlinks', backlinks)
 }
 
-function onNavigated (playerId, page, cb) {
+function onNavigated (playerId, page, cb, language) {
   if (_players[playerId] && page !== null) {
-    _players[playerId].navigateTo(page, cb)
+    _players[playerId].navigateTo(page, cb, language)
   }
 }
 function onOpponentScrolled (id, top, width) {
diff --git a/src/client/load-page.js b/src/client/load-page.js
index 989d1303..bfa68cc0 100644
--- a/src/client/load-page.js
+++ b/src/client/load-page.js
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@ const xhr = require('xhr')
 
 const callbacks = {}
 
-module.exports = function load (page, cb) {
+module.exports = function load (page, cb, language) {
   if (callbacks[page]) {
     callbacks[page].push(cb)
     return
   }
 
   callbacks[page] = [cb]
-
-  xhr(`./wiki/${page}`, (err, response) => {
+  xhr(`./wiki/${language}/${page}`, (err, response) => {
     if (err) done(err)
     else done(null, response.body)
   })
diff --git a/src/client/views/start-game-button.js b/src/client/views/start-game-button.js
index 8eb77ec9..8d8b3960 100644
--- a/src/client/views/start-game-button.js
+++ b/src/client/views/start-game-button.js
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@ const render = require('crel')
 const { on, off } = require('dom-event')
 const bus = require('../bus')
 
-module.exports = function startGameButton (isPrivate) {
-  return new StartGameButton(isPrivate).el
+module.exports = function startGameButton (isPrivate, language) {
+  return new StartGameButton(isPrivate, language).el
 }
 
 class StartGameButton {
-  constructor (isPrivate) {
+  constructor (isPrivate, language) {
     this.onClick = this.onClick.bind(this)
 
     this.isPrivate = isPrivate
+    this.language = language
 
     this.el = render('button', '» Go!')
     on(this.el, 'click', this.onClick)
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ class StartGameButton {
   }
 
   onClick () {
-    bus.emit('connect', this.isPrivate)
+    bus.emit('connect', this.isPrivate, this.language)
     this.disable()
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/wiki.js b/src/wiki.js
index 1dbe4147..036ce135 100644
--- a/src/wiki.js
+++ b/src/wiki.js
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ const fetch = makeFetch.defaults({
  */
 
 const WikiPage = class WikiPage {
-  constructor (title, content, links) {
+  constructor (title, content, links, language) {
     this.title = title
     this.content = content
     this.links = links
+    this.language = language
   }
 
   /**
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ const WikiPage = class WikiPage {
       bllimit: BACKLINKS_LIMIT
     })
 
-    const response = await fetch(`https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?${query}`)
+    const response = await fetch(`https://${this.language}.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?${query}`)
     const body = await response.json()
     return body.query.backlinks.map((l) => l.title)
   }
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ const pageRequests = new Map()
  * Load a wikipedia page with metadata.
  */
 
-async function getPage (title, cb) {
+async function getPage (title, cb, language) {
   // if we're already fetching this page, don't start a new request
   if (pageRequests.has(title)) return pageRequests.get(title)
 
@@ -106,9 +107,10 @@ async function getPage (title, cb) {
 
   async function load () {
     const query = qs.stringify({ action: 'parse', format: 'json', page: title.replace(/ /g, '_') })
-    const response = await fetch(`https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?${query}`)
+    // const response = await fetch(`https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?${query}`)
+    const response = await fetch(`https://${language}.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?${query}`)
     const data = await response.json()
-    return new WikiPage(title, data.parse.text['*'], data.parse.links)
+    return new WikiPage(title, data.parse.text['*'], data.parse.links, language)
   }
 }