diff --git a/i18n/de.toml b/i18n/de.toml
index e44eb6e..2fed7d7 100644
--- a/i18n/de.toml
+++ b/i18n/de.toml
@@ -32,4 +32,12 @@ other = "Eine Email Adresse wird benötigt."
 other = "Senden"
 
 [taxonomyPageList]
-other = "Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “{{ .Title }}”"
\ No newline at end of file
+other = "Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “{{ .Title }}”"
+
+[readingTime]
+one = "Eine Minute"
+other = "{{ .Count }} Minuten"
+
+[wordCount]
+one = "Ein Wort"
+other = "{{ .Count }} Wörter"
diff --git a/i18n/en.toml b/i18n/en.toml
index 73b1ac7..251fe00 100644
--- a/i18n/en.toml
+++ b/i18n/en.toml
@@ -32,4 +32,12 @@ other = "An email address is required."
 other = "Send"
 
 [taxonomyPageList]
-other = "Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “{{ .Title }}”"
\ No newline at end of file
+other = "Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “{{ .Title }}”"
+
+[readingTime]
+one = "One minute read"
+other = "{{ .Count }} minutes read"
+
+[wordCount]
+one = "One word"
+other = "{{ .Count }} words"
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index cbb7e74..3fa354c 100755
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
           3) A page front matter value is set `show_reading_time = true`
         */}}
       {{ if (or (eq (.Param "show_reading_time") true) (eq $section.Params.show_reading_time true) )}}
-        <span class="f6 mv4 dib tracked"> - {{ .ReadingTime}} minutes read</span>
-        <span class="f6 mv4 dib tracked"> - {{ .WordCount}} words</span>
+        <span class="f6 mv4 dib tracked"> - {{ i18n "readingTime" .ReadingTime }} </span>
+        <span class="f6 mv4 dib tracked"> - {{ i18n "wordCount" .WordCount }} </span>
       {{ end }}
     </header>
     <div class="nested-copy-line-height lh-copy {{ $.Param "post_content_classes"  | default "serif"}} f4 nested-links nested-img mid-gray pr4-l w-two-thirds-l">