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Luther's influence is immense. He was one of the first to make laborious use of Gutenberg's printing press to mass produce his German translation of the bible. That practically standardised how German should be written and spoken.
Because of him we say our numbers weird, eg instead of twenty three we say three and twenty. Confusing foreigners learning the language and children learning math to this day.
Three and twenty was common English as well for a long time.