fortunes-de software package provides German data files for fortune, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install fortunes-de
fortunes-de is installed in your system.
Make ensure the fortunes-de package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fortunes-de *
You will get with fortunes-de package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 9 stretch |
| Section | Games |
| Package | fortunes-de |
| Version | 0.32-1 |
| Description | German data files for fortune |
| Sub Section | Games |