Vernacular German, in the early 16th century was not the first German Bible, the Zainer edition appearing nearly 50 years before Luther's, and Koberger's editions of the same translation shortly thereafter. (Legend holds that Luther had approached initially Koberger's printing house to produce his translation of the Bible into German but the printing house declined the project. Scholars have speculated that the Koberger printing house might have continued well beyond 1526 had they accepted the project.)
Informal German, in the early 16th century was not the first German Bible translation, preceding Luther's by nearly 50 years, and Koberger's editions of the same translation appeared shortly afterwards. (Legend claims that Luther initially sought out Koberger's printing house to produce his German Bible translation but they rejected the project. Scholars have speculated that Koberger's printing house might have continued producing works beyond 1526 had they accepted the project.)