diff --git a/spacy/lang/de/__init__.py b/spacy/lang/de/__init__.py
index ae972072f..1ddee54b3 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/de/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/de/__init__.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ class GermanDefaults(Language.Defaults):
     resources = {"lemma_lookup": "lemma_lookup.json"}
     single_orth_variants = [{"tags": ["$("], "variants": ["…", "..."]},
             {"tags": ["$("], "variants": ["-", "—", "–", "--", "---", "——"]}]
-    paired_orth_variants = [{"tags": ["$("], "variants": [("'", "'"), (",", "'"), ("‚", "‘")]},
-            {"tags": ["$("], "variants": [("``", "''"), ('"', '"'), ("„", "“")]}]
+    paired_orth_variants = [{"tags": ["$("], "variants": [("'", "'"), (",", "'"), ("‚", "‘"), ("›", "‹"), ("‹", "›")]},
+            {"tags": ["$("], "variants": [("``", "''"), ('"', '"'), ("„", "“"), ("»", "«"), ("«", "»")]}]
 
 
 class German(Language):