Browse Sites by Languages : German

Number of Members: 1,200

Cost: Free

Online since: 2010

A completely free social dating website that has picture and video profiles, live chat, email and forums. MeetThruFriends has a site tour that tells you exactly what’s on the site before you join. A number of features such as quizzes, chat rooms, and music videos provides enough to keep most members occupied.

Number of Members: 3,000

Cost: 1 month - £59 (women free)

Online since: 2009

Girls Meet Men is a contact site where younger girls and older men can meet for romance, friendship or intimate encounters. Membership is free for women. Men can access certain features on the site for free - extra perks can be obtained by upgrading to a premium membership.

Number of Members: 60,000

Cost: Free registration

Online since: 2006

A worldwide transsexual dating and contact site. TS-Dating is an active community for transgender, cross-dressers, transvestites and lady-boys. They have thousands of dating ads to browse, photo rating, webcam competitions and a discussion forum.

Number of Members: 9,000

Cost: 1 month - $3.99

Online since: 2004

A social network and contact site for gay, lesbian and bi-sexual Christians. ChristianGays has members seeking all types of relationships including friendship, travel companions, pen pals, prayer partners and those seeking their soul mate. The free basic membership includes chat privileges.

Number of Members: 1000 + network users

Cost: 30 days $39.95

Online since: 2011

An Eastern European dating site that lets members post photo personals of themselves, email each other, use chat rooms, and instant messaging. It’s a pay site - free members have restricted messaging access, but can send out introductory messages.

Number of Members: 50,000+ female profiles

Cost: $34.90 per month

Online since: 2008

A marriage agency website features women from former soviet countries. Men join the site for free but must upgrade to unlock emailing and chat facilities. Members can communicate directly with one another using email and the language translation software which is freely available.

Number of Members: 100,000

Cost: Free

Online since: 2007

Youneaty is free dating service with its own matching tool called PI Match. After joining, members can freely email one-another, take the personality test, use the forums or chat tools. The site has been online since 2007, and has an active user community.