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Abstract: Political correctness arose as a social movement of the American left towards the deracialization of the English language and later it spread to other countries. Political correctness in Germany became an issue of social life, politics, science and language under the influence of the American worldview, behavior patterns and lifestyle. Among the specific German factors of political correctness is the inflow of immigrants in great numbers, an effort to comprehend the epoch of National Socialism and to enter a new tolerant Europe. Americanization of the language can be seen not only in lexical borrowings but also in the reconsideration and revaluation of the German words, in the adjustment of the linguistic norm. The article is devoted to the issues of political correctness, which is regarded as a part of the language national policy. Its main spheres (racial, civil, ethnical, social, professional, institutional, ethical, physical, gender, cultural, mental and ecological) and specific objects of correct nomination are indicated. The category of political correctness is implemented on the morphological, syntactical and especially on the lexical levels. Lexical neologisms are provided to exemplify and analyze positive and negative influence of this phenomenon on the preservation and the change of the internal structure of the language, on the linguistic norm. The aspect of political correctness should be taken into account while teaching and learning a foreign language.