Events in the year 1998 in Germany.

• President – Roman Herzog
• Chancellor
  • Helmut Kohl (until 27 October 1998)
  • Gerhard Schröder (from 27 October 1998)

• February 11-22 - 48th Berlin International Film Festival
• February 26 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
• June 3 - Eschede train disaster
• September 1 - The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation is formed.
• October 5 - Lanxess Arena in Cologne is completed.
• October 27 - The First Schröder cabinet led by Gerhard Schröder was sworn in.
• Date unknown - German company Volkswagen Group acquired British company Bentley, and Italian companies Lamborghini and Bugatti by its subsidiary Audi AG.

• 1998 German federal election
• 1998 Bavarian state election
• 1998 Lower Saxony state election
• 1998 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
• 1998 Saxony-Anhalt state election

• February 11 - Niklas Kaul, German decathlete
• February 12 - Agyemang Diawusie, German footballer (died 2023)
• March 18 - Jamie-Lee Kriewitz, German singer
• July 17 - Lilli Schweiger, German actress

• February 1 - Marga Faulstich, German chemist (born 1915)
• February 10 - Erich Mückenberger, German politician (born 1910)
• February 17 - Ernst Jünger, German soldier and author (born 1895)
• February 26 - Otto Haxel, German nuclear physicist (born 1909)
• March 13 - Hans von Ohain, German physicist (born 1911)
• April 2 - Rob Pilatus, German model dancer (born 1964)
• April 3 - Wolf Vostell, German artist (born 1932)
• May 12 — Hermann Lenz, German poet and author (born 1913)
• August 14 - Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, German television presenter (born 1921)
• October 30 - Heinz Westphal, German politician (born 1924)
• November 6 - Niklas Luhmann, German sociologist (born 1927)
• November 6 - Wolfgang Stresemann, German jurist, orchestra leader, conductor and composer (born 1904)
• December 9 - Walter Horten, German aircraft pilot (born 1913)
• December 11 - Max Streibl, German politician (born 1932)

• 1998 in German television