diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.html b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.html
index 9cd373bc7c6016301383ba16b52221814dcab957..39e66912fc7cf44080ea0a5e0ae73f6bde524f7c 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <div fxLayout="row">
       <span class="fill-remaining-space"></span>
       <div id="date">
-        <div *ngIf="lang === 'de'; else englishDate">
+        <div *ngIf="language === 'de'; else englishDate">
           {{comment.timestamp | date: ' HH:mm:ss '}}Uhr,{{comment.timestamp | date: ' M.d.yy'}}
         </div>
         <ng-template #englishDate>
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.ts b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.ts
index 97cf6e09e07fb8e62d7eeb64d273064041d51962..b7f91a90cb77c8ae60e18b17bd390b4947b1f7dc 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class CommentComponent implements OnInit {
   isStudent = false;
   isLoading = true;
   hasVoted = 0;
-  lang: string;
+  language: string;
 
   constructor(protected authenticationService: AuthenticationService,
               private route: ActivatedRoute,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class CommentComponent implements OnInit {
               private wsCommentService: WsCommentServiceService) {
     langService.langEmitter.subscribe(lang => {
       translateService.use(lang);
-      this.lang = lang;
+      this.language = lang;
       } );
   }
 
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ export class CommentComponent implements OnInit {
     if (this.authenticationService.getRole() === 0) {
       this.isStudent = true;
     }
-    this.lang = localStorage.getItem('currentLang');
-    this.translateService.use(this.lang);
+    this.language = localStorage.getItem('currentLang');
+    this.translateService.use(this.language);
   }
 
   setRead(comment: Comment): void {