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I can think of two features of the German language which I don't know from any other language:
1. German nouns are either masculine, feminine or neuter (like e.g in Latin, so nothing special here), BUT: the word for "girl" is not feminine but neuter. (das Maedchen). Weird? - Erm, yes!
2. Not really linguistic, but a unique feature in spelling. German uses a letter which does not exist in any other language, the "Eszett" (ß) It looks a bit like a "b" but is pronounced "ss".
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