diff --git a/news/12.bugfix b/news/12.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39a2a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/12.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- rename language field to quotationLanguage [@jonaspiterek]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/View.jsx b/src/components/View.jsx
index 6a6ecf0..5b9f754 100644
--- a/src/components/View.jsx
+++ b/src/components/View.jsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const View = (props) => {
           )}
         <blockquote
           cite={data.cite}
-          className={cx(data.language, isEditMode && 'edit')}
+          className={cx(!isEditMode && data.quotationLanguage)}
         >
           {!isEditMode ? (
             <TextBlockView {...props} />
diff --git a/src/components/schema.js b/src/components/schema.js
index 7c47385..0928ae2 100644
--- a/src/components/schema.js
+++ b/src/components/schema.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
     id: 'Quote',
     defaultMessage: 'Quote',
   },
-  language: {
+  quotationLanguage: {
     id: 'Language',
     defaultMessage: 'Language',
   },
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ export const QuoteBlockSchema = ({ intl }) => {
         id: 'default',
         title: 'Default',
         fields: config?.blocks?.blocksConfig?.quote?.showImageField
-          ? ['language', 'image']
-          : ['language'],
+          ? ['quotationLanguage', 'image']
+          : ['quotationLanguage'],
       },
       {
         id: 'person',
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ export const QuoteBlockSchema = ({ intl }) => {
       },
     ],
     properties: {
-      language: {
-        title: intl.formatMessage(messages.language),
+      quotationLanguage: {
+        title: intl.formatMessage(messages.quotationLanguage),
         choices: filterDefaultLanguages(),
         default: defaultLang,
         noValueOption: false,