The German government has cut its official 2013 economic growth forecast from its previous prediction of 1.6% to 1%.
But the Economy Ministry increased this year's forecast for the country's economy - Europe's largest - from the 0.7% it predicted in April to 0.8%.
The revised outlook puts the government in line with a forecast last week from a group of leading German economic think tanks.
Germany has seen two consecutive years of robust economic growth but it has lost momentum this year as financial woes among the other 16 euro zone countries weigh on business confidence.
Nonetheless, its continued growth is in sharp contrast with recessions hitting southern European countries such as Spain, Greece and Portugal.
