German silver is silvery-white in appearance. Hence, it was named German silver. But nowadays, if an alloy does not contain silver, then it cannot be named as silver. German silver is also called Nickel silver.

Major components of German silver are:

$\begin{array}{ccc}\mathrm{Cu},& \mathrm{Zn},& \mathrm{Ni}\\ \left(50\%\right)& \left(30\%\right)& \left(20\%\right)\end{array}$