diff --git a/runtime/menu.vim b/runtime/menu.vim
index b9bd3d8..b4c59dd 100644
--- a/runtime/menu.vim
+++ b/runtime/menu.vim
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@
       let s:lang = substitute(s:lang, '\.[^.]*', "", "")
       exe "runtime! lang/menu_" . s:lang . "[^a-z]*vim"
 
+      if !exists("did_menu_trans") && s:lang =~ '_'
+	" If the language includes a region try matching without that region.
+	" (e.g. find menu_de.vim if s:lang == de_DE).
+	let langonly = substitute(s:lang, '_.*', "", "")
+	exe "runtime! lang/menu_" . langonly . "[^a-z]*vim"
+      endif
+
       if !exists("did_menu_trans") && strlen($LANG) > 1 && s:lang !~ '^en_us'
 	" On windows locale names are complicated, try using $LANG, it might
 	" have been set by set_init_1().  But don't do this for "en" or "en_us".