diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks.server.ts b/frontend/src/hooks.server.ts
index fc5d3a71..02275849 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks.server.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks.server.ts
@@ -2,24 +2,11 @@ import { redirect, type Handle, type HandleFetch } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import { paraglideMiddleware } from '$lib/paraglide/server';
 import { sequence } from '@sveltejs/kit/hooks';
 import { env } from 'process';
-import { cookieName, cookieMaxAge, locales } from '$lib/paraglide/runtime';
+import { cookieName, cookieMaxAge } from '$lib/paraglide/runtime';
+import { detectLocale } from '$lib/server/locale';
 
 const PUBLIC_PATHS = ['/login', '/logout'];
 
-function detectLocale(acceptLanguage: string): string | null {
-	const preferred = acceptLanguage
-		.split(',')
-		.map((part) => {
-			const [lang, q] = part.trim().split(';q=');
-			return { lang: lang.trim().split('-')[0].toLowerCase(), q: q ? parseFloat(q) : 1 };
-		})
-		.sort((a, b) => b.q - a.q);
-	for (const { lang } of preferred) {
-		if ((locales as readonly string[]).includes(lang)) return lang;
-	}
-	return null;
-}
-
 const handleLocaleDetection: Handle = ({ event, resolve }) => {
 	if (!event.cookies.get(cookieName)) {
 		const locale = detectLocale(event.request.headers.get('accept-language') ?? '');
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/server/locale.spec.ts b/frontend/src/lib/server/locale.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f01ee1c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/server/locale.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { detectLocale } from './locale';
+
+describe('detectLocale', () => {
+	it('returns de for a German browser', () => {
+		expect(detectLocale('de-DE,de;q=0.9,en-US;q=0.8,en;q=0.7')).toBe('de');
+	});
+
+	it('returns en for an English browser', () => {
+		expect(detectLocale('en-US,en;q=0.9')).toBe('en');
+	});
+
+	it('returns es for a Spanish browser', () => {
+		expect(detectLocale('es-MX,es;q=0.9,en-US;q=0.8')).toBe('es');
+	});
+
+	it('falls back to a supported language when the primary is unsupported', () => {
+		expect(detectLocale('fr-FR,fr;q=0.9,en;q=0.8')).toBe('en');
+	});
+
+	it('respects quality values — picks the highest-priority supported locale', () => {
+		expect(detectLocale('en-US;q=0.7,de-DE;q=0.9')).toBe('de');
+	});
+
+	it('returns null for a completely unsupported language', () => {
+		expect(detectLocale('ja-JP,ja;q=0.9,zh-CN;q=0.8')).toBeNull();
+	});
+
+	it('returns null for an empty header', () => {
+		expect(detectLocale('')).toBeNull();
+	});
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/server/locale.ts b/frontend/src/lib/server/locale.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..079825f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/server/locale.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { locales } from '$lib/paraglide/runtime';
+
+/**
+ * Picks the best supported locale from an Accept-Language header value.
+ * Returns null when no supported locale is found.
+ */
+export function detectLocale(acceptLanguage: string): string | null {
+	const preferred = acceptLanguage
+		.split(',')
+		.map((part) => {
+			const [lang, q] = part.trim().split(';q=');
+			return { lang: lang.trim().split('-')[0].toLowerCase(), q: q ? parseFloat(q) : 1 };
+		})
+		.sort((a, b) => b.q - a.q);
+
+	for (const { lang } of preferred) {
+		if ((locales as readonly string[]).includes(lang)) return lang;
+	}
+	return null;
+}