Almost three-quarters of all DAX and MDAX companies pay out dividends in May.
Dividend calendar with payday and expected yield:

This year's dividend champion is likely to be $RTLL (+1,44%) - RTL Group. Shareholders can expect a yield of around 8%. However, this is only half as high as three years ago.
Deutsche Telekom is now increasingly seen as a dividend pearl. $DTE (-0,3%) - Deutsche Telekom is increasingly seen as a dividend pearl. This year's dividend is EUR 0.90, i.e. an increase of 17% on the previous year, with a yield of around 2.7%.
Other reliable payers are $SIE (+0,05%) - Siemens and $SAP (-1,68%) - SAP.
One of the most reliable payers of all is $MUV2 (-0,13%) - Munich Re. There has never been a dividend shortfall since 1960 and the amount paid per share has increased sixteen-fold since the beginning of the millennium.

There are also some attractive dividend payers in Europe, such as $ENI (+0,76%) - ENI and $ISP (-0,64%) - Intensa and $BNP (-0,34%) - BNP.
Source (excerpt) / graphics: WELT