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 (-6,87%) - 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 (-4,46%) - 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 (-7,45%) - Siemens and $SAP (-5,31%) - SAP.
One of the most reliable payers of all is $MUV2 (-6,68%) - 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 (-5,47%) - ENI and $ISP (-8,26%) - Intensa and $BNP (-8,1%) - BNP.
Source (excerpt) / graphics: WELT