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Employee Benefits - Expenses for Defined Benefit Plans (Impact on Expense) (Detail) - EUR (€)
€ in Millions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Expenses for defined benefit plans:      
Service cost [1] € 173 € 171 € 164
Net interest cost (income) (51) (40) (45)
Total expenses defined benefit plans 122 131 119
Expenses for defined contribution plans:      
BVV 60 61 55
Other defined contribution plans 280 282 265
Total expenses for defined contribution plans 341 343 320
Total expenses for post-employment benefit plans 462 474 439
Employer contributions to state-mandated pension plans      
Pensions related payments social security in Germany 243 232 218
Contributions to pension fund for Postbank´s postal civil servants 55 51 57
Further pension related state-mandated benefit plans 260 258 248
Total employer contributions to state-mandated benefit plans 557 541 523
Expenses for share-based payments:      
Expenses for share-based payments, equity settled [2] 493 426 436
Expenses for share-based payments, cash settled [2] 86 64 43
Expenses for cash retention plans [2] 459 471 448
Expenses for severance payments [3] € 162 € 487 € 293
[1] Severance related items under Service Costs are reclassified to Expenses for Severance payments
[2] Including expenses for new hire awards and the acceleration of expenses not yet amortized due to the discontinuation of employment including those amounts which are
recognized as part of the Group’s restructuring expenses
[3] Excluding the acceleration of expenses for deferred compensation awards not yet amortized. Severance related items under Service Costs were reclassified to Expense
for Severance payments