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DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Investment Objective

The fund seeks long-term growth of capital.

Fees and Expenses

These are the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold and sell shares. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.You may qualify for sales charge discounts in Class A shares if you and your immediate family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in DWS funds. More information about these and other discounts and waivers is available from your financial representative and in Choosing a Share Class (p. 71), Sales Charge Waivers and Discounts Available Through Intermediaries (Appendix B, p. 129) and Purchase and Redemption of Shares in the fund’s Statement of Additional Information (SAI) (p. II-15).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (paid directly from your investment)

	A	C	R6	INST	S
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases, as % of offering price	5.75	None	None	None	None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load), as % of redemption proceeds1	None	1.00	None	None	None
Account Maintenance Fee (annually, for fund account balances below $10,000 and subject to certain exceptions)	$20	$20	None	None	$20

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)

	A	C	R6	INST	S
Management fee	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70
Distribution/service (12b-1) fees	0.25	1.00	None	None	None
Other expenses	0.52	0.41	0.35	0.40	0.52
Acquired funds fees and expenses	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Total annual fund operating expenses	1.49	2.13	1.07	1.12	1.24
Fee waiver/expense reimbursement	0.32	0.21	0.15	0.20	0.24
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver/expense reimbursement	1.17	1.92	0.92	0.92	1.00

1Investments of $1,000,000 or more may be eligible to buy Class A shares without a sales charge (load), but may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 12 months of the original purchase date and 0.50% if redeemed within the following six months.

The Advisor has contractually agreed through February 28, 2025 to waive its fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the fund’s total annual operating expenses (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage, interest expense and acquired fund fees and expenses) at ratios no higher than 1.15%, 1.90%, 0.90%, 0.90% and 0.98% for Class A, Class C, Class R6, Institutional Class and Class S, respectively. The agreement may only be terminated with the consent of the fund’s Board.

EXAMPLE

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund's operating expenses (including one year of capped expenses in each period) remain the same. Class C shares generally convert automatically to Class A shares after 8 years. The information

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presented in the Example for Class C reflects the conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares after 8 years. See “Class C Shares” in the “Choosing a Share Class” section of the prospectus for more information. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Years	A	C	R6	INST	S
1	$687	$295	$94	$94	$102
3	989	647	325	336	370
5	1,313	1,125	576	598	658
10	2,226	2,283	1,292	1,345	1,479

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Years	A	C	R6	INST	S
1	$687	$195	$94	$94	$102
3	989	647	325	336	370
5	1,313	1,125	576	598	658
10	2,226	2,283	1,292	1,345	1,479

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may mean higher taxes if you are investing in a taxable account. These costs are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the expense example, and can affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 64% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Main investments. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in emerging market equities (equities traded mainly in emerging markets or issued by companies that are organized in emerging markets or have more than half of their business there). The fund considers “emerging markets” to include any countries or markets (i) currently classified as low-to-middle income economies by the World Bank; or (ii) currently considered to be developing by the International Finance Corporation or the United Nations or its authorities.

The fund considers an issuer to have more than half of its business in emerging markets if at least (i) 50% of the issuer's assets are in an emerging market country, or (ii) 50% of an issuer's revenues or profits are from goods produced or sold, investments made, or services performed in emerging markets.

The fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in (i) equities of issuers from the US or other developed markets; and (ii) US or emerging market debt securities when portfolio management believes these securities may perform at least as well as equities.

The fund invests primarily in common stocks, but may also invest in preferred stocks or convertible securities.

Management process. Portfolio management uses an equally balanced top-down and bottom-up research process. Using a macroeconomic outlook, portfolio management assesses the general outlook for emerging markets equities. The key drivers of this outlook are growth, valuation, and market sentiment. This process is then applied at individual country and sector levels to determine country and sector weightings.

Portfolio management performs a bottom-up fundamental analysis of the companies in investable countries and sectors (i.e., an analysis of the salient attributes of the various individual companies), resulting in recommended stocks for the designated countries and sectors and corresponding target prices for those stocks. Salient company attributes that portfolio management may consider include attractiveness of valuation relative to earnings, business model sustainability, the presence of clearly identifiable catalysts, such as a specific corporate event, and positive share price momentum. Portfolio management may also consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, that it believes to be financially material, in its fundamental analysis. In evaluating ESG issues, portfolio management refers to internal securities specific ESG ratings, internal and external ESG research and other factors.

Portfolio management constructs the fund’s portfolio out of the identified universe weighting individual stocks based on its assessments and establishes individual country and sector exposures based on its outlook.

Portfolio management actively monitors the fund’s portfolio, including an ongoing assessment of the portfolio’s risks. Portfolio management will typically sell a security if it no longer represents good value relative to fundamentals and/or if it lacks positive catalysts.

Securities lending. The fund may lend securities (up to one-third of total assets) to approved institutions, such as registered broker-dealers, pooled investment vehicles, banks and other financial institutions. In connection with such loans, the fund receives liquid collateral in an amount that is based on the type and value of the securities being lent, with riskier securities generally requiring higher levels of collateral.

Main Risks

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intended to be a complete investment program. An investment in the fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.

Stock market risk. When stock prices fall, you should expect the value of your investment to fall as well. Stock prices can be hurt by poor management on the part of the stock’s issuer, shrinking product demand and other business risks. These may affect single companies as well as groups of companies. The market as a whole may not favor the types of investments the fund makes, which could adversely affect a stock’s price, regardless of how well the company performs, or the fund’s ability to sell a stock at an attractive price. There is a chance that stock prices overall will decline because stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. Events in the US and global financial markets, including actions taken by the US Federal Reserve or foreign central banks to stimulate or stabilize economic growth, may at times result in unusually high market volatility which could negatively affect performance. High market volatility may also result from significant shifts in momentum of one or more specific stocks due to unusual increases or decreases in trading activity. Momentum can change quickly, and securities subject to shifts in momentum may be more volatile than the market as a whole and returns on such securities may drop precipitously. To the extent that the fund invests in a particular geographic region, capitalization or sector, the fund’s performance may be affected by the general performance of that region, capitalization or sector.

payments, government shutdowns, public health crises, natural disasters, supply chain disruptions, climate change and related events or conditions have led, and in the future may lead, to disruptions in the US and world economies and markets, which may increase financial market volatility and have significant adverse direct or indirect effects on the fund and its investments. Adverse market conditions or disruptions could cause the fund to lose money, experience significant redemptions, and encounter operational difficulties. Although multiple asset classes may be affected by adverse market conditions or a particular market disruption, the duration and effects may not be the same for all types of assets.

Current military and other armed conflicts in various geographic regions, including those in Europe and the Middle East, can lead to, and have led to, economic and market disruptions, which may not be limited to the geographic region in which the conflict is occurring. Such conflicts can also result, and have resulted in some cases, in sanctions being levied by the United States, the European Union and/or other countries against countries or other actors involved in the conflict. In addition, such conflicts and related sanctions can adversely affect regional and global energy, commodities, financial and other markets and thus could affect the value of the fund's investments. The extent and duration of any military conflict, related sanctions and resulting economic and market disruptions are impossible to predict, but could be substantial.

Other market disruption events include pandemic spread of viruses, such as the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, which have caused significant uncertainty, market volatility, decreased economic and other activity, increased government activity, including economic stimulus measures, and supply chain disruptions. While COVID-19 is no longer considered to be a public health emergency, the fund and its investments may be adversely affected by lingering effects of this virus or future pandemic spread of viruses.

In addition, markets are becoming increasingly susceptible to disruption events resulting from the use of new and emerging technologies to engage in cyber-attacks or to take over the websites and/or social media accounts of companies, governmental entities or public officials, or to otherwise pose as or impersonate such, which then may be used to disseminate false or misleading information that can cause volatility in financial markets or for the stock of a particular company, group of companies, industry or other class of assets.

Adverse market conditions or particular market disruptions, such as those discussed above, may magnify the impact of each of the other risks described in this “MAIN RISKS” section and may increase volatility in one or more markets in which the fund invests leading to the potential for greater losses for the fund.

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Foreign investment risk. The fund faces the risks inherent in foreign investing. Adverse political, economic or social developments, as well as US and foreign government actions such as the imposition of tariffs, economic and trade sanctions or embargoes, could undermine the value of the fund’s investments, prevent the fund from realizing the full value of its investments or prevent the fund from selling securities it holds. Financial reporting standards for companies based in foreign markets differ from those in the US. Additionally, foreign securities markets generally are smaller and less liquid than US markets. To the extent that the fund invests in non-US dollar denominated foreign securities, changes in currency exchange rates may affect the US dollar value of foreign securities or the income or gain received on these securities. In addition, because non-US markets may be open on days when the fund does not price its shares, the value of the securities in the fund’s portfolio may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the fund’s shares.

Emerging markets risk. Foreign investment risks are greater in emerging markets than in developed markets. Investments in emerging markets are often considered speculative.

Frontier market risk. Frontier market countries generally have smaller, less diverse economies and even less developed capital markets and legal, regulatory, and political systems than traditional emerging markets.

Currency risk. Changes in currency exchange rates may affect the value of the fund’s investments and the fund’s share price. To the extent the fund seeks to hedge part or all of its foreign currency exposure, the fund may not be successful in hedging against currency changes. The fund’s US dollar share price may go down if the value of the local currency of the non-US markets in which the fund invests depreciates against the US dollar. This is true even if the local currency value of securities in the fund’s holdings goes up. Furthermore, the fund’s use of forward currency contracts may eliminate some or all of the benefit of an increase in the value of a foreign currency versus the US dollar. The value of the US dollar measured against other currencies is influenced by a variety of factors. These factors include: interest rates, national debt levels and trade deficits, changes in balances of payments and trade, domestic and foreign interest and inflation rates, global or regional political, economic or financial events, monetary policies of governments, actual or potential government intervention, global energy prices, political instability and government monetary policies and the buying or selling of currency by a country’s government. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably, thereby impacting the value of the fund’s investments.

Focus risk. To the extent that the fund focuses its investments in particular industries, asset classes or sectors of the economy, any market price movements, regulatory

or technological changes, or economic conditions affecting companies in those industries, asset classes or sectors may have a significant impact on the fund’s performance. The fund may become more focused in particular industries, asset classes or sectors of the economy as a result of changes in the valuation of the fund’s investments or fluctuations in the fund’s assets, and the fund is not required to reduce such exposures under these circumstances.

Growth investing risk. As a category, growth stocks may underperform value stocks (and the stock market as a whole) over any period of time and may shift in and out of favor with investors generally, sometimes rapidly, depending on changes in market, economic and other factors that could impact expectations of future earnings. Because the prices of growth stocks are based largely on the expectation of future earnings, growth stock prices can decline rapidly and significantly in reaction to negative news about such factors as earnings, the economy, political developments, or other news.

Small company risk. Small company stocks tend to be more volatile than medium-sized or large company stocks. Because stock analysts are less likely to follow small companies, less information about them is available to investors. Industry-wide reversals may have a greater impact on small companies, since they may lack the financial resources of larger companies. Small company stocks are typically less liquid than large company stocks.

Medium-sized company risk. Medium-sized company stocks tend to be more volatile than large company stocks. Because stock analysts are less likely to follow medium-sized companies, less information about them is available to investors. Industry-wide reversals may have a greater impact on medium-sized companies, since they may lack the financial resources of larger companies. Medium-sized company stocks are typically less liquid than large company stocks.

Security selection risk. The securities in the fund’s portfolio may decline in value. Portfolio management could be wrong in its analysis of industries, companies, economic trends, ESG factors, the relative attractiveness of different securities or other matters.

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could be different from the value realized upon such investment’s sale. As a result, you could pay more than the market value when buying fund shares or receive less than the market value when selling fund shares.

Securities lending risk. Securities lending involves the risk that the fund may lose money because the borrower of the loaned securities fails to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. A delay in the recovery of loaned securities could interfere with the fund’s ability to vote proxies or settle transactions. Delayed settlement may limit the ability of the fund to reinvest the proceeds of a sale of securities or prevent the fund from selling securities at times and prices it considers desirable. The fund could also lose money in the event of a decline in the value of the collateral provided for the loaned securities, or a decline in the value of any investments made with cash collateral or even a loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower of the securities fail financially while holding the securities.

Counterparty risk. A financial institution or other counterparty with whom the fund does business, or that underwrites, distributes or guarantees any investments or contracts that the fund owns or is otherwise exposed to, may decline in financial health and become unable to honor its commitments. This could cause losses for the fund or could delay the return or delivery of collateral or other assets to the fund.

Credit risk. The fund’s performance could be hurt if an issuer of a debt security suffers an adverse change in financial condition that results in the issuer not making timely payments of interest or principal, a security downgrade or an inability to meet a financial obligation. Credit risk is greater for lower-rated securities.

Because the issuers of high yield debt securities, or junk bonds (debt securities rated below the fourth highest credit rating category), may be in uncertain financial health, the prices of their debt securities can be more vulnerable to bad economic news, or even the expectation of bad news, than investment-grade debt securities. High yield debt securities are considered speculative, and credit risk for high yield securities is greater than for higher-rated securities.

Interest rate risk. When interest rates rise, prices of debt securities generally decline. The longer the duration of the fund’s debt securities, the more sensitive the securities will be to interest rate changes. (As a general rule, a 1% rise in interest rates means a 1% fall in value for every year of duration.) Interest rates can change in response to the supply and demand for credit, government and/or central bank monetary policy and action, inflation rates, and other factors. Changing interest rates may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and potential illiquidity and may detract from fund performance to the extent the fund is exposed to such interest rates and/or volatility.

Prepayment and extension risk. When interest rates fall, issuers of high interest debt obligations may pay off the debts earlier than expected (prepayment risk), and the fund may have to reinvest the proceeds at lower yields. When interest rates rise, issuers of lower interest debt obligations may pay off the debts later than expected (extension risk), thus keeping the fund’s assets tied up in lower interest debt obligations. Ultimately, any unexpected behavior in interest rates could increase the volatility of the fund’s share price and yield and could hurt fund performance. Prepayments could also create capital gains tax liability in some instances.

Liquidity risk. In certain situations, it may be difficult or impossible to sell an investment and/or the fund may sell certain investments at a price or time that is not advantageous in order to meet redemption requests or other cash needs. Unusual market conditions, such as an unusually high volume of redemptions or other similar conditions could increase liquidity risk for the fund.

Operational and technology risk. Cyber-attacks, disruptions or failures that affect the fund’s service providers or counterparties, issuers of securities held by the fund, or other market participants may adversely affect the fund and its shareholders, including by causing losses for the fund or impairing fund operations. For example, the fund’s or its service providers’ assets or sensitive or confidential information may be misappropriated, data may be corrupted and operations may be disrupted (e.g., cyber-attacks, operational failures or broader disruptions may cause the release of private shareholder information or confidential fund information, interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, impact the ability to calculate the fund’s net asset value and impede trading). Market events and disruptions also may trigger a volume of transactions that overloads current information technology and communication systems and processes, impacting the ability to conduct the fund’s operations.

While the fund and its service providers may establish business continuity and other plans and processes that seek to address the possibility of and fallout from cyber-attacks, disruptions or failures, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems, including that they do not apply to third parties, such as fund counterparties, issuers of securities held by the fund or other market participants, as well as the possibility that certain risks have not been identified or that unknown threats may emerge in the future and there is no assurance that such plans and processes will be effective. Among other situations, disruptions (for example, pandemics or health crises) that cause prolonged periods of remote work or significant employee absences at the fund’s service providers could impact the ability to conduct the fund’s operations. In addition, the fund cannot directly control any cybersecurity plans and systems put in place by its service providers, fund counterparties, issuers of securities held by the fund or other market participants.

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Past Performance

How a fund's returns vary from year to year can give an idea of its risk; so can comparing fund performance to overall market performance (as measured by an appropriate market index).Past performance may not indicate future results. All performance figures below assume that dividends and distributions were reinvested. For more recent performance figures, go to dws.com (the Web site does not form a part of this prospectus) or call the telephone number included in this prospectus.

CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL RETURNS (%) (Class A)

These year-by-year returns do not include sales charges, if any, and would be lower if they did. Returns for other classes were different and are not shown here.

	Returns	Period ending
Best Quarter	18.92%	December 31, 2020
Worst Quarter	-21.91%	March 31, 2020

Average Annual Total Returns
(For periods ended 12/31/2023 expressed as a %)

After-tax returns (which are shown only for Class A and would be different for other classes) reflect the historical highest individual federal income tax rates, but do not reflect any state or local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns may be different. After-tax returns are not relevant to shares held in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan.

	Class Inception	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class A before tax	5/29/2001	0.01	-0.55	1.05
After tax on distribu- tions		0.31	-0.60	1.05
After tax on distribu- tions and sale of fund shares		0.92	-0.07	1.06
Class C before tax	5/29/2001	5.26	-0.11	0.89
INST Class before tax	3/3/2008	6.32	0.89	1.90
Class S before tax	5/8/1996	6.30	0.81	1.85
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (reflects no deduc- tion for fees or expenses)		9.83	3.68	2.66

	Class Inception	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Class R6 before tax	9/7/2018	6.32	0.92	0.27
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (reflects no deduc- tion for fees or expenses)		9.83	3.68	2.55

Management

Investment Advisor

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.

Subadvisor

DWS International GmbH

Portfolio Manager(s)

Sebastian Kahlfeld, Senior Portfolio Manager Equity. Lead Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2023.

Sylwia Szczepek, Senior Portfolio Manager Equity. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2024.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment ($)

	Non-IRA	IRAs	UGMAs/ UTMAs	Automatic Investment Plans
A, C	1,000	500	1,000	500
R6	None	N/A	N/A	N/A
INST	1,000,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
S	2,500	1,000	1,000	1,000

For participants in all group retirement plans, and in certain fee-based and wrap programs approved by the Advisor, there is no minimum initial investment and no minimum additional investment for Class A, C and S shares. For Section 529 college savings plans, there is no minimum initial investment and no minimum additional investment for Class S shares and Class R6 shares. The minimum initial investment for Class S shares may be waived for eligible intermediaries that have agreements with DDI to offer Class S shares in their brokerage platforms when such Class S shares are held in omnibus accounts on such brokerage platforms. In certain instances, the minimum initial investment may be waived for Institutional Class shares. For more information regarding available Institutional Class investment minimum waivers, see “Institutional Class Shares – Investment Minimum” in the “Choosing a Share Class” section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for Institutional Class and Class R6 shares. The minimum additional investment in all other instances is $50.

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To Place Orders

Mail	All Requests	DWS PO Box 219151 Kansas City, MO 64121-9151
Expedited Mail		DWS 430 West 7th Street Suite 219151 Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
Web Site		dws.com
Telephone		(800) 728-3337, M – F 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. ET
Hearing Impaired		For hearing impaired assistance, please call us using a relay service

The fund is generally open on days when the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. If you invest with the fund directly through the transfer agent, you can open a new fund account (Class S shares only) and make an initial investment on the Internet at dws.com, by using the mobile app or by mail. You can make additional investments or sell shares of the fund on any business day by visiting the fund’s Web site, by using the mobile app, by mail, or by telephone; however you may have to elect certain privileges on your initial account application. The ability to open new fund accounts and to transact online or using the mobile app varies depending on share class and account type. If you are working with a financial representative, contact your financial representative for assistance with buying or selling fund shares. A financial representative separately may impose its own policies and procedures for buying and selling fund shares.

Class R6 shares are generally available only to certain qualifying plans and programs, which may have their own policies or instructions for buying and selling fund shares. Institutional Class shares are generally available only to qualified institutions. Class S shares are available through certain intermediary relationships with financial services firms, or can be purchased by establishing an account directly with the fund’s transfer agent.

Tax Information

The fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k), or other tax-advantaged investment plan. Any withdrawals you make from such tax- advantaged investment plans, however, may be taxable to you.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and
Other Financial Intermediaries

your salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Web site for more information.

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DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund

Investment Objective

The fund seeks to provide high current income and, secondarily, long-term capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses

These are the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold and sell shares. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.You may qualify for sales charge discounts in Class A shares if you and your immediate family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in DWS funds. More information about these and other discounts and waivers is available from your financial representative and in Choosing a Share Class (p. 71), Sales Charge Waivers and Discounts Available Through Intermediaries (Appendix B, p. 129) and Purchase and Redemption of Shares in the fund’s Statement of Additional Information (SAI) (p. II-15).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (paid directly from your investment)

	A	C	INST	S
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases, as % of offering price	4.50	None	None	None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load), as % of redemption proceeds1	None	1.00	None	None
Account Maintenance Fee (annually, for fund account balances below $10,000 and subject to certain exceptions)	$20	$20	None	$20

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)

	A	C	INST	S
Management fee	0.59	0.59	0.59	0.59
Distribution/service (12b-1) fees	0.24	1.00	None	None
Other expenses	0.83	1.05	0.53	0.72
Total annual fund operating expenses	1.66	2.64	1.12	1.31
Fee waiver/expense reimbursement	0.53	0.76	0.24	0.43
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver/expense reimbursement	1.13	1.88	0.88	0.88

1Investments of $1,000,000 or more may be eligible to buy Class A shares without a sales charge (load), but may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 0.85% if redeemed within 12 months of the original purchase date and 0.50% if redeemed within the following six months.

The Advisor has contractually agreed through February 28, 2025 to waive its fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the fund’s total annual operating expenses (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage, interest expense and acquired fund fees and expenses) at ratios no higher than 1.13%, 1.88%, 0.88% and 0.88% for Class A, Class C, Institutional Class and Class S, respectively. The agreement may only be terminated with the consent of the fund’s Board.

EXAMPLE

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of the prospectus for more information. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Years	A	C	INST	S
1	$560	$291	$90	$90
3	900	748	332	373
5	1,264	1,332	594	677
10	2,285	2,678	1,342	1,541

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Years	A	C	INST	S
1	$560	$191	$90	$90
3	900	748	332	373
5	1,264	1,332	594	677
10	2,285	2,678	1,342	1,541

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

Principal Investment Strategies

Main Investments. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in high yield bonds (also known as “junk bonds”) and other debt securities issued by governments and corporations in emerging market countries (i.e., the issuer is traded mainly in an emerging market, is organized under the laws of an emerging market country or is a company with more than half of its business in emerging markets) or the return on which is derived primarily from emerging markets.

The fund considers “emerging markets” to include, but not to be limited to: (i) the countries or markets that are part of the JP Morgan Emerging Markets Bond (EMBI) Global Diversified Index; or (ii) the countries or markets that are classified as “emerging market and developing economies” by the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) (World Economic Outlook); or (iii) countries listed as low or middle (both lower middle and higher middle) income by the World Bank, if a country is an emerging market and if such country is not listed in the JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index and if it is not classified as an “emerging market and developing economy” by the IMF.

The fund may invest without limit in investment-grade debt securities and in junk bonds, which are those below the fourth credit grade (grade BB/Ba and below) and may include debt securities not currently paying interest and debt securities in default.

The fund invests at least 50% of total assets in US dollar-denominated securities.

Management process. Portfolio management typically considers a number of factors, including economic and currency outlooks, possible interest rate movements, capital flows, debt levels, inflation trends, credit quality of issuers, security characteristics and changes in supply and demand within global bond markets. Portfolio management may consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, that it believes to be financially material, in its fundamental analysis. In evaluating ESG issues, portfolio management refers to internal securities specific ESG ratings, internal and external ESG research and other factors.

Portfolio management may also adjust the duration (a measure of sensitivity to interest rate movements) of the fund’s portfolio, depending on its outlook for interest rates.

Main Risks

There are several risk factors that could hurt the fund’s performance, cause you to lose money or cause the fund’s performance to trail that of other investments. The fund may not achieve its investment objective, and is not intended to be a complete investment program. An investment in the fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.

Credit risk. The fund's performance could be hurt if an issuer of a debt security suffers an adverse change in financial condition that results in the issuer not making timely payments of interest or principal, a security downgrade or an inability to meet a financial obligation. Credit risk is greater for lower-rated securities.

Because the issuers of high yield debt securities, or junk bonds (debt securities rated below the fourth highest credit rating category), may be in uncertain financial health, the prices of their debt securities can be more vulnerable to bad economic news, or even the expectation of bad news, than investment-grade debt securities. Credit risk for high yield securities is greater than for higher-rated securities.

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Because securities in default generally have missed one or more payments of interest and/or principal, an investment in such securities has an increased risk of loss. Issuers of securities in default have an increased likelihood of entering bankruptcy or beginning liquidation procedures which could impact the fund's ability to recoup its investment. Securities in default may be illiquid or trade in low volumes and thus may be difficult to value.

Market disruption risk. Economies and financial markets throughout the world have become increasingly interconnected, which has increased the likelihood that events or conditions in one country or region will adversely impact markets or issuers in other countries or regions. This includes reliance on global supply chains that are susceptible to disruptions resulting from, among other things, war and other armed conflicts, extreme weather events, and natural disasters. Such supply chain disruptions can lead to, and have led to, economic and market disruptions that have far-reaching effects on financial markets worldwide. The value of the fund’s investments may be negatively affected by adverse changes in overall economic or market conditions, such as the level of economic activity and productivity, unemployment and labor force participation rates, inflation or deflation (and expectations for inflation or deflation), interest rates, demand and supply for particular products or resources including labor, and debt levels and credit ratings, among other factors. Such adverse conditions may contribute to an overall economic contraction across entire economies or markets, which may negatively impact the profitability of issuers operating in those economies or markets. In addition, geopolitical and other globally interconnected occurrences, including war, terrorism, economic or financial crises, uncertainty or contagion, trade disputes, government debt crises (including defaults or downgrades) or uncertainty about government debt payments, government shutdowns, public health crises, natural disasters, supply chain disruptions, climate change and related events or conditions have led, and in the future may lead, to disruptions in the US and world economies and markets, which may increase financial market volatility and have significant adverse direct or indirect effects on the fund and its investments. Adverse market conditions or disruptions could cause the fund to lose money, experience significant redemptions, and encounter operational difficulties. Although multiple asset classes may be affected by adverse market conditions or a particular market disruption, the duration and effects may not be the same for all types of assets.

conflicts and related sanctions can adversely affect regional and global energy, commodities, financial and other markets and thus could affect the value of the fund's investments. The extent and duration of any military conflict, related sanctions and resulting economic and market disruptions are impossible to predict, but could be substantial.

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to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in losses. Beginning in 2022, the US Federal Reserve (“Fed”) raised interest rates significantly in response to increased inflation. It is unclear if or when the Fed may begin to implement interest rate cuts, if rates will remain at current levels for a prolonged period or, if the Fed would consider additional rate increases, in the event inflationary pressures persist. As a result, fixed-income and related markets may experience heightened levels of interest rate volatility and liquidity risk.

High yield debt securities risk. High yield debt securities, or junk bonds, are generally regarded as speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to meet principal and interest payments. High yield debt securities’ total return and yield may generally be expected to fluctuate more than the total return and yield of investment-grade debt securities. A real or perceived economic downturn or an increase in market interest rates could cause a decline in the value of high yield debt securities, result in increased redemptions and/or result in increased portfolio turnover, which could result in a decline in net asset value of the fund, reduce liquidity for certain investments and/or increase costs. High yield debt securities are often thinly traded and can be more difficult to sell and value accurately than investment-grade debt securities as there may be no established secondary market. Investments in high yield debt securities could increase liquidity risk for the fund. In addition, the market for high yield debt securities can experience sudden and sharp volatility which is generally associated more with investments in stocks.

securities or the income or gain received on these securities. In addition, because non-US markets may be open on days when the fund does not price its shares, the value of the securities in the fund’s portfolio may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the fund’s shares.

Emerging markets risk. Foreign investment risks are greater in emerging markets than in developed markets. Investments in emerging markets are often considered speculative.

Non-diversification risk. The fund is classified as non-diversified under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. This means that the fund may invest in securities of relatively few issuers. Thus, the performance of one or a small number of portfolio holdings can affect overall performance.

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market; the risk that a counterparty is unwilling or unable to meet its obligation, which risk may be heightened in derivative transactions entered into “over-the-counter” (i.e., not on an exchange or contract market); and the risk that the derivative transaction could expose the fund to the effects of leverage, which could increase the fund's exposure to the market and magnify potential losses.

Pricing risk. If market conditions make it difficult to value some investments, the fund may value these investments using more subjective methods, such as fair value pricing. In such cases, the value determined for an investment could be different from the value realized upon such investment’s sale. As a result, you could pay more than the market value when buying fund shares or receive less than the market value when selling fund shares.

Operational and technology risk. Cyber-attacks, disruptions or failures that affect the fund’s service providers or counterparties, issuers of securities held by the fund, or

other market participants may adversely affect the fund and its shareholders, including by causing losses for the fund or impairing fund operations. For example, the fund’s or its service providers’ assets or sensitive or confidential information may be misappropriated, data may be corrupted and operations may be disrupted (e.g., cyber-attacks, operational failures or broader disruptions may cause the release of private shareholder information or confidential fund information, interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, impact the ability to calculate the fund’s net asset value and impede trading). Market events and disruptions also may trigger a volume of transactions that overloads current information technology and communication systems and processes, impacting the ability to conduct the fund’s operations.

Past Performance

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CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL RETURNS (%) (Class A)

These year-by-year returns do not include sales charges, if any, and would be lower if they did. Returns for other classes were different and are not shown here.

	Returns	Period ending
Best Quarter	17.54%	June 30, 2020
Worst Quarter	-17.97%	March 31, 2020

Average Annual Total Returns
(For periods ended 12/31/2023 expressed as a %)

	Class Inception	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class A before tax	6/18/2001	5.84	0.01	0.15
After tax on distribu- tions		3.15	-2.03	-1.74
After tax on distribu- tions and sale of fund shares		3.35	-0.82	-0.68
Class C before tax	6/18/2001	9.98	0.19	-0.15
INST Class before tax	3/3/2008	10.95	1.18	0.88
Class S before tax	12/31/1993	11.12	1.18	0.85
JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)		11.09	1.67	3.22

Management

Investment Advisor

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.

Subadvisor

DWS International GmbH

Portfolio Manager(s)

Nicolas Schlotthauer, CEFA, Senior Portfolio Manager Fixed Income. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2017.

Joergen Hartmann, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager Fixed Income. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2018.

Roland Gabert, Portfolio Manager Fixed Income. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2018.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment ($)

	Non-IRA	IRAs	UGMAs/ UTMAs	Automatic Investment Plans
A, C	1,000	500	1,000	500
INST	1,000,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
S	2,500	1,000	1,000	1,000

For participants in all group retirement plans, and in certain fee-based and wrap programs approved by the Advisor, there is no minimum initial investment and no minimum additional investment for Class A, C and S shares. For Section 529 college savings plans, there is no minimum initial investment and no minimum additional investment for Class S shares. The minimum initial investment for Class S shares may be waived for eligible intermediaries that have agreements with DDI to offer Class S shares in their brokerage platforms when such Class S shares are held in omnibus accounts on such brokerage platforms. In certain instances, the minimum initial investment may be waived for Institutional Class shares. For more information regarding available Institutional Class investment minimum waivers, see “Institutional Class Shares – Investment Minimum” in the “Choosing a Share Class” section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for Institutional Class shares. The minimum additional investment in all other instances is $50.

To Place Orders

Mail	All Requests	DWS PO Box 219151 Kansas City, MO 64121-9151
Expedited Mail		DWS 430 West 7th Street Suite 219151 Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
Web Site		dws.com
Telephone		(800) 728-3337, M – F 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. ET
Hearing Impaired		For hearing impaired assistance, please call us using a relay service

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with buying or selling fund shares. A financial representative separately may impose its own policies and procedures for buying and selling fund shares.

Institutional Class shares are generally available only to qualified institutions. Class S shares are available through certain intermediary relationships with financial services firms, or can be purchased by establishing an account directly with the fund’s transfer agent.

Tax Information

Payments to Broker-Dealers and
Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the fund, the Advisor, and/or the Advisor’s affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Web site for more information.

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DWS Global Macro Fund

Investment Objective

The fund seeks to achieve total return.

Fees and Expenses

SHAREHOLDER FEES (paid directly from your investment)

	A	C	R	R6	INST	S
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases, as % of offering price	5.75	None	None	None	None	None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load), as % of redemption proceeds1	None	1.00	None	None	None	None
Account Maintenance Fee (annually, for fund account balances below $10,000 and subject to certain exceptions)	$20	$20	None	None	None	$20

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)

	A	C	R	R6	INST	S
Management fee	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60
Distribution/service (12b-1) fees	0.24	1.00	0.50	None	None	None
Other expenses	0.44	0.47	0.64	0.38	0.33	0.45
Acquired funds fees and expenses	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Total annual fund operating expenses	1.30	2.09	1.76	1.00	0.95	1.07
Fee waiver/expense reim- bursement	0.00	0.03	0.20	0.03	0.00	0.01
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver/ expense reimbursement	1.30	2.06	1.56	0.97	0.95	1.06

The Advisor has contractually agreed through February 28, 2025 to waive its fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the fund’s total annual operating expenses (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage, interest expense and acquired fund fees and expenses) at ratios no higher than 2.04%, 1.54%, 0.95% and 1.04% for Class C, Class R, Class R6 and Class S, respectively. The agreement may only be terminated with the consent of the fund’s Board.

EXAMPLE

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Class C shares generally convert automatically to Class A shares after 8 years. The information presented in the Example for Class C reflects the conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares after 8 years. See “Class C Shares” in the “Choosing a Share Class” section of the prospectus for more information. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Years	A	C	R	R6	INST	S
1	$700	$309	$159	$99	$97	$108
3	963	652	535	315	303	339
5	1,247	1,121	935	550	525	589
10	2,053	2,216	2,057	1,222	1,166	1,305

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Years	A	C	R	R6	INST	S
1	$700	$209	$159	$99	$97	$108
3	963	652	535	315	303	339
5	1,247	1,121	935	550	525	589
10	2,053	2,216	2,057	1,222	1,166	1,305

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

Principal Investment Strategies

Main investments. The fund invests in equities (common and preferred), bonds, structured notes, money market instruments, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and cash. The fund may invest up to 15% of net assets in equity-linked notes (ELNs), which are structured notes that offer returns linked to the performance or value of a single equity security, a basket of equity securities, or an equity index. There are generally no limits on asset class exposures, provided that risk parameters set by portfolio management are met. The fund may also invest in alternative asset classes (including real estate, REITs, infrastructure, convertibles, commodities and currencies). The fund may achieve exposure to commodities by investing in commodities-linked derivatives. In addition, the fund may invest in ETFs, other registered investment companies or exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to gain exposure to certain asset classes, including commodities. The fund’s allocation to different global markets and to different investment instruments will

vary depending on the overall economic cycle and assessment by portfolio management. The fund may also invest in asset backed securities, short-term securities and cash equivalents.

The fund can invest in securities of any size, investment style category, maturity, duration or credit quality (including junk bonds, which are those rated below the fourth highest credit rating category (that is, grade BB/Ba and below)), and from any country (including emerging markets). Under normal conditions, the fund will have investment exposure to at least three countries and combined direct and indirect exposure to foreign securities, foreign currencies and other foreign investments (measured on a gross basis) equal to at least 40% of the fund’s net assets. For purposes of the foregoing policy, an investment is considered to be an investment in a foreign security or foreign investment if the issuer is organized or located outside the US or is doing a substantial amount of business outside of the US. An issuer that derives at least 50% of its revenue from business outside the US or has at least 50% of its assets outside the US will be considered to be doing a substantial amount of business outside the US.

The fund may have exposure to gold in an amount up to 10% of the fund’s total assets. The fund may gain exposure to gold by investing in a wholly-owned subsidiary formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Subsidiary”), which shares the same portfolio management team as the fund and invests mainly in gold ETFs that do not operate as commodity pools, and fixed income instruments. Exposure to gold is intended to diversify the fund’s portfolio in order to reduce volatility and provide downside protection. Selection of the Subsidiary’s investments in gold ETFs involves consideration of various factors, including tracking error, liquidity, issuer, size and risk/return, as applicable.

Management process. Portfolio management constructs the fund’s portfolio using a combination of top-down macro views and bottom-up research along with risk management strategies. Based on the top-down macro views, the portfolio management team outlines a strategic allocation among asset classes for the portfolio which is a reflection of the team's broad market view. The portfolio management team further takes into consideration news flows, market sentiment and technical factors and then decides on a targeted level of risk. Idea generation, allocation by regions and sectors as well as position sizing are important features of the strategic allocation process during which exposures to different asset classes are determined. Selection of investments is then made using bottom-up fundamental analysis. Portfolio management may consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, that it believes to be financially material, in its fundamental analysis. In evaluating ESG issues, portfolio management refers to internal securities specific ESG ratings, internal and external ESG research and other

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factors. The portfolio management team evaluates the strategic allocations and fund investments on an ongoing basis from a risk/return perspective.

Currencies are considered an asset class in their own right by portfolio management and form an integral part of the strategic allocation and the investment selection process. Currencies are actively managed and portfolio management attempts to hedge against undesired currency risk. Portfolio management views currency as an important additional source of alpha-generation. Active currency positions may be taken across developed and emerging market currencies to exploit under- and/or over-valued currencies and to benefit from currency fluctuations. Portfolio management also views currency management as a beneficial source of risk diversification. Completely or partially applied currency hedges may also impact overall fund performance.

Derivatives. The fund may invest in derivatives, which are financial instruments whose performance is derived, at least in part, from the performance of an underlying asset, security or index. In particular, portfolio management takes active currency positions using derivatives such as forward currency contracts, futures contracts (including equity index futures) or options contracts. Portfolio management may also use forward currency contracts to hedge the fund’s exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign currency denominated portfolio holdings or to facilitate transactions in foreign currency denominated securities.

In addition, portfolio management may use futures or options contracts as a substitute for direct investment in a particular asset class, for duration management, for hedging purposes or to keep cash on hand to meet shareholder redemptions. The fund may write covered call options on its portfolio securities to seek to enhance the income generated by the fund’s portfolio. Commodities-linked derivatives may also be used to achieve exposure to commodities (excluding gold).

The fund may also use other types of derivatives (i) for hedging purposes; (ii) for risk management; (iii) for non-hedging purposes to seek to enhance potential gains; or (iv) as a substitute for direct investment in a particular asset class or to keep cash on hand to meet shareholder redemptions.

Main Risks

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impact the profitability of issuers operating in those economies or markets. In addition, geopolitical and other globally interconnected occurrences, including war, terrorism, economic or financial crises, uncertainty or contagion, trade disputes, government debt crises (including defaults or downgrades) or uncertainty about government debt payments, government shutdowns, public health crises, natural disasters, supply chain disruptions, climate change and related events or conditions have led, and in the future may lead, to disruptions in the US and world economies and markets, which may increase financial market volatility and have significant adverse direct or indirect effects on the fund and its investments. Adverse market conditions or disruptions could cause the fund to lose money, experience significant redemptions, and encounter operational difficulties. Although multiple asset classes may be affected by adverse market conditions or a particular market disruption, the duration and effects may not be the same for all types of assets.

Financial reporting standards for companies based in foreign markets differ from those in the US. Additionally, foreign securities markets generally are smaller and less liquid than US markets. To the extent that the fund invests in non-US dollar denominated foreign securities, changes in currency exchange rates may affect the US dollar value of foreign securities or the income or gain received on these securities. In addition, because non-US markets may be open on days when the fund does not price its shares, the value of the foreign securities in the fund’s portfolio may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the fund’s shares.

Emerging markets risk. Foreign investment risks are greater in emerging markets than in developed markets. Investments in emerging markets are often considered speculative.

Currency risk. Changes in currency exchange rates may affect the value of the fund’s investments and the fund’s share price. The value of currencies are influenced by a variety of factors, that include: interest rates, national debt levels and trade deficits, changes in balances of payments and trade, domestic and foreign interest and inflation rates, global or regional political, economic or financial events, monetary policies of governments, actual or potential government intervention, global energy prices, political instability and government monetary policies and the buying or selling of currency by a country’s government. Investments in foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the US dollar or, in the case of hedged positions, that the US dollar will decline relative to the currency being hedged. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably, thereby impacting the value of the fund’s investments.

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ETF risk. Because ETFs trade on a securities exchange, their shares may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value. An ETF is subject to the risks of the assets in which it invests as well as those of the investment strategy it follows. The fund may incur brokerage costs when it buys and sells shares of an ETF and also bears its proportionate share of the ETF’s fees and expenses, which are passed through to ETF shareholders.

ETN risk. Because ETNs are senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities of an issuer (typically a bank or bank holding company), ETNs are subject to the credit risk of the issuer and may lose value due to a downgrade in the issuer’s credit rating. The returns of an ETN are linked to the performance of an underlying instrument (typically an index), minus applicable fees. ETNs typically do not make periodic interest payments and principal typically is not protected. The value of an ETN may fluctuate based on factors such as time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in the underlying assets, changes in the applicable interest rates, and economic, legal, political or geographic events that affect the underlying assets. The fund bears its proportionate share of any fees and expenses borne by the ETN. Because ETNs trade on a securities exchange, their shares may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value.

ELN risk. ELNs are investments that have their principal and/or interest based on the performance or value of a single equity security, a basket of equity securities, or an equity index. An investment in an ELN has the risks inherent in the underlying equity security or securities, including market risk, while also exposing the fund to risks applicable to debt instruments, such as credit risk, interest rate risk and counterparty risk. Because of the structure and terms of ELNs, the fund may not benefit fully from an increase in value of the underlying equity securities or index and the price of an ELN and the underlying instruments may be imperfectly correlated. The fund could lose its entire principal investment in the ELN. ELNs are also subject to liquidity risk and pricing risk because the secondary market for ELNs may be limited, which may cause the value of the ELN to decline and can make the ELN difficult to price, buy or sell.

Asset allocation risk. Portfolio management may favor one or more types of investments or assets that underperform other investments, assets, or securities markets as a whole. Anytime portfolio management buys or sells securities in order to adjust the fund’s asset allocation this will increase portfolio turnover and generate transaction costs.

The fund may become more focused in particular industries, asset classes or sectors of the economy as a result of changes in the valuation of the fund’s investments or fluctuations in the fund’s assets, and the fund is not required to reduce such exposures under these circumstances.

Derivatives risk. Derivatives involve risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other more traditional investments. Risks associated with derivatives may include the risk that the derivative is not well correlated with the underlying asset, security or index to which it relates; the risk that derivatives may result in losses or missed opportunities; the risk that the fund will be unable to sell the derivative because of an illiquid secondary market; the risk that a counterparty is unwilling or unable to meet its obligation, which risk may be heightened in derivative transactions entered into “over-the-counter” (i.e., not on an exchange or contract market); and the risk that the derivative transaction could expose the fund to the effects of leverage, which could increase the fund's exposure to the market and magnify potential losses.

Derivatives risk – Options risk. An option is a particular type of derivative instrument that gives the option holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or sell (put) an underlying security at a specified price on or before a specified date. Specifically, the fund intends to write covered call options and, during the option's life, will forgo any profit resulting from an increase in the market value of the underlying security covering the call option above the sum of the premium and the strike price of the call, but will retain the risk of loss if the underlying security declines in value.

Because the issuers of high-yield debt securities, or junk bonds (debt securities rated below the fourth highest credit rating category), may be in uncertain financial health, the prices of their debt securities can be more vulnerable to bad economic news, or even the expectation of bad news, than investment-grade debt securities. Credit risk for high-yield securities is greater than for higher-rated securities.

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unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and potential illiquidity and may detract from fund performance to the extent the fund is exposed to such interest rates and/or volatility.

Infrastructure-related companies risk. The fund invests in the securities of infrastructure-related companies, and will therefore be susceptible to adverse economic, business, regulatory or other occurrences affecting infrastructure-related companies. Infrastructure-related companies can be negatively affected by various factors, including general or local economic conditions and political developments, general changes in market sentiment towards infrastructure assets, high interest costs in connection with capital construction and improvement programs, difficulty in raising capital, costs associated with compliance with changes in regulations, regulation or intervention by various government authorities, including government regulation of rates, inexperience with and potential losses resulting from the deregulation of a particular industry or sector, changes in tax laws, environmental problems, costs or disruptions caused by extreme weather or other natural disasters, the effects of energy conservation policies, commodities markets disruptions (e.g., significant changes over short time periods in the price of oil), technological changes, surplus capacity, casualty losses, threat of terrorist attacks and changes in interest rates. Rising interest rates could lead to higher financing costs and reduced earnings for infrastructure-related companies. Infrastructure-related companies may be focused in the energy, industrials and utilities sectors. At times, the performance of securities in these sectors may lag the performance of other sectors or the broader market as a whole. A downturn in these sectors could have an adverse impact on the fund. A company is considered to be an infrastructure-related company if at least 50% of its non-cash assets are infrastructure assets or 50% of

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its gross income or net profits are derived, directly or indirectly, from the ownership, management, construction, operation, utilization or financing of infrastructure assets.

Real estate securities risk. The value of real estate securities in general, and REITs in particular, are subject to the same risks as direct investments in real estate and will depend on the value of the underlying properties or the underlying loans or interest. The value of these securities will rise and fall in response to many factors, including economic conditions, the demand for rental property and changes in interest rates. In particular, the value of these securities may decline when interest rates rise and will also be affected by the real estate market and by the management of the underlying properties. During periods of rising interest rates, real estate securities may lose appeal for investors who may be able to obtain higher yields from other income-producing investments. Rising interest rates may also mean that financing for property purchases and improvements is more costly and difficult to obtain. Further, real estate companies may be negatively impacted by liabilities or losses due to environmental problems, extreme weather or natural disasters. In addition, real estate values have been subject to substantial fluctuations and declines on a local, regional and national basis in the past and may continue to be in the future. Highly leveraged real estate companies are particularly vulnerable to the effects of rising interest rates and/or an economic downturn. REITs may be more volatile and/or more illiquid than other types of equity securities.

Gold-related investments risk. Prices of gold or gold-related investments may move up and down rapidly, and have historically offered lower long-term performance than the stock market as a whole. Historically, gold markets have experienced extended periods of flat or declining prices, as well as sharp fluctuations. Gold can be influenced by a variety of economic, financial and political factors, especially inflation: when inflation is low or expected to fall, prices tend to be weak.

Subsidiary risk. The fund may invest in the Subsidiary, which is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and therefore is not subject to all of the investor protections of the Investment Company Act of 1940. A change in the US or the Cayman Islands laws or regulations, under which the fund and the Subsidiary, respectively, are organized, that impacts the Subsidiary or how the fund invests in the Subsidiary, such as a change in tax law, could adversely affect the fund. By investing in the Subsidiary, the fund is exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments, which generally include the risks of investing in gold-related investments.

regulations under which the fund expects its income attributable to its investment in the Subsidiary to be treated as qualifying income. The Internal Revenue Service, however, may assert that the fund’s income from the Subsidiary is not qualifying income. In addition, income from gold-related or other investments in which the fund invests directly or indirectly may not constitute qualifying income. If the fund's nonqualifying income exceeds 10% of the fund's gross income, the fund may fail to qualify as a regulated investment company and be subject to a tax at the fund level. If the fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment company, all of the fund’s taxable income would be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates and all distributions from earnings and profits would be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. Investing in gold indirectly through the Subsidiary may cause the fund to recognize more ordinary income than would be the case if the fund invested directly in the investments held by the Subsidiary.

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Past Performance

Prior to May 8, 2017, the fund had a different management team and operated with a different investment strategy. Performance would have been different if the fund’s current investment strategy had been in effect.

CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL RETURNS (%) (Class A)

These year-by-year returns do not include sales charges, if any, and would be lower if they did. Returns for other classes were different and are not shown here.

	Returns	Period ending
Best Quarter	7.24%	March 31, 2017
Worst Quarter	-10.19%	March 31, 2020

Average Annual Total Returns
(For periods ended 12/31/2023 expressed as a %)

	Class Inception	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class A before tax	2/28/2001	2.60	2.98	3.14
After tax on distribu- tions		1.73	2.20	2.51
After tax on distribu- tions and sale of fund shares		1.76	2.06	2.23
Class C before tax	2/28/2001	8.14	3.42	2.97
Class R before tax	7/1/2003	8.61	3.95	3.49
INST Class before tax	5/15/1995	9.16	4.49	3.99
Class S before tax	2/28/2005	9.16	4.47	3.97
ICE Bank of America US 3-MonthTreasury Bill Index (reflects no deduc- tion for fees or expenses)		5.01	1.88	1.25

	Class Inception	1 Year	Since Inception
Class R6 before tax	7/1/2019	9.15	3.48
ICE Bank of America US 3-MonthTreasury Bill Index (reflects no deduc- tion for fees or expenses)		5.01	1.81

Management

Investment Advisor

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.

Subadvisor

DWS International GmbH

Portfolio Manager(s)

Henning Potstada, Global Head of Multi Asset & Solutions. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2017.

Christoph-Arend Schmidt, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Lead Multi Asset & Solutions. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2017.

Stefan Flasdick, Portfolio Manager Multi Asset & Solutions. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2017.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment ($)

	Non-IRA	IRAs	UGMAs/ UTMAs	Automatic Investment Plans
A, C	1,000	500	1,000	500
R	None	N/A	N/A	N/A
R6	None	N/A	N/A	N/A
INST	1,000,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
S	2,500	1,000	1,000	1,000

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For participants in all group retirement plans, and in certain fee-based and wrap programs approved by the Advisor, there is no minimum initial investment and no minimum additional investment for Class A, C and S shares. For Section 529 college savings plans, there is no minimum initial investment and no minimum additional investment for Class S shares and Class R6 shares. The minimum initial investment for Class S shares may be waived for eligible intermediaries that have agreements with DDI to offer Class S shares in their brokerage platforms when such Class S shares are held in omnibus accounts on such brokerage platforms. In certain instances, the minimum initial investment may be waived for Institutional Class shares. For more information regarding available Institutional Class investment minimum waivers, see “Institutional Class Shares – Investment Minimum” in the “Choosing a Share Class” section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for Institutional Class, Class R and Class R6 shares. The minimum additional investment in all other instances is $50.

To Place Orders

Mail	All Requests	DWS PO Box 219151 Kansas City, MO 64121-9151
Expedited Mail		DWS 430 West 7th Street Suite 219151 Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
Web Site		dws.com
Telephone		(800) 728-3337, M – F 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. ET
Hearing Impaired		For hearing impaired assistance, please call us using a relay service

Class R shares are generally available only to certain retirement plans, which may have their own policies or instructions for buying and selling fund shares. Class R6 shares are generally available only to certain qualifying plans and programs, which may have their own policies or instructions for buying and selling fund shares. Institutional Class shares are generally available only to qualified institutions. Class S shares are available through certain intermediary relationships with financial services firms, or can be purchased by establishing an account directly with the fund’s transfer agent.

Tax Information

Payments to Broker-Dealers and
Other Financial Intermediaries

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DWS Global Small Cap Fund

Investment Objective

The fund seeks above-average capital appreciation over the long term.

Fees and Expenses

SHAREHOLDER FEES (paid directly from your investment)

	A	C	R6	INST	S
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases, as % of offering price	5.75	None	None	None	None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load), as % of redemption proceeds1	None	1.00	None	None	None
Account Maintenance Fee (annually, for fund account balances below $10,000 and subject to certain exceptions)	$20	$20	None	None	$20

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)

	A	C	R6	INST	S
Management fee	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80
Distribution/service (12b-1) fees	0.24	0.99	None	None	None
Other expenses	0.48	0.61	0.29	0.38	0.38
Total annual fund operating expenses	1.52	2.40	1.09	1.18	1.18
Fee waiver/expense reimbursement	0.17	0.30	0.00	0.08	0.08
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver/expense reimbursement	1.35	2.10	1.09	1.10	1.10

The Advisor has contractually agreed through February 28, 2025 to waive its fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the fund’s total annual operating expenses (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage, interest and acquired fund fees and expenses) at ratios no higher than 1.35%, 2.10%, 1.10% and 1.10% for Class A, Class C, Institutional Class and Class S, respectively. The agreement may only be terminated with the consent of the fund’s Board.

EXAMPLE

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund's operating expenses (including one year of capped expenses in each period for Class A, Class C, Institutional Class and Class S) remain the same. Class C shares generally convert automatically to Class A shares after 8 years. The information presented in the Example for Class C reflects the conversion of

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Class C shares to Class A shares after 8 years. See “Class C Shares” in the “Choosing a Share Class” section of the prospectus for more information. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Years	A	C	R6	INST	S
1	$705	$313	$111	$112	$112
3	1,012	720	347	367	367
5	1,341	1,253	601	641	641
10	2,270	2,494	1,329	1,425	1,425

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Years	A	C	R6	INST	S
1	$705	$213	$111	$112	$112
3	1,012	720	347	367	367
5	1,341	1,253	601	641	641
10	2,270	2,494	1,329	1,425	1,425

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

Principal Investment Strategies

Main investments. The fund invests at least 80% of net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in common stocks and other equities of small companies throughout the world (companies with market values similar to the smallest 30% of the aggregate market capitalization of the S&P Developed Broad Market Index). As of December 31, 2023, the market capitalization of the smallest 30% of the aggregate market capitalization of the S&P Developed Broad Market Index was between $24.5 million and $28.8 billion.

While the fund may invest in securities of any country, portfolio management generally focuses on countries with developed economies (including the US).

Management process. In choosing stocks, portfolio management uses proprietary quantitative models to identify and acquire holdings for the fund. The quantitative models are research based and identify primarily fundamental factors, including valuation, momentum, profitability, earnings and sales growth, which have been effective sources of return historically. These are dynamic models with different factor weights for different industry

groupings. The fund’s portfolio is constructed based on this quantitative process that strives to maximize returns while maintaining a risk profile similar to the fund’s benchmark index. The use of dynamic models allows the investment process to capture changing market factors which can impact the outcome of the portfolio rebalancing process.

At the discretion of portfolio management, systematically selected securities may be excluded from the portfolio based upon additional fundamental considerations, such as fundamental analysts' ratings or the Advisor's environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis, including when portfolio management believes a security has negative ESG risks and/or characteristics which might have a financially material impact on fund performance. In evaluating ESG issues, portfolio management refers to internal securities specific ESG ratings, internal and external ESG research and other factors and may focus on governance matters in particular. Such variations from the models are expected to be infrequent. Securities excluded on such discretion will be replaced by other systematically selected securities. Other equity investments are selected by portfolio management based on their risk and return profile which in turn points to their ability to help achieve the fund’s target risk and contribute to performance.

Portfolio management may sell a security when its quantitative model indicates that other investments are more attractive, when the company no longer meets performance or risk expectations, or to maintain portfolio characteristics similar to the fund’s benchmark.

All investment decisions are made within risk parameters set by portfolio management. The factors considered and models used by portfolio management may be adjusted from time to time and may favor different types of securities from different industries and companies at different times.

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that is based on the type and value of the securities being lent, with riskier securities generally requiring higher levels of collateral.

Main Risks

products or resources including labor, and debt levels and credit ratings, among other factors. Such adverse conditions may contribute to an overall economic contraction across entire economies or markets, which may negatively impact the profitability of issuers operating in those economies or markets. In addition, geopolitical and other globally interconnected occurrences, including war, terrorism, economic or financial crises, uncertainty or contagion, trade disputes, government debt crises (including defaults or downgrades) or uncertainty about government debt payments, government shutdowns, public health crises, natural disasters, supply chain disruptions, climate change and related events or conditions have led, and in the future may lead, to disruptions in the US and world economies and markets, which may increase financial market volatility and have significant adverse direct or indirect effects on the fund and its investments. Adverse market conditions or disruptions could cause the fund to lose money, experience significant redemptions, and encounter operational difficulties. Although multiple asset classes may be affected by adverse market conditions or a particular market disruption, the duration and effects may not be the same for all types of assets.

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that can cause volatility in financial markets or for the stock of a particular company, group of companies, industry or other class of assets.

Emerging markets risk. Foreign investment risks are greater in emerging markets than in developed markets. Investments in emerging markets are often considered speculative.

US dollar will decline relative to the currency being hedged. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably, thereby impacting the value of the fund’s investments.

Quantitative model risk. The fund’s strategy relies heavily on quantitative models and the analysis of specific metrics to construct the fund’s portfolio. The impact of these metrics on a stock’s performance can be difficult to predict, and stocks that previously possessed certain desirable quantitative characteristics may not continue to demonstrate those same characteristics in the future. In addition, relying on quantitative models entails the risk that the models themselves may be limited or incorrect, that the data on which the models rely may be incorrect or incomplete, and that the Advisor may not be successful in selecting companies for investment or determining the weighting of particular stocks in the fund’s portfolio. Any of these factors could cause the fund to underperform funds with similar strategies that do not select stocks based on quantitative analysis.

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could impact the ability to conduct the fund’s operations. In addition, the fund cannot directly control any cybersecurity plans and systems put in place by its service providers, fund counterparties, issuers of securities held by the fund or other market participants.

Past Performance

CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL RETURNS (%) (Class A)

These year-by-year returns do not include sales charges, if any, and would be lower if they did. Returns for other classes were different and are not shown here.

	Returns	Period ending
Best Quarter	24.58%	June 30, 2020
Worst Quarter	-29.84%	March 31, 2020

Average Annual Total Returns
(For periods ended 12/31/2023 expressed as a %)

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	Class Inception	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class A before tax	4/16/1998	17.03	7.53	2.69
After tax on distribu- tions		15.59	6.11	0.78
After tax on distribu- tions and sale of fund shares		11.12	5.96	1.89
Class C before tax	4/16/1998	23.31	8.00	2.53
INST Class before tax	8/26/2008	24.48	9.07	3.60
Class S before tax	9/10/1991	24.53	9.08	3.57
S&P Developed SmallCap Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)		15.90	9.83	6.91

	Class Inception	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Class R6 before tax	8/25/2014	24.53	9.14	3.87
S&P Developed SmallCap Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)		15.90	9.83	6.90

Management

Investment Advisor

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Pankaj Bhatnagar, PhD, Head of Investment Strategy Equity. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2021.

Peter Barsa, Senior Portfolio Manager Equity. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2018.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment ($)

	Non-IRA	IRAs	UGMAs/ UTMAs	Automatic Investment Plans
A, C	1,000	500	1,000	500
R6	None	N/A	N/A	N/A
INST	1,000,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
S	2,500	1,000	1,000	1,000

To Place Orders

Mail	All Requests	DWS PO Box 219151 Kansas City, MO 64121-9151
Expedited Mail		DWS 430 West 7th Street Suite 219151 Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
Web Site		dws.com
Telephone		(800) 728-3337, M – F 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. ET
Hearing Impaired		For hearing impaired assistance, please call us using a relay service

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DWS Latin America Equity Fund

Investment Objective

The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses

SHAREHOLDER FEES (paid directly from your investment)

	A	C	INST	S
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases, as % of offering price	5.75	None	None	None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load), as % of redemption proceeds1	None	1.00	None	None
Account Maintenance Fee (annually, for fund account balances below $10,000 and subject to certain exceptions)	$20	$20	None	$20

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)

	A	C	INST	S
Management fee	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Distribution/service (12b-1) fees	0.24	1.00	None	None
Other expenses	0.39	0.37	0.33	0.32
Total annual fund operating expenses	1.63	2.37	1.33	1.32
Fee waiver/expense reimbursement	0.19	0.18	0.14	0.13
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver/expense reimbursement	1.44	2.19	1.19	1.19

The Advisor has contractually agreed through February 28, 2025 to waive its fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the fund’s total annual operating expenses (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage, interest expense and acquired fund fees and expenses) at ratios no higher than 1.44%, 2.19%, 1.19% and 1.19% for Class A, Class C, Institutional Class and Class S, respectively. The agreement may only be terminated with the consent of the fund’s Board.

EXAMPLE

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of the prospectus for more information. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Years	A	C	INST	S
1	$713	$322	$121	$121
3	1,042	722	408	406
5	1,394	1,249	715	711
10	2,382	2,508	1,589	1,579

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Years	A	C	INST	S
1	$713	$222	$121	$121
3	1,042	722	408	406
5	1,394	1,249	715	711
10	2,382	2,508	1,589	1,579

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

Principal Investment Strategies

Main investments. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in Latin American common stocks and other equities (equities that are traded mainly on Latin American markets, issued or guaranteed by a Latin American government or issued by a company organized under the laws of a Latin American country or any company with more than half of its business in Latin America). The fund defines Latin America as Mexico, Central America, South America and the Spanish-speaking islands of the Caribbean.

Although the fund may invest in any Latin American country, it expects to invest primarily in common stocks of established companies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Peru.

The fund may invest up to 20% of net assets in the equity securities of US and other non-Latin American issuers and in debt securities including junk bonds (grade BB/Ba and below). The fund may also invest as much as 10% of net assets in debt securities rated B or lower.

Management process. In choosing securities, portfolio management uses a combination of three analytical disciplines:

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Bottom-up research. Portfolio management looks for individual companies that it believes have a history of above-average growth, strong competitive positioning, attractive prices relative to potential growth, sound financial strength and effective management, among other factors.

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Growth orientation. Portfolio management generally looks for companies that it believes have above-average potential for sustainable growth of revenue or earnings and whose market value appears reasonable in light of their business prospects.

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Analysis of regional themes. Portfolio management looks for significant social, economic, industrial and demographic changes, seeking to identify stocks that may benefit from them.

Portfolio management may consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, that it believes to be financially material, in its fundamental research process and when making investment decisions. In evaluating ESG issues, portfolio management refers to internal and external ESG research.

Main Risks

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to stimulate or stabilize economic growth, may at times result in unusually high market volatility which could negatively affect performance. High market volatility may also result from significant shifts in momentum of one or more specific stocks due to unusual increases or decreases in trading activity. Momentum can change quickly, and securities subject to shifts in momentum may be more volatile than the market as a whole and returns on such securities may drop precipitously. To the extent that the fund invests in a particular geographic region, capitalization or sector, the fund’s performance may be affected by the general performance of that region, capitalization or sector.

conflicts can also result, and have resulted in some cases, in sanctions being levied by the United States, the European Union and/or other countries against countries or other actors involved in the conflict. In addition, such conflicts and related sanctions can adversely affect regional and global energy, commodities, financial and other markets and thus could affect the value of the fund's investments. The extent and duration of any military conflict, related sanctions and resulting economic and market disruptions are impossible to predict, but could be substantial.

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of the securities in the fund’s portfolio may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the fund’s shares.

Latin America risk. The economies of Latin American countries have in the past experienced considerable difficulties, including high inflation rates, high interest rates, high unemployment, government overspending and political instability. Similar conditions in the present or future could impact the fund’s performance. Many Latin American countries are highly reliant on the exportation of commodities and their economies may be significantly impacted by fluctuations in commodity prices and the global demand for certain commodities. Investments in Latin American countries may be subject to currency risks, such as restrictions on the flow of money in and out of a country, extreme volatility relative to the US dollar, and devaluation, all of which could decrease the value of the fund. Other Latin American investment risks may include inadequate investor protection, less developed regulatory, accounting, auditing and financial standards, unfavorable changes in laws or regulations, natural disasters, corruption and military activity. The governments of many Latin American countries may also exercise substantial influence over many aspects of the private sector, and any such exercise could have a significant effect on companies in which the fund invests. Securities of companies in Latin American countries may be subject to significant price volatility, which could impact fund performance.

Emerging markets risk. Foreign investment risks are greater in emerging markets than in developed markets. Investments in emerging markets are often considered speculative.

Regional focus risk. Focusing investments in a single country or few countries, or regions, involves increased currency, political, regulatory and other risks. Market swings in such a targeted country, countries or regions are likely to have a greater effect on fund performance than they would in a more geographically diversified fund. The fund typically invests a large portion of its assets in common stocks of companies in Brazil, and, therefore, adverse developments in Brazil may have a significant impact on the fund’s performance. Investments in Brazil are subject to foreign investment risk, currency risk, Latin America risk and emerging markets risk, among other risks described herein.

events, monetary policies of governments, actual or potential government intervention, global energy prices, political instability and government monetary policies and the buying or selling of currency by a country’s government. Investments in foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the US dollar or, in the case of hedged positions, that the US dollar will decline relative to the currency being hedged. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably, thereby impacting the value of the fund’s investments.

Focus risk. To the extent that the fund focuses its investments in particular industries, asset classes or sectors of the economy, any market price movements, regulatory or technological changes, or economic conditions affecting companies in those industries, asset classes or sectors may have a significant impact on the fund’s performance. The fund may become more focused in particular industries, asset classes or sectors of the economy as a result of changes in the valuation of the fund’s investments or fluctuations in the fund’s assets, and the fund is not required to reduce such exposures under these circumstances.

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obligations may pay off the debts later than expected (extension risk), thus keeping the fund’s assets tied up in lower interest debt obligations. Ultimately, any unexpected behavior in interest rates could increase the volatility of the fund’s share price and yield and could hurt fund performance. Prepayments could also create capital gains tax liability in some instances.

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Past Performance

CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL RETURNS (%) (Class A)

These year-by-year returns do not include sales charges, if any, and would be lower if they did. Returns for other classes were different and are not shown here.

	Returns	Period ending
Best Quarter	36.08%	December 31, 2020
Worst Quarter	-42.52%	March 31, 2020

Average Annual Total Returns
(For periods ended 12/31/2023 expressed as a %)

	Class Inception	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class A before tax	5/29/2001	25.52	10.99	5.65
After tax on distribu- tions		24.63	9.68	4.57
After tax on distribu- tions and sale of fund shares		15.81	8.44	4.13
Class C before tax	5/29/2001	32.18	11.48	5.49
Class S before tax	12/8/1992	33.52	12.59	6.54
MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Latin America Index (reflects no deduc- tion for fees or expenses)		32.71	6.11	2.11

	Class Inception	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
INST Class before tax	2/2/2015	33.50	12.59	9.57
MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Latin America Index (reflects no deduc- tion for fees or expenses)		32.71	6.11	4.64

Management

Investment Advisor

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.

Subadvisor

Itaú USA Asset Management, Inc.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Scott Piper. Chief Investment Officer, Itaú USA Asset Management, Inc. (New York). Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2020.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment ($)

	Non-IRA	IRAs	UGMAs/ UTMAs	Automatic Investment Plans
A, C	1,000	500	1,000	500
INST	1,000,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
S	2,500	1,000	1,000	1,000

For participants in all group retirement plans, and in certain fee-based and wrap programs approved by the Advisor, there is no minimum initial investment and no minimum additional investment for Class A, C and S shares. For Section 529 college savings plans, there is no minimum initial investment and no minimum additional investment for Class S shares. The minimum initial investment for Class S shares may be waived for eligible intermediaries that have agreements with DDI to offer Class S shares in their brokerage platforms when such Class S shares are held in omnibus accounts on such brokerage platforms. In certain instances, the minimum initial investment may be waived for Institutional Class shares. For more information regarding available Institutional Class investment minimum waivers, see “Institutional Class Shares – Investment Minimum” in the “Choosing a Share Class” section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for Institutional Class shares. The minimum additional investment in all other instances is $50.

To Place Orders

Mail	All Requests	DWS PO Box 219151 Kansas City, MO 64121-9151
Expedited Mail		DWS 430 West 7th Street Suite 219151 Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
Web Site		dws.com
Telephone		(800) 728-3337, M – F 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. ET
Hearing Impaired		For hearing impaired assistance, please call us using a relay service

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Tax Information

Payments to Broker-Dealers and
Other Financial Intermediaries

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Fund Details

Additional Information About Fund Strategies and Risks

DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Investment Objective

The fund seeks long-term growth of capital.

Principal Investment Strategies

The fund invests primarily in common stocks, but may also invest in preferred stocks or convertible securities. The fund may invest in shares of certain Chinese companies through various “stock connect” programs with local stock exchanges in China.

growth, valuation, and market sentiment. This process is then applied at individual country and sector levels to determine country and sector weightings.

Other Investment Strategies

Derivatives. The fund may invest in derivatives, which are financial instruments whose performance is derived, at least in part, from the performance of an underlying asset,

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security or index. The fund may use various types of derivatives (i) for hedging purposes; (ii) for risk management; (iii) for non-hedging purposes to seek to enhance potential gains; or (iv) as a substitute for direct investment in a particular asset class or to keep cash on hand to meet shareholder redemptions.

Main Risks

productivity, unemployment and labor force participation rates, inflation or deflation (and expectations for inflation or deflation), interest rates, demand and supply for particular products or resources including labor, and debt levels and credit ratings, among other factors. Such adverse conditions may contribute to an overall economic contraction across entire economies or markets, which may negatively impact the profitability of issuers operating in those economies or markets. In addition, geopolitical and other globally interconnected occurrences, including war, terrorism, economic or financial crises, uncertainty or contagion, trade disputes, government debt crises (including defaults or downgrades) or uncertainty about government debt payments, government shutdowns, public health crises, natural disasters, supply chain disruptions, climate change and related events or conditions have led, and in the future may lead, to disruptions in the US and world economies and markets, which may increase financial market volatility and have significant adverse direct or indirect effects on the fund and its investments. Adverse market conditions or disruptions could cause the fund to lose money, experience significant redemptions, and encounter operational difficulties. Although multiple asset classes may be affected by adverse market conditions or a particular market disruption, the duration and effects may not be the same for all types of assets.

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companies, governmental entities or public officials, or to otherwise pose as or impersonate such, which then may be used to disseminate false or misleading information that can cause volatility in financial markets or for the stock of a particular company, group of companies, industry or other class of assets.

Foreign governments may restrict investment by foreigners, limit withdrawal of trading profit or currency from the country, restrict currency exchange or seize foreign investments. The foreign investments of the fund may also be subject to foreign withholding or other taxes. Foreign brokerage commissions and other fees are generally higher than those for US investments, and the transactions and custody of foreign assets may involve delays in payment, delivery or recovery of money or investments.

Foreign markets can have liquidity risks beyond those typical of US markets. Because foreign exchanges generally are smaller and less liquid than US exchanges, buying and selling foreign investments can be more difficult and costly. Relatively small transactions can sometimes materially affect the price and availability of foreign securities. In certain situations, it may become virtually impossible to sell a foreign investment in an orderly fashion at a price that approaches portfolio management's estimate of its value. For the same reason, it may at times be difficult to value the fund’s foreign investments.

Emerging markets risk. Foreign investment risks are greater in emerging markets than in developed markets. Investments in emerging markets are often considered speculative.

Emerging markets countries typically have economic and political systems that are less developed, and can be expected to be less stable than developed markets. For example, the economies of such countries can be subject to rapid and unpredictable rates of inflation or deflation.

Applicable regulatory, accounting, auditing and financial reporting and recordkeeping standards may be less rigorous in emerging markets countries and there may be significant differences between financial statements prepared in accordance with emerging markets countries’ accounting standards and practices and those prepared in accordance with international accounting standards. In particular, the assets and profits appearing on the financial statements of an emerging market country’s issuer may not reflect its financial position or results of operations in the way they would be reflected had such financial statements been prepared in accordance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The quality of audits in emerging markets countries may be unreliable. Consequently, the fund may not be provided the same degree of protection or information as would generally apply in developed countries and the fund may be exposed to significant losses.

There is also substantially less publicly available information about emerging market issuers than there is about issuers in developed countries. Therefore, disclosure of certain material information may not be made, and less information may be available to the fund and other investors than would be the case if the fund’s investments were restricted to securities of issuers in developed countries.

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monetary policies of governments, actual or potential government intervention, global energy prices, political instability and government monetary policies and the buying or selling of currency by a country’s government. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably, thereby impacting the value of the fund’s investments.

A growth company may fail to fulfill apparent promise or may be eclipsed by competitors or its products or its services may be rendered obsolete by new technologies. Growth stocks also typically lack the dividends associated with value stocks that might otherwise cushion investors from the effects of declining stock prices. In addition, growth stocks selected for investment by portfolio management may not perform as anticipated.

There is no guarantee that derivatives, to the extent employed, will have the intended effect, and their use could cause lower returns or even losses to the fund. The use of derivatives by the fund to hedge risk may reduce the opportunity for gain by offsetting the positive effect of favorable price movements.

Secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods, which may prevent the fund from being able to realize full value and thus sell a security for its full valuation. This could cause a material decline in the fund’s net asset value.

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proxies or settle transactions. Delayed settlement may limit the ability of the fund to reinvest the proceeds of a sale of securities or prevent the fund from selling securities at times and prices it considers desirable. The fund could also lose money in the event of a decline in the value of the collateral provided for the loaned securities, or a decline in the value of any investments made with cash collateral or even a loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower of the securities fail financially while holding the securities.

the fund’s share price and yield and could hurt fund performance. Prepayments could also create capital gains tax liability in some instances.

This risk can be ongoing for any security that does not trade actively or in large volumes, for any security that trades primarily on smaller markets, and for investments that typically trade only among a limited number of large investors (such as certain types of derivatives or restricted securities). In unusual market conditions, even normally liquid securities may be affected by a degree of liquidity risk (i.e., if the number and capacity of traditional market participants is reduced). This may affect only certain securities or an overall securities market.

Stock Connect risk. Investments in certain equity securities of companies based in the People’s Republic of China (“China” or the “PRC”) listed and traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange may be made through the Shanghai-Hong Kong and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programs (“Stock Connect”). Stock Connect is a securities trading and clearing program between either the Shanghai Stock Exchange or Shenzhen Stock Exchange and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited or the China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited and the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited. Stock Connect is designed to facilitate foreign investment in Class A shares of certain Chinese companies (“China A-Shares”) by allowing investors to trade and settle shares on each market via their local exchanges. Trading through Stock Connect is subject to daily quota limitations on purchases, and once the daily quota is reached the remaining orders for that day are rejected. The daily quota may restrict the fund’s ability to invest in certain China A-Shares on a timely basis, which could affect the fund’s performance. In addition, investing through Stock Connect subjects the fund to the risks of price fluctuations in China A-Shares on days when Stock Connect is not trading because it can only operate when both PRC and Hong Kong markets are open for trading and when banking services are available in both markets on the corresponding settlement days. Investments made through Stock Connect are subject to trading, clearance and settlement procedures that are relatively new in China, untested and subject to change, which could pose risks to the fund. China A-Shares purchased through Stock Connect cannot be sold, purchased or otherwise transferred other than through Stock Connect which may limit the fund’s ability to trade on a timely basis. In addition, any

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changes to the rules of the program or to tax treatment of shares traded through Stock Connect could have an adverse impact on the fund’s returns.

Cyber-attacks may include unauthorized attempts by third parties to improperly access, modify, disrupt the operations of, or prevent access to the systems of the fund’s service providers or counterparties, issuers of securities held by the fund or other market participants or data within them. In addition, power or communications outages, acts of god, information technology equipment malfunctions, operational errors, and inaccuracies within software or data processing systems may also disrupt business operations or impact critical data.

involving a fund counterparty could affect such counterparty’s ability to meet its obligations to the fund, which may result in losses to the fund and its shareholders. Similar types of operational and technology risks are also present for issuers of securities held by the fund, which could have material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause the fund’s investments to lose value. Furthermore, as a result of cyber-attacks, disruptions, or failures, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities or the entire market, which may result in the fund being, among other things, unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments or unable to accurately price its investments.

For example, the fund relies on various sources to calculate its NAV. Therefore, the fund is subject to certain operational risks associated with reliance on third party service providers and data sources. NAV calculation may be impacted by operational risks arising from factors such as failures in systems and technology. Such failures may result in delays in the calculation of the fund’s NAV and/or the inability to calculate NAV over extended time periods. The fund may be unable to recover any losses associated with such failures.

DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund

Investment Objective

The fund seeks to provide high current income and, secondarily, long-term capital appreciation.

Principal Investment Strategies

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The fund invests at least 50% of total assets in US dollar-denominated securities.

The fund's sovereign debt securities may include participations in and assignments of portions of loans between governments and financial institutions. The fund will normally not invest more than 10% of net assets in debt securities of grade D/C, which are usually in default.

Because the fund may invest in debt securities of varying maturities, the fund’s dollar-weighted average effective portfolio maturity will vary. As of December 31, 2023, the fund had a dollar-weighted average effective portfolio maturity of 6.57 years. Effective maturity is the weighted average of the bonds held by the fund taking into consideration any available maturity shortening features.

Portfolio management may also adjust the duration (a measure of sensitivity to interest rate movements) of the fund’s portfolio, depending on its outlook for interest rates.

Portfolio management prefers bonds that are denominated in currencies it believes are stable or strengthening currencies, but may invest in bonds denominated in other currencies.

Portfolio management may focus on the securities of particular issuers, industries, countries or regions at different times.

Other Investment Strategies

Derivatives. The fund may invest in derivatives, which are financial instruments whose performance is derived, at least in part, from the performance of an underlying asset,

Main Risks

Because the issuers of high yield debt securities, or junk bonds (debt securities rated below the fourth highest credit rating category), may be in uncertain financial health, the prices of their debt securities can be more vulnerable to bad economic news, or even the expectation of bad news, than investment-grade debt securities. Credit risk for high yield securities is greater than for higher-rated securities.

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that can cause volatility in financial markets or for the stock of a particular company, group of companies, industry or other class of assets.

Interest rate risk. When interest rates rise, prices of debt securities generally decline. The longer the duration of the fund’s debt securities, the more sensitive the fund will be to interest rate changes. (As a general rule, a 1% rise in interest rates means a 1% fall in value for every year of duration.) Interest rates can change in response to the supply and demand for credit, government and/or central bank monetary policy and action, inflation rates, and other factors. Recent and potential future changes in monetary policy made by central banks or governments are likely to affect the level of interest rates. Changing interest rates may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and potential illiquidity and may detract from fund performance to the extent the fund is exposed to such interest rates and/or volatility. Rising interest rates could cause the value of the fund’s investments — and therefore its share price as well — to decline. A rising interest rate environment may cause investors to move out of fixed-income securities and related markets on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of such securities and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions from the fund may force the fund to sell investments at a time when it is not advantageous to do so, which could result in losses. Beginning in 2022, the US Federal Reserve (“Fed”) raised interest rates significantly in response to increased inflation. It is unclear if or when the Fed may begin to implement interest rate cuts, if rates will remain at current levels for a prolonged period or, if the Fed would consider additional rate increases, in the event inflationary pressures persist. As a result, fixed-income and related markets may experience heightened levels of interest rate volatility and liquidity risk.

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certain situations, it may become virtually impossible to sell a foreign investment in an orderly fashion at a price that approaches portfolio management's estimate of its value. For the same reason, it may at times be difficult to value the fund’s foreign investments.

Emerging markets risk. Foreign investment risks are greater in emerging markets than in developed markets. Investments in emerging markets are often considered speculative.

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contracts may eliminate some or all of the benefit of an increase in the value of a foreign currency versus the US dollar. The value of the US dollar measured against other currencies is influenced by a variety of factors. These factors include: interest rates, national debt levels and trade deficits, changes in balances of payments and trade, domestic and foreign interest and inflation rates, global or regional political, economic or financial events, monetary policies of governments, actual or potential government intervention, global energy prices, political instability and government monetary policies and the buying or selling of currency by a country’s government. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably, thereby impacting the value of the fund’s investments.

The potential for liquidity risk may be magnified by a rising interest rate environment or other circumstances where investor redemptions from fixed-income mutual funds may be higher than normal, potentially causing increased supply in the market due to selling activity. If dealer capacity in fixed-income markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed-income markets. Additionally, market participants, other than the fund, may attempt to sell fixed income holdings at the same time as the fund, which could cause downward pricing pressure and contribute to illiquidity.

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may decline in financial health and become unable to honor its commitments. This could cause losses for the fund or could delay the return or delivery of collateral or other assets to the fund.

costs. In addition, cyber-attacks, disruptions, or failures involving a fund counterparty could affect such counterparty’s ability to meet its obligations to the fund, which may result in losses to the fund and its shareholders. Similar types of operational and technology risks are also present for issuers of securities held by the fund, which could have material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause the fund’s investments to lose value. Furthermore, as a result of cyber-attacks, disruptions, or failures, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities or the entire market, which may result in the fund being, among other things, unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments or unable to accurately price its investments.

DWS Global Macro Fund

Investment Objective

The fund seeks to achieve total return.

Principal Investment Strategies

Main investments. The fund invests in equities (common and preferred), bonds, structured notes, money market instruments, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and cash. The fund may invest up to 15% of net assets in equity-linked notes (ELNs), which are structured notes that offer returns linked to the performance or value of a single equity security, a basket of equity securities, or an equity index. Generally, ELNs may be used when portfolio management believes that they will provide a more attractive yield than the indices or equity securities to which they are linked. ELNs can be customized to provide for higher and/or more frequent distributions relative to the indices or equity securities to which they are linked. There are generally no limits on asset class exposures, provided that risk parameters set by portfolio management are met. The fund may also invest in alternative asset classes (including real estate, REITs, infrastructure, convertibles, commodities and currencies). The fund may achieve exposure to commodities by investing in commodities-linked derivatives. In addition, the fund may invest in ETFs, other registered investment companies or exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to gain exposure to certain asset classes, including commodities. The fund’s allocation to different global markets and to different investment instruments will vary depending on

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the overall economic cycle and assessment by portfolio management. The fund may also invest in asset backed securities, short-term securities and cash equivalents.

factors. The portfolio management team evaluates the strategic allocations and fund investments on an ongoing basis from a risk/return perspective.

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Emerging markets risk. Foreign investment risks are greater in emerging markets than in developed markets. Investments in emerging markets are often considered speculative.

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Fees and expenses incurred by an ETF may include trading costs, operating expenses, licensing fees, trustee fees and marketing expenses. With an index ETF, these costs may contribute to the ETF not fully matching the performance of the index it is designed to track.

Further, as the fund writes covered calls across more of its portfolio, its ability to benefit from capital appreciation may diminish. The fund will have no control over the exercise of the option by the option holder, and once the fund receives an exercise notice, it cannot terminate its obligation by effecting a closing purchase transaction but must deliver the underlying security at the exercise price. Thus, the use of covered call options may require the fund to sell portfolio securities at inopportune times or for prices other than current market values, and may cause the fund to hold a security that it might otherwise sell.

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fund. In addition, the market for high yield debt securities can experience sudden and sharp volatility which is generally associated more with investments in stocks.

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interest rates may also mean that financing for property purchases and improvements is more costly and difficult to obtain. Further, real estate companies may be negatively impacted by liabilities or losses due to environmental problems, extreme weather or natural disasters. In addition, real estate values have been subject to substantial fluctuations and declines on a local, regional and national basis in the past and may continue to be in the future. Highly leveraged real estate companies are particularly vulnerable to the effects of rising interest rates and/or an economic downturn. REITs may be more volatile and/or more illiquid than other types of equity securities.

Tax risk. Income and gains from commodities and certain commodity-linked derivatives generally do not constitute “qualifying income” to the fund for purposes of qualification as a “regulated investment company” for federal income tax purposes. The Internal Revenue Service issued regulations under which the fund expects its income attributable to its investment in the Subsidiary to be treated as qualifying income. The Internal Revenue Service, however, may assert that the fund’s income from the Subsidiary is not qualifying income. In addition, income from gold-related or other investments in which the fund invests directly or indirectly may not constitute qualifying income. If the fund's nonqualifying income exceeds 10% of the fund's gross income, the fund may fail to qualify as a regulated investment company and be subject to a tax at the fund level. If the fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment company, all of the fund’s taxable income would be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates and all distributions from earnings and profits would be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. Investing in gold indirectly through the Subsidiary may cause the fund

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to recognize more ordinary income than would be the case if the fund invested directly in the investments held by the Subsidiary.

DWS Global Small Cap Fund

Investment Objective

The fund seeks above-average capital appreciation over the long term.

Principal Investment Strategies

While the fund may invest in securities of any country, portfolio management generally focuses on countries with developed economies (including the US).

The fund may invest up to 20% of total assets in common stocks and other equities of large companies or in debt securities, including up to 5% of net assets in junk bonds (grade BB/Ba and below).

The fund may invest in common stocks and other types of equities such as preferred stocks or convertible securities.

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profitability, earnings and sales growth, which have been effective sources of return historically. These are dynamic models with different factor weights for different industry groupings. The fund’s portfolio is constructed based on this quantitative process that strives to maximize returns while maintaining a risk profile similar to the fund’s benchmark index. The use of dynamic models allows the investment process to capture changing market factors which can impact the outcome of the portfolio rebalancing process.

Separate dynamic stock selection models created for industry clusters, defined by portfolio management based on its assessment of which S&P GICS sub-industries have the same drivers, are updated on an ongoing basis using data from a leading industry data vendor. Portfolio management with expertise in finance apply ongoing quantitative research to update one industry cluster at a time. Portfolio management intends to update industry clusters on a rotating basis with each cluster updated approximately every 36 months. The dynamic models are used to determine the best combination of performance drivers for stocks in a given industry cluster. Because the models are dynamic, as more data becomes available over time, optimum combination of performance drivers evolves as well. For example, if earnings estimates revisions from analysts start losing their effectiveness as a performance driver in a given industry cluster, the weight attributed to this factor in the model would likely be reduced. The

dynamic models are used to generate the expected excess return for each stock in the fund's investment universe. The output from the dynamic models is used as an input by the Advisor's portfolio optimization application which has industry standard forward-looking risk estimates. At each portfolio rebalancing, currently monthly, the portfolio construction application is tasked with creating the optimal portfolio that has a systematic risk profile similar to the benchmark based on the forward-looking risk parameters provided by the portfolio construction application. This translates into the portfolio’s systematic market risk, or market beta, being aligned to the benchmark and other systematic risk factors also being neutral vis-a-vis the benchmark.

Main Risks

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cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. Events in the US and global financial markets, including actions taken by the US Federal Reserve or foreign central banks to stimulate or stabilize economic growth, may at times result in unusually high market volatility which could negatively affect performance. High market volatility may also result from significant shifts in momentum of one or more specific stocks due to unusual increases or decreases in trading activity. Momentum can change quickly, and securities subject to shifts in momentum may be more volatile than the market as a whole and returns on such securities may drop precipitously. To the extent that the fund invests in a particular geographic region, capitalization or sector, the fund’s performance may be affected by the general performance of that region, capitalization or sector.

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value of the fund’s foreign investments, prevent the fund from realizing the full value of its foreign investments or prevent the fund from selling foreign securities it holds.

Emerging markets risk. Foreign investment risks are greater in emerging markets than in developed markets. Investments in emerging markets are often considered speculative.

in the way they would be reflected had such financial statements been prepared in accordance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The quality of audits in emerging markets countries may be unreliable. Consequently, the fund may not be provided the same degree of protection or information as would generally apply in developed countries and the fund may be exposed to significant losses.

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rates, and other factors. Changing interest rates may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and potential illiquidity and may detract from fund performance to the extent the fund is exposed to such interest rates and/or volatility.

Counterparty risk. A financial institution or other counterparty with whom the fund does business, or that underwrites, distributes or guarantees any investments or

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contracts that the fund owns or is otherwise exposed to, may decline in financial health and become unable to honor its commitments. This could cause losses for the fund or could delay the return or delivery of collateral or other assets to the fund.

other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. In addition, cyber-attacks, disruptions, or failures involving a fund counterparty could affect such counterparty’s ability to meet its obligations to the fund, which may result in losses to the fund and its shareholders. Similar types of operational and technology risks are also present for issuers of securities held by the fund, which could have material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause the fund’s investments to lose value. Furthermore, as a result of cyber-attacks, disruptions, or failures, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities or the entire market, which may result in the fund being, among other things, unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments or unable to accurately price its investments.

DWS Latin America Equity Fund

Investment Objective

The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Principal Investment Strategies

Although the fund may invest in any Latin American country, it expects to invest primarily in common stocks of established companies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Peru.

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The fund may from time to time invest a significant portion of its assets in one or more Latin American countries. The fund may invest in other types of equities, such as convertible stocks and preferred stocks.

Management process. In choosing securities, portfolio management uses a combination of three analytical disciplines:

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Analysis of regional themes. Portfolio management looks for significant social, economic, industrial and demographic changes, seeking to identify stocks that may benefit from them.

Portfolio management will normally sell a stock when it believes the stock's price is unlikely to go much higher, its fundamentals have deteriorated, other investments offer better opportunities or in the course of adjusting the fund’s exposure to a given country.

In evaluating non-Latin American investments, portfolio management seeks investments where an issuer’s Latin American business activities and the impact of development in Latin America may have a positive effect on the issuer’s business results.

Other Investment Strategies

Derivatives. The fund may invest in derivatives, which are financial instruments whose performance is derived, at least in part, from the performance of an underlying asset, security or index. The fund may use various types of derivatives (i) for hedging purposes; (ii) for risk management; (iii) for non-hedging purposes to seek to enhance potential

gains; or (iv) as a substitute for direct investment in a particular asset class or to keep cash on hand to meet shareholder redemptions.

Main Risks

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that can cause volatility in financial markets or for the stock of a particular company, group of companies, industry or other class of assets.

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American countries are highly reliant on the exportation of commodities and their economies may be significantly impacted by fluctuations in commodity prices and the global demand for certain commodities. Investments in Latin American countries may be subject to currency risks, such as restrictions on the flow of money in and out of a country, extreme volatility relative to the US dollar, and devaluation, all of which could decrease the value of the fund. Other Latin American investment risks may include inadequate investor protection, less developed regulatory, accounting, auditing and financial standards, unfavorable changes in laws or regulations, natural disasters, corruption and military activity. The governments of many Latin American countries may also exercise substantial influence over many aspects of the private sector, and any such exercise could have a significant effect on companies in which the fund invests. Securities of companies in Latin American countries may be subject to significant price volatility, which could impact fund performance.

Emerging markets risk. Foreign investment risks are greater in emerging markets than in developed markets. Investments in emerging markets are often considered speculative.

Growth investing risk. As a category, growth stocks may underperform value stocks (and the stock market as a whole) over any period of time and may shift in and out of

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favor with investors generally, sometimes rapidly, depending on changes in market, economic and other factors that could impact expectations of future earnings. Because the prices of growth stocks are based largely on the expectation of future earnings, growth stock prices can decline rapidly and significantly in reaction to negative news about such factors as earnings, the economy, political developments, or other news.

honor its commitments. This could cause losses for the fund or could delay the return or delivery of collateral or other assets to the fund.

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securities). In unusual market conditions, even normally liquid securities may be affected by a degree of liquidity risk (i.e., if the number and capacity of traditional market participants is reduced). This may affect only certain securities or an overall securities market.

plans and processes will be effective. Among other situations, disruptions (for example, pandemics or health crises) that cause prolonged periods of remote work or significant employee absences at the fund’s service providers could impact the ability to conduct the fund’s operations. In addition, the fund cannot directly control any cybersecurity plans and systems put in place by its service providers, fund counterparties, issuers of securities held by the fund or other market participants.

Cyber-attacks, disruptions, or failures may adversely affect the fund and its shareholders or cause reputational damage and subject the fund to regulatory fines, litigation costs, penalties or financial losses, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. In addition, cyber-attacks, disruptions, or failures involving a fund counterparty could affect such counterparty’s ability to meet its obligations to the fund, which may result in losses to the fund and its shareholders. Similar types of operational and technology risks are also present for issuers of securities held by the fund, which could have material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause the fund’s investments to lose value. Furthermore, as a result of cyber-attacks, disruptions, or failures, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities or the entire market, which may result in the fund being, among other things, unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments or unable to accurately price its investments.

Other Policies and Risks

While the previous pages describe the main points of each fund’s strategy and risks, there are a few other matters to know about:

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Although major changes tend to be infrequent, each fund’s Board could change a fund's investment objective without seeking shareholder approval. A fund’s Board will provide shareholders with at least 60 days’ notice prior to making any changes to the 80% investment policy of each fund as described herein.

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When, in the Advisor's opinion, it is advisable to adopt a temporary defensive position because of unusual and adverse or other market conditions, up to 100% of each fund's assets may be held in cash or invested in money market securities or other short-term investments. Short-term investments consist of (1) foreign and domestic obligations of sovereign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities, authorities and political subdivisions; (2) other short-term high quality rated debt securities or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality in the opinion of the Advisor; (3) commercial paper; (4) bank obligations, including negotiable certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers' acceptances; and (5) repurchase agreements. Short-term investments may also include shares of money market mutual funds. To the extent a fund invests in such instruments, the fund will not be pursuing its investment objective. However, portfolio management may choose to not use these strategies for various reasons, even in volatile market conditions.

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Each fund may trade actively. This could raise transaction costs (thus lowering return) and could mean increased taxable distributions to shareholders and distributions that will be taxable to shareholders at higher federal income tax rates.

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Portfolio management measures credit quality at the time it buys securities, using independent rating agencies or, for unrated securities, its own judgment. All securities must meet the credit quality standards applied by portfolio management at the time they are purchased. If a security’s credit quality changes, portfolio management will decide what to do with the security, based on its assessment of what would most benefit a fund.

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From time to time, a fund may have a concentration of shareholder accounts holding a significant percentage of shares outstanding. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact on a fund.

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Your fund assets may be at risk of being transferred to the appropriate state if you fail to maintain a valid address and/or if certain activity does not occur in your account within the time specified by state abandoned property law. Contact your financial representative or the transfer agent for additional information.

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Shareholders of a fund (which may include affiliated and/or non-affiliated registered investment companies that invest in a fund) may make relatively large redemptions or purchases of fund shares. These transactions may cause a fund to have to sell securities or invest additional cash, as the case may be. While it is impossible to predict the overall impact of these transactions over

time, there could be adverse effects on a fund’s performance to the extent that a fund may be required to sell securities or invest cash at times when it would not otherwise do so. These transactions could adversely impact a fund’s liquidity, accelerate the recognition of taxable income if sales of securities resulted in capital gains or other income and increase transaction costs, which may adversely affect a fund’s performance. These transactions could also adversely impact a fund’s ability to implement its investment strategies and pursue its investment objective, and, as a result, a larger portion of a fund’s assets may be held in cash or cash equivalents. In addition, large redemptions could significantly reduce a fund’s assets, which may result in an increase in a fund’s expense ratio on account of expenses being spread over a smaller asset base and/or the loss of fee breakpoints.

For More Information

This prospectus doesn’t tell you about every policy or risk of investing in each fund. If you want more information on each fund’s allowable securities and investment practices and the characteristics and risks of each one, you may want to request a copy of the Statement of Additional Information (the back cover tells you how to do this).

Keep in mind that there is no assurance that a fund will achieve its investment objective.

A complete list of each fund’s portfolio holdings as of the month-end is posted on dws.com on or after the last day of the following month. More frequent posting of portfolio holdings information may be made from time to time on dws.com. The posted portfolio holdings information is available by fund and generally remains accessible at least until the date on which a fund files its Form N-CSR or publicly available Form N-PORT with the SEC for the period that includes the date as of which the posted information is current. In addition, each fund’s (except for DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund) top ten equity holdings and other fund information is posted on dws.com as of the calendar quarter-end on or after the 10th calendar day following quarter-end. Each fund’s Statement of Additional Information includes a description of a fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of a fund’s portfolio holdings.

Who Manages and Oversees the Funds

The Investment Advisor

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (“DIMA” or the “Advisor”), with headquarters at 875 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022, is the investment advisor for each fund. Under the oversight of the Board, the Advisor, or the subadvisor, makes investment decisions, buys and sells securities for each fund and conducts research that leads to these purchase and sale decisions. The Advisor is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of DWS Group GmbH &

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Co. KGaA (“DWS Group”), a separate, publicly-listed financial services firm that is an indirect, majority-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG. The Advisor and its predecessors have more than 90 years of experience managing mutual funds and provide a full range of global investment advisory services to institutional and retail clients.

DWS represents the asset management activities conducted by DWS Group or any of its subsidiaries, including DIMA, other affiliated investment advisors and DWS Distributors, Inc. (“DDI” or the “Distributor”). DWS is a global organization that offers a wide range of investing expertise and resources, including hundreds of portfolio managers and analysts and an office network that reaches the world’s major investment centers. This well-resourced global investment platform brings together a wide variety of experience and investment insight across industries, regions, asset classes and investing styles.

The Advisor may utilize the resources of its global investment platform to provide investment management services through branch offices or affiliates located outside the US. In some cases, the Advisor may also utilize its branch offices or affiliates located in the US or outside the US to perform certain services, such as trade execution, trade matching and settlement, or various administrative, back-office or other services. To the extent services are performed outside the US, such activity may be subject to both US and foreign regulation. It is possible that the jurisdiction in which the Advisor or its affiliate performs such services may impose restrictions or limitations on portfolio transactions that are different from, and in addition to, those that apply in the US.

Management Fee. The Advisor receives a management fee from each fund. Below are the actual rates paid by each fund for the most recent fiscal year, as a percentage of each fund’s average daily net assets.

Fund Name	Fee Paid
DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund	0.586 %*
DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund	0.367 %*
DWS Global Macro Fund	0.600 %
DWS Global Small Cap Fund	0.800 %
DWS Latin America Equity Fund	0.990 %*

* Reflecting the effect of expense limitations and/or fee waivers then in effect.

The following waivers are currently in effect:

For DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund, the Advisor has contractually agreed through February 28, 2025 to waive its fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the fund’s total annual operating expenses (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage, interest expense and

acquired fund fees and expenses) at ratios no higher than 1.15%,1.90%, 0.90%, 0.90% and 0.98% for Class A, Class C, Class R6, Institutional Class and Class S, respectively. The agreement may only be terminated with the consent of the fund’s Board.

For DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund, the Advisor has contractually agreed through February 28, 2025 to waive its fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the fund’s total annual operating expenses (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage, interest expense and acquired fund fees and expenses) at ratios no higher than 1.13%, 1.88%, 0.88% and 0.88% for Class A, Class C, Institutional Class and Class S, respectively. The agreement may only be terminated with the consent of the fund’s Board.

For DWS Global Macro Fund, the Advisor has contractually agreed through September 30, 2024 to waive its fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the fund’s total annual operating expenses (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage, interest expense and acquired fund fees and expenses) at 1.29% and 1.04% for Class A and Institutional Class, respectively. In addition, the Advisor has contractually agreed through February 28, 2025 to waive its fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the fund’s total annual operating expenses (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage, interest expense and acquired fund fees and expenses) at ratios no higher than 2.04%, 1.54%, 0.95% and 1.04 % for Class C, Class R, Class R6 and Class S, respectively. The agreements may only be terminated with the consent of the fund’s Board.

For DWS Global Small Cap Fund, the Advisor has contractually agreed through September 30, 2024 to waive its fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the fund’s total annual operating expenses (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage, interest expense and acquired fund fees and expenses) at 1.10% for Class R6. In addition, the Advisor has contractually agreed through February 28, 2025 to waive its fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the fund’s total annual operating expenses (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage, interest expense and acquired fund fees and expenses) at ratios no higher than 1.35%, 2.10%,1.10% and 1.10% for Class A, Class C, Institutional Class and Class S, respectively. The agreements may only be terminated with the consent of the fund’s Board.

For DWS Latin America Equity Fund, the Advisor has contractually agreed through February 28, 2025 to waive its fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the fund’s total annual operating

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expenses (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage, interest expense and acquired fund fees and expenses) at ratios no higher than 1.44%, 2.19%, 1.19% and 1.19% for Class A, Class C, Institutional Class and Class S, respectively. The agreement may only be terminated with the consent of the fund’s Board.

A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of each fund’s investment management agreement and, as applicable, subadvisory agreement, is contained in the most recent shareholder reports for the annual period ended October 31 and semi-annual period ended April 30 (see “Shareholder reports” on the back cover).

Under a separate administrative services agreement between each fund and the Advisor, each fund pays the Advisor a fee of 0.097% of the fund’s average daily net assets for providing most of each fund's administrative services. The administrative services fee discussed above is included in the fees and expenses table under “Other expenses.”

The Subsidiary

DWS Global Macro Fund may seek exposure to gold ETFs that do not operate as commodity pools by investing a portion of its assets in Cayman Global Macro Fund LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund (the “Subsidiary”). The Advisor and Subadvisor, as part of their overall advisory services to the fund, manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Subsidiary pursuant to separate management agreements with the Subsidiary. While the Subsidiary is not an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the management agreements with the Subsidiary includes material provisions set forth in the Investment Company Act of 1940 relating to investment advisory agreements. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., which currently serves as custodian to the fund, also provides custodian services to the Subsidiary in compliance with relevant provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Advisor and Subadvisor do not receive any additional compensation for providing management services to the Subsidiary. In managing the assets of the Subsidiary, the Advisor and Subadvisor apply the investment policies and restrictions, and compliance policies and procedures of the fund generally as if such assets were held directly by the fund. The financial statements of the Subsidiary are consolidated with the financial statements of the fund and the consolidated financial statements are included in the fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders.

Multi-Manager Structure. The Advisor, subject to the approval of the Board, has ultimate responsibility to oversee any subadvisor to a fund and to recommend the hiring, termination and replacement of subadvisors. Each fund and the Advisor have received an order from the SEC that permits the Advisor to appoint or replace certain subadvisors, to manage all or a portion of a fund’s assets

and enter into, amend or terminate a subadvisory agreement with certain subadvisors, in each case subject to the approval of a fund’s Board but without obtaining shareholder approval (“multi-manager structure”). The multi-manager structure applies to subadvisors that are not affiliated with the fund or the Advisor (“nonaffiliated subadvisors”), as well as subadvisors that are indirect or direct, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Advisor or that are indirect or direct, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the same company that, indirectly or directly, wholly owns the Advisor (“wholly-owned subadvisors”). Pursuant to the SEC order, the Advisor, with the approval of a fund’s Board, has the discretion to terminate any subadvisor and allocate and reallocate a fund’s assets among any other nonaffiliated subadvisors or wholly-owned subadvisors (including terminating a nonaffiliated subadvisor and replacing it with a wholly-owned subadvisor). Each fund and the Advisor are subject to the conditions imposed by the SEC order, including the condition that within 90 days of hiring a new subadvisor pursuant to the multi-manager structure, each fund will provide shareholders with an information statement containing information about the new subadvisor. The shareholders of each fund have approved the multi-manager structure described herein.

Subadvisor for DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund, DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund and DWS Global Macro Fund

DWS International GmbH acts as subadvisor to each fund and, as such, provides portfolio management services to each fund. DWS International GmbH, located at Mainzer Landstrasse 11-17, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 60329, provides advisory services to a variety of types of clients, including affiliated investment companies. DWS International GmbH is an investment advisor registered with the SEC and with the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority in Germany. DWS International GmbH is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of DWS Group. Pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement between DIMA and DWS International GmbH, DIMA, not the fund, compensates DWS International GmbH for the services it provides to the fund.

Subadvisor for DWS Latin America Equity Fund

Itaú USA Asset Management, Inc. (IUAM), a subsidiary of Itaú Unibanco S.A., acts as subadvisor to the fund and, as such, provides portfolio management services to the fund. IUAM is an investment advisor registered with the SEC. IUAM is located at 540 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, New York 10022, and provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management services to institutional investors and a select number of ultra-high net worth clients. As of December 31, 2023, IUAM had assets under management of $8.315 billion.

Pursuant to a subadvisory agreement between DIMA and IUAM, DIMA, not the fund, compensates IUAM for the services it provides to the fund.

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Management

DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund

The following Portfolio Managers are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund.

Sebastian Kahlfeld, Senior Portfolio Manager Equity. Lead Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2023.

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Senior Portfolio Manager - Equity: Frankfurt.

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Joined DWS in 2005 with two years of industry experience. Prior to joining, he served as a Sales Assistant at HVB Private Banking and at HypoVereinsbank.

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Bank Training Program (“Bankkaufmann”) at HypoVereinsbank; BA from Birmingham City University; Master's Degree in Business Administration (“Diplom-Kaufmann”) from Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences.

Sylwia Szczepek, Senior Portfolio Manager Equity. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2024.

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Senior Portfolio Manager - Equity: Frankfurt.

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Rejoined DWS in 2014 with 12 years of industry experience. Prior to rejoining, she served in proprietary trading at Credit Suisse. Previously, she was a fund manager for equities in the Asset Management division at Deutsche Bank. Before, she worked in the Private Banking division and AfK at Deutsche Bank.

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Magister in Finance and Banking from Warsaw School of Economics; Master's Degree in Business Administration (“Diplom-Kauffrau”) from Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster.

DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund

The following Portfolio Managers are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund.

Nicolas Schlotthauer, CEFA, Senior Portfolio Manager Fixed Income. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2017.

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Joined DWS in 2004 with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining, he served as a Currency Strategist at Deka Investments. Previously, he worked as a Senior Economist for Emerging Markets at DekaBank.

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Senior Emerging Markets Fixed Income Portfolio Manager: Frankfurt.

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Master's Degree (“Diplom-Volkswirt”) and PhD (“Dr. rer.pol.”) in Economics, Julius Maximilian University of Wuerzburg.

Joergen Hartmann, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager Fixed Income. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2018.

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Joined DWS in 2004. Prior to his current role, he served as a member of the DB Real Estate Group.

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Senior Emerging Markets Fixed Income Portfolio Manager: Frankfurt.

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Diplom-Betriebswirt (German Business Administration Master‘s Degree), Goethe University Frankfurt.

Roland Gabert, Portfolio Manager Fixed Income. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2018.

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Joined DWS in 2007. Prior to his current role, he served as a member of the currency team, with focus on emerging markets currencies. Before joining, he worked as an equity trader in international execution at BHF-Bank.

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Emerging Markets Fixed Income Portfolio Manager: Frankfurt.

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Completed Bank Training Program (“Bankkaufmann”) at BHF-Bank; Master’s Degree (”Diplom-Betriebswirt“) and MSc in Business Economics, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences.

DWS Global Macro Fund

The following Portfolio Managers are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund.

Henning Potstada, Global Head of Multi Asset & Solutions. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2017.

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Joined DWS in 2006.

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Head of Multi Asset & Solutions: Frankfurt.

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MBA, University of Bayreuth, Germany.

Christoph-Arend Schmidt, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Lead Multi Asset & Solutions. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2017.

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Joined DWS in 2008.

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Portfolio Manager for Multi Asset: Frankfurt.

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MBA, University of Bayreuth, Germany.

Stefan Flasdick, Portfolio Manager Multi Asset & Solutions. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2017.

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Joined DWS in 2004 with 11 years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, he served as a portfolio manager in Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management. Previously, he served in Futures & Options Sales for Germany & Austria at JP Morgan in London and Frankfurt. He began his career as a Trainee in Treasury and F&O Sales at BfG Bank / Credit Lyonnais.

DWS Global Small Cap Fund

The following Portfolio Managers are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund.

Pankaj Bhatnagar, PhD, Head of Investment Strategy Equity. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2021.

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Joined DWS in 2000 with seven years of industry experience; previously, served in Quantitative Strategy roles at Nomura Securities, Credit Suisse and Salomon Brothers.

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Head of Core Equity and Head of Systematic and Quantitative Management: Americas.

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Degree in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology; MBA, Kent State University; PhD in Finance, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Peter Barsa, Senior Portfolio Manager Equity. Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2018.

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Joined DWS in 1999.

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Portfolio Manager for DWS Global Small Cap, US Small Cap Growth and US Small Mid Cap Growth: New York.

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Previously served as an equity research analyst covering consumer discretionary and consumer staples and as a global small cap equity research generalist.

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BS in Finance, Villanova University.

DWS Latin America Equity Fund

The following Portfolio Manager is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund.

Scott Piper. Chief Investment Officer, Itaú USA Asset Management, Inc. (New York). Portfolio Manager of the fund. Began managing the fund in 2020.

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Joined Itaú USA Asset Management, Inc. in 2011.

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Prior to joining Itaú USA Asset Management, Inc., he worked for eight years at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he was a member of the Emerging Markets Group and Co-Portfolio Manager in Latin American assets. Prior to this, he was a Portfolio Manager at Deltec Asset Management managing both Latin American and Emerging Markets portfolios.

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BA, Tulane University; MBA, IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain.

Each fund’s Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about a portfolio manager’s investments in each fund, a description of the portfolio management compensation structure and information regarding other accounts managed.

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This prospectus offers the share classes noted on the front cover. All classes of a fund have the same investment objective and investments, but each class has its own fees and expenses, offering you a choice of cost structures:

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Class A shares and Class C shares are intended for investors seeking the advice and assistance of a financial representative, who will typically receive compensation for those services.

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Class R shares, Class R6 shares and Institutional Class shares are only available to particular investors or through certain programs, as described below.

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Class S shares are available through certain intermediary relationships with financial services firms, or can be purchased by establishing an account directly with the fund’s transfer agent.

Your financial representative may also charge you additional fees, commissions or other charges.

The following pages tell you how to invest in a fund and what to expect as a shareholder. The following pages also tell you about many of the services, choices and benefits of being a shareholder. You’ll also find information on how to check the status of your account.

If you’re investing directly with each fund’s transfer agent, all of this information applies to you. If you’re investing through a “third party provider” — for example, a workplace retirement plan, financial supermarket or financial representative — your provider may have its own policies or instructions and you should follow those. Refer to Appendix B “Sales Charge Waivers and Discounts Available Through Intermediaries” for information about available sales charge waivers and discounts through certain intermediaries.

You can find out more about the topics covered here by speaking with your financial representative or a representative of your workplace retirement plan or other investment provider. For an analysis of the fees associated with an investment in a fund or similar funds, please refer to tools.finra.org/fund_analyzer/ (this Web site does not form a part of this prospectus).

Each fund, the Distributor and the transfer agent do not provide investment advice or recommendations to existing or potential shareholders with respect to investing in a fund, including which class may be appropriate for you.

Choosing a Share Class

Before you invest, take a moment to look over the characteristics of each share class, so that you can be sure to choose the class that’s right for you.

We describe each share class in detail on the following pages. But first, you may want to look at the following table, which gives you a brief description and comparison of the main features of each class. You should consult with your financial representative to determine which class of shares is appropriate for you.

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Classes and features	Points to help you compare
Class A
■Sales charge of up to 5.75% (DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund, DWS Global Macro Fund, DWS Global Small Cap Fund and DWS Latin America Equity Fund) or 4.50% (DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund) charged when you buy shares ■In most cases, no charge when you sell shares ■Up to 0.25% annual share- holder servicing fee	■Some investors may be able to reduce or eliminate their sales charge; see “Class A Shares” and Appendix B ■Total annual expenses are lower than those for Class C ■Distributions are generally higher than Class C
Class C
■No sales charge when you buy shares ■Deferred sales charge of 1.00%, charged when you sell shares you bought within the last year ■0.75% annual distribution fee and up to 0.25% annual share- holder servicing fee	■Unlike Class A, Class C does not have a sales charge when buying shares, but has higher annual expenses and a one year deferred sales charge ■Distributions are generally lower than Class A ■Maximum investment applies ■Class C automatically converts to Class A after 8 years, provided that records held by the fund or your financial inter- mediary verify Class C shares have been held for at least 8 years
Class R
■No sales charge when you buy shares and no deferred sales charge when you sell shares ■0.25% annual distribution fee and up to 0.25% annual share- holder servicing fee	■Only available to participants in certain retirement plans ■Distributions are generally higher than Class C but lower than Class A, Class S or Institu- tional Class

Class R6
■No sales charge when you buy shares and no deferred sales charge when you sell shares	■Only available to participants in certain qualifying plans and programs
Institutional Class
■No sales charge when you buy shares and no deferred sales charge when you sell shares	■Only available to certain institu- tional investors; typically $1,000,000 minimum initial investment ■Distributions are generally higher than Class A, Class C and Class R, and may be higher than Class S, depending on relative expenses
Class S
■No sales charge when you buy shares and no deferred sales charge when you sell shares	■Total annual expenses are lower than those for Class A, Class C and Class R ■Distributions are generally higher than Class A, Class C and Class R, and may be higher than Institutional Class, depending on relative expenses

The sales charge on purchases of Class A shares and the contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on redemptions of Class A and Class C shares are paid to the fund’s distributor, DDI, who may distribute all or a portion of the sales charge to your financial representative. In certain instances described below, a sales charge may be waived

by DDI or your financial representative. If your financial representative agrees to waive any sales charge due to it from DDI, DDI will not collect the sales charge on your investment or redemption.

The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts may depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from each fund or through a financial intermediary. Intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the availability of front-end sales charge waivers or CDSC waivers (see Appendix B). For waivers and discounts not available through a particular intermediary, you will have to purchase fund shares directly from each fund or through another intermediary. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify a fund or your financial intermediary at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts qualifying you for sales charge waivers or discounts.

Class A Shares

Class A shares may make sense for long-term investors, especially those who are eligible for a reduced or eliminated sales charge.

Class A shares have a 12b-1 plan, under which a shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.25% is deducted from class assets each year. Because the shareholder servicing fee is continuous in nature, it may, over time, increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.

Class A shares of DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund, DWS Global Macro Fund, DWS Global Small Cap Fund and DWS Latin America Equity Fund have an up-front sales charge that varies with the amount you invest:

Your investment	Front-end sales charge as % of offering price1,2	Front-end sales charge as % of your net investment2
Under $50,000	5.75 %	6.10 %
$50,000–$99,999	4.50	4.71
$100,000–$249,999	3.50	3.63
$250,000–$499,999	2.60	2.67
$500,000–$999,999	2.00	2.04
$1 million or more	see below3	see below3

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Class A shares of DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund have an up-front sales charge that varies with the amount you invest:

Your investment	Front-end sales charge as a % of offering price1,2	Front-end sales charge as a % of your net investment2
Under $100,000	4.50 %	4.71 %
$100,000–$249,999	3.50	3.63
$250,000–$499,999	2.60	2.67
$500,000–$999,999	2.00	2.04
$1 million or more	see below3	see below3

The “offering price”, the price you pay to buy shares, includes the sales charge which will be deducted directly from your investment.

Because of rounding in the calculation of the offering price, the actual front-end sales charge paid by an investor may be higher or lower than the percentages noted.

Refer to “Class A NAV Sales” below for additional details.

You may be able to lower your Class A sales charge if:

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you indicate your intent in writing to invest at least $50,000($100,000 for DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund) in any share class of any retail DWS fund (excluding direct purchase of DWS money market funds) over the next 24 months (Letter of Intent);

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your holdings in all share classes of any retail DWS fund (excluding shares in DWS money market funds for which a sales charge has not previously been paid and computed at the maximum offering price at the time of the purchase for which the discount is applicable for Class A shares) you already own plus the amount you’re investing now in Class A shares is at least $50,000($100,000 for DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund) (Cumulative Discount); or

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you are investing a total of $50,000($100,000 for DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund) or more in any share class of two or more retail DWS funds (excluding direct purchases of DWS money market funds) on the same day (Combined Purchases).

The point of these three features is to let you count investments made at other times or in certain other funds for purposes of calculating your present sales charge. Any time you can use the privileges to “move” your investment into a lower sales charge category, it’s generally beneficial for you to do so.

For purposes of determining whether you are eligible for a reduced Class A sales charge, you and your immediate family (i.e., your spouse or life partner and your children or stepchildren age 21 or younger) may aggregate your investments in the DWS funds. This includes, for example, investments held in a retirement account, an employee benefit plan or with a financial representative other than the one handling your current purchase. These combined investments will be valued at their current offering price to determine whether your current investment qualifies for a reduced sales charge.

To receive a reduction in your Class A initial sales charge, you must let your financial representative or Shareholder Services know at the time you purchase shares that you qualify for such a reduction. You may be asked by your financial representative or Shareholder Services to provide account statements or other information regarding related accounts of you or your immediate family in order to verify your eligibility for a reduced sales charge.

Information about sales charge discounts is available free of charge. Please visit dws.com, refer to the section entitled “Purchase and Redemption of Shares” in each fund’s Statement of Additional Information or consult with your financial representative. Certain intermediaries may provide different sales charge discounts which are described under “Sales Charge Waivers and Discounts Available Through Intermediaries” in Appendix B to this prospectus.

In certain circumstances listed below, you may be able to buy Class A shares without a sales charge.In addition, certain intermediaries may provide different sales charge waivers. These waivers and the applicable intermediaries are described under “Sales Charge Waivers and Discounts Available Through Intermediaries” in Appendix B to this prospectus.Your financial representative or Shareholder Services can answer questions and help you determine if you are eligible for any of the sales charge waivers.

Class A NAV Sales. Class A shares may be sold at net asset value without a sales charge to:

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investors investing $1 million or more, either as a lump sum or through the sales charge reduction features referred to above (collectively, the Large Order NAV Purchase Privilege). The Large Order NAV Purchase Privilege is not available if another net asset value purchase privilege is available. Purchases pursuant to the Large Order NAV Purchase Privilege may be subject to a CDSC of 1.00% for DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund, DWS Global Macro Fund, DWS Global Small Cap Fund and DWS Latin America Equity Fund and 0.85% for DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund if redeemed within 12 months of the original purchase date and 0.50% if redeemed within the following six months for each fund. The CDSC is waived under certain circumstances (see below);

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a current or former director or trustee of DWS mutual funds;

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an employee (including the employee’s spouse or life partner and children or stepchildren age 21 or younger) of Deutsche Bank AG or its affiliates or of a subadvisor to any fund in the DWS funds or of a broker-dealer authorized to sell shares of a fund or service agents of a fund;

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certain professionals who assist in the promotion of DWS funds pursuant to personal services contracts with DDI, for themselves or immediate members of their families;

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any trust, pension, profit-sharing or other benefit plan for only such persons listed under the preceding paragraphs (2) and (3);

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persons who purchase such shares through bank trust departments that process such trades through an automated, integrated mutual fund clearing program provided by a third party clearing firm;

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selected employees (including their spouses or life partners and children or stepchildren age 21 or younger) of banks and other financial services firms that provide administrative services related to order placement and payment to facilitate transactions in shares of a DWS fund for their clients pursuant to an agreement with DDI or one of its affiliates. Only those employees of such banks and other firms who as part of their usual duties provide services related to transactions in fund shares qualify;

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unit investment trusts sponsored by Ranson & Associates, Inc. and unitholders of unit investment trusts sponsored by Ranson & Associates, Inc. or its predecessors through reinvestment programs described in the prospectuses of such trusts that have such programs;

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persons who purchase such shares through certain investment advisors registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and other financial services firms acting solely as agent for their clients, that adhere to certain standards established by DDI, including a requirement that such shares be sold for the benefit of their clients participating in an investment advisory program or agency commission program under which such clients pay a fee to the investment advisor or other firm for portfolio management or agency brokerage services. Such shares are sold for investment purposes and on the condition that they will not be resold except through redemption or repurchase by a fund;

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financial service firms that have entered into an agreement with DDI to offer Class A shares through a no-load network, platform or self-directed brokerage account that may or may not charge transaction fees to their clients. Refer to the section entitled “Sales Charge Waivers and Discounts Available Through Intermediaries” in Appendix B to this prospectus for information about available sales charge waivers through certain intermediaries;

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DWS/Ascensus 403(b) Plans established prior to October 1, 2003, provided that the DWS/Ascensus 403(b) Plan is a participant-directed plan that has not less than 200 eligible employees;

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Employer-sponsored retirement plans that are maintained by a fund at an omnibus level or are part of retirement plans or platforms offered by banks, broker-dealers, financial representatives or insurance companies or serviced by retirement recordkeepers (each, an “Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan”). For purposes of this sales charge waiver, the term “Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan” includes 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, but does not include SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs, or Salary Reduction Simplified Employee Pension Plans (SARSEPs) (each, an “Employer-Sponsored IRA”);

In addition, Class A shares may be sold at net asset value without a sales charge in connection with:

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the acquisition of assets or merger or consolidation with another investment company, and under other circumstances deemed appropriate by DDI and consistent with regulatory requirements;

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a direct “roll over” of a distribution from a DWS/Ascensus 403(b) Plan or from participants in employer sponsored employee benefit plans maintained on the OmniPlus subaccount recordkeeping system made available through ADP, Inc. under an alliance between ADP, Inc. and DDI and its affiliates into a DWS IRA;

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reinvestment of fund dividends and distributions;

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exchanging an investment in Class A shares of another fund in the DWS funds for an investment in a fund; and

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exchanging an investment in Class C, Class S or Institutional Class shares of the fund for an investment in Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to one of the exchange privileges described in the prospectus.

Class A shares also may be purchased at net asset value without a sales charge in any amount by members of the plaintiff class in the proceeding known as Howard and Audrey Tabankin, et al. v. Kemper Short-Term Global Income Fund, et al., Case No. 93 C 5231 (N.D. IL). This privilege is generally non-transferable and continues for the lifetime of individual class members and has expired for non-individual class members. To make a purchase at net asset value under this privilege, the investor must, at the time of purchase, submit a written request that the purchase be processed at net asset value pursuant to this privilege specifically identifying the purchaser as a member of the “Tabankin Class.” Shares purchased under this privilege will be maintained in a separate account that includes only shares purchased under this privilege. For more details concerning this privilege, class members should refer to the Notice of (i) Proposed Settlement with Defendants; and (ii) Hearing to Determine Fairness of

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Proposed Settlement, dated August 31, 1995, issued in connection with the aforementioned court proceeding. For sales of fund shares at net asset value pursuant to this privilege, DDI may in its discretion pay dealers and other financial services firms a concession, payable quarterly, at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of net assets attributable to such shares maintained and serviced by the firm. A firm becomes eligible for the concession based upon assets in accounts attributable to shares purchased under this privilege in the month after the month of purchase and the concession continues until terminated by DDI. The privilege of purchasing Class A shares of a fund at net asset value under this privilege is not available if another net asset value purchase privilege also applies.

The Class A CDSC for shares purchased through the Large Order NAV Purchase Privilege will be waived in the event of:

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redemptions by a participant-directed qualified retirement plan described in Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Internal Revenue Code) Section 401(a), a participant-directed non-qualified deferred compensation plan described in Internal Revenue Code Section 457 or a participant-directed qualified retirement plan described in Internal Revenue Code Section 403(b)(7) which is not sponsored by a K-12 school district;

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redemptions by (i) employer-sponsored employee benefit plans using the subaccount recordkeeping system made available through ADP, Inc. under an alliance between ADP, Inc. and DDI and its affiliates; or (ii) DWS/Ascensus 403(b) Plans;

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redemption of shares of a shareholder (including a registered joint owner) who has died;

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redemption of shares of a shareholder (including a registered joint owner) who after purchase of the shares being redeemed becomes totally disabled (as evidenced by a determination by the federal Social Security Administration);

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redemptions under a fund’s Systematic Withdrawal Plan at a maximum of 12% per year of the net asset value of the account; and

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redemptions for certain loan advances, hardship provisions or returns of excess contributions from retirement plans.

In addition, certain intermediaries may provide different CDSC waivers. These waivers and the applicable intermediaries are described under “Sales Charge Waivers and Discounts Available Through Intermediaries” in Appendix B to this prospectus.

Class C Shares

Class C shares may appeal to investors who aren’t certain of their investment time horizon.

With Class C shares, you pay no up-front sales charge to a fund. Class C shares have a 12b-1 plan, under which a distribution fee of 0.75% and a shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.25% are deducted from class assets each year. Because of the distribution fee, the annual expenses for Class C shares are higher than those for Class A shares (and the performance of Class C shares is correspondingly lower than that of Class A shares).

Class C shares have a CDSC, but only on shares you sell within one year of buying them:

Year after you bought shares	CDSC on shares you sell
First year	1.00 %
Second year and later	None

This CDSC is waived under certain circumstances described below.

(1)

(2)

redemption of shares of a shareholder (including a registered joint owner) who has died;

(3)

(4)

redemptions under a fund’s Systematic Withdrawal Plan at a maximum of 12% per year of the net asset value of the account;

(5)

redemption of shares by an employer-sponsored employee benefit plan that offers funds in addition to DWS funds and whose dealer of record has waived the advance of the first year administrative service and distribution fees applicable to such shares and agrees to receive such fees quarterly;

(6)

redemption of shares purchased through a dealer-sponsored asset allocation program maintained on an omnibus recordkeeping system provided the dealer of record had waived the advance of the first year administrative services and distribution fees applicable to such shares and has agreed to receive such fees quarterly;

(7)

redemptions made pursuant to any IRA systematic withdrawal based on the shareholder’s life expectancy including, but not limited to, substantially equal periodic payments described in Internal Revenue Code Section 72(t)(2)(A)(iv) prior to age 59 1/2; and

(8)

redemptions to satisfy required minimum distributions from an IRA account (with the maximum amount subject to this waiver being based only upon the shareholder’s DWS IRA accounts).

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Your financial representative or Shareholder Services can answer your questions and help you determine if you’re eligible for a CDSC waiver. In addition, certain intermediaries may provide different CDSC waivers. These waivers and the applicable intermediaries are described under “Sales Charge Waivers and Discounts Available Through Intermediaries” in Appendix B to this prospectus.

While Class C shares do not have an up-front sales charge, their higher annual expenses because of the ongoing 12b-1 fees paid out of fund assets mean that, over the years, you could end up paying more than the equivalent of the maximum allowable up-front sales charge.

Orders to purchase Class C shares in excess of $500,000 will be declined with the exception of orders received from financial representatives acting for clients whose shares are held in an omnibus account and certain employer-sponsored employee benefit plans.

Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares in the same fund after 8 years, provided that the fund or the financial intermediary through which the shareholder purchased the Class C shares has records verifying that the Class C shares have been held for at least 8 years. Due to operational limitations at your financial intermediary, your ability to have your Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares may be limited. (For example, automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares will not apply to fund shares held through group retirement plan recordkeeping platforms of certain broker-dealer intermediaries who hold such shares in an omnibus account and do not track participant level share lot aging. Such Class C shares would not satisfy the conditions for the automatic conversion.) Please consult your financial representative for more information. The automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares would occur on the basis of the relative net asset values of the two classes without the imposition of any sales charges or other charges. Shareholders generally will not recognize a gain or loss for federal income tax purposes upon the conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares in the same fund.

Class R Shares

Class R shares have no initial sales charge or deferred sales charge. Class R shares have a 12b-1 plan, under which a distribution fee of 0.25% and a shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.25% are deducted from class assets each year. Because distribution fees are continuous in nature, these fees may, over time, increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.

Eligibility Requirements. You may buy Class R shares if you are a participant in certain retirement plan platforms that offer Class R shares of the fund through a plan level or omnibus account, including:

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Section 401(a) and 457 plans

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Certain section 403(b)(7) plans

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401(k), profit sharing, money purchase pension and defined benefit plans

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Non-qualified deferred compensation plans

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Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)

Class R6 Shares

Class R6 shares have no initial sales charge, deferred sales charge or 12b-1 fees.

Eligibility Requirements. You may buy Class R6 shares if you are a participant in certain qualifying plan or program platforms that offer Class R6 shares of the fund through a plan or program level or omnibus account, including:

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Section 401(a) and 457 plans

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Certain section 403(b)(7) plans

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401(k), profit sharing, money purchase pension and defined benefit plans

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A plan administered as a college savings plan under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code

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Certain individual retirement account (IRA) platform programs trading on an omnibus basis, subject to the discretion and approval of DDI

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Non-qualified deferred compensation plans

Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail non-retirement accounts, traditional IRAs that are not held as part of an approved platform program, Roth IRAs, Coverdell education savings accounts, SEPs, SARSEPs, SIMPLE IRAs, or individual 403(b) plans.

Institutional Class Shares

Institutional Class shares have no initial sales charge, deferred sales charge or 12b-1 fees.

You may buy Institutional Class shares through your securities dealer or through any financial institution that is authorized to act as a shareholder servicing agent (“financial representative”). Contact them for details on how to place and pay for your order.

Eligibility Requirements. You may buy Institutional Class shares if you are any of the following (subject to the applicable investment minimum):

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An eligible institution (e.g., a financial institution, corporation, trust, estate or educational, religious or charitable institution).

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An employee benefit plan.

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A plan administered as a college savings plan under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.

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A registered investment advisor or financial planner purchasing on behalf of clients and charging an asset-based or hourly fee.

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A client of the private banking division of Deutsche Bank AG.

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A current or former director or trustee of the DWS mutual funds.

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An employee, the employee’s spouse or life partner and children or stepchildren age 21 or younger of Deutsche Bank AG or its affiliates or a subadvisor to any fund in the DWS funds or a broker-dealer authorized to sell shares in each fund.

Investment Minimum

The minimum initial investment is waived for:

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Investment advisory affiliates of Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. or DWS funds purchasing shares for the accounts of their investment advisory clients.

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Employee benefit plans that transact through omnibus recordkeepers or that have assets of at least $50 million.

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Clients of the private banking division of Deutsche Bank AG.

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Institutional clients and qualified purchasers that are clients of a division of Deutsche Bank AG.

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A current or former director or trustee of the DWS funds.

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Financial intermediaries approved by the Advisor that invest client assets in a fund through an omnibus account on a trading platform meeting criteria specified by the Advisor.

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Clients of financial intermediaries that charge a fee for advisory, investment consulting or similar services.

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Employee benefit plan platforms approved by the Advisor that invest in a fund through an omnibus account that meets or, in the Advisor’s judgment, will meet within a reasonable period of time, the $1,000,000 minimum investment.

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Shareholders with existing accounts prior to August 13, 2004 who met the previous minimum investment eligibility requirement.

In addition, the Advisor may, in its sole discretion, waive the investment minimum in certain circumstances.

Each fund reserves the right to modify the above eligibility requirements and investment minimum requirements at any time. In addition, each fund, in its discretion, may waive the minimum initial investment for a specific employee benefit plan (or family of plans) whose aggregate investment in Institutional Class shares of a fund equals or exceeds the minimum initial investment amount but where an individual plan account or program may not on its own meet such minimum amount.

Class S Shares

Class S shares have no initial sales charge, deferred sales charge or 12b-1 fees.

Class S shares are available through (i) fee-based programs of investment dealers that have special agreements with DDI, (ii) certain group retirement plans, and (iii) certain registered investment advisors, or (iv) by establishing an account directly with each fund’s transfer agent.

Investors who purchase shares through a financial intermediary may be charged ongoing fees for services they provide. This includes investors who purchase Class S shares in connection with certain programs or plans, such as:

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Broker-dealers, banks and registered investment advisors (“RIAs”) in connection with a comprehensive or “wrap” fee program or other fee-based program.

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Any group retirement, employee stock, bonus, pension or profit-sharing plans.

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Plans administered as college savings plans under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.

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Persons who purchase shares through a Health Savings Account or a Voluntary Employees’ Benefit Association (“VEBA”) Trust.

Class S shares may also be available on brokerage platforms of firms that have agreements with DDI to offer such shares when acting solely on an agency basis for its customers for the purchase or sale of such shares. If you transact in Class S shares through one of these programs, you may be required to pay a commission and/or other forms of compensation to your broker. Shares of a fund are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses.

Class S shares are also available to accounts managed by the Advisor, any advisory products offered by the Advisor or DDI and to funds-of-funds managed by the Advisor or its affiliates.

Investment Minimum

The minimum initial investment may be waived for:

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Eligible intermediaries that have agreements with DDI to offer Class S shares in their brokerage platforms when such Class S shares are held in omnibus accounts on such brokerage platforms.

Buying, Exchanging and Selling Class A, Class C, Institutional Class and Class S Shares

To contact DWS

By TELEPhone

(800) 728-3337

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By Mail

Type	Address
Expedited mail
All Requests	DWS 430 West 7th Street Suite 219151 Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
Regular mail
All Requests	DWS P.O. Box 219151 Kansas City, MO 64121-9151

How to Buy Shares

Please note that your account cannot be opened until we receive a completed account application. Eligibility to open new accounts and to process transactions on the Internet or using the mobile app varies by account type and share class.

Minimum Initial Investment ($)

	Non-IRA	IRAs	UGMAs/ UTMAs	Automatic Investment Plans
A, C	1,000	500	1,000	500
INST	1,000,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
S	2,500	1,000	1,000	1,000

For participants in all group retirement plans, and in certain fee-based and wrap programs approved by the Advisor, there is no minimum initial investment and no minimum additional investment for Class A, C and S shares. For Section 529 college savings plans, there is no minimum initial investment and no minimum additional investment for Class S shares. The minimum initial investment for Class S shares may be waived for eligible intermediaries that have agreements with DDI to offer Class S shares in their brokerage platforms when such Class S shares are held in omnibus accounts on such brokerage platforms. In certain instances, the minimum initial investment may be waived for Institutional Class shares. For more information regarding available Institutional Class investment minimum waivers, see “Institutional Class Shares – Investment Minimum” in the “Choosing a Share Class” section of the prospectus. There is no minimum additional investment for Institutional Class shares. The minimum additional investment in all other instances is $50.

Minimum initial investment requirements apply no matter which method you use to make your purchase request.

Through a Financial Representative

Contact your financial representative to obtain a new account application or for instructions about how to set up a new account. Your financial representative can also assist with making additional investments into an existing account.

On the Internet

Register at dws.com to establish a new account (Class S shares only) or to set up online access to your existing account(s), or log in to the Web site if you have previously registered. Follow the instructions on the Web site to request a purchase with money from the bank account you established on your DWS fund account(s). Electronic

purchases via the Automated Clearing House system (ACH) generally take two to three days to be completed and there is a $250,000 maximum. If establishing a new account online, you can also elect to make your initial investment by mailing a check to the address provided in the new account application process.

Using the Mobile App

Download the mobile app (available for both iOS and Android) and register to establish a new account (Class S shares only) or to set up mobile access to your existing account(s), or log in using the mobile app if you have previously registered. Follow the instructions on the mobile app to request a purchase with money from the bank account you established on your DWS fund account(s). Electronic purchases via ACH generally take two to three days to be completed and there is a $250,000 maximum. If establishing a new account using the mobile app, you can also elect to make your initial investment by mailing a check to the address provided in the new account application process.

By Mail or Expedited Mail

To establish an account, simply complete the appropriate account application and mail it to the address provided on the form. With your application, include your check made payable to “DWS Funds” for the required initial minimum investment for the share class you have selected.

Once your account is established, to make additional investments, send a check made payable to “DWS Funds” and an investment slip to the appropriate address. If you do not have an investment slip, include a letter with your name, address, account number, the full fund name and share class, and your investment instructions. If your check fails to clear, the fund has the right to cancel your order, hold you liable or charge you or your account for any losses or fees the fund or its agents have incurred.

By Automatic Investment Plan (not available for Institutional Class)

If you wish to take advantage of the lower initial investment minimums by establishing an Automatic Investment Plan, make sure to complete that section on the new account application. If you are establishing an account by mail you will need to attach a voided check for the bank account from which the funds will be drawn. Subsequent investments are made automatically from the shareholder’s account at a bank, savings and loan or credit union into the shareholder’s DWS fund account. The maximum Automatic Investment Plan investment is $250,000. Termination by a shareholder will become effective within thirty days after DWS has received the request. Each fund may immediately terminate a shareholder’s Automatic Investment Plan in the event that any item is unpaid by the shareholder’s financial institution.

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Other Ways to Buy Additional Shares

The following privileges must be established on your account before a request can be made to purchase additional shares. This can either be done by completing the applicable section(s) on the account application when you establish your account or by contacting a customer service representative for instructions.

By Telephone. Call DWS and either use our automated system to request a purchase via the Automated Clearing House system (ACH) or choose to be transferred to a customer service representative to complete your request. Transactions via ACH generally take two to three days to be completed and there is a $50 minimum and a $250,000 maximum.

By Wire (available only for Institutional Class). You may buy additional shares by wire only if your account is authorized to do so. Please note that you or your financial representative must call us in advance of a wire transfer purchase. After you inform us of the amount of your purchase, you will receive a trade confirmation number. Instruct your bank to send payment by wire using the wire instructions noted below. All wires must be received the next business day after your order is processed. If your wire is not received the next business day, your transaction will be canceled at your expense and risk.

Wire Details

Bank name	State Street Bank Boston
Routing Number	011000028
Attention	DWS
DDA Number	9903-5552
FBO	(Account name) (Account number)
Credit	(Fund name, Fund number and, if applicable, class name)

Refer to your account statement for the account name and number. Wire transfers normally take two or more hours to complete. Wire transfers may be restricted on holidays and at certain other times.

How to Exchange Shares

Requirements and Limits

Class	Exchanging into Another Fund ($)
A, C	1,000 minimum into new non-IRA accounts per fund 500 minimum into new IRA accounts per fund 50 minimum into all existing accounts per fund
INST	1,000,000 minimum into new accounts per fund
S	2,500 minimum into new non-IRA accounts per fund 1,000 minimum into new IRA and UTMA/UGMA accounts per fund 50 minimum into all existing accounts per fund

Requirements and limits with respect to exchanges apply no matter which method you use to make your exchange request. Not all exchange transactions can be processed on the Internet or using the mobile app.

Exchanges between funds are allowed between like share classes. Class A shares may also be exchanged with the following money market fund shares as described in each applicable prospectus: DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio – DWS Government & Agency Money Fund shares, DWS Tax-Exempt Portfolio – DWS Tax-Exempt Money Fund shares or DWS Money Market Prime Series – DWS Money Market Fund shares.

Through a Financial Representative

In addition to what is detailed below, your financial representative can assist you with exchanging shares. Please contact your financial representative using the method that is most convenient for you.

On the Internet

Register at dws.com to set up online access to your existing account(s), or log in to the Web site if you have previously registered. Follow the instructions on the Web site to request an exchange to another DWS fund.

Using the Mobile App

Download the mobile app and register to set up mobile access to your existing account(s), or log in using the mobile app if you have previously registered. Follow the instructions on the mobile app to request an exchange to another DWS fund.

By Telephone

Call DWS and either use our automated system to request an exchange or choose to be transferred to a customer service representative to complete your request. For accounts with $5,000 or more, you may also establish a Systematic Exchange Plan for a minimum of $50 to another DWS fund on a regular basis. A representative can assist you with establishing this privilege.

By Mail or Expedited Mail

Write a letter to request an exchange that includes the following information: the name(s) of all owners and address as they appear on your account, the full fund name and share class, the account number from which you want to exchange shares, the dollar amount or number of shares you wish to exchange, and the full name of the fund into which you want to exchange. Also include a daytime telephone number in case we have any questions. All owners should sign the letter and it should be mailed to DWS at the appropriate address.

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How to Sell Shares

Requirements and Limits

Class	Selling Shares ($)
A, C	Check redemption:Up to 100,000. More than 100,000 see “Signature Guarantee” Automated Clearing House (ACH) to your bank: Minimum 50, maximum 250,000 Wire redemption to your bank: Minimum 1,000
INST	Same as Classes A and C
S	Same as Classes A and C

Requirements and limits with respect to redemptions apply no matter which method you use to make your redemption request. Not all redemption transactions can be processed on the Internet or using the mobile app.

Through a Financial Representative

In addition to what is detailed below, your financial representative can assist you with selling shares. Please contact your financial representative using the method that is most convenient for you.

On the Internet

Using the Mobile App

By Telephone

Call DWS and either use our automated system to request a redemption or choose to be transferred to a customer service representative to complete your request. You may request that a check be sent to the address on the account, or, if you have established the privilege on your account, you may request that your redemption proceeds be sent via the Automated Clearing House system (ACH) to your bank. You may elect overnight delivery of your check for a $20 fee ($25 for Saturday delivery), which will be paid by redeeming a portion of your shares equal to the amount of the fee. Overnight delivery is not available to a P.O. Box. To establish the ability to request redemptions via ACH, you can either complete the applicable section(s) on the account application when you establish your account or contact a customer service representative for instructions. Transactions via ACH generally take two to three days to be completed. For accounts with $5,000 or more, you may also establish a Systematic Withdrawal

Plan for a minimum of $50 to be sent on a regular basis as you direct. The $5,000 account minimum requirement does not apply to IRA accounts.

By Mail or Expedited Mail

Write a letter to request a redemption that includes the following information: the name(s) of all owners and address as they appear on your account, the full fund name and share class, the account number from which you want to sell shares, the dollar amount or number of shares you wish to sell, and a daytime telephone number in case we have any questions. All owners should sign the letter and it should be mailed to DWS at the appropriate address. You may elect overnight delivery of your check for a $20 fee ($25 for Saturday delivery), which will be paid by redeeming a portion of your shares equal to the amount of the fee. Overnight delivery is not available to a P.O. Box.

Some redemptions can only be requested in writing with a Medallion Signature Guarantee. For more information, please contact DWS (see the telephone number on the back cover).

By Wire. You may sell shares by wire only if your account is authorized to do so. This privilege must be established on your account before a redemption request can be made. This can either be done by completing the applicable section(s) on the account application when you establish your account or by contacting a customer service representative for instructions. To sell shares by wire, call DWS and either use our automated system to request a redemption or choose to be transferred to a customer service representative to complete your request. We must receive your request by the time each fund calculates its share price on any given business day in order to wire the redemption proceeds to your account the next business day. You will be paid for redeemed shares by wire transfer of funds to your bank upon receipt of a duly authorized redemption request. For your protection, you may not change the destination bank account over the telephone.

How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Class R Shares

If your plan sponsor has selected Class R shares as an investment option, you may buy Class R shares through your securities dealer or through any financial institution that is authorized to act as a shareholder servicing agent (“shareholder servicing agent”) for your plan. Please contact your shareholder servicing agent for more information on how to open a fund account and for details on how to buy, sell and exchange Class R shares. Shareholder servicing agents include brokers, financial representatives or any other bank, dealer or other institution that have a sub-shareholder servicing agreement with the funds.

Shareholder servicing agents may charge additional fees to investors for those services not otherwise included in their sub-distribution or servicing agreement, such as cash

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management or special trust or retirement investment reporting. In addition, the Advisor or administrator may provide compensation to shareholder servicing agents for distribution, administrative and promotional services.

There is no minimum investment with respect to Class R shares.

Instructions for buying and selling shares must generally be submitted by a retirement plan administrator, not by plan participants for whose benefit the shares are held.

IRA rollovers. You may complete a direct rollover from a retirement plan offering Class R shares to a DWS IRA account by reinvesting up to the full amount of your distribution in Class A, Class C or Class S shares of any DWS fund. Reinvestment into Class A shares will be at net asset value, and subsequent purchases of Class A shares will be made at the public offering price as described in the prospectus for Class A shares. Please note that if you terminate your participation in a retirement plan and transfer all of your Class R shares, you will lose the privilege of purchasing Class R shares in the future. Rollovers to a DWS Class R share IRA are not permitted.

How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Class R6 Shares

If your qualifying plan or program sponsor has selected Class R6 shares as an investment option, you may buy Class R6 shares through your securities dealer or through any financial institution that is authorized to act as a shareholder servicing agent for your plan or program. Please contact your shareholder servicing agent for more information on how to open a fund account and for details on how to buy, sell and exchange Class R6 shares.

Shareholder servicing agents may charge additional fees to investors for those services, such as cash management or special trust or retirement investment reporting. In addition, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may pay, out of their own respective assets, and not as an additional charge to a fund, various recordkeeping, administrative and/or other fees to selected retirement plan platform providers and recordkeepers, for services provided with respect to Class R6 shares of the fund included on such platforms (see the “Financial Intermediary Support Payments” section of the prospectus for more information).

There is no minimum investment with respect to Class R6 shares.

Instructions for buying, selling and exchanging shares must generally be submitted by a qualifying plan or program administrator, not by plan or program participants for whose benefit the shares are held.

IRA rollovers. You may complete a direct rollover from a retirement plan offering Class R6 shares to a DWS IRA account by reinvesting up to the full amount of your distribution in Class A, Class C or Class S shares of any DWS

fund. Reinvestment into Class A shares will be at net asset value, and subsequent purchases of Class A shares will be made at the public offering price as described in the prospectus for Class A shares. Please note that if you terminate your participation in a retirement plan and transfer all of your Class R6 shares, you will lose the privilege of purchasing Class R6 shares in the future.

Policies You Should Know About

Along with the information on the previous pages, the policies below may affect you as a shareholder. Some of this information, such as the section on distributions and taxes, applies to all investors, including those investing through a financial representative.

If you are investing through a financial representative or through a retirement plan, check the materials you received from them about how to buy and sell shares because particular financial representatives or other intermediaries may adopt policies, procedures or limitations that are separate from those described in this prospectus. Please note that a financial representative or other intermediary may charge fees separate from those charged by a fund and may be compensated by a fund.

Policies About Transactions

Each fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange is open. Each fund calculates its share price for each class every business day, as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, but sometimes earlier, as in the case of scheduled half-day trading, shortened trading hours due to emergency circumstances or unscheduled suspensions of trading). You can place an order to buy or sell shares at any time. All transactions are processed at the share price next calculated after the order or instruction is received in “good order.” (See “How each Fund Calculates Share Price.”)

An order to buy or sell shares received in good order prior to the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on a day each fund is open for business, will generally be effected at the share price calculated that day. An order received in good order after such time will generally be effected at the share price calculated on the next business day. A temporary intraday suspension or disruption of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange will not be treated as the close of regular trading for that day if trading resumes and therefore will not impact the time at which each fund calculates its share price on that day. In the event of an early close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, such as in the case of scheduled half-day trading, shortened trading hours due to emergency circumstances or unscheduled suspensions of trading, each fund will calculate its share price as of the early close on that day. In such event, an order received in good order before the early close will generally be effected

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at the share price calculated that day and an order received in good order after the early close will generally be effected at the share price calculated on the next business day.

In accordance with requirements under anti-money laundering regulations, we may request additional information and/or documents to verify your identity. This information includes, but is not limited to, your name, address, date of birth and other identifying documentation. If after reasonable effort we are unable to obtain this information to verify your identity, in accordance with federal regulations, within the time frames established by each fund, we will provide you with written notification and we may reject your application and order.

Because orders placed through a financial representative must be forwarded to the transfer agent, you’ll need to allow extra time for your order to be processed. Your financial representative should be able to tell you approximately when your order will be processed. It is the responsibility of your financial representative to forward your order to the transfer agent in a timely manner.

In the exercise of its sole discretion, each fund at any time may, without prior notice, refuse, cancel, limit or rescind any purchase; cancel or rescind any purchase order placed through a financial intermediary no later than the business day after the order is received by the financial intermediary; freeze account activity; suspend account services; and/or involuntarily redeem and close an existing account. Specifically, each fund reserves the right to involuntarily redeem an account (i) in case of actual or suspected fraudulent, illegal or suspicious activity by the account owner or any other individual associated with the account; or (ii) if the account owner fails to provide legally required information, including information and/or documentation related to identity verification, to each fund. Each fund is not required to provide justification to a potential or existing shareholder for taking any such action. Please be advised that if a fund involuntarily redeems and closes your account, under tax laws, you may be required to recognize a gain or a loss or otherwise incur tax consequences.

With certain limited exceptions, only US residents may invest in each fund.

Good order. We reserve the right to reject any order or instruction that is not in “good order.” Good order generally means that the order or instruction:

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is complete and accurate (e.g., includes the account number, fund name, and amount of the transaction);

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is provided by a person authorized to act for your account;

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is accompanied by any required signatures, including signature guarantees or notarized signatures; and

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is accompanied by any required supporting documentation.

Good order requirements are established by the fund or the transfer agent, depend on the type of account or transaction, and may be changed or waived at any time. Contact DWS if you have any questions.

Sub-Minimum Balances for Class A and C. Each fund may close your account and send you the proceeds if your balance falls below $1,000 ($500 for accounts with an Automatic Investment Plan funded with $50 or more per month in subsequent investments), or below $250 for retirement accounts. We will give you 60 days’ notice (90 days for retirement accounts) so you can either increase your balance or close your account (these policies don’t apply to investors with $100,000 or more in DWS fund shares, investors in certain fee-based and wrap programs offered through certain financial intermediaries approved by the Advisor, or group retirement plans and certain other accounts having lower minimum share balance requirements).

Sub-Minimum Balances for Institutional Class. Each fund may redeem your shares and close your account on 60 days’ notice if it fails to meet the minimum account balance requirement of $1,000,000 for any reason.

Sub-Minimum Balances for Class S. Each fund may close your account and send you the proceeds if your balance falls below $2,500 ($1,000 with an Automatic Investment Plan funded with $50 or more per month in subsequent investments); or below $250 for retirement accounts. We will give you 60 days’ notice (90 days for retirement accounts) so you can either increase your balance or close your account (these policies don’t apply to investors with $100,000 or more in DWS fund shares, investors in certain fee-based and wrap programs offered through certain financial intermediaries approved by the Advisor, or group retirement plans and certain other accounts having lower minimum share balance requirements).

Account Maintenance Fee for Classes A, C and S. Each fund charges a $20 account maintenance fee for each fund account that has a balance below $10,000. Except as otherwise noted below, fund accounts are not aggregated by share class or fund. The assessment will occur once per calendar year and may be assessed through the automatic redemption of fund shares in your account. The fee will be assessed on each fund account that falls below the minimum for any reason, including market value fluctuations, redemptions or exchanges.

The account maintenance fee will not apply to: (i) accounts with an automatic investment plan; (ii) accounts held in an omnibus account through a financial intermediary; (iii) accounts maintained on behalf of participants in certain fee-based and wrap programs offered through certain financial intermediaries approved by the Advisor; (iv) participant level accounts in group retirement plans held on the records of a retirement plan record keeper; (v) accounts held by shareholders who maintain $50,000 or more in aggregate assets in DWS fund shares; (vi) shareholders

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who consent to electronic delivery for all documents (which include statements, prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports, and other materials), except for tax forms; (vii) Uniform Gift to Minors (UGMA) and Uniform Transfer to Minors (UTMA) accounts; (viii) Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA) accounts; and (ix) IRA accounts for shareholders beginning in the year in which they reach the applicable age for required minimum distributions under the Internal Revenue Code. You may elect to receive electronic delivery of DWS fund materials by registering on dws.com, by using the mobile app or by calling the telephone number on the back cover.

Overnight delivery of DWS fund materials. You may request to receive a paper copy of any DWS fund materials via overnight delivery by calling the telephone number on the back cover. If you request an overnight delivery you will be charged a $20 fee ($25 for Saturday delivery) for each request, which will be paid by redeeming a portion of your shares equal to the amount of the fee. Overnight delivery is not available to a P.O. Box.

Market timing policies and procedures. Short-term and excessive trading of fund shares may present risks to long-term shareholders, including potential dilution in the value of fund shares, interference with the efficient management of a fund’s portfolio (including losses on the sale of investments), taxable gains to remaining shareholders and increased brokerage and administrative costs. These risks may be more pronounced if a fund invests in certain securities, such as those that trade in foreign markets, are illiquid or do not otherwise have “readily available market quotations.” Certain investors may seek to employ short-term trading strategies aimed at exploiting variations in portfolio valuation that arise from the nature of the securities held by a fund (e.g., “time zone arbitrage”). Each fund discourages short-term and excessive trading and has adopted policies and procedures that are intended to detect and deter short-term and excessive trading.

Each fund also reserves the right to reject or cancel a purchase or exchange order for any reason without prior notice. For example, a fund may in its discretion reject or cancel a purchase or an exchange order even if the transaction is not subject to the transaction limitation described below if the Advisor believes that there appears to be a pattern of short-term or excessive trading activity by a shareholder or deems any other trading activity harmful or disruptive to a fund. Each fund, through its Advisor and transfer agent, will monitor changes in investment direction (CID) transactions that exceed a certain dollar amount by a shareholder within a fund within a specified time period. A CID transaction is a transaction opposite to the prior transaction, which can be a purchase, redemption or exchange of the same fund. Each fund may take other trading activity into account if a fund believes such activity is of an amount or frequency that may be harmful to long-term shareholders or disruptive to portfolio management. The Advisor’s practices for identifying excessive short-term

trading activity (e.g., the number of CID transactions, the dollar threshold and the time period) may change from time to time. If the Advisor determines that an investor has engaged in excessive short-term trading, the Advisor may issue the shareholder and/or the shareholder’s financial intermediary, if any, a written warning and/or may block the shareholder from further purchases of or exchanges into the fund’s shares.

Each fund reserves the right to maintain a block indefinitely if it deems that the shareholder’s activity was harmful to a fund, or that the pattern of activity suggests a pattern of abuse. The rights of a shareholder to redeem shares of a DWS fund are not affected by a block on purchases and exchanges.

Each fund may make exceptions to the transaction policy for certain types of transactions if, in the opinion of the Advisor, the transactions do not represent short-term or excessive trading or are not abusive or harmful to a fund, such as, but not limited to, systematic transactions, required minimum retirement distributions, transactions initiated by a fund or administrator and transactions by certain qualified funds-of-funds.

In certain circumstances where shareholders hold shares of a fund through a financial intermediary, a fund may rely upon the financial intermediary’s policy to deter short-term or excessive trading if the Advisor believes that the financial intermediary’s policy is reasonably designed to detect and deter transactions that are not in the best interests of a fund. A financial intermediary’s policy relating to short-term or excessive trading may be more or less restrictive than the DWS funds’ policy, may permit certain transactions not permitted by the DWS funds’ policies, or prohibit transactions not subject to the DWS funds’ policies.

The Advisor may also accept undertakings from a financial intermediary to enforce short-term or excessive trading policies on behalf of a fund that provide a substantially similar level of protection for each fund against such transactions. For example, certain financial intermediaries may have contractual, legal or operational restrictions that prevent them from blocking an account. In such instances, the financial intermediary may use alternate techniques that the Advisor considers to be a reasonable substitute for such a block.

In addition, if a fund invests some portion of its assets in foreign securities, it has adopted certain fair valuation practices intended to protect the fund from “time zone arbitrage” with respect to its foreign securities holdings and other trading practices that seek to exploit variations in portfolio valuation that arise from the nature of the securities held by a fund. (See “How each Fund Calculates Share Price.”)

There is no assurance that these policies and procedures will be effective in limiting short-term and excessive trading in all cases. For example, the Advisor may not be able to effectively monitor, detect or limit short-term or

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excessive trading by underlying shareholders that occurs through omnibus accounts maintained by broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries. The Advisor reviews trading activity at the omnibus level to detect short-term or excessive trading. If the Advisor has reason to suspect that short-term or excessive trading is occurring at the omnibus level, the Advisor will contact the financial intermediary to request underlying shareholder level activity. Depending on the amount of fund shares held in such omnibus accounts (which may represent most of a fund’s shares), short-term and/or excessive trading of fund shares could adversely affect long-term shareholders in a fund. If short-term or excessive trading is identified, the Advisor will take appropriate action.

Each fund’s market timing policies and procedures may be modified or terminated at any time.

The automated information line is available 24 hours a day by calling DWS at the telephone number on the back cover. You can use our automated telephone service to get information on DWS funds generally and on accounts held directly at DWS. You can also use this service to request share transactions.

24 hour access via Internet and mobile. By registering your fund accounts online at dws.com or by downloading and registering on the mobile app, you can:

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make certain account elections including delivery preferences.

Purchase and redemption orders may be placed at any time, but will only be processed during normal business hours on business days, as detailed in this prospectus. Not all transactions are eligible for processing online or through the mobile app. The ability to open new accounts online or through the mobile app is available only to accounts that are established directly with each fund’s transfer agent, and is limited to certain account types and share classes. Processing certain transactions or opening certain types of accounts may require you to obtain, complete and mail the appropriate form.

When registering online at dws.com or through the mobile app, you will be asked to accept certain terms and conditions, create a user profile and establish a password. The same user profile and password will provide both online and mobile app access. Accessing your fund account and transacting online or through the mobile app requires the transmission of personal financial information over the Internet and/or a mobile data network, and is not without risk. Digital communication channels such as those described above are not necessarily secure and are subject to the risk, among others, that any confidential or sensitive information that you send or view may be intercepted

or accessed by a third party and subsequently sold or used, including for instance, to gain access to your fund account and redeem shares. We recommend that you take steps to protect your account information, including the use of a secure Internet browser, keeping user IDs and passwords confidential, and taking steps to restrict access to your computer and mobile devices. As long as we follow reasonable security procedures and act on instructions that we reasonably believe are genuine, we will not be responsible for any losses that may occur from unauthorized requests. Each fund may modify, suspend, or terminate online or mobile account access or services at any time.

During periods of extreme volume that may result from dramatic economic or stock market events, it is possible that you may have difficulty accessing your account online or using the mobile app. Your online account and/or the mobile app may be unavailable during certain periods due to unforeseen technology issues or for other reasons such as routine maintenance or updates. If you are unable to access your account online or using the mobile app you can reach DWS by mail or by telephone (see contact information on the back cover).

Telephone transactions. Generally, you are automatically entitled to telephone redemption and exchange privileges, but you may elect not to have them when you open your account (paper applications only) or by calling the appropriate telephone number on the back cover.

Transactions by telephone are not without risk. We recommend that you take steps to protect your account information. As long as we follow reasonable security procedures and act on instructions received over the telephone that we reasonably believe are genuine, we will not be responsible for any losses that may occur from unauthorized requests.

During periods of extreme volume that may result from dramatic economic or stock market events or due to unforeseen technology issues, it is possible that you may have difficulty reaching DWS by phone. If you are unable to reach us by phone you may be able to view account information or request transactions online or using the mobile app, or you can mail inquiries to DWS at the address on the back cover.

Responsibility for fraud. Each fund and its service providers, including DWS, shall not be liable for any loss incurred by reason of a fund accepting unauthorized transaction requests for your account if the fund reasonably believes the instructions to be genuine. In order to safeguard your account, you should keep all account information private and review all confirmation statements and other account-related communications as soon as you receive them. We will consider all transactions to be properly processed if discrepancies are not reported promptly. Contact us immediately if you suspect that someone has gained unauthorized access to your account.

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The DWS Account Security Program provides further information on how you can protect your account. Visit the Investor Resource Center at dws.com for more information.

Each fund does not issue share certificates. However, if you currently have shares in certificated form, you must include the share certificates properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed stock power when exchanging or redeeming shares. You may not exchange or redeem shares in certificate form by telephone, via the Internet or using the mobile app.

When you ask us to send or receive a wire, please note that while we don’t charge a fee to send or receive wires, it’s possible that your bank may do so. Wire transactions are generally completed within 24 hours. Each fund can only send wires of $1,000 or more and accept wires of $50 or more.

Each fund accepts payment for shares only in US dollars by a check drawn on a US bank, a bank or Federal Funds wire transfer or an electronic bank transfer. Each fund does not accept third party checks. A third party check is a check made payable to one or more parties and offered as payment to one or more other parties (e.g., a check made payable to you that you offer as payment to someone else). Checks should be payable to “DWS Funds” and drawn by you or a financial institution on your behalf with your name or account number included with the check. If you pay for shares by check and the check fails to clear, we have the right to cancel your order, hold you liable or charge you or your account for any losses or fees each fund or its agents have incurred.

Signature Guarantee. When you want to sell more than $100,000 worth of shares or send proceeds to a third party or to a new address, you’ll usually need to place your order in writing and have your signature guaranteed. However, if you want money transferred electronically to a bank account that is already on file with us, you don’t need a signature guarantee (but other limits may apply). Also, generally you don’t need a signature guarantee for an exchange, although we may require one in certain other circumstances.

A signature guarantee is a certification of your signature — a valuable safeguard against fraud. Each fund accepts Medallion Signature Guarantees, which can be obtained from an eligible guarantor. Eligible guarantor institutions include commercial banks, savings and loans, trust companies, credit unions, member firms of a national stock exchange or any member or participant of an approved signature guarantor program. A signature guarantee cannot be provided by a notary public.

Selling shares of trust accounts and business or organization accounts may require additional documentation. Please call DWS (see the telephone number on the back cover) or contact your financial representative for more information.

When you sell shares that have a CDSC, the CDSC is based on the original purchase cost or current market value of the shares sold, whichever is less. In processing orders to sell shares, the shares with the lowest CDSC are sold first. For each investment you make, we use the first day of the month in which you bought shares to calculate a CDSC on that particular investment. A CDSC is not imposed when you exchange from one fund into another, however, shares of the fund acquired in an exchange that were subject to a CDSC at the time of the exchange will continue to be subject to the CDSC schedule of the shares of the fund you originally purchased.

If you sell shares in a DWS fund for which you paid a sales charge and then decide to invest with DWS again within six months, you may be able to take advantage of the “reinstatement feature.” With this feature, you can put your money back into the same class of a DWS fund at its current net asset value and, for purposes of a sales charge, it will be treated as if it had never left DWS (this may result in a tax liability for federal income tax purposes). You'll be reimbursed (in the form of fund shares by the Distributor) for any CDSC you paid when you sold shares in a DWS fund. Future CDSC calculations will be based on your original investment date, rather than your reinstatement date.

You can only use the reinstatement feature once for any given group of shares. To take advantage of this feature, contact Shareholder Services or your financial representative.

Class A to Institutional Class in the Same Fund Exchange Privilege. Investors who have invested in Class A shares through a comprehensive or “wrap” fee program or other fee-based program sponsored by a broker-dealer, bank or registered investment adviser or who are transferring to such a program may potentially become eligible to invest in Institutional Class shares by reason of their participation in such a program. In such event, subject to the discretion of the Distributor and the limitations noted below, such shareholders may exchange their Class A shares for Institutional Class shares of equal aggregate value of the same fund. No sales charges or other charges will apply to any such exchange. Exchanges under this privilege will generally be processed only as part of a pre-arranged, multiple-client transaction through the particular financial services firm offering the comprehensive or wrap program or other fee-based program where the Institutional Class shares are available. DDI may agree with financial intermediaries to allow this exchange privilege outside of pre-arranged, multiple-client transactions. Investors should contact their selling and/or servicing agents to learn more about the details of this exchange feature. Shareholders generally will not recognize a gain or loss for federal income tax purposes upon the exchange of Class A shares of a fund for Institutional Class shares of the same fund.

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Class A to Class S in the Same Fund Exchange Privilege. Investors who have invested in Class A shares through a comprehensive or “wrap” fee program or other fee-based program sponsored by a broker-dealer, bank or registered investment adviser or who are transferring to such a program may become eligible to invest in Class S shares. Subject to the discretion of the Distributor, such shareholders may exchange their Class A shares for Class S shares of equal aggregate value of the same fund. No sales charges or other charges will apply to any such exchanges. Investors should contact their selling and/or servicing agents to learn more about the details of this exchange feature. Shareholders generally will not recognize a gain or loss for federal income tax purposes upon the exchange of Class A shares of a fund for Class S shares of the same fund.

Class C to Class A, Class S or Institutional Class in the Same Fund Exchange Privilege. Investors who either (i) have invested in Class C shares through a comprehensive or “wrap” fee program or other fee-based program sponsored by a broker-dealer, bank or registered investment adviser or (ii) have invested in Class C shares and are in the process of transferring their shares to such a program may potentially become eligible to invest in either Class A shares, Class S shares or Institutional Class shares by reason of their participation in such a program. In addition, investors who have invested in Class C shares as part of an Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan or an Employer-Sponsored IRA may potentially become eligible to invest in Class A shares by reason of their investment in such Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan or Employer-Sponsored IRA. In such event, subject to the discretion of the Distributor and the limitations noted below, such shareholders may exchange their Class C shares for Class A shares, Class S shares or Institutional Class shares (as applicable) of equal aggregate value of the same fund. No sales charges or other charges will apply to any such exchange. Exchanges under this privilege will generally be processed only in instances where the accounts are not currently subject to a CDSC and only as part of a pre-arranged, multiple-client transaction through the particular financial services firm offering the comprehensive or wrap program or other fee-based program or involving the Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan or Employer-Sponsored IRA where the Class A shares, Class S shares or Institutional Class shares (as applicable) are available. DDI may agree with financial intermediaries to allow this exchange privilege for accounts currently subject to a CDSC and outside of pre-arranged, multiple-client transactions. In such situations, the financial intermediary may reimburse DDI for a portion of any CDSC that DDI would have otherwise collected on the transaction or a portion of the distribution fees previously advanced by DDI to the financial intermediary in connection with the initial sale of the Class C shares. Investors should contact their selling and/or servicing agents to learn

more about the details of this exchange feature. Shareholders generally will not recognize a gain or loss for federal income tax purposes upon the exchange of Class C shares of a fund for Class A shares, Class S shares or Institutional Class shares of the same fund.

Class S to Institutional Class in the Same Fund Exchange Privilege. Investors who have invested in Class S shares through a comprehensive or “wrap” fee program or other fee-based program sponsored by a broker-dealer, bank or registered investment adviser or who are transferring to such a program may potentially become eligible to invest in Institutional Class shares by reason of their participation in such a program. In such event, subject to the discretion of the Distributor and the limitations noted below, such shareholders may exchange their Class S shares for Institutional Class shares of equal aggregate value of the same fund. No sales charges or other charges will apply to any such exchange. Exchanges under this privilege will generally be processed only as part of a pre-arranged, multiple-client transaction through the particular financial services firm offering the comprehensive or wrap program or other fee-based program where the Institutional Class shares are available. DDI may agree with financial intermediaries to allow this exchange privilege outside of pre-arranged, multiple-client transactions. Investors should contact their selling and/or servicing agents to learn more about the details of this exchange feature. Shareholders generally will not recognize a gain or loss for federal income tax purposes upon the exchange of Class S shares of a fund for Institutional Class shares of the same fund.

Class S or Institutional Class to Class A in the Same Fund Exchange Privilege. Exchanges by a financial intermediary of Class S or Institutional Class shares for Class A shares of the same fund are allowed without the imposition of a sales charge in connection with a change in account type or otherwise in accordance with the intermediary’s policies and procedures that renders a shareholder ineligible for Class S or Institutional Class shares. The availability of this exchange privilege and sales charge waiver depends on the policies, procedures and trading platforms of the intermediary. Investors should contact their financial intermediary to learn more about the details of this exchange feature. Shareholders generally will not recognize a gain or loss for federal income tax purposes upon the exchange of Class S or Institutional Class shares of a fund for Class A shares of the same fund.

Class A, Class R, Class S or Institutional Class to Class R6 in the Same Fund Exchange Privilege. Investors who have invested in Class A, Class R, Class S or Institutional Class shares through either a retirement plan platform or a college savings plan under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code with plan-level or omnibus accounts held on the books of the fund may potentially become eligible to invest in Class R6 shares by reason of

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their participation in such plans. Exchanges under this privilege are subject to the discretion of the Distributor and will be processed only as part of a prearranged, plan-level transaction with a qualifying plan program or college savings plan under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. If an exchange by a qualifying plan program or a college savings plan under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code is approved, investors holding Class A, Class R, Class S or Institutional Class shares through such plan will exchange those shares for Class R6 shares of equal aggregate value of the same fund. No sales charges or other charges will apply to any such exchange. Investors should contact their plan servicing agents to learn more about the details of this exchange feature. Shareholders generally will not recognize a gain or loss for federal income tax purposes upon the exchange of Class A, Class R, Class S or Institutional Class shares of a fund for Class R6 shares of the same fund.

Institutional Class Exchange Privilege. The following persons may, subject to certain limitations, exchange Institutional Class shares for DWS Money Market Fund shares of DWS Money Market Prime Series: (1) a current or former director or trustee of DWS mutual funds; and (2) an employee, the employee’s spouse or life partner and children or stepchildren age 21 or younger of Deutsche Bank AG or its affiliates or a subadvisor to any fund in the DWS mutual fund family or a broker-dealer authorized to sell shares of the DWS mutual funds.

Money from shares you sell is normally sent out within one business day of when your request is received in good order, regardless of the method of payment (e.g., check, wire, ACH) although it could be delayed for up to seven days. There are circumstances when it could be longer, including, but not limited to, when you are selling shares you bought recently by check or ACH (the funds will be placed under a 10 calendar day hold to ensure good funds) or when unusual circumstances prompt the SEC to allow further delays. Certain expedited redemption processes (e.g., redemption proceeds by wire) may also be delayed or unavailable when you are selling shares recently purchased or in the event of the closing of the Federal Reserve wire payment system.

Redemptions will generally be in the form of cash, though a fund reserves the right to redeem in kind (as described under “Other Rights We Reserve”). Each fund typically expects to satisfy redemption requests by using available cash or by selling portfolio securities if available cash is not sufficient to meet redemptions. Each fund may utilize an existing line of credit for temporary coverage in the event of a cash shortfall. Each fund may also utilize inter-fund lending, though such use is expected to be rare. Each fund may use any of these methods of satisfying redemption requests under normal or stressed market conditions. During periods of distressed market conditions, when a significant portion of a fund’s portfolio may be comprised

of less-liquid and/or illiquid investments, a fund may be more likely to pay redemption proceeds by giving you securities.

Each fund reserves the right to suspend or postpone redemptions as permitted pursuant to Section 22(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). Generally, those circumstances are when 1) the New York Stock Exchange is closed other than customary weekend or holiday closings; 2) the SEC determines that trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted; 3) the SEC determines that an emergency exists which makes the disposal of securities owned by a fund or the fair determination of the value of a fund’s net assets not reasonably practicable; or 4) the SEC, by order, permits the suspension of the right of redemption. Redemption payments by wire may also be delayed in the event of a non-routine closure of the Federal Reserve wire payment system. For additional rights reserved by each fund, please see “Other Rights We Reserve.”

How each Fund Calculates Share Price

To calculate net asset value, or NAV, each share class uses the following equation:

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The price at which you buy shares is based on the NAV per share calculated after the order is received and accepted by the transfer agent, although for Class A shares it will be adjusted to allow for any applicable sales charge (see “Choosing a Share Class”). The price at which you sell shares is also based on the NAV per share calculated after the order is received and accepted by the transfer agent, although a CDSC may be taken out of the proceeds (see “Choosing a Share Class”). To obtain the fund's most recent share price, go to dws.com (the Web site does not form a part of this prospectus) or call the telephone number included in this prospectus.

The Board has designated the Advisor as the valuation designee for each fund pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act. The Advisor’s Pricing Committee typically values securities using readily available market quotations or prices supplied by independent pricing services (which are considered fair values under Rule 2a-5). The Advisor has adopted fair valuation procedures that provide methodologies for fair valuing securities when pricing service prices or market quotations are not readily available, including when a security’s value or a meaningful portion of the value of a fund's portfolio is believed to have been materially affected by a significant event, such as a natural disaster, an economic event like a bankruptcy filing, or a substantial fluctuation in domestic or foreign markets that has occurred between the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market) and the close of the New York Stock Exchange. In such a case, a fund’s

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value for a security is likely to be different from the last quoted market price or pricing service prices. In addition, due to the subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, it is possible that the value determined for a particular asset may be materially different from the value realized upon such asset’s sale.

It is expected that the greater the percentage of fund assets that is invested in non-US securities, the more extensive will be a fund’s use of fair value pricing. This is intended to reduce a fund’s exposure to “time zone arbitrage” and other harmful trading practices. (See “Market timing policies and procedures.”)

To the extent that a fund invests in securities that are traded primarily in foreign markets, the value of its holdings could change at a time when you aren’t able to buy or sell fund shares. This is because some foreign markets are open on days or at times when a fund doesn’t price its shares. (Note that prices for securities that trade on foreign exchanges can change significantly on days when the New York Stock Exchange is closed and you cannot buy or sell fund shares. Price changes in the securities a fund owns may ultimately affect the price of fund shares the next time the NAV is calculated.)

Other Rights We Reserve

You should be aware that we may do any of the following:

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withhold a portion of your distributions and redemption proceeds if we have been notified by the Internal Revenue Service that you are subject to backup withholding, if you fail to provide us with the correct taxpayer ID number and certain certifications, including certification that you are not subject to backup withholding, or if you are otherwise subject to withholding

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without prior notice, refuse, cancel, limit or rescind any purchase or exchange order; freeze any account (meaning you will not be able to purchase fund shares in your account); suspend account services; and/or involuntarily redeem and close your account if we think that the account is being used for fraudulent or illegal purposes; one or more of these actions will be taken when, at our sole discretion, they are deemed to be in a fund’s best interests or when a fund is requested or compelled to do so by governmental authority or by applicable law

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close and liquidate your account if we are unable to verify your identity, or for other reasons; if we decide to close your account, your fund shares will be redeemed at the net asset value per share next calculated after we determine to close your account (less any applicable sales charges or CDSC); you may recognize a gain or loss on the redemption of your fund shares and you may incur a tax liability

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pay you for shares you sell by “redeeming in kind,” that is, by giving you securities (which are subject to market risk until sold, may incur taxes and typically will involve brokerage costs for you to liquidate) rather than cash, but which will be taxable to the same extent as a redemption for cash; a fund generally won’t make a redemption in kind unless your requests over a 90-day period total more than $250,000 or 1% of the value of a fund’s net assets, whichever is less

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change, add or withdraw various services, fees and account policies (for example, we may adjust a fund’s investment minimums at any time)

Financial Intermediary Support Payments

The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may pay additional compensation, out of their own assets and not as an additional charge to each fund, to selected affiliated and unaffiliated brokers, dealers, participating insurance companies or other financial intermediaries (“financial representatives”) in connection with the sale and/or distribution of fund shares or the retention and/or servicing of fund investors and fund shares (“revenue sharing”). Such revenue sharing payments are in addition to any distribution or service fees payable under any Rule 12b-1 or service plan of each fund, any recordkeeping/sub-transfer agency/networking fees payable by each fund (generally through the Distributor or an affiliate) and/or the Distributor or Advisor to certain financial representatives for performing such services and any sales charges, commissions, non-cash compensation arrangements expressly permitted under applicable rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or other concessions described in the fee table or elsewhere in this prospectus or the Statement of Additional Information as payable to all financial representatives. For example, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may, using their legitimate profits, compensate financial representatives for providing a fund with “shelf space” or access to a third party platform (including the costs associated with establishing and maintaining the fund on such platform) or fund offering list or other marketing programs, including, without limitation, inclusion of the fund on preferred or recommended sales lists, mutual fund “supermarket” platforms and other formal sales programs; granting the Distributor access to the financial representative’s sales force; granting the Distributor access to the financial representative’s conferences and meetings; assistance in training and educating the financial representative’s personnel; and obtaining other forms of marketing support. In addition, revenue sharing payments may consist of the Distributor’s and/or its affiliates’ payment or reimbursement of ticket charges that would otherwise be assessed by a financial representative on an investor’s fund transactions.

The level of revenue sharing payments made to financial representatives may be a fixed fee or based upon one or more of the following factors: gross sales, current

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assets and/or number of accounts of each fund attributable to the financial representative, the particular fund or fund type or other measures as agreed to by the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates and the financial representatives or any combination thereof. The amount of these payments is determined at the discretion of the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates from time to time, may be substantial, and may be different for different financial representatives based on, for example, the nature of the services provided by the financial representative.

The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates currently make revenue sharing payments from their own assets in connection with the sale and/or distribution of DWS fund shares or the retention and/or servicing of investors to financial representatives in amounts that generally range from 0.01% up to 0.52% of assets of each fund serviced and maintained by the financial representative, 0.05% to 0.25% of sales of each fund attributable to the financial representative, a flat fee of up to $95,000, or any combination thereof. These amounts are annual figures typically paid on a quarterly basis and are subject to change at the discretion of the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates. Receipt of, or the prospect of receiving, this additional compensation may influence your financial representative’s recommendation of each fund or of any particular share class of each fund. You should review your financial representative’s compensation disclosure and/or talk to your financial representative to obtain more information on how this compensation may have influenced your financial representative’s recommendation of each fund. Additional information regarding these revenue sharing payments is included in each fund’s Statement of Additional Information, which is available to you on request at no charge (see the back cover of this prospectus for more information on how to request a copy of the Statement of Additional Information).

The Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates may also make such revenue sharing payments to financial representatives under the terms discussed above in connection with the distribution of both DWS funds and non-DWS funds by financial representatives to retirement plans that obtain recordkeeping services from ADP, Inc. or to 403(b) plans that obtain recordkeeping services from Ascensus, Inc. on the DWS-branded retirement plan platform (the “Platform”). The level of revenue sharing payments is based upon sales of both the DWS funds and the non-DWS funds by the financial representative on the Platform or current assets of both the DWS funds and the non-DWS funds serviced and maintained by the financial representative on the Platform.

It is likely that broker-dealers that execute portfolio transactions for each fund will include firms that also sell shares of the DWS funds to their customers. However, the Advisor will not consider sales of DWS fund shares as a factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the DWS funds. Accordingly, the Advisor

has implemented policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent its traders from considering sales of DWS fund shares as a factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for each fund. In addition, the Advisor, the Distributor and/or their affiliates will not use fund brokerage to pay for their obligation to provide additional compensation to financial representatives as described above.

Understanding Distributions and Taxes

Each fund intends to distribute to its shareholders virtually all of its net earnings. Each fund can earn money in two ways: by receiving interest, dividends or other income from investments it holds and by selling investments for more than it paid for them. (Each fund’s earnings are separate from any gains or losses stemming from your own purchase and sale of fund shares.) Each fund may not always pay a dividend or other distribution for a given period. As with any investment, you should consider how your investment in shares of a fund will be taxed. The US federal income tax information in this prospectus is provided as general information. You should consult your own tax professional about the federal income tax and other tax consequences of an investment in shares of a fund.

DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund, DWS Latin America Equity Fund and DWS Global Small Cap Fund intend to pay dividends and distributions of investment income to their shareholders in December. DWS Global Macro Fund and DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund intend to pay dividends and distributions of investment income quarterly, specifically, in March, June, September and December. Long-term and short-term capital gains, if any, for each fund are declared and paid in December. A fund may distribute at other times as needed.

In general, your distributions are subject to US federal income tax for the year when they are paid. Dividends declared and payable to shareholders of record in the last quarter of a given calendar year are treated for federal income tax purposes as if they were received by shareholders and paid by the fund on December 31 of that year, if such dividends are actually paid in January of the following year.

For federal income tax purposes, income and capital gain dividends are generally taxable to shareholders. However, dividends, regardless of character, received by retirement plans qualifying for tax exemption under federal income tax laws generally will not be currently taxable.

You can choose how to receive your dividends, whether ordinary or capital gain dividends, and other distributions. You can have them all automatically reinvested in fund shares (at NAV), all deposited directly to your bank account or all sent to you by check, have one type reinvested and the other sent to you by check or have them invested in a different fund. Tell us your preference

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on your application. If you don’t indicate a preference, your dividends and distributions will all be reinvested in shares of the fund without a sales charge (if applicable). Dividends and distributions are treated the same for federal income tax purposes whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional shares.

Buying, selling or exchanging fund shares will usually have federal income tax consequences for you (except in employer-sponsored qualified plans, IRAs or other tax-advantaged accounts). Your sale of shares may result in a capital gain or loss. The gain or loss will generally be long-term or short-term depending on how long you owned the shares that were sold. Your ability to deduct capital losses may be limited. For federal income tax purposes, an exchange is treated the same as a sale. In addition, if shares are redeemed to pay any account fees (e.g., an account maintenance fee), you may incur a tax liability.

The federal income tax status of a fund’s earnings you receive and transactions involving your shares generally depends on their type:

Generally taxed at net capital gain rates:	Generally taxed at ordinary income rates:
Fund distributions
■gains from the sale of securi- ties held (or treated as held) by a fund for more than one year ■qualified dividend income	■gains from the sale of securi- ties held (or treated as held) by a fund for one year or less ■all other taxable income
Transactions involving fund shares
■gains from selling fund shares held for more than one year	■gains from selling fund shares held for one year or less

Any direct investments in foreign securities by a fund may be subject to foreign withholding taxes. In that case, a fund’s yield on those securities would generally be decreased. Each fund may elect to pass through to its shareholders a credit or deduction for foreign taxes it has paid if at the end of its fiscal year more than 50% of the value of the fund's total assets consists of stocks or securities of foreign corporations. If this election is made, shareholders will generally be able to claim a credit or deduction (subject to certain limitations) on their federal income tax return for, and will be required to include in gross income as a distribution from the fund, their pro rata portion of the income taxes paid by the fund to foreign countries. In addition, any investments in foreign securities or foreign currencies may increase or accelerate a fund’s recognition of ordinary income and may affect the timing or amount of the fund’s distributions. If you invest in a fund through a taxable account, your after-tax return could be negatively affected.

Investments in certain debt obligations or other securities may cause a fund to recognize income in excess of the cash generated by them. Thus, a fund could be required at times to liquidate other investments in order to satisfy its distribution requirements.

Each fund's use of derivatives, if any, may affect the amount, timing and character of distributions to shareholders and, therefore, may increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders.

For DWS Global Macro Fund: A fund’s use of currency strategies may increase or accelerate the fund’s recognition of income, affect the character of such income, and affect the timing, amount, and character of taxable distributions to shareholders. Among other consequences, the currency strategies may cause the fund to recognize income in excess of cash received; thus, the fund could be required to liquidate investments, including when it is not advantageous to do so, to meet its distribution requirements and to avoid tax at the fund level.

A fund's ability to pursue its investment strategy and achieve its investment objective may be limited by its intention to qualify as a regulated investment company for federal income tax purposes.

Distributions to individuals and other non-corporate shareholders of investment income reported by a fund as derived from qualified dividend income are eligible for taxation for federal income tax purposes at the more favorable net capital gain rates. Qualified dividend income generally includes dividends received by a fund from domestic and some foreign corporations. It does not include income from investments in debt securities or, generally, from real estate investment trusts. In addition, a fund must meet certain holding period and other requirements with respect to the dividend-paying stocks in its portfolio and the shareholder must meet certain holding period and other requirements with respect to a fund’s shares for the lower tax rates to apply. It is not clear what portion of a fund's distributions will be derived from qualifying dividends and therefore will constitute qualified dividend income; it is not likely that a significant portion of DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund's distributions will constitute qualified dividend income.

Your fund will send you detailed federal income tax information early each year. These statements tell you the amount and the federal income tax classification of any dividends or distributions you received. They also have certain details on your purchases and sales of shares.

A 3.8% Medicare contribution tax is imposed on the “net investment income” of individuals, estates and trusts to the extent their income exceeds certain threshold amounts. For this purpose, net investment income generally includes taxable dividends, including any capital gain dividends paid by a fund, and net gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of shares of a fund.

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If you invest right before a fund pays a dividend, you’ll be getting some of your investment back as a dividend, which may be taxable to you. You can avoid this by investing after a fund pays a dividend. In tax-advantaged accounts you generally do not need to worry about this.

If a fund’s distributions exceed its current and accumulated earnings and profits, the excess will be treated for federal income tax purposes as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of your basis in your shares and thereafter as a capital gain. Because a return of capital distribution reduces the basis of your shares, a return of capital distribution may result in a higher capital gain or a lower capital loss when you sell your shares held in a taxable account.

Corporations are taxed at the same rates on ordinary income and capital gains but may be eligible for a dividends received deduction to the extent of the amount of eligible dividends received by a fund from domestic corporations for the taxable year, provided certain holding period and other requirements are met. DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund, DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund and DWS Latin America Equity Fund do not expect a significant portion of their distributions to be eligible for the dividends received deduction.

DWS Global Macro Fund intends to qualify and be treated each year as a “regulated investment company” (“RIC”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), such that the fund will not be subject to federal income tax on income and capital gains distributed to shareholders. In order to qualify for the special tax treatment accorded RICs and their shareholders, the fund must, among other things, derive at least 90% of its gross income from certain specified sources (such income, “qualifying income”). The fund's ability to pursue its investment strategy and achieve its investment objectives may be limited by its intention to qualify as a RIC. The tax treatment of commodity-linked notes and certain other derivative instruments in which the fund invests is not certain, in particular with respect to whether income and gains from such instruments constitute qualifying income. The IRS issued regulations under which the fund's “global intangible low-taxed income” and “subpart F income” (which generally includes, among other things, passive income from commodity-related investments) attributable to its investment in the Subsidiary is qualifying income to the fund to the extent that it is derived from the fund's business of investing in stock, securities or currencies. The fund expects its subpart F income attributable to its investment in the Subsidiary to be derived from its business of investing in stock, securities or currencies and accordingly, to be treated as qualifying income. If income derived from the fund's investment in the Subsidiary did not constitute qualifying income, the fund might fail to qualify as a RIC.

Another requirement for qualifying for the special tax treatment accorded RICs and their shareholders is that the fund must satisfy several diversification requirements, including the requirement that at the end of each quarter

of its taxable year not more than 25% of the value of a fund’s total assets may be invested in the securities (other than those of the US Government or other RICs) of any one issuer or of two or more issuers which a fund controls and which are engaged in the same, similar, or related trades or businesses. Therefore, DWS Global Macro Fund may not invest more than 25% of the value of its total assets in the Subsidiary.

If DWS Global Macro Fund were to fail to meet the income or diversification test for qualification as a RIC for federal income tax purposes, the fund could in some cases cure such failure, including by paying a fund-level tax and, in the case of a diversification test failure, disposing of certain assets. If the fund were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure for any year, its taxable income and gains would be subject to tax at the fund level, and distributions from earnings and profits would be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. Such distributions, however, may be eligible to be treated as qualified dividend income in the case of individuals and other non-corporate shareholders and for the dividends received deduction in the case of corporate shareholders.

DWS Global Macro Fund is generally required to include in its taxable income its share of the Subsidiary's income, including gains, each year whether or not such income or gains are distributed to the fund. Such income is generally treated as ordinary income, regardless of the character of the Subsidiary's underlying income. Net losses incurred by the Subsidiary during a year will not flow through to the fund and thus will not be available to offset the fund's income from other investments; such net losses generally cannot be carried forward by the Subsidiary to offset income or gain realized by it in future years. As a result, the fund's investment in the Subsidiary may cause the fund to realize more ordinary income than would be the case if the fund invested directly in the investments held by the Subsidiary.

Because each shareholder's tax situation is unique, ask your tax professional about the tax consequences of your investment, including any state and local tax consequences. Special tax rules apply to individuals investing through tax-advantaged investment plans. Please consult your own tax advisor with respect to the tax consequences of an investment in a fund through such plan.

The above discussion summarizes certain federal income tax consequences for shareholders who are US persons. If you are a non-US person, please consult your own tax advisor with respect to the US and foreign tax consequences to you of an investment in a fund. For more information, see “Taxes” in the Statement of Additional Information.

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Financial Highlights

The financial highlights are designed to help you understand recent financial performance. The figures in the first part of each table are for a single share. The total return figures represent the percentage that an investor in a fund would have earned (or lost), assuming all dividends and distributions were reinvested. This information has been

audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, whose reports, along with each fund’s financial statements, is included in each fund’s annual report (see “Shareholder reports” on the back cover).

DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund — Class A
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$14.64	$22.37	$21.32	$19.59	$17.74
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment incomea	.18	.37	.17	.14	.48
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	.88	(7.77 )	1.14	1.96	1.47
Total from investment operations	1.06	(7.40 )	1.31	2.10	1.95
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.32 )	(.33 )	(.26 )	(.37 )	(.10 )
Net asset value, end of period	$15.38	$14.64	$22.37	$21.32	$19.59
Total Return (%)b,c	7.12	(33.54 )	6.07	10.75	11.04
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	7	8	23	18	23
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	1.47	1.33	1.28	1.31	1.36
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.16	1.15	1.15	1.15	1.15
Ratio of net investment income (%)	1.07	1.94	.68	.73	2.49
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	64	51	94	57	32

a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return does not reflect the effect of any sales charges.
c	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund — Class C
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$12.99	$19.85	$18.92	$17.38	$15.77
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a	.05	.21	(.01 )	(.00 )*	.26
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	.78	(6.92 )	1.01	1.72	1.35
Total from investment operations	.83	(6.71 )	1.00	1.72	1.61
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.17 )	(.15 )	(.07 )	(.18 )	—
Net asset value, end of period	$13.65	$12.99	$19.85	$18.92	$17.38
Total Return (%)b,c	6.42	(34.09 )	5.32	9.89	10.21
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	4	3	6	4	6
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	2.11	2.02	1.99	2.02	2.08
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.91	1.90	1.90	1.90	1.90
Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)	.32	1.28	(.05 )	(.00 )**	1.55
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	64	51	94	57	32

a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return does not reflect the effect of any sales charges.
c	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
*	Amount is less than $.005.
**	Amount is less than .005%.

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DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund — Class A
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$6.07	$9.22	$8.90	$9.32	$8.73
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment incomea	.37	.41	.43	.44	.44
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	.46	(3.13 )	.29	(.47 )	.52
Total from investment operations	.83	(2.72 )	.72	(.03 )	.96
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.42 )	(.43 )	(.40 )	(.39 )	(.37 )
Net asset value, end of period	$6.48	$6.07	$9.22	$8.90	$9.32
Total Return (%)b,c	13.95	(30.21 )	8.10	(.13 )	11.15
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	1	1	3	3	3
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	1.66	1.52	1.40	1.43	1.46
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.15	1.13	1.15	1.13	1.11
Ratio of net investment income (%)	5.60	5.34	4.51	4.92	4.86
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	41	27	36	18	13

a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return does not reflect the effect of any sales charges.
c	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund — Class C
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$6.08	$9.25	$8.92	$9.34	$8.75
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment incomea	.32	.35	.36	.38	.37
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	.46	(3.15 )	.30	(.48 )	.52
Total from investment operations	.78	(2.80 )	.66	(.10 )	.89
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.37 )	(.37 )	(.33 )	(.32 )	(.30 )
Net asset value, end of period	$6.49	$6.08	$9.25	$8.92	$9.34
Total Return (%)b,c	13.07	(30.85 )	7.39	(.86 )	10.29
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	.05	.05	.2	.4	1
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	2.64	2.36	2.25	2.21	2.27
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.90	1.88	1.90	1.88	1.85
Ratio of net investment income (%)	4.87	4.58	3.76	4.18	4.11
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	41	27	36	18	13

a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return does not reflect the effect of any sales charges.
c	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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DWS Global Macro Fund — Class A
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$9.63	$10.76	$9.54	$10.16	$10.15
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment incomea	.17	.11	.11	.12	.17
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	.28	(1.07 )	1.20	(.42 )	.44
Total from investment operations	.45	(.96 )	1.31	(.30 )	.61
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.38 )	(.17 )	(.09 )	(.32 )	(.42 )
Net realized gains	(.11 )	—	—	—	(.18 )
Return of capital	(.06 )	—	—	—	—
Total distributions	(.55 )	(.17 )	(.09 )	(.32 )	(.60 )
Net asset value, end of period	$9.53	$9.63	$10.76	$9.54	$10.16
Total Return (%)b,c	4.67	(8.97 )	13.74	(3.03 )	6.65
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	33	35	43	38	10
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	1.28	1.27	1.28	1.32	2.08
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.14	1.04	.97	1.16	1.30
Ratio of net investment income (%)	1.73	1.04	1.03	1.21	1.76
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	48	40	43	136	41

Effective July 11, 2023, the Fund invests indirectly in commodities markets through a wholly owned subsidiary and the financial highlights have been consolidated. The financial highlights prior to the year ended October 31, 2023 have not been consolidated.
a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return does not reflect the effect of any sales charges.
c	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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DWS Global Macro Fund — Class C
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$9.02	$10.07	$8.94	$9.48	$9.48
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment incomea	.08	.03	.03	.04	.09
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	.27	(.99 )	1.11	(.39 )	.41
Total from investment operations	.35	(.96 )	1.14	(.35 )	.50
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.29 )	(.09 )	(.01 )	(.19 )	(.32 )
Net realized gains	(.11 )	—	—	—	(.18 )
Return of capital	(.05 )	—	—	—	—
Total distributions	(.45 )	(.09 )	(.01 )	(.19 )	(.50 )
Net asset value, end of period	$8.92	$9.02	$10.07	$8.94	$9.48
Total Return (%)b,c	3.88	(9.57 )	12.79	(3.75 )	5.85
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	1	2	3	7	2
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	2.07	2.04	2.02	2.03	2.82
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.88	1.78	1.72	1.92	2.05
Ratio of net investment income (%)	.91	.31	.31	.45	1.02
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	48	40	43	136	41

Effective July 11, 2023, the Fund invests indirectly in commodities markets through a wholly owned subsidiary and the financial highlights have been consolidated. The financial highlights prior to the year ended October 31, 2023 have not been consolidated.
a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return does not reflect the effect of any sales charges.
c	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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DWS Global Macro Fund — Class R
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$9.28	$10.37	$9.20	$9.77	$9.77
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment incomea	.13	.07	.08	.09	.14
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	.28	(1.02 )	1.15	(.39 )	.42
Total from investment operations	.41	(.95 )	1.23	(.30 )	.56
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.34 )	(.14 )	(.06 )	(.27 )	(.38 )
Net realized gains	(.11 )	—	—	—	(.18 )
Return of capital	(.06 )	—	—	—	—
Total distributions	(.51 )	(.14 )	(.06 )	(.27 )	(.56 )
Net asset value, end of period	$9.18	$9.28	$10.37	$9.20	$9.77
Total Return (%)b	4.41	(9.21 )	13.37	(3.20 )	6.35
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	.1	.1	.2	.2	.3
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	1.74	1.66	1.70	1.68	2.45
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.38	1.28	1.22	1.43	1.53
Ratio of net investment income (%)	1.38	.75	.82	.96	1.51
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	48	40	43	136	41

Effective July 11, 2023, the Fund invests indirectly in commodities markets through a wholly owned subsidiary and the financial highlights have been consolidated. The financial highlights prior to the year ended October 31, 2023 have not been consolidated.
a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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DWS Global Macro Fund — Class R6
	Years Ended October 31,				Period Ended
	2023	2022	2021	2020	10/31/19a
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$9.44	$10.54	$9.36	$9.98	$9.70
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment incomeb	.19	.14	.13	.14	.05
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	.29	(1.05 )	1.16	(.40 )	.23
Total from investment operations	.48	(.91 )	1.29	(.26 )	.28
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.39 )	(.19 )	(.11 )	(.36 )	—
Net realized gains	(.11 )	—	—	—	—
Return of capital	(.07 )	—	—	—	—
Total distributions	(.57 )	(.19 )	(.11 )	—	—
Net asset value, end of period	$9.35	$9.44	$10.54	$9.36	$9.98
Total Return (%)c	5.06	(8.67 )	13.84	(2.70 )	2.89 *
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ thousands)	22	21	50	44	10
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	.98	.96	.94	.99	1.82 **
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	.88	.78	.72	.91	.98 **
Ratio of net investment income (%)	1.99	1.38	1.29	1.46	1.55 **
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	48	40	43	136	41 d

Effective July 11, 2023, the Fund invests indirectly in commodities markets through a wholly owned subsidiary and the financial highlights have been consolidated. The financial highlights prior to the year ended October 31, 2023 have not been consolidated.
a	For the period from July 1, 2019 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2019.
b	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
c	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
d	Represents the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate for the year ended October 31, 2019.
*	Not annualized
**	Annualized

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DWS Global Macro Fund — Institutional Class
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$9.42	$10.53	$9.34	$9.97	$9.96
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment incomea	.19	.13	.14	.14	.20
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	.29	(1.05 )	1.16	(.40 )	.43
Total from investment operations	.48	(.92 )	1.30	(.26 )	.63
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.39 )	(.19 )	(.11 )	(.37 )	(.44 )
Net realized gains	(.11 )	—	—	—	(.18 )
Return of capital	(.07 )	—	—	—	—
Total distributions	(.57 )	(.19 )	(.11 )	(.37 )	(.62 )
Net asset value, end of period	$9.33	$9.42	$10.53	$9.34	$9.97
Total Return (%)b	5.05	(8.78 )	13.97	(2.76 )	6.98
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	75	79	84	39	16
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	.93	.91	.92	1.00	1.67
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	.89	.79	.72	.91	.97
Ratio of net investment income (%)	1.99	1.33	1.32	1.46	2.10
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	48	40	43	136	41

Effective July 11, 2023, the Fund invests indirectly in commodities markets through a wholly owned subsidiary and the financial highlights have been consolidated. The financial highlights prior to the year ended October 31, 2023 have not been consolidated.
a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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DWS Global Macro Fund — Class S
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$9.40	$10.49	$9.32	$9.95	$9.93
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment incomea	.19	.13	.12	.14	.20
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	.27	(1.04 )	1.16	(.40 )	.43
Total from investment operations	.46	(.91 )	1.28	(.26 )	.63
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.39 )	(.18 )	(.11 )	(.37 )	(.43 )
Net realized gains	(.11 )	—	—	—	(.18 )
Return of capital	(.06 )	—	—	—	—
Total distributions	(.56 )	(.18 )	(.11 )	(.37 )	(.61 )
Net asset value, end of period	$9.30	$9.40	$10.49	$9.32	$9.95
Total Return (%)b	4.91	(8.70 )	13.75	(2.72 )	7.04
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	81	84	102	96	5
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	1.05	1.04	1.04	1.07	1.86
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	.89	.81	.82	.92	.94
Ratio of net investment income (%)	1.98	1.27	1.18	1.43	2.12
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	48	40	43	136	41

Effective July 11, 2023, the Fund invests indirectly in commodities markets through a wholly owned subsidiary and the financial highlights have been consolidated. The financial highlights prior to the year ended October 31, 2023 have not been consolidated.
a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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DWS Global Small Cap Fund — Class A
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$24.28	$38.64	$27.97	$27.63	$32.30
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a	.17	.14	(.02 )	(.07 )	(.02 )
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	.93	(8.59 )	10.82	.50	.06
Total from investment operations	1.10	(8.45 )	10.80	.43	.04
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.00 )*	(.07 )	—	—	—
Net realized gains	(1.32 )	(5.84 )	(.13 )	(.09 )	(4.71 )
Total distributions	(1.32 )	(5.91 )	(.13 )	(.09 )	(4.71 )
Net asset value, end of period	$24.06	$24.28	$38.64	$27.97	$27.63
Total Return (%)b,c	4.73	(25.78 )	38.65	1.55	3.02
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	28	29	43	35	41
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	1.52	1.49	1.47	1.49	1.50
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.37	1.37	1.35	1.37	1.39
Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)	.66	.48	(.06 )	(.26 )	(.08 )
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	24	30	29	6	14

a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return does not reflect the effect of any sales charges.
c	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
*	Amount is less than $.005.

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DWS Global Small Cap Fund — Class C
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$16.97	$28.90	$21.11	$21.03	$26.06
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a	(.01 )	(.06 )	(.22 )	(.20 )	(.18 )
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	.65	(6.03 )	8.14	.37	(.14 )
Total from investment operations	.64	(6.09 )	7.92	.17	(.32 )
Less distributions from:
Net realized gains	(1.32 )	(5.84 )	(.13 )	(.09 )	(4.71 )
Net asset value, end of period	$16.29	$16.97	$28.90	$21.11	$21.03
Total Return (%)b,c	3.99	(26.36 )	37.61	.79	2.22
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	1	1	2	2	2
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	2.40	2.35	2.29	2.29	2.29
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	2.12	2.12	2.10	2.12	2.14
Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)	(.09 )	(.28 )	(.80 )	(1.01 )	(.84 )
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	24	30	29	6	14

a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return does not reflect the effect of any sales charges.
c	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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DWS Global Small Cap Fund — Class R6
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$26.74	$41.97	$30.28	$29.82	$34.32
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment incomea	.26	.25	.09	.01	.06
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	1.03	(9.44 )	11.73	.54	.15
Total from investment operations	1.29	(9.19 )	11.82	.55	.21
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.09 )	(.20 )	—	—	—
Net realized gains	(1.32 )	(5.84 )	(.13 )	(.09 )	(4.71 )
Total distributions	(1.41 )	(6.04 )	(.13 )	(.09 )	(4.71 )
Net asset value, end of period	$26.62	$26.74	$41.97	$30.28	$29.82
Total Return (%)	5.02 b	(25.56 )b	39.11	1.84	3.41 b
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	.3	.3	.5	.3	1
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	1.09	1.06	1.04	1.06	1.07
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.09	1.06	1.04	1.06	1.03
Ratio of net investment income (%)	.94	.79	.24	.04	.19
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	24	30	29	6	14

a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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DWS Global Small Cap Fund — Institutional Class
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$26.65	$41.85	$30.21	$29.77	$34.31
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a	.25	.23	.07	(.00 )*	.04
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	1.03	(9.41 )	11.70	.53	.13
Total from investment operations	1.28	(9.18 )	11.77	.53	.17
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.07 )	(.18 )	—	—	—
Net realized gains	(1.32 )	(5.84 )	(.13 )	(.09 )	(4.71 )
Total distributions	(1.39 )	(6.02 )	(.13 )	(.09 )	(4.71 )
Net asset value, end of period	$26.54	$26.65	$41.85	$30.21	$29.77
Total Return (%)b	5.00	(25.61 )	39.03	1.77	3.26
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	2	2	4	3	4
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	1.18	1.15	1.15	1.16	1.17
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.12	1.12	1.10	1.12	1.14
Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)	.91	.72	.19	(.02 )	.14
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	24	30	29	6	14

a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
*	Amount is less than $.005.

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DWS Global Small Cap Fund — Class S
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$26.57	$41.75	$30.14	$29.69	$34.23
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a	.25	.23	.07	(.00 )*	.05
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	1.03	(9.39 )	11.67	.54	.12
Total from investment operations	1.28	(9.16 )	11.74	.54	.17
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(.07 )	(.18 )	—	—	—
Net realized gains	(1.32 )	(5.84 )	(.13 )	(.09 )	(4.71 )
Total distributions	(1.39 )	(6.02 )	(.13 )	(.09 )	(4.71 )
Net asset value, end of period	$26.46	$26.57	$41.75	$30.14	$29.69
Total Return (%)b	5.01	(25.61 )	38.99	1.81	3.27
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	111	116	170	132	153
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	1.18	1.15	1.13	1.16	1.18
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.12	1.12	1.10	1.12	1.14
Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)	.91	.73	.19	(.01 )	.17
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	24	30	29	6	14

a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
*	Amount is less than $.005.

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DWS Latin America Equity Fund — Class A
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$31.68	$30.44	$25.78	$31.18	$25.10
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment incomea	1.35	2.07	.88	.02	.01
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	(1.18 )	3.04	3.78	(5.42 )	6.07
Total from investment operations	.17	5.11	4.66	(5.40 )	6.08
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(1.97 )	(1.22 )	—	—	—
Net realized gains	—	(2.65 )	—	—	—
Total distributions	(1.97 )	(3.87 )	—	—	—
Net asset value, end of period	$29.88	$31.68	$30.44	$25.78	$31.18
Total Return (%)b,c	1.00	19.17	18.08	(17.32 )	24.22
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	21	18	13	10	15
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	1.63	1.65	1.63	1.69	1.87
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.46	1.51	1.51	1.57	1.66
Ratio of net investment income (%)	4.47	7.00	2.57	.09	.04
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	99	87	115	150	189

a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return does not reflect the effect of any sales charges.
c	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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DWS Latin America Equity Fund — Class C
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$29.02	$28.09	$23.97	$29.20	$23.68
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)a	1.02	1.69	.38	(.16 )	(.19 )
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	(1.06 )	2.80	3.74	(5.07 )	5.71
Total from investment operations	(.04 )	4.49	4.12	(5.23 )	5.52
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(1.60 )	(.91 )	—	—	—
Net realized gains	—	(2.65 )	—	—	—
Total distributions	(1.60 )	(3.56 )	—	—	—
Net asset value, end of period	$27.38	$29.02	$28.09	$23.97	$29.20
Total Return (%)b,c	.25	18.27	17.19	(17.91 )	23.31
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	1	1	.4	1	1
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	2.37	2.39	2.44	2.44	2.62
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	2.21	2.26	2.26	2.29	2.41
Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)	3.62	6.21	1.20	(.62 )	(.72 )
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	99	87	115	150	189

a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return does not reflect the effect of any sales charges.
c	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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DWS Latin America Equity Fund — Institutional Class
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$31.92	$30.66	$25.91	$31.29	$25.12
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment incomea	1.43	2.10	1.18	.08	.08
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	(1.19 )	3.12	3.57	(5.42 )	6.09
Total from investment operations	.24	5.22	4.75	(5.34 )	6.17
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(2.06 )	(1.31 )	—	(.04 )	—
Net realized gains	—	(2.65 )	—	—	—
Total distributions	(2.06 )	(3.96 )	—	(.04 )	—
Net asset value, end of period	$30.10	$31.92	$30.66	$25.91	$31.29
Total Return (%)b	1.25	19.47	18.33	(17.11 )	24.56
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	87	67	12	4	3
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	1.33	1.33	1.29	1.35	1.56
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.21	1.25	1.26	1.32	1.41
Ratio of net investment income (%)	4.69	7.13	3.40	.30	.30
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	99	87	115	150	189

a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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DWS Latin America Equity Fund — Class S
	Years Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Selected Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$31.90	$30.64	$25.89	$31.27	$25.11
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment incomea	1.47	2.10	.93	.10	.09
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	(1.23 )	3.11	3.82	(5.44 )	6.07
Total from investment operations	.24	5.21	4.75	(5.34 )	6.16
Less distributions from:
Net investment income	(2.06 )	(1.30 )	—	(.04 )	—
Net realized gains	—	(2.65 )	—	—	—
Total distributions	(2.06 )	(3.95 )	—	(.04 )	—
Net asset value, end of period	$30.08	$31.90	$30.64	$25.89	$31.27
Total Return (%)b	1.25	19.47	18.35	(17.12 )	24.53
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period ($ millions)	258	277	244	221	300
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)	1.32	1.34	1.32	1.37	1.55
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)	1.21	1.26	1.26	1.32	1.41
Ratio of net investment income (%)	4.82	7.06	2.70	.35	.30
Portfolio turnover rate (%)	99	87	115	150	189

a	Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b	Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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Appendix A

Hypothetical Expense Summary

Using the annual fund operating expense ratios presented in the fee tables in the fund’s prospectus, the Hypothetical Expense Summary shows the estimated fees and expenses, in actual dollars, that would be charged on a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the fund held for the next 10 years and the impact of such fees and expenses on fund returns for each year and cumulatively, assuming a 5% return for each year. The historical rate of return for the fund may be higher or lower than 5% and, for money market funds, is typically less than 5%. The tables also assume that all dividends and distributions are reinvested. The annual fund expense ratios shown are net of any contractual fee waivers or expense reimbursements, if any, for the period of the contractual commitment. The tables reflect the maximum initial sales charge, if any, but do not reflect any contingent deferred sales charge, if any, which may be payable upon redemption. If contingent deferred sales charges were shown, the “Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees and Expenses” amounts

shown would be lower and the “Annual Fees and Expenses” amounts shown would be higher. Also, please note that if you are investing through a third party provider, that provider may have fees and expenses separate from those of the fund that are not reflected here. Mutual fund fees and expenses fluctuate over time and actual expenses may be higher or lower than those shown.

Class C shares generally convert automatically to Class A shares after 8 years. The information presented in the Hypothetical Expense Summary for Class C reflects the conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares after 8 years. See “Class C Shares” in the “Choosing a Share Class” section of the prospectus for more information. The Hypothetical Expense Summary should not be used or construed as an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy or a recommendation or endorsement of any specific mutual fund. You should carefully review the fund’s prospectus to consider the investment objective, risks, expenses and charges of the fund prior to investing.

DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund — Class A

	Maximum Sales Charge: 5.75%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.17%	-2.14%	$9,785.98	$687.38
2	10.25%	1.49%	1.29%	$10,129.47	$148.37
3	15.76%	1.49%	4.85%	$10,485.01	$153.58
4	21.55%	1.49%	8.53%	$10,853.03	$158.97
5	27.63%	1.49%	12.34%	$11,233.97	$164.55
6	34.01%	1.49%	16.28%	$11,628.29	$170.32
7	40.71%	1.49%	20.36%	$12,036.44	$176.30
8	47.75%	1.49%	24.59%	$12,458.92	$182.49
9	55.13%	1.49%	28.96%	$12,896.23	$188.90
10	62.89%	1.49%	33.49%	$13,348.88	$195.53
Total					$2,226.39

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DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund — Class C

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.92%	3.08%	$10,308.00	$194.96
2	10.25%	2.13%	6.04%	$10,603.84	$222.71
3	15.76%	2.13%	9.08%	$10,908.17	$229.10
4	21.55%	2.13%	12.21%	$11,221.23	$235.68
5	27.63%	2.13%	15.43%	$11,543.28	$242.44
6	34.01%	2.13%	18.75%	$11,874.58	$249.40
7	40.71%	2.13%	22.15%	$12,215.38	$256.56
8	47.75%	2.13%	25.66%	$12,565.96	$263.92
9	55.13%	1.49%	30.07%	$13,007.02	$190.52
10	62.89%	1.49%	34.64%	$13,463.57	$197.21
Total					$2,282.50

DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund — Class R6

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	0.92%	4.08%	$10,408.00	$93.88
2	10.25%	1.07%	8.17%	$10,817.03	$113.55
3	15.76%	1.07%	12.42%	$11,242.14	$118.02
4	21.55%	1.07%	16.84%	$11,683.96	$122.65
5	27.63%	1.07%	21.43%	$12,143.14	$127.47
6	34.01%	1.07%	26.20%	$12,620.37	$132.48
7	40.71%	1.07%	31.16%	$13,116.35	$137.69
8	47.75%	1.07%	36.32%	$13,631.82	$143.10
9	55.13%	1.07%	41.68%	$14,167.55	$148.73
10	62.89%	1.07%	47.24%	$14,724.33	$154.57
Total					$1,292.14

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DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund — Institutional Class

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	0.92%	4.08%	$10,408.00	$93.88
2	10.25%	1.12%	8.12%	$10,811.83	$118.83
3	15.76%	1.12%	12.31%	$11,231.33	$123.44
4	21.55%	1.12%	16.67%	$11,667.11	$128.23
5	27.63%	1.12%	21.20%	$12,119.79	$133.21
6	34.01%	1.12%	25.90%	$12,590.04	$138.38
7	40.71%	1.12%	30.79%	$13,078.53	$143.74
8	47.75%	1.12%	35.86%	$13,585.98	$149.32
9	55.13%	1.12%	41.13%	$14,113.11	$155.11
10	62.89%	1.12%	46.61%	$14,660.70	$161.13
Total					$1,345.27

DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund — Class S

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.00%	4.00%	$10,400.00	$102.00
2	10.25%	1.24%	7.91%	$10,791.04	$131.38
3	15.76%	1.24%	11.97%	$11,196.78	$136.32
4	21.55%	1.24%	16.18%	$11,617.78	$141.45
5	27.63%	1.24%	20.55%	$12,054.61	$146.77
6	34.01%	1.24%	25.08%	$12,507.86	$152.29
7	40.71%	1.24%	29.78%	$12,978.16	$158.01
8	47.75%	1.24%	34.66%	$13,466.14	$163.95
9	55.13%	1.24%	39.72%	$13,972.47	$170.12
10	62.89%	1.24%	44.98%	$14,497.83	$176.52
Total					$1,478.81

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DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund — Class A

	Maximum Sales Charge: 4.50%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.13%	-0.80%	$9,919.59	$560.00
2	10.25%	1.66%	2.51%	$10,250.90	$167.42
3	15.76%	1.66%	5.93%	$10,593.28	$173.01
4	21.55%	1.66%	9.47%	$10,947.09	$178.79
5	27.63%	1.66%	13.13%	$11,312.73	$184.76
6	34.01%	1.66%	16.91%	$11,690.57	$190.93
7	40.71%	1.66%	20.81%	$12,081.04	$197.30
8	47.75%	1.66%	24.85%	$12,484.54	$203.89
9	55.13%	1.66%	29.02%	$12,901.53	$210.70
10	62.89%	1.66%	33.32%	$13,332.44	$217.74
Total					$2,284.54

DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund — Class C

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.88%	3.12%	$10,312.00	$190.93
2	10.25%	2.64%	5.55%	$10,555.36	$275.45
3	15.76%	2.64%	8.04%	$10,804.47	$281.95
4	21.55%	2.64%	10.59%	$11,059.46	$288.60
5	27.63%	2.64%	13.20%	$11,320.46	$295.41
6	34.01%	2.64%	15.88%	$11,587.62	$302.39
7	40.71%	2.64%	18.61%	$11,861.09	$309.52
8	47.75%	2.64%	21.41%	$12,141.01	$316.83
9	55.13%	1.66%	25.47%	$12,546.52	$204.91
10	62.89%	1.66%	29.66%	$12,965.57	$211.75
Total					$2,677.74

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DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund — Institutional Class

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	0.88%	4.12%	$10,412.00	$89.81
2	10.25%	1.12%	8.16%	$10,815.99	$118.88
3	15.76%	1.12%	12.36%	$11,235.65	$123.49
4	21.55%	1.12%	16.72%	$11,671.59	$128.28
5	27.63%	1.12%	21.24%	$12,124.45	$133.26
6	34.01%	1.12%	25.95%	$12,594.88	$138.43
7	40.71%	1.12%	30.84%	$13,083.56	$143.80
8	47.75%	1.12%	35.91%	$13,591.20	$149.38
9	55.13%	1.12%	41.19%	$14,118.54	$155.17
10	62.89%	1.12%	46.66%	$14,666.34	$161.20
Total					$1,341.70

DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund — Class S

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	0.88%	4.12%	$10,412.00	$89.81
2	10.25%	1.31%	7.96%	$10,796.20	$138.91
3	15.76%	1.31%	11.95%	$11,194.58	$144.04
4	21.55%	1.31%	16.08%	$11,607.66	$149.35
5	27.63%	1.31%	20.36%	$12,035.99	$154.87
6	34.01%	1.31%	24.80%	$12,480.11	$160.58
7	40.71%	1.31%	29.41%	$12,940.63	$166.51
8	47.75%	1.31%	34.18%	$13,418.14	$172.65
9	55.13%	1.31%	39.13%	$13,913.27	$179.02
10	62.89%	1.31%	44.27%	$14,426.67	$185.63
Total					$1,541.37

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DWS Global Macro Fund — Class A

	Maximum Sales Charge: 5.75%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.30%	-2.26%	$9,773.73	$699.79
2	10.25%	1.30%	1.35%	$10,135.35	$129.41
3	15.76%	1.30%	5.10%	$10,510.36	$134.20
4	21.55%	1.30%	8.99%	$10,899.24	$139.16
5	27.63%	1.30%	13.03%	$11,302.52	$144.31
6	34.01%	1.30%	17.21%	$11,720.71	$149.65
7	40.71%	1.30%	21.54%	$12,154.38	$155.19
8	47.75%	1.30%	26.04%	$12,604.09	$160.93
9	55.13%	1.30%	30.70%	$13,070.44	$166.88
10	62.89%	1.30%	35.54%	$13,554.04	$173.06
Total					$2,052.58

DWS Global Macro Fund — Class C

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	2.06%	2.94%	$10,294.00	$209.03
2	10.25%	2.09%	5.94%	$10,593.56	$218.27
3	15.76%	2.09%	9.02%	$10,901.83	$224.63
4	21.55%	2.09%	12.19%	$11,219.07	$231.16
5	27.63%	2.09%	15.46%	$11,545.55	$237.89
6	34.01%	2.09%	18.82%	$11,881.52	$244.81
7	40.71%	2.09%	22.27%	$12,227.27	$251.94
8	47.75%	2.09%	25.83%	$12,583.09	$259.27
9	55.13%	1.30%	30.49%	$13,048.66	$166.61
10	62.89%	1.30%	35.31%	$13,531.46	$172.77
Total					$2,216.38

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DWS Global Macro Fund — Class R

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.56%	3.44%	$10,344.00	$158.68
2	10.25%	1.76%	6.79%	$10,679.15	$185.00
3	15.76%	1.76%	10.25%	$11,025.15	$191.00
4	21.55%	1.76%	13.82%	$11,382.36	$197.19
5	27.63%	1.76%	17.51%	$11,751.15	$203.57
6	34.01%	1.76%	21.32%	$12,131.89	$210.17
7	40.71%	1.76%	25.25%	$12,524.96	$216.98
8	47.75%	1.76%	29.31%	$12,930.77	$224.01
9	55.13%	1.76%	33.50%	$13,349.73	$231.27
10	62.89%	1.76%	37.82%	$13,782.26	$238.76
Total					$2,056.63

DWS Global Macro Fund — Class R6

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	0.97%	4.03%	$10,403.00	$98.95
2	10.25%	1.00%	8.19%	$10,819.12	$106.11
3	15.76%	1.00%	12.52%	$11,251.88	$110.36
4	21.55%	1.00%	17.02%	$11,701.96	$114.77
5	27.63%	1.00%	21.70%	$12,170.04	$119.36
6	34.01%	1.00%	26.57%	$12,656.84	$124.13
7	40.71%	1.00%	31.63%	$13,163.11	$129.10
8	47.75%	1.00%	36.90%	$13,689.64	$134.26
9	55.13%	1.00%	42.37%	$14,237.22	$139.63
10	62.89%	1.00%	48.07%	$14,806.71	$145.22
Total					$1,221.89

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DWS Global Macro Fund — Institutional Class

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	0.95%	4.05%	$10,405.00	$96.92
2	10.25%	0.95%	8.26%	$10,826.40	$100.85
3	15.76%	0.95%	12.65%	$11,264.87	$104.93
4	21.55%	0.95%	17.21%	$11,721.10	$109.18
5	27.63%	0.95%	21.96%	$12,195.80	$113.61
6	34.01%	0.95%	26.90%	$12,689.73	$118.21
7	40.71%	0.95%	32.04%	$13,203.67	$122.99
8	47.75%	0.95%	37.38%	$13,738.42	$127.97
9	55.13%	0.95%	42.95%	$14,294.82	$133.16
10	62.89%	0.95%	48.74%	$14,873.76	$138.55
Total					$1,166.37

DWS Global Macro Fund — Class S

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.06%	3.94%	$10,394.00	$108.09
2	10.25%	1.07%	8.02%	$10,802.48	$113.40
3	15.76%	1.07%	12.27%	$11,227.02	$117.86
4	21.55%	1.07%	16.68%	$11,668.24	$122.49
5	27.63%	1.07%	21.27%	$12,126.81	$127.30
6	34.01%	1.07%	26.03%	$12,603.39	$132.31
7	40.71%	1.07%	30.99%	$13,098.70	$137.51
8	47.75%	1.07%	36.13%	$13,613.48	$142.91
9	55.13%	1.07%	41.48%	$14,148.49	$148.53
10	62.89%	1.07%	47.05%	$14,704.53	$154.36
Total					$1,304.76

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DWS Global Small Cap Fund — Class A

	Maximum Sales Charge: 5.75%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.35%	-2.31%	$9,769.01	$704.56
2	10.25%	1.52%	1.09%	$10,108.97	$151.07
3	15.76%	1.52%	4.61%	$10,460.77	$156.33
4	21.55%	1.52%	8.25%	$10,824.80	$161.77
5	27.63%	1.52%	12.02%	$11,201.50	$167.40
6	34.01%	1.52%	15.91%	$11,591.32	$173.23
7	40.71%	1.52%	19.95%	$11,994.69	$179.25
8	47.75%	1.52%	24.12%	$12,412.11	$185.49
9	55.13%	1.52%	28.44%	$12,844.05	$191.95
10	62.89%	1.52%	32.91%	$13,291.02	$198.63
Total					$2,269.68

DWS Global Small Cap Fund — Class C

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	2.10%	2.90%	$10,290.00	$213.05
2	10.25%	2.40%	5.58%	$10,557.54	$250.17
3	15.76%	2.40%	8.32%	$10,832.04	$256.67
4	21.55%	2.40%	11.14%	$11,113.67	$263.35
5	27.63%	2.40%	14.03%	$11,402.62	$270.20
6	34.01%	2.40%	16.99%	$11,699.09	$277.22
7	40.71%	2.40%	20.03%	$12,003.27	$284.43
8	47.75%	2.40%	23.15%	$12,315.35	$291.82
9	55.13%	1.52%	27.44%	$12,743.93	$190.45
10	62.89%	1.52%	31.87%	$13,187.42	$197.08
Total					$2,494.44

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DWS Global Small Cap Fund — Class R6

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.09%	3.91%	$10,391.00	$111.13
2	10.25%	1.09%	7.97%	$10,797.29	$115.48
3	15.76%	1.09%	12.19%	$11,219.46	$119.99
4	21.55%	1.09%	16.58%	$11,658.14	$124.68
5	27.63%	1.09%	21.14%	$12,113.98	$129.56
6	34.01%	1.09%	25.88%	$12,587.63	$134.62
7	40.71%	1.09%	30.80%	$13,079.81	$139.89
8	47.75%	1.09%	35.91%	$13,591.23	$145.36
9	55.13%	1.09%	41.23%	$14,122.65	$151.04
10	62.89%	1.09%	46.75%	$14,674.84	$156.95
Total					$1,328.70

DWS Global Small Cap Fund — Institutional Class

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.10%	3.90%	$10,390.00	$112.15
2	10.25%	1.18%	7.87%	$10,786.90	$124.94
3	15.76%	1.18%	11.99%	$11,198.96	$129.72
4	21.55%	1.18%	16.27%	$11,626.76	$134.67
5	27.63%	1.18%	20.71%	$12,070.90	$139.82
6	34.01%	1.18%	25.32%	$12,532.01	$145.16
7	40.71%	1.18%	30.11%	$13,010.73	$150.70
8	47.75%	1.18%	35.08%	$13,507.74	$156.46
9	55.13%	1.18%	40.24%	$14,023.74	$162.44
10	62.89%	1.18%	45.59%	$14,559.44	$168.64
Total					$1,424.70

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DWS Global Small Cap Fund — Class S

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.10%	3.90%	$10,390.00	$112.15
2	10.25%	1.18%	7.87%	$10,786.90	$124.94
3	15.76%	1.18%	11.99%	$11,198.96	$129.72
4	21.55%	1.18%	16.27%	$11,626.76	$134.67
5	27.63%	1.18%	20.71%	$12,070.90	$139.82
6	34.01%	1.18%	25.32%	$12,532.01	$145.16
7	40.71%	1.18%	30.11%	$13,010.73	$150.70
8	47.75%	1.18%	35.08%	$13,507.74	$156.46
9	55.13%	1.18%	40.24%	$14,023.74	$162.44
10	62.89%	1.18%	45.59%	$14,559.44	$168.64
Total					$1,424.70

DWS Latin America Equity Fund — Class A

	Maximum Sales Charge: 5.75%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.44%	-2.39%	$9,760.53	$713.14
2	10.25%	1.63%	0.89%	$10,089.46	$161.78
3	15.76%	1.63%	4.29%	$10,429.47	$167.23
4	21.55%	1.63%	7.81%	$10,780.95	$172.86
5	27.63%	1.63%	11.44%	$11,144.27	$178.69
6	34.01%	1.63%	15.20%	$11,519.83	$184.71
7	40.71%	1.63%	19.08%	$11,908.05	$190.94
8	47.75%	1.63%	23.09%	$12,309.35	$197.37
9	55.13%	1.63%	27.24%	$12,724.17	$204.02
10	62.89%	1.63%	31.53%	$13,152.98	$210.90
Total					$2,381.64

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DWS Latin America Equity Fund — Class C

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	2.19%	2.81%	$10,281.00	$222.08
2	10.25%	2.37%	5.51%	$10,551.39	$246.86
3	15.76%	2.37%	8.29%	$10,828.89	$253.36
4	21.55%	2.37%	11.14%	$11,113.69	$260.02
5	27.63%	2.37%	14.06%	$11,405.98	$266.86
6	34.01%	2.37%	17.06%	$11,705.96	$273.88
7	40.71%	2.37%	20.14%	$12,013.83	$281.08
8	47.75%	2.37%	23.30%	$12,329.79	$288.47
9	55.13%	1.63%	27.45%	$12,745.30	$204.36
10	62.89%	1.63%	31.75%	$13,174.82	$211.25
Total					$2,508.22

DWS Latin America Equity Fund — Institutional Class

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.19%	3.81%	$10,381.00	$121.27
2	10.25%	1.33%	7.62%	$10,761.98	$140.60
3	15.76%	1.33%	11.57%	$11,156.95	$145.76
4	21.55%	1.33%	15.66%	$11,566.41	$151.11
5	27.63%	1.33%	19.91%	$11,990.89	$156.66
6	34.01%	1.33%	24.31%	$12,430.96	$162.41
7	40.71%	1.33%	28.87%	$12,887.18	$168.37
8	47.75%	1.33%	33.60%	$13,360.14	$174.54
9	55.13%	1.33%	38.50%	$13,850.45	$180.95
10	62.89%	1.33%	43.59%	$14,358.76	$187.59
Total					$1,589.26

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DWS Latin America Equity Fund — Class S

	Maximum Sales Charge: 0.00%	Initial Hypothetical Investment: $10,000		Assumed Rate of Return: 5%
Year	Cumulative Return Before Fees & Expenses	Annual Fund Expense Ratios	Cumulative Return After Fees & Expenses	Hypothetical Year-End Balance After Fees & Expenses	Annual Fees & Expenses
1	5.00%	1.19%	3.81%	$10,381.00	$121.27
2	10.25%	1.32%	7.63%	$10,763.02	$139.55
3	15.76%	1.32%	11.59%	$11,159.10	$144.69
4	21.55%	1.32%	15.70%	$11,569.75	$150.01
5	27.63%	1.32%	19.96%	$11,995.52	$155.53
6	34.01%	1.32%	24.37%	$12,436.96	$161.25
7	40.71%	1.32%	28.95%	$12,894.64	$167.19
8	47.75%	1.32%	33.69%	$13,369.16	$173.34
9	55.13%	1.32%	38.61%	$13,861.14	$179.72
10	62.89%	1.32%	43.71%	$14,371.23	$186.33
Total					$1,578.88

Additional Index Information

DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund

MSCI Emerging Markets Index is an unmanaged equity index which captures large and mid-capitalization representation across 24 emerging markets countries. It covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country.

DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund

JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index tracks total returns for U.S.-dollar denominated debt instruments issued by emerging market sovereign entities, including Brady bonds, loans and Eurobonds, and quasi-sovereign entities. The Index limits exposure to any one country.

DWS Global Macro Fund

ICE BofA U.S. 3-Month Treasury Bill Index tracks the performance of the U.S. dollar denominated U.S. Treasury Bills publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market with a remaining term to final maturity of less than three months.

DWS Global Small Cap Fund

S&P Developed SmallCap Index comprises the stocks representing the lowest 15% of float-adjusted market cap in each developed country. It is a subset of the S&P Global BMI, a comprehensive, rules-based index measuring global stock market performance.

DWS Latin America Equity Fund

MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Latin America Index is an unmanaged equity index which captures large and mid-capitalization representation across 5 emerging markets countries in Latin America. It covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country.

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Appendix B

Sales Charge Waivers and Discounts Available Through Intermediaries

The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts may depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the fund or through a financial intermediary. Intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the availability of front-end sales charge waivers or contingent deferred (back-end) sales charge (“CDSC”) waivers. For waivers and discounts not available through a particular intermediary, you will have to purchase fund shares directly from the fund or through another intermediary. The financial intermediary sales charge waivers, discounts and policies disclosed in this Appendix may vary from those disclosed elsewhere in the fund’s prospectus or SAI. In all instances, it is your responsibility to notify the fund or your financial intermediary at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts qualifying you for sales charge waivers or discounts.

The sales charge waivers, discounts and policies described below are applied by the identified financial intermediaries. Please contact the applicable intermediary with any questions regarding how the intermediary applies its waivers, discounts and policies and to ensure that you understand what steps you must take to qualify for any available waivers or discounts.

MERRILL LYNCH SALES CHARGE WAIVERS AND DISCOUNTS

Purchases or sales of front-end (Class A) or level-load (Class C) mutual fund shares through a Merrill platform or account will be eligible only for the following sales load waivers (front-end, contingent deferred, or back-end waivers) and discounts, which differ from those disclosed elsewhere in each fund’s prospectus. Purchasers will have to buy mutual fund shares directly from the mutual fund company or through another intermediary to be eligible for waivers or discounts not listed below.

It is the client’s responsibility to notify Merrill at the time of purchase or sale of any relationship or other facts that qualify the transaction for a waiver or discount. A Merrill representative may ask for reasonable documentation of such facts and Merrill may condition the granting of a waiver or discount on the timely receipt of such documentation.

Additional information on waivers and discounts is available in the Merrill Sales Load Waiver and Discounts Supplement (the “Merrill SLWD Supplement”) and in the Mutual Fund Investing at Merrill pamphlet at ml.com/funds (the referenced Merrill documents and Web site do not form a part of this prospectus). Clients are encouraged to review these documents and speak with their financial advisor to determine whether a transaction is eligible for a waiver or discount.

Front-end Sales Load Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Merrill

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Shares of mutual funds available for purchase by employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation, and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans provided the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.

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Shares purchased through a Merrill investment advisory program.

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Brokerage class shares exchanged from advisory class shares due to the holdings moving from a Merrill investment advisory program to a Merrill brokerage account.

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Shares purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform.

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Shares purchased through the systematic reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same mutual fund in the same account.

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Shares exchanged from level-load shares to front-end load shares of the same mutual fund in accordance with the description in the Merrill SLWD Supplement.

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Shares purchased by eligible employees of Merrill or its affiliates and their family members who purchase shares in accounts within the employee’s Merrill Household (as defined in the Merrill SLWD Supplement).

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Shares purchased by eligible persons associated with the fund as defined in this prospectus (e.g., the fund’s officers or trustees).

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Shares purchased from the proceeds of a mutual fund redemption in front-end load shares provided (1) the repurchase is in a mutual fund within the same fund family; (2) the repurchase occurs within 90 calendar days from the redemption trade date; and (3) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account (known as Rights of Reinstatement). Automated transactions (i.e., systematic purchases and withdrawals) and purchases made after shares are automatically sold to pay Merrill’s account maintenance fees are not eligible for Rights of Reinstatement.

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) Waivers on Class A and C Shares Available at Merrill

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Shares sold due to the client’s death or disability (as defined by Internal Revenue Code Section 22(e)(3)).

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Shares sold pursuant to a systematic withdrawal program subject to Merrill’s maximum systematic withdrawal limits as described in the Merrill SLWD Supplement.

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Shares sold due to return of excess contributions from an IRA account.

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Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the investor reaching the qualified age based on applicable IRS regulation.

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Front-end or level-load shares held in commission-based, non-taxable retirement brokerage accounts (e.g. traditional, Roth, rollover, SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans) that are transferred to fee-based accounts or platforms and exchanged for a lower cost share class of the same mutual fund.

Front-end Load Discounts Available at Merrill: Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulation & Letters of Intent

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Breakpoint discounts, as described in this prospectus, where the sales load is at or below the maximum sales load that Merrill permits to be assessed to a front-end load purchase, as described in the Merrill SLWD Supplement.

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Rights of Accumulation (ROA), as described in the Merrill SLWD Supplement, which entitle clients to breakpoint discounts based on the aggregated holdings of mutual fund family assets held in accounts in their Merrill Household.

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Letters of Intent (LOI), which allow for breakpoint discounts on eligible new purchases based on anticipated future eligible purchases within a fund family at Merrill, in accounts within your Merrill Household, as further described in the Merrill SLWD Supplement.

Class A Waivers Applicable to Purchase Through LPL Financial

For those accounts where LPL Financial is listed as the broker dealer, the Class A sales charge waivers listed under “Class A NAV Sales” in the “Choosing a Share Class” sub-section of the “Investing in the Funds” section of the prospectus apply, except that the Class A sales charge waiver number (12) (relating to purchases of Class A shares by employer-sponsored retirement plans) is replaced with the following waiver:

Class A shares may be purchased without a sales charge by group retirement plans, which are employer-sponsored retirement plans, deferred compensation plans, employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans.

To satisfy eligibility requirements, the plan must be a group retirement plan (more than one participant), the shares cannot be held in a commission-based brokerage account at LPL Financial, and

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the shares must be held at a plan level or

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the shares must be held through an omnibus account of a retirement plan record-keeper.

Group retirement plans include group employer-sponsored 401(k) plans, employer-sponsored 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit-sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, retiree health benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SARSEPs, SIMPLE IRAs, KEOGHs, individual 401(k) or individual 403(b) plans do not qualify under this waiver.

LPL Financial is responsible for the implementation of this waiver on its platform.

Ameriprise Financial Class A Front-End Sales Charge Waivers

The following information applies to Class A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase fund shares through Ameriprise Financial:

Effective January 15, 2021, shareholders purchasing fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial brokerage account are eligible for the following Class A front-end sales charge waivers, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this fund’s prospectus or SAI:

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Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.

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Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the same fund family).

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Shares exchanged from Class C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 7-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares or conversion of Class C shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will apply.

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Employees and registered representatives of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates and their immediate family members.

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Shares purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson, granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.

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Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e., Rights of Reinstatement).

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Class A Front-End Sales Charge Waivers

Effective July 1, 2018, fund shares purchased through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ from, and may be more limited than, those disclosed elsewhere in this fund’s prospectus or SAI.

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Shares purchased by employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.

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Shares purchased by Morgan Stanley employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules.

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Shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund.

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Shares purchased through a Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account.

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Class C (i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program.

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Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. & Each Entity’s Affiliates (“Raymond James”)

Shareholders purchasing fund shares through a Raymond James platform or account, or through an introducing broker-dealer or independent registered investment adviser for which Raymond James provides trade execution, clearance, and/or custody services, will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in each fund’s prospectus or SAI.

Front-end Sales Load Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Raymond James

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Shares purchased in an investment advisory program.

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Shares purchased within the same fund family through a systematic reinvestment of capital gains and dividend distributions.

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Employees and registered representatives of Raymond James or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Raymond James.

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A shareholder in the fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted by Raymond James at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the fund if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of Raymond James.

CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares Available at Raymond James

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Death or disability of the shareholder.

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Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the fund’s prospectus.

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Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account.

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Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching the qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations as described in the fund’s prospectus.

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Shares sold to pay Raymond James fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Raymond James.

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Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.

Front-end Load Discounts Available at Raymond James: Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulation, and/or Letters of Intent

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Breakpoints as described in this prospectus.

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Rights of accumulation which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Raymond James. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of rights of accumulation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.

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Letters of intent which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, over a 13-month time period. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of letters of intent only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.

JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC CLASS A AND C SALES CHARGE WAIVERS AND DISCOUNTS

Effective May 1, 2020, if you purchase fund shares through a Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (“Janney”) brokerage account, you will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”), or back-end sales charge, waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the fund’s prospectus or SAI.

Front-end sales charge* waivers on Class A shares available at Janney

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Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family).

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Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Janney or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Janney.

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Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within ninety (90) days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e., right of reinstatement).

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Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.

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Class C shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted by Janney at net asset value to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Janney’s policies and procedures.

CDSC waivers on Class A and C shares available at Janney

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Shares sold upon the death or disability of the shareholder.

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Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the fund’s prospectus.

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Shares purchased in connection with a return of excess contributions from an IRA account.

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Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and other retirement accounts if the redemption is taken in or after the year the shareholder reaches qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations.

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Shares sold to pay Janney fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Janney.

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Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.

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Shares exchanged into the same share class of a different fund.

Front-end sales charge* discounts available at Janney: breakpoints, rights of accumulation, and/or letters of intent

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Breakpoints as described in the fund’s prospectus.

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Rights of accumulation (“ROA”), which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts, will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Janney. Eligible fund family assets not held at Janney may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.

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Letters of intent which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, over a 13-month time period. Eligible fund family assets not held at Janney may be included in the calculation of letters of intent only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.

*Also referred to as an “initial sales charge.”

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EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P. (“EDWARD JONES”)

POLICIES REGARDING TRANSACTIONS THROUGH EDWARD JONES

The following information supersedes prior information with respect to transactions and positions held in fund shares through an Edward Jones system. Clients of Edward Jones (also referred to as “shareholders”) purchasing fund shares on the Edward Jones commission and fee-based platforms are eligible only for the following sales charge discounts (also referred to as “breakpoints”) and waivers, which can differ from discounts and waivers described elsewhere in the mutual fund prospectus or statement of additional information (“SAI”) or through another broker-dealer. In all instances, it is the shareholder's responsibility to inform Edward Jones at the time of purchase of any relationship, holdings of DWS Funds, or other facts qualifying the purchaser for discounts or waivers. Edward Jones can ask for documentation of such circumstance. Shareholders should contact Edward Jones if they have questions regarding their eligibility for these discounts and waivers.

Breakpoints

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Breakpoint pricing, otherwise known as volume pricing, at dollar thresholds as described in the prospectus.

Rights of Accumulation (“ROA”)

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The applicable sales charge on a purchase of Class A shares is determined by taking into account all share classes (except certain money market funds and any assets held in group retirement plans) of DWS Funds held by the shareholder or in an account grouped by Edward Jones with other accounts for the purpose of providing certain pricing considerations (“pricing groups”). If grouping assets as a shareholder, this includes all share classes held on the Edward Jones platform and/or held on another platform. The inclusion of eligible fund family assets in the ROA calculation is dependent on the shareholder notifying Edward Jones of such assets at the time of calculation. Money market funds are included only if such shares were sold with a sales charge at the time of purchase or acquired in exchange for shares purchased with a sales charge.

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The employer maintaining a SEP IRA plan and/or SIMPLE IRA plan may elect to establish or change ROA for the IRA accounts associated with the plan to a plan-level grouping as opposed to including all share classes at a shareholder or pricing group level.

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ROA is determined by calculating the higher of cost minus redemptions or market value (current shares x NAV).

Letter of Intent (“LOI”)

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Through a LOI, shareholders can receive the sales charge and breakpoint discounts for purchases shareholders intend to make over a 13-month period from the date Edward Jones receives the LOI. The LOI is determined by calculating the higher of cost or market value of qualifying holdings at LOI initiation in combination with the value that the shareholder intends to buy over a 13-month period to calculate the front-end sales charge and any breakpoint discounts. Each purchase the shareholder makes during that 13-month period will receive the sales charge and breakpoint discount that applies to the total amount. The inclusion of eligible fund family assets in the LOI calculation is dependent on the shareholder notifying Edward Jones of such assets at the time of calculation. Purchases made before the LOI is received by Edward Jones are not adjusted under the LOI and will not reduce the sales charge previously paid. Sales charges will be adjusted if LOI is not met.

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If the employer maintaining a SEP IRA plan and/or SIMPLE IRA plan has elected to establish or change ROA for the IRA accounts associated with the plan to a plan-level grouping, LOIs will also be at the plan-level and may only be established by the employer.

Front-end Sales Charge Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Edward Jones

Class A front-end sales charges are waived for the following shareholders and in the following situations:

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Associates of Edward Jones and its affiliates and other accounts in the same pricing group (as determined by Edward Jones under its policies and procedures) as the associate. This waiver will continue for the remainder of the associate's life if the associate retires from Edward Jones in good-standing and remains in good standing pursuant to Edward Jones' policies and procedures.

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Shares purchased in an Edward Jones fee-based program.

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Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment.

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Shares purchased from the proceeds of redeemed shares of the same fund family so long as the following conditions are met: (i) the proceeds are from the sale of shares within 60 days of the purchase; (ii) the sale and purchase are made from a share class that charges a front-end load; and (iii) one of the following:

The redemption and repurchase occur in the same account.

The redemption proceeds are used to process an: IRA contribution, excess contributions, conversion, recharacterizing of contributions, or distribution, and the repurchase is done in an account within the same Edward Jones grouping for ROA.

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Shares exchanged into Class A shares from another share class so long as the exchange is into the same fund and was initiated at the discretion of Edward Jones. Edward Jones is responsible for any remaining contingent deferred sales charges due to the fund company, if applicable. Any future purchases are subject to the applicable sales charge as disclosed in the prospectus.

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Exchanges from Class C shares to Class A shares of the same fund, generally, in the 84th month following the anniversary of the purchase date or earlier by and at the discretion of Edward Jones.

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) Waivers on Class A and C Shares Available at Edward Jones

If the shareholder purchases Class A or Class C shares that are subject to a CDSC and those shares are redeemed before the CDSC is expired, the shareholder is responsible to pay the CDSC except in the following conditions:

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The death or disability of the shareholder.

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Systematic withdrawals with up to 10% per year of the account value.

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Return of excess contributions from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA).

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Shares redeemed as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts if the redemption is taken in or after the year the shareholder reaches qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations.

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Shares redeemed to pay Edward Jones fees or costs in such cases where the transaction is initiated by Edward Jones.

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Shares exchanged in an Edward Jones fee-based program.

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Shares acquired through NAV reinstatement.

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Shares redeemed at the discretion of Edward Jones for Minimum Balances, as described below.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSACTIONS THROUGH EDWARD JONES

Minimum Purchase Amounts for Class A and Class C Shares

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Initial purchase minimum: $250

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Subsequent purchase minimum: none

Minimum Balances

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Edward Jones has the right to redeem at its discretion fund holdings with a balance of $250 or less. The following are examples of accounts that are not included in this policy:

A fee-based account held on an Edward Jones platform.

A 529 account held on an Edward Jones platform.

An account with an active systematic investment plan or LOI.

Exchanging Share Classes

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At any time it deems necessary, Edward Jones has the authority to exchange at NAV a shareholder’s holdings in a fund to Class A shares of the same fund.

OPPENHEIMER & CO. INC. CLASS A AND C SALES CHARGE WAIVERS AND DISCOUNTS

Effective on or about June 1, 2020, shareholders purchasing fund shares through an Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (“OPCO”) platform or account are eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge (“CDSC”) waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the fund’s prospectus or SAI.

Front-end Sales Load Waivers on Class A Shares Available at OPCO

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Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan.

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Shares purchased by or through a 529 Plan.

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Shares purchased through an OPCO affiliated investment advisory program.

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Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family).

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A shareholder in the fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted by OPCO at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the same fund if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of OPCO.

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Employees and registered representatives of OPCO or its affiliates and their family members.

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Directors or Trustees of the fund, and employees of the fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus.

CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares Available at OPCO

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Death or disability of the shareholder.

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Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s prospectus.

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Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account.

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Shares sold to pay OPCO fees but only if the transaction is initiated by OPCO.

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Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.

Front-end Load Discounts Available at OPCO: Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulation & Letters of Intent

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Breakpoints as described in this prospectus.

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Rights of Accumulation (ROA) which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at OPCO. Eligible fund family assets not held at OPCO may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.

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Letters of Intent as described in this prospectus.

ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INC. – CLASS A AND C SALES CHARGE WAIVERS AND DISCOUNTS

Effective June 15, 2020, shareholders purchasing fund shares through a Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. (“Baird”) platform or account will only be eligible for the following sales charge waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and CDSC waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the fund’s prospectus or SAI.

Front-End Sales Charge Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Baird

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Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund.

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Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Baird or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Baird.

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Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another fund in the same fund family, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge (known as rights of reinstatement).

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Shareholders in a fund’s Class C Shares will have their shares converted by Baird at net asset value to Class A shares of the same fund if the shares are no longer subject to CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of Baird.

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Employer-sponsored retirement plans or charitable accounts in a transactional brokerage account at Baird, including 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.

CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares Available at Baird

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Shares sold due to death or disability of the shareholder.

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Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the fund’s prospectus.

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Shares bought due to returns of excess contributions from an IRA Account.

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Shares sold to pay Baird fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Baird.

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Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.

Front-End Sales Charge Discounts Available at Baird: Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulations and/or Letters of Intent

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Breakpoints as described in the fund’s prospectus.

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Rights of accumulation (ROA), which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts, will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Baird. Eligible fund family assets not held at Baird may be included in the rights of accumulation calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.

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Letters of Intent (LOI), which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases through Baird within a fund family, over a 13-month period of time.

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Waivers Specific to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (“Stifel”)

Effective September 1, 2020, shareholders purchasing fund shares through a Stifel platform or account or who own shares for which Stifel or an affiliate is the broker-dealer of record are eligible for the following additional sales charge waiver.

Front-end Sales Load Waiver on Class A Shares

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Class C shares that have been held for more than seven (7) years will be converted by Stifel at net asset value to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Stifel’s policies and procedures.

All other sales charge waivers and reductions described elsewhere in the fund’s prospectus or SAI still apply.

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

Effective September 29, 2023, if you purchase or hold fund shares through an applicable J.P. Morgan Securities LLC brokerage account, you will be eligible for the following sales charge waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”), or back-end sales charge, waivers), share class conversion policy and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the fund’s prospectus or Statement of Additional Information.

Front-end sales charge waivers on Class A shares available at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

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Shares exchanged from Class C (i.e. level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a CDSC and are exchanged into Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC’s share class exchange policy.

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Qualified employer-sponsored defined contribution and defined benefit retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, other employee benefit plans and trusts used to fund those plans. For purposes of this provision, such plans do not include SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs, SAR-SEPs or 501(c)(3) accounts.

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Shares of funds purchased through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Self-Directed Investing accounts.

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Shares purchased through rights of reinstatement.

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Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family).

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Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or its affiliates and their spouse or financial dependent as defined by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.

Class C to Class A share conversion

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A shareholder in the fund's Class C shares will have their shares converted by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the same fund if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is consistent with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC's policies and procedures.

CDSC waivers on Class A and C shares available at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

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Shares sold upon the death or disability of the shareholder.

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Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the fund’s prospectus.

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Shares purchased in connection with a return of excess contributions from an IRA account.

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Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.

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Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.

Front-end load discounts available at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC: breakpoints, rights of accumulation & letters of intent

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Breakpoints as described in the fund’s prospectus.

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Rights of Accumulation (“ROA”), which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts as described in the fund’s prospectus, will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. Eligible fund family assets not held at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (including 529 program holdings, where applicable) may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies their financial advisor about such assets.

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Letters of Intent, which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).

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To Get More Information

Shareholder reports. Additional information about a fund’s investments is available in a fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected fund performance during its last fiscal year.

Statement of Additional Information (SAI). This tells you more about a fund’s features and policies, including additional risk information. The SAI is incorporated by reference into this document (meaning that it’s legally part of this prospectus).

For a free copy of any of these documents or to request other information about a fund, contact DWS at the telephone number or address listed below. SAIs and shareholder reports are also available through the DWS Web site at dws.com. These documents and other information about each fund are available from the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Internet site at sec.gov. If you like, you may obtain copies of this information, after paying a duplicating fee, by e-mailing a request to [email protected].

In order to reduce the amount of mail you receive and to help reduce expenses, we generally send a single copy of any shareholder report and prospectus to each household. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact your financial representative or call the telephone number provided.

Contact Information

DWS	PO Box 219151 Kansas City, MO 64121-9151 dws.com
	Shareholders: (800) 728-3337 Investment professionals: (800) 621-5027
Distributor	DWS Distributors, Inc. 222 South Riverside Plaza Chicago, IL 60606-5808 (800) 621-1148
SEC File Number	Deutsche DWS International Fund, Inc. DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund 811-00642 Deutsche DWS Global/International Fund, Inc. DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund 811-04670 Deutsche DWS International Fund, Inc. DWS Global Macro Fund 811-00642 Deutsche DWS Global/International Fund, Inc. DWS Global Small Cap Fund 811-04670 Deutsche DWS International Fund, Inc. DWS Latin America Equity Fund 811-00642

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DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund
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DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund
CLASS/TICKER	A	SZEAX	C	SZECX	INST	SZEIX	S	SCEMX

DWS Global Small Cap Fund
CLASS/TICKER	A	KGDAX	C	KGDCX	R6	KGDZX	INST	KGDIX	S	SGSCX

DWS Latin America Equity Fund
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DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Investment Objective	1
Fees and Expenses	1
Principal Investment Strategies	2
Main Risks	2
Past Performance	6
Management	6
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares	6
Tax Information	7
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries	7
DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund
Investment Objective	8
Fees and Expenses	8
Principal Investment Strategies	9
Main Risks	9
Past Performance	12
Management	13
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares	13
Tax Information	14
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries	14
DWS Global Macro Fund
Investment Objective	15
Fees and Expenses	15
Principal Investment Strategies	16
Main Risks	17
Past Performance	22
Management	22
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares	22
Tax Information	23
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries	23