The dichlorogermylene triphenylphosphane complex (1) reacts with di-t-butyl(trimethylsilyl)phosphane (2a) only in a 1:1 stoichiometry providing dimeric chloro(di-t-butylphosphanyl)germylene (3a); with two equivalents of diisopropyl(trimethylsilyl)phosphane (2b), however, 1 (or the dichlorogermylene dioxane complex) provide straightforwardly dimeric bis(diisopropylphosphanyl)germylene (5 b) as yellow crystals. The trans-dimeric structures of 3a and 5b are confirmed by spectroscopic data and by X-ray diffraction. Dialkylphosphanylgermylenes 3a and 5b are ylide-type diphosphadigermetanes in solution and in the solid state.