I’ve taken Spanish I and II at my high school, and Intermediate Spanish I and II through dual enrollment. My college doesn’t offer any classes past that. Would it look bad if I took elementary German this fall semester? I have a genuine interest, as I have a strong german background, I’m just not sure if it will look like I gave up on Spanish on my transcript.
Lots of people take more than one language. Don’t worry about this.
If the college Spanish courses were the third and fourth semester courses, they may be equivalent to the third and fourth year high school courses, though that depends on the college and high school.
If you have a strong German background, you may be able to start in a higher level German course than the beginner one. Ask the German department in your school about proper placement.
It looks like you have taken through (HS) Spanish 4…that is all colleges require/recommend you to take. So if you want to add a second language, then go for it!