Can i put a prepaid sim in a verizon iPhone 5 in Germany?

I want to get an iphone 5 and am traveling to germany for 5 months, i have read articls that you can put another germany providers sim into the phone and it will work because verison has made the phone unlocked, i want to know if this i true because i don't want to but a new phone and not be able to use it and have to buy another prepaied phone for a short period of time? I keep getting mixed signals and i don't know what to do!

Yes, as long as the prepaid SIM from the German cell company is a GSM SIM card, it will work fine.

be warned though, you will have to keep paying Verizon's mothly bill in addtion, or they will blacklist the phone and it will stop working.