English vs. German vs. Dutch vs. Afrikaans Language Differences! | West Germanic Language Comparison

Do you think English, German, Dutch and Afrikaans are similar?
Let's see!

[@globalearth01]

Hello! We're informing you of a small miss in this video. 2:58 Tiikeri → Zeven ('7' in Dutch) Sorry for the confusion, Thank you!

[@zerodivided3676]

Yea...the Afrikaans 'five' is also busted ;)

[@resphantom]

4:08 There is another for Dutch, 'roze' instead of 'pink'.

[@lemonz1769]

This is cool but I prefer when they’re chatting and comparing the language. It’s more interesting to her them talk and laugh together rather than just hearing the words.😊

[@GenericUsername1388]

Zeno failing at keeping a straight face is hilarious 😂

[@zidane8452]

Xeno* remove that damn Z

[@ryanolsen294]

@@zidane8452??

[@zidane8452]

@@ryanolsen294 is there a problem?

[@ianengel]

Love to my guy Xeno for representing us 🇿🇦

[@lucienpetrus3851]

Word Cape Town South Africa

[@ryanolsen294]

Ja, ek stem saam 😂

[@honkforpeace007]

It could be interesting to hear all West-Germanic languages in comparison. Additional : Schwitzerdüütsch (Swiss German), Yiddish , Pennsylvanian Dutch, Frisian and Luxembourgish...

[@siyabongamviko8872]

Add Plattdeutsch, kindly

[@MrGunnar69]

Is giraffe called camelhorse in Afrikaans?😂😂😂

[@Naileahhh]

Yup😭

[@Naunet7]

I don't even know what a giraffe looks less like, a camel or a horse :D

[@jacoct35]

This is super funny 😂😂😂😂

[@Fratzenow]

There are quite a bunch of German (less used) synonyms e.g. Hospital for Krankenhaus or Apfelsine for Orange. And in northern Germany they also say Appel instead of Apfel. But that would go too far for the comparison. Just mentioning…

[@anashiedler6926]

Apfelsinen sind Orangen?? Mah, das hätt ich vor kurzem mal in nem Rezept gebraucht, und dann stattdessen Nektarinen benutzt...(-> Österreich)

[@Skyl3t0n]

@@anashiedler6926 Ne, Apfelsinen sind doch ne eigene Frucht

[@EddieReischl]

@@anashiedler6926 Oder Schweizerdeutsch? Und Erdapfel für Apfel? American, sorry if I butchered that.

[@anashiedler6926]

@@EddieReischlYeah, i am from Austria, and sometimes if i read a recipe from germany this is a problem. But nowadays most of the terms used in germany are at least well-known, or used in Austria (like kartoffel for edäpfel, or quark for topfen). But there are still some lesser used terms that are just so alien to us, that we can't even imagine what they could mean.

[@EddieReischl]

@@anashiedler6926 Oh yeah, that's right, earth apple is potato. Oops.

[@timothytruter]

Also the part where the Dutch lady says Spreek je Engels? She proceeds it with Aangenaam kennis te maken, which should have been said on the previous slide.

[@fabiannicoles]

In Indonesia 🇮🇩 we say : Food 1. Apple : Apel 🍎 2. Banana : Pisang 🍌 3. Pineapple : Nanas 🍍 4. Milk : Susu 🥛 5. Sausage : Sosis 🌭 6. Cheese : Keju 🧀 7. Coffee : Kopi ☕ 8. Pancake : Panekuk 🥞 9. Egg : Telur 🥚 Animal 10. Dog : Anjing 🐕 11. Cat : Kucing 🐈 12. Cow : Sapi 🐄 13. Horse : Kuda 🐎 14. Bear : Beruang 🐻 15. Shark : Hiu 🦈 16. Tiger : Harimau 🐅 17. Lion : Singa 🦁 18. Giraffe : Jerapah 🦒 19. Elephant : Gajah 🐘 20. Dolphin : Lumba-lumba 🐬 Number 1. One : Satu 2. Two : Dua 3. Three : Tiga 4. Four : Empat 5. Five : Lima 6. Six : Enam 7. Seven : Tujuh 8. Eight : Delapan 9. Nine : Sembilan 10. Ten : Sepuluh Color 1. Red : Merah 🟥 2. Yellow : Kuning 🟨 3. Green : Hijau 🟩 4. Blue : Biru 🟦 5. Purple : Ungu 🟪 6. Black : Hitam ⬛ 7. Pink : Pink/Merah Muda ♀️ 8. Orange : Orange/Orens/Oranye 🟧 Object 1. Motorcycle : Motor 🏍️ 2. Straw : Sedotan 🥤 3. Airplane : Pesawat ✈️ 4. Laptop : Laptop 💻 5. Computer : Komputer 💻 6. Camera : Kamera 📸 Conversation 1. Hello ! : Halo ! 2. Nice to meet you : Senang bertemu kamu 3. Do you speak English? : Bisa bicara bahasa Inggris? 4. Yes, I speak English : Ya, Saya bicara bahasa Inggris 5. What is your name? : Siapa Nama kamu? 6. How odl are you? : Berapa Umur kamu? 7. Im 25 years old : Aku berusia 25 Tahun 8. What is your hobby : Apa Hobi Kamu? 9. My hobby is painting : Hobi saya me!ukis 10. What is your favorite color? : Apa warna favorit kamu? 11. My favorite color is green : Warna favorit saya Hijau 12. Where do you work? : Dimana kamu bekerja? 13. I work at the Hospital : Saya bekerja di Rumah Sakit 14. What is your favorite animal? Apa hewan favorit kamu? 15. My favorite animal is cat : Hewan favorit saya, kucing 🐈 16. What is your favorite food? : Apa makanan favorit kamu? 17. My favorite food is Pizza : Makanan favorit saya, Pizza 18. My favorite season is summer : Musim favorit saya adalah musim panas 19. Bye! : Dagh! From 1800 - 1940 we still use Dutch

[@SoTomi87]

Indonesia also has Dutch influence, which is why their are similarities. That's what I notice while learning Indonesia, It's also easy language to learn.

[@GenericUsername1388]

Many slaves fron Indonesia and Malaysia we're brought to the cape during colonial times so they did influence the dutch spoken in the cape

[@bembs0256]

Indonesian also got a huge influence from Dutch as well. Try to visit the Netherlands, and you’ll find tons of familiar words.

[@danielvanr.8681]

​​​@@GenericUsername1388 Afrikaans got _piesang_ (banana) from Malay. Also, _baie_ (much; many) comes from Malay _banyak._ However, Dutch _veel_ still exists in compounds, e.g. _hoeveel het jy betaal?_ (how much did you pay?). 😎 And no prizes for guessing where Indonesian got _panekuk_ (pannekoek/pancake) from. 😃

[@sumtingwong665]

This is why in South Africa we say piesang for banana, piering for saucer, apteek for pharmacy etc. Then there are words that are more used by the Cape Malay (me) and Muslim community in Cape Town: tramma kassie = terima kasih slamat = selamat pwasa = puasa boeka = buka blatjang = belacan boeber = bubur tamaaf = minta maaf labarang = lebaran kanallah = kanala

[@jessytheyodellingirl]

Wow we Indonesian also call Pisang for Banana

[@gevoel8293]

Yes because Indonesia was a Dutch Colony.... who created Afrikaans again? The Dutch!

[@godwinjenniker1986]

@@gevoel8293 The Dutch brought Malay people from south-east Asia to work as slaves in the Cape. Pisang/Piesang is a Malay word... one of many in the Afrikaans language. The Afrikaans language is like a bridge for the all the different people groups that settled in the Cape.

[@godwinjenniker1986]

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[@gevoel8293]

@@godwinjenniker1986 Yes there are some Malay words in Afrikaans. Some French, Some German......But 95% of the vocabulary remains Dutch

[@lightray1305]

Yip, some Koi in there and Malay. That's why the Indonesian comparison. ❤

[@guillermomedina7271]

It seems nobody is doing QC before uploading the videos...

[@IIIOOOUS]

Can you give the German one the hammer when she says "Würstchen !" (Translated :"You little sausage !")? Sausage by the way is Wurst.

[@DJKr15py]

I love the Dutch ones where the pronunciation is nearly identical to German but the spelling is diabolical.

[@Mrr-Rhettt]

In Swahili ᴋᴇ we say 1. Tufaha 🍎 2. Ndizi 🍌 3. Nanasi 4. Maziwa 🥛 5. Soseji 🌭 6. Jibini 🧀 7. Kahawa ☕ 8. Pancake 🥞 9. Yai 🥚 Mnyama 10. Mbwa 🐕‍ 11. Paka 🐈 12. Ng'ombe 🐄 13. Farasi 🐎 14. Dubu 🐻 15. Papa 🦈 16. Simbamarara 🐅 17. Simba 🦁 18. Twiga 🦒 19. Tembo 🐘 20. Pomboo 🐬 Nambari 1. Moja 2. Mbili 3. Tatu 4. Nne 5. Tano 6. Sita 7. Saba 8. Nane 9. Tisa 10. Kumi Rangi 1. Nyekundu 🔴 2. Njano 🟡 3. Kijani 🟢 4. Samawati 🔵 5. Zambarau 🟣 6. Nyeusi ⚫ 7. Pink ♀ 8. Machungwa 🟠 Kitu 1. Pikipiki 🏍 2. Majani 🥤 3. Ndege ✈ 4. Laptop 💻 5. Kompyuta 💻 6. Kamera 📸 Mazungumzo 1. Habari! 2. Nnzuri kukutana nawewe 3. Je, unazungumza Kiingereza 4. Ndiyo, ninazungumza Kiingereza : 5. Jina lako ni nani? 6. Una umri gani? 7. Nina umri wa miaka (Ishirini na tano)=25 8. Hobby yako ni nini 9. Hobby yangu ni uchoraji 10. Ni rangi gani unayopenda? 11. Rangi yangu ninayopenda ni ya kijani 12. Unafanya kazi wapi? 13. Ninafanya kazi Hospitalini 14. Ni mnyama gani unayependa zaidi? 15. Mnyama ninayempenda zaidi ni paka 🐈 16. Ni chakula gani unachopenda zaidi? 17. Chakula ninachopenda zaidi ni Pizza 18. Msimu wangu unaopenda ni majira ya joto 19. Kwaheri!

[@sumtingwong665]

Afrikaans (especially Afrikaans in Cape Town) shares a lot with Indonesian and Malaysian. This is why in South Africa we say piesang for banana, piering for saucer, apteek for pharmacy etc. Then there are words that are more used by the Cape Malay (me) and Muslim community in Cape Town: tramma kassie = terima kasih slamat = selamat pwasa = puasa boeka = buka blatjang = belacan boeber = bubur tamaaf = minta maaf labarang = lebaran kanallah = kanala

[@sweetpea444]

I never knew afrikaans and Dutch were that similar

[@GenericUsername1388]

It comes from Dutch

[@parmentier7457]

Afrikaans is the Dutch of the 17th century. After the British conquered the Cape Colony, the Dutch settlers moved into the interior of South Africa. There they lived isolated from the outside world for centuries. Meanwhile, Dutch in the Netherlands evolved with thousands of French, English and German loanwords. Dutch in South Africa remained unaffected. That is why the Dutch can understand Afrikaans better than an Afrikaans speaking Dutch.

[@SALx96]

Where was Zeno looking ? The camera was on the left 😂

[@user-md2wc1gx1l]

Hi, I'm spiking is English, German, Spanish, French, Swedish, Danish Norwegian, And I Think there's a mix of languages from other languages, too. So it's half and half like this. Originally, my boyfriend is German.

[@EddieReischl]

Interesting setup, kind of got some Brady Bunch vibes from it. Also, probably don't get Svea started talking about "Ananas und Käse und Schwein" products, crazy scheiß starts happening.

[@WarNeverChanges9191]

Laptop in Afrikaans is "Skootrekenaar"

[@_McCormickProductions]

💀

[@RecklawTheAmazing]

When you see the super basic sentences, its crazy how similar English and Dutch are

[@SavageSaffa]

Also hobby in afrikaans is “Stok perdjie”. So it’s “Wat is jou stokperdjie?”

[@timothytruter]

There are some spelling mistakes, It must me Pynappel instead of Oynappel and Vyf instead of Vfy.

[@lightray1305]

Not hobby... but I could see he knew he just could not remember, it's "stokperdjie" for hobby. "Skoot rekenaar" for laptop.

[@SavageSaffa]

Actually laptop is “skoot rekenaar” in Afrikaans

[@timothytruter]

Oh and the part where the Afrikaans guy says Hoe oud is jy? He says Hoe twice which the first Hoe could be edited out.

[@atilaohuno1471-_.]

이 채널에서 영감을 받아 누군가가 만화를 만든다면 어떨까요? 한국인 남매가 여러 외국인을 만나 방송하는 코미디와 로맨스 이야기입니다.

[@MS00000]

Tiikeri is tiger in Finnish, not seven in Dutch.

[@gerohubner5101]

But if you have seven tigers of mixed dutch-finnish origin, how do you call them?

[@Ama94947]

EPIC FAIL

[@Nwk843]

The American girl there with her English did not understand almost anything in any sentence of other Germanic languages, this shows the strong Hellenic base of current English, while Afrikaans, Dutch and German themselves and between them communicate well without changing the code for English if you want to stay in your native languages, this is very evident in the video.

[@isalutfi]

💙💙💙

[@resphantom]

6:47 Daai kaapse anglisisme skop in. It is 'Wat is jou stokperdjie?'

[@fiolilm]

Wow the German girl gives off Taylor Swift vibes, the blue-haired Dutch woman could pass as Paramore's long lost twin sister, and the south african dude gives off the weeknd vibes with that afro looking hairstyle

[@CinCee-]

If you listen to dutch while you read alot with it.. alot of that was intelligable w/ english

[@timothytruter]

He also didn't say stokperdjie for hobby, don't know if he said that or not but he said Hobby instead although Stokperdjie is correct.

[@WarNeverChanges9191]

And he also made a mistake at laptop it should be "skootrekenaar" but many people say laptop so 😁

[@kaiglass4347]

Pink in german is rosa

[@AlbaManus]

Wow, really? It's exactly the same in Portuguese, which also mean rose (the flower). We can either just say "rosa" or "cor-de-rosa", which literally translates to "color-of-rose".

[@Fratzenow]

the German noun is “Rose”

[@rolfoleynik6925]

Das ist falsch, es gibt einen unterschied zwischen Rosa und Pink.

[@kaiglass4347]

@@rolfoleynik6925 Vor hundert Jahren, hat hier keiner Pink gesagt!

[@Blutelfgardist1]

@@kaiglass4347 pink exists in german since 1980 (google says). We adapted it to our language for sure but in a different way. Pink is strong and darker while rosa is more soft and bright.

[@tibibara]

Sophia 💙

[@ThomsoyaWires-mb3wk]

Is good to learn other languages.

[@RichardHoogstad]

I see the channel took some inspiration from Language of Earth, and I'm not complaining these are fun. Posted this before watching it and I really hope the word giraffe will be mentioned, because the word in Afrikaans always makes me laugh. (edit) after seeing it: 2:58 Dutch word for seven = zeven, What on earth is a Tiikeri, this video is rough there are quite a bunch of mistakes in this one. Might be handy to have a Dutch or German person help with the edit work next time.

[@valerioluizfelipe]

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[@Ama94947]

I remember a Spanish friend saying Onlyfans and It really reminded me of Olifant for Dutch Elephant lol

[@gidget330]

Xenos is a great guy, but he's definitely not really an afrikaans guy😅😂

[@iwthswlosl]

Can the South African speak up

[@MariahGessinger]

😂😂😂😂

[@rene9266]

since when is afrikans, dutch and english "west german" 0:03

[@NT-gq1pv]

since always. They all belong to the west germanic language group

[@binxbolling]

Since linguists first classified languages. Google Germanic languages. Eastern German languages like Gothic are extinct.

[@rene9266]

@@binxbolling theyre not german languages , theyre germanic. Thats my whole point

[@gerohubner5101]

They tend to confuse it. But that's only in English. In all other Germanic languages, German is NOT called 'German'.

[@GenericUsername1388]

@@rene9266 it's just a typo. Not that serious

[@edg3one]

wth is tiikeri?