Dutch vs. German | How Similar Are Dutch and German Words?

[@joetownsend7594]

I’m scared because they don’t stop smiling and it feels like they are staring into my soul

[@dominicadonimica]

That's just the German and Dutch charm 😂

[@darkseasofscandinavia4700]

its creepy

[@SarahSakura]

😂😂😂

[@HHBK]

No they smile silently german and dutch people are like cousins.

[@siciidgaafuun3821]

Joe 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@stummergyongyver1186]

I love how the Dutch guy is dressed formally and elegantly, ready for a business meeting while the German one looks like he's about to go to Oktoberfest right after this interview😂

[@agermanpotato6009]

True 🤣

[@ashlieneevel9671]

The Dutch generally dress very nicely. They're very well groomed in the Netherlands. I lived there 10 years.

[@nqh4393]

Too bad, no Oktoberfest for you this year!

[@Arso1432]

Im DUTCH

[@Chindo21]

Most of the people do not wear a suit in the netherlands, mostly just wear sportsclothing I live my whole life in the nether

[@Julia-oe9xl]

they look like they could burst into laughter at any moment

[@regiltube7932]

True 😂

[@NostalgiCrazy]

I know I did since it seems awkward 😅

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

True 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Syphiliving1126]

Absolutely 😂 😂 😄

[@Syphiliving1126]

I'm learning German here.

[@theboybrutus9894]

English: “What is that” German: “Was ist das” Dutch: “Wat is dat”

[@alias_noah]

I'm German, but because of my dialect, I would rather use the Dutch pronunciation to be honest

[@gang2197]

i am also german and i also say wat is dat

[@kijktv6035]

Im Dutch

[@hollowhoagie6441]

Some people in the US would probably say "wat is dat" as well.

[@mirafuchsi7744]

Wat is dat is typical northern german😄

[@rabbitransgenderbergracemi2062]

This sounds like an Englishman trying to speak German while his German friend is correcting him

[@Lukas_Kramer]

Rabbi TransGenderBergRaceMixingStein this is basically the reason we Germans make fun of our lovely neighbors sometimes. I’ve learned the Dutch language a couple of years ago as a German native speaker, and there’s still new words that I learn in Dutch that initially still make me laugh

[@limoonade2746]

😅😂😂😂😂😂so accurate

[@p-y8210]

@@Lukas_Kramer same we in the netherlands often refer to german as dutch on steroids.

[@hanas.4920]

😆😆

[@Lukas_Kramer]

@@p-y8210 hahah I worked in the Netherlands for a year, but I've never heard them refer to me as that, that's hilarious :-D

[@ErkSavu]

german guy's voice is literally every single audio-pronunciation of German language in the internet

[@rainy5517]

Haha true

[@spysponge2510]

Yeah

[@jakubpociecha8819]

What if he recorded them?

[@a.90129]

Thats because these people are from fiverr!

[@zehragunduz]

Or kinda like an audio book lol

[@HariMehtaKarunesh]

"How similar are the words" "Pompoen" "kurbis"

[@3blindhamsters]

I think they're showing that a new word uses different origins. The dutch word comes from pumpkin, and the german from cucurbit

[@johnrogan9420]

Lol

[@pepin8277]

@@3blindhamsters acrually the English word pumkin comes from the Dutch word pompoen😉

[@3blindhamsters]

@@pepin8277 Cool! You learn a new thing every day

[@ALTAI38]

Dutch to english its closer for pumpkin. However, using names for fruit and vegetables are poor comparisons. Some countries (both speaking completely different languages) used to trade and export fruit from each other, and since their ancestors did not have a name for these in their own language, they called it what the traders called it. İts 'banana' for latin and germanic people, its something like 'muz' for persians or arabs

[@LeonidasArg2021]

Me: That is the worst!!!! Dutch guy: Yes, that is the sausage.

[@ItzangelAK]

Lol 😂

[@brittakriep2938]

Wurst is Standard German! In the german dialects you can hear Worscht, Worschd, Wurscht, Wurschd , Wuurschd etc., so dutch Worst is not strange for a German.

[@brittakriep2938]

Forgotten: Sausage: In French either saucisses ( Würstchen) or saucisson ,

[@brittakriep2938]

@jaep struiksma : I belong to the majority of germans, which has no knowledge of dutch, so i was allways surprised, when i between 1990 and 2016 worked for another small company. Sometimes dutch lorry drivers or clients from a dutch company arrived, they could speak german language rather good. I myself was only for a weekend holiday trip, organized by a bus company, in Belgium. One day i wanted to try ,Ardenner Schinken' ( ham from Ardennes), because i often have heard of. I asked a girl, working at a fast food hut in english language. She spoke in flemmish with a coworker, i could understand only one word ,Slagerie', which is surely dutch/ flemmish word for ,Schlachterei' , which is used in nortern Germany ( in my south german homeregion ,Metzgerei' is used).

[@brittakriep2938]

@jaep struiksma : German words for butcher, used in different parts of german language area: Schlachter, Metzger, Fleischer, Fleischhauer, Fleischhacker. Also other jobs/ professions have different names in different parts of german language area . A wagonmaker can be a Wagner or a Stellmacher, or a barrel ( for fluids) maker can be Küfer, Scheffler, Böttcher, Böttger, Büttner.

[@Blackkray777]

Literally every language in europe: Ananas English: *pInEaPpLe*

[@chartuuu]

In Spain is : Piña xd

[@thefelipevaldes]

Brazilian Portuguese: abacaxi.

[@soneedelrio286]

@@chartuuu and also Anana in some dialects of spanish

[@irrelevance3859]

@@thefelipevaldes Brazil isn't in Europe

[@randoltsaldana178]

in some dialects of spanish pineapples are also called ananas

[@kombijr]

I feel like Dutch was on the verge of transitioning from German to English, but got stuck midway somewhere.

[@pedroalves6560]

Dutch is indeed very close to Frisian, a sort of sister language to English, although nowadays English and Frisian have diverged quite a bit

[@gudseygood3622]

@@pedroalves6560 What language is Frisian ?

[@luffypirateking1068]

Pinaka Linda it’s a Language similar to Dutch spoken in Belgium

[@shimo4175]

@@gudseygood3622 It's a language spoken in the northern most province of the Netherlands. I speak Flemish (variety of Dutch) and when I hear someone speaking Frisian it really sounds like Dutch from the Netherlands except I can't understand anything from it.

[@tristanvandervelde3569]

@@luffypirateking1068 nope that's Flemish. Frisian is the language spoken in Friesland Edit: by the way, in Belgium they don't have an own language. Flemish is a dialect of Dutch. French and German are also spoken there. Frisian is a distinct language though

[@mirasol0098]

The german guy's voice sounds like one you would hear in a point-and-click-adventure

[@holger_p]

It's a "Say it now" scenario. Not natural talking. But in computer games - it's kind of the style of 20 years ago, to have only single words in the repertoire.

[@Mandragara]

I lived in Nederland for 4 years as a kid and Deutschland for 3 years. I really struggle to separate my vocabulary between the two.

[@islammaynul9322]

Where do you live now?

[@Phantom-qi5pv]

Sweden ​@@islammaynul9322

[@TheDutchEmpire_]

Nobody: Them: 🙂

[@cerberus4545]

Nice PFP

[@drpepper3838]

Glorie aan Nederland

[@vnuiee]

SJSJSJSNSJSNSJE S

[@TheDutchEmpire_]

@@Luca-nu2zg @Cerberus 😂 thanks guys you too

[@DerZeKat6148]

🙂

[@matheusso1992]

Why the German has to be in a folk outfit and the rest dress normal? LOL

[@danillopetrova]

Foi a primeira coisa que pensei quando vi, achei super caricato mas tá bonitinho 🤣🤣🤣

[@FuchsHund]

@@danillopetrova caricato⁉️Ok, aprendi uma palavra nova hoje 👍🏽

[@doa_824]

Because of Oktoberfest 🍻

[@telaandias3531]

dutch are very business oriented and internationally open, the un courts are there and being a small country it tries to be global

[@danillopetrova]

@@FuchsHund vem de caricatura, quando você usa uma imagem baseada em estereótipos pra fazer uma sátira ou coisa do tipo

[@LanguageofEarth]

*NOTE: In German, ALL nouns are capitalized, including foods and animals as shown in the video. The English sentence "I like cheese" would translate to "Ich mag Käse." Note the capitalization in "Käse." German numbers, however, are not always written with capital letters. When writing in Dutch, most words are not capitalized. The following are cases in which capitalization is necessary: 1. At the beginning of a sentence 2. For proper nouns Unlike English, Dutch days, months, and seasons are not capitalized.

[@trevorjames7490]

Thanks,, 🤗

[@cek0792]

Vielendank

[@tinetoftsteig8596]

Ich mag Deutsch

[@moladiver6817]

Or the word "I" which is always capitalized in English whereas "ik" in Dutch isn't (only when it's the beginning of a sentence).

[@Arturo-Zamora]

My homework The homework of my friend:

[@cery1980]

😂😂

[@electroofficial-kst3523]

I'm Italian, it's 1am and I'm looking at some dudes saying words in their language that I don't know, thanks youtube.

[@BluuurghAg9]

Did you enjoy it?

[@riandraboxing9209]

"Come ti chiami"?

[@mschumann8751]

Same here... 😂

[@marina06AM]

Ti capisco

[@barittos5585]

@@BluuurghAg9 yes

[@aaryasankhe5973]

When you try to copy someone's homework but change it a little to not be caught

[@Ricky911_]

Lmfao 😂😂

[@alikhawari2853]

😂😂

[@AnabelB.]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@personthehuman2029]

🤣 😂😂🤣

[@achtzehnhundertsiebenundac1186]

This sounds like the left one is trying to speak German and the right one corrects his pronunciation all the time 😂

[@SlavicDubs]

HAHAHAH AH

[@RightWingRadioShow]

lmao

[@catwoman_7]

😂😂😂😂

[@ioquando08]

Achtzehnhundert Siebenundachtzig 😂😂😂😂

[@caratsuji]

Echt so 😂😂😂

[@philip6709]

I'm from Germany, I really liked the video! The pronunciation in the Dutch language is very beautiful🇩🇪❤️🇳🇱

[@ivanstringa9411]

🇳🇱❤️ 🇩🇪

[@arjenliewerink]

👌🇳🇱🤜🤛🇩🇪🤙

[@philip6709]

👏🇩🇪🇳🇱😃

[@marithelahaye834]

I feel left out 🇧🇪

[@servus2252]

🇩🇪❤️🇳🇱

[@aileen0711]

Dutch is basically German‘s and English‘s drunk love child.

[@mademespice4683]

Modern english is younger than dutch

[@user-wn3zd4ll1y]

@@mademespice4683 True. Many English words evolved from Dutch

[@pokergroupdigital5290]

@@user-wn3zd4ll1y *and German

[@user-wn3zd4ll1y]

@@pokergroupdigital5290 Right. I do not know why people say that Dutch is a hybrid. It is normal that it sounds like both English and German because they evolved from it...

[@user-wn3zd4ll1y]

@Teringventje Honestly, I'm from Serbia. In school we learn English and German. Some schools learn French, Spanish, Italian or Russian instead of German. But my German is not that well. Before about six months, I started with learning Dutch. I really like it and it sounds beautiful.

[@lorenzopastore9561]

The German guy is the voice of google translation😂😂🤣🤣

[@imtn_ik]

Yeah he sounds pretty similar to google translate XD

[@damianow.6114]

The voice is a women you dumbass

[@FRXGMENT]

@@damianow.6114 There are several voices you can choose when translating something

[@SarahSakura]

🤣🤣🤣

[@josieblue1486]

@@damianow.6114 you don't have to be rude

[@Rikachan92]

The german one has the most sweet expression I've ever seen, I'd give him my car's key just because he asks politely... :DDDD

[@amirhaykal1022]

how about a russian then?:D

[@КИБАРКУБИЦА-с4д]

Ameer Haykall do you think Russians look sweet? Really? i.imgur.com/7qndJiu.jpg

[@swe1733]

​@@КИБАРКУБИЦА-с4д according to the expression on face of Russian, he himself will take your car's key, your virginity and your life without asking :D

[@amirhaykal1022]

yep i take back my words😂 i'm terrified

[@ragnarostbrok1254]

Me too

[@Marubi2]

Dutch is like German on the way to becoming English.

[@kijktv6035]

Im Dutch and im from belgium

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

As well it might be, given that it's a Low West Germanic language, like English but unlike Hochdeutsch.

[@monteiroeduardo9338]

Dutch is more similar to english than german is.

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

@@monteiroeduardo9338 On the whole, I would say that is true. However, German is easier to understand for English speakers because it is usually spoken more slowly and more rhythmically than Dutch.

[@steven03048]

yea sounds a bit like German words, read by an English person, with no idea about german. So more or less how it happens every day, when an English native reads German....

[@xdwlanxd6801]

I'm from Germany and no one wears clothes like this here!😂

[@shikigranbell7608]

Plot twist:in iceland they wore leatherhosen

[@minoutikana2029]

Ich bin auch aus Deutschland und die einzige Zeit, in der ich Leute sowas tragen sehe, ist in München beim Oktoberfest. Aber das scheint ja das Stereotyp für uns Deutsche zu sein.😁

[@paulinem2708]

@@minoutikana2029 yeah, the Bavarian kinda look seems to be stereotypical of germany

[@pazuinkyoto9932]

In Bayern scho 😂 vorallem auf Kerwa.

[@lulu2210]

Es geht auch ein bisschen um Kultur

[@benjaminvdm3585]

Me afrikaanse, listening to the similarities between these two languages and mine

[@hugogijzen3852]

I believe afrikaans departed from dutch with mayby some english influence. But nost dutch people can understand afrikaans perfectly fine.

[@Traveler-rf8ye]

Why did you ad an e to Afrikaans though🤔

[@AC-hd7uw]

@TaBaRu MARou5 Dutch sounds to me like Afrikaans spoken with an English accent.😃

[@AC-hd7uw]

@TaBaRu MARou5 I agree but some words sound English like zeven

[@AC-hd7uw]

@TaBaRu MARou5 Yes , but I think Afrikaans is also a West Germanic language like English and Dutch and yes Afrikaans is influenced by the native languages and Indonesian

[@emanooo813]

German speakers: casually saying "cow" Portuguese speakers: intensily holding laughter

[@caribaclaire]

Why?

[@caribaclaire]

@@fevbrito ah ok thanks for explaining🤣🤣 do you mean a**hole🤔

[@caribaclaire]

@@fevbrito ok thanks😘

[@tessa7228]

Everyone: "dutch is like the child of german and english" Frisian: *am i a joke to you??*

[@tessa7228]

@jaep struiksma lmaoo

[@captainbarbossa5325]

Friesland is bestland

[@c.norbertneumann4986]

Frisian is not Dutch. It's a language of its own.

[@yourfellowstevee]

Nope

[@IErfanCN]

,

[@ThaoMiy]

Wie der Deutsche in die Kamera schaut, als wäre er ein vom Himmel herabgestiegener Heiliger 😂

[@lukzplayz8133]

Der hat iwas geraucht

[@ragnarostbrok1254]

Ja man der ist einfach nur ein absoluter ehrenmann

[@ragnarostbrok1254]

Glaub er ist mein neuer gott

[@Julseng]

HAHAHAHA

[@maxamam4653]

hat schon ein paar Bier intus

[@abid6688]

0:30 German: Brrrrrrrot

[@ophadamia2579]

brood

[@fikrinazhifh6452]

Brot🗿

[@f35b58]

Bork

[@AuuRelll]

@@fikrinazhifh6452 wkwkwkw

[@frandz3020]

@@AuuRelll anj nyasar lu

[@Oxideacid]

The Dutch guy looks like he's being held at gunpoint by the German guy.

[@amosamwig8394]

lol

[@angelogaudino3500]

Ahahhahahaha true

[@natasja7785]

totally not but mk

[@shaunmckenzie5509]

No, that was in the 1940s

[@JuniorJuni070]

We can have guns in the netherlands So no not funny..

[@stanleygg82]

My native language is Spanish and currently I'm studying English and for me, Dutch is quite similar to English! Definitely I'll study this language!

[@АртурБратц]

Start learning Swedish as I did and you will find a lot of words that are similar to English ones.

[@belle_pomme]

Frisian is the closest to English, I think

[@julian.16]

No es bueno estudiar idiomas tan similares

[@christophercano4809]

@@osmanthuswinedrinker419 To say Dutch isn't like English, not even in the slightest is kind of far-fetched though. They do have similarities

[@mnnmstrt]

dutch definitely is similar to english in lots of ways. but our grammar definitely isn’t easy. i am now 14, which means i have been dealing with the dutch language for almost 15 years. in your first 2 years (at the age of 4-5) of school you learn to socialize and build up your language. which means you are able to make senteces, but after these two years from (6-16/17/18 depends on when you finish school) the grammar is being taught every year. from your third year of school, to your last year of high school. i actually have a english teacher who came to the netherlands to teach english. he has been living in the netherlands and learning dutch for over 11 years now and he still makes some grammar mistakes. this of course doesn’t really matter, because besides the fact that he is a dick, he did come to a country completely different than his, to learn and teach. point of all of this, dutch is a hard language but if you really want to, learning can be done. the words are pretty easy to catch on and for fun it’s probably pretty interesting to check out.

[@WeAre6People]

Why does the Dutch guy look like he’s trying to hold his laughter after hearing the German guy speak? Haha I thought he was gonna burst out laughing eventually.

[@L2002]

i don't think they are in the same scene.

[@letsplayfangames7037]

@Pe Nis nah not really it doesn't crack me up

[@findlayrobertson4985]

@Pe Nis you Dutch make Germans laugh so much. No offence but you sound like someone with a potato stuck in their throat

[@thehumbleone7989]

Pe Nis actually we see it the other way around :D Dutch sounds to us like German for disabled people lol

[@user-me8hy8ew4o]

@Pe Nis dutch sounds like a British person that lives in Germany and had way too many beers😆

[@eurovisionsongcontestSWZ]

Love both languages from a Greek 🇬🇷❤🇩🇪🇳🇱

[@notyourzon3]

We give love back from Germany 🇩🇪💕 🇬🇷 🇳🇱

[@bort_1265]

Sorry for our annoying tourists, friend 🇬🇷 Love back from Germany

[@liedlyrics9458]

We give love back 🇬🇷🇳🇱🇩🇪 We geven liefde terug 🇬🇷🇳🇱🇩🇪 Wir geben Liebe zurück 🇬🇷🇳🇱🇩🇪

[@eurovisionsongcontestSWZ]

@@liedlyrics9458 Efharisto / Thank you / Dank je / Danke Schön 💖🇬🇷🇳🇱🇩🇪

[@irishamels9359]

Love back from 🇳🇱😊

[@someoneyoumayormaynotknow3924]

I am German but why am I repeating what the German guy is saying like I don’t know how to pronounce those things

[@47.f.02]

Oh I feel that HAHA I'm also doing that

[@un1866]

His ö sounds like cow's "Moo"

[@adrianomorciano2388]

Du Ddr mann

[@rymahassanihsn7116]

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@kinnish5267]

haaa very funny

[@tessa7228]

Dutch is like the child of English and German, and Frisian is the brother lol

[@littleaether6130]

Dutch is the father tho

[@tessa7228]

@Arcadium why tho

[@mklinger23]

3:42 I swear he just said "nineteen" in a straight Australianish accent.

[@marionnette6231]

Lmao wtf

[@darkalligraph]

Haha du hast recht.. Ich bin Australier :)

[@juncodelrio15]

I do not know why but I have the feeling that he isn’t a actual German. His pronunciation.

[@TS29er]

@@juncodelrio15 He sometimes speaks a bit "too clear" but he is 100% a native speaker

[@魏梦舟]

nointsiin

[@RestIess.Gambler]

The German guy sounds like Google translation with male voice 😂

[@mgoncalves5596]

Both languages are beautiful but I have a thing for German lol 😁

[@lancecombes]

Me too!!! Thanks Obam...Er... I mean Rammstein! Old memes die hard.

[@unavitadellamusica]

Dutch would probably be easier to learn for you, though, as it has at least some Spanish/Portuguese sounding terms as well.

[@Seokzz]

@Teringventje No. Dutch is easier you butthurt fuck.

[@Wielie0305]

Seokerson why are you so upset? Tired of quarantaine? My daughter has many problems with the German language though she followed classes for 4 years. She finds it very difficult because she has no interest. A German friend of her who has visited us a couple of times is very motivated to speak Dutch. She speaks better Dutch than my daughter speaks German. It comes to motivation...

[@dominicadonimica]

I can teach you 😋

[@Know.meeeow]

Why do I really love the German accent? The way of pronouncing the "r" is so amazing 😍

[@arino253]

You think so? I think the trilled r (like in Low German, Spanish, Italian etc.) sounds cuter

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

❤❤👍👍

[@SamuelLanghorn]

I can teach you more about the r sound. If you like we can meet at a nice Sulchip.

[@prim16]

It's a uvular trill, basically he's rolling his uvula. French and German both do this! French actually *acquired* it from German way back when.

[@cobuslabuschagne8765]

Afrikaans my native language is a daughter of Dutch and I pretty much understand all the Dutch words and some German. The German for chocolate is how we pronounce in Afrikaans though.

[@LAKD]

How the dutch guy pronounced chocolate is just 1 way. People also say it how you spell it as well, I guess saying 'chocola' is the modern version but I hear the other version quite often. You wouldn't say 'chocola cake' for example here

[@fullmetaltheorist]

What's up. I also speak Afrikaans.

[@jarkurangajar]

I AM SCARED OF THOSE SMILES!

[@Damian.D]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣That's what I felt too

[@Damian.D]

@Sasha Kravchenko yes! Boring and creepy

[@jqa16]

イスラムは大嫌い

[@SarahSakura]

😂😂😂

[@hyenalaughingmatter8103]

its the weed in the air

[@Mediaflashmob]

Both languages seem to be very similar. As a Russian native speaker, I'd say it's like Russian and Ukrainian, mutually intelligible. But Dutch seems to have a similarly with English also.

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

I love Russian langauge. It is so beautiful

[@Artemiss14gpss]

Can't agree. I'm a german native speaker, and I struggle to understand dutch. I think they only showed examples to similarity, not what makes them different.

[@prana6854]

​​@@Artemiss14gpssbut what about Dutch's side? Because Russian people don't understand Ukranian but Ukranians on 90-95% understand Russian. Same applies to our Belarusian neighbors.

[@Artemiss14gpss]

@@prana6854 Yeah, you might be right...

[@MykezStylez]

German, Dutch and English are all in the same family language

[@필리네]

Der deutsche Typ versucht mit aller Kraft das Klischee aus dem Weg zu räumen, dass Deutsch so hart klingt xD

[@fish29]

Haha, er versucht eher Klischeehaft auszusehen und zu klingen :,D

[@2tfahrer411]

Da merkt man erst das man doch einen Akzent hat 😅

[@fish29]

@@2tfahrer411 naja, aber wer sagt denn bitte Brrrrrrot?

[@2tfahrer411]

@@fish29 der Typ der das gesagt hat und bestimmt ein übermotivierter deutsch Lehrer

[@sehrfraglich4778]

@@fish29 Mögen Sie etwa kein Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrot?! 🤪

[@canalflp]

Make one with Scandinavian languages ( Swedish, Norwegian and Danish)

[@cryingtrouble]

They sound all the same to me lol

[@sidtm4752]

L. Sousa same lol

[@guilhermenascimento4008]

Up

[@helios6379]

Swedish and Norwegian maybe, but Danish? Oof, definitely not the same.

[@bogzyolsson2061]

L. Sousa I agree, but Danish sounds way more drunk and unclear to a Swede like me.😂

[@toohigh8872]

The South African language called Afrikaans is a descended from Dutch it mostly has Dutch words but I it strangely had a bit of German

[@mariann8271]

Maybe because there were also Germans who moved there?

[@toohigh8872]

@@mariann8271 it was the Dutch and English that settled in South Africa. Don't know where the German words came from

[@mariann8271]

@@toohigh8872 didn't people from all over the world come tho? The dutch and English were the majority yeah, but it's not like they were the only ones...?

[@toohigh8872]

@@mariann8271 the Dutch settled in South Africa in 1652 they were the only Europeans in South Africa so the Afrikaans language formed in that time period

[@toohigh8872]

@@mariann8271 the English only settled in 1820. The English and Dutch were the only Europeans to settle in South Africa

[@arthurdemoura4607]

Latin language speaker here. I love hearing -g in Dutch and -ich in German. They sound so different. Nice video

[@skznef]

É uma delícia ouvir os sons diferentes das línguas germânicas. Tenho uma paixão pelo 'ø' do dinamarquês

[@Einstein52]

Hello all friends, I am a native german speaker and I like to learn and to speak foreign languages. Living in northern Germany (Lower Saxony) I understand from my parents/grandparents the "Low german language" (flat german / Plattdeutsch), in earlier time spoken in our region. Now I am learning dutch, and this is very similar to Low German and not too difficult to learn, but of course some additional words from french and some expressions which have changed the sense. By the way best greetings to all multi-language speaking folk over there. In school I learned English, French, Latin and Russian, later italian, czech, a bit of spanish and now dutch.

[@patricckkmenendez8676]

English: Who are you? Dutch: I'm you, but perfectioned

[@reyc2630]

I keep on laughing whenever I look at their faces because they look like they're trying not to laugh. I love your videos, educational and entertaining at the same time. I love the comparison videos.

[@itzelvenmage7434]

As someone who understand Swedish, they are 90% similar. germany abit closer on some words and dusch closer on some other words

[@johnrogan9420]

Albeit

[@hectorcardenas2171]

Interesting

[@linajurgensen4698]

Not at all. German sounds a lot different than dutch.

[@realriaan3620]

I'm South African, my first language is Afrikaans. And I understood every Dutch word.

Afrikaans is Dutch

[@Little_Miss_Carrex]

@ not anymore, just like frysian it is officially its own language.

[@christophercano4809]

@ No, Afrikaans doesn't even come from today's Dutch

[@kimashitawa8113]

​@@christophercano4809 Still came from Dutch though

[@alderkai4980]

Poland : "how much bread do you want sir ?" German : "zwanzig" (danzig) Poland : *not again....

[@shikigranbell7608]

Elang Putra oh wright WW2 in a nutshell

[@ophadamia2579]

🇵🇱: Ile chcesz chleba, sir? 🇩🇪: zwanzig 🇵🇱: nie znowu...

[@LEEGOOVER9901]

@@shikigranbell7608 man

[@barittos5585]

Is it 20 ?

[@Quentins184]

@@barittos5585 yes

[@forgegloyd9196]

The german dude looks like he is correction the poor "german" of the dutch lol

[@zara3322]

😂😂😂😂exactly

[@t4in_]

Dutch is literally English people trying to speak german

[@Ryan_vdp]

Ok but Dutch sounds way more polite than German. It's way less hard.

[@t4in_]

@@Ryan_vdp dutch always sounds like the people speaking it have something stuck in their throat

[@Ryan_vdp]

@@t4in_ German always sounds like you're about to hit a child for going to bed 2 minutes after bed time

[@t4in_]

@@Ryan_vdp and thats how it should be

[@Ryan_vdp]

@@t4in_ nice

[@ShredAstair]

de: hamstern nl: hamsteren eng: hoarding stuff during a pandemic

[@balinthonvari7723]

I thought it would mean hamster

[@ShredAstair]

@@balinthonvari7723 hamster = hamster hamster(e)n = hamstering(behaving in a hamsterish way)

[@brittakriep2938]

@@ShredAstair : der Hamster, den Hamster, dem Hamster or des Hamsters ! ;-)

[@ShredAstair]

@@brittakriep2938 das hamstern :D

[@brittakriep2938]

@@ShredAstair : Ganz genau! :-)

[@Hyden21]

In the Netherlands, many people pronounce the "r" like this guy, but other people pronounce it like the german guy 🤣

[@boahkeinbockmehr]

Yeah apparently the French started that and it became at some point "in" to speak that way. Hence nowadays most Germans use that r sound, while people speaking dialects from remoter areas still use the "old" r like the Dutch in the video (e.g. in the city of cologne you have the French r in the dialect, however in the Bergischen, The "mountainous" area right next to it, you still have the old r

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug7776]

The further you go down in the Netherlands, the less of the “rolling R” (the kind of “R”the Dutch guy uses) gets used. I’m from the south, and I pronounce my “R’s” more or less like the German dude lol...

[@tejas.c]

@@boahkeinbockmehr That's interesting! I didn't know that.

[@tessa7228]

Because of the accents you mean south accent vs northern accent i speak northern accent btw

[@mcj2219]

In the east how more the R is spoken like the German.

[@niekferwerda877]

As Dutch person i also speak german and when i started studying german their are a lot of words similar from the Dutch to the German language. There are also a lot of german words in our Dutch language. not only German, there is also French, Turkish and English words in the Dutch. That’s why the Dutch language is probably not a hard language to speak. But the rules to it are fucking annoying.

[@toetertijd]

Lmao Dutch is terribly hard to learn... Vocabulary is one thing, grammar, and verb conjugation in Dutch are super hard for non-native learners. Dutch also uses a lot of sounds not used in many languages which makes it hard to correctly pronounce for non-native speakers...

[@michaelcasale86]

@@toetertijd at least there are only 8 tenses...

[@its_arhann]

Turkish words? As a Turkish I’m curious. Can you give some examples?

[@ilaldkxb]

how the fuck do i use de and het and where the heck do i put niet and geen

[@toetertijd]

@@ilaldkxb hmm, niet would be not. Hij is niet snel. => He is not fast. And geen would be no. Hij heeft geen snelheid. => He has no speed.

[@kiwishanbin1604]

it’s fun to know that some Deutsch words are similar to Dutch because i’m learning Deutsch right now and i’m from Indonesia where some of our words are absorbed from Dutch language because of colonialism. it’s kinda help but Deutsch is still hard 😔

[@田海霍]

like bahasa malaysia？

[@Max97667]

2:29 Looks into my soul, smiling *fear*

[@aiorosgalaviz9298]

I loved it! I'm currently trying to teach myself some dutch, and this video taught me a lot

[@rutgerb]

Goed bezig!

[@tblue303]

I think learning dutch would be easy learning as a native English speaker but I feel learning German would benefit me more.

[@jansojele289]

German is cooler

[@onebigsnowball]

I actually think german would be easier for english people

[@jansojele289]

@@onebigsnowball really? How is that

[@werdasliestistschwul4899]

Im german and I can say german id easy

[@Arjela]

Did they really just use the words "ananas" and "coffee" to prove they are similar?!?!?

[@gimenezjuancruz1446]

I tought the same. How ridicule this video is! Why they did nt compaire other things! Like the senten s conjugations for example!

[@mathewvanostin7118]

Thats what happen when someone clearly not a specialist/nerd of the topic. Do youtube videos on that topic just for entretainement and $$$$$$ 😂

[@Letixa2009]

@@mathewvanostin7118 why don't u do one then, since you're such an expert. my god, how idiotic it is to undervalue someone's work only because it's not the way YOU like it.

[@crazydanger]

Its not to prove they are similar, it's to demonstrate differences in pronunciation, was that so difficult to understand? Lol

[@Damian.D]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BlitzWalkthrough]

Ich liebe den niederländischen Akzent einfach

[@thandekasekwati3322]

In South Africa we have Afrikaans.. Way similar to Dutch

[@hamburger6668]

0:22 He just says milk in English instead of melk in Dutch.

[@richamo13]

You're right. Although if you listen carefully a Dutch 'e' could be recognized.

[@jvdp9660]

I thought the same. The pronunciation was not completely clear.

[@maulandyrizkibayukencana9300]

Ja, met de 'i' in Engels

[@samsonwilkinson8090]

Listen again to the subtle intonation.

[@hartmannf4169]

He needs some melk

[@juncodelrio15]

1:35 “beer” xd *imagine a Dutch asking a beer 🍺 in English”

[@galaxydave3807]

And pronunciation of "Bier" = beer in German

[@Mini_alonso]

Mein Sprache ist Spanisch aber ich Weiss Spreche in Deutsch und ein Bisschen Englisch

[@valenesco45]

But suddendly a random bear appears

[@gvdl7893]

Well since we're the best non-native English speaking country in the world that won't be a problem I think

[@ashlieneevel9671]

Bier is Dutch for 🍻

[@TANQ2]

The German dude is so chill ahah, love both languages.

[@diegoflorencio]

I had no idea how similar Dutch and English are! Dutch is like English plus German haha

[@wolsch3435]

@TheRenaissanceman65 das Wort: dutch ist ein sehr altes englisches Wort. Als es aufkam bezeichnete es alle kontinental-westgermanischen Dialekte. Es gab zu dieser Zeit weder ein Standard-Niederländisch noch ein Standard-Deutsch. Dies Wort führt heute zu Missverständnissen, aber als es aufkam, war es kein Fehler. Übrigens bezeichneten die Niederländer ihre eigene Sprache bis etwa 1850 sehr oft als nederdiuts ! Seit dem 2. Weltkrieg sind viele Niederländer darauf erpicht, die Ähnlichkeit zum Deutschen zu verneinen und zum Englischen zu betonen. Das ist zwar sehr verständlich wegen der historischen Erfahrung, aber auch etwas albern.

[@PESSEN]

No, English is like Dutch

[@carlosmariohernandezblanco7221]

Dutch is similar but grammar is more complicated and some words hard to pronounce

[@MariaV0071]

Old English is simliair to old Dutch, old English used a lot of Dutch words. So, therefore a lot of Dutch words in the English language

[@galaxydave3807]

@@wolsch3435 *Missverständnis :)

[@321ukeh8]

Both languages are beautiful ❤️

[@MB-um3rp]

No, believe, German sounds better,by far.

[@talhadecoolegamer7731]

Aww I'm so happy that i read this comment (I'm a Italian but I live in Belgium and i very love the culture and the language)!

[@Masrii20]

@@talhadecoolegamer7731 french side or dutch side of belgium

[@talhadecoolegamer7731]

@@Masrii20 the Dutch side and I'm learning French too

[@Masrii20]

@@talhadecoolegamer7731 ah okeoke nice

[@xavierlehnhoff1562]

*Swiss German🇨🇭 vs German🇩🇪* please!!

[@steffenebener7332]

Kuckichätschli

[@LundercoverR]

And Austrian

[@gustavschnitzel]

@@LundercoverR As a German, Austrian sounds cute to me but Swiss German is just horrific.

[@LundercoverR]

@@gustavschnitzel ich bin auch deutsche 😱 Österreichisches Deutsch finde ich auch noch ok aber Schweizer Deutsch klingt wie eine andere Sprache für mich😂

[@gustavschnitzel]

@@LundercoverR Oh ja, ein Video über Schwyzerdütsch angeschaut, das kann man echt nicht mehr Deutsch nennen lol.

[@albertusronaldi.b.8428]

Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) also has similar words or similar vocabulary as Dutch and German such as: 🇳🇱 : Appel 🇩🇪 : Apfel 🇲🇨 : Apel (:/Aa-pêl/) 🇳🇱 : Ananas 🇩🇪 : Ananas 🇲🇨 : Nanas (:/na-nas/) 🇳🇱 : Chocolade 🇩🇪 : Schokolade 🇲🇨 : Cokelat (:/cho-kêlaat/) 🇳🇱 : Koffie 🇩🇪 : Kaffee 🇲🇨 : Kopi (:/Ko-pee/) 🇳🇱 : Kaas 🇩🇪 : Käse 🇲🇨 : Keju (:/ké-joo/) 🇳🇱 : Giraffe 🇩🇪 : Giraffe 🇲🇨 : Jerapah (:/jê-raa-paH/) And in Indonesian, apart from similar words, there are several vocabulary words as mentioned in this video, namely: 🇳🇱 : Banaan 🇩🇪 : Banane 🇲🇨 : Pisang (:/pee-sang/) *The letter 'a' is pronounced like the word "car" 🇳🇱 : Melk 🇩🇪 : Milch 🇲🇨 : Susu (:/soo-soo/) 🇳🇱 : Brood 🇩🇪 : Brot 🇲🇨 : Roti (:/ro-tee/) 🇳🇱 : Worst 🇩🇪 : Wurst 🇲🇨 : Sosis (:/so-sees/) 🇳🇱 : Pompoen 🇩🇪 : Kürbis 🇲🇨 : Labu (:/laa-boo/) 🇳🇱 : Hond 🇩🇪 : Hund 🇲🇨 : Anjing (:/aan-jing/) 🇳🇱 : Kat 🇩🇪 : Katze 🇲🇨 : Kucing (:/Koo-ching) 🇳🇱 : Koe 🇩🇪 : Kuh 🇲🇨 : Lembu (:/lêm-boo/) or Sapi (:/Saa-pee/) 🇳🇱 : Paard 🇩🇪 : Pferd 🇲🇨 : Kuda (:/koo-da/) 🇳🇱 : Beer 🇩🇪 : Bär 🇲🇨 : Beruang (:/bêruwang/) 🇳🇱 : Aap 🇩🇪 : Affe 🇲🇨 : Monyet (:/Mo-nyét/) 🇳🇱 : Tijger 🇩🇪 : Tiger 🇲🇨 : Harimau (:/haarimao/) 🇳🇱 : Leeuw 🇩🇪 : Löwe 🇲🇨 : Singa (:/see-nga/) 🇳🇱 : Olifant 🇩🇪 : elefant 🇲🇨 : Gajah (:/gaa-jaah/) 🇳🇱 : Één 🇩🇪 : Eins 🇲🇨 : Satu (;/sah-too/) 🇳🇱 : Twee 🇩🇪 : Zwei 🇲🇨 : Dua (:/doo-wah/) 🇳🇱 : Drie 🇩🇪 : Drei 🇲🇨 : Tiga (:/tee-gah/) 🇳🇱 : Vier 🇩🇪 : Vier 🇲🇨 : Empat (:/êm-paat/) 🇳🇱 : Vijf 🇩🇪 : Fünf 🇲🇨 : Lima (:/lee-ma/) 🇳🇱 : Zed 🇩🇪 : Sechs 🇲🇨 : Enam (:/ê-naam/) 🇳🇱 : Zeven 🇩🇪 : Sieben 🇲🇨 : Tujuh (:/too-jooH/) 🇳🇱 : Acht 🇩🇪 : Acht 🇲🇨 : Delapan (:/dêla-paan/) 🇳🇱 : Negen 🇩🇪 : Neun 🇲🇨 : Sembilan (:/sêm-bee-laan/) 🇳🇱 : Tien 🇩🇪 : Zehn 🇲🇨 : Sepuluh (:/sê-poo-looH/) ..... 😁

[@o_4972]

That's because the Netherlands had colonized your country years ago.

[@albertusronaldi.b.8428]

@@o_4972 That's right. 👍 Salam, saya dari Indonesia (Greetings for you, I'm from Indonesia) 🙏

[@trevorjames7490]

(Dit kanaal verdient meer abonnees) This channel deserves more subscribers

[@galaxydave3807]

Der Kanal verdient mehr Abonnenten

[@dr_monday]

Ich komme aus Indonesien und wohne in Deutschland. Ich spreche diese beiden Sprachen. Ik kom uit Indonesië en woon in Duitsland. Ik spreek deze twee talen. I'm from Indonesia and live in Germany. I speak these two languages.

[@gudseygood3622]

Oh really ? Gak ada yang nanya sih

[@antoinette_arts]

In Dutch we say “ik kom uit Indonesië” (I come from Indonesia) instead of “ik ben uit Indonesië” (I am from Indonesia). 😊

[@leons5k]

And indonesian?

[@dr_monday]

@@antoinette_arts Dank u wel. Maar ik spreek eigenlijk niet goed Nederlands. Hehe.. Niet zoals ik Duits spreek.

[@dr_monday]

@@leons5k Indonesisch: saya dari Indonesia dan tinggal di Jerman dan saya bisa bicara dua bahasa ini

[@desmorgens3120]

There are three kinds of German: 1. Oberdeutsch (Upper German) 2. Mitteldeutsch (Middle German) 3. Niederdeutsch (Low German) Oberdeutsch (Upper German) and Mitteldeutsch (Middle German) are also called Hochdeutsch (High German). Dutch belongs to Low German and German belongs to High German. In older English literature, Dutch was called Low Dutch and German was called High Dutch. These old terms can be found in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels".

[@moysesdasilva5086]

Nice, there're some words in Dutch and in German which there're in English, I didn't know that, I got surprised with this great video.

[@otaviomio2887]

This German guy looks like he's ready for some RPG

[@lismontniden5330]

1:35 can I have a beer?😂

[@leann7939]

In dutch beer is "bier",but I don't spell beer just like he spell it xD

[@naimulislamroni1506]

I'm from Bangladesh🇧🇩. and English is our second language. from this vedio I can say Dutch is more close to English.

[@denisplazanin6967]

No its not. You need to hear the hole language. For dutch german is easier to learn abd for germans dutch than english

[@vinnytheplayer5500]

The easiest is scots

[@Klinkerklunk]

I'll be careful when ordering a beer in Holland in case the bartender gets the wrong meaning and pulls a Grizzly out from behind the bar.

[@fettegurke2447]

So basicly Dutch is when u mix German and English together

[@Wolfstarzan]

Yes it is 😅 A German native speaker who knows English and a English native speaker who knows German should understand most of the Dutch.

[@amosamwig8394]

nope

[@inzwischen_inaktiv5078]

And if you're drunk at the same time haha

[@mcj2219]

but Dutch (dialect, back then) was spoken earlier. Dutch is older then English.

[@borisvanwagenen]

I love both, but Dutch is my favorite one!! Hup Holland!

[@fifa_koning_nl7591]

lekker man! ik kom uit Holland (Nederland)

[@duArtj]

@@fifa_koning_nl7591 waar vandaan precies, noord of zuid holland? 😛

[@Wandiiii_s]

Afrikaans and Dutch are so similar I could understand everything said in Dutch cause I'm fluent in Afrikaans😊🇿🇦

[@sehrfraglich4778]

Lekker Fis un Kaas?

[@trunki006]

Im German and I agree I love nederland✨👍🏻

[@franerlley7129]

Some words in Dutch and German looks like words in English Curiosity: Cow in Dutch and German have exactly the same pronunciation of "Cu" that means "anus" in Portuguese I'm not joking, it's seriously

[@f.arnold6921]

Exatamente

[@johanzhouhd9055]

Realmente

[@germanyfirstamericanforste8179]

You should know the English from today comes from the Germanic

[@ToutCQJM]

I think cu is ass, not anus.

[@witchdaggery]

@@ToutCQJM usually it varies with the context

[@viewer5582]

This is very interesting as someone who's first language has Dutch and German in it

[@pedrohissa3]

Dutch is so hard, but it's such a beautiful language

[@2-_-V-_-.2]

It's fine.. Only writing is difficult

[@ishi4739]

Nooo dutch is so easyy

[@theatomicwolf2975]

dutch sucks try translate nederlands zuigd probeer te vertelen

[@pedrohissa3]

@DesapareceuNovamente Well, Portuguese is my mother language. Once I tried to speak words like "Enschede" and "gee" and I couldn't. I think German is easier.

[@SalvageRestorationAndTechTips]

try Flemisch, its Dutch but with much easier maner to speak

[@diegoyuiop]

Stop representing Germans as they were all Bavarians wearing typical clothes. And I'm not even German

[@Ann-bc3ge]

He's just wearing suspenders, it has nothing to do with Bavarian folk costume.

[@MonotoniTV]

The dutch guy should at least wear those wooden shoes (in germany we say Holzklotschen) and a dutch Trikot while smoking a joint

[@canisxv9869]

@sabrinas xx Maby for celebrations. People realize you can't put those things in the wash Maschine right? You don't want to wear the leather trousairs often

[@trickortripslao8607]

@@MonotoniTV right 😂😂😂

[@waslos2588]

halt dein maul haha lass hin doch tragen was er will

[@DeNiss13]

The dutch man looks like EMINEM 😂😂

[@medicalmajor265]

True haha

[@hypercumstone44]

Bruh nah he doesnt

[@Masrii20]

No

[@matthewsaints350]

Nope.

[@ህania]

2:01 Dutch: ONLYFANS 🤣

[@AuuRelll]

😂

[@cyrildewaha]

😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@くろ-h7e]

🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@arjenliewerink]

😑🖕

[@marithelahaye834]

👀 if you hear it like that ok-

[@MaykilAyyir]

0:54 in het Vlaams spreken we het zelfde uit als het Duitse guy 😂

[@Potjenjks2988]

„het duitse guy” 😞

[@michaelly7163]

The last Character in your user name is katakana for tsu, right?

[@lorenz3573]

German people living near the German-Dutch border sound similar to the Dutch language. Dutch is like German with a strong accent

[@lovelyhanbini]

u mean german is dutch but with a strong accent

[@gerlindefloritz3983]

@@lovelyhanbini I think that's the same 😂

[@shawnpro650]

You mean Plattdeutsch

[@davenl2205]

I live like 15km away from the german border, and they understand you if you talk in dutch.

[@IWanderedAsACloud]

Hey! Watch it! We Dutch don't take kindly to being called Germans. >:(

[@ariesmp]

Using internationally used words is not the smartest way to compare languages.

[@riveramanu3003]

Totally agree

[@thiagopazuzu]

agree

[@16-BitGuy]

dude, the only real international words here were giraffe, banana, coffee and chocolate. the other words are native. Or how would you communicate Kürbis, Pferd, Ananas or neunzehn to an russian, japanese or mexican without translating it?

[@riveramanu3003]

The numbers are not a good example either

[@duwang8499]

@@16-BitGuy Um, Ananas isn't either a native word.

[@Review11110]

1:37 *Goes to Netherlands* Me: I want beer because it's tasty Servent: ok *Gives a bear*

[@Nutzername92a]

The German guy sometimes got the "R"s wrong... We don't say "Wurrrst" or "Kürrrbis" or "virrrzehn", at least not in Standard German. Our "R" turns to a short "A" if it's not right in front of a vowel. So we say it more like "Wuast", "Küabis" and "viazehn". Just listen to him saying "vier" (2:29). That was correct. No "R" in it. I have no idea why he then said "virrrrzehn" at 3:17...

[@felixlaukart649]

Niederländisch ist fast das selbe wie Plattdeutsch.

[@DisMotosierra]

Hmm 🤔 muss mal gucken.

[@Retardeano]

Dat is absoluter Quatsch. Natürlich gibt es Parallelen aber das wars dann auch.

[@pepin8277]

Plattdeutsch ist fast das selbe wie Niederländisch*

[@Retardeano]

@Caner Birgül Das stimmt alles auf jeden Fall. Dennoch ist Niederländisch Fränkischen Ursprungs, während Plattdeutsch Altsächsischem Ursprung ist. Ergo sind ripuarische Dialekte vor allem auch was das Vokabular angeht deutlich verwandter mit dem Niederländischem als Platt.

[@nebucamv5524]

Das ist korrekt. Linguistisch ist Niederländisch ein Dialekt des Niederdeutschen. Aber das ist politisch nicht erwünscht zu sagen, also wirst du das leider nie zu hören bekommen.

[@MB-um3rp]

I speak Dutch, and I am able to understand German without studying it.Dutch comes from German language, there a lot of similarities.

[@brittakriep2938]

Many dutch people speak good german, but it seems older ones better than younger ones.

[@incaglasgow8957]

Same I’m German and I can understand dutch

[@LiorSultanov]

In the Berliner dialect it is pronounced exactly like in Dutch. I reckon it is because Northern German dialects tend to be unaffected by the High German Consonant shift. In some regions of Germany "männig" is used to say "many" which is not used at all in the standard language nowadays. Also, there is the word "mang" in Northern Germany which is a cognate of "among".

[@Roodneyfb]

I'm so proud of knowing the words the German guy was gonna say and also pronouncing them correctly 🥰

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

❤❤🤗🤗

[@victorminea2005]

The dutch guy was trying so hard not to laugh.

[@np4653]

What you called Dutch and German are just two languages/dialects of West German dialect continuum.

[@hadhamalnam]

Tbh an ideal Germany from a linguistic perspective should include Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Flanders, and German speaking Switzerland. Its only divided because of the Hapsburgs and conflict between Catholics and Protestants. The funny part is the literal names of Austria and Netherlands imply that they shouldnt have nation status, Austria (Österreich) means the Eastern Realm/Kingdom (of Germany) in German and Netherlands (Nederland, or Niederlande in standard German) means Low Countries, just the dialectal name of a region of what should be Germany. Also, there are consonant shifts/differences within Germany itself that are comparable to those between standard German an Dutch, but apparently those in germany are just dialects while Dutch is a language.

[@Adson_von_Melk]

@@hadhamalnam finally somebody is saying what I've been thinking about for a long time.

[@noslost-z7r]

Case system says otherwise.

[@hadhamalnam]

@@noslost-z7r There are definitely differences, but don't you think that has a lot to do with political separation from the rest of germany for nearly half a millenium? They have been steadily drifting apart because of that reason, but I still think thats uts not enough to merit being termed entirely separate languages.

[@noslost-z7r]

Alex Thoppil What makes a language is entirely political. Chinese shouldn’t include all of its dialects as some are as distinct as English is to Italian, but they’re still all considered dialects of Chinese. Norwegian and Danish only formally started to distance a couple of hundred years ago, yet they are recognised as separate even though their standard varieties barely differ apart from vocabulary. You could make a case for any language to be a dialect and any dialect to be a language. Do I consider German and Dutch to be separate languages? Considering the Dutch and Germans wouldn’t be able to have a decent conversation just speaking their own tongues to one another without occasional severe misunderstanding - yes, I think they are separate languages. Would I cry if tomorrow they told me I speak German as my native language and my ‘dialect’ is just a bastardised, simplified German? No. We all come from the same root. Yet there’s something in simply accepting that the series of events that led to our lack of intelligibility made our language the way that it is. At the end of the day, it is the ability to communicate that to me is of prime importance in the matter. We no longer have a case system in our standard. We have a different phonological base in our standard. And that standard has influenced the way that all of our language varieties have developed. Across the border this has happened much in the same way. Alas, there’s no definitive answer.

[@lurklingX]

I’m studying French and have studied a little bit of German. It’s so wild to hear the roots of both languages within Dutch!