19 февр. 2024 г. · It might be helpful to distinguish between the written and the spoken modality. Written Dutch corresponds fairly well to written German.

12 мая 2024 г. · The Dutch considered their own thing entirely, while the Swiss Germans are somewhat seen as a subcategory of the larger German area.

7 дек. 2020 г. · Dutch is spoken in the Netherlands and Belgium. German is spoken in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

12 мая 2023 г. · Learning Dutch is a lot easier if you already know German. Learning German is a bit easier if you already know Dutch.

15 дек. 2021 г. · I would say, Dutch is German's closest relative and vice versa, if you only count the standard variants (maybe Luxembourgish is inbetween, if you count it)

9 февр. 2021 г. · Dutch and German have similar phonemes (sounds), some grammatical overlap (especially in basic sentence structure) and similar vocabulary.

31 янв. 2023 г. · So even within Germany people won't understand each other's dialect. But the Dutch will understand German better than the other way around.

24 июл. 2022 г. · Dutch will be easier to learn, at least up to the levels your aiming at. German might (might!) Be easier to push to C1 level.

26 февр. 2022 г. · Dutch is very much in between English and German. As a native Dutch speaker, I find English easier than French, and French easier than German.

19 мая 2023 г. · From my experience, the older Dutch generations actually seem to have a closer connection to Germany. This might have to do with the fact that ...