The languages which are most similar to german are the other members of the west germanic language branch: afrikaans, dutch, english, the frisian languages, low german/low saxon, luxembourgish, and yiddish.. Google's free service instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between english and over 100 other languages.. And since dutch and german are just the two literary languages for a single dialect continuum, lots of dutch speakers and lots of german speakers in the border region are also exposed to the respective other literary language and so can at least understand it..
German is a part of the west germanic language family (a group of languages that are similar) and is much like english and dutch. a lot of the vocabulary in german is related to english, but the grammar is more complicated.. Dutch is the first language in belgium, netherlands and suriname, while german is the first language in germany and austria. 2. german pronunciation, for some letters, uses aspiration, whereas dutch does not, e.g. for the letter k.. Dutch language, also called netherlandic or dutch nederlands, in belgium called flemish or flemish vlaams, a west germanic language that is the national language of the netherlands and, with french and german, one of the three official languages of belgium. although speakers of english usually call the language of the netherlands “dutch.
