Do the Dutch Speak German? | Easy Dutch 20 

funnily enough, i think schweizerdeutsch has some things that sound a bit dutch-ish (also things that sound abit swedish)

@@dutchdykefinger treu. German is a combination of different languages from countries around them. Just like dutch in the Netherlands. Our language dutch is a combination of different languages. You hear German, English, French, Italian and other languages in our language.

We Swiss have a German, that also has some French words in it and we all speak the dialect differently, but we all understand each other. Also for me, i can almost understand everything said here, idk if it’s because our dialects are similar to the language or if it’s just a coincidence, but if i met a Dutch person and they would start talking to me, i would probably understand most of it. Surprises me, that our dialect isn’t considered a language, despite everyone being easier off understanding Dutch

as a dutch person i find Swiss German easier to understand than German in Germany

As a German, I also hardly understand Swiss-German

But even in that one she got close with 'wen'!

@@SuAva a Moment of silence for all the germans still confusing Seit / seid Dass/ das

and she spoke greek. Impressive

@@matt04eldorado76 F

@Jc Vastgoed Lol wow... dude, het is 80 jaar geleden xD

To be honest, without the subtitles, I as native speaker of American English with a German level probably hovering around B-2 (more or less) would have had a time of understanding the Nederlands in this video.

It's really interesting how similar German and Dutch really are. I'm fluent in both English and German (as foreign languages) and while I was listening to the video I could underdstand much of what people were saying! Tbh, it would be easier for me to speak with a Dutch person than speaking Swiss German! 😂🇨🇭

Same here. I’m a dual national citizen-British and German. English is my stronger language. I traveI between the two quite a lot now. I can understand a bit of the Dutch spoken in this video…..but couldn’t even begin to speak any myself.

The thing is... Germans don't care if you speak German with some declension errors and some funny pronunciation mishaps. We Germans are thankful that you understand us and that we can communicate to you because you took the effort of learning our language. No one in Germany expects perfect German from Dutch people, we are already happy if you speak basic German :)

@@wingedhussar1117 so true. Another funny thing is if you asked a Dutchy if they speak German there is a great part that would answered with 'ein bisschen' the other way around would be 'Nein'.. But from those who said 'Nein' a large part understand it for at least 70 til 80% Back in the day my father worked in Hamburg, and his German colleagues could read his Dutch newspapers.

@@xXTheoLinuxXx An interesting thought! I think there is definitely some truth in your story

Plus - German may have a lot of special cases or grammatical challenges which you’d have to master to speak a "perfect“ German but actually even some German native speakers don’t get these right all the time.. in general people in Germany can understand you even with a lot of grammar errors or mispronounced/false friends words ✌️

@@xXTheoLinuxXx I am from Kiel myself. We partly speak or at least understand flat german here (especially people back in the days did), which is similar to friesisch/frisk too. And frisk is spoken in parts around the northern dutch-german border in both countries and also similar to dutch. So it is an easy link: german - flat german - frisk - dutch or the other way around if you like ... so no wonder that those colleagues could easily read it! :)

Priceless historical comment, danke schön!

awww that's nice to hear. sending hugs from cologne :)

Lots of people really had a visceral reaction to the German language. My uncle was forced to be slave labour in Germany. My mother saw the bombs drop, and experienced the hunger winter. There was a real hate towards the occupier. People would send Germans to the wrong place for a laugh, or demand their bikes back first. That changed over time. As a kid, I thought it was very rude to 'just hate' the German kids at our camping, for example. It made no sense to me. Now, we see the Germans as victims of their time, only a few where radical SS, most where just conscripts, ordinary people. We dont hold grudges anymore. We trade and have fun together, drinking beer. We are all human. Time heals all wounds.

You can't blame people for the sins of their parents. We do like to make fun of Germans now and then though ;-)

Ich denke mal, nach 76 Jahren haben fast alle Beteiligten, Täter sowie Opfer, mittlerweile "das Zeitliche gesegnet" Es sollte heute keinen Hass mehr geben

I agree. I'm younger, and my first memories started in the 90s, but I still remember my grandma always had her tv turned on to a German channel. And at home, my sibling and I would secretly turned the tv to BBC while our parents weren't in the room. It's why I watched series like Hercules and Xena in both German and English, and learned both languages. I also grew up with both the internet and camping. The internet helped me understand English better, while camping brought me in contact with many Germans who came to the Netherlands on vacation. By the time I started learning languages in school, these two had already become familiar to me, which was very helpful. My French is horrendous, but that's because French class was scary. I could've turned the tv to a French channel, but nothing there peaked my interest. I never met French people. And by the time I started getting French classes, the language started reminding me of the aggressive, dismissive, and overall awful person that was my French teacher. I often give people the benefit of the doubt, but after an entire year of his classes, he left the worst impression any teacher has ever left with me.

My grandmother (on a later age, in the late '90) learned basic French because she watched soap opera's on the Dutch channel and they were transmitted on the French channel a few weeks later with the same episodes and she compared what they said.

Very interesting, thanks.

I can totally conform that 85-90% of text. I understand about that much of written dutch, despite not speaking the language. The only troublesome words are the ones that are pretty much unique dutch. But knowing german and english pretty much does the rest.

jeh en ut plat denne?

Keep speaking Dutch, people appreciate it! :D

We do appreciate people trying to learn our language, however there is a large group of people that only care about themselfs and their own time, as such, they want to deal with you as soon as possible. Hence they rather have you speak English sometimes. I am very sorry for some of my countrymen :')

@@pepin8277 that's sweet, thanks! I hate giving my best while the other person doesn't appreciate it. But I realized that dutch people are very good english speakers so I guess you're right with your assumption

Whenever i talk to foreigners who actively try to speak Dutch i can't help but smile and i appreciate the effort. In that situation i will not respond in English but i will try to make the conversation continue in Dutch. Only when that doesn't work will i switch to German, English or French, whatever works.

@@jfv65 that's nice of you! Sounds as if you're very good with languages

Und ich will auch niederländisch lernen für mein Studium ,weil ich will Ja auf niederländisch studieren aber mir felt gerade so ein bißchen die motivation...aber ey niederländisch ist 100000 mal einfacher als deutsch auch ohne zu übertrieben

Über 80% sind die Sprachen identisch lingusitisch gesehen.

@@janibrahim1091 weil ich ja auch Niederländisch studieren will*

@@SchmulKrieger Ja das mag sein. willst du also Niederlandistik studieren?

@@janibrahim1091 das mag nicht sein, sondern ist Nebensatzstellung.

BROERTJEEE

Zelfde naar jou maatje

Your name looks Dutch

Ich weiß nicht wieso aber ich habe komischerweise 80% ohne Untertitel komplett verstanden 😁 ich dachte es wäre schwieriger

Ich hab auch ca. 80% ohne Untertitel verstanden, was aber vielleicht auch daran liegt, dass ich plattdeutsch verstehe und knapp 20 min von der niederländischen Grenze entfernt wohne :D

@@Geno1999 ich kann kein plattdeutsch und wohne auch nicht an der Grenze.. voll komisch

the south of holland (Limburg) speaks 85% german :) our limburgs dialect is made up out of mostly german words :) you will have a ball when you go to South Limburg :P you will understand everybody !!

Versteht man doch. Bisschen kr kra und dann kommen deutsche Wörter durch xD

Exakt,find' ich auch schade ,dass immer mehr holländer gibt, die deutsch beherschen

@Kurocoon ja toll ist das nur für die, was ich damit meine ist :es sollen sich auch die deutschen vllt mal die mühe geben deren Sprache zu lernen und nicht nur umgekehrt

Ich denke, das Kriegsende ist schon über ein Dreiviertel Jahrhundert her. Daher würde ich mich nicht schämen Niederländer auf Deutsch anzusprechen. Das Einzige was ich vielleicht nicht sagen würde, wäre zu fragen wer 1974 Fußballweltmeister geworden ist 😀

@@janibrahim1091 This is how I as Dutch person feel like...😅 Me learning German here at Middle school (Gymnasium/vwo)

@@Kasparos I feel u bro but no problem Im learning for you😆 Ik ben nu an het leren maar nog heel slecht

As an American who has lived in Germany, I rarely understand any spoken Dutch, but German helps a lot in understanding written Dutch.

I too am a native English speaker who has lived in Germany some time. When I go to the Netherlands I sometimes unknowingly will slip into german at which point the Dutch will start speaking their impeccable English. English seems to be the second language in the Netherlands so much easier to use it rather than german.

@@fobbitguy As a native English speaker with German heritage, I speak German (I am not bilingual though) and I find written Dutch not too difficult. I would like to transfer that kind of understanding into speaking some Dutch/Flemish, but every time I try people hear that I'm not Dutch and switch immediately into English!

This is very close to my experience too.

As a native German speaker with a high level of English I feel the same.

I think a lot of Dutch people speak German by germanizing Dutch to some degree. Most people have a basic knowledge of German and the rest is filled in by germanification :) Because the languages are so close you can kinda get away with this, at least to be understandable by Germans.

Ik denk dat het meest klopt maar het is soms gefaarlijk omdat vele woorden een andere betekenis hebben ( foute vrienden ). Zo lert je door de fouten en kan een beetje lachen.

@@hannofranz7973 ja, das denke ich auch. aber ich finde es auch lustig dass ich zum beispiel deinen kommentar ohne probleme verstehe obwohl es nicht auf deutsch ist. und, so wie du sagst, kann man gemeinsam lachen wenn man sich mal missversteht!

@@InschrifterOfficial Zolang je maar niet aan een Nederlander vraagt of hij is klaargekomen 😁

@@picobello99 warum? ist „klarkommen“ auch ein false friend? haha

Je spreekt perfect Nederlands, wat knap! Van dit comment zou ik niet geraden hebben dat Nederlands niet je eerste taal is.

Auch spitze dein nederlands 🇳🇱 Hoe veel tijd heb je nodig gehad im OP dat Niveau te komen ? Gruss aus Nürnberg 🇩🇪🇳🇱

@@holgers.3397 Ik ben twee jaar geleden begonnen met Nederlands. In het begin oefende ik vooral woordenschat en leerde ik grammatica. Toen las ik ook veel verhalen op het A1 niveau (Ik kan je de A1-boeken van Compact aanbevelen). Met elk boek werd ik beter en beter. En momenteel lees ik alle Harry Potter boeken in het Nederlands. ☺📚 Ik spreek deze taal nog steeds niet vloeiend, maar dat maakt niet uit want ik heb echt veel plezier en elke dag leer ik iets nieuws 👍Groetjes uit Stuttgart

@@user-rx4jg8lq7h Heel erg bedankt! Dat betekent veel voor me! 😊

@@baltfriedoverwatch5719 Ich habe 4 Jahre Deutsch gelernt in Schule aber du sprechst besser Deutsch wie mich XP Sehr spaß, nicht viel Deutsche Leute lernen Niederländisch

Dutch people speak terrible German. They have no regard for the rules regarding the four cases. They make terrible mistakes like: ''ich gehe in der Schule'' ''Mein vater ist in die stad''. I mean, it shouldn't be that hard to distinguish between the dative and accusative. Dutch itself has a dative case!

@@MA-ck4wu this is no different than people who come from other languages such as English which has no case for most words either. So it seems a bit harsh to call out the Dutch in particular for speaking bad German…

@@paradoxmo No, it's different. Dutch still has relics of the old case system: goedendag, te goeder trouw, ten koste van, de heer des huizes, het einde der tijden.

​@@Kleermaker1000 They do, they're used quite often, even in recent movie titles. Some of these old relics are still productive, e.g. when using ''te'' you *have to* use the dative. You can't say: te het kasteel, it has to be ten kastele, even in 2022

@@Kleermaker1000 ''No one ever says: ten kastele. It's not even good Dutch.'' LOL you don't understand what I was saying. I never said that people say it like that, I said that ''te+dative'' is still a productive feature, because you can't say ''te het kasteel'' IF YOU wanted to use ''te'' with kasteel, HYPOTHETICALLY. And it is definitely good Dutch. Ik neem aan dat je Nederlands spreekt, ''ten kastele'' zou technisch gezien gewoon een degelijke uitdrukking zijn in het Nederlands als het bestond. Het zegt meer over jou en het onderwijssysteem dat er totaal geen bewustzijn is over de eigen taal, totaal geen kennis van de systematiek die er wel degelijk is. Je moet jouw onbegrip niet gaan projecteren op de taal.

Laat me je dan in ieder geval zeggen dat het Nederlands in die comment onberispelijk is. 👍 Het enige wat ik over Pools weet is dat "Tak" "Ja" betekent en ik dacht dat (maar dat kan ik al mishebben) "Polska" het Poolse woord was voor "Polen".

@@TheRealTricky je hebt gelijk. Je hoeft niet Pools te leren..tenzij je zou het leuk vinden, daarmee geld verdienen.. of je gewoon teveel tijd hebt om dat te doen.

@@wojciechzudro1301 Ik ben wel redelijk goed met talen, maar buiten Nederlands is Engels de enige taal die ik echt vloeiend kan. Ik kan nog wel een beetje Duits en Frans en een paar basis dingetjes van Zweeds en Spaans. Maar inderdaad er gaat een hoop tijd inzitten om het echt goed te leren.

Ich liebe es, dass Niederländisch und Deutsch ähnlich sind

Ich hab mich voll erschrocken😂 ich dachte wirklich niederländisch wäre schwieriger 😁 klar verstehen und sprechen ist nochmal was anderes

I speak German, well, very well, I dare say. Not fuent, but close and probably not faultless. But, I never, ever saw me learning German as an attack on our independence. Haha, have another beer!

@@sevil4077 Nou stug hoor. Maar ja, moet je zelf weten, natuurlijk.

I wonder what independence has to do with it. If the Dutch completely rely on English at universities and every day life... it doesn t look exactly like independence.

"English is a West Germanic language that originated from Anglo-Frisian languages brought to Britain in the mid 5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants from what is now northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands. The Anglo-Saxons settled in the British Isles from the mid-5th century and came to dominate the bulk of southern Great Britain. Their language, now called Old English, originated as a group of Anglo-Frisian languages which were spoken, at least by the settlers, in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages, displacing the Celtic languages (and, possibly, British Latin) that had previously been dominant."

They speak English more, because it’s more common in every country, then Deutsch

Thank you for your comment, it's nice to read about such intercultural mixes! :) - Mario

@@EasyDutch I love both countries. 👍 When we were little we experienced so many misunderstandings: My grandmother asked at Easter if we wanted an egg and we understood an ice cream of course but we did not get that at that time. Or if my father said: We are going to the sea, then we arrived at a lake. My father often watched music programs on German TV and now, he likes it when Dutch people become known there such as Jan Smit, Frans Bauer, george baker, 2 unlimited, Dj Tiesto, and a few others. Also German artists who become famous in Holland. (Modern talking, Schlager singers, Peter maffay, Dennie Christiaan, Helene Fisher, Milli vanilli, and many other stars in the 90`s en 80`s). The funniest thing was the revality with football. 🤣 My father was really for Germany with football matches and my mother for the Netherlands, there was always someone dissatisfied but their marriage survived. 😆 For example, we often drove through Germany and people had difficulty communicating to my father because we had a Dutch license plate on our car, and of course my father spoke back in fluent German because he can do that best because he grew up with the German language of course. People reacted nicely to that, they did not expect it from that Dutchman. 😃 There are also many differences between Germany and the Netherlands, the rules of the country itself, and also a bit the culture and mentality of the people. My father grew up with rules and structure and a certain orderliness, discipline and punctuality. In the Netherlands it is all a bit more chaotic and free, it has both advantages and disadvantages. You notice the differences when you are raised by a Dutch mother and a German father. That`s ok. 👍🙃

Afrikaans after all used to be called Cape Dutch, so no wonder there :)

it's rather common to hear people pronounce the z really hard in dutch and it'll sound like s, like in afrikaans

Flemish (Belgian Dutch) is way easier to understand for me and sounds "more German" I don't know why

That dialect is fading away as with almost all of them

Wie binn'n hier in Grunn ook haalve Duutsers ja, woar komst doe vot oet Duutsland?

@@glede2097 Ruhr valley! And this "haalve Duutsers" might be the reason, your Nedersaksisch is close to German dialects from the North. Was this Gronings?

@@karl-heinzgrabowski3022 Yes, im from the eastern part of Groningen province.

Hahaha ok thanks. I think that's a pretty accurate description lol. Tschüs!

Konden de Nederlanders jou Afrikaans makkelijk verstaan?

@@dutchman7623 ja, heel goed. Ek moes net stadig praat. Natuurlik is daar woorde wat verskill tussen Afrikaans en Nederlands. Maar, dit is heel verstaanbaar.

@@digitaldion Ik ben blij om dat te horen! Soms doen mensen moeilijk als iemand een andere taal spreekt of een streektaal.

Wat is het verschil tussen een kroostrooster en een broodrooster?

He’s one of the best presenters in the Netherlands, it’s a good way to learn Dutch.

@@hirsch4155 Yeah, i also love the stories in spoorloos, they are so heartwarming and interesting. Real quality tv!

@@MixolydianMode I’ve never shed a tear watching those, never! 😉

@@MixolydianMode Also he talks more like regular Dutch men unlike some hosts, so it’s good for language learners.

Haha that's cool that you watch Spoorloos. Groetjes uit Nederland

Jouw duits is zo mooi en schattig om te lezen! :) Ik hou van de gewoone 'fouten' die nederlanders doen als zij duits gaan praten (juist als wij duitsers doen als we nederlands praten....) Klinkt helemaal leuk! Mooi gedaan, doe maar verder juist zo :) Doei!

I don't know why it's canceling alone but I'll rewrite this. Nein das war nicht mein Vater aber der Vater meiner Freundin der gesagt hat dass er nicht kommen werde

i can read it i can understand it. but wen i need to speak it i stumble :P

Nein, das war nicht mein Vater, sondern der Vater meiner Freundin, der gesagt hat, dass er nicht kommen werde.

Thank you! :)

Easy reminder; if the words are written with a capital the abbreviations are in capital as well (and vice versa).

I'm Dutch and I would write TV, HAVO (or Havo) ans so on . And I would writ BTW, definitely

@@vrede200 Many people would, but they are incorrect. Many people also say "beter als" or "met hun," but that doesn't mean they're correct. I will say that it's such an insanely widespread error that it might actually become an accepted alternative in the future, but for now it's incorrect.

Is it true that the german dialect of Achen is mutually intelligible with the Dutch dialect of Kerkrade? I've heard this but would like see an answer from a german or a dutch :)

We're really glad to read that! 😊

@@redfishswimming Wow that is really bad In germany people wouldn't speak to u in English that often meaning if u spoke a very litle German they would still comunicate with you as if you were a native speaker... Yeah it's not easy to learn dutch in the Netherlands

Try this sentence next time: "Sorry, ik spreek geen Engels!". ;)

@@EasyDutch Yeah , you know what as soon I go to the Netherlands I'm ging to reprogramm my brain and really delete english from the system ,that's the only way😄

Yes, this is quite common actually. Austrian accent sure isn't pretty, but the pronunciation is nice and clean which makes for easy understanding. I think for an average Dutch person the accents you'll find in NRW are the easiest as they basically just sound Dutch. You'll also find that throughout large parts of North-West Germany certain 'Dutchisms' exist, like Ich being Ik and certain consonant shifts are incomplete and therefore closer to Dutch.

the south of holland (Limburg) speaks 85% german :) our limburgs dialect is made up out of mostly german

I always say to foreigners asking about Dutch, look at the map. See where the Netherlands is, and you will see how the language is.

Belgians from flanders are better in languagues than people from the Netherlands. Flemish people usually don't speak with the typical dutch accent and they sound much more neutral. Flemish people usually speak dutch, french and english fluently and understand german and spanish easier because of the fact that they are germanic and romanic languages. So, I agree that Dutch people are rather above average in languages, but I would say that belgians (especially flemish) are even better generally speaking. I am a belgian (flemish) myself and I speak fluently dutch, french and english. And with fluently, I mean on the level of a french and an english person. Without much german courses, I can read german newspapers and understand almost everything and I can speak it a little (I "germanize" my dutch words sometimes, mixed with proper german). I can also understand notions of Spanish and a little of Italian because of my french. Same goes for Norwegian, Danish, Swedish because of my dutch, but I must admit that it is much harder than German.

@@bavelco I’m think you are correct - I should have said “Dutch speakers” not Dutch people. I love the staff on the Eurostar to Brussels by the way :) whereas the staff on the Eurostar to Paris… well it’s definitely different 😂

@@bavelco I am a belgian (f.... a ja natuurlijk jullie belgen moeten weer eens relevant zijn. :P nederland is gwn beter met alles dan de belgen XD

@@amosamwig8394 Heb je nederlanders al eens frans horen praten? Lachwekkend laag niveau. Ook altijd dat lelijk nederlands accent wanneer jullie een andere taal proberen te spreken ;)

Het is inderdaad vrij logisch. Wij komen veel Duits tegen en Duitsers hebben dat minder met Nederlands. Ook is voor iedereen Duits een verplicht schoolvak voor minimaal 2/3 jaar. Ik moet zeggen dat je Nederlands erg goed is, lekker bezig!

Als iemand tegen jou in het Engels of Duits spreekt terwijl je Nederlands spreekt, probeer eens te zeggen: "Sorry, ik spreek geen Engels/Duits!". En spreek verder in het Nederlands! ;)

Back in the 70's and 80's there were also a lot of German tv personalities that were actually Dutch, like Rudi Carrell. Maybe that made German tv more interesting for Dutch audiences?

Ik heb ook last met die naamvallen. Ik zit pas in de tweede dus natuurlijk weet ik nog niet super veel maar tot nu toe vindt ik dat de moeilijkste gedeelte van Duits

For me it isn't really difficult anymore. I'm also dutch and I live in switzerland since nearly 12 years. "Valse vrienden" were also not that difficult, i had only poblems with the german and durch meaning of "knapp". I always thought the dutch meaning is the same as the german meaning p:

Er is niks moeilijks aan naamvallen, omdat het je nooit goed uitgelegd is. Het Nederlands had ook naamvallen. Als je het Nederlandse systeem kent, is het Duitse net zo makkelijk. In het huidige Nederlands bijv. hebben we nog naamvallen na het voorzetsel ''te''>> te zijner tijd (tijd is vrouwelijk, dus uitgang -er), ten einde raad (het einde is onzijdig dus uitgang ten (te+den).... etc. in het Duits is dat niet heel anders! zu+der = zur (ter bij ons) zu + dem = zum (ten bij ons). Ook in woorden zoals ''inderdaad''', daad is vrouwelijk, dus >in+der. De heer des huizes (van het huis, huis=onzijdig). In naam der wet (van de wet, wet =vrouwelijk). Het huis mijns vaders (van mijn vader, vader is mannelijk)

I'd say Germans are pretty popular to younger generations. We're neighbours after all and especially the younger generations who grew up with something like the EU often see Germany as a reliable neighbour that brings safety opposed to what the rather older generations know Germany for. So to say that Germans aren't popular in the Netherlands is not really accurate. Leaving politics aside i'm quite fond of Germany as a country and Germans as a people. Greetings from your small swampy neighbour who'd gladly shares its beeches with you guys.

I believe they would very enthusiastically learn german if german retained the same status in academics as it had before the world wars. I mean why even learn English when you can read books, publish works and be a part of the world community just as much by learning a language much similar to yours!

especially the neuken in de keuken phrase

For me it is the opposite: I am Dutch and I think Germans talk too fast. Lol

Yeah for me German is understandable when people speak slowly. Although when I try to read a text written in German I do notice it takes me quit a lot of time to understand it all, and how much I also got wrong. 🤣

Stop learning or speaking Dutch, it's a waste of time.

I totally agree with you I learned german for 6 years in such an early year but still think that dutch is way easier and even cooler But ey german is importnat as well

ik kan ook beide en ik vind nederlands ook leuker hoewel ik duitse ben is duits moeilijk voor me

@@janibrahim1091 Do you think Dutch was easier because of the fact you learned German? I'm studying German now, but want to study Dutch danach. Would you say it helped you?

@@loganjukes8820 Hello lugan Yes true, that would be the best thing you'll do, why because alot of people start off with dutch due to the fact that it's easier and then when they go to german they realize the mistake they have made and most of them quite learning German after a while... For me I came to germany as a teen and after 7 years german kind of became my first language ,it was definitely hard at the beginning but I always say learing german is totally worth it.....now a native german speaker wouldn't be aware alot of the diferrence more than a none native that aproached both of them . German has way more complex grammer and a harder prounounication(in my opinion).. But dutch the opposite... I don't care what the others say but learning dutch after german becomes a piece of cake and not the way around....anyways viel Spaß beim Deutsch Lernen ,ich bin mir sicher ,du schaffst es....

@@janibrahim1091 Hi Jan. Thanks a lot for your comment and sharing your experience. Mit liebe von England!

Ik kan niet wachten- It is i can't wait. Ich kann nicht warten Op-ob Van-von Duitsland-Deutschland.

@@Kosovoalbaner06 Ich weiss

I'm not German or Dutch but I speak Afrikaans and I understood you without a problem 😅 Liefde van Johannesburg💯

Except the Sea is a Lake. en een Meer is de Zee.🤣

What is your first language?

Dat geldt ook voor de Achterhoek. Maar ook plat wordt aan beide kanten van de grens gesproken. Ik heb zelf meer affiniteit met Duits als met Nederlands, omdat de stap vanuit het plat naar het Duits kleiner voelt. Ik spreek en versta zelf meerdere Nederlandse en Duitse dialecten. Mij gebeurt het vaker dat Nederlanders denken, dat ik Duitser ben en Duitsers denken dat ik Duitser ben, maar uit een andere regio kom. Ik denk wel, dat door het verdwijnen van de dialecten, het moeilijker wordt om nieuwe talen te leren, omdat veel meer verwantschap bestaat tussen de verschillende dialecten. Ik heb bijvoorbeeld weinig problemen met Oberpfälzisch en Allemannisch, wat niet bepaald de makkelijkste dialecten zijn, maar het lijkt qua systeem veel op het plat. Dat geldt ook voor het Vlaams en het Fries.

Thank you very much!

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