German and Nordic Language How Similar Are They? (Germany VS Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland) 

You should had someone from Estonia. Then Finland wouldn’t feel so alone 😂

the finnish girl saying "i don't want to do this" after everyone said 'strand' killed me lmao

Interesting thing about Finnish is that it has preserved even some ancient Germanic words like they used to be. Word 'kuningas' is still in the same form as it was long time ago in Germanic language, the word has changed so that Germans say 'König' nowadays but Finns have kept the original form! So you Germans might wanna loan it back, wouldnt you? We kept the word unchanged in case you would like to use it again! 😂😂😂

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Finland is my favorite country, it's my dream to visit. Also, love how unique Finnish language is. <3

Finnish is useless? I've learned it though. As a German learning Swedish, Norwegian or Danish would have been easier but Finnish is even more special. I love the sound of the language and the whole culture 🇫🇮🤍💙.

Funny facts about hattara. Hattara is derived from ”pilven hattara” which means a white and fluffy cumulus cloud. Cotton candies used to be only white in Finland hence they look like a cloud in stick.

Interesting how the word for Window in German (Fenster) and Swedish (Fönster) sounds more Latin-based, as it is similar in Italian (Finestra), French (Fenêtre), and Romanian (Fereastră). Most likely, like the Swedish girl mentioned, the Swedish word for Window comes from German, as there are a lot of German borrowed words in Swedish. In Latin, window is Fenestra, which comes from the Greek word Phàino (to give light). Interestingly enough, in Spanish, the word for Window follows a more similar interpretation to the other Germanic languages, as windows were more defined by their ability to let air or wind/breeze in, rather than light. In Spanish, Window is Ventana from the word Viento (wind), just like Window comes from Wind in English, Vindu comes from Vind in Norwegian, and Vindue comes from Vind in Danish. You can clearly see the word for Wind/Vind/Viento all share a similar Indo-European connection. If English were to have undergone the consonant shift that other continental Germanic languages underwent, the W in Wind would've been pronounced like a V, making it sound exactly like in Norwegian and Danish, and a little bit closer to Spanish.

I have waited for this for a long time! I would love to see more with this language combination! House, door etc. etc. other germanic words! :) And maybe you could include someone Dutch too.

The Finnish language is NOT useless! It's a beautiful piece of culture and linguistically very interesting. I have tried to learn it a little bit online, but it really is hard. My first language is German, and even though it's more widely spoken than Finnish, you can't use it that much abroad. Anyway, no language is ever useless! And Finnish is super cool.

As a German I always felt a deep connection when meeting Swedish people. We have a lot in common. It might be the same with Norwegian and Danish people but I havent met any.

Please, we need Lotta with another different people in order to find similarities in finnish language.

It's fun to watch this as someone who knows both danish and german, because I grew up in a german/danish family in Germany.

Here's Dutch, which is pretty similar to German:

I am belong to the swedish speaking minority in Finland. I also lived some years in Denmark (learned a fair bit of danish) and in Sweden, and studied german for about 9 years (and one year of greek studies). And I can manage some basic italian, french and spanish if need be, just enough to get a hotel room while motorcycling all around Europe (without googletranslate too). Being somewhat multilingual has always been quite beneficial, and I'd encourage anyone to learn as many languages as possible.

Apart the finnish , they are all germanic , but the german is west germanic like the english , the other 3 are North germanic , that's why someone from Iceland would cool on the video too , also north germanic

Lotta. When we were touring the US with my former band we shared a van with a band from Australia and another from US. We understood everything they spoke but when we wanted to talk something in private we just switched to finnish. No one understood what we were saying. So there you have it: a great language for encrypted messages. :D If you want to make it even more difficult for someone to understand you can always switch to Kontti.

Finnish is part of the Finno-Ugric family of languages which includes Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Sammi, Khanty etc.

It's really funny to hear the similarities. I am german with Swedish and Norwegian ancestors. So I understood most of it. I love Scandinavia and feel always a deep connection to it.

Interesting video. Would've been cool to have persons from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Faroese Islands if it was possible and how well they would've understand eachother.