{"id":10,"date":"2008-10-22T21:55:38","date_gmt":"2008-10-23T01:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=10"},"modified":"2008-10-22T21:55:38","modified_gmt":"2008-10-23T01:55:38","slug":"dutch-between-german-and-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dutch-between-german-and-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch between German and English"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dutch: More like German or more like English?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dutch is often called the bridge language between German and English. And it is understandable why. In one case Dutch seems very alike German and in the other Dutch seems very alike English. I think it\u2019s both true.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Okay, important differences between Dutch and German you\u2019d have to keep in mind: in Dutch we don\u2019t use cases for noun words. And we don\u2019t have the \u2018ringel-s\u2019 <\/span><\/span>\u00e0<\/span><\/span> \u03b2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Some say that Dutch has an overlay of German likeness due to linguistic influence, but that on a basic level, Dutch is more like English. <\/span>While others say that Dutch is more like German because like German it is a \u2018verb second language\u2019 and sends the finite verb to the end of the sentence in subordinate clauses. I think this is also the case in English though. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In the next few examples, you can clearly see how Dutch is more similar to German one time and more similar to English the next.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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ENGLISH: <\/span>Stop the world, I want to get off!
\n<\/span>DUTCH: <\/span>Stop de wereld, ik wil eraf!
\nGERMAN: Haltet die Welt an, ich m\u00f6chte aussteigen!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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ENGLISH: <\/span>I want<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DUTCH: <\/span>Ik wil <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

GERMAN: <\/span>Ich will<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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ENGLISH: <\/span>On the road<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DUTCH: <\/span>Onderweg<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

GERMAN: <\/span>Unterwegs<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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ENGLISH: <\/span>The other<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DUTCH: <\/span>de andere<\/span><\/p>\n

GERMAN: <\/span>das andere<\/span><\/p>\n

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ENGLISH: <\/span>often <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DUTCH: <\/span>vaak<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

GERMAN: <\/span>oft<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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ENGLISH: <\/span>sometimes <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DUTCH: <\/span>soms<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

GERMAN: <\/span>manchmal<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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ENGLISH: <\/span>ten <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DUTCH: <\/span>tien<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

GERMAN: <\/span>zehn<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dutch: More like German or more like English? Dutch is often called the bridge language between German and English. And it is understandable why. In one case Dutch seems very alike German and in the other Dutch seems very alike English. I think it\u2019s both true. Okay, important differences between Dutch and German you\u2019d have…<\/p>\n

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