Dutch, English and German share the same ancestor but are unique languages. Dutch people speak better English than German on the whole, except for older people.
In fact, many English words originate directly from Dutch, such as dock, deck, freight, boss, cookie, coleslaw, sleigh, yacht, skipper and so on. Mainly because the Dutch were very active as sea traders and colonists.
The Dutch mock the German language similarly to how the Germans mock the Dutch language, emphasizing how harsh it sounds, how loud and incomprehensible some Germans talk and how the Germans invent their own long words for everything even if there’s already a perfectly usable English word for it.
Interesting perspective. I speak English primarily, and I wonder if you speak mostly German.
Maybe Dutch is German with an American-English accent?
Dutch, English and German share the same ancestor but are unique languages. Dutch people speak better English than German on the whole, except for older people.
In fact, many English words originate directly from Dutch, such as dock, deck, freight, boss, cookie, coleslaw, sleigh, yacht, skipper and so on. Mainly because the Dutch were very active as sea traders and colonists.
The Dutch mock the German language similarly to how the Germans mock the Dutch language, emphasizing how harsh it sounds, how loud and incomprehensible some Germans talk and how the Germans invent their own long words for everything even if there’s already a perfectly usable English word for it.