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English vs. German Language | How Similar Are English and German Words

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Published 28 May 2020

English vs. German - How similar are these West Germanic languages? In this video, we’ll compare 40 words with native speakers of German and English. English and German are both Germanic Languages, and share similar roots in Latin. The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by about 515 million people in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa. This German vs English language challenge is one of many language learning challenges from Language of Earth. Check out our channel to learn more about the languages of our planet. Subscribe to get the latest German vs. English and more linguistics videos. youtube.com/LanguageofEarth Follow us on Twitter to learn about upcoming English vs. German videos, and more Germanic Language comparisons. Twitter.com/LanguageofEarth

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@karaokeforyou44 years ago Why does the german guy look like everyone in america thinks how germans look. 6414
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@user-fl6fh2um1m4 years ago When you study english, french, german, italian and latin and you feel like a god only listening these simply words. 3200
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@karmashift2484 years ago The german speaker' s pronunciation is
very clear. 226
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@valt13374 years ago The first girl could easily qualify as dracula' s wife. 1440
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@nyuztov4 years ago English: tank
german: 234 4 mit 7, 5 cmwagen. 1628
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@kaw94644 years ago The german guy sounds like google translator. 6562
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@alancruz91244 years ago Curious fact: chocolate is a word in nhuatl, the language that aztecs would speak. And it' s originally written as *xocolatl*. I just love they way this word is pronounced and written in many languages. 481
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@tysorestsl28983 years ago Fun fact: in mid-michigan (a very heavilyregion) there is a township literally known asthe name was derived from locals native german speakers commenting on how beautifully bright the region was (german word for bright being hell. ...Expand 34
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@koontank7203 years ago German: says
poland: why you bullying me? 119
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@luisgsepulveda8302 years ago I speak spanish, english and french and am trying to learn german just for the fun. I have found many similarities between all the languages including . ...Expand 44
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@braydenotto97573 years ago These languages have much more in common than i realised. 366
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@sajedanallawar93004 years ago That looks like the most german dude in history
edit: guys chill pls this is a joke i know how germans look like i have a german friend. 1751
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@matildawolfram46872 years ago Nice video! My brother studied languages at the defense language institute foreign language center in california. The pace of study was intense. Students . ...Expand 13
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@killerqueen13233 years ago I love how german sounds, looks kinda difficult to learn but i wanna try.
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@PizzA_TimE3 years ago Nine in german just sounds like a british person. 100
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@georgebaccett99513 years ago English does not come from latin, but after the norman conquest its vocabulary and structure was brutally modified. In a bbc report, the university of . ...Expand 32
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@dimosemperor10342 years ago English language wouldn' t exist without the german language.
lots of love and respect for the german language. 124
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@TheReal_happy404 years ago Basically every language: ananas
english: pineapple
edit for the comment i saw 1648 times because nobody' s reading each other:
brasilian portuguese: abacaxi. 1454
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@eforcanda4 years ago Love the video! But feel it might be better for new german learners if you gave the articles before the words as well for an extra boost. Remembering which to use is so difficult for new german speakers (der, die, das) 13
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@danielmalachi87934 years ago I' m a british (english from south of england) speaker and would happily volunteer to make recordings of my accent if anyone were interested?
id="hidden8" />you should also consider irish english, scottish english or even australian english for fun as the celtic accents are quite different to mine!. ...Expand 31
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@ernestchacon49283 years ago Much to my surprise, german has alot of latin sounding elements. 111
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@DanBathoryDracula4 years ago This is the most smooth voice and calm relaxing german i' ve ever heard! Relaxing to listen to. 52
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@haeleth72183 years ago What would be interesting here would be to compare old english (anglo-saxon) and german - they are a lot more similar. 11
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@intarc0giotto4 years ago Why does the german have to wear suspenders. At least no lederhosen but still. 1376
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@coolvids74804 years ago Two of my favorite languages! Sehr, sehr nett! 42
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@jimiplant4 years ago Well looks like i can drop my language class. I' ve learned all i needed. Thanks! 3
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@user-uo9zb4zq7q3 years ago I' m learning english, turkish and germany so your video was great. 3
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@rogeriopenna90144 years ago Kse is very similar to thequeijo/queso. Then italian has formaggio, french frommage. And the outlier seems to be english " ch" sound was a k sound in the past.
both queijo and queso come from vulgar latin caseus. Probably from proto indo european kwat " to ferment, to make bitter"
the italian and french come from the same latin root for form, because you put the milk in forms that give the cheese it' s shape. ...Expand 67
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@kubek3 years ago Beautiful butterfly has disappeared between delicate lilly petals.
schnes schmetterling ist zwischen den zarten blten von lilien verschwunden. 10
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@xavermeier83574 years ago A good example for the 2. German consonant shift. In which 'pp' evolved inti 'pf', among other things. Appel became Apfel. 26
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@LillianGraceFullofficial7 months ago I wasnt expecting the german guy to have a good pronunciation since they gave him such a stereotypical but dang he is crisp. And that r is so good! 2
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@lkerunk3 years ago Cow, in german: kuh, in portuguese has the pronunciation: c, which in popular language means anus. 45
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@gustavo59893 years ago In brazil there is pineapple (abacaxi) and ananas. The last one is less acid and quite sweet. 4
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@valkyrieangelll3 years ago I' m sorry, that first girl is gorgeous. 9
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@ariayy82874 years ago Why this girl have not a cowboy hat and a gun in her hand and the german guy must be dressed in leather pants. 1370
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@stanley_agi4 years ago Glove = handschuh (quot; hand shoe" and this is wonderful < 3. 12
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@gioiarusso57034 years ago I' m italian, i can speak quite well english, spanish and of course italian, i' m at the beginning with german and i will study latin at school next year. 3
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@Windmelodie3 years ago Some more words that are actually similar (insome are similar due to language history:
ich trinke - i drink
schiff - ship
pfanne - pan
gott - god
und - and
aus - out
meins - mine
hier - here
gut - good
uns - us
familie - family
rund - round
person - person
ding - thing
ich kann - i can
ich muss - i must
voll - full
sozial - social
oft - often
moment - moment
rolle - role
ich lerne - i learn
ende - end
vater - father
besser - better
ich beginne - i begin
klar - clear
name - name
ich falle - i fall
wasser - water
form - form
text - text
ich helfe - i help
halb - half
situation - situation
preis - price
sohn - son
musik - music
ich plane - i plan
eis - ice
and many more. ...Expand 1
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@kavyakapatel97993 years ago Wow, ich kenne die ganze sprache auf der erde, sogar deutsch, und ich bin so froh, dass ich mir ur vids ansehe, dass es groart gemacht ist. 2
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@darksmakosz4 years ago Interesting and fun, when we start counting 21-99 in germany, normaly you say 23 twenty-three but in german first say drei -und-zwanzig like say in english three and twenty. 7
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@alex.ann_der4 years ago English: eleven
german: elf
english: twelve
german: dwarf. 622
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@nikgeo86904 years ago He takes a lot of pride in his suspenders. 5
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@erickitanski70083 years ago Hi i am brazilian and i really want to learn english and german, even though it is difficult i will not give up. 10
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@raffiart51213 years ago Its amazing that the word for cow is almost the same in all indo european languages. Probably cow was super important for all those tribes. 7
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@voidsid53812 years ago As a spanish speaker, i feel german pronunciation easier than english. 12
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@beluwuga25734 years ago Nine in german sounds like an american saying nine will horribly trying to imitate an english accent. 299
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@sameash31534 years ago For some reason i had a deep laugh at how different brot was compared to all the other words he said. 6
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@alhamdulillhforislam4583 years ago In somali language we also say pineapple ' ananas ( cananaaska) and also in arabic pineapple called ' ananas.
( i speak somali, english and arabic but i love to learn more languages. 1
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@sagitta20124 years ago The first girl looks absolutely stunning! Really gorgeous! 3
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@user-vh2kp6fz4nlast year Ok let me some explain:
hello - hallo
and - und
coff "hidden16"ee - kaffee
tea - tee
salat - salad
mouse - maus
elephant - elefant
man - mann
sister - schwester
brother - bruder
mother - mutter
father - vater
great / super - super
school - schle
and more.
if you speak at least a little english it will help you to learn german.
but if you want to learn dutch better, first get a basic german (at least a few words)
kse ( kaas (
ein ( eene (. ...Expand 1
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@hujya___mad3 years ago For this type of video youtube has its fast forward option. 1
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@manuellasagne27233 years ago Ich liebe es solche videos als deutscher zu gucken. Dann fhle mich immer so klug und berlegen xd. 3
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@harriantoncornell54054 years ago This is my favourite video on this channel.
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@josipkreso99624 years ago Put it on 1. 25 speed, much more normal. 446
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@bananaschmidt21733 years ago Perfect german pronunciation. Good job. 3
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@kingsombra23173 years ago I don' t know why but watching this almost felt like watching those videos where two ai' s talk to each other. 4
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@noajunowicz85904 years ago When the german guy saidhe sounded like he was speaking portuguese. 341
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@byoobyoo12804 years ago In german and romance languages it would be nice to somehow point the genders of each noun. Thats a valuable extra help. Aber kein problem, ich liebe es.
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@aviak1073 years ago I see, that banana sounds the same in most languages also in russian. 1
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@sakuraninja90732 years ago Anyone noticed they didnt blink at all in the video? 1
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@dayanealves8064 years ago Amo o idioma alemo! Porm o ingls tambm lindo. 26
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@letiziac54924 years ago " katze" in italian sounds like a very common swear word ahaha. 477
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@burmustousakoon40924 years ago 75-80 % of words which are compared in the video are similar and of common origin. But they are in different form. Even without looking in the etymological . ...Expand 8
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@mkelkar14 years ago They both belong to the west germanic branch of the indo european family. Though english was highly influenced by romance languages after the norman invasions. Please see my comment above. 13
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@goldie81274 years ago In urdu pineapple is also called ananas, even the pronunciation is same as german. 2
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@davifn6625last year Interesting how 19 and 20 (the last ones) are pronounced almost the same but spelled very differently. 1
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@ranalidana3322 years ago Hi!
what' a name of the jazz/blues music on the background?
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@calebmora48314 years ago As spanish speaker i' d like to learn german. 206
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@dltaanime15113 years ago This channel is very good to learn the languages of world.
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@Mediaflashmob9 months ago Well, i' m a russian native speaker and i had a funny experience like this. Some years ago i went to romania for holidays and once being swimming in . ...Expand
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@creativeblaster8834 years ago In Hindi pineapple is also called as Ananas 2
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@ulisesdiale40044 years ago I' m having an english text next in a couple weeks, and i' m nervous about it because this year i started learning german, and maybe i' ll say actually, i had to rewrite some words whilst writing this comment, although i' ve never done bad at english. ...Expand 1
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@heliodomansk81864 years ago Que lindoo a pronncia em alemo a palavra chocolate. 12
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@diogovenancio2975last year First time that i realized how similar are english and german was when i was watching the movie inglorious basterds. I' m brazilian but i watch the . ...Expand
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@countrybalI3 years ago In Romnian (I think you already know its my country) Ananas means pineapple too- 2
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@btnbsrn78064 years ago Plot twist: both women challenged the english guy in a german quiz: they wanted to test his knowledge.
even in two they did not manage to beat him! 1
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@mamatja71974 years ago German guy either he' s really focused and happy to be there or he' s completely baked. 1
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@joneslaging10344 years ago In the philippines we call cheese as keso which is almost close to how the germans call it.
*intriguing sometimes.
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@III_DarkStar3 years ago Das war ziemlich interessant, um ehrlich zu sein xd. 4
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@ankita85743 years ago We indians also called pineapple as " ananas " in hindi. 4
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@zaqwsx234 years ago English is a peculiar case. Depending on what part of the lexicon you consider, you could make a comparison with a germanic laguage or a romance language.
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@astrag65682 years ago I live in germany and speak english and german i loved this! 1
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@mrinmoybanik55984 years ago Heyin german sounds soo similar to that in hindi! 7