Search results
People also ask
Is German a German language?
What is thisislanguage?
Are German and Dutch the same language?
4 days ago · German language, official language of both Germany and Austria and one of the official languages of Switzerland. German belongs to the West Germanic group of the Indo-European language family, along with English, Frisian, and Dutch (Netherlandic, Flemish). Learn more about the German language.
- Frisian
Frisian language, the West Germanic language most closely...
- Low German Language
In Germany: Languages of Germany …known as Low German, or...
- Swiss German Language
Swiss German language, collective name for the great variety...
- Middle High German
In West Germanic languages: History …language of which is...
- West Germanic
West Germanic languages, group of Germanic languages that...
- Germanic Languages
Germanic languages, branch of the Indo-European language...
- English
English language, a West Germanic language of the...
- Dutch
Together with English, Frisian, German, and Luxembourgish,...
- Frisian
3 days ago · As young German speakers become more mobile, move to cities, and have more exposure to standard varieties through new media, each country's standard variety might become more prevalent. We predict that in the next century, the German dialect landscape will become less diverse and robust.
2 days ago · The Germanic languages are traditionally divided between East, North and West Germanic branches. The modern prevailing view is that North and West Germanic were also encompassed in a larger subgroup called Northwest Germanic.
3 days ago · Low German is a part of the continental West Germanic dialect continuum. To the West, it blends into the Low Franconian languages, including Dutch. A distinguishing feature between the Low Franconian varieties and Low German varieties is the plural of the verbs.
2 days ago · While the two Germanic languages with the greatest numbers of speakers, English and German, have close similarities with Norwegian, neither is mutually intelligible with it. Norwegian is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age .
