No. No it’s not. I speak both fluent English and Dutch and German is an absolute bloody nightmare.
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cattywampas@lemmy.world 1 week agoI think learning any second language is hard, but German is probably the easiest for native English speakers because it’s the most closely related of any major language. It was as easy or easier for me to learn than Spanish and definitely easier than when I tried learning Polish or Irish.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 week ago
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
I think Dutch is even more closely related, and AFAIK has somewhat simpler grammar. To me as someone fluent in German and English, but who’s never learned Dutch, Dutch looks like a mix of German, English, and gibberish.
SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 1 week ago
I believe Norwegian and Swedish are easier. They are de-gendered and have the exact same grammer. It is just word substitution and even that is easy because some come from the same root.