Questions tagged [germanic-languages]
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Examples where English is "more Germanic" than German
English is a so called a Germanic language, as are German, Yidish, Dutch, etc.
In a way it seems natural to believe that German is "more Germanic" than English. But here it is not clear what "more" is supposed to mean since "Germanic" is just a…
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What is Germanic about English -- an incomplete list. Can others add things I missed?
I attempted a list of features of the English language that are clearly Germanic, and wrote only what came to mind off the top of my head. Doubtless it is woefully incomplete and has other flaws. What should be added or emended?
Only two verb…
Michael Hardy
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Why don't the names of the devices, in which evaporation and condensation occur, have the same ending in English?
In thermodynamics, the evaporator evaporates and the condenser condenses a substance. While these devices have the same ending in other languages (e.g. French and German), how did it come to pass that these aren't called evaporator and condensator…
Martin
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What Germanic language is the most understandable for the native English speakers?
What Germanic language is the most understandable for the native English speakers?
Balázs
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Old English sounds and Germanic languages
What languages still use the 'ge' prefix that was part of the Old English grammatical structure? I've searched and found German, but am not sure that is the only one which still does. I'm interested, because I am involved in a conversation…
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What is the inverse of schaedenfreude?
If schadenfreude is pleasure from another’s misery, what is displeasure caused by another’s success.
Mark
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German vs English who and where
I am a native English speaker and I have started learning German. I have learned the German word "Wo" equates to "Where" in English, and the German word "Wer" equates to "Who"
If both German and English have there roots in Proto Germanic how did…
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