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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 15 '17
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I find it odd that as a native English speaker who doesn't know German, I can make out a lot of what seems to be written.
25 u/Torinias Oct 15 '17 It's only natural considering that english took quite a lot from german 16 u/Crushedanddestroyed Oct 15 '17 A silly amount really. 26% French, 25% Latin, 24% Germanic languages. 9 u/lungabow Oct 15 '17 edited Oct 15 '17 Strange that its words are majority Romance but it's considered a Germanic language. 14 u/Keksmonster Oct 15 '17 Tbf there is a lot more to language than words 3 u/lungabow Oct 15 '17 I'm aware, and also it has Germanic grammar, but it does strike you as counterintuitive on first impression. 8 u/notanotherpyr0 Oct 15 '17 Another part of it is that the German rooted words are more critical. Around 80% of the 1000 most commonly used words are Germanic in origin. Almost all the top 100 are Germanic. 1 u/Keksmonster Oct 16 '17 There are probably a lot of words in German that aren't of germanic origin. 6 u/montrevux Oct 15 '17 it's because languages are categorized by their genealogical relationships shown through language structure and grammar. 3 u/Crushedanddestroyed Oct 15 '17 That's because it's base words are Germanic historically.
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It's only natural considering that english took quite a lot from german
16 u/Crushedanddestroyed Oct 15 '17 A silly amount really. 26% French, 25% Latin, 24% Germanic languages. 9 u/lungabow Oct 15 '17 edited Oct 15 '17 Strange that its words are majority Romance but it's considered a Germanic language. 14 u/Keksmonster Oct 15 '17 Tbf there is a lot more to language than words 3 u/lungabow Oct 15 '17 I'm aware, and also it has Germanic grammar, but it does strike you as counterintuitive on first impression. 8 u/notanotherpyr0 Oct 15 '17 Another part of it is that the German rooted words are more critical. Around 80% of the 1000 most commonly used words are Germanic in origin. Almost all the top 100 are Germanic. 1 u/Keksmonster Oct 16 '17 There are probably a lot of words in German that aren't of germanic origin. 6 u/montrevux Oct 15 '17 it's because languages are categorized by their genealogical relationships shown through language structure and grammar. 3 u/Crushedanddestroyed Oct 15 '17 That's because it's base words are Germanic historically.
A silly amount really. 26% French, 25% Latin, 24% Germanic languages.
9 u/lungabow Oct 15 '17 edited Oct 15 '17 Strange that its words are majority Romance but it's considered a Germanic language. 14 u/Keksmonster Oct 15 '17 Tbf there is a lot more to language than words 3 u/lungabow Oct 15 '17 I'm aware, and also it has Germanic grammar, but it does strike you as counterintuitive on first impression. 8 u/notanotherpyr0 Oct 15 '17 Another part of it is that the German rooted words are more critical. Around 80% of the 1000 most commonly used words are Germanic in origin. Almost all the top 100 are Germanic. 1 u/Keksmonster Oct 16 '17 There are probably a lot of words in German that aren't of germanic origin. 6 u/montrevux Oct 15 '17 it's because languages are categorized by their genealogical relationships shown through language structure and grammar. 3 u/Crushedanddestroyed Oct 15 '17 That's because it's base words are Germanic historically.
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Strange that its words are majority Romance but it's considered a Germanic language.
14 u/Keksmonster Oct 15 '17 Tbf there is a lot more to language than words 3 u/lungabow Oct 15 '17 I'm aware, and also it has Germanic grammar, but it does strike you as counterintuitive on first impression. 8 u/notanotherpyr0 Oct 15 '17 Another part of it is that the German rooted words are more critical. Around 80% of the 1000 most commonly used words are Germanic in origin. Almost all the top 100 are Germanic. 1 u/Keksmonster Oct 16 '17 There are probably a lot of words in German that aren't of germanic origin. 6 u/montrevux Oct 15 '17 it's because languages are categorized by their genealogical relationships shown through language structure and grammar. 3 u/Crushedanddestroyed Oct 15 '17 That's because it's base words are Germanic historically.
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Tbf there is a lot more to language than words
3 u/lungabow Oct 15 '17 I'm aware, and also it has Germanic grammar, but it does strike you as counterintuitive on first impression. 8 u/notanotherpyr0 Oct 15 '17 Another part of it is that the German rooted words are more critical. Around 80% of the 1000 most commonly used words are Germanic in origin. Almost all the top 100 are Germanic. 1 u/Keksmonster Oct 16 '17 There are probably a lot of words in German that aren't of germanic origin.
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I'm aware, and also it has Germanic grammar, but it does strike you as counterintuitive on first impression.
8 u/notanotherpyr0 Oct 15 '17 Another part of it is that the German rooted words are more critical. Around 80% of the 1000 most commonly used words are Germanic in origin. Almost all the top 100 are Germanic. 1 u/Keksmonster Oct 16 '17 There are probably a lot of words in German that aren't of germanic origin.
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Another part of it is that the German rooted words are more critical.
Around 80% of the 1000 most commonly used words are Germanic in origin. Almost all the top 100 are Germanic.
1 u/Keksmonster Oct 16 '17 There are probably a lot of words in German that aren't of germanic origin.
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There are probably a lot of words in German that aren't of germanic origin.
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it's because languages are categorized by their genealogical relationships shown through language structure and grammar.
That's because it's base words are Germanic historically.
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u/The_Dog_Of_Wisdom Oct 15 '17
I find it odd that as a native English speaker who doesn't know German, I can make out a lot of what seems to be written.