What are the differences between Dutch and Danish?
It is something that I have noticed when speaking to people from all over the world.Sorry, Americans!People tend to be confused about my language and nationality.
I have lost count of how many people assumed that the Danes spoke Dutch.I don't mind being confused by the Dutch.I can't help but wonder what causes the mixup.
There are many possible reasons.Please let me know if you have any insight that I haven't.
Danes are the language of the country that is squeezed in between Norway, Sweden and Germany.It is a very nice pastry.
The language of the Netherlands is Dutch.Holland is not a country, but a region of the Netherlands, which is why they call it Dutch.In German, the language is called "Deutsch".The Germans may have picked the English name to avoid confusion.
Now that we know that Dutch and Danes are two different languages and nationalities, let's take a look at what the actual differences are between the two languages.
I will look into some of the similarities and differences between Dutch and Danes.
The Germanic branch of the Indo European language tree includes Dutch and Danes.It doesn't mean that the two languages are mutually intelligible.
Dutch is a West Germanic language, which means that it is closer to German, Frisian, Scots and other Germanic languages.If(type of ez_fad_position!= 'undefined')
Dutch is related to English in many ways.The roots of the two languages.This can be seen in some of the basic vocabulary.
English has been influenced by a number of foreign languages.Dutch and English appear to be two different languages despite their close ties.
What are the differences and similarities between Dutch and Danes?
When it comes to the Dutch and Danes alphabet.
Yes, they both use the Latin alphabet, but each language has letters that are different from one another, and also from how they are pronounced in English.
I will look at the letters in the two alphabets that stand out and point out when they are different from one another.
A.The Dutch pronounce their A more like their father than the Danes.If the type of ez_fad_position is 'undefined'.
This one is different.When listening to Dutch, the Dutch "G" is one of the letters that stands out the most.It is similar to the Czech "CH", the Arabic "" and the Spanish "J".In both Dutch and Danes, the G is pronounced like "Ground" but not "Giraffe".
J.Both the Dutch and the Danes are pronounced the same, but never like Jack orJill, except in certain loan-words and foreign names.Or someone else.
O.Like the English O, the Dutch O is a little more similar to the Danes.The O is pronounced with less force in Danes.It is closer to the French word for "l'eau" which does not contain an O.
R can be said in three different ways in Dutch.As a happy R, like in Spanish, Scottish and so on, as a guttural R from the back of your throat, or as the English R., in the end of words.You have to get used to the French R in Danes.The other two will be understood, but they don't sound right.
U.The Dutch "U" is similar to the French "Y" in that it is pronounced the same way.It is pronounced like "oo" in "Shampoo" but not necessarily for as long as it is said in English.The Dutch U is hard for English speakers to say.
Dutch V's are similar to English and Danes, but sometimes they are pronounced like an F, like in German.This doesn't happen in Danes.
The Dutch W has a similar sound to the English and Danes.When pronouncing the sound, your front teeth have to be strong.There is a video explanation of the Dutch W.It doesn't exist apart from in loan-words, and it's mostly pronounced like the V.
Y.The English word "way" is pronounced "ay" in Dutch.The Y is the same as the Dutch U in Danes.
Z.The Z is the same as the Z in English.Danes have trouble pronouncing the letter S because it is only used for loan-words.
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.It's a mix of A and E and is pronounced like the German.The sound is similar to the one in Ellen, but there is no equivalent in Dutch.
.There is a Danish word that doesn't exist in Dutch or English.is a sound that many foreigners have trouble pronouncing correctly.It has the same sound as the English word "sir".
The Danes are pronounced like an exaggerated version of the O in the word slow.English and Dutch do not have this letter.
These are the sounds that stand out the most.The Dutch only have 16 vowels whereas the Danes have 27.It is clear that Dutch and Danes are different in their pronunciation.
Danes are notoriously inconsistent in their spelling.It is not always pronounced the way it is spelled, which can make it difficult to learn new vocabulary and pronounce it correctly.
Dutch is a lot simpler.You can reach all Dutch texts out loud if you know how it is supposed to be pronounced.
The "std" or "glottal stop" is a pronunciation feature that can be difficult to master for foreigners.The sound you are making stops abruptly when you suddenly block the air-flow in your vocal-chords.The stop doesn't exist in Dutch, but it can be seen in some British accents.
Germanic languages like English, Dutch and Danish are very simple to understand.There are no cases like in Russian, Arabic or German when it comes tojugation and tenses.
The articles are one such thing.English places the article before the word.In Dutch, the house is referred to as "het huis", but in Danes it's called "huset" (hus + et, or house-the).The definite article is added as a separate word after the noun in Danes.
English and Danes have more in common than Dutch.Dutch and English are both SVO languages, but Dutch organizes the sentence as subject - object - verb.The word "Jeg vil synge i morgen" means "I will sing tomorrow" in Dutch.
Dutch does not use the auxiliary verbs "do" and "I don't like juice" in the same way that English does.This is the case for all of them.
Dutch and Danes share a lot of the same roots in terms of vocabulary.Dutch seems to have more in common with Danes than it does with English, because of the large number of French and Latin loan-words in English.
Dutch has a high amount of French loan-words, but not as many as English, and it rarely seems to be the same French words that are borrowed into each language.
It is interesting to look at their written form next to each other to compare the two languages.While there might be similarities in the written word, they aren't necessarily as obvious when you hear the spoken language
The first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in both languages can be found in the English version.
Human beings are born free and equal.They have reason and conscience and should act towards one another.
Alle mensen worden in waardigheid.In het geest van broederschap te gedragen, Zij begiftigd met verstand.
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Alle mennesker er fdt frie.De br handle mod hverandre i en broderskabets.
Many differences as well as similarities stand out in the examples.The three languages all have the same words, like "all", "free" and "brotherhood".
English seems to stand out more than the others.Dutch and Danes mostly use words with Germanic roots when using French loan-words.Dutch calls them mensen and Danesmennesker, which means "human beings" in English.In English, we say equal, but in Dutch and Danes it is different.In English,ignify is referred to as "waardigheid" and "vrdighed" in Dutch.
Despite being Germanic words, there are words that are simply different.The word "fdt" is not used by English and Dutch in the same way.The French loan-word "spirit" is more correct in English and the Danes call it "nd" instead of "geest".
Despite their similar sounding names, Dutch and Danes are not the same language because they are both from peaceful countries where people like to eat cured herring.
There is no doubt that the two languages share a lot of similarities, but there are also many differences and a person will not hesitate for a second to speak English with a Dutch person.
Dutch would have been very close to English had it not been for the strong French influence on the English language.
Even a language like Icelandic has more in common with the Danes than the Dutch.
Germany might be one of the missing links between the Dutch and Danes.A linguistic progression that takes place over geographic distances can be witnessed with the similarity of the Dutch and German languages.
Dutch and Danes are different languages.They have a lot in common, but not as much as you might think.