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Lv 4
. asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

is German a hard language to learn?

thanks :)

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  • aida
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    In some ways! Taking German really makes you aware that (1) English is a Gemanic language and (2) English takes a GREAT deal of its vocabulary from Latin! So in some aspects of grammar, German comes more naturally to an English speaker than a Romance language does. (E. g. adjectives before nouns; forming compound words) In others, it's harder, because we share so many Latin-based words with the true Latin-derived languages, whereas German has its own words for many of those concepts. For example, you would almost certainly recognize the word for "independence" in any Romance language, but the German word for it is "Unabhaengigkeit." On the other hand, the simple everyday vocabulary of German is very similar to that of English. In German, one lives in a Haus and walks through the Tuer to get into it. At Nacht, one schlaeft in a Bett, und in dem Morgen, man trinkt Kaffee. I think you get the idea.

    I know you didn't ask about Latin, but if you have had any, it will come in handy for German in at least one way. German is more inflected than English, with six verb forms for each tense, three noun genders, and four cases for each gender.

    Source(s): Six years of Latin (major), five of French, and three of German.
  • 1 decade ago

    if you speak English, German is in the top 5 easiest languages for you to learn

  • mikey
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    As the original source for English, there are quite a few similarities. Unfortunately, English was also heavily influenced by French, due to the Norman conquest.

    But as a whole, i thought German was reasonably easy.

    Source(s): 1 year of German in college to satisfy my foreign language requirement.
  • 1 decade ago

    it depends on your native tongue. They say that if you are an english speaker, learning German is easier because there are a lot of similarities between the two languages. ;)

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  • 1 decade ago

    It's very similar to English, most of the words are similar (ie. Sister - Schwester, Brother - Bruder). In my opinion, grammar is the hardest bit. It's easy to pull sentences together & be remotely understandable, but making full correct sentences is the hardest part.

    Good luck with your choice :)

  • 1 decade ago

    Maybe, but I hope i can learn german language someday.

  • Kent H
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    no, it's a sister language to english

    some words sound similar.

    sentence structure is similar

    you need to learn pronuciation and reading.

    nouns are either masculine, feminine or neuter

    the is either der, die, or das

    verbs are the most difficult to remember.

  • 1 decade ago

    It's not a Language i would like to speak Sorry

  • 1 decade ago

    Genau! lol

    well...i think it depends on your mother tongue.

    If it's English,it'll easier for you.

    but bcuz im asian so it's very difficult to me especially

    abt conjugation and Dativ, Akkusativ, Genetive etc..very confusing to me

    but i still like anyways

    i recommend this online dict, very useful http://www.dict.cc/

    Source(s): me
  • 1 decade ago

    i think it is

    i find after 10 beers i speak fluent german LOL

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