As a German, I'm a bit puzzled as to why Latin languages like Spanish and Romanian, are more "similar to English" than German is.
I get that English borrows a lot of words from French but overall English and German should have more similar origins than say Portuguese or Catalan.
Is this because of our "annoying" grammar (would make sense since Icelandic, another Germanic language with much more complexity in this regard even makes it into Category IV) or because German leaves little room of ambiguity (and thus fun)?
I get that English borrows a lot of words from French but overall English and German should have more similar origins than say Portuguese or Catalan.
Is this because of our "annoying" grammar (would make sense since Icelandic, another Germanic language with much more complexity in this regard even makes it into Category IV) or because German leaves little room of ambiguity (and thus fun)?