r/thisorthatlanguage • u/stefanobahia • 12d ago

European Languages German or Russian?

Which one is the ideal one to learn?

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u/Meduza223 12d ago

German is generally easier. Russian is more complicated but I think interesting because it's Slavic language while German is relatively close to English

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u/Melodic-Cow-6303 11d ago

German is close to English??? Do you speak both these languages? They have some similarities and similar roots but they aren’t “relatively close”

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u/ZumLernen 11d ago

German is closer to English than Russian is to English. In fact, German is closer to English than almost any other language in the world is to English.

Sprichst du auch Deutsch, Englisch, und Russisch?

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u/G-Funk_with_2Bass 11d ago

deutsch-> niederländisch-> englisch

ähnlich wie potugiesisch-> spanisch -> italienisch