Anne frank was german but did she speack inglish or german?
In the biografy it says inglish.........but i think its german....can anyone help? if you can give me as mutch info as you can....please....
2007-05-17 03:37:19 · 8 answers · asked by Valentine 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
She was born in Germany but her family moved to The Netherlands when she was about 3, so during her early-school years she was speaking, reading, and writing Dutch. Once her family wrote a letter to one of Anne's grandmothers who was still living in Germany. Anne didn't know any German, so her contribution to the letter was signing it "Deine Anne" (Your Anne) which was all the German she knew.
Anne learned at least a little English, but as far as I know she never spoke English well enough for it to be a second language.
2007-05-17 03:51:28 · answer #1 · answered by Navigator 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Anne Frank was actually Dutch, I believe, and the Dutch are great linguists. It is likely that she may have spoken English and German and possibly French also as these are the four languages used in most Dutch high schools.
2007-05-17 10:54:43 · answer #2 · answered by marguerite L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anne Frank wasn't Dutch, she was German - born in Frankfurt-am-Main on June 12th 1929. Her parents moved to Holland (Amsterdam) in the summer of 1933 but Anne and her elder sister, Margot, remained in Germany with their grandmother until their parents had settled and found a place to live. Margot went to Amsterdam in December 1933 and Ann joined them in February 1934. The family never became Dutch citizens.
At the time of her move to Amsterdam, Anne, of course spoke German. However, she learnt to speak and write Dutch and that became her main language and the language in which she wrote her diary and her other stories.
2007-05-17 04:23:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
She was both Dutch and German, but she considered herself more Dutch because she lived in the Netherlands most of her life. She spoke both German and English. She also spoke Dutch and was working on learning French. Her diary, however, was written in Dutch and I think that is what she used most.
2007-05-17 09:56:01 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alot of Europeans can speak both, she was actually Dutch. Its possible that she spoke both. But the book was originally published in Dutch, which makes me think it was Dutch
2007-05-17 03:41:58 · answer #5 · answered by Breezy 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
She wasn't German, she was Dutch from the Netherlands.
They have translated her biography in many languages.
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2007-05-17 03:40:26 · answer #6 · answered by miss Kapitan 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
who ever told you she was german she was Dutch
2007-05-17 03:45:37 · answer #7 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
She was Dutch (Jewish) and her father Otto was German born.
2007-05-17 03:44:58 · answer #8 · answered by blundery 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋