2007-05-28 09:08:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I don't know about Norway, but German language lessons are obligatory in Danish schools. Most tend to forget their German skills once they're out of school, though, due to lack of exposure.
I wouldn't say it's an easy language to learn for Danes and Norwegians. There are some similar words, but the grammar is vastly different. However the early German lessons are definitely an advantage for those wanting to pick up the language later on.
2007-05-28 09:20:07 · answer #1 · answered by Voelven 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The modern Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Estonian languages are full of loanwords from Low German, a legacy of the North German Hanseatic League of the Middle Ages. Dutch is also a variation of Low German.
However, in spite of this, the Low German loanwords in the continental Scandinavian languages and Estonian still do not enable their speakers to understand German anymore than the French loanwords in English enable English speakers to undertand French or the numerous Slavic loanwords in Romanian enable Romanians to understand Serbocroatian and Russian.
2007-05-28 18:32:29 · answer #2 · answered by Brennus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not without having learnt it first.
German is as different from Norse or Danish as English is from Dutch or German.
2007-05-28 12:25:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some but not a lot -but it is easy to learn for them.!
2007-05-28 09:10:54 · answer #4 · answered by marya 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋