2007-09-06 14:34:55 · 13 answers · asked by Italian Man Man Man 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
German. Comes from the same root!
French is from latin roots.
2007-09-06 14:42:19 · answer #1 · answered by Cruella DeVil 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
German is more similar. Both German and English are Germanic languages, in the same way that French, Italian and Spanish are Romance (Latin-derived) languages.
The presence of many words in English that look French or Latin is deceptive. In most cases, these words were merely borrowed from French or Latin, and therefore, not "basic" English. It is possible to construct a sentence in English without borrowings from French or Latin but constructing a moderately long sentence in English without Anglo-Saxon (the ancestral tongue/s of English) words is almost impossible.
2007-09-06 14:53:09 · answer #2 · answered by Rommel 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
German, English is a Germanic language so a lot of the words are close, such as: Haus (house), und (and), Ich (ich), Du (you), Polizei (police) etc. Though English and French do have some similarities there are more between English and German.
2007-09-06 15:00:39 · answer #3 · answered by Sara 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
German is more similar because they're of the same family, but I find French easier. If you don't know a French word, just think of a less German-sounding synonym and say it with a French accent... I think it's harder to do the opposite for German.
2007-09-06 14:48:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
German might have more common words with English than French does.
2007-09-06 14:42:55 · answer #5 · answered by tribeca_salonika 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
In my experience, French. I think in terms of vocabulary, it's about equal. German has one more gender. French has slightly fewer ways of saying "you". French is just as weird as English as far as spelling goes, although they're weird in different ways. German spelling makes sense! Most of the irregular verbs in German are similar to English ones, once you know to expect that, and in fact that's true of a fair number of grammatical rules as well. Not true of French. Also the consonants of English are more like German, although the vowels aren't like either.
Edited to add: Of course English is more closely related to German than to French, but that wasn't the question at all!
2007-09-06 14:53:14 · answer #6 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
German is closer to English than French. The grammar and sentence structure is closer to English in German than in French. Pronunciation for either language is often difficult for English speakers (rolling R's in French and guttural sounds in German).
German uses lots of compound words (kindergarten for instance) which can make it easier to decipher. French has lots of words based in Latin which some speakers of English (and Spanish and Italian) find helpful for deciphering.
2007-09-06 14:49:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
german. so many similar things heard and mean the same altough it is differ written.
ex come! in english = komm! in german
hello in english = hallo in german
2007-09-06 20:15:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
actual, i could say it relies upon thoroughly on the perspective you're watching it. while you're asking which language(s) is/are resembling our well-known words (The, I, you, at, and so on.), the respond could the two be Swedish, Scots, Dutch, German, or Frisian. while you're asking which language(s) is/are resembling our not-so-well-known words (Head, foot, cat, and so on.), the respond could be some Romance language (specially Spanish, French, Portugese, Italian, Catalan, and, maximum of all, Latin. So there you pass. As I stated, it relies upon on the perspective. you're welcome.
2016-10-18 04:38:03 · answer #9 · answered by reardigan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
German -- English is a Germanic language, linguistically speaking.
2007-09-06 14:42:44 · answer #10 · answered by emenbensma 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
french we have a lot of english words form french
2007-09-06 16:53:43 · answer #11 · answered by silverzwarrior 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋