Well, modern German, Dutch, Afrikaans and English are all fairly close cousins, and all have the same fondness of have multi word pileups rather than creating new words.
A Dutchman trying to speak German sounds like an American doing German with a shitty accent, by the way.
Sometimes when it comes to German, I can't tell if I'm reading legitimate German or English written with a funny accent.
Well, modern German, Dutch, Afrikaans and English are all fairly close cousins, and all have the same fondness of have multi word pileups rather than creating new words.
A Dutchman trying to speak German sounds like an American doing German with a shitty accent, by the way.