Comments on: 10 Moderately Interesting Facts About German https://composemd.com/2021/02/11/10-moderately-interesting-facts-about-german/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-moderately-interesting-facts-about-german Making the world a little bit smarter. Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Amol Shrikhande https://composemd.com/2021/02/11/10-moderately-interesting-facts-about-german/#comment-128 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 01:15:30 +0000 https://composemd.com/?p=1805#comment-128 In reply to rao.

Proto-Germanic and its “offspring” mingled with Latin (spread by the Romans) and Latin’s “offspring” (i.e. the Romance languages). So even though English is Germanic, it has a lot of influence from the Romance languages. And even though French is a Romance language, the Germanic influence is pretty clear.

]]> By: rao https://composemd.com/2021/02/11/10-moderately-interesting-facts-about-german/#comment-126 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:54:07 +0000 https://composemd.com/?p=1805#comment-126 where does Latin, supposed to be mother of european languages fit in?

]]> By: Amol Shrikhande https://composemd.com/2021/02/11/10-moderately-interesting-facts-about-german/#comment-87 Sat, 20 Feb 2021 01:04:02 +0000 https://composemd.com/?p=1805#comment-87 In reply to Alka Shrikhande.

Very interesting! That’s a great reminder of how the Indo-European language family covers a pretty wide geographic range. (It’s also a great reminder of our interconnectedness.)

]]> By: Alka Shrikhande https://composemd.com/2021/02/11/10-moderately-interesting-facts-about-german/#comment-86 Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:51:24 +0000 https://composemd.com/?p=1805#comment-86 German and Sanskrit, an ancient Indo-European language of India have identical grammar. Max Muller, a German scholar visited India to study Sanskrit. All German consulates in India are called Max Muller Bhavans. We were taught words which were similar between the two languages.

]]> By: Amol Shrikhande https://composemd.com/2021/02/11/10-moderately-interesting-facts-about-german/#comment-80 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 21:09:03 +0000 https://composemd.com/?p=1805#comment-80 In reply to Girija Vijayaraghavan.

Danke! Language study never lets us down in terms of the fascination factor!

]]> By: Girija Vijayaraghavan https://composemd.com/2021/02/11/10-moderately-interesting-facts-about-german/#comment-79 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 20:36:16 +0000 https://composemd.com/?p=1805#comment-79 Großartige Arbeit! Learned something interesting about Namibia and Brazil as well. And seriously, Mädchen being a neuter term is so unnecessary! Its interesting to see how languages evolve…

]]> By: Amol Shrikhande https://composemd.com/2021/02/11/10-moderately-interesting-facts-about-german/#comment-78 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 20:30:18 +0000 https://composemd.com/?p=1805#comment-78 In reply to Anitha Shrikhande.

Thanks! Viel Erfolg means something like “Lots of success” or “I wish you much success.”

]]> By: Anitha Shrikhande https://composemd.com/2021/02/11/10-moderately-interesting-facts-about-german/#comment-77 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:47:51 +0000 https://composemd.com/?p=1805#comment-77 What does viel erfolg mean? I enjoyed this post!

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