Are Dutch and Deutsch alike in any way?

Question

I've heard from people that these 2 languages are quite similar and by similar I mean in grammar or vocab etc... I know they're 2 different languages, but just wondering, are they?

Reason I ask is out of curiousity and 2nd I'm planning on taking some courses for learning Deutsh and wondering if this will make it any easier if I get to learn Dutch as there is a chance I might go to the Netherlands.

Answer 1

yea they are similar just like english but still u would have to learn them seperately.  

Answer 2

They're no closer to each other than either one is to English.

Answer 3

There are similarities.However English and Dutch are much closer.Dutch grammar is much easier than German grammar.If you know some German it would help a lot to learn Dutch.

Answer 4

Both Germanic languages, the grammar of both languages are similar to each other and I can recognize a lot of Dutch things in German.

Answer 5

I think they are quite similar, not necessarily orally, but in writing. I have studied German at school and now I'm trying to learn Dutch by myself and I find it easier to understand the meaning of some words and some things in grammar. But I also find that Dutch is closer to English than German is.

Don't get me wrong though, I'm not saying they're the same, they're still two distinct languages.

Answer 6

a little... some words are similar...

but its not very much alike...

i speak german... and Ive been to the netherlands...

I couldnt really understand a lot