SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ENGLISH AND GERMAN LANGUAGES

Abstract

This article discusses the English and German languages comparatively. They are fundamentally and historically different despite being part of the same Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Each has its own grammar system and vocabularies and approaches pronunciation in its own unique way.
In this article, the author provides an overview of the common elements of the languages and accounts for structural differences and divergence in the development of the languages historically. The goal of the article is to highlight the relationship between English and German to the reader, showing that understanding one can facilitate the learning of the other.

Currently, English and German are two of the most powerful and commonly used languages in the world today. Their commonality can be tracked through shared historical roots and similarities between the core vocabulary and grammar of these two languages (however, a difference in culture, migration and the amount of time each language has had to grow apart has equalized the correlation).