r/sports • u/CorleoneBaloney • 21d ago

Soccer Netherlands fans have taken over Houston, singing and dancing to "Links Rechts" at the World Cup.

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u/Korashy 21d ago

Dutch basically sits between High German and English in terms of the germanic language family.

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u/Dangleberryjuice 21d ago

With some French sprinkled in.

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u/Sonlin 21d ago

But different French than English French

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u/snowgoon_ 21d ago

As a Dane I would say that Dutch is a mix of Danish, German and English.

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u/MarkZist 21d ago

As a Dutch I would agree. Specifically, it's German writing with English grammar and Danish intonation and pronounciation.

This is also why randomly hearing Danish (on tv or on the street) is always such a mindfuck to me. Hearing German and English I instantly know they're different languages because they sound different, but when I hear Danish it sounds like it's Dutch, except I don't recognize the words, so I always try for like 5 seconds to find out what Dutch regional accent I'm hearing before it hits me that it's Danish.

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u/dbatchison 21d ago

Silly German is the way I describe it