Dutch and German Speaking countries

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

0 46

1.3 National Language

Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Germany

1.4 Second Language

South Africa

North Dakota, United States of America

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Europe

1.6 Minority Language

France, Germany, Indonesia

Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

1.7 Regulated By

Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)

Council for German Orthography

1.8 Interesting Facts

Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.

One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

1.9 Similar To

German and English Languages

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

Albanian Languages

Dutch vs German Countries

Comparing Dutch vs German countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Dutch and German languages.

Dutch Speaking Countries: Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname.
German Speaking Countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland.

So we find that, total number of countries where Dutch is official language is 6 whereas total number of countries where German is official language is 7

Find if Dutch and German are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Dutch and German speaking countries will give you the presence of Dutch and German languages in different countries. Along with Dutch vs German countries, you can also compare Dutch vs German.

Dutch and German as Minority Language

In Dutch and German speaking countries you will get the countries which have Dutch and German as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

Dutch as minority language: France, Germany, Indonesia.
German as minority language: Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.

If you want to compare Dutch and German dialects, then you can go to Dutch vs German Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Dutch and German Regulators

Dutch and German speaking countries provide you Dutch and German regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) regulates Dutch language.German is regulated by Council for German Orthography. Also get to learn, Dutch and German Language History.

Dutch and German Continents

Thinking about Dutch and German continents in which Dutch and German speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Dutch and German. Most of the Dutch speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe, North America, South America. While German speaking countries lie in Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Dutch and German languages:

Dutch Interesting Facts:

Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.

German Interesting Facts:

One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

The Dutch language was derived from Not Available and is similar to German and English Languages whereas Dutch language is similar to Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages and derived from Albanian Languages.