Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Germany
Second Language
South Africa
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Council for German Orthography
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.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
Danke
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
goede Nacht
gute Nacht
Good Evening
goedenavond
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
guten Tag
Good Morning
goedemorgen
guten Morgen
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
pardon
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Gronings
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Germany
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Texas German
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Texas
Native Name
Nederlands
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
allemand
German Name
Niederländisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Germans
Origin
AD 450-500
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
mode1257
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Dutch and German Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Dutch and German dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and German Speaking population
Dutch and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and German languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Dutch and German on Dutch vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and German Language Codes
Dutch and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.