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German vs Swedish


Swedish vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
4   
11

National Language
Germany   
Sweden   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
9   
1
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
hej   

Thank You
Danke   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
godnatt   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
god morgon   

Please
bitte   
vänligen   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
ledsen   

Bye
Tschüs   
hej då   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Texas   
France   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Deutsch   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
allemand   
suédois   

German Name
Deutsch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
13th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
9   
9
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
swe   

ISO 639 3
deu   
swe   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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German and Swedish Language History

Comparison of German vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of German and Swedish language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on German and Swedish Language History.

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German and Swedish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where German and Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Swedish language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common German Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

German vs Swedish Difficulty

The German vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of German Alphabets and Swedish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare German and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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