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Swedish vs German


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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
7   
8

National Language
Sweden   
Germany   

Second Language
Finland   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Europe   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
18   
8
9   
1

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
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
hej   
hallo   

Thank You
tacka dig   
Danke   

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

Good Night
godnatt   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
god kväll   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
god morgon   
guten Morgen   

Please
vänligen   
bitte   

Sorry
ledsen   
Verzeihung   

Bye
hej då   
Tschüs   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Switzerland   

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

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Germany   

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

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
France   
Texas   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Svenska   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
suédois   
allemand   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Germans   

History

Origin
13th Century   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
No early forms   

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

Language Position
89   
99+
9   
9

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
ger   

ISO 639 3
swe   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
swed1254   
high1287, uppe1397   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Swedish and German Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and German language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 Swedish and German Language History.

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Swedish and German 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 Swedish and German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and German language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swedish vs German Difficulty

The Swedish vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and German 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 Swedish and German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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