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Re:The Awful German Language by burning_hamster on Friday May 16, 2025 @11:05AM (#44006378)
> A Dutch speaker can't read or understand German.

A Dutch speaker can't necessarily read or understand German. However, a Dutch person nearly always does, and often flawlessly so.

Re:The Awful German Language by arp242 on Friday May 16, 2025 @11:59AM (#44006993)
This is just wrong. I have nothing more to add, because this is just not the case. Maybe it was true 60 years ago, but not today.