How mutually intelligible are Germanic languages?

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Without prior knowledge, the other Germanic languages are only mutually intelligible with English to a very limited degree. Native speakers of English will generally understand very little Danish, Swedish, German or Dutch.
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The degree of mutual intelligibility between Germanic languages varies, depending on the languages involved: Danish and Swedish These two North Germanic languages are the most mutually intelligible, and speakers can communicate without prior instruction. German and Dutch These West Germanic...
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The degree of mutual intelligibility between Germanic languages varies, depending on the languages involved: Danish and Swedish These two North Germanic languages are the most mutually intelligible, and speakers can communicate without prior instruction. German and Dutch These West Germanic languages are mutually intelligible to a limited degree without prior instruction. English This language is the most widely understood of the Germanic languages. Highest Alemannic and Northern Low Saxon These two extremes of the Germanic language are considered German, but they are hardly mutually intelligible. Mutual intelligibility is when speakers of one language can understand another language because they are similar. It's sometimes used to decide if two languages are different dialects or different languages. read less
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Without prior knowledge, the other Germanic languages are only mutually intelligible with English to a very limited degree. Native speakers of English will generally understand very little Danish, Swedish, German or Dutch.
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Many Danes and Sweeds learn German at school and many low and High German words have been added to the Danish and Sweedish vocabularies throughout. For these reasons Danes and sweeds are likely to understand German and vice versa.
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