Dutch is a West Germanic language. It shares many similar words with two other West Germanic languages, German and English. Here is a list of my ten favourite Dutch words:
boom (tree)
eiland (island)
fiets (bicycle)
gezellig (cozy)
hemel (sky)
klinker (vowel)
misschien (maybe)
rivier (river)
vlinder (butterfly)
vis (fish)
The Dutch words for island and river are similar to those of English, and the Dutch words for tree and sky are similar to those of German. The Dutch word for fish is similar to the equivalent in both English and German. However, the other words from the list are quite different from their English and German equivalents.
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