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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  
10
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  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Texas  
France  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

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 %  
13
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
5.00 million  
99+

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  
swe  

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  
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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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