What, no Stille Nacht?!

That first one sounds very familiar. I wonder if our school choir sang it back in the day. When you attend a Rudolf Steiner school you can't help but get acquainted with some German music!

I think that German is the only Germanic language we really encounter much in the English speaking world, yet ironically, the English language is still classed as Germanic with its roots being Gaelic. In the video they're comparing with romance languages, which are completely different and they're picking the romance words which have made their way into the English language over the years from various occupations of the British Isles. We actually probably have more Germanic words which are similar the German ones. They could have picked out Dutch and Scandinavian words to compare, but the contrast wouldn't have worked very well. 😆

What I love about the German language is its clarity. It's so much easier to hear what native speakers are saying than with the romance languages where they almost blend one word into the next and sometimes even phase parts of words out. I also like how they link words together to make other really long words. My favourite has got to be Schwartzwälderkirschtorte, although I'm not sure if they separate that into two words now.