German has 78.1 million speakers in the world, with 70 million of the native German speakers, live in Germany, with the remaining 8 million found in the likes of Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Belgium. As a result, English itself, is considered/ classes as a Germanic language!
In more depth, historically, English and the Germanic language, share a close relationship and ultimately a lot of the English words could be argued to have Germanic roots. In contrast, more recent, straight forward German "loanwords", include sauerkraut ( year 1633 ), pumpernickle ( year 1738 ), doppelgänger ( year 1851 ), and frankfurter ( year 1894 ).
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