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How easy is Dutch for Spanish speakers?

Going from Spanish to Dutch (Nederlands) has a composite linguistic distance of 57% (heuristic estimate). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

57% distance FSI Cat I (Easiest) — 600–750 hours
Lexical similarity
10%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
78%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
17%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
100%

Latin → Latin

Genealogical kinship
40%

Indo-European ↔ Indo-European

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

🇪🇸 Spanish
De student studeert filosofie en geschiedenis aan de universiteit.
🇳🇱 Dutch
El estudiante estudia filosofía e historia en la universidad.
🇪🇸 Spanish
De moderne technologie verandert de industrie en de samenleving.
🇳🇱 Dutch
La tecnología moderna cambia la industria y la sociedad.

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