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How easy is German for Swedish speakers?

Going from Swedish to German (Deutsch) has a composite linguistic distance of 40% (curated lexical data). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

40% distance FSI Cat II — ~900 hours
Lexical similarity
55%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
61%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
13%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
100%

Latin → Latin

Genealogical kinship
70%

Indo-European ↔ Indo-European

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

🇸🇪 Swedish
Der Winter ist kalt und der Sommer ist warm und hell.
🇩🇪 German
Vintern är kall och sommaren är varm och ljus.
🇸🇪 Swedish
Das Haus steht neben dem Fluss und hat einen großen Garten.
🇩🇪 German
Huset står bredvid floden och har en stor trädgård.

Curated cognates between Swedish and German

Word pairs that share a common etymological root — instantly recognisable across both languages:

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