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== == Well, I can't tell actually how many word exist. Since the early English language is a mixture of Anglo-Saxon, old German and Danish, there have to be hundreds, if not thousands of German-related words in the English language. Some examples include "tide" or "clock". It's the same word, the same meaning in "Platt-Deutsch" (dialect spoken in the northern regions of Germany) as in English, it's only pronounced differently. Other words are adopted completely from the German language, such as "Kindergarten", "Rucksack" or "Apfelstrudel", and of course the words that the soldiers of WWI and WWII brought back to their (English-speaking) home countries. (I hope sometime someone might have a certain number to give the correct answer)

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(1) The English language is in a constant state of change with words constantly coming into and going out of usage.

(2) Do you mean British English? American English? Indian English? Canadian English?

(3) Spoken and written English are different. Spoken (and generally less formal) English tends to use words with Germanic roots more than written (and generally more formal) English, which tends to use French equivalents.

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