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English and German both have the same root language, Indo Germanic. Anglo saxon invaders brought the language to Britain. The difference (and why English is confused as a Latin derivative) is the Norman conquest which introduced many French words, mostly adjectives. Most common words are directly Germanic still though.

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They don't have similar words, other than a very few words borrowed from German into Hebrew. Hebrew is an Afro-Asiatic language and Germanic languages are European languages. They are unrelated.

Here is a comparison of common words:


German / Hebrew


  1. Apple = Apfel / Tapuach
  2. House = Haus / Bayit
  3. Dog = Hund / Kelev
  4. Food = Essen / ochel
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