Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
We raised the level for the German vs Swedish vs Norwegian vs Dutch language challenge! This time the participants need to use only their native languages to communicate, without prior learning of each other's languages. Can they understand each other based purely on the mutual intelligibility phenomenon? Are those Germanic languages similar enough to hold a conversation?
🤓 Join the Ecolinguist DISCORD community → discord.gg/xKBQCc3V57
🏋️♀️ Support my Work:My name is Norbert Wierzbicki and I am the creator of @Ecolinguist channel. ☕️ Donations → paypal.me/ecolinguist (I appreciate every donation no matter how big or small🤠)
🙏 Volunteer your language skills for the future videos → docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9I2GI7plOElgXkQajre7z7CIfdnPBmYudUl0d4YnJ-W-_jg/viewform
📱 Follow me on Instagram: @the.ecolinguist
📝 Contact details for the guests of the show are:
Florian Sunnus - German Teacher and YouTuber @SolarLingua
Freja - Irish language Twitter @FrejaasGaeilge; a knitting project on Instagram @travellinghonsestrikk
Louis - Dutch video maker @barbarianblue on YouTube and Instagram
Åsmund Tveten - science teacher from Norway
🕰 Time Stamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:11 - 1. word
06:30 - 2. word
12:32 - 3. word
16:38 - 4. word
20:10 - Commentary in English🎥
Recommended videos:
German and English Cognates - A Little Analysis → youtu.be/McFEbFWioXQ
German vs Swedish vs Norwegian vs Dutch| Part 1 - youtu.be/F3tOGE3rNCs
German vs Dutch vs Flemish | Can they understand the German Language? → youtu.be/5SUyI3dMASY
🇳🇱 vs 🇬🇧 Dutch Language | Can English speakers understand it? | #1 → youtu.be/DNDtwEXQKMY
Luxembourgish vs German | Can they understand the Luxembourgish language? | #1 → youtu.be/0zMXAgqmn1E
🤠 Old Norse | Can Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic speakers understand it? → youtu.be/5MRfVHU9fr0
🤓🇬🇧 Old English vs Modern English speakers → youtu.be/m9Dagt3SWoo
🤓 🦂 Latin Language Spoken | Can Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian speakers understand it? → youtu.be/C77anb2DJGk
🤗 Big hug to everyone reading my video descriptions! You rock! 🤓💪🏻#german
We raised the level for the German vs Swedish vs Norwegian vs Dutch language challenge! This time the participants need to use only their native languages to communicate, without prior learning of each other's languages. Can they understand each other based purely on the mutual intelligibility phenomenon? Are those Germanic languages similar enough to hold a conversation?
🤓 Join the Ecolinguist DISCORD community → discord.gg/xKBQCc3V57
🏋️♀️ Support my Work:My name is Norbert Wierzbicki and I am the creator of @Ecolinguist channel. ☕️ Donations → paypal.me/ecolinguist (I appreciate every donation no matter how big or small🤠)
🙏 Volunteer your language skills for the future videos → docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9I2GI7plOElgXkQajre7z7CIfdnPBmYudUl0d4YnJ-W-_jg/viewform
📱 Follow me on Instagram: @the.ecolinguist
📝 Contact details for the guests of the show are:
Florian Sunnus - German Teacher and YouTuber @SolarLingua
Freja - Irish language Twitter @FrejaasGaeilge; a knitting project on Instagram @travellinghonsestrikk
Louis - Dutch video maker @barbarianblue on YouTube and Instagram
Åsmund Tveten - science teacher from Norway
🕰 Time Stamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:11 - 1. word
06:30 - 2. word
12:32 - 3. word
16:38 - 4. word
20:10 - Commentary in English🎥
Recommended videos:
German and English Cognates - A Little Analysis → youtu.be/McFEbFWioXQ
German vs Swedish vs Norwegian vs Dutch| Part 1 - youtu.be/F3tOGE3rNCs
German vs Dutch vs Flemish | Can they understand the German Language? → youtu.be/5SUyI3dMASY
🇳🇱 vs 🇬🇧 Dutch Language | Can English speakers understand it? | #1 → youtu.be/DNDtwEXQKMY
Luxembourgish vs German | Can they understand the Luxembourgish language? | #1 → youtu.be/0zMXAgqmn1E
🤠 Old Norse | Can Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic speakers understand it? → youtu.be/5MRfVHU9fr0
🤓🇬🇧 Old English vs Modern English speakers → youtu.be/m9Dagt3SWoo
🤓 🦂 Latin Language Spoken | Can Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian speakers understand it? → youtu.be/C77anb2DJGk
🤗 Big hug to everyone reading my video descriptions! You rock! 🤓💪🏻#german
