Whom, do you think that the Dutch are genetically close to, between the English and Germans?

[Septentrion]

From your personal opinion and why do you think so?

[Supercomputer]

Slightly more to the Germans.

[21993]

Germans, slightly.

[Smeagol]

North Germans>English>South Germans.

[Ülev]

North Germans>English>South Germans.

yes

[The One]

English I think but not by much

[Benyzero]

North germans

[Septentrion]

English I think but not by much

I guess you are right, according to this study.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RkyRpxkmV...h_Euro_PCA.png

[Skull]

North Germans

[Creoda]

North Germans>English>South Germans.

More specifically: NW Germans>English>SW Germans>East Germans

The Dutch are closer to the English overall than the Germans overall.

[1] "1. CLOSEST SINGLE ITEM DISTANCE%"
                       Dutch1                      Scottish
                    0.0000000                     0.1163497
                      English                      Orcadian
                    0.1301729                     0.1380250
                       DEU_MA              English_Cornwall
                    0.1472762                     0.1527500
                        Irish                    Shetlandic
                    0.1589090                     0.1596456
                England_Roman                     Norwegian
                    0.1652892                     0.1742603
              French_Brittany                     Icelandic
                    0.1802312                     0.1805782
                England_Saxon                         Welsh
                    0.1827611                     0.1864632
                   England_IA                        German
                    0.1874373                     0.1879316
                      Swedish                   England_MBA
                    0.2073643                     0.2285426
                 Scotland_LBA               Bell_Beaker_CZE
                    0.2295522                     0.2315190
 Bell_Beaker_Mittelelbe-Saale               Bell_Beaker_POL
                    0.2384739                     0.2554164
          Bell_Beaker_Bavaria                       Belgian
                    0.2670165                     0.2751884
               England_CA_EBA                 SVK_Poprad_MA
                    0.2754737                     0.2770791
                 Scotland_MBA                  Wales_CA_EBA
                    0.2788368                     0.2808364
            DEU_Alberstedt_LN               CZE_Unetice_EBA
                    0.2838567                     0.2888265
                HUN_MA_Szolad                        IRL_BA
                    0.2908870                     0.2965569
          DEU_Halberstadt_LBA                        SWE_IA
                    0.3044807                     0.3086919
            Bell_Beaker_FRA_C               ITA_Collegno_MA
                    0.3104105                     0.3111885
       SWE_Viking_Age_Sigtuna               DEU_Unetice_EBA
                    0.3227403                     0.3275009
          Bell_Beaker_HUN_EBA                   German_East
                    0.3284773                     0.3313663
                     Austrian               Scotland_CA_EBA
                    0.3315235                     0.3359042
                 England_EMBA           Bell_Beaker_England
                    0.3439831                     0.3557012
           Levant_LBN_MA_Euro                   French_East
                    0.3600066                     0.3625825
              Bell_Beaker_FRA                         Czech
                    0.3669143                     0.3738308
                       NLD_BA          Bell_Beaker_Scotland
                    0.3773498                     0.3777712
                      CZE_EBA                  Swiss_German
                    0.3790073                     0.3828043
                    Nordic_BA               POL_Unetice_EBA
                    0.3828689                     0.3859878
                  England_LBA                     Hungarian
                    0.3882833                     0.3987490
                       French     Iberia_Northeast_c.6CE_PL
                    0.3999104                     0.4019704
              Scythian_MDA_o2                     Nordic_LN
                    0.4136581                     0.4137699
          USA_colonial_period               Bell_Beaker_NLD
                    0.4170033                     0.4191246
   DEU_BenzigerodeHeimburg_LN              HUN_MA_Szolad_o2
                    0.4280701                     0.4446290
         CZE_Hallstatt_Bylany                 BGR_Varna_En3
                    0.4447228                     0.4480455
               SWE_Battle-Axe                   Nordic_MN_B
                    0.4647119                     0.4700034
   POL_Chopice_Wesele_Culture                     Slovenian
                    0.4720485                     0.4768211
                     Croatian    Iberia_Northeast_Empuries1
                    0.4804032                     0.4882768
      Bell_Beaker_England_EBA                     Slovakian
                    0.4958394                     0.5006875
                   DEU_MA_ACD        DEU_Welzin_BA_outlier3
                    0.5152394                     0.5180024
                 Scythian_HUN                CZE_Early_Slav
                    0.5217702                     0.5363511
          FIN_Levanluhta_IA_o     UKR_Chernyakhiv_Legedzine
                    0.5386352                     0.5403131
              Bell_Beaker_CHE                  Swiss_French
                    0.5455383                     0.5506373
         Italian_Aosta_Valley                        HUN_MA
                    0.5551754                     0.5641468
                       Polish         Iberia_Central_CA_Stp
                    0.5676400                     0.5699632
Corded_Ware_Proto-Unetice_POL               Corded_Ware_POL
                    0.5800963                     0.5802715
                      Bosnian   Iberia_Northeast_c.6-8CE_ES
                    0.5817289                     0.5849513
     UKR_Chernyakhiv_Shyshaky                       HUN_LBA
                    0.5901465                     0.5939757
            Bell_Beaker_CZE_o        KAZ_Maitan_MLBA_Alakul
                    0.5943173                     0.5970036
              KAZ_Kairan_MLBA          CZE_Starounetice_EBA
                    0.5975409                     0.5977143
        KAZ_Ak_Moustafa_MLBA1        Bell_Beaker_Rhine-Main
                    0.6067993                     0.6069077
                  Montenegrin            Sorb_Niederlausitz
                    0.6130117                     0.6151599

Clustering tree from Global25 averages