The English language is more similar to French or German?

[Ruggery]

Considering that the English language is a Germanic language, it has linguistic borrowings from Latin, especially French, too many, I would say.

[Tooting Carmen]

Intermediate, despite being classified as a Germanic language. All the same, there are words that French and German share with each other that neither does with English, such as the words for 'town square', 'estate agents' and 'cup of tea'.

[Tsuin]

It's a mix of both at this point

[Ruggery]

Intermediate, despite being classified as a Germanic language. All the same, there are words that French and German share with each other that neither does with English, such as the words for 'town square', 'estate agents' and 'cup of tea'.

And with the Spanish and Portuguese language?

[Tooting Carmen]

And with the Spanish and Portuguese language?

Those as well.

[Ruggery]

Those as well.

What thing?

[Tooting Carmen]

What thing?

Those specific words shared between French and German that I mentioned have cognates in ES and PT too.

[Ruggery]

Those specific words shared between French and German that I mentioned have cognates in ES and PT too.

I was referring to the fact that if they had more loans with English than with German/French, it is obvious that Portuguese and Spanish share many things, I would say around 50% of the vocabulary.

[Wulfhere]

Very large numbers of French loanwords entered English, but its grammar and syntax remain Germanic, though there is some dispute as to whether it should be classified as North Germanic or West Germanic, or perhaps somewhere between the two, as one might expect, given its geographical position. More specifically, it is a branch of North Sea Germanic, which also includes Frisian. As for vocabulary, native Anglo-Saxon words are used for all the most basic concepts and elements of syntax, and it's easy to construct a sentence using just Germanic words. Furthermore, spoken English uses them far more often than written English.

[NSXD60]

A fraction of the many everyday words originally from French: nice close branch taste gargle chair mess toast allow barren brawn budge catch clock coward scar scout screw size.