German and Dutch speakers: Is Brazilian Hunsrückisch intelligible to you?

[Ruggery]

Depends on where the German is from: Low Saxony and North-Rhine-Westphalia probably have it the easiest.

South Germany no?

Can a Dutch understand English or Danish without knowing it?

[Etelfrido]

For those interested in these sort of subjects, I've made a thread on the East Pomeranian dialect.

[Catnip]

I presume you're Swiss and that you also speak or at least understand Standard German. Do you think you'd say the same if you only spoke Swiss German?

In schools, standard German is taught.
There are many dialects of Swiss German, thus answering this question is a bit difficult

Imo, if you only knew the language of Bern, Fribourg, or Wallis (Valais) —dialects I speak—and had never heard the standard language, your proficiency should be around 50-60%, because these dialects are rich in French and/or older Romance expressions.

Basel German should be easier to grasp, especially for locals of southern Baden.

But this is just my estimate.

It would be better to ask Germans from Germany how well they understand us and which cantons.

[Catnip]

even i don't speak german it seem closer of german than the yodeling Moselle Franconian called Lothrìnger deitsch/ditsch, Lothrìnger Platt spoken in the north eastern of france who sound more like a mountaineer german like in tyrol or swiss

alsacian is more build like german and indeed very close of it

Is it more common for a Dutchman to understand German than for a German to understand Dutch?

No, and he mentioned that in the video.
He's speaking a northern Alsatian dialect.
Because of the historical German community that lives there, their language is like standard nowadays, with Alemmanic pronunciation.
However, in lower/southern Alsace, people still speak in a language, akin to that of NW Switzerland.

[Your Old Comrade]

South Germany no?

Can a Dutch understand English or Danish without knowing it?

We used to have some Bavarian members, I believe, and they could read it without a problem. But I think that in the case of spoken Dutch, those speaking it would need to speak very slowly.

And no for both other languages. In the case of Danish, they might be able to understand part of its meaning when they read it. Same for Norwegian and Swedish.