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[OngBonga]

English is actually about equal parts Romantic and Germanic, with a splash of ancient Greek and the odd other word picked up from other places. It's a myth that it's closer to German than French.

There are definitely parts of the French language that relate to English. One word I quickly learned was "cendrier"... ashtray... which is related to the English word "incendiary", which of course basically means "causing fire". There are lots of words in English that are of Latin origin, which means the French use similar words.

But the French structure sentences differently and have gendered language. Our written language is much closer to German.

[Poopadoop]

But the French structure sentences differently

True.

and have gendered language.

German nouns have three genders, French have two, we have one.

Our written language is much closer to German.

Not a German-speaker, but I think their syntax is different to ours as well. Maybe not as much as French though, dunno.