Learning German and Spanish at the same time.
I know the basics of German; having studied it as as a kid. I'm nowhere near fluent however, and couldn't have a good conversation. That's why I'm asking if it would be easy for me to study German while I'm studying Spanish? Would I get mixed up in my words?
If it should be fine; does anyone know any website like SpanishDict that focuses on German?
6 Answers
The problem here is that German and Spanish are completely different languages, so I'm with Hitchens in thinking that it may not be a good idea to learn both at the same time. At least Spanish and French have similar roots, and what you learn about one might help you understand things about the other.
I wouldn't worry about it. German and Spanish are really different. Italian and Spanish at the same time would be a different matter, but you won't be chattering away in Spanish and be accidentally throwing in German words. It's just too much of a mental switch between the languages to jump around without thinking about it. At least, that what I would expect. I haven't tried it out myself.
If you mix up taco with bratwurst, I would say don't do it.
Otherwise, by all means go for it. If you find that, for you, it isn't working you can revisit your decision.
Just the number of participants on this website, conducted only in Spanish and English, being used by people all over the world supports that answer.
There are many wonderful examples here, but I am only comfortable mentioning Lovely Lovely .... I know she won't mind.
Scroll back to her really early posts, where she was flagged as spam, unclear, needs moderator attention .... and the lady is now coaching others that are supposed to already know how to speak English.
Some people would advise against learning/studying two or more languages at the same time... I am learning to improve 3 langauges Spanish, French and Portuguese Lol
Much depends on the individual person's capacity for learning languages. I make mistakes like all peopls - As our Admin chief Heidita well knows lol 
- but making mistakes is a part of the learing experience.We just have to learn from our mistakes and not repeat the same ones lol 
I have occassionally confused a few words which are similar in different in the past but now seldom do now at least it is not a problem I frequemtly experience..
You could try learning both concurrently and see how you go. Perhaps setting aside different days for studying them them could help you and just making one language the focus at one time. ...ie don't make a practice of comparing what a word/pharse means in both languages focus on only one at a time until you are confident in one of them.
I hope this helps 
In my opinion. Dont go there. Not wise to learn to languages at the same time. Learning one is hard enough.I myself had the dilema between German and Spanish. I knew lots of German and no Spanish. I dropped the German and dont even want to hear a word of it until my spanish is fluent.
The better option is to spend all your time on one, and then when you can speak it, devote all your time to the other.
It really depends on a person. I have a friend who is taking French, Spanish, and Chinese at the university, she seems to be doing fine. I am studying Spanish, Japanese, and Irish at the same time. I don't have many problems with mixing them up, maybe because all three are vastly different. Well, sure, occasionally a Japanese word would pop into my head when I am looking for a Spanish one, but hey, it's a small price to pay, in my opinion.
I think eventually they will sort themselves out in your head. I don't think you should be worried that you'll end up speaking some weird German-Spanish language.
