Are there many links between Dutch and Spanish?

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Answer 1

Not sure if it is relevant but The Netherlands was under the rule of Spain for several hundred years before it successfully gained its independence. Considering how long the Spanish rule was, it is surprising how little Spanish has affected Dutch. Off the top of my head, I can only think of "pagina" as a loan word, apart from all the other international Spanish words like cigar or tapas.

they hated the Spanish so much anyway, no wonder they didn't adopt many. there are a lot of French words in Dutch, like trottoir (sidewalk). paraplui (parapluie or umbrella in F. which means "little shade" in Italian), "aquarelle" or watercolor, and many - Marsviking, May 22, 2011

There are very few German words in Czech too and everybody groans if they hear an English word used in Irish. Never thought about this before. - rabbitwho, May 22, 2011

I'm pretty sure it was the Spanish dynasty that also ruled the Netherlands, not really a "Spanish province" if you know what I mean. - TheSilentHero, May 22, 2011

Answer 2

Dutch is a West Germanic language, "half-way" in between modern German and English. Spanish is modern Latin, but this ancient language and old Germanic languages have a common ancestor. In any case, Dutch is much much closer to English than to Spanish.

And closer to German than to English - 005faa61, May 22, 2011

Answer 3

Believe it or not, but The Dutch have taken a Portuguese word and inverted part of it. "Bacalhao" (bahkahljow) became "kablejauw" (kahbuljow). Likely they shared fishing grounds for cod, which is what the word means.

So they did !! - Pibosan, May 22, 2011

Answer 4

They are both spoken on planet Earth, by human beings.

lol - student-bo, May 22, 2011

Answer 5

It would probably be like papamiento.

Answer 6

I can't really answer your question so I'm just going to leave this here:

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