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Mysterious similarities Swedish/Dutch
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27 March 2010 at 12:26pm | IP Logged

cordelia0507 wrote:

Actually, I'd just have to look up some of these words in a good Swedish dictionary to see
what the dictionary say about their origin.

The words beginning in be- are most likely either of Dutch or (Low) German origin.
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27 March 2010 at 2:53pm | IP Logged

I also noticed this when I was in Belgium and the Netherlands a couple of years ago. I saw signs with the text "aankomst" at the railway stations and started to think about the counterparts in other Germanic languages:
English: arrival
German: Ankunft
Swedish: ankomst
Then I noticed more examples of this and concluded that there must be a strong link between Dutch and Swedish for some reason.
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Guido wrote:

1. altijd (NL), alltid (SW), immer (DE), always (EN) ["all the time" probably comes
from "alltid" or "altijd" (or viceversa)]

2. de (NL) and de (SW) (both mean plural "the")

Allzeit bereit! (the slogan of the German boy scouts)
De is a common form in Northern German dialects (of Low German origin or more likely nowadays a mix of Low and High German origin), in the dialect of my father's village (Nordhessen, border between High and Low German influences) it can be any article *but* neuter singular.

mick33 wrote:

I've found a few more similar words to add:

berg means the same thing (mountain) and is spelled exactly the same way in both languages; but the pronounciation differs.

(SE)begripa (NL) begrijpen - to understand.
(SE) begrepp (NL) begrip - idea
(SE)berömd (NL) beroemd - famous
(SE) betala (NL) betalen - pay
(SE) behaglig (NL) behaaglijk - pleasant (there are other words for this in both languages but I can't remember them now)
(SE) bahandla (NL) bahandelen - to handle or to treat.
(SE) arbete (NL) arbeid - work, job; I think this one is also found in High German - arbeit.

If I knew more German I could probably add German forms for at least some of the other words I've listed, but I'm not going to look for those now.

begreifen, Begriff (it means more concept than idea, and obviously is a deduction from the verb) (from: greifen - to grab, to take with the hands)
berühmt (from: Ruhm - glory; fame)
bezahlen
behaglich (of Low German origin, primarily High German adjectives would end with-ig)
behandeln (from: handeln - to act, probably from the same root as the word hand?)
Arbeit, arbeiten

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