>> ....as the languages are actually quite similar. > They're actually quite not. Of course German and English are very close related. Both are Germanic lang

>> ....as the languages are actually quite similar. > They're actually quite not. Of course German and English are very close related. Both are Germanic languages. Look here, in the right lower corner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages#/media/File:IndoEuropeanTree.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages#/media... Or here: https://alternativetransport.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/34/ https://alternativetransport.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/34/ Not only words and grammar are closely related even most of the idiomatic "pictures" are exactly the same in both languages. I have also no clue what you mean by "verb placement alone separates the languages" as both languages use by default SPO (subject - predicate - object) word order. (German is a little bit more flexible in this regard, though).