I am a native German and had Russian as a second foreign language. Try applying Russian Grammar rules to German, you will find they are almost identical. Verb

I am a native German and had Russian as a second foreign language. Try applying Russian Grammar rules to German, you will find they are almost identical. Verb prefix system is the same. Noun conjugation even uses the same prepositions to decide the case. Compound words are slighly different, instead of a tram-station you would use tramlike station.