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# What is the influence of Germanic languages on Esperanto grammar? Tags: grammar, germanic-languages, dutch, esperanto - Score: 3 - Views: 216 - Answers: 1 - Answered: yes - Asked by: Bruno (31 rep) - Asked: 2017-05-20 - Site: linguistics ## Question I am making a presentation in my class about the influence of Germanic languages on the Esperanto grammar. I was wondering if you could help me further. I already said that Esperanto was a non pro-drop language and that Germanic languages tend to be also non pro-drop. I found that Esperanto can create very easily compounds and the same goes for German and Dutch. I also found that Esperanto is equally dependent on prepositions as English. I know that the grammar is very easy to learn, but have you got any other influences on the grammar? Thanks in advance, Bruno ## Answers ### Answer by Sir Cornflakes (score: 1) There is a significant portion of root words derived from Germanic languages, e.g., drinki (to drink alcoholic beverages), trinki (to drink), hundo (dog), jaro (year), verŝajne (probably), bedaŭrinde (unfortunately). Some of the affixes are Germanic, e.g., -ino (feminine, from German -in as in Lehrerin) Compounding