Comparison With Other Germanic Languages
| English | Dutch | Norwegian (Bokmål) | Norwegian (Nynorsk) | Danish | German | Gutnish | Icelandic | Swedish | Faroese | Jamtish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eye | oog | øye | auge/auga | øje | Auge | auge/auga | auga | öga | eyga | aaug |
| hear | horen | høre | høyre/høyra | høre | hören | hoyre/hoyra | heyra | höra | hoyra | höör |
| sleep | slapen | sove | sove/sova | sove | schlafen | sive/siva | sofa | sova | sova | sava |
| evil | euvel (kwaad) | ond | vond | ond | Übel | aumbr | vondur | ond | óndur | ful |
| ship | schip | skip | skip | skib | Schiff | skip | skip | skepp | skip | skepp |
| sing | zingen | synge | syngje/syngja | synge/sjunge | singen | singe/singa | syngja | sjunga | syngja | sjoong |
| high | hoog | høy | høg | høj | hoch | haug(r) | hár | hög | høgur/háur | höyg |
| right | rechts | høyre | høgre | højre | rechts | hygar | hægri | höger | høgra | höger |
| boat | boot | båt | båt | båd | Boot | bat | bátur | båt | bátur | båut |
| over | over | over | over/yver | over | über | yvar | yfir | över | yvir | omma |
| shoot | schieten | skyte | skyte/skyta / skjote/skjota | skyde | schießen | skiaute/skiauta | skjóta | skjuta | skjóta | skjuut |
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