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| - One example: to invite, German 'einladen', Duch 'uitnodigen', which sounds a bit like 'force, compel' to a German ear.There are not so few words that exist, under a different form, in English and Dutch only, but not or no longer in German, e.g. 'laat' (late), 'wiel' (wheel), 'ladder' (ladder)... well, English is after all an eccentric Low German dialect too.... (with emphasis on 'Low')Full name --
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