German and English, both West Germanic languages, differ significantly despite their shared ancestry. Modern English is relatively uninflected (analytic), whereas German retains a more elaborate inflection system (synthetic). German maintains a system of noun cases (nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive), while English largely relies on word order and prepositions. German verbs have more forms than English verbs.
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