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Introduction

This article is about the relationship between Sanskrit (along with Hindi and other Indian languages) and German (along with English and other European languages).

Numerals

German and Sanskrit numerals are quite similar. Here is an overview:

English = German = Sanskrit

Two = Zwei = Dwi
Tri = Drei = Tri (or Tritiya)
Six = Sechs = Shas
Seven = Sieben = Saptam
Eight = Acht = Asht
Nine = Neun = Navam
Ten = Zehn = Das

You

The informal form of "You" (which does not exist in English) is "Du" in German. (The formal form is Sie, pronounced as "Zee"). The same is "Tu" in Hindi. (The formal form is Aap.)

Negative Expression

English: No
Sanskrit: Na
Hindi: Nahin (pronounced as nahee, n is silent)
German: Nein

Name

Though the word "Name" is spelt in the same ways in English as well as German, it is pronounced differently.

Neym in English
Naama in German

Naam is the word in Hindi. Naamam is the word in many (pure forms) of south Indian languages.

Rose

Rose is spelt in the same way, both in English and German, but pronounced in different ways.

Roz (rhymes with Dose) in English
Rosa in German

Though in Hindi, it is famous as "Gulab", in many south Indian languages it is known as "Roja"

Fort

"Burg" is the word (pronounced as boork) in German for a fort. In Urdu it is Burj (used in Telugu as Buruju).

Europe-Ayrap-Arab-Ayropa

"Europe" is pronounced in German as "Ayrap". Pronouncing Arab is close to "Ayrap". In Telugu (a major south Indian language) Europe is pronounced as Ayropa (I-rope-aa)