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My school had Spanish, French, or German.

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[–] viscacha@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In my German “Gymnasium“, we had English, French, Latin and Russian.

[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I've been always surprised that Spanish is not as relevant as it should be in the German system, as for the german speakers it's really easy to pick up and master, also Mallorca is practically a german city.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm not sure I would agree, maybe it's a regional thing or a generational thing (mid 20s here), but every school I know of here in germany offered spanish as a 3rd language

[–] viscacha@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

That‘s true. On the contrary, having taken French and Latin, I picked up basic Spanish and Italian almost on the go, when visiting these countries.

Also French is prioritised as it’s our direct neighbour.

[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes but Italy is also a neighboring country. I blame the Big French corpos

[–] viscacha@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Italy and Germany do not have a common border.

[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah shit! You got me. Then polish and czech?

[–] viscacha@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well, it depends. The south-western states usually prioritise French, some north-western offer Dutch. Idk abt the eastern states but judging by the world population speaking either polish or czech, I would believe those are more optional courses, if anything.