Ik wil graag weten waarom jij Nederlands leert. Denk je dat Nederlands gelijk aan het Duitse taal is?

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Grammaticaal correct, maar de tweede zin is vreemd. Je bedoelt vast "Denk je dat Nederlands lijkt op Duits?"

Grammatically correct, but the second sentence sounds weird. You probably meant to say "Denk je dat Nederlands lijkt op Duits?" which means "Do you think that Dutch is similar to German?". Now you are asking "Do you think Dutch equals to the German language?" which is grammatically correct, but probably not what you intended to ask.

To answer the question: yes, I think these two languages are really similar. After studying Japanese for many years, I have found Dutch and German to be almost identical. I don't need to study Germand to get a grasp of what Germans are talking about. Grammar is almost identical in structure, a lot of shared vocabulary, same writing system etc...