Not only words and grammar are closely related even most of the idiomatic "pictures" are exactly the same in both languages.
I have also no clue what you mean by "verb placement alone separates the languages" as both languages use by default SPO (subject - predicate - object) word order. (German is a little bit more flexible in this regard, though).
> They're actually quite not.
Of course German and English are very close related.
Both are Germanic languages. Look here, in the right lower corner:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages#/media...
Or here:
https://alternativetransport.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/34/
Not only words and grammar are closely related even most of the idiomatic "pictures" are exactly the same in both languages.
I have also no clue what you mean by "verb placement alone separates the languages" as both languages use by default SPO (subject - predicate - object) word order. (German is a little bit more flexible in this regard, though).