Bandalalu wrote:I may be a tad late in, but Swedish. It can be used in all the Nordic countries barring Iceland, and they are the most beautiful places I've seen. The culture is awesome and the people are really really lovely too (or at least that was my experience). Swedish also has a unique (and I think pretty) way of accenting words.
Plus, a lot of English features are from Old Norse (like pronouns). In the grand scheme of things English isn't much less similar to Swedish than Dutch. English has more similar syntax and gender to Swedish than to Dutch/German, so Swedish is probably easier. I was surprised at how easy it was. I hear German is HARD.
Though it depends on why you want to learn. For universal utility - German. For places/culture and ease - Swedish.
I agree that German is hard...
What do you think of Swedish v Norwegian? I hear Norwegian would help you understand Swedish and Danish better than Swedish would help you understand Norwegian and Danish.