2. Dutch
In simple words, it has been said that Dutch, the next one on our list of easiest Germanic languages to learn for English speakers is the language which is somewhere in between German and English and that it also shares many cognates with English. For example, it will be quite easy to understand when someone says appel, banaan or tomaat, since it is basically the same. This language can also be learned for about 23-24 weeks, that is, 575-600 hours, so think about this option!