the contrastive comparison of German, Dutch, English and/or other Germanic languages They include a section of synchronic studies in the tradition of CL, a
Phonological differences between Standard Dutch, Standard German, the North Saxon dialects of the Netherlands, and Low German
the difference between the Saxon (Middle Low German) and Low Franconian dialects (Middle Dutch), is confirmed by Postma Bennis (2006), who,
While German distinguishes between masculine, feminine, and neuter gender, the masculine– feminine distinction has nearly disappeared in Standard Dutch