absolutely!!!
I honestly have no idea why anyone would study german... and i get to say that as a native speaker.
I’m with you. My heritage is predominately German and my interest in that unappealing language was limited to having my father translate the German spoken in the WW2 movies we watched on TV.
I honestly have no idea why anyone would study german... and i get to say that as a native speaker. When in Germany, like in Rome! ............ I took German as a language choice for one year in college. After dealing with 4 ways to say yours, this, mine the or that I said enough. My ADHD didn’t help either. Yet when I was in Germany I spoke German like I would English and dropped the 4 different the’s,this, mine, yours, and I still was able to be understood. My General kept me close by at all times. :)
Why learn German? I worked for German companies for a total of 28 years. At the second company I didn’t tell them I spoke and understood German. It came in handy until I was caught talking to a pretty German wife at a party when her husband came up and heard us.
My favorite German word is doch. Turns a false statement around.
Those familiar with SAP software can experience the rigor of the language. The German writers made the software just as unforgiving.