So is English. Especially obvious in words beginning with kn such as knee. In German (Kah-nee)the k is still pronounced but in English (Nee)it is silent.
In addition, I used to work in a prominent building in NYC. They invited many choirs to carol at Christmas for people visiting Santa Claus. Most choirs have very little to no accent. Especially notable, is the lack of accent in childrens choirs from what some consider "The Ghetto."
Yes! As with the Dutch, if you take out the gutteral nature and the funny spellings (and letters) German becomes extremely understandable for an English speaker.
Most choirs have very little to no accent.
As a choir singer, I have to let you in on a little trade secret. We work extremely hard to get the accent out of the singing. In Chicago they want to sing with a broad 'a' and in the south they want to put a dipthong into words like 'to' (teeewww). The better the choir, the more uniformity of enunciation.