One of my favourites. The Grimms' original is in a Low German dialect but the style is so beautifully simple that if you know the story and have a good knowledge of standard German then you can probably understand almost everything:

https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Von_dem_Fischer_un_syner_Fru_...

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Nashooo 4 days ago | parent [-]

It's crazy how this is almost perfectly readable as a Dutch person.

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rob74 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Without being very familiar with any of them, I suspect Low German and Dutch are pretty closely related?

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ahazred8ta 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

They blend into each other. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhenish_fan -- https://duckduckgo.com/?q=german+dutch+isoglosses&iar=images

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derfniw 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Very close, and I can confirm that as someone who knows "standard Dutch" it is fairly easy to read.

It wouldn't surprise me if it is even easier for someone from the german-dutch border region who is fluent in a local dialect.

	▲	ahazred8ta 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Stay away from the german dutch portuguese creole https://pfl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riograndenser_Hunsr%C3%BCckis...

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bgnn 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Right? I'm fluent in Dutch but I can't read German. This is more readable than Afrikaans.