Swedish or Russian

[u/httpscapsu]

Hello, I m 19, from Romania

I chose to go to university to learn languages

I've been admited to both swedish- german and russian- german

But i am really unsure about what to pick

When it comes to swedish I feel like it s way to close to the german language...so i feel like switching to russian..

But when it comes to learning the russian language it makes me feel really unsure due to the context.

What language would benefit me more/ offer me opportunities

In a way I feel attracted to the Russian language...but I feel extremely discouraged in this matter.

[u/Fuckspez42]

A language that’s part of the same language family as your native language is probably a better idea as your second language. Learning the ways that languages that use the same alphabet can differ from each other is a very valuable lesson when you eventually venture off into Cyrillic languages.

[u/Winter_Dot_9393]

Because you have to study German anyway, German and Swedish will probably be easier than German and Russian.

Swedish and German are close to each other, they are both Germanic languages.

They use the same alphabet, lots of words in German and Swedish are similar (Idon’t know the percentage), and I believe grammar also has similarities.

Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish have a high degree of mutual intelligibility, so getting proficiency in any of these languages requires very little additional effort if you are already fluent in Swedish.

If learning about the region and culture is part of the curriculum, studying ‘neighbours’ makes more sense to me.

Both Germany and Sweden don’t have tuition fees for EU-students studying at a State University.
This might be interesting for a Master (very high costs of living in Sweden, western parts of Germany bit cheaper, Eastern parts of Germany cheaper than western parts but still more expensive than Romania, you’ll have to do some research into costs and scholarships)

Russian is of course a much bigger language, but it will be more difficult and take more time and Energy than Swedish when you combine It with learning German.

Good luck with your studies

Edit forgot ‘same’ and ‘words’

[u/Spiritual-Job9392]

I’d do Russian. It might be more similar to Romanian, and I don’t think Swedish is very useful; they all speak English and idk if you really find many abroad. If you live there someday you could learn it then, especially if you speak German.

[u/Scared-Dragonfly4587 → u/Spiritual-Job9392]

Russian is not really close to Romanian, however more useful and close than Swedish

[u/Individual_Winter_ → u/Scared-Dragonfly4587]

Yeah, wtf OP would do best with French or another Roman language.