I loved learning German at school. It was the cool language that French 'unlocked'. It had fantastically long words & wacky word order, but often looked reassuringly familiar at the same time. Take a chance on German and you'll be glad you did. albarolanguages.com/2023/08/…

German is an official language of 6 European countries, a sister of English, Dutch & Swedish, the most widely spoken native language in the EU, a language of science, engineering & technology, a common language in eastern Europe. If you have the chance to learn German, grab it.

If you do French at school, you have a head start with Romanian & Catalan. If you learn German, you open the door to Swedish & Dutch. If you study Spanish, Italian & Portuguese are great sequels. Once you start, there’s no limit to where languages can take you, ‘linguist’ or not.