Once you can understand one , others become a bit easier . Languages are all very similar in Europe so if you study German for a bit , you ' ll find Dutch , maybe even Norwegian easier . If you understand Norwegian you ' ll perhaps understand Swedish or make out Danish . I ' d stick with one you enjoy like Norwegian and then maybe visit a bit of German . Remember they talk a kind of different German in Switzerland and I think Geneva is French ? I could be wrong . Personally , I started learning Spanish when I was at a basic conversational level in Swedish . Now I ' d say I ' m fine with both . Not fluent but y ' know . You do get things mixed up but it ' s not a big deal . Russian on the other hand is insane ! I have so much respect for people who can learn a complete different alphabet too !