No. German is close to English. But not that close. Nein. Deutsch ählich wie Englisch. Aber nicht so eng (/nah). For example: The german word for 'India' is "Indien". Pronounced like the english 'indian'. To an English speaker who has not learned a little German it*s impossible to say "Deutschland" ('Germany'). Better say 'toy-che-lund' The spelling of single vowels is like this: German - English A - Ah E - Ey I - E O - Oh U - oooh