It's definitely not German. Sure it's similar, but that because it's a West Germanic language like German. But German isn't even English's closest relative.
Also you're overlooking the Norman Conquest when England was literally conquered & ruled over by Frenchmen.
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Reply to comment by the__truthguy in Where did the English language REALLY come from? by MagicRaptor
It's definitely not German. Sure it's similar, but that because it's a West Germanic language like German. But German isn't even English's closest relative.
Also you're overlooking the Norman Conquest when England was literally conquered & ruled over by Frenchmen.