Old English is one of the West <answer>German</answer>ic languages, and its closest relatives are Old Frisian and Old Saxon. Like other old <answer>German</answer>ic languages, it is very different from Modern English and difficult for Modern English speakers to understand without study. Old English grammar is quite similar to that of modern <answer>German</answer>: nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and verbs have many inflectional endings and forms, and word order is much freer. The oldest Old English inscriptions were written using a runic system, but from about the 9th century this was replaced by a version of the Latin alphabet.
To what modern language is Old English similar?
German