temptress (plural temptresses) 1  An alluring woman who seduces or exploits men. 2  A woman considered sexually attractive by men. Marilyn Monroe, the iconic temptress of the 20th century.
Sarcasm is difficult to understand when crossing any language barrier, but yes it is a popular stereotype that the Germans have little sense of humour. I work with several german clients and they don't put up with anything let's put it that way. Just Google it.
Answer Wiki. Dutch was a German dialect until 300â400 years ago. The two languages are very, very close. The only thing I can say as a German speaker is that English speakers might have more problems with the even rougher guttural sounds in Dutch, but then people say the grammar in German really is a b*tch.