Most Danish words are derived from the Old Norse language, though a large number of Danish words also come from German, French and English. Indeed, there are many shared words between Danish and English. For example: "have", "over", "under", and "for" are all easily recognizable. When pronounced in the Dutch tongue, however, these words sound very different from their English cousins. The rules of Danish pronunciation are difficult for speakers of English to learn as the written forms commonly do not correspond to the way modern Danish is pronounced. Danish's nearest relatives are two other Scandinavian North Germanic languages: Swedish and Norwegian. Written Danish and Norwegian are especially close, though the pronunciation of all three languages differs considerably. Even so, proficient speakers of any of the three languages should have little difficulty understanding the others.