English is one of the very few Germanic languages that preserve the Germanic th-sound. For example, three is drei in German, trije in Frisian, and tre in Swedish. These languages used to have this th-sound as well, but they lost it long ago.
English is one of the very few Germanic languages that preserve the Germanic th-sound. For example, three is drei in German, trije in Frisian, and tre in Swedish. These languages used to have this th-sound as well, but they lost it long ago.