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what is the history on the Netherlands? Are the languages so similar they can speak it by default?
No they are completely different languages, but same root (Germanic), like many other Western European countries.
which of the 2 are closer? German - dutch or English - dutch. My guess is they are right in-between the two linguistically.
In-between yes. Within the western germanic language continuum it's basically the center between English to the west and German to the east.