hehe. Well, ok, so it’s not known to be an especially beautiful language, but if you hear native speakers talk, it’s not as bad as people think. And it’s not an ugly language at all. It’s a lot softer sounding but when the American tongue slays it, it can sound rather funny. I think Dutch and ANY of the Scandanavian languages (Norwegien, Swedish, Danish) sound much harsher, esp Dutch! As for learning it, I didn’t find it that difficult really. I started taking classes about 7 years ago and have been ‘fluent’ for about 4 years. My husband is German and we practised all the time but you must master the Grammar (takes about 2 yrs) then you can get it down. Good luck!