I am learning several languages at the same time. When I learn new vocabulary, I think about English cognates AND cognates to other languages I'm learning. I learn new languages much quicker this way. Look at the photo below. It is a comparison of German and Dutch days of the week.
As you can see, I've underlined some similarities. Often a Z will sound like an S. That's why I underlined them as similar letters.
Since Mittwoch isn't very similar to woensdag... think about this. Imagine you practice baseball on Wednesdays. Wenesday = Mittwoch = woesndag. If you forget your MITT, you may have a difficult time at baseball practice. MITT-W (Wednesday)-och (OuCH).
I hope this helps you!
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