Describing the English accent of Dutch/German non-native speakers?
Hi! I may be overthinking this-- is it simply just 'slightly accented English'? I just feel there is a specific 'English accent' of countries with a native language evolved from the root that created German/Dutch/Danish but not Italian/Spanish/French or indeed Eastern European countries further West.
I noticed this both with my German friends and my Dutch friends who speak English fluently; they do not have much of their native accent but the accent they have in English is not quite purely British RP, nor American. I can best describe it as 'clear' English?
Examples in acting would be Famke Jansen or Michiel Huisman, influencers online like Feli from Germany, Camilla Lorentzen, Nikkie tutorials a bit, and PewDiePie. I know you can hear there is an accent underneath but I would never be able to pinpoint it or confidently say they were anything but American/Canadian/English lol.
To me their accent in English is very 'universal' despite all these people coming from different regions and countries.
Just curious to know if there is any other thoughts on this or a term for this overall!