What would it take for other languages to become as popular as English in OTL?

Sorry, let me try to understand your argument. You want a landlocked German state, that has no history with sea faring, to preferentially colonize e.g. North America, beating out the English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch, all of whom have a long and important maritime tradition, and most of whom have good maritime trading resources.

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He means this Duchy of Saxony.

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Sorry, let me try to understand your argument. You want a landlocked German state, that has no history with sea faring, to preferentially colonize e.g. North America, beating out the English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch, all of whom have a long and important maritime tradition, and most of whom have good maritime trading resources.

???

He ruled Old Saxony, right along the North Sea next to the Netherlands. Of course, ruling all of the modern regions called Saxony would only help Henry the Lion's rule and that of his descendents.
 
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