Top 5 German Mistakes to Avoid

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[HealingPowerHour]

If you can't roll your "R" don't sweat it. Germans understand that most Americans can't roll their R's. They still understand what you're saying. The main thing I am corrected on by Germans are the Articles (der, die, das, den). For example: I keep forgetting to say "das Meer" instead I say "die Meer". and when I say "die Meer" I am immediately corrected. I have never been corrected for not rolling my R's. 

[tromboneJTS]

I would like a bagel, hold the cobalt.

[NoorAli-dypq]

what's the difference between french and german ( R ) ?

[plerpplerp]

Don't most English speakers pronounce *every language* like it's English?

[winterperdition-]

Tbh I am a native German speaker and in my opinion, there's no difference between sh and sch

[rolandthaler]

No one in German or Austria will say "Bagel" the way it's showed here ^^

[fluffygirl]

You are over-enunciating the endings of words like "Kuchen", "machen", etc. that end in "en". It's very unnatural to pronounce the "en" like you do. Usually the "e" is elided.

Source: I am a native speaker who learned standard German pronunciation as a child.

[CrabTastingMan]

2:05 One other horribly wrong thing no one is pointing out is *Dativ means Indirect, Akkusativ means Direct Object.* Not the other way around. (Some languages use Dative as the direct object but that's rare, dunno if that's the case for German)
*DO YOU NOT REVIEW YOUR VIDEO BEFORE UPLOADING?* Damn it.

[ricekava]

I'm first generation Mexican-American so my first language was Spanish. When I began to learn German. I noticed that a lot of pronunciations were similar to Spanish, so that made it easier.

[cnipokp]

In the video dativ and akkusativ are wrongly labelled as direct and indirect. It should be Dative - indirect and Akkusativ- direct. The examples are correct.

[damiankurz]

i'm german but i've never heard a german pronouncing in the the way shown in the video

[zoiacalifornia]

Timing: 1:44 - many speakers of English just have problem remembering all those endings of Cases -em -en rather than they intentionally mispronouncing or "enunciating".

[CLycanFly]

I think this webside makes learning German harder than it is. most of the German-speaking people don't roll the R..

[Theryang]

Lol! You are speaking to fast for those who are beginners 😜😜😜

[vanessaalbrecht]

It's funny, how I as a german am not able to pronounce the "r" correctly xD i always roll it with the front of my tongue and don't use my throat. (I think it's kinda painful...)
And don't ask me why I am watching this video although I already speak german.

[leecanvas]

3:32 Shareware? NO! It's pronounced just like in English, it's an English word. That's why you're s+h rule is questionable, this combination only exist in borrowed words.

[leecanvas]

Rule two is nonsense. Pronouncing those endings will make you sound less German actually, natives would just shorten them to mei'm and 'nen

[Cubitus]

Bagel?

Shareware?

Both not German words. Both never pronounced German in Germany. Come on, how can you add so silly mistakes to such a GREAT video?!

[TorresSessa]

I didn't know about #3. I'll have to start practicing this. Nice video.

[damiankurz]

we usually just use the English pronunciation for English loanwords