WALTZ ANALYZED! 🎭 Austrian German in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

In this video, I break down Christoph Waltz's portrayal of the Austrian German accent in Inglourious Basterds. Join me as I analyze his accent choices, pronunciation, and how they contribute to his character's authenticity. Whether you're a fan of Christoph Waltz or interested in language learning, this video provides valuable insights into the Austrian German dialect and its use in cinema.

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[henryyoutube]

I don’t speak German. I don’t know why I watch these videos, but I do.

[Acute_Angle]

1:56 this is the moment Dave gave himself away

[alexisknox]

45 days learning deutsch and here i am trying to sound austrian lmao love your content as a spanish speaker gracias

[theaquaticbystander]

phew, ive been learning german for 6 years and had a panick attack when i had a difficult time understanding Hans Landa. This actually explains and teaches so much XD

[richardbale]

I studied German for nearly a year at the Defense Language Institute. Then I was deployed to Germany, but to Ansbach in Mittelfranken where I became convinced that the Army had taught me the wrong language. For instance, I would hear the locals say something like "Ich habe das net." I was taught that "nett" means "nice", but there it translates as "not". Fun and games. I felt somewhat better when a Berliner told me that he could barely understand them either.

[mitrooper]

That zoom-in on Brad's face is incredibly funny. 5:22

[Vijay-]

Fesch is an interesting word in Czech. Czech has been influenced so much by the German language that the word, , fešák " in Czech means completely the same thing. So interesting

[johankaewberg]

Super helpful! I would never have distinguished the difference between German and Austrian without you.

[CaptainGrimes]

Please do Der Untergang, there is so much material to work with. Would love to know if the actors portraying their historical characters managed to get the accents right

[samparkerSAM]

From New Orleans Louisiana, I thank you for this enlightening description!!! Truly Fantastic!

[weepingscorpion]

This was very interesting. And now I know where Slovak got the term fešák, from fesch. :)

[kaefjot]

I think a good portion of the Austrian specifics dates back to the Austrian empire and the multi-cultural influences especially in Vienna.
E.g. Kukuruz is quite common for corn or also other words like Topfengolatschen, Powidldaschgerl, Langos.

[lowenbrow]

it reminds me so much of our dutch dialect, we also say "na", and 'swallow' the end of words to 'n habben --> hab'n, just like dutch: hebben --> heb'n (eastern/ nedersaksisch dialect) we also get rid of the end 't with many words compared to the west of the netherlands (hij wilt (west) and hij wil (east)). Nice video Btw ;)

[herr]

This reminded me so much of how much Austrian German I have forgotten. Fesch-- I used to say that when I was a college student in Salzburg.

[p.f.]

I think the ig ending like schneidig is more exactly high german spoken in Austria as Germany. — because it is written ig and when you
are reading in reality you would have to spell and speak out ig not ich. So it would be like a dialect spoken by a German.
By the way — Mr. Waltz don’t speak in that way when he is not acting — he speaks a wonderful soft perfect high german, very distinguished.
In this role he act with more a sound from Vienna as you mentioned and this way of speaking is today more outdated.
Love from Austria 🇦🇹

[windsaw]

Being from Bavaria you made me think about that -ig distinction.
Now, I certainly don't have a strong accent but people from northern Germany certainly would notice where I'm from. That being said, I spoke some test sentences with different words ending with -ig and noticed that I mix the pronounciations. But I can't say if that's just me.

[DanielThureskog]

Lustig has the same meaning here in Sweden. Likewise with Denmark and Norway, but is spelled as Lystig. Also used as a surname, notably former soccer player Mikael Lustig and the American director Willam Lustig.

[devenscience]

I just completed a trip through the Black Forest and Austria, and I noticed the "IG" suffix as "ik" instead of the soft "ich" in both areas. They did it for numbers, as well. ZwanziK. I refused to budge in my soft "ch" pronunciation, and we at least understood each other.

[marioalcantara]

I like it, quite cool to know all those little details about German language.

[LiebeNachDland]

Love the breakdown. I am personally I huge fan of the Austrian accent, or Bavarian as well, but I know there is a difference. Also, girls from the countryside I have heard speak as well and just as beautiful and interesting, like from Bad Aussee, for example. On another note, I would say this is probably my favorite film script ever and I also think Diane Kruger was, for me, the most beautiful woman put to the big screen ever in this scene. There are of course some other movies with great and beautiful female actresses, but this is it for me. I wish she had won a supporting role award for this movie too, because she was intoxicating in each scene, and just as much as her high German was to listen to. So much talent.