How to Speak Like a Native German | 15 of the Best German Sayings That’ll Make You a Local

Germans say the darndest things 😂 and there are a number of SUPER AWESOME German words/sayings/sounds that will help you sound a lot more like a local, ready to hear them?

Here’s how to speak like a native German (including 15 of my favorites)

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00:00 - My take on sounding German 😂
00:15 - Your responses to my question
02:03 - German Saying #1
02:17 - German Saying #2
02:32 - German Saying #3
03:10 - German Saying #4
03:51 - German Saying #5
04:15 - German Saying #6
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06:09 - One thing I’ve learned about Germany
06:33 - German Saying #7
07:40 - German Saying #8
08:59 - German Saying #9
09:28 - German Saying #10
09:57 - German Saying #11
10:42 - German Saying #12
10:58 - German Saying #13
11:15 - German Saying #14
11:36 - German Saying #15
12:22 - What words would you include?!

[jensphiliphohmann]

11:23f: "Jein" is often used when a yes- or- no- question is not correctly answered by a simple yes or no because it has several aspects to which different answers are the correct ones.

[spiegelbild]

Es wurde Dir warscheinlich schon oft gesagt und möchte mich dem einfach nur anschließen, Dein Deutsch ist einfach super gut (perfekt)!!! 👍👍👍

[heidiandbretz]

I homeschool my 11 and 8 year old in the USA, and we are learning German. I showed the kids this video and they loved it! We have German heritage, and I took German for 3 years in high school, so it was fun to be reminded some of the words Frau Reiss taught us, like, "ja ja" and "jein". I'm creating a German playlist with some your videos for the kids to watch. This was a fun video! Thanks for posting!!

[juanzulu]

"schade Schokolade /Marmelade" i have never heard. Native German here. 😀

[henningbrouwer]

Native German here. Never ever heard Schade Schokolade before. It‘s always Schade Marmelade

[theinnercircletrainee]

I moved to Germany six months ago and can confirm all of these are very common, thanks for the video!

[bernhardneef]

This session was one of the best from you, I laughed a lot. Your pronounciation of "hätte, hätte, Fahrradkette" sounded more like " hatte, which does not rhyme. Here the "hätte" should sound similar to "...kette„
I love your German speaking, you are doing great

[caseyv]

I'm German and never heard 'schade schokolade'
I rather would use
"Satz mit x... (war wohl nix)"
If something didn't work out.

[nitka]

My husbands favorite sentence with „doch“ is „Nein! - Doch! - Oooh!“ It‘s out of a movie with Louis de Funés. Germanys favorite french actor… well at least he was back in the 70s 80s and perhaps 90s. Maybe your husband knows it. The movies are the kind of comedies my husband and I grew up with and I think lots of Germans did likewise.

Speaking of movies: did you learn about Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill? If not, have fun! LOL (please tell us about it, if you do watch one or more of their movies. I would like to know your opinion)

[reddix]

I saw a summary of your postings of the many last years, And i thhink you`re a beautifull person.

[joonatankahkonen]

I moved to Germany about a year ago; from Finland I might add..; and I knew a few frases and could speak a few words before I came here and now, living here, I have learned so much and I love German language. One sentence I hear a lot, for example: if someone passes you in the autobahn on the left lane, or someone is speaking really loud on their phone in the train, I hear: Das ist richtig blöd. (that is really stupid) or just the words: Zum Kotzen. (Disgusting)..I love living here and I am so glad that I decided to move here. Ich liebe Deutschland. Edit: just the mis-spellings of some words.. I do speak English almost fluently..

[omahuvisoongaro]

Eng.: Are you stupid? Ger.: Hast du noch alle Nadeln an der Tanne?

[dieteroffermann]

"Feierabend" is also used as a reprimend. Example, when children don´t hear to your words and do something what you not want! Then you say that in a slightly harsher tone: " Jetzt ist aber Feierabend!" I know "Alter Schwede" only without "Du"! You do a great Job to hold up the mirrow to ua germans! in super funny way!

[aureliande]

German here. Never heard Schade Schokolade in my life. Jugendslang? (I'm not Jugend anymore ...) Alles gut! is just a couple of years old, maybe up to 10 years at most. It can also (and I believe preferably) mean, "don't worry!" or "it's alright, forget it!" Those idioms go in and out of fashion.

[jackybraun]

When we learnt French at school, we had to come to terms with, "si" which meant neither "no" nor "yes" - it was the reply to a negative statement which meant that the opposite of the statement was, in fact the case. Doch is the direct translation of this, so therefore the concept was already there and it wasn't new.

[jensphiliphohmann]

The "ja, ja" is not only the answer to some question but also to statements (particularly when someone criticizes you), and it often means roughly the same as the Bavarian phrase "Om Oarsch lecks' mi".

[jurgenrosenberg]

As a native german language speaker : everyone in germany kwows, that ja, ja is the synonym for kiss my butt.... Best regards Jürgen

[temi-twistedzones]

I lived in Germany for 9 years. Even while typing this I'm saying it in German. I start talking German the accent comes with it. So tyvm Hugs 🤗

[nordwestbeiwest]

Jenna du hast dich mal wieder selbst übertroffen so gut bist du ! selten so geschmunzelt wie du das erklärt hast .Super .

[sebgo]

Simple, but effective German language ^^
I use "Bist du bescheuert, oder was?" very often, it's often used in road traffic if someone does something stupid.
Dein Deutsch ist wirklich gut, gerne mehr davon! :)