How German Sounds To Non-Germans

Hey rabbits!
Have you ever wondered how your native language sounds to non-native speakers? For example - How does German sound to foreigners? All my life I wanted to know what German would sound like to me if I wasn't German myself. Are you German as well and would love to know? In today's video we can finally experience what listening to Germans is like. Joing me on a little adventure, take part in a small experiment. How German sounds to non-Germans - you will find out here and now! Have fun! :)

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[Platin_]

1:41 "Hans hat mich genagelt."
only german know...

[Mohegan]

I feel like this is what the German version of Sims should sound like.

[rhiannonsieg]

I'm American and this is what German sounds like to me when spoken very fast. I am learning it in school right now.

[thegoodsoilsharvest]

Definitely sounds like German to a non-native speaker !

[Hotfire]

Klang wie ne Mischung aus Deutsch, einer skandinavischen Sprache und "Sims". Musste direkt lachen und habe im ersten Moment Deutsch verstanden, obwohl es keines war. Klasse gemacht :D

[Rh-ybyk]

Für mich klang es eher nach einem "zu betrunken zum reden"-Deutsch. :D

[nhffcjd]

1:58 „kannst drauf stöhnen“ OH MEIN GOTT AHAHAHHAHAH

[kloikeef]

Es ist wirklich verrückt, wie viele Leute hier zu dumm zum lesen sind. Oder nicht einmal simples Englisch verstehen. "Ich verstehe gar nichts" - das ist ja auch der Sinn des Videos. Sie möchte zeigen wie sich deutsch für Menschen anhört, die kein Deutsch verstehen. Meine Güte 🙈

[williwuttke]

Did I feel like a Non-German? No, I felt like a Northern German guy in Switzerland. Or in Bavaria. You always think, you must understand but no chance.

[imyourearwig]

Das ist so toll, dass du das gemacht hast! Ich wollte das schon immer mal wissen und bin froh, dass unsere Sprache gar nicht so hart klingt wie ich dachte, eigentlich klingt sie ganz schön, finde ich! :D Danke für diese Erfahrung!

[marinaahner]

rafft hier keiner das sie nur zeigen will wie sich das anhört für nicht deutsche wenn wir reden ???!👐😂

[Stugo]

Everybody is saying it sounds like Dutch, but for me, as a Dutchman it sounded very much like a German, Dutch is less sing-alike

[willikaiser]

Es hat sich wirklich wie Deutsch angehört!!

Hätte mich ich jetzt nicht Geadacht.
Gutes Experiment würde ich sagen :D

[peepeepoopoo]

I am a non-native speaker and I can confirm that this is EXACTLY what it sounds like.

[mikka]

I speak English but know a little bit of German and this sounded so much like how German sounds to non-German speakers like me! Great job :)

[xonxt]

For us Russians the German language is kind of the model of a harsh sounding language. Particularly because it is a language of the people that used to be our mortal enemy only 70 years ago, and in many ways because we normally don't get to experience the "normal casual" German and only hear it in old Soviet WW2 movies, in German porn and in Rammstein songs, all of which emphasize the harshness and abruptness of the language.
Of course, when I myself got a chance to live in Berlin for 1.5 years and learned the language, my opinion did a full 180 and now the language sounds absolutely fine to me.

I do have a short funny story to tell. My native language is obviously Russian and it sound very melodious, as well as very expressive and passionate to me. But when I just happened to speak Russian for a few minutes with a friend in the presence of a German guy, after some time he (the German!!) asked us incredulously "How does your throat not hurt from that? It sounds so harsh!"
That was incredibly weird, to receive a comment from a *German* that my language sounds harsh to him.
But after some thought I do admit that Russian has a lot of consonants and hissing sounds, even more so than German does.

[lillihinz]

das war super!! im german too, and ive alway wondered what it sounds like to my friends when i speak german. i didnt understand a word you spoke, but i recognised the dialect. This was great :)

[joaorodr]

Finally, the video I was looking for. Thanks a lot. Nice work. :D

[DialektLp]

01:40
Hans hat mich genarrt.
Das ist kein erfundenes Deutsch, das ist die Realität :D

[diymicha]

Hehe, das hört sich teilweise an wie deutsch rückwärts :-)