Language Review: German

Thank you so much to Andros, Huey, ofn, and the other German speakers/learners who assisted me with this video!

[johndoe]

Just tell a native German that you are learning German and it's hard. They will talk for 30 minutes about how it is harder than English and will praise you in every possible way for your efforts.

[jimmy_butler]

as a 100% fullblood argentinian and thus a native german speaker, this video is the highlight of my existance

[Nartana]

I'm actually impressed by all of the references to German jokes and cultural aspects in this video. Like there must at least have been a certain amount of research that went into this.

[ferrugemalemao]

Capitalizing nouns or not in German is esential:
"Helft den armen Vögeln" = Help the poor birds
"Helft den Armen vögeln" = Help the poor to fuck

[Schockmetamorphose]

As a native german speaker myself, I found this video extremely entertaining. It was a very pleasant experience and made me lough multiple times (basically constantly)

[iboKirby]

I learned German at university (Hochdeutsch, natürlich) and when I was studying abroad in Austria, I had no idea what they were saying. They had no problem understanding me, however. I thought I was just way worse at German than I thought, but one evening I was at a food cart and the couple next to me was from Berlin and I understood nearly everything they said.

[ThePolishGuyMan]

I LOVED it when germans said "It's Deutschin' time!" and Deutsched all over the place

[jeffcauhape]

I asked a German co-worker how long it typically took foreigners to speak German well. He said it would take about 5 years. As an afterthought he added, "But a lifetime to master..."

[smokinsnake]

As a german this is ON POINT! He even got Mallorca and Turkish right. Definitely knows a lot about our culture

[LilianLin]

Fun fact, its "das Mädchen" bcs of the -chen ending, which is used to make nouns appear cuter and tinier. If a noun has this ending its automatically "das". Originally it would be something like "die Maid" or "die Magd" but thats straight up out of medieval times.

Extra: der Junge -> das Jungchen.
Die Katze -> das Kätzchen (which means kitten)

So it works well with other words too.

[Henry-epqy]

I was in a little coffee shop in Berlin and was using my absolutely garbage German to order. I apologized for my terrible German to the old man working the counter. I’ll never forget he opened the jar of sugar and reached in a big meaty paw to bare handed grab a wasp (why are wasps everywhere in Berlin?) crushed it staring me dead in my eyes and told me in German to never apologize for trying. The Germans were so kind even if you were just trying. Another very German encounter was asking a bartender what the most fun things to around here were and she said the best thing to do in Germany was to go to Spain

[karlebersberger]

As a Bavarian I am shook to the deepest inner of my sauerkraut core that you called our dialect "Austrian". Let me tell you, where I live - next to the Austrian border - this would be likely considered a felony. 😂😂😂

[inglescomshane]

as a new yorker I can confirm that German is spoken in some parts of the world. Thanks for the video

[netherblazeaka.mlgretard]

Finally my native language got its own episode!

Finnish should get its own episode next I think. Great 10/10 language that is making me pull my hair out trying to learn it

[Nick_]

There is no way this guy actually included the "Bielefeld doesn't exist" meme

[antoinevermeulen]

As a proud Swiss citizen I thank you for acurately depicting the swiss language. Literally truer than any language video out there

[heldertvillegasjaramillo]

Endlich haben wir wirklich Spracheunterhaltung.

[GodOfCulture]

The beginning sounded more like Swiss German than German😂🇨🇭🇨🇭

[andrewhammel]

The "upper" and "lower" in German makes perfect sense. Because its about altitude and not latitude. Lower German is spoken in the coastal regions which are at sea level. Upper German is spoken high up in the Alps of Switzerland, Austria, and Bavaria. Middle in the middle latitudes in between.

[doragonsureia]

As a german speaker i can say that
1. High and low being determined by altitude (the landscape gets higher the more down you move)
2. High german is indeed the base dialect, but schwäbisch and bavarian are completely different languages and the german we speak in the north is more high german than all other dialects. Except berlin dialect, that's also different from northern german (berlin german corresponds to new york english)