20 ENGLISH WORDS GERMANS USE WRONG | Feli from Germany

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ABOUT ME: Hallo, Servus, and welcome to my channel! My name is Felicia (Feli), I'm 26, and I'm a German living in the USA! I was born and raised in Munich, Germany but have been living in Cincinnati, Ohio off and on since 2016. I first came here for an exchange semester during my undergrad at LMU Munich, then I returned for an internship, and then I got my master's degree in Cincinnati. I was lucky enough to win the Green Card lottery and have been a permanent resident since 2019! In my videos, I talk about cultural differences between America and Germany, things I like and dislike about living here, and other experiences that I have made during my time in the States. Let me know what YOU would like to hear about in the comments below. DANKE :)
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[AlanTuringWannabe]

As a native English speaker I found this incredibly interesting.

[xtian]

USA: Drive thru
Deutschland: Drive in
Spain: Mc Auto lol

[Fuerwahrhalunke]

"Cutter" hat mich sofort an das Teppichmesser erinnert.

[snoopenny]

I’m 76 and I was a film editor in the late sixties and early seventies, and I heard old timers refer to editors as cutters or film cutter. It probably was only used among among themselves in Hollywood as a slang, but they were called “editors” on film credits. Cutter also had weird connotations, hence the more appropriate word, editor. Cutter also referred to men who cut patterns in garment-industry sweatshops in the late 1900s an early in the 20th Century.

[pianoraves]

Knowing the word "cellphone", will come in handy in the US

[kzflw]

I’m German and I use the word “Mixer” for both mixers and blenders. Ain’t nobody got time for the word “Handrührgerät“ 😂.

[hijmestoffels]

In the Netherlands we say ‘übercool’ for something that is really brilliant.

[incubusfan]

After watching a handful of your videos and being enchanted both by the language itself and your delivery of content, I've decided to try my hand at learning German! 5 day learning streak going on Duolingo and really enjoying it!

[phantomwarrior]

I mean pretty much the German “slang” nowadays is literally German and English combined, basically Denglish.

[kleeblume]

Container ist ein Wort, was mich immer kurz verwirrt. Im deutschen denkt man an einen großen Müllcontainer vor dem Haus. Und im englischen ist es einfach eine Aufbewahrungsbox (tuppadose XD)

[idonttireeasily]

I’ve lived in America my whole life... I don’t know why I find it fascinating to see someone educating people on something I already know. 😂

[eileenwillms]

My husband’s niece and nephew were visiting from Germany. His nephew kept saying “lust” to me with the name of a place nearby. Since the word in English has a negative connotation I nervously called for my husband to translate. When I found out in German it is used differently. They wanted me to go with them to see the sights. We all had a good laugh and totally enjoyed the day 🙂

[chdna]

My German stepmother would say "private hair" when she talked about her wigs. Needless to say, it was a little disconcerting as an American to hear it described as such.

[Electracion]

If I'm not incorrect, Smoking meaning Tuxedo may come from the smoking jacket which was a predecessor to the dinner jacket (tuxedo) and was worn while smoking.

[BirgitPr]

My wife introduced me to the “ cablesalad “ which I like more than any American description of the bundle of wires under ones desk/behind your computer.

[taikurinhattu]

In finland "handy" is used to mean a f*cking idiot (or something similiar), like "Ootsä handy" would not mean "Are you easy to use" or something like that but "Are you a fucking idiot". I honestly don't know where this comes from but it's interesting.

[arieraaphorst]

An English word we Dutch definitely use wrong is ‘coffeeshop’.

[NannyOggins]

I’m British and today I learned a new word that I’m going to be using it’s “partnerlook” a great word to describe couples that wear the same clothes, the same cutesy jumpers or identical outfits! Personally I loathe it when people do that, but now I have a useful German/English term for it!

[TheSkinnyZ]

German here.
I only ever use Cutter when referring to a "Teppichmesser".
Never heard or used Bodybag and Timer is definitely not a planner to me and I have never heard anybody use it that way.

[oliverkuehn]

My cousin won't believe we don't call it a "Handy" in Canada. She also really didn't believe me when I told her what "a handy" usually refers to in English speaking countries.