20 German words AMERICANS USE all the time! (& their real meaning)

20 German words AMERICANS USE all the time! (& their real meaning) | Feli from Germany

Рет қаралды 2,322,952

Күн бұрын

++Reason for blurs/muted audio: This channel was renamed in Oct 2021. All references to the old name have been removed.++
The first 1000 people who click this link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium ▸ skl.sh/felifromgermany05209
Check out which 17 words in English and German LOOK THE SAME but mean something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT▸ • 17 FALSE FRIEND WORDS ...
15 GENIUS German words that are MISSING in English! ▸ • 15 GENIUS German words...
-----------------------
FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook▸ / felifromgermany (Feli from Germany)
Support me on Patreon▸ / felifromgermany Instagram▸@felifromgermany▸ / felifromgermany
Buy me a coffee▸www.buymeacoffee.com/felifrom...
▸Mailing address:
PO Box 19521
Cincinnati, OH 45219
USA
Check out my SHOP! Get your Bavarian beer mug or Servus t-shirt ▸felifromgermany.com/
Check out my PODCAST (with Josh)▸ / understandingtrainstation or linktr.ee/Understandingtrains...
-----------------------
0:00 Intro
2:55 Kindergarten
4:30 Gesundheit
5:00 Kapput
5:40 Doppelgänger
6:16 Stein
7:21 Spiel
8:00 Stool
8:29 Dachshund
9:06 Wiener
9:42 Wanderlust
10:11 Angst
11:06 Kitsch
11:37 Blitzkrieg
12:08 Schadenfreude
12:45 Fosball
13:00 Zeitgeist
13:43 Schnapps
14:00 Wunderkind
14:25 Poltergeist
14:44 Schmutz
-------------------------
MENTIONED VIDEOS:
20 ENGLISH WORDS GERMANS USE WRONG▸ • 20 ENGLISH WORDS GERMA...
Alcohol Culture GERMANY vs. USA▸ • Alcohol Culture GERMAN...
----------------------------
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 :)
______________________
MY FILMING EQUIPMENT
Camera: amzn.to/2LYJ0JV*
MAIN LENS (Sigma 18-35mm F1.8): amzn.to/31IjdgU*
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens: amzn.to/2AT9R3J*
Tripod: amzn.to/2LXpb5t*
Remote: amzn.to/2oe3Hsd*
Lighting: amzn.to/2oZWg82*
Back Light: amzn.to/3gJD8QL
H1 Zoom Recorder (audio): amzn.to/33gKWDf*
Lav Microphone: amzn.to/2VobCPP*
GoPro Vlogging Setup:
GoPro: amzn.to/2OycAav*
Case: amzn.to/2IzIzmY*
Tripod: amzn.to/2os3DoB*
Microphone: amzn.to/31ZR6Y5*
Mic Adapter: amzn.to/2AUq1K3*
Mount: amzn.to/33oDciL*
*These links are Affiliate links. If you buy the product through that link, I'll receive a small provision while the price for you stays the same! Thanks for your support! :)
-------------------------
Music by ARTMAN MUSIC www.artman-music.de/ based on a theme by www.twinmusicom.org/ (CC BY 4.0)

Пікірлер: 13 000

@FelifromGermany 4 жыл бұрын

Check out *_15 GENIUS German words that are MISSING in English!_* ▸kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bN94hM-Empa1pZ8.html After reading through the comments, I'd like to say that YES, of course English is a Germanic language which is why there are a lot of similarities anyway and YES a lot of the words I mentioned are also Yiddish or Dutch words (both languages are related to German) and many of them have found their way into English through those two languages. Languages naturally develop over time and intertwine with other languages. Thank you guys so much for watching, commenting, and liking this video! :) I'm curious to read all of your comments on potentially different meanings of the words, Make sure to also check out my video on 20 ENGLISH WORDS GERMANS USE WRONG▸kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rsyVgKqHqL6Rd58.html!

@davidlyonwilson 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the video. I'm pretty sure "spiel" came to American English through Yiddish. Yiddish and German do share a lot of vocabulary.

@robb5987 4 жыл бұрын

When an American goes to Germany and orders a pepperoni pizza though! hahaha

@wayneeggerman5559 4 жыл бұрын

My great-great-grandfather, Christian Eggerman, immigrated to the United States in 1830 from Hannover. I have heard that the surname, Eggerman, is common in Germany but probably pronounced differently and probably even spelled differently. I don't know. Can you answer this question for me?

@KenCostlow 4 жыл бұрын

@@davidlyonwilson I actually thought schmutz was Yiddish, too.

@fenderbassnguitar 4 жыл бұрын

"Weiner" for "Penis" is what parents would use with their young children. Ex. Don't pull your weiner out in school.

@joelirmischer3955 4 жыл бұрын

Americans are like: Wait, that is german?!? Germans are like: Wait, they use this in America?!?

@ike3094 4 жыл бұрын

Truth be told: FUN FACT! The Caucasian population of the USA is at least 25 per cent German.

@maurice2347 4 жыл бұрын

My thoughts as a german person 😂

@arleneyyy9225 4 жыл бұрын

More like as a German "wait this word exists?"

@joelirmischer3955 4 жыл бұрын

Maurice I‘m german too😂

@maurice2347 4 жыл бұрын

Joir Haha Moin 😂

@dnwiebe 4 жыл бұрын

"No matter how kind you teach your children to be, German children are kinder."

@emart687 4 жыл бұрын

Dan Wiebe Kinder chocolate 🍫 😉

@SturmZebra13 4 жыл бұрын

@HenryDavidT it's just that children means Kinder... He doesn't really mean it

@fletch397 4 жыл бұрын

@HenryDavidT kinder means children in German...

@iwmcentral8135 4 жыл бұрын

@HenryDavidT Dude you´re not in school no need to write an essay hahaha

@cevyne6440 4 жыл бұрын

He who would pun would pick a pocket,,,

@leifnelson6244 9 ай бұрын

Years ago when the restaurant "Der Wienerschnitzel" first opened in our state, my friend's mother, who was from Switzerland, saw workers putting up the sign as she was driving by. She immediately pulled over to inform the workers that their sign was wrong. "It should say DAS Wienerschnitzel!" she tried to tell them. The workers just though it was some crazy woman and eventually ignored her. She was terribly bothered and became even more so when she found it that the restaurant was selling hot dogs, not actual Wienerschnitzel.

@poppyssnoopy5835 9 ай бұрын

Leifnelson6244, that's horrible! Alls she was trying to do was a spelling correction. Did they ever correct it? Hot dogs.... what a joke 😡👎

@leifnelson6244 9 ай бұрын

@@poppyssnoopy5835 Well, the company finally removed the "Der" from "Der Wienerschnitzel", but that was years later. The workers didn't speak German, and they had no idea. The company is still in business with hundreds of locations, mostly in the western US.

@jmd1980 9 ай бұрын

English is a Germanic language, so much closer to German and Dutch than Latin languages. A lot of words share roots with German words in fact. I always find it interesting how much I can understand when in Germany if I just focus on the sounds of the words.

@allbies 8 ай бұрын

Germanic language with plenty of French and Norse thrown in as well of course

@jmd1980 8 ай бұрын

@@allbies Oh yeah, I love how much of a mutt modern English is.

@TheJohnDorn 7 ай бұрын

English is a language that has found every other language in an alley, knocked them about the head, and rifled through their pockets for loose vocabulary and syntax. Which, honestly, has made it particularly adaptable in my opinion. There are roots going everywhere.

@user-rm2my8ew8h 3 ай бұрын

Old English

@DerEchteBold 2 ай бұрын

Oh, interesting, that's what most foreigners find very difficult, even the ones actually learning German. I saw a video once, where learners of several languages mostly agreed that German is the most difficult when it comes to switching from the written words to actually understanding people ...most Germans would be surprised about that because we usually think our language is the most accurate when it comes to adherring to the written word.

@Joja_65_ 3 жыл бұрын

I am german. When I would hear someone saying "It goes kaput", I would think he can not speak english, because it sounds so wrong. 😂

@feliciariverstream9872 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes it does.

@evaeart_ 3 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard the word "kaput" I was so confused because "kaput" ("U" is pronounced like "O" in word thOse) in Serbian means "coat" xD

@Joja_65_ 3 жыл бұрын

@Dum 123 Ja, aber im Englischen mit einem "t". 😂😂

@taliamchiouer5159 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I would too 100%😂😂😂

@ianmartin6643 3 жыл бұрын

*hear

@luciustitius 4 жыл бұрын

Americans should discover the concept of the word „Blitzmerker“. That could help a lot.

@yuriachanshorts 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't "No shit, Sherlock" something like that?

@whatsoever646 4 жыл бұрын

Or "Genius" (obviously sarcastic)

@SpassundSpiele 4 жыл бұрын

I prefer the term "Blitzgneißer".

@roosboon801 4 жыл бұрын

I am Dutch so I thought I would know what it means because Dutch and German are pretty close (to my opinion) but I have absolutely no idea what this word means😂

@maxe159 4 жыл бұрын

I think we have an equivalent with Idioms and Sarcastic ways of saying words. Like how you say "Sure Genius" in a sarcastic tone to mean the same instead of having a whole word for it. Kind of like other Tonal Languages whichchange the words meaning based on Tone, English utilizes it too.

@user-vw7qe1cf9x Жыл бұрын

Your command of both languages is fascinating. As a person from a polyglot family I knowjust exactly how hard it is to truly master an accent, idiomatic phrases etc... You are an extremely talented young lady.

@steveweingart9221 Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing about her. She's very smart.

@spanishflea634 10 ай бұрын

not a very subtle way to compliment yourself. "I also speak two languages, and I find it very hard. But I still do speak two languages, since I have a big brain." Bet that the two languages that you speak are you're native one + english. Not impressive!

@RingsLoreMaster 10 ай бұрын

user-VW, which languages does your family speak?

@RingsLoreMaster 10 ай бұрын

@@spanishflea634before you criticize somebody for having the skill to use and command multiple languages you had best learn English. Polyglot simply means that use of several languages. Same with multilingual. A person who only uses two languages is bilingual. A person who has command of three languages is trilingual. Any native speaker of English ought to know that.

@user-vw7qe1cf9x 10 ай бұрын

@@RingsLoreMaster Correct. Polyglot refers to multilingual...more than two.

@craigkdillon 9 ай бұрын

Also, "Fritz" = something is not working -- the TV is on the fritz "Mensch" = helpful loyal friend. A really good humane person. "Nosh" = something to eat, a snack. and, "schlep" = to carry or haul something by hand.

@carlwalker1983 4 жыл бұрын

My grandma used to call my dad an arschloch. According to him it means good boy in French. ;)

@piropiro6757 4 жыл бұрын

😮😂

@timothy1_200 4 жыл бұрын

Daimn hahahahaha

@benedictbrettner9652 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t tell if you‘re serious or not but arschloch means asshole

@ByForschle 4 жыл бұрын

that one time it pays out that you spend 7 years of learning french,german and english

@carlwalker1983 4 жыл бұрын

@@benedictbrettner9652 is a true story. But the meaning was well-known and a sarcastic response as a result.

@Slidecurry 4 жыл бұрын

For me its funny, that f.e. in England a famous car repair company for glass is called "Autoglas" and their name in Germany is "Carglass". A german word in England and a english word in Germany.

@dennismehr35 4 жыл бұрын

Carglass repariert, Carglass tauscht aus 😂😂 Their slogan in their ads. Means: Carglass repairs, Carglass changes (your windscreen)

@JulesWebloft 4 жыл бұрын

I think they use the same jingle in their ads also

@sinom 4 жыл бұрын

@@dennismehr35 their English ad is "Autoglas repair, Autoglas replace" so they even use the same slogan. Even the jingle is the same

@tschaytschay4555 4 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZqunhMihqdfWpWw.html Jetzt war ich neugierig :D

@TEFcomedy 4 жыл бұрын

Same in French "Carglass répare, Carglass remplace"

@leonardb3784 Жыл бұрын

The english language came from the germanic language. There are about 400 words that are common i believe. Its the pronunciation that is different. With a slight different way of spelling, and speaking, as well as sentence structure. Love the country, the people, the culture the language, and of course the beer and the food.

@putinisakiller8093 Жыл бұрын

I think there are much more them than 400. A few thousands.

@High_Cat 10 ай бұрын

Food in Germany means the end-things off Your Legs you'll need to standby, sometimes they are smelling (....)

@High_Cat 10 ай бұрын

Sorry YT is not on time, there are ca. 15 seconds more while i wrote and there was a second comment sightable from another one. I DON't BE AMUZED !

@Cyberlucy 9 ай бұрын

Yes and it also owes a fair amount to the Romance Languages too. English is really an amalgam of more than one type of language.

@Hvitserk67 Жыл бұрын

The term schadenfreude is interesting and we have it from German in Danish/Norwegian as well (skadefryd). However, we also have the expression "skadefro" (schadenfroh) as an adjective. As far as I understand, the meaning is about the same as gloating.

@evaeart_ 3 жыл бұрын

I was so confused with "wer" and "wo" in German because of "who" and "where" when I started learning German.

@maximhoppe5094 3 жыл бұрын

same but i was learning Englisch and constently asked "who my pencil was"

@niklas6791 3 жыл бұрын

@@maximhoppe5094 English*

@Yuri-pookie 3 жыл бұрын

Yesss in german y too but we learned like that who the o in who is the head of a person and ao wel learns who is for persons and where is like yes where hahaxD

@TomSir79 3 жыл бұрын

For me it was "were" and "where" in my early Beginnings of learning English. "Where were you?", "Wo warst du?" in German, is one of those Examples, i struggled with at the Beginnings.

@6Almightyray9 3 жыл бұрын

Oh- and there is also "become" and "get". 'Become' is 'werden' in german and 'get' 'bekommen'. Three years ago I asked my friend in the english lesson (We have to speak english in the english lesson at all times) 'if I could become her pencil because I forgot mine'.

@rstangl 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: In Austria we call the Wienerwürstchen "Frankfurter" 😁

@E.L.Bernays 3 жыл бұрын

Richard Stangl Tja, bei uns in Tschechien sind diese Würstchen auch nur als Frankfurter bekannt, weil wir historisch ja eher mit dem österreichischen Deutsch verwurzelt sind (als mit dem aus Deutschland). :) Oder Meerrettich (DE) vs. Kren (AT, CZ), Powideln und Kolatschen...

@berndschublade1219 3 жыл бұрын

Und in Frankfurt gibt es zwischen "Wiener" und "Frankfurter" einen Unterschied, wie ich mich letztens belehren lassen musste....

@OndraMike 3 жыл бұрын

@@E.L.Bernays mit einem kleinem detail, dass in Tschechien wie Frankfurter so Wiener sehr bekannt sind...Frankfurter seien oft bissl teuerer und bissl mehr würziger... 😉

@JermaineGertse 3 жыл бұрын

We call it Viennas in South Africa

@Bernd_Anders 3 жыл бұрын

Und in Kopenhagen gibt es auch keine „Kopenhagener“ denn da heißen sie „Wiener brød“ also Brot.

@brownh2orat211 Жыл бұрын

My family is from both Austria and Germany, so I grew up hearing a mixture of english and german words all the time, never even knew most were german words till I was older and my friends had no Idea what my grandpa was saying!

@catkeys6911 11 ай бұрын

Your English is perfect! It's interesting how accents work. My mother was born in Worms, and came to the U.S when she was 8, so she learned to speak English without an accent. Her brother came with her, but is 4 yrs older than she is, and he retained a slight German accent. Her father, of course had a very thick German accent. And, by the way, "math" in kindergarten is called "arithmetic".

@Liam-2345 3 ай бұрын

I’m guessing you meant ‘Wales?’

@jackih9682 2 ай бұрын

Worms is a city in Germany.

@mr_black_hat999 4 жыл бұрын

She: mentions blitzkrieg Me being Polish: oh no...

@lyzy04-azontorvenyujedi-78 4 жыл бұрын

Poor Polish friend :c Screw that war. Poland did nothing wrong. Love from Hungary

@Daguhl 4 жыл бұрын

The "Blitzkrieg" only use in France *no hate just saying Greetings from a really friendly German :D

@greenangelos5587 4 жыл бұрын

German marching sounds gets more intense

@Readytogogo 4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean they did nothing wrong. They were in the way... Greetings from munich

@Daguhl 4 жыл бұрын

@@greenangelos5587 funny and now grow up Sorry i cant hear this anymore, every time in all Videos with "Germany / Germans" I have to read bad WW2 jokes. The most of them are not historically correct and just stupid as fuck.

@charley_161 4 жыл бұрын

Wer von den Deutschen hatte das auch unter „recommend for you“ ?

@antonjensen1088 4 жыл бұрын

Luna GrangerMalfoy Ich

@lisuppi 4 жыл бұрын

kinda me i'm not german tho, just live there lmao

@thedaniel2147 4 жыл бұрын

Jo ich auch

@_michael_9344 4 жыл бұрын

Ja ich auch😊

@victorbruant389 4 жыл бұрын

Österreich, vielleicht kennt KZfaq den Unterschied nicht ;-)

@Loknath009 10 ай бұрын

Hallo Felicia, I saw the reaction of this video and had to come and say how impressed I am about your English pronunciation. Not only that but you explained everything so good! Es war alles sehr interessant, vielen Dank!

@tedswing6647 10 ай бұрын

As a teen, I learned that the origin of "bless you" when someone sneezed was the belief that sneezing forced the spirit out of body. You were blessing them so that no evil spiritual forces could interfere before their spirit returned. When I thought about it, "good health" seemed to better represent my wishes, so ever since then I've said "gesundheit" (which I'd heard, but wasn't as common).

@jmi967 6 ай бұрын

ditto

@rasuno7194 4 жыл бұрын

everytime i hear the english word gift, i think they try to poison someone

@walterwhite415 4 жыл бұрын

Everytime someone told me "You get a gift" I was like: "what,? why? thats unhealthy!"

@nordveld 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you'll never imagine what I thought when I first came to England and saw a gift shop :-)

@HBMR334 4 жыл бұрын

@Lady Edify Gift = Poison

@kyusha9323 4 жыл бұрын

As a child i had a knock off brand Kinderei, and it was manufactured abroad, so the backside of it was all in english, the little toy inside of the egg was also called "gift" and i didnt want to eat the egg because i thought ill get poisoned 😂

@max_the_german4989 4 жыл бұрын

It‘s literally the same word as Gabe, something which was given/gegeben.

@____kyyy__ 3 жыл бұрын

Oha, selbst wir Deutschen können hier was lernen :D

@christoph560 3 жыл бұрын

Ja, auf jeden Fall xD

@mircomoerders100 3 жыл бұрын

Lass mal so tun als wäre das ne wichtige Nachricht damit die amis nachgoogeln und verwirrt sind

@markusrode8013 3 жыл бұрын

Nur kann ich zu wenig Englisch das ich nichts verstehe 🤔

@sookie.69 3 жыл бұрын

Ja klar

@sookie.69 3 жыл бұрын

@@mircomoerders100 hä lol ja aber wie

@mr.duck1248 Жыл бұрын

My grandfather was German so my mom adopted lots of phrases from him that I hear her say every once in a while. mostly terms of frustration, like schweinehund (idk how to spell it) which means pig-dog. There’s also a “schlux” which is kind of like “a dash” when referring to cooking something. I could be wrong about the meaning though, cause I didn’t grow up in the German culture. We may have accidentally changed the meaning of words.

@alexrios4064 Жыл бұрын

Gratulieren sie ! Thanks having lived a year in Munich I continue to enjoy learning more German.

@marshallscot 3 жыл бұрын

Doppelganger is just a cool sounding word so that's probably why we use it.

@msaocer 3 жыл бұрын

Doppelgangster XD

@philippbock3444 3 жыл бұрын

*Doppelgänger

@SamWinchester000 3 жыл бұрын

There's an interesting ethymological history in the Wikipedia article on it.

@HerrKonig 3 жыл бұрын

No because Most White Americans have German roots thats why WE brought influence !

@dananabanana1757 3 жыл бұрын

Philipp Bock auf Englisch ist es doppelganger. Amerikaner haben ja keine Umlaute

@christophbornhardt7888 3 жыл бұрын

Don't confuse gift in english and german. Total different meaning.

@yuyu-ff1wj 3 жыл бұрын

“Fake friends“

@dr.liamboss1596 3 жыл бұрын

@@yuyu-ff1wj not really

@Nr.1Mimir 3 жыл бұрын

Milk

@anakingugutzer8368 3 жыл бұрын

@@dr.liamboss1596 Actually yes Gift in English is a little present and gift in German is poison

@cottonmather5883 3 жыл бұрын

Ha! I thought the same.

@itsjustme4848 11 ай бұрын

My mother’s grandparents were German speakers, so she knew and used a few phrases. When she would explain something to me, she would then say „Siehst du?“ to check if I understood. Until I started studying German and realized she was really saying “Do you see?” as a kid I always thought she was saying “see stu?”, a teasing version of “see stupid?”

@chuckmather1522 9 ай бұрын

Feli I really keep trying to stop watching your videos but keep getting drawn back to them :)

@hendrikschurade2149 4 жыл бұрын

6:34 Einstein:"Ein Bier bitte" Barkeeper:"Ein Stein?" Einstein(stolz):"Ja höchst persönlich" Barkeeper: 🤔

@cybersquire 4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@angryjoshi165 4 жыл бұрын

That's too funny and kinda underrated

@MorliHolect 4 жыл бұрын

German: "Two Martinis, pease!" Barkeeper: "Dry?" German: "Nein, zwei."

@IceMetalPunk 4 жыл бұрын

You know, I never thought about it until now, but Albert's last name was OneStone... Oneston? Wonston? Winston? Was his English name actually Albert Winston? Conspiracy! 😂

@charlesstuart7290 4 жыл бұрын

When Jews had to take surnames in the 18th and 19th century they tried to take ones that had pleasant connotations like Greenberg - Greenmountain.

@fatdad64able 3 жыл бұрын

My favourite German word is "doch". There is no English equivalent (that I can think of) .You can win complicated arguments just by saying "doch" after someone doubts what you said.^^

@Basement-Science 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, very useful, especially if you are very Rechthaberisch.

@hexannethorium2644 3 жыл бұрын

My sister: nein [eng. no] Me: doch Sister: nein Me: doch ...

@cl7672 3 жыл бұрын

"nein" "doch" "ohh" Wie jede Diskussion in Deutschland gewonnen werden kann😂

@rositasprohge8844 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite word to win an argument in German is :Quatsch

@fatdad64able 3 жыл бұрын

@@Basement-Science I AM NOT "RECHTHABERISCH" !!! .....my wife:"doch!" :(

@johnvonsauers8867 Жыл бұрын

great job Feli, thank you for the info❤👍see you next time

@mogadeet6857 Жыл бұрын

You are so delightful Feli. Learning linguistics while I'm entertained? This can't be happening.😀

@chrisaman7401 4 жыл бұрын

As a child, I was taught the German word for chives: schnittlauch, and never knew the English word until I was much older. I believe it is literally "cut leeks."

@CologneCarter 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's about right and if you think about it makes sense. Leeks are harvested roots attached. While "cut leeks" are, well, cut. They are named both "leeks" as they have slightly similar tastes and also belong to the same botanic family I believe.

@cyvulcan5387 4 жыл бұрын

Schnittlauch 😂😂😂👍

@RFM- 4 жыл бұрын

I have always been told and refer to schnittlauch as chives

@yen7564 3 жыл бұрын

Einstein:”Ich bin Einstein” Rock:”Nein Ich bin Ein stein”

@ShyGuy1066 3 жыл бұрын

Albert One Liter? And President Kennedy was a doughnut?

@oh-aliens 3 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@pleasestoptalking2230 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Pecharunt. 3 жыл бұрын

Geiler witz

@purplexninjamom 3 жыл бұрын

Bier in RLP: "Nein, ICH bin ein Stein!" Stein: .......

@svenskhardstyle 11 ай бұрын

love your content, keep it up love germany so i'm really happy to found this channel because very well done !

@grantkoeller8911 Жыл бұрын

Felicia, we just love your videos! Please have a Merry Christmas!!!

@geraldromanow4576 3 жыл бұрын

If Albert Einstein ordered a liter of beer, you would say “Ein Stein für Einstein”!

@patrickbante7629 3 жыл бұрын

dah

@JosePineda-cy6om 3 жыл бұрын

More like THE rock, man!

@mikeobrien3744 3 жыл бұрын

Gut

@LaOrajPantalonoj 3 жыл бұрын

@@JosePineda-cy6om more like "A rock". The rock =~ der Stein, man! ;)

@JosePineda-cy6om 3 жыл бұрын

@@LaOrajPantalonoj I mean "THE rock" not in the linguistic sense, but rather in the sense that he was the one and only, the original EINSTEIN - accept no imitations!!!

@spt222 3 жыл бұрын

Felicia, I am a 68 year-old American man who was born in the southern USA and raised in the Midwest. I have no direct German ancestry but have heard and used the word "Gesundheit" my entire life every time someone sneezes. It is as American to me as apple pie.

@dbergerac9632 3 жыл бұрын

I think apple pie originated in Germany as well.

@marcxy0160 3 жыл бұрын

dbergerac pretty sure it’s originally from the UK but I could be wrong on this one ✌🏼

@kekeke8988 3 жыл бұрын

Never even heard of it before now.

@mauricewilley4431 3 жыл бұрын

@@marcxy0160 American apple pie with spices like nutmeg and cinnamon not used much in England are derived from Dutch settlers in America - whom English settlers used to mistakenly call "German."

@bubblybubblywhatywhaty5665 3 жыл бұрын

that mean bless you in english

@Mitten_Plinking 11 ай бұрын

Love the video. I could listen to you talk all day. 😊

@victorortega9870 Жыл бұрын

hello, has been a while since I watched your channel. I am pleased that your following has grown so much, cudos.

@Newton988 3 жыл бұрын

Germans: *Sees "German" in title* Germans: Das hier übernehmen wir!

@luv3n0ne29 3 жыл бұрын

Samurai 8 juup hast recht

@ruufs2384 3 жыл бұрын

Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

@human1836 3 жыл бұрын

Scheint so, als wäre das hier nicht der Fall. Ich seh mal vielleicht ein deutschen Kommi hier und da, jedoch im Vergleich zu anderen englisch-deutschen Videos, ist das hier nichts lul

@andres.96 3 жыл бұрын

Hippedy hoppedy, this is now german property

@justfrenchfri6856 3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAH ja

@kaeufer 3 жыл бұрын

You have to know that "Stuhl" in German has one more very special meaning ...

@colinp2238 3 жыл бұрын

In England it can also mean a lump of faeces so there'snodifference there either.

@kaeufer 3 жыл бұрын

@@colinp2238 That's what it mean in German also

@colinp2238 3 жыл бұрын

@@kaeufer Yes that is why I said to you that there is no difference.

@DBLAZHEV 3 жыл бұрын

Haha Ehrenmann

@TomSir79 3 жыл бұрын

Poop 💩

@franchellevanheerden Жыл бұрын

Thanks Feli, You are awesome. Wish i could understand German completely. it is such a beautiful language.

@1995Pie 4 жыл бұрын

ich WUSSTE das "Kindergarten" dabei sein wird. ich WUSSTE es xD

@niklaskristoffer 4 жыл бұрын

Und Doppelgänger

@sonneco9924 4 жыл бұрын

Aber ich wundere mich, dass ‚Wolkenkratzer‘ nicht dabei war, oder ‚Rucksack‘ 🤔

@lpfan4491 4 жыл бұрын

Wolkenkratzer wird im Englischen verwendet? oh boi.

@fryreviews693 4 жыл бұрын

*Brain translating to english* Uhhhh huh, i understood most of that.

@FrauWNiemand 4 жыл бұрын

I missed Waldsterben.

@karl-heinzzimmer2671 Жыл бұрын

Zu schön! :) Danke für den interessanten Beitrag. 👍

@AmanSharma92 7 ай бұрын

I was willing to learn German from a long time and now you have motivated me more...looking forward to learn from your tutorials as well as other youtube channels now.

@86FxBdyCpe 3 жыл бұрын

Her English is amazing but I love listening to her in German (even if I can't understand a single word). Absolutely beautiful!

@mullegegenmobbing160 3 жыл бұрын

But you do understand Doppelgänger and Bratwurst and all that 😝

@michaeldmingo1525 3 жыл бұрын

American ain't English

@hakimcameldriver 3 жыл бұрын

Her German is Bayern, vegates ,y'all

@edwinakastner8806 3 жыл бұрын

@@hakimcameldriver wie gehts / “how are you?” But more like How are you going?

@4thstooge75 3 жыл бұрын

She is such a cute and appealing woman and yes ,absolutely beautiful;

@Cp.Chaos707 3 жыл бұрын

Every german under the age of 84: Meine zeit ist gekommen; der Kommentarbereich wurde erfolgreich eingenommen.

@purplexninjamom 3 жыл бұрын

that rhymes

@peachpepper9942 3 жыл бұрын

Die Kommentar Sektion ist jetzt Eigentum der BRD

@misshollywood3781 3 жыл бұрын

Digga was ist das HHAHAAHAH

@wotblitz4everyone583 3 жыл бұрын

Haha jaa

@brennap3310 3 жыл бұрын

My time has come, the comment section words...right...name...? Learning German (very early in the process, and my app wouldn’t let me copy this comment to double check my guess!)

@don63 2 ай бұрын

I am of German descent and heard it all my life growing up. Love your channel. Danke Schon Felicia.

@Vinterfrid Ай бұрын

When you say "Danke Schon" you are actually saying "Thanks already". You should say "Danke Schön" which means "Thanks a lot". Those dots above the letter "o" are essential.

@don63 Ай бұрын

@@Vinterfrid I know but my keyboard has no umlaut 🤗

@janetd4862 Жыл бұрын

I had not heard all of those, but many are a part of my vocabulary. I’m glad you included schmutz - that was the first word I thought of, and as you got farther down the list, I was sure you weren’t going to mention it.

@krix1606 4 жыл бұрын

! disclaimer: video accutally starts at 2:50

@miguelcruz6377 4 жыл бұрын

Absoloute hero

@MegaYennia 4 жыл бұрын

OK boomer

@Lillol13 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bro 👍

@fryreviews693 4 жыл бұрын

You saved us all.

@evawolke5733 4 жыл бұрын

I saw it too late :/ Thank you anyway xD

@mattpotter8725 3 жыл бұрын

Schadenfreude was the first German word I ever learned in my high school German classes. The teacher walked into his desk and everyone laughed and so he taught us the German word for this!!! In England we do this a lot, but we don't have our own words for it, I mean why would we need this when there's a perfectly good German word we can use, it's a great word as well!!

@haku7335 3 жыл бұрын

Schadenfreue XD Benutzen wir nicht oft, aber ist nices wort

@DanielRMueller 3 жыл бұрын

So wait, you already experienced Schadenfreude before you had a word for it? What would George Orwell say about that?!

@vinseg8152 2 жыл бұрын

A bit late but I’m pretty sure we do it’s called being a sadist or being sadistic

@dR3m1Nator 2 жыл бұрын

Ja das habe schon mal gehört 🤣 I've heard that a few times and I was wondering. So you don't have your own word to describe schadenfreude. That's unfortunate. Maybe someone should come up with one. But no matter what, you can use "our" words too. 😆 German people use also english words and then they are saying, "es wurde eingedeutscht" (it had been germanized). We all know the word handy, right? But when german people say that we down mean the adjective. In Fact handy is ower mobile phone (smartphone). Not everyone knows about that. If you have any questions. You can ask her. She really good. 😊

@mattpotter8725 2 жыл бұрын

@@dR3m1Nator I think it's great that we can share words in this way. In English it was taught to us as laughing at someone else's misfortune, which isn't quite as concise and pithy!!! Why invent your own words when you can just use a ready made one? English is a mix of a Germanic and Romance language so many influences from other languages in these two groups and beyond have found their way into our lexicon and long may it continue!!!

@andreafisher3268 2 ай бұрын

I love your posts, keep it up!

@jojomcgee3430 Жыл бұрын

I like the music between words/meaning. Reminds me of the "More you know" bumpers between Saturday morning cartoons.😂

@stprinz 4 жыл бұрын

Funfact: Wiener Würstchen heißen in Österreich Frankfurter ;)

@jugler2636 4 жыл бұрын

und heißt bei euch Frankfurter auch Penis, was es bei uns ja aaaaaaaabsolut tut... xD

@Gods1princess1 4 жыл бұрын

In Deutschland sind Frankfurter kleine Bratwürstchen 😊

@Bernd_Anders 4 жыл бұрын

Und in Dänemark gibt es auch keine Kopenhagener, denn da heißen sie Wiener brød (Brot)

@chax3172 3 жыл бұрын

@@lordmalix3141 Als ich in Innsbruck war und gucken wollte ob es in einer Imbissbude Wiener gab, meinte der Typ sie haben nur Frankfurter und die kam sehr nah an eine Wiener

@madmanmapper 3 жыл бұрын

Ich bin ein Berliner,

@migra1415 Жыл бұрын

Feli: "Ein Stein Bier bitte!" Albert: "Das kann man aber auch netter bestellen."

@HeinrichDerGrosse1298 Жыл бұрын

Junge legit wenn die witze so flach sind das sie einfach wieder maximal witzig sind

@_Abgehoben Жыл бұрын

@@HeinrichDerGrosse1298 naja

@_Abgehoben Жыл бұрын

der witz war schon ausgelutscht diggi

@deancinar4384 Жыл бұрын

@@_Abgehoben aber doch nicht wirklich schlecht

@Nitrox_909 Жыл бұрын

@@deancinar4384 Geschmackssache

@Jace28142 2 ай бұрын

Loved this video. Some of my favorite words I use are on this list.

@WisdomTree2024 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic info, subscribed, TY :)

@DSeptarov 3 жыл бұрын

2:56 is the actual beginning of the video. You are welcome!

@Johnny_Nitro 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

@kampfstarkerrichter6676 3 жыл бұрын

saw it too late but thx

@ImogenWhite13 3 жыл бұрын

You seriously can’t wait less than three minutes? 😂 what has happened to people’s patience?!

@darthkizo3808 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of these words are common in the Midwest especially in Ohio due to the number of Ohioans who have German Ancestry. Also most English speakers are not aware that English and German are linguistic cousins since they share a common root language. In fact Old English sounds more like German than English.

@jt4jt4 2 жыл бұрын

I suspected that was the case. I am more attuned to language than the average person, and have only a passing familiarity with "schadenfreude" and "schmutz". I have lived in several states in the western U.S., but not at all to the east of the Rocky Mountains.

@ole88bluegmc 2 жыл бұрын

Common in Texas for the same reason.

@afcgeo882 2 жыл бұрын

Frisians and West Saxons created Old English by migrating to Anglia.

@JohnStark72 2 жыл бұрын

Precisely. Early inhabitants of Britain were the Anglo-Saxons.

@hurri7720 2 жыл бұрын

There are lots of Brits who feel offended when you tell them English is a Germanic language with some 10.000 French words as a first or second choice. I have even met the expression - "only in the English language is it possible ..... ". This lady is nice but ought, actually, to know more about European languages, and how mixed and still close they are due to a similar historical and geografical background they have.

@renatacantore3684 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your wonderful presentation. I thought many of these words were Yiddish but then Yiddish is a mix of German & Hebrew. I really love your presentation 👏🏽👏🏼👏🏽👏🏼🏆💐🌟🇩🇪🇺🇸

@666Brago Жыл бұрын

Very informative. I knew a lot of those.

@ursulabrandt3678 2 жыл бұрын

I am german.... and a long time ago when I visited the States I saw "Apfelkuchen" on a menu und tried to order it... but the waiter did not understand what I was saying. So I tried to imagine, how people in the U.S would probably pronounce it and tried "applekouken"? and it worked.

@xtratic Жыл бұрын

The american way of saying "Apfelkuchen" sounds like "eplekuken" to me, which means "apple cock"...

@singingstars5006 Жыл бұрын

Haha I can imagine this!

@blueunicornhere Жыл бұрын

Try to order German toast and nobody will know. Say "french toast" and everyone knows. Because Germans bad. But then in the 2000s when France wouldn't help destroy Iraq they then started calling it "freedom toast" because France bad.

@ursulabrandt3678 Жыл бұрын

@@blueunicornhere "French Toast" is in Germany called "Arme Ritter", which means "Poor Knights".

@tomsitzman3952 Жыл бұрын

In my neighborhood the CH was often spoken as a hard English K and sometimes as a German ch

@stephenriggs8177 4 жыл бұрын

Your English is so good that I'm impressed by your German.

@spacebibba8984 4 жыл бұрын

Also very confusing for me as a German. Usually, you spot an English talking German guy in about 1.5 seconds, as their accent is just kinda obvious. Also some mistakes we tend to make, as the constructs are similar, but rules are different. For example, we tend to create "if"-sentences containing a "would", like "If I would do X, it would be fine.". That's terribly wrong in English, but fine in German, because eventhough "would" translates to "würde", their respective usage is different.

@domesticdingo1417 4 жыл бұрын

Her accent definitely sounds like a native speaker's, but she uses a lot more rising tones in the middle of sentences than I'd hear with native American English speakers so it does sound a little bit odd to me, not something I really notice unless I try to pay close attention though

@ems.5703 3 жыл бұрын

German's can easy learn perfekt englisch. I often get your englich is realy good but it's just my pronunciation

@davidcurtis7236 3 жыл бұрын

Its not just the pitch. Its the pacing of the way she speaks that gives it away. Not that it's a bad thing at all. What i mean by pacing is the way she would say a full sentence, I bet it would be hard to speak quickly or quicker. You see the same problem with folks who learn it from any language, and the pacing is also what throws off so many americans while learning another language. She speaks wonderful English, and I wish I was nearly that good when I speak Spanish!!!!

@TylerLL2112 3 жыл бұрын

Tryce ecyrt All German men sound like Jörg Sprave. Change my mind.

@exiavaganza Жыл бұрын

Kitsch is also used in Spanish, but it's more related to vintage stuff, something who isn't trendy anymore but it's still good and you have nostalgia for it. "I went to a kitsch party".

@Endolas1 Жыл бұрын

Ich hab deinen Kanal über den von Ryan Wass gefunden, und ich muss sagen mir gefällt dass du nicht nur recherche betreibst sondern auch die Quellen angibst.

@JohnnySilverballs 3 жыл бұрын

me: sneezes out blood dies instantly some german: health

@francis7336 3 жыл бұрын

_helth_

@unknown-to9og 3 жыл бұрын

@@francis7336 no health was right

@francis7336 3 жыл бұрын

@@unknown-to9og it's a meme, i know how you spell health

@Qbliviens 3 жыл бұрын

It basically means "I wish good health to you", so in short: "health"

@celinele3472 3 жыл бұрын

I was so confused when I first came to Germany and someone said that to me 🤣🤣

@balancedactguy 4 жыл бұрын

Einmal habe ich eine Deutsch Professorin von mir gefragt "Was bedeutet Schadenfreude?" Auf Englisch sagte sie mir "One mans DELIGHT over another Mans PLIGHT!"!

@PaulPunk23LP 4 жыл бұрын

@@jFig88 where did he say that?

@dansattah 4 жыл бұрын

@@jFig88 You do know, that in English "man" can be used as the generic word for "human/person", right?

@BadDayLp 4 жыл бұрын

@@jFig88 Im sorry but i cant find sexism here. Would you enlighten me?

@peterking2651 4 жыл бұрын

That’s close enough. It literally means “joy at someone’s pain”. There are some words that change because of political sensitivity. In English we say FEBA, Forward Edge of the Battle Area. In German the equivalent translates to “Forward edge of the Defensive Zone”. The other thing that’s very different is greetings. In the USA I’d say “Hi, I’m Peter”, in German “ Ich heißt Herr King“. Another thing is Frau (Mrs.) or Fräulein (Miss), can be used to denote marital status, respect or age.

@felixklusener5530 4 жыл бұрын

@@peterking2651 In Germany it is no longer common to call a young or unmarried woman Fräulein. It was common until the late 70s, but a movement for more equality of men and women changed the language usage of the german society. Depending on the situation it can even be considered rude to call a woman Fräulein nowadays.

@user-hh5ph2eh7j 8 ай бұрын

Love your podcast! We may have crossed paths. I am a steinmeister/live in greater Cincy and very funny I have the same fireplace and Christmas lights haa. Thank you!

@gregwatkins2525 10 ай бұрын

The first time I've ever seen you just happen to run across that I guess but I did subscribe and set the Bell it was a cool presentation I had no idea the words I grew up with so many were German

@r.b.ratieta6111 3 жыл бұрын

People in Rheinland-Pfalz: "Ein stein bier, bitte." Me, an American: "Einstein must be pretty big here, they have a beer named after him and a lot of people order it."

@kaiackerman3727 3 жыл бұрын

That I thought xD I was just so "Woooow dude.. We use the word in this context? It sounds like 'Einstein'" 👁️👄👁️

@firefighter1845 3 жыл бұрын

Einstein was a German but he was go to America in the WW2 because he was a jew.

@catholicdad 3 жыл бұрын

Bitte ein Bit. Bitberger bier.

@catholicdad 3 жыл бұрын

@@firefighter1845 Austrian

@firefighter1845 3 жыл бұрын

@@catholicdad He is born in Ulm a German city so he was a German.

@brunomolinaro1286 3 жыл бұрын

That is indeed so weird... I read a lot of english books and sometimes I would just stumble across a german word and be like woah what are you doing here?!

@robyncardoso7824 3 жыл бұрын

English and German are both Germanic languages, so not surprising.

@donuts564 3 жыл бұрын

Lol yeah it's so confusing.

@tubester4567 2 жыл бұрын

Its not that surprising. Many Germans migrated to the US, many Jewish people migrated to the US from Germany. There are still groups like the Amish that speak german in the US. Most European languages borrow words from each other.

@TheAglok 2 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@THE-michaelmyers Жыл бұрын

I was always under the impression at least in English that the word Doppelganger was more than look alike. It expresses more than just being a twin. As with some other words the definition has changed over the years.

@jaysasso4392 10 ай бұрын

I agree, just saw your comment, find mine lol

@MH-in8bp 10 ай бұрын

Btw. "Gänger" is someone who goes.

@user-mg8hc9qc5x 9 ай бұрын

I am teaching a culture class in preschool! I have been following you on KZfaq for a long time! Can you do short videos for young children maybe one for words children would like to learn, food children may like, or whatever?

@kaya5471 4 жыл бұрын

Dieser Moment, wenn man das als deutscher anschaut, und sich denkt:"ehh, da ist ja nichtmal ein Akzent" 😂

@nataliepolz7403 3 жыл бұрын

Sie ist ja auch deutsch:)

@cakeiam2839 3 жыл бұрын

@@nataliepolz7403 Ich glaube sie meinte das sie kein deutschen Akzent in englischen hat

@salexo9 3 жыл бұрын

@@cakeiam2839 Hat sie aber. Aber ist ja nichts schlimmes.

@basslightyear161 3 жыл бұрын

doch schon

@SamWinchester000 3 жыл бұрын

@@cakeiam2839 Ich denke, gemeint ist, dass die deutschen Wörter von Amerikanern nahezu akzentfrei korrekt ausgesprochen werden.

@SuperKatiki 3 жыл бұрын

Many Germans emigrated to the US, over the years. "German" is one of the most common answers when Americans start talking about their ancestry (for example, at least a quarter of my ancestry comes from Germany). It makes sense that so many German words became a part of American English, over the years.

@mrcydonia 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, there are over 40,000,000 Americans who have German ancestry.

@rranka8293 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrcydonia indeed. some people live in so small circles.

@dyltack5349 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrcydonia second largest white ancestry in America

@markwright4385 2 жыл бұрын

Me too. 1/4 German.

@saraheart2804 Жыл бұрын

When I lived in Wisconsin they had radio stations that spoke German.

@treasurechristie39 7 ай бұрын

I went to dinner with a German friend's parents who were born in Germany. They were having a conversation in German about a waitress's eye's being beautiful and I got the jest of what they were saying. When I told that to my friend's Mom, she explained that English was a Germanic language and I should have a small understanding of German. So interesting.

@wekael1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Learned a lot today. Gemütlich is also a german word that is used quite often and it means cosy

@andreawalli9477 Ай бұрын

Actually it means happy.

@danielvanr.8681 3 жыл бұрын

In Dänemark: wienerbrød (Wienerbrot) Im deutschen Sprachraum: Kopenhagenergebäck 😂😂😂

@waltrohrbach2459 3 жыл бұрын

and called "danish" in the u.s. if i'm not mistaken.

@imadomyrdin 3 жыл бұрын

Wiener Wuerste i are called "Frankfurter" in Austria. : ]

@xfi321 3 жыл бұрын

In Swedish it´s also called Wienerbröd!

@TheJerida 3 жыл бұрын

It is called wienerbrød in Danish because Austrian bakers from Vienna brought their pastry traditions with them when settling in Copenhagen. Sweden probably picked the word up from Danish (just my guess)

@_Viking 2 жыл бұрын

As a norwegian this is so funny, because some of the words and meanings have the same meaning in norwegian, but some has the english meaning and the other has the german meaning. All three languages are germanic languages though, so it make some sense. Great video

@rigel1176 Жыл бұрын

I'm original from North Germany ..... and we speak there neder german ..... that's not a dialect it has his own roots ...... Well ...and these roots and high german as well are from Norway ...... They went south and occupied the area of ( now) Germany , France and way more ..... The Angle and Saxomy as well as the Normans occupied England ...... the Vikings go even further ( see now Russia) they conquer Andalusien ,- Sicily ,- Iceland ,- Greenland ,- and went till Canada ...... so actually the "Homeland " will be Norway and Danmark ..... dont you think ?! 😊 In the US over 15 % have german ancestry ... and I was realy surprised ......

@fredandersen9873 Жыл бұрын

Many of the German words used in American English, came here via the Jewish community. Many of the older folks, especially, originally spoke "Yiddish" a Low German - Hebrew mash up. When they fled to the U.S., they spoke a type of English-Yiddish pidgin. As many of their children and grandchildren sought careers in the entertainment industry, these Yiddish (German) words worked their way into popular American English.

@klauszinser Жыл бұрын

20 years ago - as south German - i came for 5 months to the netherlands and learned some Dutch. For me it was a mixture between German and English. But the Dutch language has more logic. (But there are some complete strange words you need to know to get a good idea of what is spoken in Dutch).

@rigel1176 Жыл бұрын

@@fredandersen9873 You make me "meschugge" .... now the german words come from the Jewish ...... there is the "Schlamassel" ..... is that true ore some "schmu " hhahahahaha

@rigel1176 Жыл бұрын

@@klauszinser In the northern part of Germany a lot of people can read and understand ( if they talk slowly ....) Dutch , Danmark , Norge ........ becaues it is one language family ...... And by the way ... my grandfather was Dutch ...,.

@MissionaryInMexico Жыл бұрын

My dad was Sicilian Italian, my mom was of Dutch, English, French, Scottish and German descent. Half of my Sicilian family emigrated from Sicily to Munich and Regensburg Germany. So when I go to visit my family I travel to both Sicily, mainland Italy and to Germany to see them all. My Italian family all speak Italian, German, Spanish and English. A few speak French and Portuguese. As well, I speak 3 languages and dabble in about 10 other languages. It's a gift in my family. So much so,that my oldest sister got her Master's degree in linguistics from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. My younger brother speaks 15 languages and travels on business to 50 countries in the world, almost double the number of countries I've visited.

@silbottoms Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this video very much. It was really quite interesting.

@rjdrakon2492 3 жыл бұрын

Kindergarten was started in America by a German lady in Watertown Wisconsin. It was originally the same concept as in Germany. Over the years it was slowly incorporated into the school system, curriculum was added as a 1st grade prep...

@ravishankars6707 3 жыл бұрын

The phrase “Hand auf Herz” was used by old time writers. One of my favourite German words is “Verschlimmbesserung” - make something worse in an effort to make it better ! Hope that gets popular soon, it’s one of the “zeitgeist”

@williammay2332 2 жыл бұрын

Verschlimmbesserung: Sounds like a political term.

@arnolsi 2 жыл бұрын

@@williammay2332 You can use it in all parts of life. You want to fix something but make it worse.

@shadowofmoonlight3167 2 жыл бұрын

The phrase is actually "Hand auf das Herz" or "Hand aufs Herz" (Sorry, I just want to help, but you are right. It is a beautiful phrase)

@ruralsquirrel5158 2 жыл бұрын

We tend to use an idiom for this concept in English: "the road to hell is paved with good intentions".

@arnolsi 2 жыл бұрын

@@ruralsquirrel5158 We only need one word for this;-) Everyone can create a new word. Some become mainstream.

@meilstone 8 ай бұрын

Haha, I'm Austrian, spent 8 years in the US studying and working I got confronted with "Autobahn" most (by far). Something seems to be so fascinating about that for Americans. Fun times!

@ditherdather Жыл бұрын

Hello from your neighbor up the road in Mason, OH! Great video.

@VJTedescoIII 3 жыл бұрын

My personal favorite German word that I use frequently is "fingerspitzengefuehl." Literally finger tip feeling but used to describe an ability to quickly grasp something or someplace. For example: Bob's fingerspitzengefuehl allowed him to immediately see the problem.

@froppy9295 3 жыл бұрын

it looks so weird because we Germans write it like that “Fingerspitzengefühl” and the sentence is in english but one word is a german word 😂😂

@suburbanburrito210 2 жыл бұрын

Are you guys trolling, litteraly looks like you just put a word and a bunch of letters together

@hholden401 2 жыл бұрын

@@suburbanburrito210 In the German language, compound nouns are written *in one* ! ... An often used example is: "Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftkapitän" ... ;-)

@jukori 2 жыл бұрын

uhm, actually the meaning of 'fingerspitzengefühl' is closer related to handling something delicate with great care.

@user-hd5rd5xk2v 2 жыл бұрын

@@jukori yes, i would not use it that often for the example above.

@paulbrungardt9823 3 жыл бұрын

My grandparents immigrated from Germany. I am impressed with your ability to speak English without any foreign accent. My grandfather immigrated in 1900 and died in 1970. He had a German accent until the day he died.

@gehtdasjemandwasan8849 3 жыл бұрын

@R. Schowiada71 : very interesting that you hear her bavarian heritage when she talks english. I am Bavarian, but i can not hear in her english that she is from Bavaria! Are You American? But her German really does NOT sound like from Munic, more like from more northern parts of bavaria/ franconia

@wonderfalg 3 жыл бұрын

@@gehtdasjemandwasan8849 True. No dialect in german words. No accent in english except I feel she's slightly exaggerating some consonants.

@TesterAnimal1 3 жыл бұрын

She has an American accent.

@Flughafenkaiser 3 жыл бұрын

@@TesterAnimal1 Yes she does and many don't hear it. It's very unfortunate her accent is Americanised . Fruchtbar. ! Kaugummi englisch.

@vaderladyl 3 жыл бұрын

@@gehtdasjemandwasan8849 The younger you start learning a language the easier is to drop the accent.

@David_from_GER Жыл бұрын

Even in mathematics, some words are German like "Ansatz", "Eigenvector" and "Gedankenexperiment" etc. Great video! I love it :)!

@philfernandez835 Жыл бұрын

Wow, you speak wonderful english. Accent and all. Impressive for someone who did not grow up here!

@cropshabsund3401 3 жыл бұрын

I love the German word "Krankenwagen" and really wish we called our ambulances "cranky wagons"

@BajanEnglishman51 3 жыл бұрын

no that sounds dumb af

@ralphkrattli6607 3 жыл бұрын

Krank is Sick and not cranky

@Destructor240 3 жыл бұрын

its not cranky wagon but wagon for sick people. Wagen für Kranke = Krankenwagen

@shaungordon9737 3 жыл бұрын

I'll stick to ambulance....

@LG123ABC 3 жыл бұрын

@@shaungordon9737 So you prefer the word that English borrowed from the French? Because that's where "ambulance" comes from.

@christiankoch5646 3 жыл бұрын

"Schadenfreude" can be felt by anyone on earth. But we Germans are at least honest enough to acknowledge it! So yes, it says something about our culture. We are no hypocrites!

@thaneoh 3 жыл бұрын

I learned it in English with the implication that it's not just anyone's misfortune but a friend's misfortune. We outwardly offer sympathy but inside we take a certain pleasure...probably based in jealousy or the desire to laugh at our friends. How many sitcoms have friends laugh at each other's misfortune? Seems a normal part of friendship

@Mark10Titan 3 жыл бұрын

"Schadenfreude" the joy of a football team I dislike suffering the misfortune of relegation.

@har3036 3 жыл бұрын

The Dutch have "leedvermaak", same thing.

@yorkshirecoastadventures1657 3 жыл бұрын

It does not suprise me that a word, descibing a certain feeling,does not exist in the English language. In England we are not big on feelings,let alone talking about them.

@HotelPapa100 3 жыл бұрын

It's not that English doesn't have the word. "Glee" describes the sentiment exactly. It's just that it can mean more innocent joy as well.

@thulema 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for addressing the 'false friend'. I'm learning Spanish, and "No te moleste los patos" can lead some English speakers awry. I also remember "exito" (exit) vs "exCITO" which is when you feel some kind of way 😉

@nemo227 2 ай бұрын

Good video. Useful. Informative. Useful.

@michaelhillman2959 Жыл бұрын

My mother had a German speaking grand mother living in her childhood home for several years. She picked up many words from her and I heard several of them as I was growing up. Gesundheit was one of the most common heard around the home, said after a person sneezes. I to this day use it instead of bless you. It just feels natural and comes out of my mouth when someone sneezes.

@Daniel-qz3pk Жыл бұрын

Your name, hillman, is of German descendant. Hillmann would mean "man of the hill" in German and is a pretty common name.

@michaelhillman2959 Жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-qz3pk yes, all this is true. However the grandmother was on my mom’s side. Her particular name was Ebert. This is also German and common.

@Stefan-1978 Жыл бұрын

Gesundheit.

@thonibulletti Жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-qz3pk actually you're wrong on the meaning of Hillman. Hillmann is composed of a variation of the term "hild" which means "battle" (compare the skandinavian Hild or Hildr, a valkyrie name part as in Brunhild, Hildegard or Hildebrand from the Nibelungensaga) and "mann" as in "man" so Hillmann is quite the same as "Krieger" or "Warrior". Like the infamous madlad and conspiracy activist Attila Hildmann.

@Jpeg13759 Жыл бұрын

Just heard, that about 80 Million Americans think, they got Ancestors in Germany...True or not, WE love beer ;-)

@morgoth62 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely charming. Thanks for the video. My youngest arrived in Hamburg yesterday on a one month trip. He finally made it to the Fatherland.

@thecatfather857 4 жыл бұрын

A few of those I’ve never even heard of. Someone: *Says a ridiculously long word or name* Me: Gesundheit. That smile is the most contagious thing in this star system.

@yasch3696 4 жыл бұрын

Lol same :D

@ronshouse4205 4 жыл бұрын

Warner Brothers Looney Tunes was all over "Gesundheit" almost 70 years ago..... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNydZ5iUvLK2ioE.html From their short "Early to Bet," released in 1951

@paulbrown7775 10 ай бұрын

Angst in English (non-specific worry or dread) is the root of "anxiety", but also "anxious" which usually meant "apprehensive" but now can mean the opposite, "eager". Schmutz migrated long ago as "smut" meaning indecent material, but also agricultural crop pathogens.

@MJWinckler 8 ай бұрын

Probably written many times somewhere in the looong list of comments, but in southern Germany the word "Stein" refers to a beer mug of 1 liter which was traditionally a large mug made from stoneware but later was made from glass. That meaning is (at least) used in large parts of Rheinland-Pfalz and Baden-Württemberg. When you order "ein Stein Bier" you expect not only one liter of beer, but 1 liter of beer in this specific mug. Usually you do not drink that one alone, but one person orders and then everybody drinks from it. Of course this "tradition" is also connected to drinking games. If you "let the stone stand" (drink in one go until you can place the mug on the bottom edge and the handle) you force the previous in line to pay the next "Stein". If you stop to early (and the Stein is still to full to stand), of course you are paying ... ThanX Feli, for the insights. Even though I regularly talk to US Americans; i did not know some of these words.