American Tries (and struggles with) HARD GERMAN WORDS

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Zwetschgen, organisatorisches, verpflichtet, Küche, EICHHÖRNCHEN...and more!! American tries and struggles saying these hard to say, everyday German words.
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The other video with Stefan - Everyday English words that GERMANS CAN’T SAY?! • Everyday English words...
So my question for you is: #CanYouSayEichhörnchen ? Please let me know in the comments below!
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@jostein219 3 жыл бұрын

Dana had "bisschen" totally right. Stephan's way to pronounce it was waaaaay to Kölsch. Same with Küche. There is no "sch" in it.

@japunaka 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but her "Küche" sounded more like "Kiche", but I thought the phone would understand her even so. It was really close.

@christinakohl6111 3 жыл бұрын

It would sound equally wrong with a really pronounced ch

@ehmayex55 3 жыл бұрын

for "bisschen" stephan also told her, that she did a perfect standard german accent, but in köln his pronounciation would be used. for "küche" she didn propely pronounce the "ü"

@wernerhiemer406 3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I catch people saying "Kühsche" litterally sounding like they have a small cow "Kuh" in their household.

@rmatveev 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree with you. I personally don't like making "ch" sound like "sch". Probably it is because I've never been at the sothern part of Germany?

@EvenxBreak 3 жыл бұрын

Stefan has a very heavy Cologne dialect. How you said "Küche" was perfect! Your phone is bullying you! xD

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, her ü really was more of an i. *That* was the problem, not her ch.

@ingovb6155 3 жыл бұрын

Wie wahr! Danas Küche war besseres Deutsch als Stefan (wenn man das offizielle Hochdeutsch als Maßstab anlegen möchte)

@Berndt06 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think he has a heavy Cologne accent. If I don't know he is from Cologne, I wouldn't recognize it. Even if he speaks German.

@Hallo81398 Жыл бұрын

@@ingovb6155 schwachsinn, machn Kopp zu. die hats Ü net gescheit ausgesprochen

@BravoRomeo30 3 жыл бұрын

Zwetschgen und Pflaumen sind nicht dasselbe. Zwetschgen sind kleiner als Pflaumen und meist auch dunkler. Ich komme aus Niedersachsen und hier kennt man beide Begriffe.

@ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard 3 жыл бұрын

Bin aus NRW und da benutzt man auch beide, aber Zwetschgen gibt es so selten im Supermarkt, dass viele es nicht richtig verwenden

@Buggat 3 жыл бұрын

Ist wie mit vielen Dinge: jede Zwetschge ist eine Pflaume, aber nicht jede Pflaume eine Zwetschge 😁

@kattin4060 3 жыл бұрын

Gibt's da nicht sogar verschiedene Schreibweisen je nach Bundesland/Land? Zwetschgen, Zwetschen, Zwetschken?

@Caledoriv 3 жыл бұрын

Bei uns in RLP sagen wir "Quetsche" bzw. "Quetschen" (Plural).

3 жыл бұрын

@@Caledoriv Ganz RLP? Ich kenne Quetschen aucḩ… aus der Kurpfalz (also südliches RLP/nördliches BW).

@californialinchen 3 жыл бұрын

Basically, Dana mastered the German ch whereas Stephan just pronounces it like sch - which technically isn't standard German. I also noticed where your difficulties with the German ending -er come from, Dana. You try to pronounce it like e-r but it is usually pronunced as a schwa - which sounds a little bit like a shortened version of the u in cup. Anyway, I always find your videos very entertaining :) You guys are so funny! Happy Holidays!

@petereggers7603 3 жыл бұрын

Yap, Stefan has some cologne-style (rhenish) "sch" where there should be a crystal clear "ch" 😊😂 Greetings from Brühl 😉

@DJDoena 3 жыл бұрын

The most German-sounding word ever: Hausdachkonstruktion

@affenjungeee 3 жыл бұрын

What about geachwindigkeitsbegrenzung?

@sigmagic2874 3 жыл бұрын

Doppelhaushälfte

@christinakohl6111 3 жыл бұрын

@@sigmagic2874 DAS is das deutscheste wort!

@rmatveev 3 жыл бұрын

@@affenjungeee Oh! That's a great example of hard sounds in a long German word!!! It is hard to say. However - I managed it (I'm Russian native speakere)!

@DAHFY 3 жыл бұрын

Sollbruchstelle

@morlewen7218 3 жыл бұрын

Händchen und Hähnchen Hündchen und Hühnchen I remember a video where Dana was not able to hear the difference.

@bradleydavenport7412 3 жыл бұрын

No doubt German is hard but I like hearing the German language. Glad both of you are back to making videos together.

@Ratherlos 3 жыл бұрын

Try: "Zwischen zwei Zwetschgenzweigen zwitschern zwei Schwalben."

@danroro1722 3 жыл бұрын

Ein schöner Zungenbrecher! 👍

@TheFrequenzy 3 жыл бұрын

Yes please, do a Video with German Zungenbrecher!

@christinakohl6111 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheFrequenzy haha yeees! Dana die sich an fischer fritze die zunge verbricht 😂

@manfredfischer8944 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheFrequenzy - Der Barmixer mixt Whiskey - Blaukraut bleibt Blaukraut und Brautkleid bleibt Brautkleid

@roysoleil9286 3 жыл бұрын

OMG this one is so good again. Thank you so much Dana. I'm totally using this video again in my English classes.

@user-sm3xq5ob5d 3 жыл бұрын

Your problem is the "r". You still form it in the back with a gurgle deep in the throat. But in German the sounds are made in the front of the mouth. Which is the reason women speaking American English sound a note lower. Also the dragging over of syllables is an English-speaker characteristic. You should actively train to pronounce syllables individually and move the r from the back to the front. Look at Hayley how beautifully she makes her rolling "r".

@rmatveev 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree! Her 'R" sounds so american!

@echt114 3 жыл бұрын

Where are you getting the idea that the German R is at the front of the mouth?

@user-sm3xq5ob5d 3 жыл бұрын

@@echt114 By comparing it to the way English speakers form their R. More gluttural.

@echt114 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-sm3xq5ob5d Considering that the German R, like the French R, is formed by air interacting with the uvula in a narrow constricted passage, it seems like you've got it backwards.

@user-sm3xq5ob5d 3 жыл бұрын

@@echt114 My R always comes out forward. My point is that Americans are forming their R with an gluttural "A" sound added. More like a gurgling. And that makes it difficult for them to form the r like we are used to do more with an E (i) sound added. Ovulus attribus.

@1412mariLU 2 жыл бұрын

I'm Swiss and I had a "stage German" course in college. The teacher (a German) told us we could learn the r in the back of the throat by gargling water and then try to do the same thing without water until it works.

@HoppiHopp 3 жыл бұрын

8:56 früherer means former, not earlier.

@wernerhiemer406 3 жыл бұрын

Also precursor?

@xrenax2285 3 жыл бұрын

I live in North Rhine-Westfalia and here (or at least in my town) we use the word Zwetschgen, too. But Zwetschgen and Pflaumen are not the same thing!

@klausnicholasschmidt 2 жыл бұрын

I love this video. Excellent way of improving your language skills. I have lived in the US for half of my life and now I am teaching my 7 year old son both languages. He loved the video too.

@maybebetter74 3 жыл бұрын

Bei "durchschnittlich" musste ich total loslachen und meine Katze ist vor Schreck vom Sofa gesprungen. 😂

@chihon8898 3 жыл бұрын

What a special presentation! Beautiful Christmas and Healthy New Year to all!

@Urosh788 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I can say "Eichhörnchen". I had had German langage at both primary and grammar schools for ten years. In grammar school, our German classes were held only in German, it was a combination of American and Russian learning systems.

@jessieweimer8875 3 жыл бұрын

Totally proud my speech-to-text recognized all the words when I said them, except for 'früherer' (but it got 'früh' and 'früher', so I still count it as a win)

@karinland8533 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think früherer is a German word as you explaind it...früher kann man nicht steigern, das wäre doch 'noch früher'. Früher would bee used as in 'zu früherer Zeit' in former Times...

3 жыл бұрын

@@karinland8533 -It isn't a word in German. I searched for a comment on "früherer" because I thought "I can't be the only one who realized that this isn't an actual word"- It *is* a word, but not as a comparative, see the comment by "Hoppi Hopp".

@thomasrappen5906 3 жыл бұрын

danke ihr zwei beiden.. So hyperfunny to see, both of You, always refreshing...

@m.m.2341 3 жыл бұрын

Where I'm from (West of Rheinland-Pfalz) Kirche and Kirsche were two really hard words for us in elementary school, because in the way we speak there, there IS no difference AT ALL.

@woolyvaro7814 3 жыл бұрын

You technically can call "Zwetschge" "Pflaume" aswell, because it's a sub-species of the Plum. We definitely also use the word "Zwetschge" in northern regions aswell, btw.

@retropolis1 3 жыл бұрын

04:50 LOL, that smug face when Dana says Küche, and the second after her eyes pop out from being surprised since it wasn't right :D

@furzkram 3 жыл бұрын

"bis-jen" is perfectly fine!

@peterkoller3761 3 жыл бұрын

aber nur regional!

@MrPastaTube1 3 жыл бұрын

bissl

@peterkoller3761 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrPastaTube1 in Österreich of auch mit langem i: biesl.

@MrPastaTube1 3 жыл бұрын

@@peterkoller3761 "biesln" heißt in Franken pissen. :D

@peterkoller3761 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrPastaTube1 eh bei uns auch.

@brunomolinaro1286 3 жыл бұрын

In meiner Nähe gibt es ein Dorf, die machen das „r“ genau wie du, Dana. Es heißt Roth, das Dorf. Allerdings spricht man das „r“ bei uns im Dorf hochdeutsch. War ein tollen Video, weiterso ; ) Habt ein schönes Weihnachtsfest

@Magistrella 3 жыл бұрын

Your 2nd attempt on Küche was perfect, Stefan uses dialect and says Küsche. In Cologne and sourrounding areas they add a s to the ch, to the dismay of many xD China, Chemie, Kirche, Küche etc. - the other way is horrible imho too: Kina, Kemie etc. So yeah, the r is typical English, especially in Bavaria where we often have a rolling r. Its hard for native speakers if the sound has to come out of the throat, too. But hey, it's fine. Most of the time we understand you perfectly fine, and appreciate your effort ^.~ With that, happy holidays to you and Stefan. Stay safe :3

@jopa2589 3 жыл бұрын

like Stefan, I never heard Zwetschgen here in cologne usually we say Pflaumen or the Kölsch dialect word Pomme.

@LiebeNachDland 3 жыл бұрын

Heizölrückstoßabdämpfung. Das Wort sah ich vor kurzem, heheh. It's a beauty. Dana's pumping out the vids again.

@peterkoller3761 3 жыл бұрын

yea, she is trying to sell her book for christmas, that´s why.

@JulieT.. 3 жыл бұрын

I can say both words but I mix up keine and kleine. 🇩🇪 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to my favorite couple. 👏 ❤

@anniehallmartin995 3 жыл бұрын

Zwetschgen are known in the Black Forest/SW Germany area as well!

@plattendoktor 3 жыл бұрын

😅🤣🤣 Awesome! Danke für die amüsanten Minuten!!! 👍

@monikas.3914 3 жыл бұрын

Ignoring the p in "PF" is typical for some German regions, we always pronounce it (Austria). Pflaumen und Zwetschgen sind nicht das gleiche, aber in Österreich tendiert man dazu meistens Zwetschgen zu sagen

@paulgillette5251 8 ай бұрын

A good regional German language pronunciation test that’s a variation on “squirrel” theme is “Oachkatzlschwoaf”.

@Dashingdiva73 3 жыл бұрын

This was fun! I tagged you on instagram for one I thought was particularly difficult.

@MrFlo5787 3 жыл бұрын

Bisschen varies widely in the different regions. "bischen" is also fine and will be understood everywhere. Suggestion for a future video: "regional differences in languages", including "can a american speak english as it is supposed to en england?" and "can a austrian mastrer hochdeutsch" :)

@thomasceppok4042 3 жыл бұрын

Zwetschgen in the Cologne Area are called „Prumme“ (Pflaumen). Cheers Thomas

@JessicaLescarbeault 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like a lot of these are easier if you speak both English and French... Probably other languages too, but I'm just speaking from my perspective... French (Canadian) is my first language and English my second language. I think those two languages make it easier for me to learn German and to pronounce certain words... :) I'm used to the "roundness" of words in English and can easily pronounce the "er" sound (pronounced like "a") which sounds like a British "er" sound and I'm also used to the sharpness and the harsh "r" sounds of French... Any word ending with "tät" often resembles the French version (Authentizität, universität, etc.). Plus the "ü" sound also exists in French already, and also "ö". It makes it easier I feel like :)

@katharinaschnaitmann1413 3 жыл бұрын

The American "r" is formed in the front/middle of one's mouth. The German one is formed in the back of one's mouth. (more like in the pharyngal/throats) Therefore, gargeling (with water) might help when practising the German "r".

@MonicaTheMad 3 жыл бұрын

I am a Canadian who's first language is German from my Viennese mother and German father. Who knows you'd say about my German. I can say Eichhörnchen.

@sam083 3 жыл бұрын

I can also say Oachkatzl but this is bavarian dialect, as a guy from Bavaria living in the Cologne Area, I can hear the Kölsch Style out of Stefans words.

@camillepiaumier5394 3 жыл бұрын

Als Französin habe ich auch seeeehr viel geübt um Eichhörnchen richtig aussprechen zu können, ohne Einhörnchen zu sagen... Es ist noch nicht perfekt aber schon gut :) Aber das Wort, das für mich als Schwierigsten zu sagen ist, ist auf jeden Fall "Streichholzschächtelchen"

@JRSofty 3 жыл бұрын

Ok these last two videos are the most funny to watch. My wife and I also go through these pronunciation issues. Although her English pronunciation is much better than my German.

@ShaYa21 3 жыл бұрын

I learned German as a teenager, but didn't practice for several years (20 shame on me) aber ich verstehe ganz gut. I learned to pronounce Bisschen the way way Stefan does. Then again I think my teacher was from that area, pretty close to my native town Luttich :-)

@TM-px2kb 3 жыл бұрын

Well done!! Next step: Lakritzschnecke, fachsimpeln, Schreibschrift, Frischhaltefolie, Sprungschanze, Kaulquappe, , Rührgerät, Ochsenschwanzsuppe, Rohrreiniger, Rumpelstilzchen, Hannover Visselhövede , Castrop Rauxel, Kirschblütenfest, Wurzelgemüse, Erbschaftssteuer, Hüftspeck, Streichholzschachtel, Zielscheibe, Schaschlikspieß, Platzpatrone and finally *drum roll* Kirnitzschtalbahn (just kidding, no German outside Saxonia can get this one right): ... That's all we got for now, have fun! ;)

@JeeWeeD 3 жыл бұрын

I can say it, but I am Dutch and it's easier for us :-P But your pronunciation has really improved over the years! It's what Mr. German Man said with most of the words: perfectly fine! And früherer is just an impossible word :-S And Küche? Pronouncing that as [ku:sje] is cheating, you were so right about that! X-D

$@fractalbroccoli469$

@fractalbroccoli469 3 жыл бұрын

I used to struggle with Already, beautiful, foam, umbrella.

@rolandberger7493 3 жыл бұрын

Schon, schön, Schaum, Schirm Der Schirm-Schaum ist schon schön! :D

@dorisw5558 3 жыл бұрын

We call them Zwetschgen where I come from in central Frankonia, Bavaria. But in Aschaffenburg where I live now they also call them Quetschen. I have also seen it as Zwetsche without g.

@lichtgestalt609 3 жыл бұрын

Quetschen. Only these Germans say it, who are too lazy to use our own language right 😅

@dorisw5558 3 жыл бұрын

@@lichtgestalt609 es gibt keine “richtige” Sprache, sondern nur eine Sammlung von Dialekten. Preskriptivismus hingegen ist eine echte Unart. In deinem englischen Satz sind übrigens drei Fehler, also vorsichtig mit dem Fingerzeigen.

@patriciahiddings3273 3 жыл бұрын

Zwetschgen are the pointy kind of plum evrywhere in germany, Pflaumen are really round like tennis balls, answered as someone with a botanical minor in NRW ^^

@peterkoller3761 3 жыл бұрын

Zwetschgen/Zwetschken sind kleiner, sehr länglich, mit eher bräunlihem Fruchtfleisch und reifen später, Pflaumen sind etwas rundlicher, größer, haben ein gelblich/grünlicheres FRuchtfleisch udn sind früher reifend - ganz rund und noch größer, das sind Ringlotten.

@gluteusmaximus1657 3 жыл бұрын

@@peterkoller3761 Ringlotten ? Reineclaudes ! Renekloten ! Die sind gelb.

@peterkoller3761 3 жыл бұрын

@@gluteusmaximus1657 Ich kenne die Etymologie des Wortes - im Zuge der Eindeutschung sind wir längst bei der Schreibung "Ringlotten" angelangt - google mal, wenn dus nicht glaubst! Und farblich gibt es diese Früchte in allen Farbschattierungen von (in reifem Zustand) grün über gelb über rötlich bis zwetschkenblau, je nach Ringlottensorte - detto: googeln. Ursache für die riesige morphologische Vielfalt ist einfach die Mutations- und Kreuzungsfreudigkeit der gesamten Familie Prunus/Steinobstgewächse (die auch noch Marillen, Pfirsiche, Mandeln, Kirschen, Schlehdorn etc etc umfasst), sodass fast jeder aus einem Kern gezogene Baum seine eigene Sorte ist (etwas übertrieben gesagt).

@gluteusmaximus1657 3 жыл бұрын

@@peterkoller3761 Ich staune Bauklötze ! Hut ab ! Eine Frage hätte ich noch. Wird das jetzt Rin-glotten, Ring-lotten oder Ringl-otten aus gesprochen ? Dankeschön.

@peterkoller3761 3 жыл бұрын

@@gluteusmaximus1657 in der Aussprache ist kein Unterschied zwischen deinen "Varianten" - wenn du fragst wie ich das Wort abteilen würde: Rin-glot-ten. weil ich die Etymologie kenne. kann aber durchaus sein, dass viel Leute volksetymologisch dazu "Ring" assoziieren und es Ring-lot-ten abteilen. Lt Duden gibt es beide Möglichkeiten. (Übrigens zur Aussprache: wir haben im Deutschen zwei Aussprachevarianten für den Buchstaben /n/: mit der Zungenspitze gebildet wie in /Natur, Tanne. Kinn/, und mit dem Zungenrücken am Velum gebildet vor /g/ wie in /lang, Zunge, Inge/, aber (zumindest schriftsprachlich) *nicht* in zusammengesetzten Wörtern wie /Kleingeld, Mahngebühr, Bahngeleise/ - wahrscheinlich wäre im Deutschen also ein letzter Nachhall der Wortherkunft von Reine Claude die Aussprache mit einem apikalen /n/, also das /n/ gebildet mit der Zungenspitze, als Folge dessen, dass das Wort (unbewusst) noch als Zusammensetzung mit der Wortgrenze nach dem /n/ empfunden wird. ich habe das nicht untersucht, aber ich denke nicht, dass das bei /Ringlotte/ der Fall sein wird - also würde ich davon ausgehen, dass die meisten Leute das Wort wohl Ring-lotte abteilen.

@marcusmj777 3 жыл бұрын

Im Rheinland sagt man regional auch Quetsche (Zwetschgenkuchen / Quetschekoche).

@bremade0486 3 жыл бұрын

Zwetschgen is defenetly also called that way in Hessen

@anunearthlychild8569 3 жыл бұрын

In Niedersachsen too.

@danroro1722 3 жыл бұрын

Zwetschgen haben ein eher festes Fruchtfleisch, das auch nach dem Erhitzen seine Form behält. Außerdem lassen sie sich im Gegensatz zu anderen Pflaumensorten leicht entsteinen, da sich der Kern gut vom Fruchtfleisch löst. ... Die aromatische Pflaume ist rund, blau und im Gegensatz zu den länglichen Zwetschgen saftiger (Google)

@PNSHR 3 жыл бұрын

@@anunearthlychild8569 You mean Lower Saxony for sure. 😉 My grandparents came from Silesia (now Poland). They also called Zweschgen as well.

@ullihoffmann980 3 жыл бұрын

In Frankfurt sind es "Quetsche".

@bremade0486 3 жыл бұрын

@@PNSHR well I love in Hessen, and I never heared it being called something else than Zwetschgen, but I guess that there are differences in languqge from family to family as well

@Belgarion2601 3 жыл бұрын

Stefan butchers all the "ch" sounds :D

@Anson_AKB 3 жыл бұрын

"sch" in dialect ... and in another dialect he would be Schtefan :-)

@karinbirkenbihl2053 3 жыл бұрын

I drove lots of non-German"speakers mad with: "Streichholzschächtelchen" also Herbststrauch is great

@Moodytraxx Жыл бұрын

Super Video Also das war immer zwischen 85 bis 100% richtig ausgesprochen... 😅👌💕 Schade das nichts mehr Neues kommt... Ich wünsche euch beide nur das Beste.. Grüße aus Berlin 🤩🦄🥂

@Cadfael007 3 жыл бұрын

"Durchschnittlich" has no "grin inside" when you speak it like Stefan and me. Say "duach-schnittlich". The "duach" is just opening and closing the mouth withaout the "grin". This makes it mutch easyer to speak the "Schn" after the "duach". Listen to Stefan! He says "duachschnittlich"...

@darekszpak725 2 жыл бұрын

It's a pure pleasure looking at the girl and listening her speak

@michaelgrabner8977 3 жыл бұрын

Zwetschgen are a specific type of plum/Pflaumen...they are a bit smaller in shape then regular plums also the colour is a bit darker as well..very common in the south of Germany and in Austria as well (Austrians write "Zwetschken" by the way)..the difference to ordinary plums is that Zwetschgen don´t loose their texture while got cooked or baked...which ordinary plums do..which doesn´t matter when you make a Mus/puree but it does matter when you make a Kuchen/cake or a Röster/stewed fruits or Kompott/compote. Other types of plums which are different to ordinary plums are Ringlotten also written as Renegloden and Mirabellen.

@rmatveev 3 жыл бұрын

I have really hard word and really often used: auf Wiederhören. It used all the time you saying "Goodby" speaking on the phone. And it is veery hard to say the second half of the word!

@nadinecarlita 3 жыл бұрын

"Eichhörnchen" *Dana mic drop*😂

@Ehrentraud 3 жыл бұрын

In Hesse we say "Quetsche" for Zwetschgen, which btw I think is one type of Pflaumen.

@Askytan 3 жыл бұрын

That was a brilliant Eichhörnchen :-)

@coreyjenkins5651 2 жыл бұрын

Ok. Stefan spricht Eichhörnchen anders aus als ich‘s gelernt habe zu sagen. Ihr sollt Trxi fragen wie sie dieses Wort aus spricht. Dazu hat sie ein Video gemacht auch. Sonst hat mir dieses Video gefallen und zum Lächeln gebracht. Danke euch. Hat mich gefreut euch beide wieder Mal gesehen zu haben.

@brennsuppa 3 жыл бұрын

By chance check out the dialect of the Austrian village Fulpmes (or Neustift im Stubaital), since that dialect pronounces the r just like Americans do it, sounds heaps better to me than Kölsch ;) Also, Tuesday is called "Aftermantig" in Lechtal

@FiddlingJoker Жыл бұрын

Fun video. Really interesting to see which sounds or sound combinations are easier and which are harder. People have already commented on the "er" (in words like höherer), which is almost an "a" (like in Katze). If you think of "höherer" as "höara", you might get closer to the German pronunciation. About the German "r". You probably know that it's often hardly pronounced at all, like in "Kirche" or the first "r" in "Erinnerung". For those times when it is pronounced (e.g., at the start of a word), an approach that I've used with some success is thinking about it as a "voiced ch" (ch as in Bach or Loch). You know how "s" and "z" (English z) are basically the same sound, but s is the "voiceless" variety and z is the "voiced" variety. Try saying a long drawn-out "ch" (which I've heard you pronounce just fine) and then start adding "voice". That's how the German "r" sound is formed. Hope that helps.

@anneehd4613 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, really liked both videos. :-) Zwetschgen is an allover German word. It's a specific sort of plum = Pflaume. Pflaume is difficult as well. In Luxembourg Zwetschgen are called Quetschen. I liked that. There was a Quetschedag in September with everybody making and selling Quetschemus on the streets. I think you (Dana) rather say something between German Ü/Ö and German I when trying to say the Umlaut. You have not quite arrived at the correct Ü or Ö. Sidetrack: In Northern Germany Kirche becomes Kiache, the r becoming more of an a.

@danroro1722 3 жыл бұрын

Never came across the word in Schleswig-Holstein. However in Alsace, just like in Luxemburg, it is called Quetsche (and quetsche in French).

@SnowBall475 3 жыл бұрын

Schöne Grüße aus Köln . Pflaume bzw Zwetschge heißt bei uns Prumm .

@derwolf9670 2 жыл бұрын

You crushed it...

@m.d.5463 3 жыл бұрын

😁😁😁 Ihr seid beide so lustig! Both of you are so funny!

@sandraodenthal9914 3 жыл бұрын

Never mind about "früherer". I didn't get it out of context but later I understood what was meant.

@imano8265 10 ай бұрын

Nice video! "Zwetschgen" ist mostly a south german (swabian) term. There are some more challenging german words: " Streichholzschächtelchen" for example.

@mrventrue 3 жыл бұрын

Als jemand der auch aus dem Rheinland kommt: botanisch verwendet man bei bestimmten Pflaumengewächsen auch Zwetschgen, aber im Rheintal sind es eigentlich Prumme, also Pflaumen... ;-)

@andibuletten6206 3 жыл бұрын

You need to try the austrian word for Eichhörnchen- Oachkatzl.🐿

@regenbogentraumerin 3 жыл бұрын

I've heard Zwetschgen a lot in the Cologne area. But a lot of people also say 'Quetschen' instead of Zwetschgen.

@xrenax2285 3 жыл бұрын

No Dana, you didn't master it, but you didn't say Kirche either. It was something like "Kiche" :D

@mousesuper20 3 жыл бұрын

Kraftübersetzung, Querkraft, Biegemomentenverlaufs.

@michael_kulas 3 жыл бұрын

It's not a hard pronunciation exercise but a funny coincidence of words forming a sentence with totally different meaning : DIE IN HELL German: in a shoe store asking for a pair with lighter color English: Well you know...🤣

@wernerhiemer406 3 жыл бұрын

But if the husband dies the light colored shoes with coffee he dies aswell. Were he then ends up is another story. Maybe his skin gets a new use afterwards.

@geeache1891 3 жыл бұрын

I always, when watching German television, think that one could recognise the German people even with the sound off from their more outspoken mouth movements. Viel mehr artikuliert als zB Holländisch, Englisch, etc. And when speaking (a bit of) German, I try to keep 'a big mouth' facilitating the extensive pronunciation in front of the mouth. Being blessed with yours (physically, no offence) you 'll succeed ! ;) Similarly, when trying to speak French I adopt your Öl facial expression, every other word.

@LarsEllerhorst 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, that was pretty good but I noticed Dana falls often back into speaking syllables the English/American way, especially with unvorhersehbar was like unvor-her-seh-bar; the "her", "seh" and "bar" was heavy much American, the German pronouciation of the vokals e and a are a bit different. I am facing a similar problem learning Spanish, there it's more the consonants pronounced different.

@dorisw5558 3 жыл бұрын

Try saying Oachkatzlschwoaf (squirrel tail in Bavarian)

@DaxRaider 3 жыл бұрын

zwetschgenknödel is my absolute favorite food xD i live near düsseldorf/colonge and yes its called zwetschgen here i mean its the name of the fruit xD it has no other name

@sandraw2210 3 жыл бұрын

You actually do pronounce the p in verpflichtet. Germans just tend to say it wrong 🙈 Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹

@robopecha 3 жыл бұрын

in hochdeutsch spricht man das p auch.

@felixb.3420 3 жыл бұрын

"Eichhörnchen" was nearer to "mastered" than "Küche". 😉 Oh, and "Adventskranz" was great as well!

@t.s.8128 2 жыл бұрын

Einhörnchen ist einfach so viel schöner.

@peterdoe2617 3 жыл бұрын

Like me, pronunouncing an r after th: through. How do you manage to do that?

@rolfgarske8174 3 жыл бұрын

Zwetschgen sagt man auch in NRW. Ich bin aus Düsseldorf. Meine Großmutter hatte einen Zwetschgenbaum im Garten. Ich war damals noch ein Kind und einmal im Jahr war es meine Aufgabe auf den Zwetschgenbaum zu klettern und die Zwetschgen zu ernten oder wenn ich an die Spitzen der Äste nicht ran kam die Äste zu schütteln damit die Zwetschgen runter fielen auf den Rasen. Meine Mutter hat dann am nächsten Tag immer mindestens ein Backblech voll mit Zwetschgenkuchen gebacken. Der Rest der Zwetschgen wurde eingekocht oder zu Konfitüre verarbeitet.

@MrGwenderon 3 жыл бұрын

Zwetschgen is also said in Austria :)

@furzkram 3 жыл бұрын

To train "durch-schnittlich", try "Schnittlauch" a couple of times

@doubledown109 3 жыл бұрын

Took me forever to do Hoher

@kilsestoffel3690 3 жыл бұрын

Dana, deine Aussprache und überhaupt dein Deutsch ist für eine nicht-Muttersprachlerin sowieso super! Das Wort früherer kenne ich nicht, nur früh (early), früher (earlier), als Adjektiv früheste/r (earliest)

@ulrichrenner6256 3 жыл бұрын

Kennste wohl. Es ist Genitiv Plural des Komparativs des Adjektivs früh. Ein Beispielsatz: Merkel hat viele Errungenschaften früherer Kanzler zunichte gemacht.

@kilsestoffel3690 3 жыл бұрын

@@ulrichrenner6256 stimmt... Das war mir tatsächlich entgangen 🤔

@Cadfael007 3 жыл бұрын

Zwetschgen are "Pflaumen" in Standard German and "Prumme" in the Cologne Area and Lower Rhine Area. The "Prumme Taat" is "der Plaumenkuchen"...

@ralfscherzer6720 3 жыл бұрын

Zwetschgen are often confound with Plums in Germany, too. But they aren't the same.

@sphhyn 3 жыл бұрын

Nee. Aber Zwetschgen sind meines Wissens auch Pflaumen (Bauernpflaumen sagen wir her). Aber egal ob wissenschaftlich korrekt oder nicht: in manchen Gegenden wird das Wort Zwetschgen einfach nicht benutzt. Ich komme aus Berlin benutze das Wort selbst auch nie. Für mich sind das alles Pflaumen :)

@MsWitchcraft013 3 жыл бұрын

Stefan spricht das "ch" eher wie "sch" aus, typisch Kölsch?

@mkay6915 3 жыл бұрын

I am from Austria we say Oachkatzl instead of Eichhörnchen ^^

@caractax.3110 3 жыл бұрын

You are very good 🏆 I love you two 😍💖

@nickgiltrop831 2 жыл бұрын

Wholesome

@starryk79 3 жыл бұрын

That was a fun video. Stefan can be a bit mean I see :-) I hope you didn't have an argument after filming this. But yeah i definitely had a few laughs out of this video. So thanks for that. But with Küche you really did raise the expectations first and then messed it up. :-) When you said it after Stefan it was really fine though. So i guess it was the pressure you put on yourself to make it perfect that ruined it the first time. Easy German has a good video on how to pronounce the r in German you might want to check out.

@Tariqslo 3 жыл бұрын

And my question to you is, can you say - "tschechisches streichholzschächtelchen" - When you are able to pronounce this flawlesly then you have mastered German. Have fun :D And for those who don't know it means it is - Czech little box of matches

@DeamonOfDreams 3 жыл бұрын

Hier in Essen kennen wir auch sowohl Pflaumen als auch Zwetschgen es gibt hier auch einen Zwetschgenkuchen und einen Pflaumenkuchen ^^ aber ein anderes Wort was wahrscheinlich schwer auszusprechen ist ist "fünfhundertfünfundfünfzig".

@miriam4235 3 жыл бұрын

As a native Dutch speaker this really was a fun game to play along. 😁

@danroro1722 3 жыл бұрын

And, as a Dutch mother-tongue speaker, do you have difficulties with the letter "r", the way many English mother-tongue speakers seem to have?

@waterdrager93 3 жыл бұрын

@@danroro1722 No, but we do struggle with Zwetschgen.

@Anson_AKB 3 жыл бұрын

@@waterdrager93 all a matter of dialect ... "Hamm'se Flaum'm oda Zwetsch'n?" :-)

@miriam4235 3 жыл бұрын

@@danroro1722 No problems with the r as waterdrager93 mentioned. Dutch and German are quite similar. But that really isn't that surprising seeing as we are neighbours. 😁

@LisZverin 3 жыл бұрын

=))) You're both great!

@michaegi4717 3 жыл бұрын

5:46 was it Kirche Kirsche? that was, what I understood.

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@fractalbroccoli469 3 жыл бұрын

It's Zwetschgen in Austria, so probably Bavarian 😀

@brunomolinaro1286 3 жыл бұрын

No, in Hessen it‘s also Zwetschgen..

@Uellp 3 жыл бұрын

It's Zwetschge everywhere (with small local variations), even in English. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwetschge

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@fractalbroccoli469 3 жыл бұрын

@@Uellp I am English and have just learned something new 😀

@Uellp 3 жыл бұрын

@@fractalbroccoli469 I guess they don't grow in England, otherwise they would have their own word for sure 😀

@kilsestoffel3690 3 жыл бұрын

And what are "Powidl"?

@ginasv1857 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know if this can help you Dana with your „ R“ but have the feeling it is pronunce like French People do, in the word Erinnerung...give it a try. Liebe Grüsse