11 Reasons You Should Learn German Now

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[@storylearning]

Just how hard is German to learn? 👉🏼 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqTOiH-vpr9mpJI

[@Danny30011980]

German by the way is surely not an easy language to learn. I am not sure myself how all the cases are called (no idea of grammar, I am more a practical user instead of knowing what each case is called). I am currently learning Hungarian and that is also a tricky one. But sometimes I find it has similarities with English and German and knowing both these languages helps me learning Hungarian in some way. Maybe some weird form of synaesthesia

[@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837]

*German is not the easiest language, but learning German is like going on a Journey with sometimes seemingly unbeatable quests. The further you go, the bigger the rewards and the easier the way ahead of you. Only to see at the end of the journey and look back that everything was a huge logical system from the start. I really hope more people start to get more interested in German. It's just a beautiful language with so much history, fairy tales and more behind it.*

[@storylearning]

Thank you!

[@LilacMorelli]

German is pretty easy for English speakers tbf

[@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837]

@@LilacMorelli tbh I wouldn't say that, it's maybe easy on paper, because of some similar words and the same alphabet, but it's much deeper than that and dont forget the falls friends: lift = elevator see = lake grab = grave or dig etc. complex lego like sentences with complex prepositions that need to match with the cases and articles and more. As I said it's all logical and there is a clear system, but getting used to it is more difficult than one could think. That's why it's so rewarding to learn german, it transforms your brain completely on language learning. In school here in Austria we have latin and French as mandatory subjects and to be honest German is like latin, that's why, in case you have time, learn latin first for better understanding of the system and future romance languages and with that knowledge german will be A LOT easier. But I hope German is easier for you and you have a delightful learning experience 😉

[@LilacMorelli]

@@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837 lift=lift in English. Obviously no languages are easy to learn but for English speakers German is definitely easy in comparison to Arabic for example. As English and German are both Germanic languages, it’s like how French is easy fro Spanish speakers because they are both Romance languages.

[@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837]

@@LilacMorelli yes, they are both Germanic, but the having the same alphabet doesn't make it any easier. Especially because the German Grammer is HUGE, in the end the root word can be learned easily, but the complicated system gives the final touch to not sound like a total foreigner.

[@Maymaysmaymays]

I found that German was the most useful language for me as I was studying for my minor in history. Loads of sources are in German and there's a lot of stuff to read about, from the Holy Roman Empire, all the way up until today!

[@CrisTryingToBeProductive]

I needed a special motivation to learn German and you just gave that, history is one of my passions

[@MrHyperpolyglot]

Nice!

[@sr.mister]

latin would be a better option

[@Dr.W.Krueger]

@@sr.mister that would get you only so far

[@CouchPolyglot]

I have lived in Germany for over 10 years and speak German at a C1 level, but it is indeed true that you can live in big German cities without speaking it and you will "be fine". It of course also depends on your job, the specific city you live in, etc. I feel like you are missing out though if you do not speak the local language and it is almost a lack of respect (specially if you are staying for many years)

[@CrisTryingToBeProductive]

I totally agree, if I ever live abroad I want to speak the language.

[@storylearning]

I can’t imagine not learning the local language … just can’t!

[@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837]

If you are in a different country it's the perfect situation to learn the language, I could not live somewhere and not speak the local language and as you said it goes with respect, if you live so many years there and you still can't speak with the locals 😬. I was in Belarus and I learned the language, but in the end the lack of knowledge really showed and it's embarrassing and it makes every interaction weird.

[@sammondaw]

I was stationed in Germany Oct 86-Dec88. I did learn enough German to " get by" pretty good, but I still want to improve.

[@snoozlewoozle5681]

Greetings from Germany. Good luck learning German. Stay strong.

[@komi5145]

I am German and I was surprised by the positive comments hear :D it's quite flattering, that so many people are interested in learning german, which I never thought was a big thing, as german gets often seen as such a harsh and not very nice sounding language. Anyway, I wish everybody here good luck with learning amd have a nice day ^^ Addit: I dont know why this video got recommended to me, but I found it entertaining :D

[@EvilCat-EnergyCatalyst]

I love German! I don't think it sounds any harsher than English or French (and French has a reputation as the most beautiful language, and I do think it's pretty; no hate on French). German to me sounds really good in poetry and lyrics/Songtexte. It has a wonderful gallop-like flow to it, and I find myself using some German words over English words in my thoughts and poetry, even though I'm not fluent (45% through my Duolingo course). Plus the added bonus of rhyming German words with English words, which opens up a whole new world of word-creativity! I also find its sentence structure is often a lot like middle / early modern English, so it often sounds quite profound to me, as an English speaker.

[@ghenulo]

​@@EvilCat-EnergyCatalyst Die angebliche Rauheit der deutschen Sprache ist Propaganda aus dem zweiten Weltkrieg.

[@shamicentertainment1262]

@@EvilCat-EnergyCatalyst yeah i definitely get old english vibes when im trying to learn german. Not that I've read much old english but german also uses a lot of old english words like Hund, schreiben, maybe hinter as well. Feels like a more poetic language than english

[@mimaanimations]

German is theoretically an infinite language as you can smash as many words together as you want.

[@Dr.W.Krueger]

Donau­dampfschifffahrts­elektrizitäten­hauptbetriebswerk­bauunterbeamten­gesellschaft sends its regards.

[@mimaanimations]

@@Dr.W.Krueger Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaftsuniform

[@ghenulo]

In theory, but it's mostly used for compound nouns. It's not a polysynthetic language.

[@Luis-ue3ei]

Another big reason one should learn german is the vast amount of great literature you can enjoy in the german language. German authors have produced so many exciting novels and, nowadays considered, classic literature that you just have an abundance of choice. The thing is you can only really enjoy books by great authors like Thomas Mann, Goethe, Hesse etc. once you reach a really high level in german, but I promise that it is worth it.

[@Trekki200]

As a German I've found that reading people like Kant or Marx is much easier in the English translation 😂

[@hommete3825]

As a native German speaker it’s a learning experience as well when reading a book from the authors you mentioned, they have a way with words where I can only guess the meaning from the context.

[@Lialey22]

yess everyone consider reading Herman Hesse ☀ One of the authors someopne has to experience in his own words

[@hah-vj7hc]

"Very high level" Kinda makes me chuckle. It's hard for a native German like me to understand those texts properly. I mean, I understand most but some words have changed

[@AhmedFathy-lt6wl]

As an Arabic native speaker, learning German was not as hard for me. Many of its sounds exist in Arabic as well ( sch, ach, r in Rat, ss and so forth). Grammatical declension and gendered nouns were not new to me either.

[@captainchaoscow]

The is a reason Allah gave the holy Quran to us in Arabic and why Arabic is the main language of the Ummah.

[@MrHodoAstartes]

​@@captainchaoscow I have seen doubt cast on that narrative as the common language in the relevant area would have been Aramaic, meaning there is cause to believe that interpretation and errors could have occurred as early as the first time the text was written in Arabic, even without the existence of any divergent text versions.

[@Rondo2ooo]

​@Captain Chaos You are on the wrong video channel, dude.😅

[@bedreamer92]

​@@captainchaoscowdidn't make any sense

[@hah-vj7hc]

@@captainchaoscow The reason is that he is a desert god. Many gods are much cooler too, albeit just as made-up

[@MDobri-sy1ce]

I love Kari and Janusz on Easy German!

[@LouBastic]

They’re the best

[@user-og1nu5pb8c]

Das ist auch einer meiner Lieblingskanale auf Deutsch.

[@jdmoncada8205]

I really love German as a language. For me, it has a lot of sticking power, and I miss it sometimes. Just recently I read a book in which there were German characters, and they way they bantered with each other and dropped short German phrases into the text made me want to get back to it. I appreciate very much the two examples at the beginning of the video of how NOT to speak German. I have found that too many people think it is an ugly-sounding language. I suspect those people have heard too many Hitler impressions.

[@Baustein16]

May I ask which book you are referring to? I'm curious!

[@jdmoncada8205]

@@Baustein16 Sorry for a late reply. I hadn't seen that you'd asked me a question. The name of the book was Midnight Duet by Jen Comfort. It's a riff on The Phantom of the Opera.

[@Baustein16]

@@jdmoncada8205 No worries, thanks!

[@hah-vj7hc]

As a German, I think the "Third Reich" was not Germany, but a hiatus of Germany. It didn't have our flag either. I also hate when people say stuff like "the Germans used to be naz1s". You know, most North Koreans are probably friendly people too, and just like my grandparents in the 30s, they would probably like to leave. On the other hand,. I like to make fun of it with foreigners too tbh Anyway, I have made the experience that some foreigners think we Germans were arguing or insulting each other when we actually said nice things and had a friendly conversation. I also think it's amusing when people talk German with a foreign accent. And honestly, I know I have a strong accent when I talk English, even if my English is really good. I think there's nothing wrong with that as long as it can be understood.

[@RagingGoblin]

Books ... There are so many great books in German, and many of them don't at all translate well to English: centuries of world-class literature, ground-breaking philosophical works -- or even the contemporary book market in Germany ... which is stupendously huge if you consider the size of the population. It produces just a couple books fewer than China ... with one 1/17th of China's population. And if you're into historical texts of any kind: fairy tales, the history of science, modern or classical European history ... I think German is definitely the best option after English and in some of those areas still far ahead of English.

[@hape3862]

Don't forget all the poems!

[@hotrodjones74]

Radical Living is my favorite German KZbinr. Plus the channel Easy German has like a million and a half good videos for learning. German is not lacking in interesting learning materials or general media. I might try my hand at German again. I've been learning Norwegian, which has made me appreciate the Germanic language family more. It also helps I'm Scandinavian by descent. It just feels right!

[@storylearning]

Thanks for your reply!

[@hah-vj7hc]

Tu es.

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

Radical Living is pretty good. Though with German KZbinrs I'm more inclined to watch Takanashi Kiara nowadays since I'm a weeb (though she's Austrian) and Farvan since I'm a metalhead, granted I don't like black metal much and that's kinda most of what he does, but I still usually have fun with his skit videos. BERNTH is similarly a metal guitarist from Austria though I don't watch him much, and I think seeing that he played for Belphegor didn't really entice me much. Since I mentioned Kiara, Shylily is also a German Vtuber, though she mainly uses Twitch and I don't really watch much on there. Though Shylily currently resides in the Netherlands, tbf Kiara is fluent in Japanese and lived there for awhile so it's not the weirdest thing ever. Though it does prove the point that they love to travel.

[@danielmeier8321]

Im bavarian. So standard german is basically a foreign language for me too. The conjugations of the cases are actually different.

[@MrHyperpolyglot]

❤

[@karl-heinzgrabowski3022]

Yeah, cause you don't use and learn High German in school.

[@timefliesaway999]

@@karl-heinzgrabowski3022 of course you learn it in school.

[@NoZoDE]

I'm from Unterfranken anmd I will tell you it is harder to find someone who speaks with good grammar than one who doesn't. We just put words together as we think of them. Also in my part we speak like hessian, bavarian, badisch and everything together.

[@karl-heinzgrabowski3022]

@@timefliesaway999 this was meant to be irony

[@AzerAmatarp-ie1cp]

I just started to learn German for one month and not gonna lie I’m so in love with this language. It’s really fun! Hopefully I could speak more fluently in the future

[@KREPITATION_band]

Nice zu hören🔥

[@hah-vj7hc]

Sehr gut. Weiter so

[@ghenulo]

I took German in high school. I remember when I took it up again in my 30s, the only thing I remembered was "Bringen Sie mir die Speisekarte, bitte." :)

[@dutchreagan3676]

I was in Gruene, Texas once where they showed me an old book (in German handwriting) they couldn't read any longer. Helped them translate some stuff. People from Maastricht, Netherlands can go to South-Tyrol, Italy and get by speaking their local dialect. Both German-based.

[@ak5659]

There's a funny video here on YT about when a professor from Germany was in Texas to teach for a semester. He went into a coffee shop in a small town and heard some patrons speaking German. He asked them how long they'd been here in the states, how they liked their vacation so far, etc. They all gave him blank looks. They understood what he was saying but couldn't figure out what he was talking about. They were like, "What do you mean? I've lived in this area my whole life?" Long story short, it appears few people in Germany had any idea there were people in Texas still speaking th German of their immigrant ancestors.

[@dutchreagan3676]

@@ak5659 There are some who claim that Shiner Bock is the best beer brewed in America....

[@ralfbraun2950]

2:00 "Zeug" =/= "Thing" "Zeug" is a medieval word referring to arms, tools and later artillery. This meaning is also reflected in the word "Zeughaus" which was the storage for military equipment, nowadays "Arsenal". There's also the word "erzeugen" or "Erzeugnis", which is a product that was manufactured (by using "Zeug"). As a suffix its meaning is something along the lines of "for the purpose of". So "tool" (Fly-Tool, Fire-Tool, Drive-Tool) would be a better translation in this case.

[@brittakriep2938]

Zeughaus is still used in Switzerland.

[@ghenulo]

I thought "erzeugen" meant "to generate", but I suppose a native German speaker would know better than I.

[@siriusle96]

I started to learn German three weeks ago. I was impressed by Nietzsche's philosophy. I hope one day I can read his books in the German language.🇩🇪

[@rosshart9514]

Your German will be perfect if you read AND UNDERSTAND Theodor W. Adorno. Links for Nietzsche (english subs) and Adorno: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXWog5hqbc2pndU kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKSxnaB9o8qLo68

[@CruzzioXT]

German native speaker with master's degree here. Zarathustra was not an easy read for me. Don't know about Nietzsches other stuff tho.

[@maximilian5817]

​@@CruzzioXTthe degree doesn't have anything to do with it. Zarathustra is quite an easy read if you already read a lot of philosophy I read it when I was 14 or 15 and thought it was like a novel. What is really difficult is for example Kant, Hegel or Adorno. Nietzsche in general is quite fun to read because of the emotion with which he writes. It just makes sense cause you are already in the right state of mind

[@Lagi42800]

German here, I've read his "Beyond Good and Evil" recently in english ... It was in preparation for my Abitur (final exam) ...

[@Lagi42800]

I suggest reading it, it's great :)

[@dutchreagan3676]

Hmmm...numbers! After seeing sixteen-seventeen-eightteen it's not really all that weird to also see vierundzwanzig-fuenfundzwanzig-sechsundzwanzig following the very same pattern. I guess one language is a bit more consistent when counting than the other....

[@tizgerard_9816]

I love Germany and I'm at my second year of German class at university, I look forward to find new german friends to practice a bit the language!

[@KREPITATION_band]

Stabil stabil

[@ghenulo]

Well, friends don't exist, so that will be difficult.

[@beady5831]

One of my favorite features of German are modal particles. They are some small words that can change the meaning of a sentence by a lot. That often makes them very difficult to translate. On top of that, they are used very frequently in informal speech. And it's also something that I miss a lot when speaking English.

[@konradmichels1362]

Ja, das ist halt eben doch irgendwie so 😂🤗

[@hah-vj7hc]

Tja, ist halt echt so. Ach verdammt, einer hatte meine Idee vor mir, der is ja'n Sack

[@ghenulo]

I've never used them, but my brother is studying Dutch and was talking about them.

[@rockysalgado]

Jawohl! German is actually my favorite language. 🙌🏻 🇩🇪

[@MrHyperpolyglot]

❤

[@vfauni5764]

Who fooled you?

[@kirilmakanal]

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[@crypticnomad]

I read a research study a few years ago that said people show higher levels of wisdom when reasoning about their own life in a second, or non-native, language over their native language. After reading that I started doing logical types of reasoning in German when I can and started doing interpersonal reasoning in Spanish.

[@hah-vj7hc]

I often find myself thinking in English and this might be very true indeed. I would have argued that English simple enablees me to think the same thoughts faster because of shorter words and sentences. But maybe there's more to it. Is there some resource you'd recommend on this matter?

[@paulfragemann3333]

As a native German speaker watching this was really funny.

[@lindendrache8998]

Wow, impressed to hear so many positive things from non-germans about my language. I absolutely like my language, I think we can describe things extremely detailed due to our compound-words. Makes great opportunity for funny new word creations that just nail a situation ^^ I am glad I am able to speak english fluently too, because it is great to be able to talk to people from around the world in this easy way. Oh, but about our dialects: It is not uncommon for a person from north Germany to absolutely not understand somebody from the south. Oh, and don't get me started on Kölsch - this is like a completely different language xD In diesem Sinne: Fröhliches Deutsch-Lernen ^^

[@teresita.lozada]

I've been exposed to German through classical music, my choir repertoire. I am trying to activate my learning more and more.

[@perih3lion]

I would love to hear your thoughts on the Lithuanian language. It's quite an anomaly, especially because of its links to the original Indo-European language

[@MrHyperpolyglot]

❤

[@Avokado123]

If you need fun youtubers to watch in german i highly reccoment: Julien Bam/ Bulien Jam, Rezo/ Schlumpf, Gnu, Mexify, Creepypastapunch, tomatolix, Tomary, Rewi and Galileo

[@gabrielbade1669]

YOU ARE RIGHT- ES IST COREKT- DANKE! I AM FROM SIEBENBURGEN( TRANSILVANIA)-ROMANIA

[@biaberg3448]

We have a lot of literal words in Norwegian to. Like støvsuger - dust sucker, kjøleskap - cold cabinet, fryseboks - freezing box etc. And we can make new words by combining know words. When you know Norwegian it’s quite easy to learn German. And even more the other way around. The Norwegian grammar is far easier.

[@jjonsb]

I live in Bavaria and none of the Germans hardly speak English here so I actually have to learn if I want to get around.

[@RemekMM]

You are a very fascinating guy because You are wise in Your passion. I give Yoy even more props for those German videos 💥

[@mattoni553]

Thank you very much for this awesome and funny video love to see that the german language gets more appreciation!

[@huawafabe]

About the number thing: At least german is consistent: 14 = vierzehn = 4+10 24 = vierundzwanzig = 4 + 20 in english: 14 = fourteen = 4+10 24 = twenty-four = 20+4 So English switches at 20 😆

[@hah-vj7hc]

I guess we should start saying 123 = dreiundzwanzigundhundert

[@imamsanji]

​@@hah-vj7hcNEIN😂

[@hah-vj7hc]

@@imamsanji Ach komm, im Jahre dreiundzwanzigundnullhundertundzweitausend braucht unsere Sprache das upgrade

[@DSSNNT]

Great video, thanks!

[@kingkal81]

Please can you do a video on learning Dutch. It's one of the easiest languages plus it's Super underrated in my opinion. I'm planning to start soon.

[@tulip811]

Yes I love German, the language used in fairy tales and poems and such is just👌🏻✨😍

[@markspeer3571]

Some of my ancestors on my father’s side were German and in fact my surname is German. When my wife and I visited Germany nine years ago, some people were confused that I couldn’t speak any German. In fact, one time we were lost and I had to ask for directions in Russian because the friendly German lady couldn’t speak English and we couldn’t speak German, but the lady and I could speak some Russian. I felt a little embarrassed that I couldn’t speak any German at that time. Unfortunately I still can’t speak it today and now I am trying to simultaneously learn Japanese (while living in Japan), practice my Russian and teach English, so I do regret my decision decades ago to put learning German in the too hard basket when I was given a German textbook by my bilingual American cousin who speaks fluent English and German. Now I just don’t have the time to learn it….Hopefully others won’t make a similar mistake….

[@henningbartels6245]

People are only confused when Americans say they are "German" - actually meaning they have some German ancestors. For people in Germany "being German" always suggests that this person is able to speak German. That is the reason for the confusion.

[@arminbreuer7968]

When it comes to those compound words, German speakers don't really hear the "literal" parts of it first (if they're common), they hear just A word. For instance, "Spielzeug" - I don't hear "play" and "stuff", I just hear "toy".

[@-cirad-]

The ß has always existed as a capital letter. However, it has only been in Unicode since 2008. Most of the time you don’t need it, unless you write a word completely in capital letters.

[@jmwild22]

That's not true. You should check with the German Orthography Council - it was only made official quite recently.

[@-cirad-]

​@@jmwild22 It's easy to look up in the Unicode Standard, found in Latin Extended Additional. Or look at “DER GROẞE DUDEN” from 1957, old street signs or old advertisements. Only in the Amtliches Regelwerk 2017 is there an addition in § 25 E3, so it also allows this letter. But that does not mean that it has only existed since then. As described in the first paragraph, there are numerous counter-examples, even the Duden itself and even before the Amtliches Regelwerk exists.

[@jmwild22]

@@-cirad- It only existed before for typesetting purposes. Any designer can (and did) create de facto capital versions. You're right - they did it since decades ago. Posters etc. Same with the dictionary -- there was a capital in there. But it was not an official capital letter until 2017. I think the point Olly made is just that this is a cool thing about German. ;)

[@TheIllio]

Fun fact: The word "Deutsch" (German) in it's original meaning means something like "zum Volk gehören" (to belong to the people). So basically you are not born German, you become German by being accepted by society.

[@hah-vj7hc]

As a German, I didn't know that. Guess we should overthink our passport procedures :D

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

does that mean society can turn around and reject you...

[@jpcgordon]

I'm originally from England and have been in Germany for the last 12 years and learning German has been absolutely essential for me.

[@ghenulo]

It's probably more essential in rural areas than urban ones. That's usually how it is. The rich city dewellers can speak English, but the poor country folk can't.

[@Beryesa.]

My native language (tr) is nothing similar to german nor any indo-european langs but learning English first helped me A LOT and now it feels like I play on the easy mode 😂

[@ak5659]

So you've discovered that apart from all the vocabulary English has borrowed from the Romance languages, German and English aren't very different?

[@12tanuha21]

@@ak5659 there is also the consonant shifts in german, that make many words look different than the english words

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

Amazing video as always ❤❤❤

[@kirilmakanal]

@@icekweebec512 yes this true

[@RikoScouse]

I'm from the most northern part of Germany and I speak Standard High German and Lower German (which is more so a language and less a dialect) and the latter is very close to Dutch which helped me a lot when I was in the Netherlands.

[@corinna007]

I've been learning German on and off since I was about 15. It might not be the "prettiest" language but it has a familiar feel to me. My ancestry is from the Hamburg area and the Netherlands, and my family speaks Mennonite Low German, and it's so interesting to me to hear how it seems like a mix of Standard German and Dutch. I'd say my favourite German KZbinr is Dave from the channel Daveinitely, because he takes lyrics from German songs and translates them while explaining aspects of grammar, and he's really good at explaining things. (Thanks to him I finally understand how Germans separate the parts of verbs and that's how they know which particle goes at the end of noun phrases, like "Schlaf ein" from "Einschlafen".)

[@kruggmichaels8958]

German is not pretty, but it is beautiful

[@hah-vj7hc]

Yeah... And if the parent wants their child to finally get to sleep, they would say "*Schlaf* doch jetzt endlich mal *ein*" so this verb gets seperated across the entire sentence.

[@ghenulo]

I don't get what isn't pretty about it. Handsome men speaking German really does it for me.

[@danielbarreto1973]

Traveling in Slovakia I found German very useful. I'm Mexican.

[@jerstumc5033]

Actually the easy german channel is really helpful, and some other beginner channels, for spanish speakers the pronunciation is easy because sounds basically are the same compared to french that have many more sounds like nasal sounds the fricative R and more vowels. I would say that the hard part is the structure once you get that down everything will be easier.

[@peterbssn4232]

good vidéo man!

[@lokicooper4690]

My friend who moved back to Germany has 6 weeks paid vacation. And, yes, she travels.. a lot.

[@c3LeVr4]

really nice video gj man.

[@haydenarias]

1:58 the same thing happens with Swedish. Would be neat if you made a video on that language too!

[@sadhbh4652]

I'd love to see 11 Reasons You Should Learn Arabic or something along those lines, if you're interested. It was cool when you went to Egypt! I'm a beginner and just spent a month in Jordan, it was wonderful. Would love some Arabic videos!

[@vfauni5764]

goofy language

[@barbarnyak]

To be honest I am considering learning German due to my ever growing love for Rammstein. Just recently started to accept and be more interested in German aaaand maaaybeee, possibly learning it. Or at least give it a go.

[@YT-Biker]

I liked this Video very much. But I have to admit that I watch some videos like this just for the fun of hearing the german language by non Germans because I'm German and it can sound quit funny for natives, but I'm also impressed with the high level on German some of the people had. Also when you talked about German KZbinrs I was kinda sad that you didn’t talked about Julien Bam because he is one of the biggest and best KZbinr Germany has to offer.

[@wesselhugo5497]

Lol I just started learning German and this vidoes pops up

[@MrHyperpolyglot]

❤

[@RCon25]

I had read that the longest word is German is actually, "Die Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitaetenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamptengesellschaft" I think it means "The society of subordinates who work for the primary/main Danube steamboat electrical company"…. I'm probably missing a couple words in my translation but roughly speaking, it's something like that.

[@brycenehrich4642]

Just got your beginner German book

[@Micespaceart]

I am German and find it interesting to look at my mother tounge from the perspective of a foreigner, awesome video, sehr interressant! ...Are you sure, that the word at 2:24 is 'Der Abschiedsheuleder', and not 'Der Abschiedsheulende'? Because I have never ever heard that word in my entire life, ever. Although the second version makes sense grammatically to me. Aaah, 5:04 Knallerfrauen, my childhood!XD

[@ak5659]

I liked your vid but I'm curious as to why you made no mention of the huge amount of shared vocabulary and similarity of grammar English and German have. Fun fact: Native English speakers who've studied German find Old English much easier than those who haven't. Maybe a good poll question?

[@PattisKarriereKarten]

LOL, german here. I have to add "fly thing" to my list of "fun verbatim translations" which are very popular for joking around. 😂 For example "that's me sausauge" ("Das ist mir Wurscht" for "I really don't care") or "I only understand train station" ("Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof" for "I don't understand anything"). Great, fun video! 🤞🏻

[@HereIsSuperman82]

Als ein deutscher Muttersprachler kann ich euch allen versichern, dass Deutsch eine tolle, wenn auch gelegentlich merkwürdige Sprache ist. Besonders für historische Dokumente rund um den Nationalsozialismus (sofern man sich für diesen Teil der deutschen beziehungsweise der europäischen Geschichte interessiert) ist die Möglichkeit, Deutsch verstehen zu können, einfach wunderbar. Aber auch um verschiedene literarische Werke aus Deutschland verstehen zu können, kann man Deutsch nur wärmstens empfehlen.

[@ReiAyasuka]

10:33 I think it‘s "die Königin"

[@mrsquid_]

as german, this was very fun to watch, thank you. also, has anyone told you that you look like brennan lee mulligan?

[@X05JaEchtMan]

I think Rindfleischettikierungsüberwachungsgesetz is the longest German word, by one letter

[@trichsert206]

As a native German speaker, “Zeug” in my appinion is more like “stuff” instead of “thing” since “Zeug” mostly refers to organic and not physically firm objects, if that makes sense

[@FantasKanal]

2:00 some "things" ("zeug" means "thing") Flugzeug - fly thing - plane Feuerzeug - fire thing - lighter Fahrzeug - drive thing - vehicle Spielzeug - play thing - toy Schlagzeug - hit thing - drumkit Werkzeug - craft thing - tool

[@h.gaming8496]

Thanks for showing so much love to my native language ^^ Especially because German is sometimes presented as a very aggressive & ugly language by foreigners online. I was also very curious as to why one should learn German, because for me it's not a special language. But oftentimes you don't see the beauty and the positive sides of the country you are living in or your native language since you are used to it. Also danke! :)

[@ghenulo]

Die Propaganda aus dem zweiten Weltkrieg wird nie enden.

[@mohamadmerhi9277]

Can you please do a video on the Arabic language?

[@dexterdesign]

Sehr interessante Gründe, deutsch zu lernen. 👍😊

[@HorstChristophSchreiber]

3:39 How to make clear if I mean "Maßen" or "Massen" if I don't have "ß"? Ich trinke in Maßen (I drink in moderate amounts) - Ich trinke in Massen (I drink in large quantities). A "little" different, isn't it?

[@simeonbanner6204]

I'd like to read Herman Hesse Klingor's Last Summer in German.

[@petraw9792]

This is some exellent motivation to learn German. Hesse's language is beautiful. Kästner, too. I read a translation once and the whole charm and wit was lost.

[@simonammann4580]

In germany we also call it scharfes s (sharp s)

[@kolli7150]

... ich nenne den Buchstaben SZ. 😅 Scharfes S und Buckel-S wäre eher eine etwas verniedlichte Bezeichnung aus der Grundschule für mich.

[@Slinky0205]

9:40 I love this channel!

[@schockmetamorphose7729]

I am a native german speaker, and the only thing I am extremely dissatisfied with, is the fact that german does not have a direct translation for the word "wholesome"

[@NeovanGoth]

Wohltuend? 🤔 But I know what you mean, it's extremely hard to find a German word that fits the use of "wholesome" in the context of the internet / memes.

[@SiqueScarface]

My favorite German grammar quirk is the way the dative-m and the genitive-s have a life of their own. Usually, they appear at the end of the (definite or indefinite) article of male and neuter nouns. But if the article is omitted, they move to the first (the one with the lowest significance) attribute. All higher attributes use an -n instead. But if you have attributes of the same rank (so you could either use a colon or 'und' between them), all of them carry the -m/-s for the lowest rank or the -n for the higher ranks. The same is valid for the -r (article, first attribute) or -e (all higher ranking attributes) for male nouns in the nominative case. For some reason, the -s and -n in the accusative case of neuter nouns does not follow the rule. But female -r/-n in the dative and genitive case does.

[@ghenulo]

Huh? Do you mean that adjectives without articles, possessives, or demonstratives are strongly declined? I'm guessing that's what you mean, because your comment is a bit of a mess.

[@compphysgeek]

10:38 Queen - die Königin, not Königen

[@selinaundalexander1]

Hi im from germeny tolles vidio 😀

[@leiocera2433]

So glad I'm German from birth and don't have to learn it

[@KimDare75]

Same hier!

[@sonario0074]

Die Schule sieht das anders…

[@oligoprimer]

My favorite long German word is Flugzeugabwehrkanone (it’s so long that is usually abbreviated in German as Flak).

[@Treinbouwer]

2:01 Dutch is not that different.😂 Vliegtuig-> flying thing-> airplane Vogelbekdier-> bird beak animal->platypus Speelgoed-> play thing-> toy Naaktslak-> naked snail-> slug (Gloei)Peertje-> little (glowing) pear-> lightbulp That's why a little knowlage of german is enough to understand it if you really try.🙃

[@Treinbouwer]

2:08 rechtsbijstandsverzekeringsagentschappen But I do not think this is a high frequentsy word.😂

[@Treinbouwer]

4:00 vierentwintig

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

2:24 Think the multi guess one was D. One was a lung disease, one was something to do with beef labelling and the other was the law insurance thing. I dread to think what the German word for process of elimination is. 3:13 You used to see this in English too. Around the 1700s, IIRC. 10:35 Think Queen is Königin, not ~en. Adding in to a job makes it female (= ess), though you might get glared at for using it.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

'bluebeard,' the fairy tale being recited at 09;40, was originally french.

[@luucy025]

I'm german and I've never really seen a use in my language outside of the fact I live here but reading the comments really kinda showed me the good sides of German lol

[@senatordodo4240]

1:28 alter der typ ist mega sick hahaha ich liebe ihn

[@squaretriangle9208]

Happy to be a native speaker in Austria😂, speaking both the Austrian standard and the highly interesting and nowadays rarer spoken (standard🎉🎉😂)Viennese dialect

[@ajuntapall3193]

2:07 Sory, but I'll have to correct you there. Our longest word is "Rindfleischettiketierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz". A little bit longer, right?

[@ariellebeamer2956]

Ok so before I get into story learning what “basics” of a language should I know? I’m self studying Tagalog as my second language and I’m able to read and write a decent amount because of LingQ, but I want to know what “basics” I’m missing and what should I do to get to a “basic” level in the language.

[@veronikas.4468]

Might sound kind of basic but I would buy an easy text book kids are using in school to start learn the language. It will teach you all the basics like counting, ordering food, having easy convos etc. After that I'd start watching kids shows in the language you are learning with subtitles. In that way you can get a better feeling for the language and understand it easier. From that you can move on to kids books etc.

[@emiliajojo5703]

Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach.

[@cvglahn]

For the counting thing I can say (as a german) that english has this TOO. Think about the number between 13-19. e.g. it's fifteen not teenty-five...

[@sissisissi5014]

Okay, so I guess I'm convinced😂

[@lollorosso4675]

We Germans in general are not very particular about our language. It is fine to get something wrong. Mangling German grammar or pronunciation will usually be met with gratitude that you are making the effort at all. Don’t get me wrong, they quite likely will correct you (this is where German directness comes I to play), it is not in mean spirit though. So don’t be shy.

[@HorstChristophSchreiber]

2:09 your word is not the longest. This is: "Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz"

[@NoZoDE]

As a German who learned English since I was 6 I think I got the easier way around. English and Germany are not hugely different. They are of course way different but you will recognise some words int he other language.

[@madrooky1398]

Wir leben nicht in Ländern, wir leben in Sprachen. Die größe deiner Welt lässt sich am besten in der Zahl der Worte messen die du für sie hast.

[@leiocera2433]

10:02 *Dornröschen

[@LoveSaidNo]

I‘m German and even I have a hard time understanding our dialects sometimes 😂

[@KenotheWolf]

Personally im pretty okay in english, cause my parents sent me into an english course/school in kindergarten. Thats not normal and some children learn it way later and are introduced too late. I learned french and remember nothing cause it came too late. But it wasnt something i wanted to learn anyways. What I had for english should be a standart though, to garantuee people being good at english and maybe even having fun with it. If you wanna find someone who can speak english in germany, target younger people ( around 30 and lower). The generation of my parents understood when to get me started with english but didnt learned it themselves and need help with translation. I often try to help people that dont speak german, but most dont speak english either, so someone speaking english in germany is a huge boost since i can easily help you with stuff then. Edit: I didnt understood the people in the Video using a different accent except for the last two. So dont be sad if you dont understand them too. I dislike such heavy accents, they bend the language into something even I as german dont understand and i find it unnecessarily difficult and could also just talk to a french person and understand the same. Learn standart german, even those special accenters should understand you. Personally, if it wasnt my own language, i wouldnt learn i guess, its very hard. Unless you really wanna live here or enjoy learning it it might just frustrate you.

[@globulidoktor1733]

0:25 I swear one of my professors was forced to hold a class in German and he talked exactly like this

[@shondeth10]

Can you do a video about Hindi and how to learn it?

[@MrHyperpolyglot]

Great idea! ❤

[@patronus_edits]

I'm German good video