15 German Brands YOU Pronounce WRONG! (BRITISH REACTION)

[@whoismertsalih]

This was a fun video to watch. I am guessing my Scottish accent sounds weird saying these words. Hope it was least a little understandable. German (and English) subtitles are available.

[@HHIngo]

I really like the Scottish accent! Though it's hard to understand for Germans because in school we are taught Oxford English. I've wanted to visit Scotland for years. Sometimes i even watch debates from the Scottish parliament. When I tell my friends about it, they think I''m crazy. 🤪 Greetings from Hamburg/Germany!

[@ArneMHH]

Funny thing is, bc of your accent, you were quite often right. Your vocals sound way more german than the Oxford english ones. (Or the Americans ffs)

[@HHIngo]

@@ArneMHH Thats's interesting! I'm German and don't know how my English sounds.

[@MrGlamour2011]

@@ArneMHH AGREE! He is able to speak like soft "Ö- or Ä-Sounds" due to his Schottish Accent. And the rrroling Rrrr is also there, like in HaRibo ;-) Mr. Mert, say the following and make it as a short video :"Haribo macht Kinder froh, und Erwachsene ebenso!" ;-) The official HARIBO-Slogan like "Haribo makes children and even adults happy" (free translated ;-)

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

Funny fact: The oldest UK car maker was called Daimler because they built cars licensed from Daimler, Germany and BMWs very first car was an Austin 7 built under license. Another German company is Kärcher the pronunciation of which is so alien to the English tongue in their UK adverts they don't even try to use the correct German version. As for Aldi and the quality of their produce: A friend of mine here in the UK is a truck driver and for a couple of years he collected produce from farms and delivered it to distribution centres. Practically every farmer he spoke said that they wished to supply Aldi because they pay more however their produce did not yet pass Aldi minimum standards of quality so they continued to sell their veg to Sainsbury's and Tesco.

[@Anna-zi7sx]

The Scottish accent is actually so much closer to German pronunciation than most English or American ones

[@fasstaerke]

yeah its a bit similar with the Irish, especially vowel pronuciation, expeciall the Irish U in Bus e.g. or the A in hand is often so much closer to the German pronunciation

[@seebee925]

I just realized I had completely forgotten how cute the Scottish accent is. To my German ears, that sounds so nice and homely. - I think it would be easier for you to learn the correct German pronunciation than, for example, for an USAmerican. Greetings to Malaysia from Germany! Have a nice day!

[@K78644]

Miele is considered the best household appliance brand. As a European family it's not only a status symbol to own a washing machine by Miele, but surprisingly it can last 15 years easily and still work as brand new

[@SovermanandVioboy]

Luft is Air and Hansa is an old german word for Group or Guild - So Lufthansa can be translated to "Air Group". The name was also choosen for the resemblance to the Hanse (Hanseatic League), the medieval Seafaring and Trading Union, that dominated Central and Northern Europe for 400 years.

[@whoismertsalih]

Awesome, that is very interesting to know. It seems like a lot of German brands are made up of two words like that. I quite enjoy it

[@TheRainbowCoach]

@@whoismertsalih And you mentioned Hansa Rostock, which is a football club, which derives it's name from the city (Rostock) having been one of the 'Hanse-Städte' (cities). 🙃✅️

[@HenryAusLuebeck]

Thanks (und Grüße) from the Queen of the Hanseatic League LÜBECK.

[@fasstaerke]

@@whoismertsalih well we are the country of compound nouns, thing being made up of two word is just the beginning ^^ with the explenation given its no surprise, Hansa Rostock, as a far norht football club, has Hansa in its name as well, just look at their logo

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

@@whoismertsalih a lot of german words are made up of several parts, otherwise we wouldn't have a lot of options, would we? :D but isn't it still similar in english? backpack, airport, bellend... you have kept a lot of the easy ways to compound words into a new that has the meaning of both components describing it... you just would need to stop leaving the gaps in stuff like chocolate cake or labor strike and you'd be at the same level as german words... ;) as for the companies, a ridiculous number of them comes just from a place or person's name. Even Mercedes Benz are two names, Benz from Gottlieb Benz the inventor of the car and founder of Daimler Benz the company making them and Mercedes was the daughter of his chief engineer Edwin Jellineck after whom a model was named which became the big success story for Daimler Benz. Later Mercedes-Benz became the car manufacturing part and Daimler-Benz the mother corporation (See also "Daimler-Chrysler") Volkswagen and Lufthansa are actually exceptions as no names have been integrated or served as inspiration. Miele, Siemens, Bayer (closer to "buyer" than "bay-urrr"), Thyssen-Krupp, Dr Oetker, Zeiss all come from the founder's name. But there are examples that would drive an english speaker mad too. One of the big competitors of Miele is AEG, which stands for "Allgemeine Elektrizitäts Gesellschaft" or "General electricity corporation", The biggest grocery store chain is a cooperative named "Edeka", which stems from "Einkaufsgenossenschaft deutscher Kolonialwarenhändler" (purchasing Coop of german colonial goods stores) and of course one of Bayer's competitors: BASF (Badische Anilin & Soda fabriken, factories for artificial dies made from the chemicals aniline and soda based in the area of Baden). I once worked at Leica too, an abbreviation of "Leitz Cameras", with Leitz being again the founder. we now spell Kamera with a k, but 125 years ago the conventions were more francophil... there was a big reform to remove such traces of foreign influence and several obsolete german spellings from the language around 1900, we also lost a lot of TH words then that now are only spelled with a T like Thür/Tür (door), only "noble" words like Thron (yes that is just a throne) kept their H)

[@markvonelend]

Ich genieße Deine Videos sehr. Ehrliches und offensichtliches Interesse an Deutschland und am Lernen generell. Vielen Dank! ❤

[@HenryLoenwind]

Your accent already puts your pronunciation closer to German than most English accents for many sounds. So you pretty much repeated all brand names nearly perfectly, without the wild struggles I've heard in most of the reaction videos to this one. Weirdly, most English speakers cannot say "ah" (always "aj"), "eh" (ej), or o (ow).

[@DontPanick]

BMW, Audi and especially Mercedes are considered luxury brands in Germany as well. Although in Germany the term premium is mostly used in this context. Although they really have some "affordable" models. A Mercedes A-Class sedan or hatchback starts around 37k €. A Volkswagen Golf starts nowadays at 30k (10 years ago maybe around 20k). So the difference is not as much as it used to be. But with extras I could bring a model with basic motorisation up to 45-50k for the Golf or over 70k for the Mercedes. But Mercedes also offers extras that are not available for a Golf or maybe Volkswagen in general. But extras with the same features are also more expensive for the Mercedes. And most Mercedes buyers don't go for a total basic model. But a lot of people like to buy used cars. They are way cheaper and especially Mercedes is known for longevity. But you can also find very durable older models of BMW and Audi.

[@DontPanick]

I think Haribo is very popular in Germany. At least it's one of most known brands for sweet stuff and probably the most known for (gummy) candy. If you would ask any German to name a few companies the produce gummi candy I'm sure that 99.99999% would name Haribo.

[@noriburg]

Another Hint: You can get some Haribo at Aldi in Germany. Aldi mainly sells exclusively produced, custom-branded products (often very similar to and produced by major brands). Only few products are not replaced by an Aldi brand, e.g. Marmite in Great Britain. Those brands are so popular that people just prefer to buy the original product.

[@luisreichenbach6646]

@@noriburgmate you can buy haribo at literally every corner shop

[@heroldthiele]

Plus, it's a common nickname......... #rolling my eyes

[@heroldthiele]

....for everyone named Harald that is...

[@heroldthiele]

"ha ha ha ha ha"

[@ankra12]

As a Norwegian I find the German Pronunciation closest. Both English and German are easy to understand.

[@walkir2662]

I visited Sweden in 13th grade and remember getting teh general idea of slow Swedish (and the other way round)

[@monster05yt57]

i love norway

[@julianeschulz3186]

I love your accent! ❤and it helps you pronounce german word better than other english speakers

[@pflaumenaugust876]

I would not say that Audi, Mercedes and BMW are driven by all social classes. They are considered as luxury brands. Yes, if you work for one of those brands - even just in the factory, you mostly drive one of the newest models, but not because you could afford to buy one, but because of the unbeatable leasing terms you get. If you're part of the working class and don't work in the industrial sector, you usually can't afford a new one. I guess she either is not into cars and so she doesn't see the difference between a new one and a model that is 10 or 15 years old, or it is because she is from Munich, which is the richest and most expensive city in whole Germany.

[@wWvwvV]

16:18 Hansa Rostock, wow! I guess Scotchs are aware of the Hanse area around the Baltic Sea and beyond. Mert, you are my hero now. I couldn't name a small club in England or Scotland, but you can.

[@lbergen001]

Love your Scottish accent.👍👍For me Audi is the best (still affordable) German brand.

[@manloeste5555]

By the way in Germany we usually pronouce "Nike" wrong, saying it like "spike" or "hike". But it's spoken with an hearable "e" at the end.

[@robertwa1975]

12:07 By the way, ALDI is called "Hofer" in Austria and Slovenia.

[@sebeb4889]

I like your videos. Fun fact: regarding the W (double-U) English is the exception in the Indo-European languages. In most Roman, Germanic, Slavic, etc. languages that letters name is close the the English V (We, Wo, We....).

[@Delibro]

For English speakers, in German pronouncing an "e" ist just so simple, always pronounce it like the English "e" in "then" or "end", yes, also in Porsche and Deutsche Bank. (Only exception being "ei" and "ie")

[@wallerwolf6930]

In the small list, names such as Bosch and Siemens, for example, but also a lot of large mechanical engineers, such as Kuga, MAN (diesel unit) or Continental (car supplier, e.g. car tire) are still missing. Or the chemical giants BASF, Bayer and others!

[@marine69183]

Lufthansa is a combination of Luft (Air) and Hansa, what means in origin the middleage trade union ‚Hanse‘. The have dependances all over Europe and some overseas in the east. Mostly settled in harbour cities like Hamburg, Bremen, Rostock and Lübeck. Therefore these cities are called ‚Hansestadt‘ Hamburg, Lübeck and so on. On the carplates these cities have the ‚h‘ until now for identifiy the carholders living place. HH = Hamburg, HB = Bremen, HL = Lübeck and HR = Rostock.

[@nagarenius]

7:11 We call it VW because in the Emblem there is a V over a W. I dont know if everybody have seen it. ^^

[@armitage9204]

Haribo is 1st choice. As long as you don't really care about your health condition. I love their stuff.

[@woltri68]

I'm german and I used to LOVE haribo - but since I switch my diet to vegetarian I had to go over to Katjes because haribo unfortunately uses animal gelatine for most of the gums. btw. I also love the scottish accent and really enjoy your videos reacting on german satire and language. carry on :)

[@vast634]

Hansa in Lufthansa come from Hanse (the medival sea trade union), that also had a depot in London

[@urbzinzane]

One of the first things that usually blows a visitors mind: Basically 99% of all taxis in Germany are Mercedes cars.

[@sebastianhubner198]

These 3 are luxury brands in germany too. In rich regions of germany you can see them more often

[@privatevendetta]

If she used to drive a Mercedes growing up, it might seem normal to her, but it definitively isn't for the rest of Germany.

[@cherry0ntop518]

Just FYI those car brands are the more exensive ones even in Germany. She's young, she already drove a Mercedes back when she was iving in Munich so she's from a rather rich family and maybe doesn't know that most Germans cannot afford such brands (but VW of course)

[@gaf5098]

I really love your Scottish accent. That's so pleasant to listen to. And by the way it reminds me of that sketch with the voice controlled elevator in Scotland. 😆

[@mikekarman6026]

Hellaz! Haribo is actually very popular in Germany, but I, personally, prefer Storck's Lachgummi (laugh gummi). Tastes more fruity xD

[@arno1811]

Oh my friend. You‘d be ecstatic goin to the haribo factory sale. Where they sell slightly imperfect candy at a much lower price. And to answer your question: haribo is market leader in candy and super popular. The brand katjes gaining in market shares cos they more young and adresseing the veggie trends

[@whoismertsalih]

That sound like something I would love haha. I would just have suitcase full of it. Oh nice, I have never heard of Katjes but will need to check them out and see if I can find any over here in Malaysia

[@johnrossewingiii3270]

You've got the most beautiful and strongest Scottish accent, since I ve seen Gordon Jackson on the Professionals in English, bot dubbed. Lovely

[@FelixvonMontfort]

There are Haribo Stores in major towns.

[@BrittaGausW]

You realy pronounced very good!!!!!

[@whoismertsalih]

Thank you very much!!

[@sonicrolfo]

Thanks for the nice content! 👍 And of course, who doesn't love the accent? Reminds me when I visited Isle of Sky and Caol Loch Aillse as a young boy and smirking when I remember struggeling to put this in a proper "pronounciation" ;-)

[@martins4879]

I really love your scottish accent my friend. And I think it is not a problem to pronounce things a bit different. I guess my german influence pronounciation of english words reveals my really fast too. 😉

[@tillmartens5770]

fun fact about BMW in USA they are often called "beamer" which is word german use for projector! (from Beam of light)

[@Crynogar]

To be clear ... BMW, Audi, Mercedes and VW are also luxury brands in germany. VW was one time more like Opel i.e. but even their prices got off the charts a while back. They are only regular in that you see them more often, but that's due to the fact of having a larger pool of used ones, that can actually bought by normal people.

[@chcucivtxzclccucifudohzfu6766]

I agree with BMW, Audi and Mercedes. But even though VW got more expensive so did pretty much all other car brands and if you compare prices VW is still way cheaper than Audi (as they belong together and don’t want to compete directly with another) and comparable to other brands (Opel, Renault, Citroën, Peugeot…).

[@mathiasv3673]

Yeah!!! My thoughts! But you know, she is from Munich, a rather rich region…in many other places, Mercedes is definitely upper class. BMW depends on the series, 1er and 3er are more common, but 5er and 7er are clearly not „normal“ where I am from…

[@Crynogar]

@@mathiasv3673 I just compared some of the 'smaller' models with other 'cheaper' brands .... and they are more expensive. Additionally some of the options you can buy .... the pricing is sometimes nuts. I agree with you, that i.e. BMW 1 or 3, Mercedes A or C etc. are more common, but mostly they are used or credit financed. But that's another topic we mustn't go into. If you have some time, compare configurators of size-related cars. Some differences are baffling. Where most initial differences come from engine-sizes, afaik.

[@t.s.8128]

I was looking for this comment. They totally are luxury brands. Even VW I consider above average.

[@Crynogar]

@@t.s.8128 thx or danke je nachdem ^^ I'm so glad not being the only one that thinks so

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

I've noticed that the Germans like to use 2 & 3 letter strings as abbreviations whereas in English we tend to use single letter contractions. eg KaDeWe - Kaufhaus des Westens or from before the war DeHoMaG (IBM Subsidiary) Deutsche Hollerith-Maschinen Gmbh or dare I say StaSi - StaatsSicherheit . I was amused when she commented on our Tesco's, Aldi's, Asda's constructionof the supermarket names!

[@ColdRoland]

HARIBO is really popular in Germany. Even more so in its City of Origin, Bonn, which I happen to be born in. As a kid I collected chestnuts every summer for a day or to in local parks. That's because the local HARIBO plant would give you gummies for like half of the weight of chestnuts you brought them. They wanted that stuff to feed their pigs, to get gelatine from. You gave them like 2 Kilos of Chestnuts and you would get a Kilo of Haribo gummies. You were set on candy for the whole year!

[@Reiner.Zufall]

Danke. Nette Anekdote. Das kannte ich noch nicht. Sehr interessant. (Nice anecdote. I didn't know that before. Very interesting.)

[@yeetyeet7070]

People who drive BWM and Audi in germany usually do it on a big loan, flexing by ruining their finances xD Normal middle class cars are VW and Toyota.

[@Nikioko]

Both Adidas and Puma are actually have their headquarters located in the same town of Herzogenaurach.

[@CityMountain05]

The name Lufthansa and Hansa Rostock do have the same origin, I am german myself but I don't know the exact definition of that word but I do know that is connected to trade as in a "Hansestadt" ist a city that is or was a big trading hub and Rostock is a "Hansestadt"

[@dirkst73]

you did very well!👍

[@whoismertsalih]

Thanks mate!!

[@rollischubser5245]

The fun fact of BMW. Before WW1 BMW was a little Facility in Eisenach and called EMW Eisenacher Motoren Werke 😅

[@Dunari87]

Oh man, this is sooooooooo funny! XD When Feli get's to "ALDI", you as a Scotsman just pronounce it EXACTLY like we Germans would pronounce the car brand "AUDI" ^^

[@robertpetre9378]

Apparently Jäegermeister was supposed to be a pallet cleaner after a feast with game meat hence the stag.

[@Nikioko]

The German Volk and British folk have the same Saxon origin. So, yes, the V is pronounced as F in most cases, except word with Latin origin. You have that in English as well, when it comes to knife/knives, wifw/wives, leaf/leaves, half/halves, belief/believe, life/live etc.

[@k.m.a.286]

She told she is from Bavaria. May there BMW, Mercedes or Audi are "normal cars for all. In the rest of Germany they are not the absolutly lxury cars but not cars for typical people.

[@joeviolet4185]

BMW actually is the best brand for everyday's use cars. For your info: The Autobahn was actually built by the Reichsbahngesellschaft (the railway company), since the project was too big for any other company. Only the Reichsbahngesellschaft had experience with projects that size. HARIBO is nearly synonym for gum candies, like sellotape in England for any adhesive tape.

[@klauskruger6187]

Yes of course. For a long time people have wondered which language sounds funnier. German or Scottish.😉

[@whoismertsalih]

LOL

[@ole7236]

@@whoismertsalih For a German it takes time to get used to your Scottish accent and to understand everything you say, but I love it now!

[@saschathinius7082]

Haribo, is one of the biggest Sweets dealers in Germany, butler they have alot of other sweets that have a different brand name

[@Luemmel]

I would say the best car brands in the luxury mass market (this excludes for me Porsche but also Jaguar and Rolls Royce) is BMW, Mercedes and maybe Audi they are on one level and just different about how the consumer is setting priorities about comfort (Mercedes) or driving fun (BMW). I think their cars are designed as a whole best, maybe due to long experience.

[@chezeus1672]

hansa comes from "Die Hanse", a large trading confederation in the holy roman empire in medieval europe, similar in concept and power to venice. they controlled trade in the baltic sea, and while its capital lübeck is now integrated into the state of schleswig-holstein, the cities hamburg and bremen are still independent states inside germany because of the special privileges and wealth they aquired as members of the hanseatic league. that's what the lufthansa is named after.

[@steini_sob6080]

Where is Opel in this Video is it a German Car Brand, too. Greetings from Germany, Bavaria, Schrobenhausen, Spargelland!

[@tygattyche2545]

My Adidas...RUN DMC pronounced it right! In contrast to the Dassler Brothers, which dispute cut a whole town in half the Albrecht brothers separation was much harmony.

[@kristena9285]

The way you pronounce "Audi" in your scottish accent is identical to my norwegian pronunciation 😀

[@Chrissy_the_Missy]

I love your Videos bud.. I´m german and its too funny. Thanks an keep going on!!

[@Da_Bashi]

The aldi brothers didnt split the company, because they didnt get along. They split it so both have a fair share and splitted the company so both can "reach" approximately 50% ofe germanys population....so if you watch the "aldi equator", as we call it you can roughly see how the population splits among north and south

[@AeonLibertas]

Fun Fact: If you care about those "You can divide the country by " type statistics, there's a divide in germany between people prefering gummy candy or licorice candy - the south prefers the gummies, the north likes to chew on licorice (and the more northern, the more you find heavier and heavier salted or flavored licorice). The unificating part about this? For both preferences Haribo is by far the most popular brand of choice.

[@DiscgolfJerry]

Hansa is a different word for Port... and Rostock is a City with a rather big Chip port

[@strasbourgerelsass1467]

Its funny or typical Bavarian, how the girl mentions that the car brands are based in Bavaria. That no car brand was founded in Bavaria... She is ignoring of course. Audi was founded in Chemnitz, Saxony and only moved because of the WW2. BMW has its roots in Chemnitz too (airplane engines by Schneeweis) and the car production was bought in Eisenach (EMW, Dixi). There was not much engineering in Bavaria in that era. 😉

[@zumogerstubchen2340]

While BMW has a high reputation as a carmaker, their drivers are a very different story...

[@MsUUUUUUUUUU]

Dude I worked for HaRiBo and they said they would turn down 50% of the offers because they cannot produce enough and built a giant new factory. No idea why everybody loves that stuff. In Bonn you are allowed to eat as much as you can from the production

[@Nothin-but-the-blues]

Is there any relation between Hansa Rostock and Lufthansa? The word Hansa (the Latin word for Hanse) refers to the medieval northern European trade union "the Hanseatic League". Merchants from many cities bordering the North and the Baltic Sea have joined forces to conduct safe trade. In Hansa Rostock the name refers to the fact that Rostock was one of these old Hanseatic cities. In the term "Lufthansa", the word part Hansa is reminiscent of the Hanseatic League, since the Lufthansa was also a merger of several airlines. In the case of German car license plates, the 1, 2 or 3 letters in front of the federal state emblem and the test badge represent the city or district in which the car is registered. Here the following applies: The single-digit letter is assigned to the most populous city with this initial letter. According to this, Hamburg as the second most populous city in Germany after Berlin, should only have to have an H on its license plate. But the Hamburgers rejected this because they wanted to be expelled as the "Hanseatic City of Hamburg". That's why the code for Hamburg is "HH"! The same applies to Bremen (HB), Greifswald (HGW), Lübeck (HL), Rostock (HRO), Stralsund (HST) and Wismar (HWI). At all these plates, the "H" stands for "Hanseatic City"! (Sorry about this little trip to the complex world of German license plates) So there is no real relation between this two terms exept the reference to the Hanseatic League.

[@ArneMHH]

Fun fact, scottish Whiskey ist often cheaper in Germany than in Scottland

[@gusischmusi5746]

Yes, that's absolutely right. Thought I could get some whisky there to take it home for my friends but nah...cause it's a lot cheaper over here in Germany even the same brands

[@iriswaldenburger2315]

I’m German and I knew ALL of this… I feel weird now 😅 But she didn’t mention the common „translation“ for Puma which is „Probier unbedingt mal Adidas“, derived from the rivalry of the brothers

[@16-BitGuy]

If you're interested in how similar german and english actually are then you should try "How anyone (including YOU) can read German" of the channel "RobWords".

[@whoismertsalih]

Going to check that one out soon

[@Volker400]

This is a simple "language bridge" to you, my dear Mert: If you want to pronounce the name of "MERCEDES", so in Gernan it sounds like "Mair-tsae des". The "E" sounds in Gernan like between "a" & "e". "Audi" is "Ow-dee" ("Ow" like in "How") - very simple, I think. Hope, I could help you little bit... BTW, my name is "Volker". In German there are two pronounciations of the letter "V". Firstly like "Victor" (like in English), secoundly like "Fiction", as my name is pronounced...Folka... :))))))))))))))))😆😆😆

[@k.m.a.286]

Lufthansa and Hansa Rostock. The word Hansa baes on the Word Hanse, an ancient alliance oft trading cities in Europe. Its Englich name is Hanseatic League. Hanse is an 500 years old Germanic word for group. Rosticok was in this time a member of the Hanse. Luft means Air - Lufthansa - Air Group.

[@YezaOutcast]

birkenstock's are not about style. they're all about comfort.

[@ankejenal4300]

I loooooove your scottish accent 💕

[@Icelandchan]

Auto Bavaria might even be a car dealership that is a BMW partner. I work for BMW customer support :,D And no, the logo is not a propeller but the Bavarian flag. People just think that it presents one. :)

[@theravenlord3004]

Rivalries between car brands were very common in Germany since the post-war golden age. They got popularized in the 90s-00s and brands had their fandom akin to and often also tied to football clubs. Life-long loyalty to these brands was like a creed for some. Opel vs VW and Mercedes vs BMW. In Swabia BMW had the nickname Bayerischer Mistwagen (bavarian manure wagon) and I'm sure they had theirs for the Benz. It died down with the advent of globalization biting into those traditional businesses and either dismantling them or muddling the brand so that it became unrecognizable. Especially Opel struggled with that, so did Mercedes. BMW had never fully stepped into the middle class segment and upheld its leadership position in the luxury car market, albeit the pole position remains contested between Mercedes and BMW, and VW is trying to nab at shares but struggles to establish a solid public awareness of its high-end cars. Im sure ppl will disagree, car stuff is rather polarizing in Germany still. With wage stagnation and Germany being a factually low-income state of late the market diversified and manufacturers founded spinoff brands like Skoda or Dacia to settle in the low to middle-class segment without tainting their brand by plebs. It's similar to ALDI selling brand business made products under an alias at a cheap price.

[@fex2911]

Since you mentioned the similarity between Volks and folks: there's a mind-blowing video about translating English to German simply by following a few rules based on the roots the two languages have kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJbFhI2ofdKmf5Y

[@Hannah-Hi]

Germany invented Cars,so yes they are the best ^^

[@Phiyedough]

I always thought the Puma cat logo meant that the brand was named after the cat and therefore the pronunciation would be the same. It seems that puma is also puma in German but with a different pronunciation.

[@kenholst3541]

She pronounced puma correctly same as the cat in english and Spanish. The British seem to pronounce it as pee you ma for some reason

[@claire_0815]

When you say ALDI and LIDL with your scottish accent, the auto translation of youtube (into German) is AUDI and LIDO 😂

[@AlryFireBlade]

The "Aldi Süd" Logo is so weird for someone, living in Eastgermany xD

[@ostgotenherr1462]

Whenever I visit Bonn, I make a detour to the HARIBO store there, it's an absolute dream 🤤

[@friedelhamm7784]

When Coca Cola established Father Christmas in 1931 they made him laugh when he appeared. The instruction for the actors playing FC was "hohoho", and no one understood what that meant. The instructor has probably had German roots, because read with German pronunciation it would have been quite correct. They pronounced the 'o' like in "L'o'mond while it should have been like in" L'o'ch. Funny fact is that almost every one in Germany has taken over the American pronounciation.

[@kerstinphil]

Hey we in Stuttgart have Mercedes-Benz and Porsche 😂❤ I think our soccer team is not that great anymore😮 It is so fun to watch you especially how you like our satire I also love them very much you found some of the best ones they are political satire 😊

[@capsn6891]

Being raised in and around Bonn, I'd say Haribo is the only thing I've ever felt something akin to patriotic about. Haribo is not only the first choice, when it comes to candy, it's the only choice. If you don't like Haribo, you probably don't like sweets. Or, you know, fun.

[@SFoX-On-Air]

Hehe.. how popular is Haribo in Germany? Mhhh.. lets say it like that, how popular is Whiskey in Scottland? ^^

[@frankk.777]

Your pronunciation is pretty good. Yes, Haribo is great.

[@kathi_LG]

You have to come to the Habiro Store, Museum and Outlet in Bonn/Germany 😂😊

[@azzteke]

Does not exist!

[@Arsenic71]

IMO the best German car brand is either Porsche or Mercedes, depending on what your target audience is. Both are hugely innovative (Merc was the first to introduce ABS, Porsche is the most efficient manufacturer in the world).

[@teotik8071]

Nice one. Please do not drop the 'e' at the end of Porsche. All others, speak them as you normally would do as an native english speaker. No nit-picking from my side here. 😂 In northern Germany you might hear Birken'st'ock instead of Birken'sht'ock.

[@whoismertsalih]

Thanks very much, I will definitely not drop the 'e' moving forward. Thanks for the advice haha

[@KeuleX]

The point of the fact's of the History parts in the Video, ment that the most of us is not proud of what happend's in the Past. And its important to not forget that Things. That these things can't happend again. Grüße aus Deutschland 😉 and sorry for my bad English 😅

[@dark_s5718]

HARIBO is also popular in Germany and you can buy it in everywhere.🍬

[@azzteke]

Why "also"?

[@pontiuspilatus7900]

Mert, you pronounced the German names quite well. It is not easy to use foreign pronunciation. For cars: I personally prefer Japanese, or Korean brands.

[@YTUSER583]

Your accent is scottish - right? And I like it, was twice in Scotland, great area. Really... But Nessie was not present when I was there (twice). Greetings from Bavaria...

[@MegaSpike]

Surprise. I love your acccent, too. Could you please read all Game of Thrones books and send me the audio?! 😅Just binge-watched all of your Videos. You are always welcome in Leipzig for a visit and a beer together :)

[@chezeus1672]

english "folk" is basically the same word as german "Volk", they're cognates (same origin) and the pronounciation is close to identical, as well. while "Volksmusik" nowadays refers to one specific, (imo horrible) type of music, it was historically the same category as "folk songs". "Wagen" means car, but it's also a cognate of an english word: wagon. if you don't speak german, you can read "Volkswagen" as "Folk's Wagon" and your pronounciation will be close enough.

[@lunaticeagle3007]

I terms of car quality i would say it is a 2 horce race with Germany and Japan leading the rest but only by a small margin and you could make arguments about who is number 1.

[@emiliajojo5703]

You should react to the amazing video:anyone can read german.interesting and fun!

[@mpluftikuss]

Dieser Mann ist so sympathisch. Und interessant, dass der Scottische Dialekt sich bei der Aussprache, doch sehr dem Deutschen ähnelt. Engländer sprechen die Dinge ganz anders aus.

[@save_the_night]

Hi, you asked how Germans deal with the dark sides of their history. Awareness of this is quite widespread and in school the crimes of National Socialism are given a lot of attention. The German band Rammstein summed up the ambivalent relationship of many Germans to their history like this: (Germany!) My heart on fire Will love and damn you (Germany!) Your breath cold So young and yet so old (Germany!) Your love is a curse and a blessing (Germany!) My love I cannot give you. Even if you don't like metal, the video of the song is a real recommendation. Very well produced and a kind of quick run-through of the dark sides of German history.

[@kirstenhupertz1085]

Many German brands used forced labor from concentration camps and for brands like Porsche(but they don't like to talk about it) etc. It's alegetly still going on in Chinese manufacturing sites with the working camps of the Uiguren.

[@thorstenwestheiderphotogra7722]

Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Porsche are all luxury brands, the main difference is in to which audience they cater. If you value comfort first and foremost, buy a Mercedes. If, on the other hand, you prefer a sports car, get a Porsche. BMW and Audi are somewhere in between those two with BMW leaning a bit more towards sports cars than Audi I'd say (I can't really say, I've been driving BMW for 20 years so I might be biased here).

[@blabla1387]

The best german car brand is Sachsenring - obviously! 😀