17 FALSE FRIEND WORDS in German and English | Feli from Germany

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Feli from Germany

Feli from Germany

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Learning German and English can be tricky! Especially, when two words look and sound the same and you think "Oh hey, I know that word!" but then it doesn't mean that AT ALL. So in this video, I put together a list of misleading words in German 🇩🇪 and English 🇺🇸 (false friends/cognates) that I found to be relevant, interesting, or that I have personally struggled with before. I hope you guys like it and find it helpful! 😊 If you can learn this vocabulary, it will be easier to learn English fast and learn German fast - and make you sound more like a native speaker.
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0:00 Intro
1:56 Sympathisch, Gift, Sensibel (1-3)
4:21 Champagner, Chef, Pepperoni (4-6)
6:38 Mist, Eventuell, Limonade (7-9)
9:01 Föderalismus, Gymnasium, Isolierung (10-12)
12:02 Rente, Pathetisch, Dezent (13-15)
13:49 Brand, Hölle (16-17)
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@FelifromGermany
@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын
Languages can be tricky! Especially, when two words look and sound the same and you think "Oh hey, I know that word!" but then it doesn't mean that AT ALL. So in this video, I put together a list of misleading words in German and English (false friends) that I found to be relevant, interesting, or that I have personally struggled with before. I hope you guys like it and find it helpful!
@elliotdavis5039
@elliotdavis5039 3 жыл бұрын
lemonade is no false friend in english and german it is the same. rather in american and german, and english and american it is a false friend
@fusola9612
@fusola9612 3 жыл бұрын
question: what is it about abriviations: the medical file entrance "time of death" is abriviated as "t.o.d" -mic drop
@dddz961
@dddz961 3 жыл бұрын
7:06 your titles got screwed up
@vampireheart1987
@vampireheart1987 3 жыл бұрын
Fehler beim Einblenden ab @7:01 ^^
@dddz961
@dddz961 3 жыл бұрын
10:34 you misspelled 'gymnasium'
@reuter037
@reuter037 3 жыл бұрын
Deutsch ist schon eine schöne Sprache „Umfahren ist das Gegenteil von Umfahren“.
@FelifromGermany
@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites!
@leviathan3045
@leviathan3045 3 жыл бұрын
Haare wachsen lassen und Haare wachsen lassen
@Anson_AKB
@Anson_AKB 3 жыл бұрын
Daß es zwei verschiedene Wörter sind merkt man, wenn man sagt "Um (gut) zu fahren muß man lernen das Auto zu bewegen ohne Schilder umzufahren." btw zu 13: die Rente _von Beamten_ in Deutschland heißt *Pension,* und sie "gehen nicht in Rente", sondern werden "pensioniert" (=retire). Eine *Pension* ist außerdem auch noch so etwas wie ein kleines privates Hotel in einer großen Wohnung (=guesthouse/boardinghouse).
@Nikioko
@Nikioko 3 жыл бұрын
Je nachdem, ob man die erste oder zweite Silbe betont... Gibt aber noch mehr Wörter, die das Gegenteil von sich selbst sind. Wir hatten da vor langer Zeit mal eine Liste gemacht. Gibt es im Englischen aber auch: inflammable means flammable?
@adalata
@adalata 3 жыл бұрын
@@Anson_AKB Es gibt auch private Arbeitgeber, die eine Pension zahlen. 😉
@liederingebardensprache8714
@liederingebardensprache8714 3 жыл бұрын
My German class mate once said: "the sentence is short and pregnant". Prägnant is a German word for precise :D
@jed-henrywitkowski6470
@jed-henrywitkowski6470 3 жыл бұрын
Lol.
@oddballoona69
@oddballoona69 3 жыл бұрын
Not true
@tuberichter
@tuberichter 3 жыл бұрын
Lieder in Gebärdensprache Meine Chefin hat mal folgendes rausgehauen: „the value is not guilty“. Sowas nennt sich wohl „false friend“.
@aureliar.4233
@aureliar.4233 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah this happened to one of my classmates, too! She said: "We have to make it short and pregnant." Now this is quoted in our "Abibuch".
@Project305miami
@Project305miami 3 жыл бұрын
Pregananant?
@corpol3714
@corpol3714 2 ай бұрын
As a Dutch guy I like the way you explain things on your chanell. This proves that when things are not properly explained it could lead to great misunderstandings and people could feel offended by it. So...., Dear Feli, Thank you for your education techniques between the Old world and the New World. 🙏❤
@santiagoaguirre3862
@santiagoaguirre3862 6 ай бұрын
"Sympatisch" reminds me of "Simpático" in Spanish. That's awesome. ❤
@eskerhabla
@eskerhabla 14 күн бұрын
I know both English and Spanish, and I was surprised at the number of cognates between Spanish and German that weren't the same in English!
@jurgenebert7668
@jurgenebert7668 3 жыл бұрын
The famous one out of school: Waitor, I become a Schnitzel.
@gequetscht1031
@gequetscht1031 3 жыл бұрын
I said moose instead of moss and corrected myself into mouse ... in my 12th year in school ...
@hydrolito
@hydrolito 3 жыл бұрын
Isn't weiner schnitchel some kind of sausage?
@tyc1617
@tyc1617 3 жыл бұрын
@@hydrolito No sausage but meat ( i think it is Cutler but Not sure)
@kurtrichter1732
@kurtrichter1732 3 жыл бұрын
@@hydrolito Schnitzel is a cutlet (usually veal or pork, sometimes chicken) and Wiener means Vienna style. Note Wien (Vienna) is spelled ie, not ei. Wein with the ei spelling is wine in English) is
@brittakriep2938
@brittakriep2938 3 жыл бұрын
Es ist acht Uhr- it is eight watch.
@petersmiling9494
@petersmiling9494 3 жыл бұрын
The first false friend for englisch beginners: to become = werden, bekommen = to get
@feuerschlange6374
@feuerschlange6374 3 жыл бұрын
In school i never wrapped my head around this
@unsignedmusic
@unsignedmusic 3 жыл бұрын
I hear German people say, “I’m going to become a baby”.
@SirCB85
@SirCB85 3 жыл бұрын
@@unsignedmusic My first English teacher in German school taught us the difference with the example of asking a waiter "when will I become the steak I ordered?".
@TakeABox1ThatRocks
@TakeABox1ThatRocks 3 жыл бұрын
@@SirCB85 We must have had the same teacher.
@toshtenstahl
@toshtenstahl 3 жыл бұрын
@@SirCB85 , "When will I become a steak?" "I hope never, sir."
@robscott9414
@robscott9414 2 жыл бұрын
My Swiss friends laughed when I mentioned that I didn't like all the "preservatives" in our foods. Then again, I laughed when one friend said she wanted to take a quick "douche"! 🙂
@fang_shi_tong
@fang_shi_tong 11 ай бұрын
Great video! Other "false friends" that are encountered very early in the study of German are (with the German given first): (a) "will" (first person singular of the verb "wollen"), which does not mean "will," but rather "want"; (b) "also", which does not mean "also," but rather one meaning of "so," as in, "Also, was machen wir heute Abend?" (So, what are we doing this evening?); (c) "wer" means "who," not "where" and "wo" means "where," not "who; (d) "wen" means "whom," not "when"; (e) "denn" means "than" and "dann" means "then"; (f) Oh, and the one that really drives me crazy, “auf” does not mean “off” but “on”!!! 😊
@user-zb7uh2ob1r
@user-zb7uh2ob1r 3 ай бұрын
Yes, those are good examples of how you get confused with the easy words!
@timprescott4634
@timprescott4634 2 ай бұрын
“Will” killed me for WAY too long.😂😂
@jannisklein9333
@jannisklein9333 3 жыл бұрын
Millionen = million Milliarde = billion Billionen = trillion
@hariscool11
@hariscool11 3 жыл бұрын
Bleu de channel de parfum Lol it's a ad
@georgtanner634
@georgtanner634 3 жыл бұрын
That is not only a matter of language but of using the "long scale" or "short scale". Great Britain used the long scale and then switched over to the short scale in the 20th century. Brazil uses the short scale but Portugal uses the long scale but both are Portuguese speaking. Life could be easier if the USA just switched to the metric system and the long scale already.
@jannisklein9333
@jannisklein9333 3 жыл бұрын
@@georgtanner634 wow, that's very interesting, i didn't know that. Thanks!
@masatwwo6549
@masatwwo6549 3 жыл бұрын
There are two ways: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eV6YY3R_lNSdr7M
@Orenotter
@Orenotter 3 жыл бұрын
It used to be the same in English, but when a Brit says "Million" and "Milliard", they're almost identical.
@ijstanley
@ijstanley 3 жыл бұрын
I gave my German friend a gift. I miss him.
@rosafliegel6214
@rosafliegel6214 3 жыл бұрын
lachflash omg💀
@JustNatax3
@JustNatax3 3 жыл бұрын
RIP
@duwieich4670
@duwieich4670 3 жыл бұрын
😂
@pardwayne
@pardwayne 3 жыл бұрын
Feeling misty?
@coolimdad
@coolimdad 3 жыл бұрын
F lmao
@Mei-Ling-Li
@Mei-Ling-Li 2 ай бұрын
Fun fact, "sensible" did used to mean sensitive in English too. Not sure when it changed, but this was as back in Regency times in England. That's why Jane Austen's book is called Sense and Sensibility. "Sense" represents the practical Elinor and "Sensibility" represents the sensitive Marianne.
@donnaday7154
@donnaday7154 2 ай бұрын
Was going to say the exact same thing! Also lemonade in Britain is carbonated, or fizzy as we say in the UK...
@Fooferana
@Fooferana 14 күн бұрын
Yes, came here to say this! The title and usage of "sensibility" is confusing to many students of literature. SN: My avatar is a Regency Shiba Inu 😂
@brianrobertson1211
@brianrobertson1211 2 ай бұрын
I love the way you smile while you talk and how upbeat you are.
@joelmcelheran6237
@joelmcelheran6237 3 жыл бұрын
When I was an exchange student in Germany back in the day, I had been traveling for a long time and my new German family thought I looked tired. They were trying to ask if I wanted a chance to freshen up with a “shower”. They were trying out their English and asked me if I wanted to “douche”.... They saw the look of terror on my 15 year old male face and ran for the German/English dictionary. After a little embarrassment we had a really good laugh.
@Roozyj
@Roozyj 3 жыл бұрын
When my family and I went to America when I was about 14 or 15 as well, one of the warnings my father gave me and my sister was to never say 'douche' instead of shower. He also explained what a 'douche' was in English, so I never made that mistake xD
@its_clean
@its_clean 3 жыл бұрын
This is the same in French, and if I'm not mistaken I believe the Germans actually borrowed the word "douche" from the French. Equally amusing is the French word "blanquette" which is a type of veal stew, but obviously sounds just like "blanket" in English. I made that mistake a few times before my French friends reminded me that the correct word is "couverture".
@Luubelaar
@Luubelaar 3 жыл бұрын
That sort of misunderstanding can happen even between English speakers. I'm Australian of UK heritage. Years ago I was visiting family who live in the USA. I had purchase a new pair of jeans and wore them to a social event at the home of a friend of one of my relatives. At one point the friend noticed i had a sticker stuck on my jeans and said "Oh (my name), you've got something stuck on your fanny." To which I replied rather shocked "On my where???" And that was the day I learned that "fanny" in the USA means your butt. In Australia and the UK, your fanny is ...er ... your lady privates.
@stevenreckling203
@stevenreckling203 3 жыл бұрын
Lol, I live in the US, (Nebraska) I don't know that I've ever heard someone use the word fanny without "pack" after it Those are worn on the front so it's an odd name.
@NorseGraphic
@NorseGraphic 3 жыл бұрын
They meant shower, here in Norway we use the word *dusj* (pronounced 'doush') and means shower.
@Krokostad
@Krokostad 3 жыл бұрын
The first false friends that we all had to learn: where means wo and who means wer...
@rainy5517
@rainy5517 3 жыл бұрын
Haha yeah
@trentswag9324
@trentswag9324 3 жыл бұрын
I'm an English speaker learning German and this one tricks me all the time!
@terrorpotato
@terrorpotato 3 жыл бұрын
if you're german and learning English or if you're speaking english and learning german doesn't make a difference here. everyone had to suffer on that one I still remember when I was in 5th grade xD
@patrickoudejans
@patrickoudejans 3 жыл бұрын
The Dutch have a simular problem when learning German: wie (de) = hoe (nl) = how (en) wer (de) = wie (nl) = who (en) To add to the confusion: who (en) and hoe (nl) share the same pronunciation. Also, in Dutch we have the pair waar? - daar! (wo? da! / where? there!), which sometimes leads to the false sentence: Wo ist der Bahnhof? Do ist der Bahnhof!
@colinp2238
@colinp2238 3 жыл бұрын
I learnt it as wohin from the first line of the Smurf song, Wohin kommen sie aus hier?
@conlon4332
@conlon4332 9 ай бұрын
7:19 I would say "finally" is more commonly used, at least in my experience, for something that is planned or has already happened but was overdue, like "I'm finally getting a haircut next week", but "eventually" I'd more use for "I'll get 'round to it at some point, eventually" so like "I'll cut my hair eventually, when it gets bad enough/when I get 'round to it/when I have the money/time/et cetera, you get the point. Some undetermined time in the future, likely not soon, but it will happen at some point; it will happen eventually.
@SheldonHelms
@SheldonHelms Жыл бұрын
This may be apocryphal, but our German teacher was from Austria, and told us a story about first meeting her host family in America back in the 1950s. She was just a teenager, and spoke no English, so when she saw a package with a note that read, "gift for the German family" she was horrified. She knew "for" "German" and "family," but the word "gift" wasn't something she could figure out. And, of course, she was afraid it meant something entirely different! LOL! (Her mother soon set her mind at ease, thankfully.)
@conlon4332
@conlon4332 9 ай бұрын
Haha! "Oh no, they're planning to kill me!"
@MrOpacor
@MrOpacor 3 жыл бұрын
The German word "Brand" and the English word "brand" actually are very closely related. The Germanic meaning is the one still preseved in German while the English meaning is derived from marks left by branding irons, e.g. on horses or leather.
@FreezyAbitKT7A
@FreezyAbitKT7A 3 жыл бұрын
Brennen ,Brenner, Brandt are related as well
@edwardblair4096
@edwardblair4096 3 жыл бұрын
Another archaic English meaning of "brand" is a burning stick, often used as a torch. Also I suspect that the verb "brandish", i.e. waving something like a sword or burning stick, is related.
@darrell20741
@darrell20741 3 жыл бұрын
Wow that brand is going to leave a mark! Ouch!!!!
@morbid4ng3l
@morbid4ng3l 3 жыл бұрын
Mann hab ich einen Brand. >>> Me being realy thirsty.
@ryacus
@ryacus 3 жыл бұрын
I'd still say they were all originally linked to fire though as in something you forge or heat up in a fire.
@amelierichter661
@amelierichter661 3 жыл бұрын
My aunt once told her American friende: "I like salad with mice!", when she wanted to say that she likes salad with corn
@adolfoaldretesolares8851
@adolfoaldretesolares8851 3 жыл бұрын
It is correct though. You just misspelled it. Salad with maize
@bambino9235
@bambino9235 3 жыл бұрын
@@adolfoaldretesolares8851 all due respect, but it's not really a misspelling when mice and maize have completely different sounds and meanings
@livewire2759
@livewire2759 3 жыл бұрын
@@bambino9235 Amelie misspelled it because she spelled it as it was pronounced by her aunt. Her aunt said the word "maize" meaning corn, but pronounced it "mice" with her German accent.
@bambino9235
@bambino9235 3 жыл бұрын
Live Wire yes i understand that, but adolfo said it was correct but misspelled. It's not correct in english to pronounce maize that way (it must be an "ay" and "z" sound, not "eye" and "s") that's all I meant. Normally I wouldn't correct somebody when it's obvious what they mean, but given the context of the video & wider conversation about being accurate in german-english translation, it seemed right to do so on this occasion
@livewire2759
@livewire2759 3 жыл бұрын
@@bambino9235 Like I said, it was mispronounced by the aunt, who pronounced it with her German accent...
@tamasmarcuis4455
@tamasmarcuis4455 Жыл бұрын
Sensible in English originally meant the same as in German. The English novel Sense and Sensibility from around 1800, would now be written as Sensible and Sensitive. In the novel one sister is sensible and the other sensitive or sentimental.
@bugbean5500
@bugbean5500 Жыл бұрын
Our Australian exchange student came back home after her first week of school and was very confused why her classmates say "Frosch" (=frog) when they raise their hand during class. I've been very confused and only understood what happened there when she started mimicking it. "Frog" is dialect for Frage (=question) in the region. We still laugh about this 10+ years later 😂
@Supersd_
@Supersd_ 8 ай бұрын
Sounds like bavarian or austrian dialect, in both an a is often pronounced as an o
@moviemusicvideos4093
@moviemusicvideos4093 8 ай бұрын
@@Supersd_ Sache 10€ Wette
@richardkirchknopf2215
@richardkirchknopf2215 2 ай бұрын
At Canadian Universities the freshman (first year) are often referred to as "frosh".
@queenmotherhane4374
@queenmotherhane4374 2 ай бұрын
@@richardkirchknopf2215, this is true of high school and universities in the US, too.
@schaferhundschmidt1798
@schaferhundschmidt1798 Күн бұрын
Sure she didn't call you all 'bogans' , because if I were Austrian and you called me an Australian, I'd sure call you a bogan! 😂
@haraldwerner9778
@haraldwerner9778 3 жыл бұрын
The first time I went back to Germany to visit my grandparents, I had an experience that pointed out what you were illustrating. My brothers and sister and went for a Spaziergang (walk) with our grandfather through some woods when he suddenly said, „Look there’s an Igel (hedgehog) but we all looked up thinking that he meant eagle (Adler). Boy he was confused about why we were looking up while the Igel was right at our feet.
@joycastle.
@joycastle. 3 жыл бұрын
I once attended a meeting between a German and an American, and at the end the German handed a bunch of documents to the American and asked if he wanted a map. Which of course confused the American. "Mappe" in German is more of a portfolio or protective folder, made of leather or plastic.
@FelifromGermany
@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын
That's a good one!
@felixklusener5530
@felixklusener5530 3 жыл бұрын
That's a nice one and brings back some memories about a conversation in a pub in Ireland. I was there with some friends and we talked to some Irish guys. The Irish guys asked one of my friends where our Hostel was. My friend wanted to show it on a map, but had no map and asked the Irish guy 'Do you have a plan of the city?'. I have never seen so many question marks in someones eyes before. The translation for the german word 'Plan' or 'Stadtplan' is 'map' and not 'plan'.
@HolgerNestmann
@HolgerNestmann 3 жыл бұрын
Ha, while reading this, before you explained „Mappe, I thought he also offered a business card. Karte = Map
@KRYMauL
@KRYMauL 2 жыл бұрын
@@felixklusener5530 I mean he's not wrong considering that most early maps were plans of the city. The Irish guy was probably too drunk to catch on, though.
@danielvanr.8681
@danielvanr.8681 10 ай бұрын
Fisch vs. fish is also a fine example of the p > f/v shift that many words underwent when borrowed from Greek/Latin into the Germanic languages: pisces > fish / Fisch / fisk / vis pater > father / Vater / fader / vader pes/pdes > foot / Fuss / fot / fod / voet
@mrcryptozoic817
@mrcryptozoic817 Ай бұрын
OH! Enlightenment! Darth Vader now makes sense.
@guteronkelpeter
@guteronkelpeter 19 күн бұрын
Danke. Diesen Beitrag von Ihnen sollte man in allen Englisch-Klassen vorspielen. Sehr gut gemacht. Nochmals danke.
@nadcin
@nadcin 3 жыл бұрын
I had once a misunderstanding with the word “dick”. It was super confusing and awkward at first but once we (german boyfriend and I) realized were talking about something completely different we couldn’t stop laughing. Languages are fun indeed.
@3.k
@3.k 3 жыл бұрын
@Cin Dy It can get even more confusing if there is a guy named Richard involved. :D
@bartolo498
@bartolo498 3 жыл бұрын
In the 1950s "dick" was a slang for detective. This is frequently used in Rex Stout's novels, it gets even better when a person is referred to as a "female dick" (i.e. one of the rare female private investigators).
@vid1500
@vid1500 3 жыл бұрын
@@bartolo498 We have a murder on our hands. Call a private dick to get on the case
@davidbraun6209
@davidbraun6209 3 жыл бұрын
One thinks of Nero Wolfe (played by Orson Welles), the dick (detective), der dick ist (who is 'thick') . . .
@linzyjensen7271
@linzyjensen7271 3 жыл бұрын
My German professor showed us a video of a small child in Germany saying that he did not want to get fat, and she warned us ahead of time that it was going to sound like the boy was saying something rude in English. That still did not prepare us for what sounded like the child didn't want penis. Fun was had by all.
@kaffeebohne6231
@kaffeebohne6231 3 жыл бұрын
Da fehlt eins ;) Bekommen - become. Eine Klassenkameradin berichtete mal von ihren Sommerferien und sagte den legendären Satz „...and then I became a hotdog!“ 😂
@jenshohlbein6985
@jenshohlbein6985 Ай бұрын
Es macht viel Sinn Dir zuzuhören. Es is 50 Jahre her das ich in der Schulen glitsche gelernt habe. Darum ist es wirklich sehr erfrischend die Unterschiede zu wiederholen. Vielen Dank dafür
@AttilaKozma
@AttilaKozma 10 ай бұрын
I am Hungarian and I remember while I was learning the two languages on the same day. Sometimes German lesson followed the English lesson and I got pretty confused so many times. 😀 (and today I live in Munich) your video made me laugh a lot because I hear the same “mistakes” a lot during my work. 😀
@cooperreynolds5041
@cooperreynolds5041 3 жыл бұрын
The flags were a really good idea. Great video.
@mizapf
@mizapf 3 жыл бұрын
"Gift" in German originally meant the result of "geben" (to give), compare "sehen / die Sicht", "schreiben / die Schrift", hence "geben / die Gift". It came out of use and was replaced by "Gabe" but survived in the composite word "Mitgift" (dowry).
@adrianaheiler9794
@adrianaheiler9794 9 ай бұрын
My relatives in Croatia also use the 'champagne' for just about any sparkling wine and I always thought that's just a 'them thing', not knowing it's so international. Loved the 'die in hell' joke. Hadn't seen that before! 😅
@snakemaster2
@snakemaster2 8 ай бұрын
There are many weird phrases involving "die" like this since die is the plural article in german. "Die Juden" means "the jews" not "die jews"
@brandonmeisner2756
@brandonmeisner2756 Жыл бұрын
Being an American in Munich, I have made some of these same mistakes! Thank you for a great video!!
@ChrisPantazis
@ChrisPantazis 3 жыл бұрын
I am Greek and I laughed a lot at the "Gymnasium" part (since it is a greek word). Both interpretations are correct according to ancient Greeks. Because Gymnastics were considered a strong part of the education at the higher level (higher education). However, nowadays we use Gymnasium the same way the Germans do (or the other way around, it doesn't matter).
@nikossolomou9507
@nikossolomou9507 11 ай бұрын
Συμφονω
@richardbale3278
@richardbale3278 11 ай бұрын
Training naked.
@joymaster2006
@joymaster2006 10 ай бұрын
"gymnasio" = gr. nackt
@iwilltubeyouall
@iwilltubeyouall 10 ай бұрын
You get the sense of nakedness in words like "gymnosperm - Nacktsamer (in German)"
@sebastianludwig9227
@sebastianludwig9227 10 ай бұрын
In germany its still the name for an higher education school. but that was invented during the industrial revolution to keep the workers class out of it. still not so much changed. You got money, you spend a lot of it to get your dumb child onto level for "Gymnasium" . As long you cant afford that extra, you just hope your kid is smart enough...
@bflaminio
@bflaminio 3 жыл бұрын
The one that always got giggles in my high school German class was "fahrt" vs "fart".
@SoniaJbrt
@SoniaJbrt 3 жыл бұрын
That's too funny!
@colleenbarry5197
@colleenbarry5197 3 жыл бұрын
Naja, ich mache heute eine Fahrt was very funny in high school German class!😁
@torstengehteuchnixan9589
@torstengehteuchnixan9589 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah that’s the one thing that cracks my English friend up all the time he visits me in Gernany :)
@YellowBunny
@YellowBunny 3 жыл бұрын
The people in your class must have had a similar maturity level to the ones in my class who couldn't stop laughing about the fact that "divorced" sounds similar to "die Wurst".
@sharonminsuk
@sharonminsuk 3 жыл бұрын
High school kids, for cryin' out loud, so juvenile. On the other hand... even Mark Twain joked about "damit".
@dodibenabba1378
@dodibenabba1378 Жыл бұрын
You mentioned Fanta when you spoke about Limo.....fun fact the Germans created Fanta in WW2 as they couldn't get/didn't want Coca Cola so they created their own carbonated drink! 😊
@jensphiliphohmann1876
@jensphiliphohmann1876 8 ай бұрын
I heared that the Germans actually (another false friend, BTW) tried to imitate Coke but those who tried it first said it takes a lot of _phantasy_ to mistake this for Coke. Hence the name "Fanta".
@thorzylla
@thorzylla 8 ай бұрын
@@jensphiliphohmann1876FANTA => FANTAstisch (fantastic)
@gremmlingee
@gremmlingee 8 ай бұрын
Fun fact, it was still Coca Cola who created it it was created by "Coca Cola Deutschland" managed by the german Max Keith
@runeodin7237
@runeodin7237 7 ай бұрын
The original Fanta - made during WW2 as a substitute for Coca-Cola, since the original Coke syrup was impossible to get - has very little with the products now sold as 'Fanta'. The youtuber 'My name is Andong' has told the whole Fanta story in an interesting video, where he also tries to recreate the original Fanta.
@jensphiliphohmann1876
@jensphiliphohmann1876 7 ай бұрын
@@runeodin7237 I like to add I heared it was called Fanta because someone was like "it requires a lot of phantasy to recognise this as cola".
@sidkemp4672
@sidkemp4672 Ай бұрын
Felicia, I used to watch your channel a few years ago, but I lost touch. I'm glad to be back. Your American pronunciation has really gotten more natural. It used to be easy to hear that you were from Germany. Now, your accent is just a trace. And you still have your lovely lilt and great content!
@HaleyMary
@HaleyMary 3 жыл бұрын
The way that Hell is referring to light in German/English makes sense when you look at mythology and that the name Lucifer means light bringer in Latin.
@gerardsotxoa
@gerardsotxoa 2 жыл бұрын
the indoeruopean root means clear/transparent/invisible. Hades, the greek good, literally means ''the translucid'' and his realm recived the same name, the only difference was the pronoun before the word.
@fri5728
@fri5728 2 жыл бұрын
Well, I‘d rather suspect that English "hell" has the same origin as it‘s German translation "Hölle" - and that said origin would have been somthing like "hole" or "Höhle" (German for "cave"). It is supposed to be a pit of fire after all.
@steveth1000
@steveth1000 Жыл бұрын
My 8 year old Grandson doesn't like it when I say, Meine lampe ist hell. He says hell is a bad word in English and doesn't believe me when I say it means bright.
@Ronin-eh1li
@Ronin-eh1li 10 ай бұрын
@@fri5728 You've just presented another false friend: the engl. "hole" isn't the german "Höhle", it's "Loch" - Like we know it from astronomy: black hole = Schwarzes Loch. "Höhle" in engl. would be "cave".
@fri5728
@fri5728 10 ай бұрын
@@Ronin-eh1li You're right "Höhle" isn't really the literal translation of "hole". I guess I must have thought about the more loosely shared meaning when I wrote that comment. What is a cave after all, if not a hole in the earth or something like that?
@barneygumble5686
@barneygumble5686 3 жыл бұрын
I got another: Art - Kunst Kind - Art Children - Kind
@frozenmadness
@frozenmadness 3 жыл бұрын
You can be as kind as you want, but German children are always Kinder ;)
@joesphjoeastar6024
@joesphjoeastar6024 3 жыл бұрын
Children are Kinder 👁️👄👁️
@llejk
@llejk 3 жыл бұрын
Child - Kind - Art - Kunst ... i wonder if there is a longer chain possible
@frozenmadness
@frozenmadness 3 жыл бұрын
@ItzSkylerUwU. YT It is German (plural of child). It may be the same in Dutch, the languages have some common words.
@frozenmadness
@frozenmadness 3 жыл бұрын
@ItzSkylerUwU. YT Actually, wiktionary.org says at least 3 more languages have this word ;) but I guess it comes originally from German.
@temp289
@temp289 8 ай бұрын
Well done. I’m an American living in Germany. You nailed it on this one.
@davidsionnach9394
@davidsionnach9394 9 ай бұрын
In the UK, and especially in Scotland 'lemonade' used to refer to any carbonated soft drink. So when you were asked 'do you want some lemonade', it was quite normal to say 'yes, what flavours do you have?'
@alex.profi27
@alex.profi27 3 ай бұрын
So that s the true meaning. British english is the original english.
@T-Slider
@T-Slider 3 жыл бұрын
You’ll love this. While stationed in Wiesbaden, I lived just North in Wiesbaden-Auringen. My friend and fellow trombonist in the Wiesbaden-Auringen Sports Stadt Kappelle was a boy in Berlein at the end of WWII. He told me about American planes flying over and dropping boxes Hersey chocolate bars with little parachutes. The boxes were labeled “gifts for children, from America!” He said that caused quite an uproar!
@no-sf7mc
@no-sf7mc 3 жыл бұрын
Im Form Wiesbaden
@Nekr0n35
@Nekr0n35 2 жыл бұрын
@@no-sf7mc das Gift war dann wohl nicht stark genug...
@steveth1000
@steveth1000 Жыл бұрын
Hahaha, that's funny. Poison for children, I bet they were very confused.
@HansWestmar88
@HansWestmar88 Жыл бұрын
Rosinenbomber
@A_nony_mous
@A_nony_mous Жыл бұрын
The French word for fish "poisson" looks very similar to the English meaning of das Gift. Scares the heck out of me in posh restaurants.
@schusterlehrling
@schusterlehrling 3 жыл бұрын
"The list of false friends is endless." Yes, I found that out the hard way in my life.
@Cricket2731
@Cricket2731 Жыл бұрын
Same in Spanish: jamon/jabon; sopa/ropa;
@canaisyoung3601
@canaisyoung3601 Жыл бұрын
But with real people, not words.
@leoross2088
@leoross2088 10 ай бұрын
Moin, Ich, als Deutscher muss sagen, dir hört man unwahrscheinlich gerne zu. Deine Englische Aussprache ist sehr klar und verständlich. Ich habe sehr große Probleme mit Englisch bzw mit der Aussprache anderer und dessen Verstehen. Aber bei dir kann ich gut zuhören und auch erkennen was du meinst. Ich hoffe das wird mir etwas helfen besser Englisch zu verstehen :)
@stefanik2725
@stefanik2725 Жыл бұрын
One of your best. I am always amazed at your fluency and your ability to clearly define and use words from both worlds...
@purplealice
@purplealice 3 жыл бұрын
English "chef" for "expert cook" came from the French *chef de cuisine", which means sort of "boss of cooking".
@parisire
@parisire 3 жыл бұрын
Here in New Orleans we have Chef Monteur Highway a.k.a. "Chef Highway," which was not named for any chef de cuisine but, according to stories, may refer to a former governor or else to a certain chief of the local indigenous peoples tribe.
@AigroM
@AigroM 3 жыл бұрын
Portuguese- chefe= boss And in Portuguese has "chefe de cozinha" - "boss of cooking". And is usual call Chefe!
@peabody1976
@peabody1976 3 жыл бұрын
"Chef de cuisine" is "head of the kitchen". The word "cuisine" in French is a false friend in itself! It has both meanings but the primary one is "a room where food is cooked/prepared". When the French talk about a corpus of food culture, they say "gastronomie".
@veroniquewolff751
@veroniquewolff751 3 жыл бұрын
Chef in French means leader, boss, manager. Not necessarily someone who cooks in a a restaurant
@NickRoman
@NickRoman 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, so in English it does or should mean boss, the same as chief. Interesting how they look like almost the same word... It's just that most Americans (at least) have only the slightest familiarity with the word. We're just ignorant on this point.
@H0bbit1983
@H0bbit1983 3 жыл бұрын
"die in hell" hat mich wunderbar zum lachen gebracht. Manchmal kann es so einfach sein. :) Sehr schönes Video
@lucky1uke007
@lucky1uke007 3 жыл бұрын
ich habs erst kapiert nach der deutschen aussprache :-)
@H0bbit1983
@H0bbit1983 3 жыл бұрын
@@lucky1uke007 Man ist wohl auch hier schon so im Kopf auf Englisch getrimmt, dass man manchmal die deutschen Bedeutungen übersieht. ;-)
@compleCCity
@compleCCity 3 жыл бұрын
Oder es lag daran, dass ich nicht so oft Schuhe kaufen geh, und dann die in schwarz. 😄
@yourTurb0
@yourTurb0 3 жыл бұрын
Schöner Spruch fürn T-Shirt.
@asvagar8163
@asvagar8163 3 жыл бұрын
da gabs doch mal die diskussion um das eine bier... n helles bier aus einem ort namens Fucking. der name war des biers war, und ist immernoch, Fucking Hell
@Roxxxaneee
@Roxxxaneee 7 ай бұрын
I'm a French speaker and English/German are my 2nd/3rd languages. You helped me today with each of them so thank you for that.
@timothymcfadden9899
@timothymcfadden9899 10 ай бұрын
Great videos Mädl. As a US Expat living in Germany, (Bernau am Chiemsee) I love these types of videos. Good job! Tschüss..
@martinfarrell9235
@martinfarrell9235 3 жыл бұрын
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE continue giving us lists of these "False Friend" words. It's really interesting, and you do a GREAT job with your examples!!!!!!
@Pyrusdrago
@Pyrusdrago 3 жыл бұрын
An American fish meets a German fish in the Atlantic Ocean. American: Hi! German: WO?!?!?!
@frankhooper7871
@frankhooper7871 3 жыл бұрын
LOL - took me a minute to cotton on...then I recalled the German lyrics to 'Mac the Knife'
@stakeoutrockhound523
@stakeoutrockhound523 3 жыл бұрын
Haifisch!
@ChrisAtheist
@ChrisAtheist 3 жыл бұрын
Actually something like that happened once at the Bodensee (Germany) we were there with our school class and one of us said Hi to someone drunk in the water and he said wo und hat sich umgesehen. Wir mussten so lachen
@dudeonbike800
@dudeonbike800 3 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisAtheist I swam in the Bodensee. Never again. I never knew how good we had it in Lake Tahoe!
@DanielRMueller
@DanielRMueller 2 жыл бұрын
"Hi" "Was, hier auf dem Festland?"
@Noone-rt6pw
@Noone-rt6pw 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the connection between languages.
@scotwllm
@scotwllm 5 ай бұрын
I've lived almost 63 years, and I never heard the term "false friends" before. Thank you for expanding my linguistic horizon.
@eljanrimsa5843
@eljanrimsa5843 2 ай бұрын
False friends are a funny thing when you learn one foreign language, but they make it nearly impossible to learn two closely related languages like Italian and Spanish at the same time.
@Akkaren79
@Akkaren79 3 жыл бұрын
"Pension" is also a German word. It is the pension for public servants, while "Rente" refers to all other. Weirdly enough, "Pension" also means "small hotel" in German.
@ryacus
@ryacus 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if it was called that because that's where pensioners would be living sort of like in the UK with their pensioner housing, this would have course been in the era where the elderly stopped living with their families like the times of old.
@felixklusener5530
@felixklusener5530 3 жыл бұрын
By the way, in Austria there is no difference between 'Rente' and 'Pension' and 'Rentner' are called 'Pensionisten' there. What do we learn? German is not the same in every country or region and even the 'official german' used by governments is different in every country. More examples for differences in official language: (D) Fahrerlaubnis= Lenkberechtigung (A); (D) Ordnungswidrigkeit = Verwaltungsübertretung (A); (D) Ministerpräsident = Landeshauptmann (A); (D) Parlamentsfraktion = Parlamentsklub (A)
@philippw9267
@philippw9267 3 жыл бұрын
What both 'Rente' and 'rent' have in common is that they are monthly reoccurring, equal payments. The former from the government - the latter from a tenant.
@Pidalin
@Pidalin 3 жыл бұрын
Similar in Czech language :-D pension (pronounced penzion - something like hotel but mostly cheaper and smaller) and penze which means rent. Penzista is also person with rent, but Czech equivalents for that words are more common today.
@kerschi93
@kerschi93 3 жыл бұрын
In Austria we say Pension to both, Rente and a small Hotel
@benitodee3274
@benitodee3274 17 күн бұрын
Thank you for making this one! I have been wanting to go to Germany for a board game convention called Essenspiel (please translate if you have time and forgive my poor spelling if that's wrong) and I want to be able to make sure that I say the right things. Cultural languages are great, but sometimes there can be misunderstandings. Keep up the good work Ms. Felicia/Felisia (please tell me the right way to spell your name). PS-the way you transition so seamlessly between English and German is very talented. You should consider acting.
@unisonique
@unisonique 10 ай бұрын
Super Film, du bist Klasse 👍❣️
@Juma2000
@Juma2000 3 жыл бұрын
Love this video. When I moved to Germany from Canada my better half, a German, and I got into a "discussion". In the heat of said discussion he said that I was very sensible. Hahahaha. You can imagine how we took turns being taken aback by the other's reaction - I agreed with him and he looked dumbfounded. I still chuckle at the thought.
@tonybates1537
@tonybates1537 3 жыл бұрын
As an American living in Germany the past 10 years teaching English, can confirm all of this. After awhile the incorrect usage doesn't sound so wrong anymore. The most common one I run into is probably aktuell/actual(ly).
@historylover8815
@historylover8815 Жыл бұрын
I’ve definitely messed up die Limonade and lemonade, but the one I’m struggling with is a little more complicated to explain. In English, we use the word will to mean “I will do something/I am going to do something”. In German, will is a conjugation of wollen “Ich will, du willst, er/sie/es will, etc.,” and it means “I want, you want, we want, etc.” Every now and then, I’ll read a sentence like “Ich will nach Hause gehen”(I want to go home) and I’ll translate it to, “I will go home.” Very frustrating, I must say. I also don’t know if that made sense, sorry if it didn’t.
@GGysar
@GGysar 10 ай бұрын
And then you have the English noun "will" as in "my grandfather's last will".
@robinrehlinghaus1944
@robinrehlinghaus1944 10 ай бұрын
It can be used like that in English too, though. Not always, but considering that it originally has the same meaning as the German word, it's not too far off.
@jacobhansen6450
@jacobhansen6450 9 ай бұрын
BRATHERING is, in this case, a German word that equals the English term FRIED HERRING!! Einen GUTEN Sonntag, bitte!!
@GGysar
@GGysar 9 ай бұрын
@@jacobhansen6450 Es ist Samstag.
@estherdelaney9819
@estherdelaney9819 2 жыл бұрын
I am so impressed with you, so glad I stumbled on this.
@ncplantdoctor
@ncplantdoctor 3 жыл бұрын
When I worked for a German company, we were invited to tour the facilities. Entrance and Exit are Eingang and Ausgang, no problem, but there is a real difference between Notausgang and Kein Ausgang. That difference was very important in an emergency. ‘Not’ is the false friend.
@Zireael83
@Zireael83 Жыл бұрын
true :D
@ChrisCooper312
@ChrisCooper312 Ай бұрын
Then you get Dutch, where Nood is used. Not so much a false friend as a source of amusement, unless someone actually things that in an emergency you have to evacuate in the nude.
@GerdEichler
@GerdEichler 3 жыл бұрын
You missed one that was even displayed in this video: "Limo" - An abbreviation in both languages for completely differnt words
@peabody1976
@peabody1976 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine an American telling a German about riding around in a stretch Limonade. **lol**
@SvEd76
@SvEd76 3 жыл бұрын
Actually I heard Limo in Germany used as an abbreviation to "Limousine".
@PowerControl
@PowerControl 3 жыл бұрын
@@SvEd76 Yeah. Limo also means Limousine. Never understand that, because its "Limoosine", not "Limosine".
@sebastianludwig9227
@sebastianludwig9227 10 ай бұрын
Thank you. ich glaube, dass ich recht gut englisch spreche. "Eventually" really confused me a lot. Absolutely excellent examples. Keep on the good work!
@martinverleger7619
@martinverleger7619 10 ай бұрын
Du machst das wirklich super! 👍
@shawns_theorien
@shawns_theorien 3 жыл бұрын
We have been on a schooltrip to London when I was about sixteen. And as everyone can imagine, if a bunch of german teens who were semi talented in the english language, walks around London there happens one or fifty "false friends"! But my alltime favorit happens to one of us ( I swear it wasn't me) at Burger King: My friend ordert: "I become a cheesburger, please!" A second later he was very confused about the answer: "Oh I'd like to see!" I laughed so hard! But want went wrong? In German *bekommen* means "to get something". While the English *become* means "etwas werden" like in: I become rich. So what he truly meant was: "I'd like to get a cheeseburger."
@MrGregHiller
@MrGregHiller 2 жыл бұрын
I surprised myself by suddenly almost killing myself with laughter about the cheeseburger order: I could just vividly imagine the person behind the counter folding-up with hilarity in the first instance. Not meaning badly in any way whatsoever, of course.
@astridlung4162
@astridlung4162 Жыл бұрын
Order in German, please.
@swisspeach67
@swisspeach67 10 ай бұрын
In der Schweiz klingt "Ich bekomm xxx" eher unhöflich. Man sagt hier "Ich hätte gerne xxx" (ob Du's auch *bekommst*, sehen wir dann ;-)
@_beanastronaut_
@_beanastronaut_ 3 жыл бұрын
the lemonade/limonade thing is only an american englsih problem, in british english we use lemonade in the same way limonade is used
@frankhooper7871
@frankhooper7871 3 жыл бұрын
I'd only use 'lemonade' for Sprite/Seven up/clear lemony-limey fizz though - never for a cola or orange flavoured.
@edmattes9660
@edmattes9660 3 жыл бұрын
I have Coca-Cola cans and bottles that have "limonade" written on the label.
@colinp2238
@colinp2238 3 жыл бұрын
Yes and beer mixed with lemonade we call shandy.
@purplephoenix4969
@purplephoenix4969 3 жыл бұрын
American lemonade would most likely be called traditional, cloudy or homemade lemonade. That's the flat stuff in the UK. If you ask for lemonade, you'll get something fizzy. Some people don't class sprite or 7up as they're lemon and lime, but many still class it as lemonade. Beer and lemonade is a shandy in the UK. That's if it's a pretty even split between the 2 drinks. There's also something called a lager top that just has a dash of lemonade (again, the fizzy kind) added to the top of the lager. I've heard of a lager top, but haven't ever seen or heard anyone order it. Shandy is more common for if someone is driving, on a hot day etc. Also there's a very lemonade heavy soft drink version of shandy which comes in a can. It's got such a low amount of alcohol it's classed as a soft drink and is commonly sold in chip shops to drink when you get fish and chips.
@colinp2238
@colinp2238 3 жыл бұрын
@@purplephoenix4969 In different regions of the UK you get different coloured lemonades, and you get clear and cloudy. The clear looks like soda water and the cloudy is usually murky yellow.
@bdwon
@bdwon 2 жыл бұрын
Your videos about language are the greatest
@user-qd5vq7fy9o
@user-qd5vq7fy9o 2 жыл бұрын
I've studied both English and German as foreign languages and I totally relate to all these examples :) My favourite is Gift/gift :) I can say that even after so many years of speaking both languages, I still think twice before using it, wondering: did it mean present or poison? :) We have some of the words in Bulgarian too and they are in the same meaning as in German, for example when we say "simpatichen", this means the same as "sympathisch" in German, not "sympathetic". :)
@Supersd_
@Supersd_ 8 ай бұрын
I am a native german speaker and always struggled with "bekommen" and "become" totally different meaning but nearly the same word
@itsjustme4848
@itsjustme4848 3 жыл бұрын
In her autobiography, Maria von Trapp talked about her difficulty with false friends when learning English, having once told a grocer “Behold your cauliflower. I can become one across the street for less.”
@sykotikmommy
@sykotikmommy 3 жыл бұрын
Who the heck is disliking this video? Seems like there are people that intentionally set out just to dislike stuff, no matter what it is.
@dase6097
@dase6097 3 жыл бұрын
Or people who didnt like the video maybe? Lol
@johnrice8786
@johnrice8786 3 жыл бұрын
Jennifer Sheldon Just a lot of BULLSHIT.
@flowbb1
@flowbb1 2 жыл бұрын
Heck is also a false friend. The meaning of who the heck.. in german is wer zum Teufel. In german Heck means the rear of a car or ship.
@kellynorman7452
@kellynorman7452 2 жыл бұрын
You're a very interesting person I can tell. I like how you refer to a lot of what we say
@marmeladenfreund
@marmeladenfreund Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite but lesser known false friends is: berate ≠ beraten. "to berate someone" is correctly translated into German as "jemanden beschimpfen" or "jemanden schelten". "jemanden beraten" is correctly translated into English as "to counsel someone" or "to provide advise" So while a "Berater" (consultant) in the German-speaking world is a highly paid expert in the field of politics and business, in the English-speaking world he would probably end up as a defendant in court sooner or later.
@Zireael83
@Zireael83 Жыл бұрын
nice one :)
@franziskawende9110
@franziskawende9110 3 жыл бұрын
I once wanted to say "Ich habe meine Haare im Flur getrocknet." (in a hostel, the hairdryer was in the hallway) ... what I actually said was "I dried my hair on the floor." My friend was cracking up laughing.
@FrankfurtAvgeek
@FrankfurtAvgeek 3 жыл бұрын
become und bekommen ist auch so ein schönes Beispiel, mit dem man in der Schule immer viel Spaß hatte :D
@LythaWausW
@LythaWausW 3 жыл бұрын
That's the one I use when I teach Nachhilfe. I think it's the most commonly abused false friend so if the kids can just remember that one, they're good: )
@Nikioko
@Nikioko 3 жыл бұрын
"When will I become a bloody beef steak?" - "Oh, I hope never, sir."
@Shaylathehalforc
@Shaylathehalforc 11 ай бұрын
As a native speaker married to a Swedish-speaking Finn, I have had almost all of these same confusions! We also confuse receipt/recept/kvitto/recipe/prescription! After 20 years of marriage, my husband still occasionally says isolation when he means insulation.
@haraldmoritz5331
@haraldmoritz5331 2 жыл бұрын
You are a delight to watch, thank you for making germans look good 👍 like you are.
@iamtheiconoclast3
@iamtheiconoclast3 3 жыл бұрын
I really love speaking English with non-native speakers, as there is so much great information about how their language relates to ours, and I frequently find that when I'm surprised by their uncommon usage of a word, I can look it up and ultimately learn something new about my own language. For instance, just to make things even more complicated, "sensible" actually _can_ mean "perceptive" or "sensitive" in English; it's just that nobody ever uses it that way. It can also mean "perceptible", as in "There was a sensible smell in the air." But nobody uses or knows about that usage either. Either one is likely to get you a frown, but that doesn't actually mean that you're wrong. :)
@Winona493
@Winona493 9 ай бұрын
One example of Germans learning English in school: a classmate of mine once wanted to say, that someday when she'll be pregnant....and said " when I become a baby..." To become is very near to "bekommen" ( to get)😂
@religiohominilupus5259
@religiohominilupus5259 3 жыл бұрын
"False friends"? My not-so-false-friend would call them "frenemies." 😀 Funny and interesting presentation, Feli! You got me at "die in hell." 😂
@Morboxx
@Morboxx 3 жыл бұрын
Frenemies aren't similar at all. They're enemies that are also friends (our vice versa). False friends are NOT your friends at all, they just pretend to be. Hence the linguistic concept of a word that LOOKS helpful, though it is everything but.
@Kuklapolitan13
@Kuklapolitan13 Жыл бұрын
Great job, Feli! I also speak both languages and had to laugh at the comparisons since I'd heard so many of them in both languages through the years! The pizza thing tickled me especially since years ago, I was in Berlin and walked into an "Italian Restaurant/Pizzeria" and ordered a pepperoni pizza! Of course it came with hot peppers on it. I looked at the menu again and it did say Pepperoncini, which are mildly hot vinegar peppers in Italy. I had scanned the menu too quickly and had to laugh at myself.
@albertosordina7777
@albertosordina7777 2 жыл бұрын
crazy how so many of those words have a false friend in italian which bears both the german and the english meaning!
@Rainerjgs
@Rainerjgs 3 жыл бұрын
Tolle Idee Felicitas, solch ähnlich klingenden Vokabeln mit völlig anderer Bedeutung einmal aufzugreifen, worauf man sonst im Unterricht, oder im Lehrbuch kaum hingewiesen wird und deshalb damit ganz schön auf die Nase fallen kann! Du würdest sicherlich eine super gute Lehrerin für Fremdsprachen abgeben, denn Du bringst die Dinge immer wieder gut verständlich und super charmant auf den richtigen Punkt!
@hannahcoffey8597
@hannahcoffey8597 3 жыл бұрын
My high school German teacher once told us about a time he was staying in Germany and asked for another "Mätresse" instead of "Matratze"...
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions 2 жыл бұрын
A mistress instead of a mattress? I wonder how confused the Germans there were?!
@finanightmare1993
@finanightmare1993 10 ай бұрын
ooh my this one is too good! xD
@dermaniac5205
@dermaniac5205 10 ай бұрын
Good video! A few comments: * The German and English "gift" share a common root. It means "something that is given". Both presents and poisons are given, thus they are both referred to as "gift". In German weddings there historically was also a "Mitgift", the present you give away with (mit) the bride. * If used properly, a "chef" in English does not refer to any cook but rather means exactly the same as "Chefkoch" in German. In a restaurant the chef is in charge of the kitchen and tells all the cooks what to do. * "Mist" in German is not a proper word for shit, it means "manure" or "dung". It always refers to dung from farm animals, and is typically mixed with hay as fertilizer.
@Ciprian-IonutPanait
@Ciprian-IonutPanait 2 ай бұрын
I think mist in german may refer to the mist that comes out of fresh manure . That sows the connection
@dermaniac5205
@dermaniac5205 2 ай бұрын
@@Ciprian-IonutPanait Not sure if "sows the connection" was an intentional or unintentional pun, but it fits the topic of manure perfectly 😀
@Ciprian-IonutPanait
@Ciprian-IonutPanait 2 ай бұрын
@@dermaniac5205 unintentional. My point was that fresh manure produces steam and that should be the connection with mist
@dermaniac5205
@dermaniac5205 2 ай бұрын
@@Ciprian-IonutPanait That's a really cool idea. I looked it up, and from what I can gather, the two words are related, but maybe not so directly. It looks like both German "Mist" and English "mist" derive from a PIE word meaning "drizzle". In German it developed from "drizzle" to "pee" (you produce a drizzle when peeing) and then to "dung" , while in English it developed from "drizzle" to "fog" (cause fog is just a very fine drizzle)
@AmarAbdubakah
@AmarAbdubakah 10 ай бұрын
Feli, danke das du mir deutsch beigebracht hast❤🌹
@DMichaelAtLarge
@DMichaelAtLarge 3 жыл бұрын
I was in Germany for two years. A companion of mine and I, who both spoke German, visited an American military family. They had a dog name Misty. He'd step out and shout "Misty!" to call the dog without a clue what the German meaning of Mist was. My companion and I were rolling on the floor laughing when we heard it.
@peterharrison5833
@peterharrison5833 2 жыл бұрын
I guess they don't sing the tune "Misty" in Germany, huh?
@DMichaelAtLarge
@DMichaelAtLarge 2 жыл бұрын
@@peterharrison5833 No, it would make them too misty-eyed.
@peterharrison5833
@peterharrison5833 2 жыл бұрын
@@DMichaelAtLarge LOL!
@steveth1000
@steveth1000 Жыл бұрын
The German word miste pronounced as mister means crap.
@kirillzakharov7336
@kirillzakharov7336 10 ай бұрын
@@DMichaelAtLarge what would be the German version of the "Misty" tune
@scottman895
@scottman895 3 жыл бұрын
I've actually heard about how the word "pepperoni" is different over in Europe. I forgot who told me about that one, but I remember learning that someone got peppers on their pizza in Italy when they ordered a "pepperoni" pizza. As for the other ones, I haven't heard of those yet. The company I currently work for is headquartered in Stuttgart, so I should probably be careful if I happen to give them a present. I probably shouldn't use the word "gift" just to be safe, lol! I really like the skits you did for a lot of the words in this one! The "gift" one is my favorite one, lol! Awesome video!
@torstenbeutinger3093
@torstenbeutinger3093 3 жыл бұрын
The Word 'gift' is Low saxon of 'Gabe', it's from 'geben' - Niederdeutsch 'geven'... 'Gift' is in the old German Word 'Mitgift' ... A present for the bride.
@hydrolito
@hydrolito 3 жыл бұрын
You can say present instead of gift or do they have different meaning for that?
@Algoviarera
@Algoviarera 3 жыл бұрын
@@hydrolito Present is the way to go. "Präsent" is a true cognate, though it's used much less than "Geschenk".
@John-tr5hn
@John-tr5hn 11 ай бұрын
When I was first learning German, I couldn't get it out of my head that a Speisekart was a cart with spices on it that was wheeled around in restaurants, kind of like a mobile condiment station.
@georgeshriver2943
@georgeshriver2943 2 жыл бұрын
Sympatisch vs. sympathetic- keep in mind in English there's a term sympatico, which is actually similar to sympatisch meaning in German, agreeable/likeable. BTW- I love your shows; they're really well done & entertaining!
@tylerwillem8683
@tylerwillem8683 9 ай бұрын
Sympatico is Spanish aswell
@choedzin
@choedzin 3 жыл бұрын
I remember one time long ago when a German said to a British guy, "You know, you'll get crabs if you keep smoking so much." "I've never heard THAT before," replied the incredulous smoker :-)
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions 3 жыл бұрын
I am working off of a Google-powered guess here, but I think the German meant "krebs" instead of "crabs".
@choedzin
@choedzin 3 жыл бұрын
@@Hand-in-Shot_Productions Yes, exactly. That's the whole joke. The German didn't want to alert the Brit to the risk of an STI, but actually meant "cancer" (Krebs can mean crab or cancer).
@tomcatmj
@tomcatmj 2 жыл бұрын
@@choedzin remembers a bit to "der See / die See" "the Lake / the Sea" ;-)"Krabben" are not really the same as a "Krebs", but they biological are relatives ;-)
@user-uo1kp3uh1u
@user-uo1kp3uh1u 3 жыл бұрын
Many years ago... Imagine a church group of many young German people. The pastor's wife is natural born American. One morning before breakfast I see her putting a glass of peanut butter on the table and apparently I look a little bit disgusted. So in front of the whole crowd she loudly proclaims: "Die ist total gesund und da sind auch keine Präservative drin!" Took some time until everybody calmed down again. Best false friend ever.
@kentix417
@kentix417 3 жыл бұрын
Obviously?
@user-uo1kp3uh1u
@user-uo1kp3uh1u 3 жыл бұрын
@@kentix417 thanks, corrected
@kentix417
@kentix417 3 жыл бұрын
@@user-uo1kp3uh1u Ahh, that makes more sense. As they say "Languages are hard". :)
@robscott9414
@robscott9414 2 жыл бұрын
"Menu" is one of my faves. Hearing a German native speaker say in English "I think I'll have the menu." always makes me laugh! DE Speisekarte = EN menu; DE Menü = (daily) special [but can also mean EN menu].
@angelanecef5923
@angelanecef5923 10 ай бұрын
Menü = Speisekarte / menu But it also means a complete dinner, including soup, salad, main dish, desert and sometimes even a drink.
@ChrisCooper312
@ChrisCooper312 Ай бұрын
​@@angelanecef5923interestingly a few times in Germany, Switzerland or Austria I've found myself at a McDonald's (generally arrived late, hungry, can't be bothered to find proper food), and always wondered why what we would called a meal (main selection, fries and drink all in one price) is called McMenü. Makes sense now.
@timophillip7971
@timophillip7971 10 ай бұрын
I didn't even know I was using the word decent wrong until I watched this video. :D Due to Number 16 I remembered an other false friend which also might be a bit confusing to others when using it wrong: cause in German it's totally common to ask something that would literally translated like "do you have fire" or "could you please give me fire" if you want to ask for a lighter.
@mattesneumann4500
@mattesneumann4500 3 жыл бұрын
Bei "Brand" hab' ich erst an den Durst gedacht, den man hat, wenn man durch Alkohol dehydriert wurde😅 Und ja, ich sollte mein Leben überdenken
@FelifromGermany
@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын
Haha stimmt, gar nicht dran gedacht als ich das Video gemacht hab
@Nikioko
@Nikioko 3 жыл бұрын
Alkohol ist keine Lösung, sondern ein Lösungsmittel. Alcohol isn't a solution but a solvent.
@alle_namen_schon_vergeben708
@alle_namen_schon_vergeben708 3 жыл бұрын
@@Nikioko Alkohol ist keine Lösung, denn es ist ein Destillat 🤓
@ivxromulusxvi446
@ivxromulusxvi446 3 жыл бұрын
Wut
@Taeschno_Flo
@Taeschno_Flo 3 жыл бұрын
mir gefällt deine Einstellung. Prost!
@hartmutbohn
@hartmutbohn 3 жыл бұрын
My favorite is "Berater"! A "Kundenberater" is not berating customers. Well, he might...
@Sadowsky46
@Sadowsky46 3 жыл бұрын
Hartmut Bohn thats a really good one 👍🤣
@itscyphertrading8706
@itscyphertrading8706 3 жыл бұрын
als Kundenberater kann ich sagen, ich berate und berate
@gabriellavedier9650
@gabriellavedier9650 Жыл бұрын
Sensible used to be way more similar. There's a reason "Sense and Sensibility" are a distinct set of words. Sensibility used to mean something close to "emotionally sensitive" or "full of feelings" as opposed to logical sense.
@DataCase72
@DataCase72 10 ай бұрын
Das Video ist großartig. Kannst Du "großartig" auch noch mal erklären. Einfach Toll, wie das hier erklärt wird.
@gunnarparment5050
@gunnarparment5050 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all "false friends". A Swedish brewery once made a German style light beer, naturally called Hell. It became popular so they also made a dark beer named Heaven. I don't think those beers are manufactured any more, because I haven't seen them for several years. Btw, I liked Heaven very much, more than Hell. :-)
@matthau87
@matthau87 10 ай бұрын
there is a place in Austria called Fucking (recently renamed to Fugging). Guess what they named their local brand of light beer.
@HesseJamez
@HesseJamez 10 ай бұрын
Swedes drink "Öl" (=beer) which means "oil" in German
@halfeye9382
@halfeye9382 3 жыл бұрын
Its funny that you can buy in Germany a "Muffin hell". ("light Muffin") In Germany here is "Rente", but also "Pension". "Pension" can mean the "Rente" of a public servant, or it can be some sort of smaller hotel. Another false friend is "also". The english "also" is "auch" in german. The german "also" means "so/thus" and can also be filler word.
@Nikioko
@Nikioko 3 жыл бұрын
Pension = Altersbezüge
@aksiiska9470
@aksiiska9470 3 жыл бұрын
hell deutsch heisst bright englisch. wer will schon on the hell side of life marschieren? kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXu4mZ-IpKd_bq8
@judydeutsch266
@judydeutsch266 3 жыл бұрын
Bei mir war es eventuell. In Deutsch meint es vielleicht, in Englisch bedeutet eventuelly letztendlich. War manchmal verwirrend
@scooby45247
@scooby45247 10 ай бұрын
isolated/ insulated ... it literally triggered memories of that confusion in german class..
@michaelbecker4429
@michaelbecker4429 10 ай бұрын
Sehr schön erklärt! Daumen da gelassen!
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