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[@johannaoeder5109]

Hello everyone! I am german and I hope that all who try to learn my language have succes😀 German is very difficult😅

[@ravenpuff3263]

Oh nein

[@xb175731]

Johanna Oeder what about offering some help over here? I need a partner to talk with...and ze best choice is a native German...

[@jasonhudson1840]

A Korean told me that there’s is a saying they have. When you study English, you begin laughing at first then you start to cry as you progress. When you study German, you first cry, then you laugh. German builds on itself more so than English or even Spanish. Word compounding can be quite helpful.

[@stillerevolution4488]

Wie bin ich denn hier gelandet ? 😂😂😂

[@kcmozart]

I originally wanted to learn it as a small child because I wanted to know what all of the adults were talking about, especially at Christmas time, when they were trying to keep things from the children. Eventually, I wanted to learn it because I have a strong sense of my German Heritage. Eventually, things came full circle because I now use German to keep things from my kids. LOL

[@headsuphockeypodcast2707]

I'm learning German because it's very similar to my native English. German speaking countries have really solid economic powers.

[@Anamaria-ff3wm]

the reason why i learn deutsch....because i want to get scholarship in German😂

[@Myles2000]

I started learning German today! It’s my first second language. I’ve so far learned more than 30 words! In under an hour!!

[@shatha.427]

Hope you had a good journey!

[@fobuloustv]

I picked up German because I find it similar to Chinese (which is my first language and I am so proud of it), in the sense that words are made up of meaningful bits and can be very philosophical

[@narata1541]

An interesting fact I saw online is that German is the most common 2nd language in North Dakota, and it is the 3rd most spoken language (after English and Spanish) in many states in the American Midwest. For me personally, I always meet Germans travelers, so I would love to at least be able to great them.

[@LindsayDowLanguages]

+Narata Ahh that's really interesting! :)

[@kevinhull7925]

Lindsay Dow The Amish(numerous in many states) speak a German dialect.

[@hagenmassar4555]

And the Pennsylvania Dutch, or Pennsylvania Deitsch, too. It´s the german Dialect from the Pfalz region.

[@legoolav]

A tip for everyone wanting to learn German, go there and stay there for a while. I live here since 2015, and can now basically speak fluent German. Deutsch ist wirklich eine schöne Sprache, und es freut mich sehr viel, dass ich diese Sprache gerlernt habe :)

[@yoshi6236]

You wouldnt say 'es freut mich sehr viel', remove the viel, bisdes that, ist dein deutsch sehr gut.

[@wideputin3666]

Ich bin puur deutsch und kann die "Das Dass" regel imma noch net ^^

[@wideputin3666]

Yoshi i called sonst ist dein deutsch gut

[@marina6833]

TheTotalwarGamer Es hört sich besser an,wenn du einfach nur "sehr" schreibst und nicht "sehr viel"

[@ellii2783]

Feldwebel Dummkopf haha Same 😂😂🤷‍♀️

[@Kumi12341]

I learn it so I can understand my family in Germany better. We reconnected with them and I can't wait to meet them in person.

[@puffystrr]

Me too!

[@carmen8462]

Sooo I started learning German the other day and i already feel like giving up because it seems so hard :( but this video really motivated me to keep going, thank youu💕

[@LindsayDowLanguages]

+Clara Fairchild Aww, that's awesome! I'm glad it has helped! :D

[@KHammes]

Go you! It's not that hard, I promise. I'll have to blog some tips for getting started.

[@L.B98]

You shouldnt give up :) ^^

[@tillum7593]

Ich lerne jetzt auch schon seid 1 Jahr deutsch und habe es nur angefangen weil eine meiner Klassenkameraden aus Deutschland kommt. Heute kann ich mit ihm gut unterhalten und er helft mir wenn ich Fehler machen in satzbau Grammatik oder Vokabular. :)

[@mayckel1987]

Das stimmt!. Deutsch is sehr schwierig zu lernen und zu beherrschen, aber es ist eine sehr schöne und nützliche Sprache.

[@octopuzzyyy]

Hier haben wir Beethoven und Cro gegenübergestellt 😂😂😂

[@ravenpuff3263]

Lafayette Sir Und Mozart (Sorry I speak English, I am learning German though :3)

[@crackedaimeec5922]

RavenPuff Mozart was a composer like Beethoven but Cro sings Pop songs😂 (sorry for bad english I m learning it :3)

[@lini-chanx3924]

Haha 😂

[@SaSa-cd2mo]

Der Kontrast :D Und irgendwie höre ich von jedem Nicht-Deutschen, dass sie unbedingt mal zum Oktoberfest wollen. Ganz ehrlich: Nicht einmal ich war da hahah

[@alemihe]

I am learning German, because I live in Germany (although I'm from Denmark), and because my sister and my parents speak it.

[@joannaczerpak6086]

After learning basics and just to understand how german works, it is easier to understand Franz Kafka's work even in my mother language, which is Polish. Germany really has a lot to offer when it comes to art and science!

I study computer engineering and Deutschland is great for the people who want to work with artificial intelligence. I speak english, spanish is my native language and I'm learning german. Es ist schön! 👌

[@kazuonamikiri6556]

Love the video! Mine is "Kafka wrote German" And no matter how hard something is, if it helps you read Kafka better it's worth it

[@helio2361]

i love this, understanding german literature is definitely rewarding in my book.

[@kothet6961]

I am going to start German class on coming WED. Wish me luck!

[@lostkinnn]

You're making me fall in love with so many languages with your videos, especially German... I'm already learning Japanese and Spanish! Help!-

[@IIIO000]

Cause the best philosophers wrote in German as Einstein did

[@iamjason90]

Your videos are awesome! I'm learning German, because I love how it sounds and I'm fond of German culture. To be honest, I am having a hard time sticking to just one language though, because I want to learn them all. lol

[@LindsayDowLanguages]

+Jason Guess Awesome! Thanks. Glad you like the videos! :)

[@Modiford]

Strangely, every time I begin learning German, French words I haven't remembered for 25 years from Secondary School lessons pop into my mind. Most distracting. Now I'm undergoing chemotherapy in Southampton Hospital, I have time on my hands to focus on starting over with Sie Deutsch.

[@reneehoward9296]

Modiford How long has it been since you Read the Bible? .

[@JayBeacham]

Cute video. As a speaker of German, teacher, tutor, I think you did a great presentation. Germany was at one time the technological-scientific capital of the world, example research on the use of portland cement. All languages are hard to learn for non-speakers but for me French is very challenging and Greek even more so. Where one lives determines which language one might need most. Here in the American Southwest, Spanish is popular as it it used a lot. One can understand Yiddish better knowing German. In your 4 minute video, you put in eine menge information. Thanks. Jay

[@felucea1490]

Why am I here?? I'm a native German speaker haha It's nice to read people's stories about how and why they want to learn German. Kind of makes me proud it's my mother tongue😝😊

[@trissysmom3]

😊 I had a German "Oma" (not my actual grandmother) come to live with us briefly when I was in grade 9. And I started to pick it up nicely from her. But living in Pierre Trudeau's multicultural Canada, I was forced to take French just as I was learning German at home and I just got so confused I sort of gave up. Now my son and I are learning German together. It's about trying to finish something I started.

[@Earthstench]

The band Rammstein got me interested in learning German. It’s so nice to go from not understanding anything to being able to sing and understand everything.

[@helio2361]

i started learning german because i found out i was german descent just before starting high school. it was also somewhat meant to trick me to keep me from my first choice, but that'll come later since i love it and want to get better understanding it, and my hunch was proven correct in how it felt like german might be an important language to learn. im glad you also said spanish and mandarin because those are the other two i've wanted to focus on! trying really hard to not get ahead of myself so i dont abandon my progress too soon before it's internalized longterm.

[@ikanderson]

One thing that I have learned is that a lot of people think their country’s language is the hardest to learn. I think learning German will be useful to me because my mom’s side of the family is mostly German, and my dad’s side of the family is mostly Scandinavian.

[@uberwench_]

The biggest reason for me to learn german would be to read Kant's Critique of Pure Reason in it's original german even though I can barely read it in English 😂😂😂

[@LindsayDowLanguages]

+William Stewart Cool1 :)

[@Blondesax]

Ich lerne Deutsch, weil es für mich ganz interessant ist! Nicht zu viel meiner Bekannten verstehen sogar ein bisschen Deutsch, also ich fühle mich etwas einzigartig!

[@alxt111]

Nicht allzu viele meiner Bekannten verstehen auch nur ein bisschen Deutsch,... ;) That's how a german native would say it. It may sound a bit strange to english natives with the "auch" in the middle. It's kind of a set phrase(if that's the right english term XD). Viele Grüße aus Düsseldorf

[@Waebeii]

It sounds better if you write “meine Bekannten verstehen auch nur ein bisschen Deutsch“. But your German very good 😉

[@Blondesax]

Ah, vielen Dank! :)

[@maksim5078]

#1. Ich lerne Deutsch, weil Deutschland eine industrielle wirtschaftliche Macht ist, das weltweit für seine Autos berühmt ist. #2. Ich lerne Deutsch, weil es die Sprache Mitteleuropas ist. #3. Ich lerne Deutsch, weil es die gesprochene Fremdsprache in der nächsten Stadt (Brig, Schweiz) zu meiner Stadt (Mailand, Italien) ist. Ausserdem grenzt der deutsche Sprachraum am italienischen Sprachraum. (Italienisch ist meine Muttersprache) #4. Ich lerne Deutsch, weil es die Sprache des bevölkerungsreichsten Lands der europäischen Union (Deutschland, mit mehr als 80.000.000 Einwohner) und die meistgesprochene Sprache der europäischen Union ist. #5. Als Flugzeug-Liebhaber lerne ich Deutsch, weil ein bedeutender Konzern der Airbus (europäischer Flugzeughersteller) deutsch ist.

[@treesbutcool5038]

Ja, sehr gut! I've just started learning about a week ago, and this video is just refreshing to see. I'm so glad that others are also going along on this journey with me

[@shawnparkspost]

That whole Christmas thing got me excited. I love Christmas! One of the reasons that I want to learn German is because several of the countries that are always on lists of the best places to live in the world have German as one of their main languages.

[@coolbrotherf127]

I started with German about a year ago, but I switched to learning Russian because there are so many German English speakers. Like 70% of all German's know conversational English and only like 7% of Russians so I decided it would be easier for me to conversation with a Russian in Russian than expecting them to know English. Chances are that any Germans I meet are going to know English way better than I would know German.

[@ericziqn7019]

theacp127 smart decision!

[@billyriedel6449]

I recently started learning German because I love German music and culture as well as I would love visit many of the German speaking countries

[@lovaaaa2451]

Learning it for the philosophy texts and for relative ease as I am fluent in English and Swedish!

[@Garentei]

I've always had an interest in the German language ever since I was a child (I don't know why). I just like the way it sounds... It's satisfying.

[@rolandoalfaro856]

Got to say, you convinced me to want to learn German!!!! I have leaned to speak Italian, French, Brazilian Portuguese, and even Japanese. But now German is on my list!!! Thanks!!!!!

[@TinyEpics]

Nice video! Jetzt lerne ich Deutsch und es gefällt mir sehr gut! I would recommend working on your pronunciation. I am American so I am currently working on improving this myself. You say "foonf" at the end for "fünf". The ü sound is quite different. It takes a while to get the hang of it. It is more like the "ewwww" sound we English speakers make when we are disgusted at something. The ü sound was one of the more difficult for me to start speaking properly, along with the soft "ch" sound. You say "Warum nickt" where it should be "warm nicht". Even saying "Warum nisssht" will already get you closer to sounding more like a native German speaker :-)

[@LindsayDowLanguages]

+The Art of German Thanks! :D

[@MontagZoso]

You are adorable and this was such a fun video! I am a native English speaker but my family background is Spanish speaking. I took years of French in college as well, and when I discovered German, to me it was just fascinating and challenging and sounds very exotic to my Romance Language ears, so I am now learning German as an extreme beginner, but I LOVE the language. Thanks for the video, it was great!

[@huhwhat1662]

yeah! now I got some inspiration to continue the learning! Danke sehr!

[@ketsune23]

Starting my adventure into German today =) greetings from Portugal

[@TheThunderSpeech]

I am trying to learn 5 languages, and German is my favorite. I love all 9 reasons to learn it.

[@alexmga9303]

I took up German a few days ago. I like to do crazy things lol and I started to learn it because I love learning languages and love finding how the language works. I was going to take up German last year but I always found obstacles or excuses to not approach it because some people might say it's not a useful language cuz everyone in Germany speaks English. Nevertheless, we have to stick to what we love.

[@rosie23xx31]

I am quarter German (and very proud to be), sadly I don't speak German, I wish my dad teach it to me bilingually like he is but oh well. Anyway, I've been doing German at school for about a year and a half, just over ish and I love it. My teacher isn't the best ever and the lessons are a little boring but I overall love the language itself. My dad also helps me and teaches me new phrases. We speak to each other in a mainly English German mix. I use lots of German in my everyday speech too. People find it confusing but meh, I don't care. With my knowledge of the wonderful language that is German, it's helped me to learn both Swedish and Dutch. I take my Swedish pretty darn seriously as well as German. Dutch is just for fun. I'm a bit of a language nerd, it runs in my family. German can be confusing at some points but it's mainly pretty straight forward (to me, idk if my quarter German-ness helps). So go out and learn German!

[@ohgoodnessmehoney4309]

Yayyyyyy!!!...Love these type of videos !...Was waiting for the German version of it........Thank you!!!😊😊👏

[@LindsayDowLanguages]

+Oh Goodness me Honey Cool! It's been a long time coming! :)

[@KHammes]

Me too, I was so excited to write the reasons with Lindsay ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@100percentNick]

I really like reason #9 Ridiculously Rewarding. It sounds like you had your moments where you really struggled with the language, but persevered with it and managed to turn a negative into a positive. I'm still struggling with Danish, but now I am also trying to reframe it as ridiculously rewarding too!

[@LindsayDowLanguages]

+Nick Adams YES! Exactly that! When you struggle, you really appreciate your success. I definitely found that with German. :)

[@JonatanFTChannel]

Really cool video!! I've googled on German learning difficulties a bit, and got sort of scared about those genders stuff and so many possible conjunctions! You helped chill out and feel more excited to learn it.

[@erickofspirit]

I picked up learning German two and a half years ago, following their World Cup win. I had always wanted to learn German because of my family heritage. I've found German to be hard, but I love how the language is structured.

[@MrCagnacio]

I learned English because is the worldwide spoken language, not because I really wanted to learn it, but as a "duty". Then, as the last year was almost over and I'd aready had learned English (not on a fluent level), I started to wondering: "which foreign language is MY foreign language???" Well, everyone has their own favourite, loved foreign language but me. E.g. my girfriend loves French. Since French is similar to my native language - which is Portuguese - I gave it a shot. I even bought a grammar book and all. But after 2 weeks of French I gave it up. -I'm done with Romance languages. Maybe in the future, I thought. Then I found german and I just fell in love with it. I was reading Nietzsche in my native language and I started to wondering how cool would it be to read Nietzsche in the original form. Well, I can barely understand what the madmen said even in Portuguese but anyway, that helped me to choose my foreign language. The virus came. The lockdown came. So, perfect setting to learn German! And that's what I did. I'm learning German since the first weeks of lockdown. Such philosophical language..the way the words are put on the setences...Well, I'm sure of my choice; I'm learning German from now on. I hope that in the future I read back to this comment and I see how much I've learned and feel proud of myself and my choice!

[@Paul-je7qu]

Thanks a lot! You finally motivated me to learn Deutsch!

[@frankbags462]

I just started learning and I'm excited

[@ArsenJomardyan]

very positive, I liked, I am gonna study in Germany from September and hope to speak with your influential language :D Dankeeee

[@arunsankpal4219]

Extremely talented you are ❤️

[@israellai]

Can't agree more with the familial ties one. Conquer German, and you can pull off a fluent in three months in pretty much any other Germanic language (except *ahem* English)

[@LindsayDowLanguages]

+Israel Lai "Except English" haha! ;)

[@KingQwertzlbrmpf]

Reason 10: German is a beautiful language. It's oftentime mocked for allegedly sounding harsh or aggressive and yes, there certainly are such aspects to it. But german can also flow like a glittering stream of sound, or dance wildly like wildwater down a mountainside. Reason 11: While learning to speak grammatically correct german is quite difficult, you can communicate in german even if your grammar is all over the place. You may sound awkward as fuck, but you can be understood.

[@smellincoffee]

I took it because Spanish was full. Learned to love it!

[@ChockoDiaz]

Estoy empezando a aprender alemán y no tengo una razón aún! Gracias por tu vídeo :3 muy útil todo lo que subes.

[@LindsayDowLanguages]

+Brenda Diaz Juarez de nada! :)

[@fairydust1486]

I want to learn German 1: because I need a second language and 2: I want to say thing to people so they don’t understand me😂

[@mayatiita1]

Good video 👍🏻 I agree with everything you said. I definitely found it challenging. I have a long way to go.

[@Kalask.]

Hallo i am from Greece and this is my 2nd year of learning German

[@fyson9326]

I learned German because i live in Germany!... Hallo an alle deutschen

[@nurealam1206]

THANKS A LOT, DARLING.

[@deepaknayak2022]

German is pretty cool. Now I loving it.Wow!!!

[@emmacx4296]

I love the way she pronounces "Glühwein". It sounds soo cute!:D

[@sophieldazu1554]

Watching this as a german girl is so much fun

[@krishnaprasad-ms2fj]

i am preparing to do my master graduation in germany

[@paulhowlett8151]

I have German as one of the languages that I am "cat's paw" touching. I have completed a couple of units (on Duolingo) and I might be tempted later on, but at the moment I am "full on" with French and Esperanto. I will have a serious go at learning German, as I bought an expensive BBC course from a Language Book Shop a few weeks ago. At least that is a start!

[@LindsayDowLanguages]

+Paul Howlett 'cat's paw' touching! This is such a great description! :D Ooo, good luck with your German course when you get to it! :)

[@hoodlumnano2986]

I wanna learn German cause it sounds cool when you yell it

[@unalsahin1335]

Ich nehme jetzt einfach mal an, dass ich nicht der einzige deutsche bin, der sich dieses Video gegeben hat 😅 Ich finde es immer ganz lustig zu sehen wie andere sich schwer tun deutsch zu sprechen, ich kann mir das immer garnicht vorstellen, dass es für andere so schwer ist deutsch zu sprechen... If you didn't understood this text, that translate it into your language

[@mjg2704]

I really enjoy these "9 Reasons to Learn __________." videos in the series. Thanks for producing them.

[@LindsayDowLanguages]

+mj g Awesome! You're welcome! I enjoy making them! :)

[@gottkarma9275]

Nicht Funf sondern Fünf! Üüüüü

[@rika1998_]

I am still learning German language, seeing your video made my motivation to keep on learning it. ❤️ Guten Tag, ich heiße Erika, zea erfreut.

[@alena2727]

Für alle die es nun aufgegeben haben German zu lernen,ich konnte es auch nicht :/ Doch jetzt kann ich es nach 3 Jahren fließed..es war zwar ziemlich schwer...aber es ging😉..Schönen Tag noch

[@MileyFreaak]

aw i love this video~ subscribed ^-^

[@ranmikisudia426]

Der Weihnachtsmarkt ist einfach klasse

[@alexaokwuosa5081]

I found german way easier than French for example, I love the structure but der,die,das is just ew

[@evanskaci2482]

I will start a german languange course on 2nd of May here in Albania which is called Goethe Zentrum and will go there with my 2 friends.I need to learn german because expect the fact that I like it, I need to learn it to study in Germany in the future .

[@boriswelke628]

Also the chistmastree is from germany. These tradition came to england during 18th and 19th century, when many english royals came from hanover. The influence of german language was much more earlier, when the (don´t know the english word) angeln from Denmark and the Saxons from Northgermany immigrant britain. Some english told me, there´s still a part in england called "Saxony".

[@delphine9962]

its not pronounced like "fumf"

[@jurikonstantinschroer9141]

more like "finf"

[@asitas]

9 Reasons to learn Hindi. It is a ridiculously underrated language even though it is just behind English in the number of english speakers in the world. Plus it helps you in many other languages and is a part of the Indo-European language family.

[@leylaask4565]

learning german was always my childhood dream :) und natürlich finde ich es auch süß :)

[@Zedd1500]

Danke. German is especially useful as a business language. Germany has a very strong economy.

[@The_Prenna]

German is probably third on my list of languages I want to learn. I went through 4 years of German at high school but language education in English schools is pretty terrible so I don't remember much. Though weirdly if I get stuck trying to remember a word in Gàidhlig (my current target language) my brain will sometimes just drop in the word in German if I know it. But yeah, it feels like unfinished business so going back and learning it properly is something I hope to do. Aaaand now I have to re-watch The Edukators.

[@LindsayDowLanguages]

+Prenna The Edukators is one of my favourite films! Love it! Good luck going back to your German :)

[@carlosparada2237]

I’m trying to learn some German on Duolingo ;). It’s definitely hard but, many words being similar to English, makes it more approachable

[@sarahepineau4643]

I chose to study german as a second foreign language (after english, I'm french) instead of spanish because I wanted to be in the same class of my friend... Honestly, best choice I've ever made. People who are learning german are more rare, it can be very helpful to find a job, german people are so cool and lovely. Their culture is amazing, you can visit Berlin, this city is very interesting if you love history... I really love germany and I'd like to go to german's Christmas markets.

[@mosesellermann]

Cooles Video, gut gemacht! Abo hast du ;)

[@michaelmaropulos8346]

Good that I grow up with German language in Switzerland

[@shashankkpateria1939]

Good explanation ☺️😊😊😊👌👌👌👍👍👍

[@typischrabea792]

Deutsche hier ?😂

[@AbhishekKumar-te7yb]

German is a perfect language because it is a serious and authoritative language.

[@godfreynorton6571]

Sehr Gut! Sehr Gut!

[@akshitaagarwal1713]

Ich mag diese video, du bist toll ❤️

[@J1407Bcentauri]

yeah i just am german so i got no problems with it but i find it kinda sweet how confusing it is to other people, because i think that some other languages are a hell lot more difficult then german.

[@leanderdato4764]

I'm German and I definitely notice that I understand quite a few words of Scandinavian languages or dutch. I guess if I wasn't German I would never consider learning it, but then again I'm not a "typical" German, I don't like Beer or sports or the local cuisine or Christmas markets etc. Btw your accent sound really cute

[@isaacdodooallotey7845]

Thank you! I was in somethings and i now i know

[@Lionheart77]

I am learing now German 🇩🇪 and i love it ❤ and i speak Dutch🇳🇱 ,Englisch🇬🇧 and arabice🇮🇶 😊

[@davilessa3928]

You're extremely charismatic and also very cute! It´s a complete delight to watch your vids. Vielen Dank!