All 16 German states

[@mrfarlander]

Unbelievable, you forgot Mallorca.

[@jan_noah]

Idiot! MALLORCA IS PART OF SPAIN

[@davyjones649]

What

[@torrent6181]

@@davyjones649it’s a joke. Many Germans vacation in Majorca in Spain.

[@davyjones649]

@@torrent6181 ah lol

[@ElonMuskrat1930]

German Duolingo won’t shut up about Mallorca

[@Ezra411st]

Well for an actual comment this will be helpful for people learning German or planning on moving there

[@Foatizenknechtl]

How so. Just ask google for a second. 😂😂

[@erisk.1707]

What do you mean with "for an actual comment"?

[@norbertfromhell9415]

If you an American no please stay there we don’t need you here

[@bobbobert9379]

As someone with no current plans to or intention to learn German or move there this information is very important to me.

[@soundscape26]

Ah, that was one great loop... well done.

[@Ramboost007]

I need this for whenever University Challenge does a German geography question

[@connectingthedots100]

It's very relaxing 😂 More lists please. Amazing pronunciation BTW.

[@Sellerieknolle76]

Even Mecklenburg was pronounced correctly. Better than most Germans! 👍

[@barnabasrsnags4828]

His pronounciation really is on point

[@14mthebest48]

Also ist es wirklich Mehcklenburg? Ich dachte immer wegen des cks (also ein doppelkonsonant) müsste das e schnell sein

[@barnabasrsnags4828]

@@14mthebest48 ich sage das so ja aber ich hab auch schon beides gehört

[@connectingthedots100]

@@14mthebest48 gute Frage! Namen nehmen es nicht so genau mit dem ck. Ich glaube beides geht. Langes e klingt norddeutscher.

[@jensschroder8214]

you forget 17. Mallorca

[@snareplug3872]

Damn and 18. Meidera

[@RikaMagic-px6bk]

19. This random cuban island

[@rubenbohorquez5673]

20. Corrientes, Misiones ünd Córdoba

[@klaussawatzki5465]

It is helpful for germans to know the english names of the german states as well. :-)

[@deutschegeschichte4972]

Yes. Here. Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Thuringia, Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine Westphalia, Saxony, Lower Saxony, Saxony Anhalt, Bremen, Berlin, Hamburg, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Schleswig-Holstein. Unless ofc you already knew them, but I wasn't sure, so I typed them anyways. Idk I'm just some random American geography nerd I don't know what I'm doing.

[@RikaMagic-px6bk]

Why would Germans need to know what their states are called in English when nobody that only speaks English knows that 💀

[@RikaMagic-px6bk]

​​@@deutschegeschichte4972 What are the capitals of the states? Do you know that aswell?

[@Jkob712]

​@@RikaMagic-px6bkgood news! He made a video about that too!

[@XZenon]

* Everything pronounced very clearly * "Schleswich Holstein"

[@rewboss]

As per the Siebs standard.

[@mite3959]

OK I was learning these and REALLY NEEDED the pronunciations THANK YOU!

[@drlnielsen]

I so needed this.

[@YeahButCanISniffUrPantsFist]

What for??

[@KREPITATION_band]

Echt erstaunlich wie gut ihre Aussprache ist. Man kann kaum erkennen dass sie kein Muttersprachler sind, es gibt zwar ein paar „Elemente“ die etwas anders von Muttersprachlern ausgesprochen werden würden, aber trotzdem wow

[@gregor2436]

Ja, aber an ein paar Stellen merkt man es. Hamburg z.b. oder Mecklenburg

[@myrillya]

@gregor2436 Mecklenburg war genau so ausgesprochen, wie's meine Freunde von da machen. Ich fand eher "Niedersachsen" etwas auffälliger. Er machte am Ende von "Nieder" eher ein normales e-Schwa, wobei es im Deutschen eher das a-Schwa ist. Also, "Niiidasaksen" [ˈniːdɐzakən] ist richtig, während "Niiidesaksen" [ˈniːdəzaksən], wonach es bei ihm leicht klang, nicht ganz richtig ist. Auch ist es sehr wichtig, dass die Betonung auf der ersten Silbe liegt. Es ist 'Niedersachsen, nicht Nieder'sachsen, aber soweit ich das hören konnte, hat er das richtig gemacht 🤔 Aber "Hamburg" und so war vollkommen einwandfrei. :)

[@jonni129]

@@gregor2436 Mecklenburg wird genauso ausgesprochen. Die meisten Deutschen lassen sich aber von der Schreibweise ins Bockshorn jagen. Das -e- wird trotz ck lang gesprochen. Das ist bei vielen norddeutschen Namen und geographischen Bezeichnungen der Fall, so wird auch Lübeck eigentlich mit einem langen e ausgesprochen.

[@gregor2436]

@@jonni129 ich hab da ne Weile gewohnt, das hat da niemand so ausgesprochen xD. Aber ja, hab inzwischen nachgelesen, dass das tatsächlich formal so ist ...

[@prusentums2407]

I played so much Hearts of Iron 4 that I can't look at an actual state video without staring meticulously... He's very right in the beginning😂

[@Leon-yr3bu]

A true man of culture 🤝🏼

[@AManWithNoName]

This saves me from having to do real research for German class in Turkey

[@asylumking3642]

I think Schleswig Holstein is the biggest breaker of german as a second language speakers, especially english speakers uncredibly good job tho

[@RileyInTheBox]

Thank you. I did need that today.

[@herrmustermann6466]

You have spoken it very well, nearly perfekt!

[@melvinhilber4403]

Sehr gut ausgesprochen

[@tamara9]

That was really useful! I'm Swiss and always mix them up..

[@arfriedman4577]

I'm American and I like to learn interesting facts.

[@espben360]

I like how massive some of the states are, then you have Hamburg and Bremen which basically are their own state and also another city as well!

[@MMadesen]

Hamburg, Bremen and Berlin are city states.

[@warron24]

I actually do have a use for this! My brother and I play a German board game (Wir Sind das Volk) where several of the German states are important to the game. I always know I'm pronouncing the names wrong, so it's nice to have a quick guide so I'll be able to get them all right next time I play.

[@ChikunVA]

Hämburg. Perfect.

[@AnxiousHerb]

I need this for school😅

[@martinneumann7783]

Nett hier. Aber waren Sie schon einmal in Baden-Württemberg?

[@Auvas_Damask]

Schön dort aber waren sie schon mal in Nordrhein-Westfalen?

[@aninterestingtitle7581]

finally an english youtuber who can actually pronounce the german words he uses!

[@justarandomgothamite5466]

That is some clean german

[@mooselover5]

No but I do need this cause I told my host dad I would learn them

[@skippytheaustralian9438]

Thank You, now I got it!

[@Linus_Sangs]

Nett hier. Aber waren sie schon mal in Baden-Württemberg?

[@DiggerWhoops]

Gracias!

[@ricksimon9867]

Decent pronunciation; just the R in Niedersachsen is missing. And he is actually correct, the first syllable in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern should be pronounced that way (even though no one does). I needed him to find that out ...

[@oboealto]

What sitting in a SUPER FAST train must sound like.

[@flotix_3704]

Please do the same with the counties

[@achimaufachse5925]

Wait , what? You mean all the "Landkreise" ? We have 17 Kreise and 5 "kreisfreie" Cities in Thuringia alone. 294 Kreise and 106 "kreisfreie" Cities in Germany alltogether.

[@ABo-jr8pg]

great german pronunciation!!

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

Smooth loop

[@ninjutik]

I'm happy he pronounced my Bundesland without any accent

[@Samcaracha]

You missed Ibiza and Ballermann and a brothel in Barcelona. Although I'd rather deny their existence...

[@sempersuffragium9951]

I'd love it if you could make it in geographical order starting with Bayern and add something for us to remember each by.

[@markbell9973]

S/O pls tell me about Hansestadt Lübeck. Why not a state? Was this Queen of the Hanseatic cities its own state historically? (I LOVE Lübeck! Not least for its Niederegger boutique. Felt like I was walking into Tiffany's in NYC! Echt. Und das Zeug schmeckt tausend Mal besser als Diamanten, und sieht 3x besser aus. Stimmt's? Or am.i.right? ❤

[@jan_noah]

Eh i think we have enough states

[@robertjarman3703]

Didn´t you already do this?

[@AnotherSwissYoutubeUser]

NETT HIER ABER WAREN SIE SCHON MAL IN BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG?

[@deutschegeschichte4972]

I'm an American learning German and this was quite helpful. I am a huge geography nerd lol. I already knew the names of the 16 German states in English but I only knew some of the names before this video in the German languages (Bayern, Sachsen, Baden-Württemberg, etc) but there were some I did not know in German. 10/10 video would recommend.

[@lumanoderechte]

Hi aus Sachsen

[@akaiappears]

Question on Mecklenburg-Vorpommern pronunciation: you prounenced the e in "Meck..." sharp, like the first e in "Esel", but the spelling hints at something like "Ecke".

[@rewboss]

Right; the local pronunciation is as I said it. The "c" was actually added relatively recently: German went through a period where it became fashionable to add random extra letters for no good reason. A few of these spellings stuck: "Stadt" is one. You'll find examples in people's names, like "Nollendorff" and "Yorck". The city of Lübeck also has an extra "c" and should be pronounced with a long "e". The "-be(c)k" ending on place names is common in northern Germany, and if you look closer to Hamburg you'll find lots of places where the original spelling has been restored: "Wandsbek", for example. And "Mecklenburg" is another example where the quirky spelling remains.

[@akaiappears]

@@rewboss That's so interesting and comprehensive, thank you!

[@thomasBCFC250]

Sounds like he should get a job on the trains announcing what stations the train will call at

[@snareplug3872]

Also each State/Bundesland has a capital city but not Bremen, Berlin and Hamburg since they are States/Bundesländer and Cities in one 😅

[@lucahermann3040]

Nett hier. Aber waren Sie schonmal in Baden-Württemberg?

[@Hijoyer]

Aber kla doch des schwabeländle

[@CodaMission]

"Saxony" is a funny concept. The gepgraphic boundaries in Germany today that call themselves "Saxony" seem disparate and many of them don't historically coincide with areas inhabited by the Saxon Germanic tribes.

[@JohnFekoloid]

Does this list include East Germany? Because my only visit was to the East and you didn't seem to call any familiar sounding name.

[@rewboss]

Yes. The states in the east are Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Thüringen.

[@saskiasofia]

bit of trivia for the non germans: saarland is our own little alabama where family members are closer than they should be.

[@patrickhowe3484]

Who put Lower Saxony, North of Saxony!?!?!

[@rewboss]

It's "lower" in terms of elevation. It has nothing to do with points of the compass.

[@JustWendigo]

Finally… I found it

[@jojojojo4332]

I have no idea why i need this, such as saarland independent existence

[@tobyk.4911]

nice loop

[@Diabolo-Noir]

Eine frage können sie deutsch, wenn man fragen darf? ------------------ Do you speak german if i may ask?

[@arbitrario3845]

One of those probably caused *some* feelings to the Polish history nerds

[@Benwut]

When I learned Bavaria was called Bayern in german when i visited my swiss uncle, I was shook to an ungodly degree lmao.

[@marek.r]

Baden-Württemberg is also called 'The Länd'. Every german knows

[@Schampu4000]

Nobody actually calls it that.

[@jan_noah]

Literally no one knows that

[@aidenpearce6624]

There is one missing... Mallorca.

[@richardnoah2922]

Schlesien my beloved is gone now.

[@hydrazine_n2h4]

Tbh this was also helpful for learning the english names as a German xD

[@97Kok]

Why is Bremen alone in it's land? Same for Hamburg. Berlin I get, since it's the capital.

[@mariosvourliotakis]

germans have at thing for border-gore ever since the holy roman empire (I dont actually know, its probably some historical reasons from back in the day or something to do with administration.)

[@rewboss]

Complicated historical reasons, but basically those three cities have a special "city-state" status. Actually, Bremen is even more complicated, because the state consists of two cities separated from each other by about 50 km or so.

[@vsmash2]

If i understand you correctly, you are asking why the city states are city states? The land surrounding Bremen and Hamburg is not part of them. They are cities that are states in and on themselves. And only themselves. As for why that is? Historical reasons, The countries, kingdoms and dukedoms, and city states arranged themselves again and again multiple times until we got what we have today. The tree city states are all that is left over. That includes Berlin, not as a capital but a city state.

[@ichabodstrange756]

Berlin and Hamburg are Germany's largest cities. Both have populations in the millions and are easily large enough to have their own administrative system. Bremen is indeed the odd one out as it is neither particulary big nor particulary important. When Germany was devided by the Allies, all the occupying powers had easy access to their territory (either through landborders or seaports) - except for the U.S. which occupied south-eastern Germany. They asked the British (who occupied the north-western coastal provinces) for a coastal city to make logistics easier for them. That coastal city was Bremen. Therefore Bremen was run autonomously from the surrounding British provinces. And when Germany was refounded, Bremen kept that status. That is the "in a nutshell" version at least.

[@97Kok]

Thank you everyone for your explanations. Since Germany works under a federal system, does that mean that one of these city states can pass a law that just them follows? For example if Hamburg suddenly decided to legalize weed? If so, are there any such "weird" laws between german lands in general?

[@minecraftsandblock]

I know the importance of having a city state of Berlin, but why isn’t the Saarland incorporated into the southern Rhine state? I know its historical role but it seems strange

[@Bayerwaldler]

Schleswig Holstein? I always thought it was Schläfrig Holzbein…

[@alicemilne1444]

😂Und das von einem Waldschrat aus Bayern

[@move4472]

The way he says "in alphabetical order" to not cause a war in the comment section 😂❤

[@FoodNerds]

Thüreng accents are so difficult!

[@istoleyunomilesbigmac]

dachte ned das saarland so klein ist

[@Txtllylxve]

Wait… my last name is a name of a German state?

[@derAlphabet]

You forgot Malle

[@pedrocarmo1996]

I don't know why, I love the name Nordrhein-Westfalen. I am portuguese, but it sounds like a name from Lord of the Rings.

[@Schmudini]

Yeah, its Mordor. 😂

[@pedrocarmo1996]

@@Schmudini 😆

[@Schmudini]

@pedrocarmo1996 my Spanish ex always said that about the whole germany, I liked the idea that she was into dating orcs

[@jordang7479]

As an American i find the lack of square states so strange to look at. Where do you keep your corn fields?!

[@rewboss]

Historically, borders usually followed geographical features: hills, rivers, that kind of thing.

[@jordang7479]

@@rewboss I know it's just still strange to see. We're like 90% square states broken into square districts with square Town and city limits. It's squares all the way down in the US

[@olhi8445]

In summer Scania to

[@leroy.jackson.4804]

How else can you win trivial pursuit, that board game is hard.

[@rezaganjizadeh4263]

You forgot alsace lurain, silezia, brandenburg, königsberg, scheshwig-holstein

[@rewboss]

I don't which video you just watched, but I definitely didn't forget Brandenburg or Schleswig-Holstein.

[@dlmaka1982]

You need it to pass German elementary school 😆

[@thomwg7452]

Why didnt they merge niedersachsen and Bremen or some other tiny ones?

[@rewboss]

There was an attempt to merge Berlin and Brandenburg back in the 1990s. The problem was that Brandenburg is a sparsely-populated rural state, and Brandenburgers worried that their needs and concerns would be ignored in such a super-state as everything would be focused on Berlin. Instead, they now form the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. This means they both retain their state legislatures and therefore their autonomy, but cooperate on matters of mutual interest, such as the transport infrastructure. It's a system that seems to be working reasonably well.

[@True_NOON]

And heres a fun/inaccurate comparison to get the idea how the states are Baden würtemberg Montana Bayern Idaho Berlin Washington D.C. Brandenburg Michigan Bremen ? Hamburg ? Hessen Kentucky Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Kentucky Niedersachsen Indianna Sachsen-Anhalt Nebraska Sachsen Vermont Nordrhein-westfalen Lower New-york(state) Rheinland-Phalz Upstate New-york Saarland New mexico(if forest) Thüringen [WV] Schleswig-Holstein Maine(if marshlands)

[@Lana_the_Lesbian]

Nett hier aber waren sie schon mal in Baden-Württemberg

[@Majimba_Enjoyer]

as a profesional german i only knew like 12 of them and couldnt show you them on the map

[@connectingthedots100]

I want that job. Does it pay well?

[@gammahits9727]

I don't know why but i think Nordrhein-Westfallen sounds better in english xD

[@jan_noah]

Nah i am from Nordrhein-Westfalen and i dont think its better in english but for short use we call Nordrhein-Westfalen NRW

[@AlexanderKrivacsSchrder]

Man, they all start with only one of B, H, M, N, R, S or T. Such low variation!

[@niismo.]

Niedersachsen doesn't sound quite right, sounds more like "Niedesachsen"

[@modmaker7617]

Here are all 16 Polish Voivodeships (kinda like States or Provinces) in alphabetical order in Polish & English because why not; Województwo Dolnośląskie Śląsk Dolny Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesia Capital/Stolica: Wrocław Województwo Kujawsko-Pomorskie Kujawy Pomorskie Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Kuyavia Capitals/Stolice: Bydgoszcz, Toruń Województwo Lubelskie Lublin Lublin Voivodeship Lublin Capital/Stolica: Lublin Województwo Lubuskie Lubusz Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz Capitals/Stolice: Gorzów Wielkopolski, Zielona Góra (Named after the German city of Lebus) Województwo Łódzkie Łódź Lodz Voivodeship Lodz Capital/Stolica: Łódź Województwo Małopolskie Małopolska Lesser Polish Voivodeship Lesser Poland Capital/Stolica: Kraków (Cracow) Województwo Mazowieckie Mazowsze Masovian Voivodeship Masovia Capital/Stolica: Warszawa (Warsaw) Województwo Opolskie Opole Opole Voivodeship Opole Capital/Stolica: Opole Województwo Podkarpackie Podkarpac Subcarpathian Voivodeship Subcarpathia Capital/Stolica: Rzeszów Województwo Podlaskie Podlasie Podlachian Voivodeship Podlachia Capital/Stolica: Białytok Województwo Pomorskie Pomorze Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomerania Capital/Stolica: Gdańsk (My Voivodeship) Województwo Śląskie Śląsk Silesian Voivodeship Silesia Capital/Stolica: Katowice Województwo Świętokrzyskie Świątokrzyż Holy Cross Voivodeship Holy Cross Capital/Stolica: Kielce Województwo Warmińsko-Mazurskie Warmia i Mazury Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Warmia and Masuria Capital/Stolica: Olsztyn Województwo Wielkopolskie Wielkopolska Greater Polish Voivodeship Greater Poland Capital/Stolica: Poznań Województwo Zachodniopomorskie Pomorze Zachodnie West Pomeranian Voivodeship West Pomerania Capital/Stolica: Szczecin

[@connectingthedots100]

Very considerate of you 😅

[@Samcaracha]

Or as we also call it: the east front. The communist bumper.

[@5fr4ewq]

nah, no way u translated "swietokrzyskie" into holy cross XDDDDD

[@modmaker7617]

@@5fr4ewq Święty (holy) + - o - (word connector) + krzyż (cross) + -skie (neuter adjective suffix) = świętokrzyskie

[@5fr4ewq]

@@modmaker7617 there are many words that also consist of other words, yet j dont see them being translated like this.

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

Where's Mallorca?

[@jamestregler1584]

ja we have them all at the old German club in old New Orleans 🤣

[@coffeenorth]

and #17 Malle

[@XIII.1337]

It is Sachsen Anstalt ❤

[@StoneManufacturing]

I don't know where you from but when you say "Schleswig Holstein" you just hear you're not from Germany

[@RikaMagic-px6bk]

I guess I need it because I'm German 😅

[@maomaeramnon3870]

You mispronounced Schleswig Holstein and Mecklenburg. Kinda have to swap around those e pronounciations

[@rewboss]

I did mispronounce "Schleswig", but "Mecklenburg" is pronounced correctly. The "c" was added recently, and is an example of a phenomenon called "Letternhäufelung" -- it should really be spelled "Meklenburg".

[@maomaeramnon3870]

@@rewboss you are right. I guess just many people speak it the way it’s written which is why I never caught the correct pronunciation even tho I’m not even so far away lol

[@prosword8826]

Weird i remeber there being more...

[@tobyk.4911]

Which additional states do you remember?

[@2ndparatrooperDivision]

Well for the people that are like why do you have citys as A state answer to that is history

[@Vohalika]

Now say them in their regional accent. No need to memorize where the ns and ms go in Baden-Württemberg, the locals never pronounce them!

[@antoinelambert938]

The real weird part is why 3 saxen.

[@moritz_swm8580]

Just one mistake, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern doesnt accuatally exist its a mistake on many maps

[@jan_noah]

What no?!

[@moritz_swm8580]

@@jan_noah its a german insider

[@marsfisch44]

I forget how they massacaret the name for pfalz sometimes

[@emilwandel]

please in geographical order. North to South or East to West

[@weegomo]

Why is Bremen so tiny?????

[@miraZACKschlumpf9082]

Europe history-

[@TomiThemself]

It's a city state; same as Berlin, for example.

[@TheGogeta222]

You forgot Mallorca

[@arietes8398]

I dont know he said everything corecctly but it sounds so strange