American Girlfriend Tries HARD to pronounce GERMAN WORDS!

German is not easy!! Deana tries to pronounce "Hard to Pronounce Germany Words" and it's entertaining to say the least... Phil is from Germany and Deana is from the USA. Deana is slowly learning German, and it's a SLOW learning process! American English doesn't have a lot of the sounds and vowels that the German language has. The struggle is real!
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[@DeanaandPhil]

Any more suggestions of hard to pronounce words?

[@HumblePee]

Himbeerbonbonpackpapierchen

[@ormsucher]

I suggest German politicians: - Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (and make her understand the joke "Verteidigungsministerin Kampf-Knarrenbauer") - Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel - Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (the classic one) - Katrin Göring-Eckardt - Christian Lindner (seems easy, but might be a little tricky) - ...

[@Gnarkzsch]

Try these: Brillenetui, Lautstärkeregler, Kosmetiktäschchen, Neonröhre, Verlängerungsschnur, Fahrradsattel and last but not least Buttermilchschokolade.

[@philippdanieltarara7991]

Linksradikalenrechtschutzversicherung

[@MaCis90]

How about „Küchenhängeschränke“? 😈😜

[@MrPeachapple]

You know you german, when you can say "Tschechisches Streichholzschächtelchen" xD

[@DeanaandPhil]

😂😊 Yes!

[@herrh4281]

Zu geil 😂😂😂

[@MrEliteSoap]

Das ist geil ^^

[@nexusd4394]

Mega, das kann kein Amerikaner aussprechen^^.

[@Blackjack1317]

"Sie stellte das tschechische Strechholzschächtelchen auf das rutschige Beistelltischchen"

[@Pewtah]

The english language already has * the "ö" sound: take the "e" in "german", the "ea" in "heard", the first "u" in "furniture" * the "ä" sound: take the first "a" in "language"", the "a" in "hat", in "have".

[@Pewtah]

@silverbud Depending on dialects and regional varieties there are slight differences, yes. But an English speaking person should not think they can't pronounce "ö". He/She can do it by mother tongue. It is just another character for the sound.

[@Mara-Maus]

Pewtah that’s true

[@vrwerker2392]

a girl - a gÖrl?

[@Mara-Maus]

J a n JEKSJSLSJS

[@Jojo-fr2dw]

Well but if you’re American you don’t really do the “ö” sound it’s more of making the r longer

[@robinsauer6762]

Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung This might be a good word for the next time 😂

[@kailivingston2430]

Wie Punkte gibt das bei Scrabble? ".-D

[@01Tilly01]

@@kailivingston2430 Alle. Für mehrere Spiele. ;-)

[@ericgelders]

@@01Tilly01 Also, das Scrabble Spielbrett is dann auch grösser in Deutschland..? 😜

[@OktoPaull]

Was

[@tuanaemik2527]

Am Ende hätte noch VerordnungsVIDEO rein gepasst wäre cooler 😂😁🙂

[@notstraightkids6225]

Wie wir Deutschen es so gerne sagen: "Deutsche Sprache schwere Sprache" xD

[@dasnerft96]

deutsche sprake schwere sprake :D ist aber auch süss euch deutschen schweizerdeutsch sprechen zu hören oder es zu versuchen

[@artoffighting06]

wia in östareich sogn: "guten daitsch"

[@OktoPaull]

O nein das erinnert mich an die erste Klasse 😆

[@DaffyDuckLP]

@@artoffighting06 is jo vui so :D

[@gervankempen8721]

wuhaa sag mahl scheveningen????

[@nikaswords17]

Wenn aus Schlucht fast Schlachten wird 😅🙈

[@hunerichvonthule3922]

Auf in die Schlucht, äh Schlacht!

[@Lukachan911]

Ich hab irgendwie gehofft, dass Phil Schluchtenscheisser sagt

[@TimE-io8zy]

@@Lukachan911 ich auch. Hätte es noch schwieriger gemacht.

[@atschinger]

Und aus der Königin die Kuhnigin

[@axemanracing6222]

So glad I discovered you guys. She can't say "Rührei" but "Preis- Leistungsverhältnis". I break together. :-D

[@BikerVFR]

She´s so heavy on the wire. ;)

[@hansschwanz7696]

If you have trouble with the “ü“ try this simple trick: 1.say the Vocal “i“ (german pronounciation) 2.move your lips like if you were doing an “u“ (german pronounciation) but keep the tongue in the “i“-position (it's easier if you do the transition from step 1 to 2 fluently)

[@Agis1981]

I think you must be fair. 50$ for Deana and 0.5$ for Phil xD

[@DeanaandPhil]

😂😂😂 YES!

[@juliab1204]

@@DeanaandPhil Phil is the winnet

[@eunebartolomebiscan]

Hahaha

[@Mallakai]

Explanation why we call x-ray röntgen. its because of the innovator/creator of xrays. his name was Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.

[@linusfotograf]

It's Röntgen in many languages.

[@ruschein]

We don't call x-rays "Röntgen", we call them "Röntgenstrahlen"!

[@ruschein]

"Röntgen" by itself is "to x-ray" in English.

[@nexusd4394]

Ich finde das hört sich voll süß an wenn Amerikaner Deutsch sprechen, dieser Akzent hört sich einfach süß an.

[@galynablindheim7396]

In the Norwegian alphabet we have three Extra letters æ, ø and å. The ø letter is like ö in German and some other languages. The æ is ä and å is o in English. But we also have o. Hi from Norway❤️

[@stopske9332]

Show her the Rhabarberbarbara video😂 (Rhabarberbarbarabarbarbarenbartbarbierbierbarbärbel)

[@raygoro3446]

Yes please! Would be so so so so funny! 😎🤣

[@fictionalqueer]

Just went a watched it and I’ve never laughed so much 🤣🤣🤣

[@bine1979]

Ja das wäre lustig 😂

[@XYuneeX99]

Badewannenstöpselmehrwegverpackung! you're welcome ;)

[@DeanaandPhil]

Good one! I just made her read it out loud 😂

[@colinwinkler3425]

Oder Endoplasmatisches Redikulum oder wie man das schreibt 🤣

[@jonbovi1877]

I like the stöpsel😂 one of the prettiest German words 😂

[@jonbovi1877]

@@colinwinkler3425 mit T😂

[@gervankempen8721]

mit oder ohne ABS systeem??

[@odettec3518]

Deanna may be learning German but she’s a master at expressing how German learners like me feel! You nailed all our frustrations!! 😂 love you! I laughed so hard 😂

[@captainwhitedeath251]

Genau

[@Kleinochsenfurter]

I think Deana does a great job. 🖒 She has such a wonderful personality. Phil you better hang on to her.

[@derwolf9670]

"...which makes me the king" super gekontert 😄

[@danielblume7753]

I want to hear "Pfropfen" or the name of the new defense-minister "Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer" :)

[@kekka1337]

Jaaaaaa!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅

[@marcelhabel2563]

I think Deana won the 100$ for spelling Arbeitslosenversicherung 😁

[@pluppy1301]

11:31 : As an Austrian, I instantly had to think about the most commonly asked question that we Austrians ask foreigners: Could you say "Oachkatzlschwoaf?" (Dialect form of Eichhörnchenschweif [which means squirrel tail, forgot to add the "tail" part oof], it's beautiful.) Greetings from Austria!

[@tommy983]

Yeah very good😂 even Germans cant say that!!!

[@tobiastogerin3598]

Deana: Very good job !!! It is amazing how you not only try to speak but understand and combine german language !

[@TomTomson81]

Das "ä" kannst du auch als "e" aussprechen. Ich denk das ist dann einfacher für sie zu sprechen und für uns zu verstehen...so im Alltag. Und für das "ö" kommt ihr einfach mal zu uns nach Sachsen, da hörst du das den ganzen Tag 😁😁😁

[@ricowalter5311]

Dös stömmt garnöcht

[@diabolo1517]

Ich komm aus dresden. Du hast recht

[@manul7024]

"ä" ist doch einfach nur das englische "a" in z.b. "apple" oder "anger"

[@TomTomson81]

Ihr fällt die Aussprache des ä im Deutschen deutlich schwerer und ist dadurch auch schwerer zu verstehen. Darum sagte ich, dass sie das ä auch als e sprechen kann. Das hat nix mit Apple und Co zu tun. Das sind ja englische Wörter. Hier gings um deutsche Aussprache.

[@manul7024]

@@TomTomson81 es wäre aber besser es wie "a" in den oben genannten Wörtern auszusprechen

[@calliet7893]

🤣😂🤣 How funny especially watching Phil's facial expression and gestures with his brow and mouth when Deana attempts to pronounce a word; and Deana's!! I wouldn't have been able to pronounce those words and good job on getting them with the good patient teacher!

[@DeanaandPhil]

Hahaha he desperately wants me to say them correctly, but it just comes out wrong! 😭

[@mhvo3279]

At the beginning I couldn’t pronounce ‘ richtig ‚ because there’s the r, the ch and the ig, which are the most difficult letters for me to pronounce in one word. But now I can say it easily after years of practice. So I think Deana can now surely pronounce those words good!

[@nanaochan1]

LOL i love how he always says "almost there...", like "you can do this!", XD so suportive ! You guys are awesome. I'm learning German so i feel your pain, girl! xD

[@chrissxMedia]

every second word i am just paralysiert from the fremdscham i get from her first try to sprech the words aus, this is seriously one of the funniest videos i ever watched (that lärm part was just so good)

[@eileen4772]

14:02 "kids do sometimes" 😂 ich finde eure Videos wirklich toll - und ihr bringt mich immer zum lachen - danke dafür ... Macht weiter so 👌

[@MrcWdmnn]

Say "cute". Now say it slowly. K-chchch-ute.

[@deadpeopleinc1383]

Love you guys!!! Super entertaining!

[@ladymc-ly8zm]

Love this and want to see another vlog like this! 😆

[@sknrsq2sqr92]

Thank you I love & enjoyed your lessons. A superb job. You are terrific! Awesome!

[@Torresin19]

1 dollar for Phill and try this one: lieblingsmensch Awesome video!!! I'm learning German too and it's nice to see that I'm not the only one having a hard time with pronunciation hahaha

[@andreaskipper7387]

a few weeks ago my car was in a workshop and after repairing they gave me a little gift. it was a Ölflaschentasche. i am german but i did not know this word before.

[@mutoashirogi6109]

Ich habe so laut losgelacht als Deana "Rührei" gesagt hat XD sooooo süß!!!!!

[@LadyTammy25]

So good, i'm learning english on my old days. Thanks to you^^

[@debcouture6689]

Your videos crack me up!! You two are adorable ❤️

[@DeanaandPhil]

😂 We cracked up a lot too while filming and editing this video!

[@Moamanly]

Phil is VERY patient! ;-) One tip I could give for foreigners is; learn the common syllable groupings that pop up...sch,um,ge,en etc.Helps to break down the long words. German is very logical and consistent.

[@annaseyfert4541]

I feel like the American and the Dutch accent in German are the cutest around 🤣

[@bobopro1628]

100 Euro for Deana! If not for the word, then for all the efforts with these difficult words in the whole video. ^^

[@lorahayworth-nielson2341]

I just found you guys, that is so funny 😂! Never thought someone could speak german words in that way 😁. Love it.

[@elapapela6187]

LOOOOOL good job Deana !

[@KimCrossesBorders]

I LOVE IT!!! I struggle with the Ö Ü Ä so much! Haha the Schlittschuhlaufen sounds so offensiv! 😂 I did a video on my channel where my boyfriend made my parents and I pronounce hard German words - OMG the struggle!!!

[@sfi798]

14:18 "RRRIBAA ! " 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Ihr seid so cool !!!

[@fictionalqueer]

Definitely a dollar for phil 🤣 I always find it funny how English speakers can pronounce something right in one word like ‘ch’ or ‘ei’ or ‘ö’ and then completely forget how to pronounce it in another. It happens especially in the long compound nouns cos without enough knowledge to break the word into constituent parts it’s easy to get the intonation all wrong. It took me 4+ years of learning German to fully grasp it 🤣🤣

[@Ninjamaddn]

this one is mad funny 😂😂😂🙌🏼🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@MissLungen]

Great job Deana 👌🏼🥰🇩🇪☀️

[@patriciasamsudean9851]

Love you guys! 🖤 Keep up doing the good job!😎🤗

[@snappic2867]

Ich wiederhole mich - das macht so Spaß euch zuzusehen. Und nebenbei übe ich englisch. Das hilft mir fast mehr als alles andere.

[@TimWil]

You guys are great. I hope I bump into you early next month when I’m visiting Munich. Maybe at the David Hasselhoff concert? Tee hee.

[@_TheThunder_]

Eishörnchen! Soo cute xD And now i want some ice cream.

[@tasminoben686]

Moin, ich glaube, dass Schwierigste bei unseren langen, zusammengesetzten Wörtern ist, sie im Kopf sinnvoll trennen zu können. Wollte - ppiche Wollteppiche.. Oder das uralte Spaßwort: Blumentopferde - Blumonto - pferde..

[@Sophmar999]

Urinstinkt und Urin stinkt

[@kekka1337]

Bitte noch so ein Video es war sooo Unterhaltsam 😍😂 Ich habe erst drei Videos von euch gesehen und ich habe euch jetzt schon Abonniert c: Eure Videos sind einfach zu gut 😂😅

[@DeanaandPhil]

Thanks so much! 🤗💜 We are having a lot of fun with these German related videos we've been making. We're so glad you enjoy them!

[@AnneEWilliamson]

German is so hard! I tried to study it a couple years back, but gave up pretty quick when the words got too long (like wunderschönen for beautiful...just no). Surprisingly, Deana did really well!

[@DeanaandPhil]

I would have probably stopped too, but Phil keeps me motivated. It's such a hard language! I honestly think Chinese is easier. 😂 Ahh wunderbar (wonderful) is one of my favorite words in German! - Deana 😊

[@AnneEWilliamson]

@@DeanaandPhil I agree! Chinese is so much easier. It's just writing the characters that is difficult.

[@DeanaandPhil]

Exactly! I find it easier to associate a sound with a character oppose to relearning how to pronounce the same letters I grew up with.

[@S_Black]

Pfff, that's harmless. The usual example of long words are compound nouns. Though even then there are limits. The extreme examples for them are completely made up. And the longest official word is the official name of a law. English also uses compound nouns all the time. But they aren't written together. German only seems more difficult because "wedding dress" becomes "Hochzeitskleid" for example, but those two words are otherwise exactly the same. Same with the "unemployment insurance" they had in the video. Two words and it suddenly looks short and easy

[@LisaZoe86]

So kompliziert ist das Fugen-S aber auch nicht...

[@Miss_Greenwood]

Before I taught German to my Italian colleague a few years ago, I had racked my brain how to explain the ´ch´, because they are pronounced so differently (depends on the sound/grapheme that precedes or follows). As there are many exceptions, I would not call it rules. Let´s call it categories. :-) Here is what I found out: THE ´CH´ SOUNDS 1. pronounced hard - e.g. in Scottish Loch Ness - when there is an ´a´, an ´o´ or a ´u´ in advance (lachen, machen, Kachel, Nacht, kochen, Koch, Jochen, fluchen, Fluch, suchen, Tuch etc.) 2. pronounced (I call it "half-full") like a half ´sch´/ half ´sh` - unfortunately, I can´t think of an English example. Try to avoid the invisible ´t´ in ´charming´ maybe!? - when there is an ´i´, ´e´, a consonant or an Umlaut [ä, ö, ü] in advance (Licht, Wicht, sich, Sicherung, Recht, rechnen, lechzen, Kirche, Löcher, lächeln, nüchtern etc.) --> when it comes to diphtongs (inter alia Umlauts), the ´ch´ is mainly pronounced "half-full" (Eichhörchen, weich, Leiche, Reichtum, laichen, kriechen...), however, if the ´u´ sound is dominant it will be the first category again and the ´ch´ is pronounced hard (Jauche, Bauch, auch, rauchen...) --> pronounced like a ´k´ is rare I think - I´d say this happens when the ´ch´ is followed by the consonant ´s´ (wachsen, wuchs, Wachs, wichsen) Exception: wachsam 3. Words starting with CH" a) if there is an ´i´ or ´e´ in advance, it is pronounced half-full (category 2). This is also valid when either the ´i´ or ´e´ follows (China, Chinese, Chinin, Chitin, Chile/ Chemie, chemisch, Chef). b) MOSTLY pronounced like ´k´ when ´ch´ is followed by Umlauts (Chöre), the vowels ´o´ (Chor, Cholesterin, Cholera) and ´a´ (Chaos, chaotisch, Charakter) or consonants (Christ, Chronik, Chromosom, Chlor) --> a few exceptions here in this category e.g. Charme or Champagner (suddenly pronounced like ´sch´/´sh´...please don´t ask me why!) Good news is, in High German we don´t have the hard ´ch´ in the beginning of a word (would be typically Swiss, I think), often it´s either half-full or the ´k´ sound. :-)

[@Miss_Greenwood]

Deana, can you figure out similar rules for the English language? German might have a few exceptions, but English has more. Concerning phonology, English is more complicated than German, isn´t it? ;-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5bHgauBps6jqtk

[@mrpolyklet]

Well done, Deana! You have a talent for "sch" and "ch" and all you need is some practice. Next time it's your turn to grill Phil :D Speaking of him, thx for openning my eyes about the power of the word "Luftverschmutzung". I tested it on an american friend of mine and she melted away when i asked her if she is in the mood for some Luftverschmutzung. Great fun watching your videos as always!

[@DeanaandPhil]

Thank you! I need a lot of practice! 😂😂😂 I'm so glad you tested out "Luftverschmutzung"! Such a pleasant sounding word. 😋😏😍

[@Franzie.]

rührei = running egg 😂😂👍🏻 i just loooove this video 🥰

[@IcyColder]

Ein sehr schönes Video, war sehr unterhaltsam und lustig, macht weiter so 👌👍😊😘

[@DeanaandPhil]

Thank you so much! 🤗💜

[@captainmauser4675]

Super lustiges Video, habe mich echt gut amüsiert. 😊 Wie sagte Mark Twain einst: "Nur die Toten haben genügend Zeit die deutsche Sprache perfekt zu lernen". ☝

[@DeanaandPhil]

True :D

[@scherwanhassan3827]

Your name wtf😂😐

[@1265snake]

es heißt: arbeitslosenversicherung

[@herrh4281]

Ihr zwei seid echt goldig. Ich hatte auch ne Freundin von Amerika. Wir haben auch immer geübt. Klang genauso. I love both of you guys

[@DeanaandPhil]

Thank you so much! 🤗💜 Sayings and idioms are so fun to directly translate!

[@herrh4281]

@@DeanaandPhil I got one my GF had for me. I hit the sack 😂😂😂

[@heartshapedsoul]

I'm on a marathon watching your videos ;P

[@SchlechterLassi]

Kundendifferenzierungsmodul 😂 Have fun 😘

[@nerina97]

This is a nice video :) I am Dutch and I had a little bit of German in High School. But Eichhörnchen (Squirrel) I guessed totally wrong. It sounds a lot like the Dutch word 'ijshoorntje' but that is Eistüte (Ice cream cone).

[@frankwitt9120]

Ich kann nicht mehr vor lachen 😂😂😎😂 Biite mehr davon.

[@windwatcher11]

Deana, you are such a delight!❤

[@Brutscher100]

hahahaha amzing funny!!!!!! more from this one please

[@DerMarx]

Okay so I can pick up American girls by saying "Umweltverschmutzung"? :)

[@DeanaandPhil]

😂 I'd say yes!

[@ramindaroughe5901]

Ich mag es wie Du Ihr beibringst Deutsch zu sprechen und die Aussprache von Deana ist wirklich süß. Vertiefung ist auch ein schönes Wort ^^

[@michelroerig7825]

Very nice video. Well done Deana !

[@DeanaandPhil]

Haha thanks! I definitely struggle, but slowly getting better! 😍😅

[@lalalaula200]

Was mir als Neuling auf diesem Kanal auffällt ist, das Phil langsam seinen deutschen Akzent ein bisschen verliert :) Und ich mag das Video :D Hat mich zum Lachen gebracht, aber.. die 100$ gehen an Deana!

[@DeanaandPhil]

Thanks!!! Keep up the $100 for Deana comments! 😍 - Deana

[@suzannekazmiruk183]

A tip I once heard was to start at the end of the word, taking each chunk and adding going forward until you’ve sounded out the whole word.

[@dnicefilms8550]

This is so hilarious 😂😂😂😂 love it

[@sebastianheinrich8683]

Hey, just a tip to pronounce the ö (and the o): The mouth has the same shape as the letter. You make a small round opening like imitating a fish (obviously not as extreme) and then the sound will come more or less naturally.

[@vbvideo1669]

Great video, dudes! :)

[@Pk1ller]

This is the longest german word: Rinderkennzeichnungsfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

[@pamelahauptmann4310]

I love this woman! I know exactly how she feels. I've been there.

[@michaelt.5672]

A possible help regarding the "ch" if it follows an "e" or "i" (like in "ähnlich"): English has the same sound in "cute", transitioning from the c to the u.

[@eunebartolomebiscan]

Because of my ate Liebe Ann, a Pinay blogger in GERMAN. brought me here. 😊

[@sparkysugardad]

That was fun!

[@DeanaandPhil]

😋👍

[@devynfecteau7518]

I speak English and have been learning german!

[@bj2001de]

Tolles Video. Ihr kommt beide sehr sympatisch rüber. 👍😍

[@DeanaandPhil]

Thanks a lot! Always great to hear when somebody has something nice to say =)

[@LisaZoe86]

Well you are very patient and nice to her about her pronounciation ;D I would have laughed the whole time (not in a mean way, her creations just sounded hilarious) and made her repeat the ch-sounds and the ö until she got them right or at least I would have tried to make her practise more. And maybe it would help her to really start with basic grammar?

[@tuckercoffin2164]

For those struggling with ü just say an i instead and then slowly round your lips. The same with ö, but you use say an e as you round it.

[@joanlynch5271]

Gut gemacht!!

[@Paceee]

Rührei - "Ruey" Cute. :D

[@tr5649]

Schlucht = suck lick ... made my day!

[@yingchunchoy4333]

Czech string chess piece. You are wicked my friend. 😊

[@YLockeY]

Mein neustes Lieblingstier: Eishörnchen ;)

[@Blackjack1317]

Deana, try to relax your mouth while speaking german. I know, the language sound a little hard sometimes but in reality it isn't at all. Words like "Schulcht" can be pronounced easily, just by slowly forming one sound after the next. And you can practice the "ch" sound like in "ich" by slowly pronouncing the english word cute. Then you have the perfect ch. The other ch however is a lot harder. And try to find out where one word ends and the other starts. We germans like out compound words so the word "Rührei" is made of two words. Rühr and Ei. The latter is the object and the former is what happes to the object. A lot of words work like this. E.g. "Fußball", a ball played with the foot. Or a little harder: "Rührschüssel" You already know "Rühr". And Schüssel means Bowl. So it is a Bowl, to stir things up. And thats all the magic in compound words. Edit: I caught myself writing "word" with an ö because sometimes the ö sounds like the o in "word" or "work"

[@freitagwirdallesgut]

Hallöchen Popöchen is worth a try as well haha

[@KaylaMore021]

Such a hard language. But I do enjoy trying to learn some new words especially since my boyfriend does speak some German. So it's always nice to take out some German words out of nowhere haha

[@DeanaandPhil]

It's a hard language, but like you said it's fun to learn new things! Sounds like you have a personal teacher too! 😊

[@youtubebest-ofs4816]

you should film a video where Diana reads out some of these words and Phil needs to guess which one they are. I as a German didn't get the words when I wasn't looking at the screen :D

[@kiwifpv5865]

When I try and teach my son how to pronounce those "tricky" sounds in German I tell him it's either like a big smile (für das "e") or like a kiss for a Baby (für das "ü"), Die grössten Probleme sind das ch und die Kombinationen mit "zw" und "tsch"...klassisches Beispiel..zwischen zwei zwetschgenzweigen zwitschern zwei Schwalben...:) btw i trink you are very brave for doing this all in public..that takes a lot of courage...

[@sewitscherhd5493]

11:17 Cin Cin xD Tutti Frutti

[@hitchmercedes1599]

10:28 me when im getting too drunk in the club hahahah

[@vincentwinner2166]

For Deana: try Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft. Thats fun!

[@isiteckaslike]

Very good and enjoyable! Thank you both. I feel your pain Deana. I struggled with most of those as well. Which did you find the hardest? Thanks to Phil for emphasising those umlaut letter sounds, which always catch me out. I keep wanting to say "err" each time - or just cycle mindlessly through all the vowel sounds known to man in the hope that one of them might turn out to be right! However, unlike the other words, "zungenbrecher" like "tongue-breaker" for tongue-twister revealed itself as did umweltverschmutzung...well, almost. I got the sense of something dirty or being dirtied from the "schmutz" element because English "smut" feels and sounds similar. I know "welt" is "world" so it gave me a sort of literal sense of "world dirtying"! Then I found out that "um" means "around/about" and so that made sense in turning "world" into "environment".

[@S_Black]

Schmutz = dirt Schutz = protection

[@isiteckaslike]

@@S_Black Thanks for that. The difference an "m" can make! I've learned not to rely too much on these gut feelings about what a word means. e.g. My initial gut instinct was to think that Eichhörnchen meant "a little ice cream cone!" 😃

[@S_Black]

You can't translate that one literally. Naively oak = Eiche and Horn = little horn. But it probably comes from very old Germanic aik* = moving quickly. Hörnchen is also used for that whole animal family, but the origin of that part is unclear.

[@DeanaandPhil]

German is really hard, especially with the American English "errr" I'm so used to using! I noticed I put a harsher emphasis the wrong parts of words when I attempt to speak German. The words with the ö are definitely my weakness. I have trouble even hearing how I'm saying it wrong. 😅😂 However, it does help every time we come back to Germany I'm surrounded by German. I can hear the language more since Phil and I usually only speak English to each other... 😅 We're lazy in that regards. It sounds like you know a lot of German! I'm always amazed by how many German speakers I hear around the world when we travel! Such a cool language and one I hope to be semi-fluent in in the future! - Deana 😊

[@isiteckaslike]

@@S_Black Thank you for explaining that so clearly. I know German is very different to English now, but what I love is when there is a real sense of connection. A few weeks ago I saw the Hairy Bikers visit somewhere in Germany which had a sign up saying "Besen" showing a picture of a broom - and it immediately reminded me of our other word for the old-style brooms (like the ones witches use) which is called a "besom".

[@station9trst639]

Cooles viedeo ihr seit sher sympathisch hat sich nicht an gefüllt wie 16 Minuten

[@DeanaandPhil]

Thank you for the nice words! 😀

[@dabernathy1313]

You two are so adorable. :-)

[@simpleyllesx3952]

Du solltest mal das probieren: Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

[@DeanaandPhil]

😱 I sure hope that's not a word! - Deana

[@simpleyllesx3952]

@@DeanaandPhil it actually is the second longest word in germany :D

[@S_Black]

It's a real word. Sort of. It's the official name of a law about the delegation of the supervision of the labeling of beef to a government agency. There is even an entry on the English Wikipedia about it. But nobody uses that obviously. Even in the legal context it was unusual and caused some amusement. It's also the short title and the proper name of the law breaks it down into its individual nouns (Gesetz zur Übertragung der Aufgaben...). But they always have that compound name to turn into an abbreviation. Like StGB = Strafgesetzbuch (penal law book) Another law was called Grundstücks­verkehrs­genehmigungs­zuständigkeits­übertragungs­verordnung. 4 letters more. Same principle, but this time it's about some kind of permission for a plot of land. So these long words are just a collection of nouns. English does the same, but you don't write them as one word