American Reacts to 15 German brands YOU pronounce WRONG!

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[@rocklobster3333]

this guy is so open towards everything foreign, its almost hard to believe he's a full blood american, props to him

[@IWrocker]

Thank you, that means a lot. I’m just fascinated with learning about the world and think a lot of Americans live in a “bubble” where it’s just USA everything.. which I think is a shame.

[@scattr7592]

There is no such thing as full blood american if you're not talking about native american. You can say he is from the US, but originally if you take a dna test he will come out as European (basically a European immigrant like all the white people in the USA).

[@Galantus1964]

Well he somehow needs to state in almost any video that he " is a proud American" as if that matters at all to anybody but himself i guess... but i really love his content and his eagerness to evolve from being American to a "world citizen " 🙂

[@MrStredders]

@@Galantus1964 Americans are a very patriotic bunch, and I don't think being a 'proud American' and a global citizen need to be mutually exclusive :)

[@Galantus1964]

@@MrStredders i know .. im talking about the fact that is for some reason needs to be mentioned, i hear it alot when americans comment on things,like the healthcare asoaso and it always comes up when it is a critisism, it feels like it has to be mentioned incase somebody in some way twould thing that they are not... i love my country Denmark, but i don'yt have the urge to say to everyone .. im a proud Dane, it's kinda implied, and i certainly don't have to say it if i comment on things that are wrong overhere, to assure my fellow Danes that i still love my country ... And the thing about being a world citizen.. over half the american population ( i think) have never been outside their own state and even less has travled overseas .. so i think they can be mutually excluded 🙂... but i understand what you are trying to say 🙂

[@marvinlinnarz5856]

I remember a commentator in a Race Calling it Porschiiii. And that caused the germans laughing and rolling on the floor

[@IWrocker]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Redpigracing]

@@IWrocker Well, it´s just like Janis Joplin sung: Oh Lord, would u buy me a Merceidis Bens, my friends all drive Porschiiis :)

[@leabaden5935]

I said it to Porsche as a kid because I gave the car the name porschi. I'm from Germany btw.

[@KJ-md2wj]

Porschi would be the German endearment form if you loved your little car. Yes there a lot of BMWs around in Germany, but it is still a luxury car in price, insurance and part prices, so only show-offs and rich peeps buy it.

[@martinoberngruber1893]

Well Germans themselves are world champions in pronouncing names wrong. They should be docile. I say that as an Austrian.

[@flouk7884]

I just had to laugh for 10 minutes straight at HARIBO. "Now, this guy didn´t had a brother, right?" Made my day. Keep up the good work, dude!

[@JOLRA1963]

Fun Fact … Trolli is german

[@killer6ten]

most funny tjoing sure made my day aswel

[@TheaReubusch]

Fun fact there are more german brothers fighting and splitting companies: there is a Cracker and sweets company called "Bahlsen" founded by two brothers.. they got in a huge fight and one brother took over "Bahlsen" and kept the sweet snacks, the other one got the salty ones and called the company "Lorenz" after his forename 😅

[@magnustool]

@@TheaReubusch Adi und Rudolf Dassler... ADIDAS und Puma ☺️

[@magnustool]

During the Iraq war I always had to smile a little when "General Schwarzkopf" appeared on television...😆

[@Nebs1]

When I was a kid, so 20 plus years ago, everyone would say Adidas the German way. Over time Australia became more americanised and people started saying it the American way. I never budged. I was sure the German way was right even though I never looked into it.

[@jakegargiulo5101]

I've never heard anyone is Australia say it the American way tbh. I've always said it how it's "supposed" to be said I guess.

[@A_nony_mous]

Another Aussie here: I learned 55 years ago to say addy-dass with the emphathis on the a sounds, Very happy to hear that's mostly correct.

[@JordanZ0710]

can confirm ive heard like 1-2 people in my whole life in Australia saying adidas the American way, most pronounce it phonetically.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Aussie veteran here. Never heard another Aussie call Adidas the wrong American way.

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

Alot of Americans have migrated to Australia recently and you hear the American accent more often nowadays. However, I've never heard an Australian use the American pronunciation.

[@bluewater7211]

I love the way Deutsch sounds when spoken correctly. it's a powerful language and a very straightforward language.

[@Beun007]

True! And Dutch is close to that!

[@K-Joe1985]

Da hast du recht 👍🏾

[@Beun007]

There used to be an ancient language called Neder-Duits and that a mixture of that.

[@Jpeg13759]

I always hate it, when Hollywood Movies pretend to do "actual" German language, it sounds so fucking wrong. There should be enough German speaking "Wanna Be" actors around, why don´t use them, for a few bucks ?

[@nurderbvbabernurderbvb]

@@Beun007 not at all 😂 if the dutch would speak deep dutch, we high german speakers wouldnt understand anything. Low german and frisian would be fine with it. But i am happy that the most dutch people can perfectly speak german and english, so there is no problem.

[@Kalywen]

As a german i can say, that your pronunciation was absolutely on point for an english tongue that is used to the i and e in english. Haven't seen many videos of english speakers that were that close to the german pronunciation.

[@dansch3073]

yeah, Miele and Lufthansa for example were pretty spot on! At least in my austrian opinion ;)

[@DerEchteBold]

@@dansch3073 Ja, für meine Hohenloher Ohren war er auch oft sehr nah dran.

[@p3chv0gel22]

​@@dansch3073 ach ihr könnt doch selbst kein Deutsch Obwohl... Zumindest besseres als die Bayern ;)

[@fabigrundler8846]

Hohenlohe Land des muasch ofach seh Hohenloher Land wilsch gar nimmer geh Hohenloher Land nur do will I sei bei recha und Wind und bei Sonna schei

[@saxon-mt5by]

I'm surprised she didn't mention the electrical manufacturer, Braun. Here in the UK nearly everyone pronounces it Brawn, even when they pronounce Audi correctly. It should really be Brown, as in the colour, but I suppose no-one wants to say they've bought a brown shaver!

[@Real_MisterSir]

Just needs much more emphasis on each letter instead of merging their noises. "b r a u n" - and with the "r" sound made exclusively at the rear of the mouth and not use the tip of the tongue at all (unlike how you'd pronounce brown or brawn)

[@goytabr]

"Brown" is not only the correct pronunciation, it's the actual meaning of "Braun" in German. Both are relatively common surnames in their respective countries. There are a few words that are pronounced and mean exactly the same in German and English, even if spelt differently: "Haus/house", "Maus/mouse", "Eis/ice", and others that are pretty close, like "Buch/book" ("Buch" being pronounced "boohh"). English is also widespread in Germany, they use a lot of English words mixed with German, and sometimes you see some compound monstrosities, like letters I received from Germany before e-mail with this written on the envelope: "100% Recyclingpapier" (Germans are a very ecologically-minded people).

[@stonedmountainunicorn9532]

@@goytabr I'm Dutch but i can understand Germans mostly, if i'm drunk i can even talk back in "German"

[@goytabr]

@@stonedmountainunicorn9532, yes, I've learned some German (not fluently) and I can often understand some written (not spoken) Dutch, because usually if the root doesn't resemble German, it resembles English. My native language is Portuguese (I'm from Brazil), and I can easily understand Spanish (if not spoken too fast), grasp the essentials in Italian, and a lot of written (again, not spoken) French.

[@martintimmer8574]

@@stonedmountainunicorn9532 I’m German,and I pretty much understand Dutch,and I don’t have to be drunk to talk back 😂 tot ziens!

[@Christian_Johansson]

I love this kind of "reaction" videos. Most of the brand names are pronounced very similar here in Sweden and down in Germany, guess its because they both are derived from the "germanic" language. Another thing that most people get wrong is that germanic language is the same as german language or derived from german language but in reality the germanic language isnt spoken anywhere anymore and german is part of the germanic languages. English also come from the germanic language but is now very different compared to the scandinavian language that it derive from. In fact, most people would be surprised how many languages that DO derive from the germanic language.

[@inkubusarchitektde]

South african.

[@vinniamsterdam700]

Dutch

[@hyruleemblemier]

You're right, German, English, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic are all descendant from Proto-Germanic. There are lots of cognates in those languages. Whats even more interesting is the fact that even more of the languages from Europe and even most of India are related, all ultimately descended from the Proto-Indo-European language.

[@IWrocker]

Great information thank you 😎

[@BeBopScraBoo]

when i started looking up icelandic lyrics, i couldn't believe how many words were the same.

[@grandmothergoose]

It wasn't that long ago I saw a snippet of a social media conversation that started with an American poking fun at Australians for saying Adidas as "added ass", which of course more Americans joining in on, Aussies were retorting and it was a debate of who was right, and then along came some Germans into the conversation... I just wish I could remember where I saw it, because some of the comments were hilarious.

[@Blackheart521]

Would love to see this :D

[@olgahein4384]

I bet the germans came into that discussion like they often do: "Mein Wort. Mein Reich. Mein Kommentarbereich!" And yes, us germans write that ourselves about us. We do have humor, it's just rarely caught and even more rarely appreciated by others.

[@grandmothergoose]

@@olgahein4384 I've had a few German friends over the years, learned a few words and phrases from them and picked up the sense of humour, it's very dry. Every time I've seen that phrase I let it slide, "My word, my kingdom, my wtf I'll look it up later" and never did until just now. If google translate is correct, "my comment section"? 🤣

[@olgahein4384]

@@grandmothergoose google translation is correct on this one. It's a joke phrase about whenever on KZbin there is something even slightly related to Germany (from a not german youtuber), suddenly all the comments are in german or from germans.

[@eve-llblyat2576]

Fun Fact. Trolli candys is also German. Pronounced the same as in english. Before a rebrand the company was called "WILMED" after the founder (Wil)ly (Med)erer. Guess the nameing of the company like that was a thing at the time. Bosch, Siemens, DHL, Continental, Happag loyed are also well known around the globe.

[@kirk5152]

We pronounce Adidas the German way in Australia

[@aaron_r6611]

So do most of us in the UK

[@Ozzpot]

I'm the UK too. We roll our eyes at Americans and their Adeeduhs. 😅

[@bremCZ]

Not exactly. The stress is in the right place but the vowels are different. We generally use the /æ/ phoneme rather than the /a/.

[@anthonyadverse4449]

Its usually the yuppie element that are going to use weird pronunciations in Australia.

[@IWrocker]

@@Ozzpot lmao 🤣 us Americans always gotta be different it seems 😅

[@petergreenham7235]

With the 2 different Aldi , the split was apparently all about the selling of cigarettes and tobacco one brother wanted to sell them and the other didn't

[@S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-Strelok]

And ironically both sell tobacco products nowadays

[@robertmorris6529]

@@S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-Strelok not in Victoria , don't know about other Aussie States .

[@inquisitive6786]

@@robertmorris6529 they do in germany where it matters

[@robertmorris6529]

@@inquisitive6786 yes , cater to home market for success !

[@marydavis5234]

@@S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-Strelok We have a Aldi store 15 miles from my house, they do not sell any tobacco products.

[@Hendricus56]

Yes, Aldi Nord and Aldi South are different companies and Aldi in the US as well as Trader Joe's are different companies as well. But, while it sounds dramatic, the Albrecht brothers had a falling out about whether or not they should sell cigarettes since they can be easily stolen. They still worked together and divided Germany among themselves and in the past ~1-2 years, the 2 have begun moving together again by ditching some of their cheaper brands to have 1 for all of Germany instead of 2 and they got a mixture between formerly Northern and Southern brands. The goal is, to also combine marketing by having the same products in all of Germany and making things easier. Plus they have a stronger bargaining power. I suspect, while they probably won't fuse again to avoid selling stuff etc, they are moving closer together and probably start integrating management etc when possible to save money. Plus they are already only competitors in the area where their sections meet, so most Germans only have 1 option anyway. Edit: I should add, when I say "the 2", I mean the 2 companies, not the brothers. Both are dead

[@blahfasel2000]

From what I know the cigarette thing is mainly an urban legend. They had already been selling cigarettes for a while before splitting. The probably more important reason for the split were different opinions about management style (Theo Albrecht was a micromanager while Karl liked to delegate things). But it's true that they split amicably. They didn't just divide Germany, they also continued to coordinate about international expansion. Germany is the only country that has both Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd. Trader Joe's actually isn't owned by Aldi Nord, it was a personal investment by Theo Albrecht and to this day is still a completely separate company.

[@3dwa21]

This goes even further here in Austria where they are called "Hofer" (while still using the same logo, with Hofer being a part of Aldi South)

[@grewdpastor]

@@blahfasel2000 ... and there was me at first hoping that one of the brothers was against tobacco selling because of the health risks 😔

[@montanus777]

@@grewdpastor well, they sell candy, fat and other unhealthy food items. so, why should tobacco be an issue?

[@cadifan]

I believe "Adidas" is pronounced the American way in only America, the rest of the world we use the German pronunciation. We have Miele white wear in NZ too and we're guilty of pronouncing the last "e" as an "a". "Audi" in NZ is pronounced both the American way or the German way, depends on who you're talking to.

[@tukicat1399]

I have heard some Aussies copy the American way for Adidas... its annoying.

[@ierbutza21]

Most countries in europe ive been to use the german way,even in the uk i would say 90% use the german way think its mostly the yank english version changed it like with most words,weird how that english version is so strange.

[@thereaper23]

In Spain is usually pronounced the "american way" aswell.

[@andrew_koala2974]

David Ireland You have yet to learn that ALL CORPORATE {Legal} names are written in the ALL CAPS iteration. Tou have to learn to pay attention to detail. Your eyes see one thing and your brain sees something entirely different. It is not all your fault as the CORPORATE GOVERNMENT indoctrination institution known as school dumbed down the population and produced ZOMBIES ZOMBIES have eyes but cannot see - ears and cannot hear. The word CORPORATION (also written in ALL CAPS) comes from the Latin word CORPUS - meaning▪Corpse▪Dead▪Body - Meaning they are an entity without a Soul -- That is why Everybody is in the Cemetery and has their name in ALL CAPS. - Because they are DEAD - CORPSES - BODIES (without a Soul) Talking "" WITH "" not "" Talking to " There is a distinct difference in meaning between them Talking WITH is a two-way conversation Talking to is a one-way conversation -- The NEWS reader on the TV talks to you ( and not with you. Are you getting the point yet ? Undertake an extensive reading program to better educate yourself and master the English language. Good luck and good bye

[@goytabr]

I'm from Brazil and Adidas is a very popular brand here, but we pronounce it closer to the American way ("ah-DEE-dass", or maybe "ah-JEE-dass" in most of our regional accents), simply because Portuguese spelling rules direct the pronunciation that way. In Portuguese, the default is for the stress to be on the penultimate syllable, if there aren't a number of things that shift the stress backward or forward, none of which are present in the brand name.

[@onigvd77]

a lot of australians usually say Vee-Dub for VW brand or at least around the people i’ve interacted with.

[@A_nony_mous]

True, we Australians are linguistically lazy, if we *can* abreviate we will, eg: mozzie for mosquito, barbie for barbeque, cozzie for swiming costume and innumerable others.

[@robertmorris6529]

@ Grant D I even use ' vee - wee ' . Many years ago I was told it was said as ' VEY DOUBLE VEY ' not sure of their Nationality , but presumed it was ' German ' either East or West , but family surname of Schmidt .

[@cmbk75]

You're pronunciation of Volkswagen is spot on...👍🏻

[@popcornshiner3937]

This was another fun video Ian, As an Aussie, it seems to me that Australia generally pronounces the words pretty close to the way she explained it.

[@mikulda2]

6:58 Never ask: - a woman, her age - a man, his salary - a german company, what they were doing between 1933 and 1945 🙂

[@Charmin0021]

Fun fact About Aldi (North at least) in Germany. Trader Jos is here, a Aldi Brand for American producs like Hotdogs, Pancakes etc

[@module79l28]

14:30 - Correct. If your Aldi store has the logo with the blue back, then it's Aldi Süd. Here in Portugal we only have Aldi Nord (the one with the white backed logo), that's why we have access to all kinds of Trader Joe's products. 🙂

[@thatrandomaussiechick4107]

when we were kids VW's were referred to as hitlers revenge

[@marvinlinnarz5856]

I think there's almost a dozen of Car Brands that are a Part of VW

[@magnusthiel6065]

Hey IWrocker. German dude here. That vid was really refreshing to watch. You're so open minded! More power to you. Oh, and my sub. lol Cheers!

[@dadlift]

The Haribo/ Trolli joke cracked me up. Got yourself a new sub 😁

[@grabtharshammer]

Did you know that the Porsche 356 (forerunner to the 911) was fitted with the same engine as the Kubelwagen,KDF and some Beetles. The early 911's had the 1700cc unit from the VW Type 2 (campers, transporters) - Obviously slightly modified in certain areas. However in the 70's in the VW / Audi Dealership I worked in, we regularly had Porsches in for service etc because Audi / VW parts were cheaper. Even though they were often the exact same parts, often still marked with the VW part numbers. If you look at the part numbers on even modern day Audi / VW / Porsche / Seat / Skoda you will find the odd parts that still have the original VW Beetle part numbers stamped in. If it fits and it works, why change it :)

[@utha2665]

When I was young I pronounced Adidas the same as IWrocker but during the 80s or 90s there was a shift to the German pronunciation. I was surprised, Ian, that you didn't know Lufthansa, I knew from the word luftwaffe, luft meaning air hansa, an old German word for united. I've watched her channel for a bit over the last year or so, she has some interesting content.

[@HalfEye79]

Hansa derives from Hanse and is a historical trading union in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Even today there are cities which wer "Hansestädte" ("Hanse-cities"). The most important cities in the Hanse is Lübeck.

[@utha2665]

@@HalfEye79 That's interesting how the word has transformed over the years to mean united. I suppose it kind of makes sense, unions typically unite people.

[@HalfEye79]

@@utha2665 It doesn't mean "united". It means "merchants over long distance". And that is the original purpose of Lufthansa.

[@Mojova1]

Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer became Auto Union AG. That are the 4 rings representing the 4 companies that united.

[@hajovelt3083]

Congrats! You are very good informed in the different brand historys!👏

[@Kazuya720]

You are by far the American who pronounce the most german words and companies already pretty right! Props to you!

[@d33b33]

If you're into guns, the German brand Heckler & Koch (of MP5 fame) is always pronounced wrong because the 'ch' bit at the end doesn't exist in English. The closest you have is the 'j' bit in the Mexican name Juan. They're the founders family names, but they also mean Lumberjack & Cook,

[@_Professor_Oak]

How is Juan the closest thing "we" have if it's not even in the English language, and isn't the J technically silent?

[@kennedyshotfirst2534]

@@_Professor_Oak A lot of americans are somewhat familiar with spanish i guess. And no, the j is not silent.

[@dreci3001]

You can't explain "ch" in German to English with a Spanish example. The 'ch" would be an H in English and pronounced like "Hot" emphasizing the H.

[@Derry_Aire]

The Scottish word 'loch' is pronounced the same way. Most British people know how to pronounce the word loch correctly, so it does exist in English. There was also an East German athlete in the 80s called Marita Koch whose surname was also pronounced correctly in the UK so as not to sound like 'cock' on Saturday afternoon tv.

[@typhoon-7]

@@Derry_Aire I was about to say this too. In Scotland the "ch" appears everywhere and we all pronounce it correctly. I go down to England and it's "Lock Ness" and they all can't say my name properly....

[@hanswurst2353]

I definetely like you because you seem very open to new things. You don't do these videos just for content but because you are interested in it. That is what i like most!

[@sharkydm]

I have been impressed by all the things you already knew before watching the video. And you did a quite entertaining video, too. Thumbs up!

[@anthonyadverse4449]

In the scheme of things, I think you did pretty well. Feli has a lot of great videos, I wonder how much she's got a Bayern accent though, because the northerners tend to speak differently.

[@niczwerg]

Her pronunciation does not have a Bavarian accent in the vids. She uses Middle High German (the formal German) for them.

[@dnocturn84]

@@niczwerg Yes, there is no Bavarian accent to find. This is just normal High German. I guess you have to watch all of her videos to ever catch her speaking dialect once. This propably also never happened so far.

[@uweinhamburg]

The name Volkswagen came from Wagen (car) for the people (Volk) - the Volk part is very close to the US folk term - so your pronunciation was really good. The German pronunciation of names with a Latin background is very close to the medieval Latin used by monks. For anybody with English background - German pronunciation is much more logical and very easy to learn - basically each letter is pronounced (read out as it is written and write as it is spoken), the emphasis is on the first syllable.

[@VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

I think it should be very easy for an English speaker to even guess: folk (as in folk tale, folk music, etc.) and wagon. It must be really easy to have an Indo European language as your native tongue!

[@dorlaretz5901]

@@VideoDotGoogleDotCom Why easy?

[@VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

@@dorlaretz5901 Because so many of the most important languages in the world belong to the Indo-European language family. The vocabularies have so many similarities, one can basically guess a lot of words without even knowing the other language, especially when there's some context. Let's take number two (2): - Russian: dva - English: two - Hindi: do - Swedish: två - Polish: dwa - Spanish: dos - Romanian: doi - Bengali: dui - Persian: do - Latin: duo - Italian: due ...and then languages from some other families: - Turkish: iki - Estonian: kaks - Mongolian: hoyor - Quechua: iskay You don't know how easy you have it!

[@dorlaretz5901]

@@VideoDotGoogleDotCom That's just basic words. You can do the same with other language families.

[@VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

@@dorlaretz5901 Who cares if the other languages in your native language family are spoken by very few people and are not internationally important at all? It's like knowing international film stars and Nobel laureates versus knowing your drunken aunt.

[@Runnerskeeper]

I'm german and have actually seen a bunch of reaction videos of this video from Feli. Although you were off some times, you didn't butcher it as much as some others. So respect for playing along and doing pretty well imo. Stay curious. Love your content, so I'm clicking subscribe right now.

[@lsdengo1589]

You're very chill and open about learning new stuff, kudos! I wish more people were like you whether from the US or Europe.

[@dan_kay]

Dude, your linguistic intuition is spot on! It wouldn't take you long to learn some basic German to get around.

[@crocket1971]

German pronouncing of the name "Kruipe" became "Krupp" the big steel manufacturer. Arend Kruipe was the Dutch founder of the company, later they gave it the German sounding name Krupp

[@RustyDust101]

Didn't know that. That is really interesting. Thank you for that info. I really appreciate those tidbits of info.

[@SlowSohn]

Thats based on the fact, that Arndt Kruipe immigrated to germany and founded his company there. By the time he already changed his lastname to Krupp, due to his immigration. Every generation after Arndt Kruipe had the german name Krupp.

[@caleblane7619]

Krupp also later made Lorries although I cant figure out when the First Krupp Lorry was made. Or When the First Diesel Krupp was Built.

[@danielklein5762]

Wow Trolli indeed is a german brand. You´re good with your guessing man.

[@synchronulleins]

The way you're bringing in your own Infos and comparing it with hers is pretty nice. I'm gonna follow you. Good video 👍

[@marvinlinnarz5856]

German get mentioned in a Video title. Germans: Guten Tag

[@annachristinanotyet4678]

Well you gotta remind the US-Americans once a months that not everyone who writes here in English is native to a country that has it as a document language.^^

[@bigoz1977]

That was an interesting video, a few of them brands I had no idea were German.

[@tbys8]

😂 ...I had to laugh at the idea that Trolli could be Haribo's "rival brother"! According to the report, that would have been really conceivable. You make really nice videos with a likeable sense of humor. Without "American arrogance" as it unfortunately sometimes happens, but with respect and appreciation. Thank you and keep it up.

[@Ironfist85hu1]

Maybe others mentioned before, but a little addition to the Mercedes Benz: Benz comes from Karl Benz, who was the founder of Benz & Cie, Rheinische Gasmotorenfabrik what later, in 1926 fusioned with Daimler Motorengesellschaft, thus creating Daimler-Benz AG. Also the name of the fuel, what you americans say as "gas" and british say as "petrol" comes from this name too: benzin, or anglicised "benzine". In Europe we call (not properly tho) the diesel fuel as gasoil, or simply diesel. What, again,comes from a german engineer, who invented the diesel engine: Rudolf Diesel. You looked like you are very opened to these pieces of lore, so I hope you'll enjoy these tiny infos too. :)

[@philliplynch5943]

HI Ian. FYI there were only 800 Beetles built during the war mainly driven by Hitlers officers etc. The so called peoples car never materialized till after the war, when two English officers rebuilt the factory and started VW as we know it.

[@petebeatminister]

Well, the British officers didn't actually start the company, they enabled the new management to set up the production. The factory was pretty badly smashed from bombing, and materials like steel, tyres, glass ect. were only available for production that was deemed "essential" for the survival of the people, or the needs of the allied forces in Germany. Especially Maj. Ivan Hirst had a important role in convincing the military government, that the production of the beetle would be "essential" in that sense. He is still a kind of hero in the history books of the VW company, has a place in their museum and so on. I have been there some years ago, and got presented with a book about him.

[@philliplynch5943]

@@petebeatminister I should have said Restarted. They stopped the factory being bulldozed. I was trying to be a bit more concise.😁

[@00wheelie00]

You can put an old Porsche boxer engine in an old beetle and surprise everyone at the red light 😃

[@tigeriussvarne177]

You should also build in the Porsche brakes. ;D

[@00wheelie00]

@@tigeriussvarne177 That'll be a serious time sink, the Beetle and Boxer engine OTOH actually have the same mounting points and are a nearly drop in replacement.

[@tigeriussvarne177]

@@00wheelie00 I'm aware of that. ;) But with the extra power, you can also use better brakes.

[@johnsietsema9647]

@@tigeriussvarne177 brakes

[@tigeriussvarne177]

@@johnsietsema9647 Danke

[@markusschenkl7943]

Another fun fact: Adidas' and Puma's HQs are both still located in Herzogenaurach (Franconia/Northern Bavaria) and only about 1 Mile apart.

[@theheinzification]

Fun fact: Aldi in Austria (not Australia) is named "Hofer", but has the same symbol as Aldi.

[@anashiedler6926]

english speakers often have problems, when they see a "th" in a brand or name. While in enlish this would be a "th" compound sound, in german mostly this just is the last letter from one word in a compound word followed by the first letter of the second word, so the pronounciation and emphasis is completely different. Like "lufthansa" (Luft-Hansa), or Rathaus (Rat-Haus),etc

[@HalfEye79]

Every time, I wonder why the TH in loan words into english is pronounced like this. But in the name Thomas they wouldn't pronounce the TH this way.

[@darknase]

In the times before ~2000/2005 - not really sure anymore - it was by law required (with certain exceptions) that the company name had to include the owners name. That's where all the initial based abbreviations come from , as well as just name based ones: HaRiBo, AdiDas, Thyssen, Krupp, Zeiss, MBB (Messerschmidt-Bölkow-Blohm), Blohm + Voss ... Btw: The car company MAN - Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg - is pronounced "M - A - N" not "man" P.S.: BASF (pron. B - A - S - F) means Badische Anilin- und SodaFabrik (German for ''Baden Aniline and Soda Factory'') [Baden is a former region and now part of one of our 16 federal states called Baden-Württemberg, which combined the two major regions of Baden and Württemberg into one - never forget Germany till 1871 was made up of over 600 little "statelets" and regions]

[@theRealccb83]

Very nice! I really appreciate it!

[@fabigrundler8846]

Best pronunciation guesses I’ve ever heard from an American on that video, especially when it was about cars Greetings from Germany

[@iamlinda100]

for years some Americans I've met have mocked us Aussies for pronouncing Adidas "wrong", but it turns out we have been right all along, us Aussies just use the original German pronunciation! Is it weird that I actually feel proud that we've been pronouncing the name right this whole time and it's the Americans who are wrong (again)? lol

[@marydavis5234]

do not say All Americans, my whole family pronounces all German products the German way ! My uncles wife is German and We all ask her the right way to say it.

[@iamlinda100]

@@marydavis5234 that's why I said SOME Americans, I never said "all" Americans

[@se7enhaender]

Don't worry about your pronunciation. An American I played video games with 20 years ago once asked me what _"zee-tighst"_ means... No matter how many times he said it, I had no fricking clue what he wanted until he got angry at me for not understanding. After I had him spell it for me, I realized that he butchered the word _"Zeitgeist"_ so hard that I just didn't recognize it, but knowing what he was trying to say, I could then see how he got there... for the most part. 😅

[@IWrocker]

😂😅

[@wiinkel9440]

The reason Aldi and Lidl can sell the products cheaper is that they have us truck drivers offload the stock from the trailer, which is faster and more efficient, so they don't have to employ as much staff like other supermarket warehouse's, for instances Asda, which is a Walmart company.

[@longtailgt]

I'm actually surprised that I got most of them right even though I don't speak or understand the German language that much. I also love how open minded you are for an American and how you try to learn about different things around the world! A very refreshing sight! Btw, Mercedes' headquarters are also located in Stuttgart, the same as Porsche (they two are actually very close by). So yes, 4 of the 5 big German companies have their HQs in southern Germany.

[@Real_MisterSir]

Most German companies are contracted from multiple individual words, like Volkswagen is the merging of Volks and Wagen, while Lufthansa is merging of Luft and Hansa. In pronunciations you treat each sub-word independently and put an emphasis on where they're joined. You never want to make the joint too fluid and unintelligible, as German phonetics tend to be clearly structured and discernible. Same with a couple other germanic-derived languages. Less so in southern European languages like French and Italian that are more smooth flowing.

[@fischX]

Germanlanguagejustlikestoputeverytingintooneword.

[@stonedmountainunicorn9532]

@@fischX We Dutchy's like that shit to, something really basic a lot of expats here have to deal with is the UWV when they have to get their "arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering"

[@Anson_AKB]

not (correctly) separating the components, or even concatenating separate words often results in incomprehensible new words which are hilarious (once you get what they really are). eg _a Deed-Ass,_ the non-existing TH in _Love-Thansa_ *(Luft-Hansa,* Luft=air, Hanse=medieval merchants), and the same problem with literally fried fish: *Brat-Hering* turning into _Brathe-Ring_ :-) Another famous example is the non-existing town _Stanton,_ which really is *St. Anton* (Sankt=saint) Germans also like to have *_fun with such words_* or entire sentences, eg _Blumento-Pferde_ (Pferd=horse, but what is a Blumento?) instead of *Blumen-Topf-Erde* (Blumen=flowers, Topf=pot, Erde=earth/soil, thus soil in/for flower pots), and on a big sign in a restaurant behind a table that is reserved for the regulars: _Didi Hirsi Zendisi Zenim Erhir_ ("Die, die hier sitzen, die sitzen immer hier" = *those who are sitting here always sit here)* and finally children (and adults) are sometimes challenged to find out the meaning of _Diku Rentum Dense Rumbi Sivi Lindi Ferti Fung_ (Die Kuh rennt um den See rum, bis sie fiel in die Vertiefung = the cow ran around the lake until it fell into the ditch)

[@HalfEye79]

@@Anson_AKB There is another word like Blumto-Pferde: It's the "Alpeno-Strand". (Alpenostrand - east border of the Alps).

[@Kenny-lbaum]

Definitely like your way to approach the German language. As a matter of fact, you often already pronounced it quite accurately German. No worries for all Americans if they pronounce it differently, because believe me, so many German speaking people proncounce many English words totally wrong as well. Even if my English is quite good, I recently discovered that I was totally wrong with "mischievous" for years now ;-). So we all have our struggles and they are acutally pretty funny most of the time - and we can learn from each other... Alles Gute (all the best)...

[@gerbentvandeveen]

My first car was a BMW 318I from 1986. Greetings from Spakenburg Netherlands.

[@gerbentvandeveen]

Your Live F1 was fun and next time I will watch again. Mexico!! I am a BIG REB BULL FAN. #spakenburg

[@everx7]

should do another one of these, if there is any like this video out there, i dont know, i saw this before, but i wanted to see ur reaction and how u pronounce :), was fun, thank you

[@Quasnob]

Australia was right on Adidas!!!! 😀

[@Quasnob]

Sorry Run DMC...great song

[@se7enhaender]

As a German, I disagree with the notion that Audi or Mercedes-Benz are seen as "normal" brands. Yes, they aren't Ferrari or Rolls Royce style luxury, but ppl are fully aware that these brands are more expensive than others and thus somewhat "luxurious", especially the larger models. Take into account that many models are cheaper in the U.S. and it seems even more ridiculous. It's probably better to think of those brands as a representation of a certain quality standard, even if it's just perceived, instead of relating it to money. An E-Tron and a Q2 aren't remotely the same, so why treat the brand like one or the other.

[@Trichromasie]

yep, i thought the same thing too. But hey, she's from Bavaria.....explains a lot, doesn't it? =D

[@se7enhaender]

@@Trichromasie Money must not be an issue for her... why else risk going to the U.S. where you might end up broke (or in debt) over some minor medical condition. 😅

[@DontPanick]

@@se7enhaender I watch her videos for some time now. Since she is German, she has a German health insurance.

[@DontPanick]

I agree, they are not normal brands. They are all usually calles Premiummarke (premium brand), which is just another term for luxury brand. But the perception in Bavaria is definetly different and twisted, when a lot of people can afford them.

[@Henrik_Holst]

Well Mercedes-Benz have the A class and Audi had the A1 and Q1 until recently.

[@jaymibutler8724]

Love these reaction vids, well done, i love how barriers are broken down and everything is down to earth :) Dude, you should check out the VW factory in Wolfsburg it is immense i think Richard Hammond did a program on it :)

[@mikkorenvall428]

Town founded by Nazis in the name Autostadt (Car City) for one purpose only... Guess what?

[@melvin7023]

Again a great video 😊 Best wishes from Haltern am See in Germany 🌴

[@DpMario11]

Please stop saying Adidas wrong. Only Americans do it. It's so stupid. It really drives my nerves any time I hear it.

[@MrFreezeYo]

you made me laugh so hard with that trolly brother joke, kudos to you, had a great laugh!

[@asozialerschalker24]

Very good Video! The brand Miele is from my hometown Bielefeld. Very interesting to see videos about Germany on a American KZbin channel!

[@kriketo]

Nice video, known all the brands but didnt know soo many brands/products that i've seen forever around, are from germany, and at the same time all of them being sold in my country, Spain.

[@chrisbee9643]

I am German, watching every sport on US commentary. I love these Videos!! Keep em up!!! Helps me connecting to the language, too. :)

[@Jasongilliar]

I am late but an brilliant reaction, thank you for that, Hope we See more of thouse or some F1 reactions, Hope you doing great and greatings from Germany

[@Bioshyn]

Feli has a bunch of great well researched videos

[@IWrocker]

Good to know!! This video was well done 🎉

[@P0intL3ader75]

Nice topic for a video! We almost pronounce those brands the same where I live, in Sweden as Swedish is a Germanic language as is English as well by the way :P One great example is the word we use for a chair in Swedish, "stol", the same you guys use for the same "chair" and is pronounced how you say it as well as in Swedish.

[@sebastiankroemer830]

AUDI comes from the east of Germany (which was central Germany at that time) but was located to the west/south after WW2.

[@DeBaRe]

6:20 you are right! Audi, BMW, Porsche and Mercedes are quite close to each other (here) in the south. RUF, AMG and Alpina are around here as well.

[@MattatWiley]

9:20 Fun fact: VW has an own butchery in its plant canteen in Wolfsburg. The top selling product (by quantity) of Volkswagen is no car, but the sausage (approx. 9m sausage p.a.)

[@tactikool4740]

Like your channel keep it up brotha.

[@marwerno]

Aldi North and Aldi South are separate companies, but they still get very well along with each other and use their combined buying power on many items! They also sort of separated the world and usually do not fight in the same market against each other.

[@flitsertheo]

17:07 German vendors sometimes include a tiny bag of those "Goldbären" with your purchase though this tradition is dying out.

[@tnaplastic2182]

You pronounced most of the stuff VERY good! 😊

[@martinbank_]

You're correct, vw is under Volkswagen group with other brands like Porsche, Audi, Škoda, Bentley, Lamborghini and others. So big percentage of cars and trucks sold in Europe are indeed manufactured by Volkswagen group.

[@mt79er]

Note about history and location of german car manufactures: Originaly most of german car history came from eastern germany, the state of saxony. Audi is based on Horch which was created in Zwickau, saxony. BMW came out of EMW wich was created in Eisenach, Thuringen. But after WW2 germany was divided in 2 parts you know and so companys split in different parts. And because of the soviet way of economics, called planwirtschaft (planned economy) eastern car companies didnt survive. Most splitted companies settled down in bavaria or baden wurtemberg (porsche).

[@miztazed]

9:18 yes VW owns the following Brands: Audi, Seat, Skoda, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborhini, Porsche. It is a real Giant when it comes to car manufacturing. But by the way. It's always fun to watch your great reaction videos.Greetings from Petrolhead to Petrolhead.

[@cattila1]

they also have the Cupra company that broke off from seat and the truck company MAN, apparently they also have a commercial line of vehicles as a separate part of the VW grope, tho im not sure if you could count the last one in as it is part of VW itself

[@juwen7908]

But Google says in 2022 Toyota is bigger and VW is on only the second place.

[@mortysmith363]

yeah do more of these

[@black4estmike587]

i appreciate u type of presentation and u r view, u r curios to look on the other side of US to europe

[@martinpoulsen6564]

As an ESL, I have to praise you for taking this up. Good one.

[@SaMartok]

I own a Miele washingmachine from 1972, still use it for my regular laundry. So yeah, very good quality.

[@papillon232]

"The Volkswagen Group sells passenger cars under the Audi, Bentley, Cupra, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda and Volkswagen brands; motorcycles under the Ducati name; light commercial vehicles under the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand; and heavy commercial vehicles via the marques of listed subsidiary Traton (IC Bus, International, MAN, Scania and Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus). It is divided into two primary divisions-the Automotive Division and the Financial Services Division-and as of 2008, it had about 342 subsidiary companies.[10] Volkswagen also has two major joint ventures in China, FAW-Volkswagen and SAIC Volkswagen. The company has operations in roughly 150 countries, and it has 100 production facilities across 27 countries."

[@the_og_rubenmartin]

3:44 Yeah... "designed"... A certain Czech brand would like to differ... Great video as always Ian👍

[@peuner001]

love this guy!

[@My_initials_are_O.G.cuz_I_am]

With how Adolf Dassler named Adidas after his name and surname, it's important to know that Puma used to be called Ruda, after its founder, Rudolf Dassler.

[@trebronrehts]

No man, you did pretty awesome! ;-)

[@Olim22]

Trolli is also a German brand btw.. for some strange reason the founders of haribo and trolli are not brothers though.

[@jessica61936]

Here in Australia I think most people say Aldi with an 'a' sound like in apple, rather than an 'aa' sound like you use (basically the other version that she said, if that didn't make any sense). Also I'm learning German, so I find it cool that you reacted to this video :)

[@hyzenthlay7151]

We have Aldi here in Spain too, but the logo used ia that of the other brother...

[@Dasdi1970]

The Trolly-Thing was quite funny!

[@ElmshornBoy]

A German here. There were many car manufaturers across Germany. But a few have survived. VW is in North-Germany in a small city called Wolfsburg. They the biggest car producing player around the globe.

[@KayoMichiels]

17:04! Heey! Haribo has a factory in my town but it only produces the marshmellow type of candy (it used to be a different brand called Dulcia, but Haribo bought it 1996 and just renamed it)

[@mgmeiaeventpromoter8426]

7:39 a cool fact in Portugal till 2000/2002 all the Taxi's was Mercedes, now you can find other brands but Mercedes still on their majority. About Aldi in Germany they have Aldi South and Aldi North, but in the rest of Europe we have Aldi and Lidl. Lidl, I believe, will be one of them, North or South Aldi, the logos are with the same colors and same shape as well. And it's was so funny to see your face in some brends like Míele, that you don't know but here in Europe is very well known, like other German brand she didn't mentioned was Siemens. Very interesting video by the way!

[@dnocturn84]

Taxis in Germany were Mercedes for a long time. The first time I ever saw a different car manufacturer being used as taxi happened in the early 2000s.

[@mgmeiaeventpromoter8426]

@@dnocturn84 Exactly same in Portugal! Did you know that in Mercedes Museum in German, they have a portuguese TAXI a 190-D with 1 million Kms? That's so cool! Hi had a 190-D and a 220-CDI, but I had so much fundriving the 190-D. Seams like a Tank, all steel from 86, electric windows (vaccum) electric doors, AC, full extras!

[@emmasly123]

Lidl is a completely different company, not related to Aldi. But it is also German.

[@TABSF1]

Love the "did Haribo owner have a brother" was thinking the same thing!

[@larso.3899]

16:53 Miele gives you up to 10 years of full warranty on a washing maschine in Germany. The once I know least about 15 to 20 years until the first defect..