Christoph Waltz Gives Jimmy Fallon a German Words Quiz - German Reacts! | Feli from Germany

[@BigNews2021]

Love that guy. Not only is he a great actor, he's got such a cool personality. Smart, funny, witty, and always entertaining in interviews.

[@mhw745]

Such fun. I took high school German over 60 years ago, but never used it, but was able to figure out the words from that rudimentary learning.

[@Gene1954]

Allita Battle Angel is an awesome movie and Waltz plays a good guy.

[@aikidragonpiper71]

Alita Battle Angel is an excellent movie. The special effects are amazing. The movie is highly underrated,it should’ve been a big hit. All of us that are fans of the movie are hoping for the sequel. The manga that the movie is from has a lot more of the story to tell.

[@jacksonfondren1656]

Absolutely agree! Highly underrated.

[@Sunnyweather22]

I love this movie too❤

[@mikaelwojciechowski7281]

I totally agree! I love that movie and I truly hope (and wait) for a sequel ❤

[@dux_bellorum]

Came to say the same thing! Great movie!!!

[@GallifreyanGunner]

It is widely regarded as one of the best live action adaptations of a work of Japanese manga. Hopefully, there will be a sequel.

[@scott2836]

You should ABSOLUTELY see the movie, Feli. It’s very good. It helps if you enjoy manga/scifi, but the film is visually amazing.

[@desperadox7565]

I'm not a Manga fan but a big Cyberpunk fan (Gibson, Shadowrun, etc). I should probably check it out.

[@NikiTheDancer]

Matthias Schweighöfer war ebenfalls bei Jimmy Fallon und sie haben das gleiche Spiel gespielt. Wir warten dann mal auf den 2. Teil. ;)

[@esinohio]

Man Christoph is ridiculously cool. He just oozes with personality. He always strikes me as the type of person you want to have a nice conversation with.

[@oceanbnd]

The problem is that Christoph would probably be bored by most Americans. Feli would be interesting to see interview him.

[@Jo553Nas]

Waltz could have brought up Austria's word of the year 2016: Bundespräsidentenstichwahlwiederholungsverschiebung.

[@dametalbayer1014]

Danke das du uns so süß vertrittst immer

[@jitterskater]

He was born in Vienna, but his dad is actually from Munich / Germany while his mom is Austrian.

[@karlmasutra6691]

by passport he is a german, true. this brings a lot of comfort due to traveling all over the world to him. so i´m thinking thats why he keeps his german citicenship and blame the german behaviors a bit. because he grow up in austria he sees hinself as an austrian too. so he is a cherry picker, but a likeable one.

[@FLScrabbler]

​@karlmasutra6691 "symptic" presumably should read "sympathetic" which is a false friend with the German word "sympathisch" meaning "likeable"...

[@karlmasutra6691]

@@FLScrabbler yep, 1st trapped by a false friend 2nd then misswriting too 3rd thx, changed :)

[@FLScrabbler]

@karlmasutra6691 Glad, I was able to help 😇 Thank you..! 😊

[@rjmurphyo0]

@@karlmasutra6691 does this mean since my grandma was from Canada that I'm American Canadian

[@doorofnight87]

Love Christoph Waltz and his wonderful and dry (at least from an American standpoint) sense of humor. I still remember just enough German that I got all of those right, but had very little clue on the two you gave at the end, other than the Rindfleisch at the beginning of the one you translated. Its amazing what comes back to you even after a decade. I imagine you've picked up some things about American Football from osmosis given how long you've lived in Cincinnati. You've probably lived their long enough to even pick up the native Cincinnatian pride when the Bengals do well, but also knowing not to get TOO invested because somehow, in some way, they're going to find a way to disappoint.

[@Rescue162]

Your channel makes me love German even though I know little to none of it.

[@alboyer6]

The one about the forest kakes sense. Walden in english is an old english word for forest. Which is familiar from Thoreau's "on wlden pond". And then the one with Meiester i knew was the one with a leader because of the stop motion christmas show "Santa claus is comin to town". There was a burgermeiester in it.

[@zedcaster]

Burgermeister Meisterburger!

[@mischmaZOOO]

It's Meister, not Meiester. It is pronounced Mei (as in my) and ster (as in Roadster): My-ster :-)

[@sonkeschluter3654]

Meister means master, in this case it is used as the master in your tradesman career apprentice -> journeyman -> master

[@joshuanavarro8925]

"Geschwindigkeitsüberwachungskamera" has been my favorite go-to long-ass German word ever since i discovered it in my German pocket dictionary at age 14. I'm 34 now, currently brushing up on my German now for nostalgia reasons after focusing on Taiwanese Mandarin since 2017. Your videos have been very entertaining! 🥰👍

[@MichaelBrehmer]

Thanks! I always learn something from your videos and now I have a movie to watch. 😊

[@paulalexandredumasseauvan2357]

this was INTERESTING, ENTERTAINING and FUNNY! 😁 thank you for sharing this with us! 👍☺

[@pamandjohnmc]

Alita Battle Angel is a must watch. And the behind the scenes how it was made was really awesome.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nope

[@Nerple]

There’s a clip of Tarantino on KZbin! Shorts where he said Colonel Hans Lander is his favorite character he ever wrote and if he couldn’t find someone to play him, he didn’t want to make the movie. He interviewed a ton of people and had given up hope when Christoph Waltz came in for an audition. His reaction to Waltz’s audition? “We’re making a movie!”

[@TinaSalamander]

Do you have the link to the interview? I'd love to see it.

[@Nerple]

@@TinaSalamander This isn’t the same one I saw earlier (still looking for it) but here’s him saying half of that claim: kzbin.infoTkQTPN1aYIA?si=3ChULm3z1Sx52qlm

[@andrewwiddel77]

So great to see another video from you 😍

[@lyskamm88]

Alita Battle Angel is an iconic movie and has developed a cult following after its release. You should definitely watch it

[@berndbaier3660]

true!

[@DieselDSM69]

I learned a bit of German a few years back and I usually fly Lufthansa so I got the answers easily.

[@kasperjoonatan6014]

Cincinnati: my first love outside of Finland was from there. München, the best city of beer, dirndl, and so on.

[@heatherwind]

I adore Christoph Waltz! And yes, I've seen Alita - it's a fantastic film, not only for the incredible FX, but because of its cast truly understanding the world they're inhabiting and bringing it to life. We worth the watch.

[@igaragounis]

totally worth watching, I'm waiting for a sequel!

[@TanjaLeenheer]

Ich kenne es,aber ich find es jedes Mal aufs neue lustig

[@steveflatbush]

Love it. Funny episode!

[@hankeng6375]

In an interview with Conan O'Brien Christoph Waltz compares Austrians to Germans. He joked, "Austrians were like a waltz (dance) while Germans were like a battleship." I wonder what Feli thinks of that joke.

[@Asher8328]

Gotta comment on what he's wearing, especially that jacket. Pretty casual looking for TV but still very cool. Absolutely love that jacket.

[@qu4n7um1]

I love Herr Waltz, he's absolutely awesome!

[@lordwilksy]

Love the word and meaning of die Waldeinsamkeit ❤

[@ArtFreeman]

This was fantastic. I like this actor's movies as well.

[@gregd8098]

ABSOLUTELY worth seeing Alita Battle Angel!

[@PCAKnight]

I remember him from The Legend of Tarzan...such a great bad guy!

[@josealfonsosilvalatorre1826]

Nice video feli

[@alexanderlevy2538]

I saw the movie Alita, Battle Angel at the theater. It was so good I bought the DVD, so I've seen it three times.

[@UnionYes1021]

Love you! What a great way to celebrate us humans and all our different languages!

[@stephanieregosin7303]

My mother was from Vienna.

[@the_tabulator]

3:40 As you mention words like Sitzpinkler (literally "Sitting peeing") are meant as in insult for what you would call a "wimp" in English. Others are Schattenparker (lit. "shadow parker", someone who parks his car in the shadow to avoid sunlight heating it up) or Warmduscher (warm-showerer). The most common is "Weichei" (lit. "soft egg", a soft boiled egg). Some of the long German words like "Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänsmütze" and all the other combinations of long Donau words (which is the Danube river) are actually made up by us Germans to make fun ourselves of our long compound words. (Yes! We do have a sense of humour!) But Bezirksschornsteinfegermeister is actually a common word in Germany, meaning the county's chief chimney sweep.

[@user-wh7hs2bc6m]

Hi, Sitzpinkler können aber auch Frauen sein die " Mann " am Ende seiner Geduld so bezeichnet. Ein weiteres Wort ist Schluchtenscheisser für meisstens Österreicher.😊

[@arnothar8035]

No. "Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft" is a real word and is a name for an austrian company founded in 1829. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft.

[@marcmckenzie5110]

My favorite compound German word from college was Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzerin, or “female speed limit breaker”.🇺🇸🌿🇩🇪

[@benne_drakenpancer]

That would translate to female speed limiter though. Maybe you meant Geschwindigkeitsbrgrenzungsüberschreiterin?! The first doesn't make sense in Germany unless you were on a gendering crusade against male denominated car parts. The latter is technically a correct term but actually doesn't happen in colloquial language. You'd rather use Temposünderin (literally female speed sinner).

[@marcmckenzie5110]

@@benne_drakenpancer Too funny - yes, my memory is not so good anymore!

[@jandenijmegen5842]

In German class we loved making up long German words like Bundeseisenbahnknotenpunkthinundherschieber. Or Zuckerbonbonmitholzangriff. Working in Germany later I noticed that in reality things are worse and longer when redesigning German manuals for planning: Materialbedarfsplanung, Durchlaufzeitermittlung and so on. Usually two words fitted on one line. One of the longest words we found was: Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz. This word is now history in some states as was was too long for the Germans.

[@classicrockdefender]

Alita Battle Angel is absolutely worth watchingl Great movie.

[@manricobianchini5276]

Awesome, awesome movie!!! You should see it Feli.

[@darrenobayashi6528]

Great movie! It has nothing to do with his accent, but his performance is wonderful....

[@ebbhead20]

There's no Bond movie called Suspector, it's Spectre after the crime syndicate.

[@Snaakie83]

Yes! Loved this clip... My years of German that were forced on me definitely paid off... somehow these words seem absolutely logic to me. In Dutch we do have some kind of a word for someone that looks nice from the back and not so from the front... it's called a plork. Im not sure its still in fashion but when we used it the acronym meant "Pretty Body, Utterly Ugly Face" or 'Prettig Lichaam Ontzettende Rot Kop". Christoph Waltz is an absolute gem, I understand these shows are completely scripted but I must hand it to him that it'll probably take a lot of balls to change seats in such a high regarded show, they don't seem to do that too often.

[@libraryguy11]

Waltz plays a doctor who rescues Alita, who is part android/part human. Waltz character fixes these creations as a living, but is also a bounty hunter for those who are evil. He is a father figure to Alita.

[@ThatGuyThrill]

He was in a short series called the consultant. Very good 👍

[@AbdElRahmanDarwish-i8f]

I love how they have sentences in thier words

[@nbayard]

Alita is an awesome movie. And yes, that is what German sounds like to us.

[@DarkPesco]

Anytime "meister" completes a German word it is some sort of person and a title. Meister means master or boss.

[@r0y4l_r44v3n]

Do you mean like "Waldmeister"? 😉 Of course, in general, you're right.

[@TChalla616]

Like Jägermeister

[@HCB.S]

Der Saunameister- Boss des schwingenden Handtuchs, damit Sauerstoff an den Ofen kommt, meine ich natürlich 😅

[@DerOpa.]

Longer, longer, longer, ... Kraftfahrzeugantriebswelleninnenundaussengelenksstaubschutzmanschettenkrimpschellenzange Even if this word does not exist in the German language, every car mechanic will immediately know which tool it is, because in Germany you can use descriptive words as placeholders for the correct words. Normally, however, such words are much shorter. Automotivedriveshaftinnerandouterjointdustbootcrimpclamppliers

[@arnodobler1096]

Jimmy was recently on vacation in Bavaria, and told a nice story about how he got lost etc. On his channel on YT "Lost in Bavaria - Storytime" very nice and funny

[@mshonle]

The movie was worth seeing at home when in early lockdown. I have no memory of what it was about.

[@SharurFoF]

First two were easy for me thanks to Wald and Sitz, third one it was harder to see how Stein and Meister would come out to something to do with chimneys, but it seemed way more likely than the alternative, anyway.

[@rodartrobot]

Alita was an amazing movie! Hoping for Alita 2!!!

[@rjoshb]

I wonder if Thoreau's "Walden Pond" had any orgin in the German language, all the solitude and all.

[@blindleader42]

I believe any time you see "wald" in an English word, there's a high likelihood has German roots, sometimes by way of Old English.

[@martinfurtner2136]

Google Adalbert Stifter

[@oceanbnd]

Thank you, Feli, for sharing this. I'm not a huge fan of Jimmy, but I love Christoph.

[@gregblair5139]

Because it's multiple choice, I was able to get them all by checking reasonability and matching pieces of words to known (by me) vocabulary.

[@Nerple]

That’s what I did too! Especially the forest loneliness one as I spent two months living at the edge of Wiener Wald (Vienna’s Woods)

[@CineSoar]

Yeah, wald and sitz were giveaways.

[@larrybremer4930]

"Meister" gave away the Chimney one to me.

[@tomrogue13]

​@larrybremer4930 and stien in the Middle of the word

[@eisikater1584]

NO! I will NOT sit down to pee. NEVER! (Except some woman forces me to, but that's a different thing.) Waldeinsamkeit, wasn't there a story about two kids lonely in the woods with one of them almost getting eaten by a witch? And one about a girl, a grandma, and a wolf? The Brothers Grimm really knew how to describe Waldeinsamkeit.

[@DieselDSM69]

@@eisikater1584 dunno what the big deal is in sitting down to take a slash. At home I'm lazy and since I got over 50, I find it often takes time to summon the piss lol so yeah, when waiting, it's good to sit down 🤣

[@Ilogunde]

I would not have translated Waldeinsamkeit that way. I think "solitude" is more appropriate than "loneliness". It's not about being lonely, it's about being one with yourself and nature

[@DieselDSM69]

@@Ilogunde yeah we're on the same page there, I thought the same. I'm learning Finnish and believe me, German is simple compared to that.

[@desperadox7565]

Then you will NEVER pee in my home. I don't need to clean up your stinky piss.

[@HalfEye79]

The first is "Hänsel und Gretel" and the second one "Rotkäppchen", which is also known under the name "Little Red Riding Hood".

[@BarryMcFarland-i5x]

He plays a good guy - the doctor who basically brings her back from the dead.

[@youngson6005]

it was one of the better films that year. really good movie.

[@citylumberjack9169]

I personally LOVE Waltz' accent ... because it sounds like my family's accent when I was growing up. :)

[@thseed7]

Alita is fun and Christoph plays a good guy.

[@JK-br1mu]

The 2nd one had to be the forest answer, because of Wald, and the third one had to be the chimney sweep, because it ended in meister, which is used at the end of a ton of German occupations, including mayor (I think), burgermeister or something......the other option wasn't an occupation.

[@edward2426]

I didn't even realized he was in that movie until later this video LOL. But yes, you should definitely watch the movie if you like Sci-Fi movie.

[@pendragon2012]

She returns! Hope your vacation is going well, Feli! Someday hope to see you on Jimmy Fallon. 🙂

[@Scooterdude01]

Yes, more like this.

[@batliff]

Based on a Japanese story, it's a movie I can watch over and over again and not grow tired of it. Heard they are making a sequel.

[@TheMoviePlanet]

Alita is an incredible film.

[@midkingsteve]

PLEASE do his episode of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld. It's hilarious, but also he talks a lot about Vienna and the culture there and the differences between there and Germany and of senses of humor etc etc. It would be perfect!

[@CheburashkaGenovna]

Remember him as a young actor in "Parole Chicago"... 😁

[@scottfree641]

Forest loneliness?? Never that's heaven. But seriously Waltz is one of the best actors out there. That guy can sell a part and he could play almost anyone , not just German WW2 parts. Anybody at any time.

[@markuspa1416]

fantastic! Christoph is the best!

[@packfan1946]

I watched it and kind of like it as it was science fiction which is not my favorite genre. Chrisopher plays a good guy who creates Alita who aspires to be more than she is. The movie is for the younger generation to enjoy in my humble opinion. I recommend it to you. CW doesn't speak any German in it to the best of my recollection. He spoke French and Italian in Glorius Bastards, but that doesn't surprise me since many of you Europeans are multi-lingual which I am jealous of being mostly German myself but being born and raised here in the USA washed that all away after my grandparents passed away in my childhood. If you like German food, Chicago and Milwaukee have some of the best German restaurants in this country like Mader's in Milwaukee!!! Prost! Auf Ihre Gesundheit!!!

[@dedeegal]

Ich finde es toll und ein Zeichen von Größe, dass du dich da oben so in die Ecke quetscht! Leider ist das ja nicht der Standard. Viele Andere, die auf ein Video "reagieren", betrachten sich als sooo wichtig, dass sie glauben, ihnen würde 3/4 (oder sogar mehr) von der sichtbaren Fläche zustehen. Es ist noch keine Minute um ... und du hast direkt ein Like von mir bekommen. Allein für das "in die Ecke quetschen". Mögest du Vorbild für alle diese anderen "Reation-Video-Futzis" werden..... und ja ... Waltz ist natürlich - an sich - episch. Seit "Django Unchained" bin ich Fan 🙂

[@Spectator1959]

Feli’s German language heritage slips into her English when she say, “That’s eleven letters only.” Putting the adjective after the noun it modifies was really common among military Germans I worked with in NATO. They all spoke excellent English and many had trained at our military schools in the US, but they usually retained at least a bit of an accent and occasionally an unusual (for American English) word order would slip in.

[@davidwright5719]

Bezirk is any district, not necessarily a governing district, so Bezirksschornsteinfegermeister is just „head chimneysweep of the district“

[@ricksaint2000]

Thank you Feli

[@brianwalley2131]

I remember when I was studying German in high school I learned the words Sonntagnachmittagspaziergang, and Waffenstillstandverhandlung

[@karstenbursak8083]

How about Tom Hanks on Letterman and his experience on the German Autobahn 😂😂😂

[@Herzschreiber]

Seen that and I don't think it is funny, because Tom Hanks is simply spreading some of the biggest prejudices about our German Autobahn. So, nothing special because those prejudices already exist anyway.

[@EddieReischl]

That was fun. I know just enough German to get myself in trouble, but, for instance, "keit" is a suffix (ity, ness) so just go with the answer that describes a feeling. I wonder if Christoph ever did or would want to do a comedy. His humor is dry, like you said, but hey, they did the Naked Gun movies with Leslie Nielsen where he delivered his lines straight, and they were either a double entendre or there were funny things happening around them. Props to whoever came up with the wrong answers (was it Waltz?), they were really funny.

[@semipenguin]

I would like to suggest doing a video with Useful Charts to see how far back you have to go to find a common ancestor.

[@ernestconnell8087]

Funny stuff 😆

[@esm-exteny-sounds-music]

Moin Feli, mach doch mal ein Video über deutsche Wörter mit nur drei Buchstaben, wie zb: Fön, Gör. Böe, Kür, Öhr, Öde usw. Liebe Grüße aus Hamburg

[@desperadox7565]

Nothing really special about these. English has many 3-letter words too.

[@teekaa2520]

He also has a great scene in "Herr Lehmann" or "Berlin Blues" towards the end where he portraits the most creepy psychologist imaginable.

[@colla555]

Mit der schnellen und korrekten Aussprache von Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz machst du ja dem Rapper Twista Konkurrenz 😁

[@katiebrunner4376]

Christoph is great at playing absolutely terrifying characters

[@BS-vx8dg]

I've heard Feli and others say that the habit of German men to sit down to pee is a superior practice, but I think the fact that "Sitzpinkler" is used as an insult demonstrates that a)the current habit of German men to sit down is relatively new, and b) we American men need to continue standing up for all men of the world.

[@Roguefem76]

C*cksucker is also used as an insult, does that mean you consider _that_ an inferior practice that should be stopped? 😁

[@pameladuke-w9k]

It would be wonderful also If all the standing pee folks would bring something to clean up their mess lol

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@pameladuke-w9k True! But most American men literally do not believe they create any mess.

[@cree8vision]

So funny Feli.

[@dumiauch]

4:00 It's an insult, because some people think a man is not masculine enough when he sits down if he only has to pee.

[@Nitro1000]

To answer your question. Yes. That is exactly what German sounds like to English speakers because English was partially durived from German and our brains ignore the parts that sound familiar and latch on to the sounds of the language which sound foreign to our ears. Gen Sch Vi Aus Ee and Oh in German are sounds that aren't commen in the English language so our ears pick up on it more and especially En because many German words end that we are frequently exposed to end it.

[@barthonhoff5547]

Waldeinsamkeit did remember me directly to Hermann Hesse.

[@kickthesky]

He should have used that long, compound word from the Barbara's Rhubarb song!

[@-OutOfLove-]

Christoph Waltz has the German-Austrian nationality. His father was German.

[@donovanfoto3263]

I liked Alita. It was NOT a great movie, however, it was an enjoyable family movie. It didn't have any great surprises. I think it was designed for 8 - 14 year old range. The special effects were really good, first rate. The storyline was a little predictable. I would recommend it for family viewing. 😊😊

[@jorgmuhlberg3632]

Hallo Feli, ich habe da auch ein schönes deutsches Wort, dass es im englischen so nicht gibt: Kopfkino. Wenn man sich wirklich eklige Dinge vorstellt, obwohl man es nicht will. Es gab da mal ein Duo, Joint Venture, das hat richtig humorvolle Texte in Liedermacherform geschrieben und dargeboten. Und eines hieß Politiker beim Ficken. Der Text handelt von Situationen, in denen man seine Humor verliert, und das einzige, was dagegen hilft ist eben diese Vorstellung, und das ist Kopfkino. Ich habe das mal einem Waliser beschrieben, den ich regelmäßig auf einem Festival treffe. Und ein Jahr später musste er mir berichten, dass er das seinem Freundes und Bekanntenkreis so beschrieben hat, wie ich es ihm erklärt habe und dass es seit dem auch von diesen Leuten in diesem Sinne benutzt wird. Ja, manchmal gehen Sprachen seltsame Wege. 😄😄 kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJbXaH-pjL57mNU&ab_channel=JointVenture-Topic

[@robflynn5682]

Doppelkolbenfestsattelbremsanlage - double-piston fixed-caliper brake system ;)

[@richiecabral3602]

Well. Since you're dipping into this well for content, I mentioned a while back, but don't know if you're interested or not, but that there are a series of Flula Borg appearances on Conan that I think are hilaruous! If you don't know him, he's a fellow Bavarian that's an actor/comedian/DJ?, that has been in a few movies, but isn't necessarily that successful, but somehow ended up on Conan O'Brien's radar, and is a very wacky character, you kind of just have to see for yourself to understand, but Conan instantly fell in love with him as a guest, and he became a favorite that he had on regularly, and the conversation would often revolve around the fact that he's German, and then in one of my favorite appearances, he suggested Conan should go to Germany, so he did go to Berlin with a show he was doing that traveled to different countries, and Flula participated in parts of that, but probably the best segment from that show was when Conan learned about schuhplattler. You should check it out!

[@TimEric4d3d3d3]

Wow, a rare interview by Jimmy Fallon in which he laughs more than a sane person

[@mirthenary]

There's always the one I remembered from Top Gear, Doppelkupplungsgetriebe

[@RZ-ey9jk]

Double clutch gearbox. It is only a compound word. But the presentation was hilarious, indeed.