How to do an American Accent in German - feat. Dana (WantedAdventure)

Hey rabbits!
How do you do an American accent in German? I already showed you how to do the German accent in American English, but what about switching the concept around? To help me with my research I had the one and only Dana from Wanted Adventure by my side who kindly acted as my language guinea pig. I hope you have fun with the video! :) Enjoy!
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[@DreaMeRHoLic]

In Heidelberg, we had a American teacher. One guy in our class was named Ömer. He just called him Ohmer (but did sound more like Oma) and after some time he just called him Homer.

[@Persona_0909]

hahaha your comment just crack me up 😂

[@DerKatalane1899]

lol

[@OldLordSpeedy]

Yeah, that is the problem in every school class with original language speaker.

[@zalinaaa]

hab auch einen ömer in der klasse ^^

[@zalinaaa]

*****​ nur weil jemand ömer heißt, muss er nicht unbedingt ein muslim sein ;)

[@theresa3374]

"Germans don't like the D so much" Es ist definitiv nicht kindisch, wenn ich deswegen lache :D

[@xxkxxdxxyxoxo4449]

Warum sollten wir das D nicht mögen 😂😂😂🤔. Darum, denn, darum, dass, das, direkt, du.. So viele Wörter auf deutsch mit D

[@0XZ]

+xXKxXDxXY XOXO Ich glaube du denkst etwas zu erwachsen drüber..

[@pottkind88]

+xXKxXDxXY XOXO Der Buchstabe D bedeutet auf englisch Penis xxd

[@Big5ocks]

But Americans love their D ;)

[@Dragontrumpetare]

BUt hey you guys loves D if the word starts with a D. :-) But you really not like D when it ends with D. :-) The danes are the same..... T and D do kinda almost vanish. Food in danish "mad" sounds more or less like "math" lol

[@helcium_nz]

I am Brazilian and I have some knowledge of German. Since you like accents, I'd like to suggest you to make a text in German and ask your followers who can read something in German so that you can check their pronunciation based on their nationality.

[@Wislex]

Really good suggestion :)

[@biancat.1873]

But they would have to do a video for it and send it to Trixi, don't know how much would volunteer for that ... *shrug*

[@helcium_nz]

Bianca T. I would.

[@biancat.1873]

Hélcio Machado Pimentel Then it's a good suggestion. I like that idea too. :)

[@HQTrang]

This is an awesome idea. I would volunteer, although I know my pronunciation will have an American English accent instead of my native language accent.

[@erikrosdorff606]

I have a problem pronouncing "Schwül" and "Schwul".... German speakers know I am foreign when I say things like "Das wetter in Texas ist immer schwul" XDD

[@annikaParnda]

Haha. good to know 😉

[@lena9316]

Some "cool" People literally say that in Germany. XD

[@chjimenez]

Haha, I have the same problem, my accent with u and ü is not bad, the problem is, that I not remember which one means gay and which one muggy, therefore I use only Feucht or Feuchtigkeit (humidity)!! (Yep, I know, I need to build a complicated set of sentences to describe the muggy feeling, but no mistakes) hehe

[@xxkxxdxxyxoxo4449]

+Christian Jimenez Schwul means Gay. Schwül means warm 😂🤔

[@WINTERwaves]

Speaking of mixing up ü and u, I couldn't help giggling when the customer in front of me at the supermarket asked the cashier for a "Tute" (noisemaker/simple horn) instead of a "Tüte" (bag) one day :D

[@robotbjorn4952]

I detect some sexual innuendo in this video.

[@ronhochhalter3491]

I'm American with a strong German last name - Hochhalter. You can imagine how difficult this is for everybody in America to pronounce properly. I'm so used to people mispronouncing my name that I often wish I could change my name. I traveled to Munich several years ago and I was so happy when the person in customs took my passport and pronounced my name perfectly. The Germans were disappointed that I didn't speak German having such a strong German name. 90% of all the people I know have nicknames for me, or even after knowing me for years don't even try saying my last name. I guess the only solution is for me to move to Germany so people won't tease me, or mispronounce my name.

[@WantedAdventure]

I had a kind of similar situation with my first name. My first name is spelled Dana (so like the American "Dayna"), but my heritage comes from the Czech Republic, so my name is pronounced differently. My whole life I had to explain that to everyone I met. I was really excited to move to the Czech Republic (I lived there before moving to Germany), because I thought YAY!! Finally everyone will say my name correctly! Except I didn't take into account that people there would realize I was American and try to respect me by calling me..."Dayna" 😂 So then I still had to explain to them that no, no, really, I really actually to pronounce it the Czech way!!! lol 😄

[@OldLordSpeedy]

+Ron Hochhalter He he he Do you hold something high, also translated "highholder". Easy to read for me as german guy. Same happend my friend Rainer here in Thailand. No one can't speak his name, so he change name to 'Max'. About his last name is more horrible storries. I self named 'Ehrbar', a very old german word, translated 'respectable' but around 80% of the germans have problem to understand it correctly on phone! Funny right?

[@OldLordSpeedy]

+Wanted Adventure Also I read and talk as german guy your name 'Da' and 'na' - both parts with a short 'a' inside. Why I should put an 'y' after the first 'a'?

[@eTwisted]

In decades I can count the number of times my [German] family name has been pronounced properly in Canada. But there are so many people with German names here and they've never heard them spoken properly. Some [Chinese] friends came to Canada and went thru the phone book and adopted a common first name that was prouncable. It's such a mess and it makes me question what it is to be "German" or "Canadian" - while all of those labels are getting blurred thru traveling people & memes and just having kids. I've not spoken fluent German since learning English in Kindergarten but I'm surprised what sticks - Dana made me cringe at times - although I'm dead sure that her conversational German is much better than what little bit is left of mine.

[@ronhochhalter3491]

OldLordSpeedy I've had others tell me that was the translation for my last name. Our family has traced it's roots back to the 16th century in Germany, thanks to the Lutheran Church. But no idea how the name came about. Is it common for last names in Germany to have literal meaning?

[@livelongandprospermary8796]

I took some introductory German courses in high school. It's often viewed as an angry, harsh language but I can see that is a misconception.

[@Andeavor]

The angry German comes from the impression the German military left to the English-speaking world. If you went to a US military base you'd get a similar anger and urgency in tone from a drill instructor or general.

[@livelongandprospermary8796]

Andeavor I never experienced or heard that myself but must be one of those sociology related things

[@miggymoon]

I really want to take german in Highschool but my high school doesn't have german! So I have to learn it online which is kinda difficult.

[@RawTopShot]

Andeavor staccato, like a machine gun. Yes I see.

[@faselblaDer3te]

I didn't expect a series of linguistic videos to go sexual XD

[@az929292]

6:16 "but the Germans don't like the D so much". That sounded wrong inside my head xD

[@comic70]

Mittel das ist d ist Wichte auch so wichtig

[@az929292]

+Hamburg GVP Was meinst du? Ich verstehe nicht... :P

[@comic70]

+az929292 musst auch alle verstehen

[@customfantasyhotwheels]

Ha-Ha... I dated a German woman for 5 months, and she didn't give me head :( She did like the condomless sex, though, because she liked the uncut feeling because. So yeah, I laughed at this, too.

[@sudaev]

See I wouldn't have thought that. I guess the "D" thing is some sort of ghetto thing or millenial shitball thing. You can have your bastardized lingo I guess. #embarrased to be amerikwan

[@DanielGreis1]

Wie macht der Reißverschluss? ''Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr''

[@thomasgandalf4111]

der macht eigentlich zzzzzzp

[@biancat.1873]

Aber die Reaktion darauf ist ein *rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr* ;D

[@slaine1198]

+Bianca T. XD

[@thomasgandalf4111]

+Bianca T. und dann mmmmm

[@biancat.1873]

Im Idealfall! :D ;)

[@husastra]

In Bavaria, where Dana lives, lustig and durstig are actually pronounced with a g sound as she did.

[@LetsGammel1996]

Als Rheinländer bin ich sehr beleidigt

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"So how does the German accent sound? First of all, I want to point out that this video is _not_ made to _make fun_ of anybody or to _expose_ anybody..." But, you can be sure, someone is going to take it that way. It's a virtual genetic characteristic of KZbin comments.

[@massmanute]

Yes, we Americans have a lot of trouble with the "ch" sounds, and we tend to not distinguish between the versions of the "ch" sound. Also, German "r" is very difficult, but I have a question. In my German class we were taught the German "back r" as the standard and the "front r" as dialect. Could it be that we were taught incorrectly or perhaps we were taught an obsolete standard of pronunciation?

[@apolemus9974]

Because nobody answered publicly to your comment yet: The German "back r" is indeed the standard. The "front r" is used in southern Germany and therefore dialectal. I as a North German feel very odd if people from the south speak accentless standard German except for a front r. But of course, in Germany you are free and welcome to do whatever you want, no blame.

[@hoathanatos6179]

In some dialects of Low German the American R is also used. So you could possibly get away with using an American R and some people may think that you come from a rural area or village in the North of Germany. You would have to speak with a Low German accent as well, though, and Americans definitely don't do that.

[@MUtley-rf8vg]

For me as an American, Dana's German pronunciation really grates on my ears, although it's a given that her knowledge of the language is 10x better. It helps having _native_ German teachers early on to correct the specifics of your pronunciation. Still, this video is useful! I may be falling into several of the pitfalls still: - Pronouncing the 'd' too roundly and softly. - Cutting off the '-ig' ending too sharply rather than dragging it out. - Using too much 'h' in the beginning of words like "Haare" Umlauts are a bitch. If you were to pronounce "der Käfer" in a normal American accent (with long 'ā' sound) it would almost be correct, but not quite. The same applies for long 'ō' vs. 'ö', and long 'ū' vs. 'ü' - they sound almost right but are slightly different. It's very hard to teach yourself to both hear and speak these vowels correctly. The best description I've heard yet it to start by making a short 'ĕ' sound (as in the word "element", or "der Tee") and then while holding your mouth in this position try to pronounce the 'a', 'o', and 'u' to achieve 'ä', 'ö', and 'ü'. The 'äu' combination, as in "die Bäume" is entirely different still (like 'oi'). While not difficult for Americans to master, the 'st' or 'sp' beginning to a word in German, as in "stark" or "Spaß" is pronounced like 'sht-'. That is just one more unexpected variation of the 's' in German... 'ß', 'ss', 'zz', 'shh' ??? Also, can anyone explain the pronunciation of "die Orange" in German? It sounds sort of like a nasal French 'n'. Very strange.

[@OldLordSpeedy]

+M. Utley Oh yes, 'die Orange' is correct talked. Helps it for you to know the more-as-one-of-that word 'die Orangen'? Then the 'ng' sound sounds rounder. Typical native german speaker how can't talk an alien language word in german use the german word normally, in this example 'die Apfel|sine' or 'die Apfel|sinen'. Mean the same, every german person can understand you; and possible it is more easy to talks for you?

[@MUtley-rf8vg]

Ich glaube das ich kann "Orange" oder "Orangen" richtig aussprechen. Aber es hört sich einzigartig für ein Deutsches Wort. Warum? Vielleicht ist es nur meine Ohren. Ich wüsste nicht das Wort "Apfelsine". Aber jetzt kenne ich. Danke! (Entschuldigung für Fehler hier)

[@OldLordSpeedy]

+M. Utley The word 'Orange' for the fruit or colour we "catch" from an other language. Possible it is from the italian language. The word 'Apfelsine' is only for the fruit. Do not forget, our german language is very old. We adopted many words and use them with our german grammar. Other example: 'potato' => 'Kartoffel', 'Erdapfel' (lit. apple from the earth), 'Grundbirne', 'Erdknolle'. named from italian word tartufolo from latin word terrae tuber.

[@MUtley-rf8vg]

Ich verstehe. Wie interessant. Wann ich höre ein Wort auf Deutsch, weiß ich nicht woher das Wort kommt. Es sagt nicht in meinem English-Deutsch Worterbuch was die Herkunft ist. Danke für die Erläuterung.

[@9SMTM6]

Yeah, as others said its quite common to find words from other Languages that were "Eingedeutscht" (still quite simular but german pronounciation). We arent that keen on inventing a new word for everything coming from another nation, why not just keep the original word. Examples would be computer, which we just took straight from english with a slightly different pronounciation but the same spelling. The french invited a french word for that, ordinateur. Theres of course strange things too, like the german word for mobile, "Handy", which is actually from english, but has a different meaning

[@Kristen242008]

I'm having trouble getting past "American's don't like the D". I started giggling like a school girl lol! I'm not sure if you know what that means in America though. Thanks for the laugh!

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

A penis reference?

[@Kristen242008]

Yup! Lol

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

I just watched her german accent video. And she uses the d reference there as well. And judging from her nudge in that video, she does know what it means. ;)

[@Kristen242008]

Lmao! Probably.

[@petejt]

Which video in particular?

[@Negative1ification]

6:45 length doesnt matter - Trixi 2016/17

[@WantedAdventure]

hahahaha!! I love how this video turned out. Great job, Trixi. Really insightful, helpful explanation and hilarious editing 😂😂😂

[@buckeyejm79]

Wanted Adventure you did look a bit silly acting as a typical ami speaker, but all in good fun 😂

[@sebastianjamison6299]

Instablaster.

[@Melvorgazh]

Happy New Year 2022, Dana! I like yer smile. It’s always shiny and sunny. Which other language do you speak or you did learn? Tchüss! 😉

[@222Julchen222]

i love this video, but now i wish there was a just as good video with the languages switched, so that i can get rid of my german accent when speaking english ;) (not that its that bad, but american people still hear it)

[@DontTrustTheRabbit]

Thank you! There is, just go to my channel. Should be the most popular video. :)

[@222Julchen222]

DontTrustTheRabbit oki

[@teebeutel1komma13]

Du kaust mi e nd verstehn ova jooo guad.Oida i kau jo sogn wos i wül,du kaust ma nd verstehn

[@222Julchen222]

Teebeutel 1komma1 doch? lol

[@sarinakofler2626]

Teebeutel 1komma1 vo wo kunnsch denn du? :)

[@shonaguthrie848]

I think you should also analyse an Australian accent!

[@petejt]

I'd volunteer!

[@sarahdavis5670]

Because our accent is like, really lazy, we don't have the r problem Americans face

[@badguy1481]

Accent? I think you should analyse Australian words. When I first went to Australia, I was PETRIFIED. An Aussie would tell a joke...and I didn't have a CLUE what they were saying...let alone their "punch line". I panicked and bought a book called "Stroin" (I THINK that's how it was spelled). In other words, a word that comes close to how an Australian would pronounce their own version of English.

[@robparkinson9850]

Half of her analysis is specific to North American pronunciation . But half applies to English language, and thus British English or Aussie English.

[@GTvehicle]

Good analysis ! I'm a Dutchman who used to be very fluent in German. My German teachers always used to say, that Germans are very discplined, including in how they speak: they make work of pronouncing every syllable individually; sort of biting off every syllable separately, like biting chunks off a candybar, and processing words that way. You classify your accent as considerable, but actually I think your English pronunciation is pretty good ! It's just that your habit of the German one-whole-syllable-at-a-time staccato rhythm remains VERY present in your English. Have you ever tried to relax that a little bit, when speaking English ? Try it and see - or listen - what happens !

[@fjellyo3261]

Diese Zweideutigkeiten sind einfach genial! 😋

[@OldLordSpeedy]

Na ja, ob das immer so angebracht ist? Gerade wenn es eigentlich um die Unterschiede in der jeweiligen Sprache geht und nicht um einen weiteren Ich-weiß-was-sexy-Ausdrücke-sind KZbin Kanal. Das könnte man geflegt in ein eigenes Video packen - hat dann den Vorteil, das man sich Kram nur anhören muß, wenn man wirklich will!

[@chocolatelover7325]

mein gott chill dein leben. gehst wohl zum lachen in den keller.

[@jurgenderubergangster8681]

PTSDöner pls make the same video but zhe other way around, thus Tricky Trixxy misspronouncing everything in English and you explain why. Best regards from the Bone Army!! btw Trix, ich bin in dich verliebt ♡ lass uns zusammen introvertiert sein

[@DontTrustTheRabbit]

We actually have a video like that planned. Just a bit more patience. ;) Aww, thank you.

[@biancat.1873]

Oh wow Trixi, Du gehst ja schon strack auf die 100.000 Abonnenten zu ... :)

[@timbruse]

I am an American English speaker but speak some German because of my parents (Father from Germany). I know the letters "W" sound like "V" and vice versa, think I do a good job switching the sounds when I speak German. Is it more difficult for Germans speakers to switch because I hear it commonly mispronounced. Love your videos, and I love Germany!!!

[@biancat.1873]

Tim Bruse ähm no, there is no german word with "W", where the W gets pronounced as "V". BUT the "V" gets pronounced as W when the word is of french origin and as "F" when its german origin. So actually you can say, there is no "V"-sound in the german language, only F or W.

[@zamasublack4639]

It's funny how Trixie says "speak American". There is no language called American.

[@AndyGerman1984]

ig on end (lustig) will not pronunced lustich in southern Germany or Austria

[@ashblake8026]

Actually its just training. I was born in the US but i speak perfect german now because of my mom forcing me to speak it out right xD

[@patrickkirschbauer6038]

In certain parts of germany if a word ends with "ig" u say it as "ich", but this is not the case in bavaria. We actually say it as "ig". So u cant blame Dana since she lives in munich :) But this happens only if we speak "Hochdeutsch" which barely happens and if it happens we try to avoid use these words. That`s at least my experience... ^^

[@admiralmudkip9836]

Ah yes *THE* American accent

[@InfinityAtlas]

Whenever I try my British or American friends to pronounce streicheln, lächeln, they absolutely fail. But let's be honest it isn't easy and we Germans also struggle alot learning other languages :). Just think of the fact that many Germans can't pronounce the th properly and native Britain's think that when we speak English we literally chop down woods.

[@taylorreutman9660]

I would love to see this in a video of yours, haha.

[@michab3697]

Germans trying to say "squirrel" is hours' worth of entertainment. Americans trying to say 'Streichholzschächtelchen" is even better.

[@9SMTM6]

yeah, thats a hard to pronounce word

[@faithmatters1004]

Most of southern Germany pronounces -ig with a hard 'g', rather than '-ich'. So somebody from Bavaria or Swabia will pronounce the word "zwanzig" as "zwanzick" instead of the way northern Germans would pronounce it ("zwanzich")

[@thanosmes]

I love this video!!!! I have tried to teach myself German, and the whole block could hear me laughing at myself.

[@Arcorias]

I have to admit I really like the accent when English speaking people try to speak German, even with their different way of speaking "R", the soft "sh" like in "ich" (which they often speak like "sh") or the umlaut ("ä" is actually not really a problem for them but "ü" and "ö"). It may sound funny, but it's cute and actually, it is a compliment for my ear and heart because they just try it. So, my dear friends from other countries, be never shy trying to speak German! You will always get my respect and appause! About the "d" at the end, "wand" exists also in English (but of couse has another meaning) is roughly spoken in the same way as in German, while "rund" is relatively near to "round". It's always interesting to check out which German and English words are related or deviated from each other, and knowing that, the pronounciation is often quite the same.

[@MafiaFil]

Das "-ig" wird aber nur in Deutschland als "-ich". In Österreich wird das "-ig" wie ein "-ig" ausgesprochen (wobei es zu einem "-ik" wird :D) z.B. das Wort Honig.

[@FraniiKULTA]

Danke! Dachte schon ich bin ganz blöd und kann meine eigene Sprache nicht sprechen. Bin aus Bayern und würde nie auf die Idee kommen durstich oder lustich zu sagen?!:D

[@MonkeyDRuffy82]

Als Sachse kann ich sagen: dass das mit dem ig so ne sache ist. den bei uns wird leicht aus den -ig das wie ch gesprochen wird, wie sch oder wir sprechen doch das ig aber dann auch eher als ig stat ik. Das hat damit zu tun das in sächsischen die weichen die harten besiegen also zb. d statt t G statt k oder b statt p

[@MafiaFil]

KPS1982 Das hat viel mit der hochdeutschen Lautverschiebung zu tun. Je weiter höher bzw. südlicher man geht, desto mehr kommt diese Lautverschiebung zum Vorschein.

[@Leon-cc8hl]

ich komme aus dem norden deutschlands und spreche das "ig" auch öfters als "ig" aus als "ich"

[@wickedcaitiff2260]

Honigkuchenpferd. Try it.

[@the_demon149]

Great video! I always use the flipped r instead of the German r. I’ll definitely have to work on that, lol. Thanks!

[@johnwilson3918]

Hi, Trixie - Can you tell the difference between an America and British accent - when they are speaking German? If so, which words give their nationality away?

[@DontTrustTheRabbit]

Hi John, yes I can. Just watch one of my never videos: BRITISH vs AMERICAN English - explained by a German :D

[@VEGITAS4]

German sounds like the orc language from Lord of the rings. No wonder they are the ultimate bad guys.

[@r.b.4611]

Dana's accent on Easy German is so hilariously cringy. I don't understand how someone can understand so much of the language without devoting any time to pronunciation!

[@Zhamp0]

theres no logic in judging her inability to perfectly pronounce such a difficult language coming from a english speaking country. its impressive enough that she can hold a normal conversation in another (very hard) language even though she didnt learn it when she was younger. as you most certainly know its way more effortful to learn a new language with such a different pronounciation, past your 20s. to sum things up: stop blaming people for something that only you deem "important", and no: "but it is important" is not a good counterargument. have a nice day

[@obiej8092]

I know this topic was explored a year ago, but it is clear Dana was purposefully speaking German with an American accent to illustrate examples. That is not how she speaks German. She was reading the German words as if they were in English.

[@baguette7851]

8:20 s in german will randomly be a sch as well, like später lol

[@ZenoLee0]

American vowels have diphthongs, much more than Germans. Americans carry on their diphthong habit over to other languages

[@robparkinson9850]

Most Americans after 6 years manage it though. But this woman is Unbelievably bad at pronunciation. By her own admission she understands almost everything in German, and can express herself better than most. Normal people can do a decent German pronunciation long before they get close to fluency. But not lazy Dana

[@facelessdrone]

@@robparkinson9850 she was emphazing an inaccurate accent for the sake of the video, she doesn't truly speak that way

[@1919tompowers]

Dam girl you got buttermilk in those flapjacks? Delicious

[@mikethc7685]

Click 4:08 repeatedly to make Trixie say 'arse'. British English at it's best.

[@НеМы-й9т]

6:16 "The Germans don´t like the D so much." and 6:25 "Still many Americans stick to their love for the D and pronounce German words wrong." I´m so mature, I laughed for a full five minutes. XD

[@DarkrarLetsPlay]

Ich kenne mich einigermaßen mit Phonetik aus und kann dir sagen: das englische R ist immer vorne im Mund und das deutsche R ist fast immer hinten. Es gibt nur wenige Ausnahme bei den Deutschen: in manchen hessischen Dialekten wird das R wie im Englischen gesprochen [ɹ], in anderen hessischen Dialekten wird es vorne geschlagen [ɾ], im Süden Deutschlands wird es gerollt [r]. Das normale deutsche R ist entweder [ʁ] oder [ʀ] und demzufolge nach dem [h] das hinterste Phonem im Deutschen. Hier ist eine Tabelle über fast alle Laute, die es in Sprachen gibt: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonant#Features Je weiter links, desto weiter vorne im Mund. Die Aussprache [ɪç] für -ig ist eigentlich nur typisch norddeutsch. Norddeutsche Grammatiker haben es einfach nur zum Standard ausgerufen. Lautgesetzlich kommt für das Standarddeutsche, bzw. das Hochdeutsche (hoch = bergig, also südlich; NICHT hoch im Sinne einer Hochkultur) nichts anderes als [ɪk] raus.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Deswegen nennt man es auch das deutsche "Rachen-R". In der Tat kenne ich einige Leute, die das "Zungen-R" gar nicht beherrschen. Gadget macht das sehr schön. Aber hier liegt sie tatsächlich daneben. Das englische r ist immer vorne und nie hinten. Aber eben auch nicht mit Zungenschlag wie das "Zungen-R", dass demonstriert.

[@DarkrarLetsPlay]

Was meinst du mit dem letzten Satz?

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

DarkrarLetsPlay Oh das kommt vom hin und her formulieren. Der Satz sollte eigentlich "... wie Trixi das demonstriert heißen." Das englische kennt kein gerolltes r. Das lässt sich in Schrift schwer ausdrücken, aber du weist sicher was ich meine.

[@DarkrarLetsPlay]

Kannst du IPA? Damit kann man das wunderbar ausdrücken. Das Englische kennt sehr wohl ein gerolltes R. Das bekannteste Beispiel ist der schottische Dialekt.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

DarkrarLetsPlay Ich weiß nicht ob ich das als schottischen Dialekt bezeichnen würde. Kommt das nicht eher daher, dass die Schotten eigentlich mal gälisch gesprochen haben und zum teil immer noch? Das geht doch dann eher in Richtung Akzent als Dialekt?

[@az929292]

Luckily I'm Danish and a lot of the same rules apply to the Danish language. I think that makes it much easier for us to understand those similar rules of the German language :)

[@Sonixgermany]

Kann mir jemand folgendes Erklären: Ist durstich die hochdeutsche aussprache für durstig? Ich komme aus Bayern und hab nur einen leichten akzent aber sage immer durstig, fertig, lustig. Kenne niemanden im Umfeld der LustiCH oder fertiCH sagen würde... Für mich klingt das -ig von Dana korrekt.

[@lennartl.1830]

Ich (komme aus Brandenburg) sage "durstich" und spreche eigentlich Hochdeutsch.

[@lukevalentin8027]

+Antiautoritäres Huhn ich sage auch oft einfach "ch" anstatt "g" am ende der wörter.. habe noch nie wirklich darüber nachgedacht :D ich wohne in NRW

[@spinFK]

Ist es auch. Hier wird subjektiver Volksmund als Allgemeingut verkauft.

[@RetroFan83]

Ich komm aus Thüringen. Wir sagen beides. Ich sage z.b. sowohl wenig als auch wenisch. So wie mir grad danach ist.

[@slaine1198]

+MrTestaccount12345 ch/g nicht sch. Also die Sch Variante ist "falsch" auch wenn Sprache immer leicht subjektiv ist, bzw du dich verschrieben hast :')

[@poppyshock]

While I love Trixi's videos, it's hard to figure out her intended audience much of the time. As an American, I would have loved to hear the proper way to pronounce the words Dana was speaking. In addition, while I'm sure Trixi has heard multiple Americans attempt German, Dana has a very distinct regional accent that I am sure affects her pronunciation of German words. (I love watching Wanted Adventure ,too.)

[@massmanute]

A comment about vowels. In English we will often add emphasis by lengthening the word. A simple "no" becomes "noooo". In German class we were taught that a German may add emphasis by pronouncing the word shorter, like to add emphasis to "nein" one would shorten the vowel sound. Is this correct, or was I taught wrong? Also regarding vowels, Americans tend to put a lot of slide into our diphthong vowels, but if my German teachers were correct the German diphthongs tend to be more clipped. Is this correct?

[@dragonlord4643]

i love when womens are rolling the "r" :33333333

[@kayemally1241]

I love these videos! I'm an American living in Germany and I love that I can relate to both of you! Excited for more videos. 👍👍❤️

[@kluntrum]

I do not trust the rabbit..-:)

[@lyq232]

So german makes Tea out of D? *TEABAGGINGINTENSIFIES* (this is an FPS joke)

[@robparkinson9850]

Not at the beginning of the word. But otherwise yes. Katie is Kady. Italy is Idaly

[@henryviii267]

im Canadian so this doesn't apply to me lol

[@henryviii267]

+Theyoutuberpolyglot that was kind of a joke... and i have the same accent as most Americans.

[@dianaday1]

I'm not trying to sound rude, but there is no excuse for Dana having such a terrible accent after living in Germany for SIX years.

[@charlespointlee]

Diana Day different people have different abilities to alter their native accent. My grandmother has lived in the US since 1963, but still sounds distinctly German. She speaks better English than most, but has a strong accent. Accent and language mastery are not the same. Dana‘s German is really, really good actually. She just sounds like an American, because she is one. We‘re all from somewhere. We all have accents

[@kangadrew3978]

I literally could not tell a difference between the German ee and the American ee

[@theanon5906]

Kanga Drew For a German like the American ee sound like an i

[@themaggattack]

You must be American. Lol

[@goblindonor69]

When trying to say "ch", Americans also often say "sh" For example: Läsheln

[@EnbyEl]

Aber das -ig sollte auch so ausgesprochen werden, nur viele machen das falsch.

[@SuppenDfg]

In some dialacts a 'g' at the end is pronounced like an ch.

[@BeautyAngel2000]

Genau andersrum, es wird richtig als -ich ausgesprochen, aber es gibt viele Dialekte, die sprechen es -ik aus.. Ich habe da vor einer Weile schon mal nach gegoogelt, weil es mich interessiert hat, was eben richtig ist.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Richtich und nicht richtik.

[@magdalenamustermann8434]

+Quotenwagnerianer Richtig und nicht Richtich

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Magdalena Mustermann Nein, Magdalena. Falsch. Hier mal die IPA Schreibweise: [ˈʀɪçtɪç] Du siehst zweimal dieselbe Aussprache für das ch und das g.

[@ariaseymour9634]

This video was so much more sexual than I expected. xD

[@seanm5425]

I wonder what Germans think of this american accent when Americans speak German (lol ya, I'm aware that not many do, but out of them). Like, what sort of feeling or adjective do you think would describe it?

[@aldenheterodyne2833]

9:14 Her: "as you just heard, I pronounced it as 'e' instead of 'e'" Me: *Replays it 5 times trying to find the difference in sound* WTF?!?

[@veitclub9986]

omg you two together😊🎉

[@schnertblatt]

I've found that already knowing French is helping me pronounce the German "R"s and that "eeoo" (Not really equivalent . . .) in that knowing the French word "Tu" helps me pronounce "Müller", for example.

[@dustgreylynx]

Ch ist so leicht. Nach a, o, u, au ist es wie in Auch. Anderswo wie in Ich

[@Adventurer1990]

Can you and dana maybe also make video about how to loose a german accent ? Or maybe about getting a british/american/australian/... accent when speaking English as a Deutscher/Deutsche? :)

[@jamesmcabee5113]

I am also fascinated with accents. I am a southerner from the US and also speak German. Surprisingly, I think some of the characteristics of my native southern accent works well when I speak German like in the -er on the end of words. Love the videos!

[@Bittzen]

A lot of Southerners have German ancestors. Maybe there's a correlation there

[@jessali_]

In my very humble opinion, I think foreigners who have difficulty pronouncing the German "r" can just go with the Bavarian "r", as I imagine that one's a little easier to pronounce. As for [s] vs [z], some German dialects pronounce every "s" with the former version. There's quite a simple rule as to which way to pronounce the German "ch". If the vowel preceding "ch" (a,o,u) is pronounced in the back of your mouth, it's the "ach" sound. If the vowel preceding "ch" (e,i,ä,ö,ü) is pronounced in the front of your mouth, it's the "ich" sound.

[@paulrivera3252]

I always thought (if there are really super patient people) that we should listen to how someone speaks rather than how we read words. In Spanish for instance - the double "L" has a "Y" sound. You can't understand that if you just read it. A baby hears many sounds and imitates them long before they learn to read.

[@pauls0416]

First of all, I love your videos! :) I am an American and it is so funny how you discussed differences between us regarding words beginning with an H because I just naturally do the same thing as you before I begin enunciating the rest of the word. I make a whispery "heeeeeeee" sound, especially with words starting with "he" before I continue with the word! So, I have a feeling I would do quite well with German words that start with H. By the way, I'll be another American guinea pig for you!

[@ThomasKnip]

The "-ig" / "-ich" pronounciation is more of a Nothern German way of talking. In Southern Germany usually it is "-ig". Same goes for the whole KTP > GDB problem. Whereas South German (especially Southwest German) overdo it by pronouncing way too much words too soft. I call it the "Mannheim frontier". As soon as you cross Mannheim, the GDB is overwhelming, "Guden Dag".

[@Flemeth85]

There is no "Zet" in American English. It is pronounced "Zee" for Z.

[@coolbrotherf127]

I've also heard "zed" for z as well.

[@Flemeth85]

theacp127 it's the Queen's English I think, definitely not American.

[@thurin84]

3:40 ggggrrrrrrrr baby, GGGGRRRRRRRRRRR! 4:45 did it eeer occur to you that gazelles might schaft? huhh? you dont know! 6:22 well maybe you just havent met the right D yet. (deutchephilia intensifies) 6:25 WWWWHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTT?!?!?!?! (protectively covers crotch) 6:54 guilty as charged.................. 9:37 hey. we americans might take longer to get there, but its usually worth the trip! ;) this was fun. if you cant laugh at yourself, you have no sense of humor.

[@Fersomling]

I love hearing German spoken with a thick Southern American accent. Also, the funniest is German spoken with a thick Polish accent. Hilarious! 24.01.17

[@scotverdin9401]

I remember when I was first learning German in middle school. I loved it from the beginning, but I remember really focusing on 'forgetting' the American English sounds and really trying hard to mimic what I heard. I still think its about really listening and trying to make the sound you hear, not the sound you know...oh and it's also about retraining the muscles of your mouth. You have use your lips and jaw and tongue differently than your used to in making these new sounds. I think this is true for anyone learning a new language.

[@PleistoceneProgenitor]

I'm mexican american so knowing both english and spanish makes aussprache much easier!! =)

[@ZachSeely]

Wow this is a great resource! and basically summarizes my struggles with speaking/reading for the past years. -_- Only addition is less an "accent", but nonetheless...I just cannot yet fully internalize the switching of the "ei" & "ie" pronunciation between ENG and DE.

[@mikeandersonwa]

The one that always got me at first was "St" in German, because with "st" in German you say it as "Sht". For example: Stuttgart would be pronounced like "Shtuttgart" in German, but Americans have a more sharp S sound.

[@maggou90]

The r: What you're saying is wrong.The American R is an post-alveolar sound and the German R is an uvular sound way more to the back of the mouth. It's the exact other way around.

[@musicofnote1]

and then there is the American trying to speak German in Switzerland, with the Swiss-isms creeping in ... and then going to Germany with these Swiss-isms in tact. "Entschuldigung, wo kann ich mein Auto parkieren?" LOL - ja, ja, deutsche Sprache, schwierige Sprache.

[@jackelveyder]

It's really interesting watching an American pronounce these words especially with ER endings. As a Brit I can quietly confirm that they can't say the ER in English Anyway!!! Long live British English!!!! Great vid ;)

[@BuayaGuy]

The word I always have to consciously think of before I say it is "gestern". If I don't put an emphasis on the "ge", I'll say it the way it looks "guh-stern", rather than "GEH-stern"...

[@Cameron_143]

When the American woman spoke using the English "r", some of words sounded like she had a Farsi accent lmao.

[@SalandFindles]

You mean 'neutral' American accent. There are many different American accents, from California, to the various ones in the South, all the way to New York & Massachusetts accents.

[@Phoenix72gr]

Du hattest schon unterhaltsamere Videos

[@cherokeefluteplayer]

I enjoy your videos. My biggest question is "why"? Why does the D sound like T. I was in "dem Sprachkurs" for 9 months and asked why many times but never got an answer except for "das ist deutsch". Can you answer my question? Thanks!

[@NerdNoiseRadio]

I don't know. When I first started learning German, I made it a goal to copy the sounds I was hearing as exactly as possible. As such, I sorta developed what amounts to a "fake German" accent that my brain only uses when speaking non-English. Like, I still can't do a fake German accent when speaking English for some reason. But my pronunciation is very markedly different when speaking German than when speaking English. How good or bad this accent is I suppose I'd need a German to tell me. :-) A problem it has created for me though is that rather than my brain filing this accent only under German and only "deploying" it when I'm running that code, it has filed it under a broader category I call "all non-English languages". So it really gave me hell when I started learning Dutch. Not only did it largely prevent the development of a similar fake Dutch accent that I could tack onto the language module in my brain, but even a little bit of the German accent crept into the file! Not good!

[@DahliaLegacy]

With R's that roll, I tend to just skip them. XD Which makes me sound even more odd. XD I was trying to learn Russian and was asked if I knew Japanese, since my accent sounded that way... I just can't do r's that aren't English like. XD

[@MizuchiKun]

I think you forgot the "St-", "Sp-" and so on, where the "s" will be pronounced like "sch". If anyone see this comment, is my English ok? ^-^"

[@joec0914]

I loved this! Next time, though, you need to have you and Dana both pronounce the words or phrases so we can really hear the subtle differences.

[@OliverGassner]

@donna A Tip, don't try to pronoiunce the sound in lehrer at all. what? Yup, Say 'Leacha the 'ch' being extremely short and the e-a also being very short and ... ah just listening and Trixy gives exactly that tipp, So sometimes just replace r in the middle with a short ch and and the end with a short a. ;)

[@Dragontrumpetare]

Ok I really have to spam. I do really love this channel. Its so fun to read those german writing in german, sorry I almost forgotten to write in german, but I do understand without a lexicon. Any tips how to perhaps be able to sprache deutch again. :-) I really missed these language. :-)

[@EarlSquirrelsonn]

On the last point about not knowing where to break up words - The name "Ziereis". I know 'zier' and 'eis' are both words themselves but names don't really need to make sense. I would imagine it's pronounced "Zier-eis" but saying it like "Zie-reis" just sounds like a cooler name. Don't really know what I'm trying so say here, just thought it was an interesting one.

[@Jamesucht]

The best way I've learned to pronounce the "ü" is to pronounce the "i" in "kiss", but with my lips rounded as if I'm pronouncing the "oo" in "food". If you keep the sound from "i" going and round your lips like in "oo" you'll hear the "ihh" sound change to "ü".

[@AhmetMurati]

Albanian language has lot of letters, 36 in total but the diacritic marks is used only in ë. I have learnt German since young age and I have attended a course organized by Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst - DAAD in the University where I have studied. When I had an appointment with a German guy working in German Embassy he has told me that I speak German but the it is the Austrian accent that you use but it can be replaced by time. P.s. I have started to watch your videos and later also Dana's channel.

[@hatnixzuverlirn]

sorry Dana... i have trouble to write Dana, when it's pronounced as "Donna"...

[@vinnimann8101]

Trixie that is such a nice and informative video! have been waiting for it since you tweeted about it 😊 I never really realize what makes the American accent, the American accent in German, until now 😅 But I feel like the American accent sounds just so cute 😂👌

[@tromboneJTS]

tip: you have to be willing to produce sounds that might seem unusual or strange or embarrassing in your native tongue. If you are not comfortable with that...well, good luck

[@EarlSquirrelsonn]

God any foreign language sounds awful in an American accent haha. Not saying I sound like a native speaking German with an Irish accent, but it's definitely a lot closer...

[@wolffgang101]

I grew up speaking German and have a high German accent. I am able to use an American accent in German and vice versa

[@BenlonMusic]

The Americans have this really nice deepthroat... hm ok :D trololololol Jeeezzz haha Great video. Love both of your channels :)

[@levicusx]

Is it just me or do I think that as a Brit I can pronounce foreign words easier than Americans? Oh well, it's probably just me...

[@AnasAlsheikh97]

Audio car make a video about how Arabs speaking German , ( German accent) and what is the difficult for us to speak German ,

[@badguy1481]

WHY can't Germans get rid of "Der"..."Die" and "Das"? The 11th century Brits got rid of THEIR "Der"..."Die" and "Das" when they had to communicate with 11th century Vikings, who settled in Britain. It was just too confusing to the new comers, so they INVENTED a "catch all"...................."The"

[@thrynn2914]

I'm currently learning German in high school (In Canada, mind you), from a teacher who originally grew up in Germany (and still makes trips to there sometimes), so most of these common mistakes were pointed out when we were going through the different sounds found in words in our first year. However, I still definitely have issues differentiating between what sounds the letters u and o with umlauts actually make, and have yet to get it consistently. As for the "g"s at the end of a word or in the middle of it (I've been otherwise told that while there is no soft g in German, it will still make the hard g sound), I wound up defaulting to the "k" sound you described just because that's what I was used to hearing (especially in Tag). To be specific, the g sound is still somewhat there, but it's soft enough to have the same shortness as a 'k' might, if that makes sense.