How to pronounce these GERMAN CELEBRITIES correctly | Feli from Germany

[@FelifromGermany]

+++I listened to you guys and made a video about HOW TO PRONOUNCE GERMAN UMLAUTS IN 10 MINUTES! 🥳 Check it out ▸kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKCpdnprnZyXY9E +++ Which of these names do you find the hardest to pronounce? 😅👇 Also, a couple post-production comments: Yes, I know I said alpine wrong but I can't get used to the English pronunciation of the word - it sounds weird to me haha but I'll try in the future. Also, Diane Kruger was born as Heidkrüger and not Heidekrüger as I said in the video.

[@nomorevids0]

Can you help us pronounce “Florian “New house(Neuhaus) “”pls

[@christoffellner84]

That should be of no big deal.

[@Lorten369]

Oh yes pleeeeaaase do a umlaut video. It pisses me of when people pronounce name's city's or country's wrong. It must stop so please educate the masses. 👍🍻

[@sagetds1995]

Learning to pronounce the umlaut is something I would want to see!

[@mohamedpedrou2898]

I liked this video Please do more like it👌

[@jenestratoo]

When I was in high school, I took an "intensive" German Course. (Level I, II, and III in one summer, approximately 8 hours a day for about 2 months) I used to describe the German language as "harsh" sounding but I'm finally realizing that it only sounded harsh when I was speaking it. 😂 It sounds so beautiful when you speak it that it makes me want to practice my German again.

[@riekebusch2293]

About your harshness: sweet remarks! Süß! (Suess!)

[@xohyuu]

ein, eine, eines, das, die, dem, der | Пусть наш Бог хранит Үкраїну.

[@quinnderuna16384]

Na endlich weiß ich als Deutsche, wie ich die Namen alle ausspreche. 😂😂 Ist schon irgendwie lustig, dass man sich das anguckt, obwohl man es gar nicht müsste. xD

[@roland9189]

Same

[@koalaandbooks]

Da hast du recht

[@jaro3183]

True

[@KatinkaMaika]

Aber es ist so befriedigend, dass es mal jemand richtig sagt 😂

[@Flachzange110]

Das gleiche hab ich mir auch gedacht. :D aber ich schau mir all ihre Videos so gerne an... 😅

[@PristonDsa]

I like when she talks with herself wearing flags of the USA and Germany 😅

[@blindleader42]

You mean her American clone, don't you? 😁

[@jeffrutt6331]

I guessing by living in both countries, she would probably have dual personalities. Or even a alter ego. Just kidding about the last part. I know it is comedy skit, and it is hilarious. But she probably does have a dual personality of American and German. She has been so absorbed in the American culture the last 5 years, she knows it better than most Americans. She is even modest too. She is hesitant to criticize aspects of American life that are blatantly flawed. But God Bless her for that. She is respectfully to not hurt anyones feelings. However we in the U.S. have fallen far. We used to be one of the healthiest and one of the smartest people on the planet. We are not even close anymore. We are the laughing stock of the world. This is why Trump got elected. Trumpers do not understand how this has happened. They are looking for answers that Trump is not going to resolve anyways, but I understand why they want that way. He was the better of the two. The far left has destroyed what ot means to be liberal. The far left will drag us to the pits of Hell. I am a God fearing man, and do believe our only salvation is by turning back to God through our Mesisah Yashua Ha Masaich. This is no joke either. I know that most people who follow Feli are atheists, but God has blessed the Western peoples, especially the Germanic peoples. Now God wants us to come back to his laws. The only way is to destory the nations. Then in despair we will seek God again and search for the absolute truth.

[@n_kliesow]

I do it myself with the person behind my mirror but we still talk at the same time... we're still in practice thou

[@roland9189]

Amadeus is pronounced the way it is because it is latin: "Ama" = love and "Deus" = God. The German version would be "Gottlieb".

[@cliffbungalow9373]

I believe that is where the name Geoffrey comes from as well.

[@spielpfan7067]

Gottlieb Wendehals

[@emanymton5789]

@@cliffbungalow9373 not quite. that would be the german Gottfried (God's Peace). Gottlieb would be more of God's Love, or Love to God.

[@emanymton5789]

indeed. amare in latin is to love, ama is first person singular, so I love. Deus (two syllables pronouced de-us) is nominative singular, meaning God. So the full name means I love God.

[@bobbystclaire]

Gottlieb it's not an uncommon name among Jews of Ashkenazi heritage

[@irian42]

Madhouse oder Matthäus - Haptsache Italien!

[@japunaka]

Nice one!

[@catonkybord7950]

Well, his English wasn't very good either, so I guess he's now squares with the English speakers 😂

[@taftybufty]

@@catonkybord7950 He speaks much better English now tho

[@SirToby1076]

It was Andreas Möller who said that btw. ;-)

[@irian42]

@@SirToby1076 Damn! ;-)

[@Justmebelike]

I was kinda shook when I heard Michael Schumachers accident has happened in 2013. I didn't expected it to be so long ago

[@hijmestoffels5171]

German may be a difficult language, the pronunciation is not. Once you know the rules, you know how to pronounce a word. Quite different from English.

[@K__a__M__I]

subtle hyperbole.

[@richardtodd6843]

We have plenty of rules to choose from. You just have to guess which one to use at any given time. Sometimes different guesses have won out in the U.S. than in other English speaking countries.

[@lloydhlavac6807]

@@richardtodd6843 Ahhh, my thoughts exactly!

[@amyvinson9353]

If my mouth would make the sounds right it would be a lot better! I can "hear" the correct pronunciation in my head, but then when I hear myself say it out loud it's wrong, and I know it's wrong but I just can't get it right!

[@armadspengler2717]

Pronunciation of vowels in English is all over the place...

[@michaelduncan2759]

Thank you for mentioning Michael Schumacher, he deserves more recognition and respect world wide! Also Mr. Vettel, the way they pronounce his name has always driven me nuts!

[@jeff-hg8je]

My last name is Schumacher, and I'm like 6 or 7th generation American

[@BlueBird8925]

⁠​⁠@@jeff-hg8je My last name is Schuhmacher and I’m second generation Canadian. Funny hearing your own name pronounced in this video. 😂

[@jeff-hg8je]

@BlueBird8925 I live in Michigan, my Grandfather Came over with his parents, around 1890ish. So would you say third or fourth Generation. I just found out that that today I thought we've been here longer. And all the Schumacher are related back in 🇩🇪 so we are cousin's at some point.

[@phnelson033]

Goethe. His cultural influence seems to inspire many Americans to at least 'attempt' to pronounce his name correctly. Most go with "Gerta".

[@eammondeburca1694]

" Ö " is notoriously difficult

[@mikeleader5075]

Chicago actually has streets named "Schiller" and "Goethe". But if you want a taxi driver to take you to any address on Goethe street, you had better pronounce it as GO EETH EE.

[@GoethesSpucke]

Your right Gerta is a good way to go. Not perfectly right but at least very similar. I am an expert in that because of my internet name. A lot of the people pronounce the "th" the English way. And the first part not as "ö" but more like “go at“.

[@Marco-zm9xh]

Whenever I see his name I'm tempted to say Johann Wolfgang von GO EETH EE. Every single time.

[@AlexKS1992]

I had difficulty saying the last name of a certain very bad German with the first name of Amon. If you watch Schindler’s List you’ll know who I’m talking about.

[@shure81]

Umlaut help?? YES finally! I have no idea how to pronounce those, I usually end up sounding like a dying moose or something...

[@itsjustme4848]

Dying moose? I think you’ve got it!

[@wepprop]

Yes, please to the umlaut pronunciation. I actually took a year of German in high school and remember most of the pronunciation rules but those dang umlauts drive me crazy.

[@Beam1980]

It is pretty easy to get the ü sound right. Just say 'ee' (like in see) and change your lips to what you would do when saying 'oo' (like in too). Voilà! That should sound like a ü-Umlaut. It is similar with the ö-sound. There, you have to sound out 'ay' (like in say) but change your lips like you would pronounce 'o' (like in so). Voilà! That should make the ö-sound.

[@janhendrik1829]

Also a way to explain their pronounciation: ä sounds like the a in mad or bad, ü like the y in system or gym and ö like the i in girl or the u in burn (don't forget to ignore the r).

[@Andifined]

An easier way to explain ü should be: just like the y in myth.

[@11201339]

Schrödinger's cat dies every time people mispronounce Schrödinger.

[@UmutKursawe]

Scherödinggah Scherödinggah Scherödinggah

[@Pau_Pau9]

Scrotum-dinger Ooops.. RIP kitty

[@st4ndby]

Schröd-digga

[@Neoyorchese]

Löwenbräu

[@3.k]

Lothar Madhouse, the cousin of Madeye Moody. 😁

[@loonylovegood2.073]

Lol 😅

[@yasashiineko9069]

I had the same thing in mind 🤣

[@rosegranger2872]

Yaasss

[@Graywolf335]

You sir, have won today. Hat tip to you

[@huffelpuffwerewolfgirl5811]

Perfect 😂

[@davidpearson5601]

Hi Felicia: I happened along on your channel and have been absolute binge watching your videos as I find them very interesting. As a native English speaker- I have known this my whole life and realize from seeing your video- just how hard it must be to learn English. I am not German or have German heritage however- my wife's heritage is 100 % German. I very much enjoy your channel. I wish you all the best....

[@maike0597]

It isnt at all actually. The grammar is really easy and after a few weeks you know the pronounciation rules so you can speak most words without any problems. So it isnt hard at all to learn english

[@tami.41]

I think Christoph Walz is one of my all time favorite actors, he's just a genius

[@mactac25]

I agree. He is tremendous.

[@sjduges67]

She didn’t mention that Christoph Waltz was in the Bond movie SPECTRE.

[@tami.41]

@@sjduges67 oh true! And he's also going to be in the next one!

[@LauraBCReyna]

He's a ginormous Austrian ham. Too much overacting.

[@sayfsayf4484]

@@sjduges67 and Alita

[@Nghilifa]

Here in Norway, "Schlager" is written "Slager" (so there's no "sch" sound, just an "S" sound), but here, it just refers to a "hit" instead of a separate genre of music. So one would say "Mamma Mia (ABBA song) was a real slager".

[@Rauschgenerator]

That's indeed how the German word evolved; originally "Schlager" also meant a successful song, until about the 1960's. Then, with more and more English songs, where the word "hit" was used, "Schlager" more and more was referred to as a song in German language, but mostly from the older generation, so the younger people adapted the word "hit" also for German songs - in the end, "Schlager" remained as the word for that vintage-style Rock/Pop in German language (which nobody with a decent sense for good music ever listens to).

[@gombar_zsolt21]

In Hungary, we use it in the same way. "Sláger" (written differently but the same pronunciation) refers to a very popular song.

[@chrisrudolf9839]

@@Rauschgenerator While I personally don't disagree with your statement, one should mention that you imply that a majority of Germans don't have a decent sense of musical taste, since Helene Fischer currently is the most succesful German singer in terms of sales and astonishingly many people listen to that crap.

[@Rauschgenerator]

@@chrisrudolf9839 I'd say that an astonishingly amount of people in the world don't have a decent sense of musical taste. :-D

[@MartinAmbrosiusHackl]

@@chrisrudolf9839 Schlager music is known for being very simple. There are even studies showing, why people with lower İQ’s tend to prefer this kind of music: İt is very easy to follow the melody, you even need not be a very capable musician to compose or play those songs on instruments. BUT this does neither mean that only unintelligent people like it. Willy Brand - on of the most respected federal chanclers loved it - though it is usually heard by rather right wing people. Nor are all schlager musicians incapable of playing complex music. There are even some extreme prominent schlager musicians who became very succcessful with it, made good money with it, but privately hated this music. (Even some of them are very fine jazz musicians, but known to a wider audience only because of their Schlagers with the most primitive arrangements. They were poor as long as they made respected and high quality music.) To say it in another way: from a stand point of music theory and artistry Schlager music is the scum of music, which nontheless is made and heard by a wide range of people.

[@Asgar1205]

I guess people know Schweighöfer now because he was in Army of the Dead with Dave Bautista

[@foofourtyone]

I am usually not a big fan of his but in this movie he was very good. I have to admit.

[@Asgar1205]

@@foofourtyone haven’t seen it yet, just the trailer

[@MrLasKG]

@@foofourtyone actually, he was pretty much the only good thing to say about this movie…

[@foofourtyone]

@@MrLasKG Over all yes.

[@catlover7]

@@MrLasKG I agree. The way his character was written, it could have been annoying or too cartoonish, but he made it believable and likable. In fact, his character was the only likable one in the whole movie, and the only one I was rooting for.

[@tbrigham12]

Thanks!

[@JustMeAri]

About Gisele Bündchen: I'm Brazilian and she/we pronounce her last name similar to English, however the U and E sound a little bit different. Her first name, Gisele, the pronunciation sounds totally different from German or English, the G it's closer to "je" in French (it's not the same, but I don't know how to explain it). There are a lot of people with German roots in the South of Brazil and a lot of them speaks German. 🙂

[@nealsterling8151]

"Schlager" is a type of German "music" that is best not be talked about...

[@juttalio1664]

Hahahaha!

[@TheQueendom]

Just because you don't like it doesn't mean that other people don't like it as well, I personally like Schlager music a lot and especially Helene Fischer!

[@hijmestoffels5171]

With the exception of “Ich bin wie du” by Marianne Rosenberg. There is however something even more horrible than the German Schlager: the Dutch version of it.

[@daguido742]

its besically the german equivalent of countrymusic

[@Nostrum84]

@Neal Sterling Talk for yourself! There are some very very nice Schlagerpieces. Unless you talk about the Ballermann-type of Partyschlager holy crap. Well, even there, there are some fun pieces :D

[@diving_element3126]

12:56 "Not that they deserve having their name pronounced correctly..." After causing these atrocities this seems to be the appropriate penalty xD

[@TommyWylie]

Americans usually pronounce Adolf as Aydolf, which I find annoying.

[@michaelsommers2356]

Mozart's actual name was -Gottlieb- Theophilus. Amadeus is the Latin version of the name. Mozart only used it when jokingly referring to himself as Wolfgangus Amadeus Mozartus. He preferred the Italian Amadeo.

[@GholamFareed]

You forgot Johannes.

[@michaelsommers2356]

@@GholamFareed I didn't forget, I just didn't mention it. His full name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. (I was wrong about Gottlieb.)

[@domrogg4362]

@@michaelsommers2356 Theophilus is actually Amadeus in Greek. It's all Gottlieb! 😁😉

[@michaelsommers2356]

@@domrogg4362 Obviously.

[@enlw0209]

@@michaelsommers2356 You weren't wrong. Gottlieb was the name his parents gave him. It can be traced to an ad they put in a local paper announcing his birth. Theophilus was a bullshit translation they put in the official church records.

[@Claudia-cq2db]

To pronounce "ü" correctly: Say "ee" (as in see), and then, while saying the sound, round your lips like you want to give sb a kiss (like the German "O")

[@zoefezius6615]

I would guess/describe it's like the y in Lydia, just longer and more stressed.

[@zoefezius6615]

Although thinking of german pronounciation of mystery and myriad. I think the y is a good start to train the longer darker more emphasised ü.

[@TacticalSquirrel]

Like Krüger, in High German they pronounce it kroo-guh...when in Low German it's Krooee-geh

[@tiberius8390]

@@TacticalSquirrel I don't get that phonetic spelling 🤣 You mean oo as actual german O sound? There are family names of the same heritage spelled Kroger, but if it is spelled Krüger who would say Kooger?

[@waynemayo1661]

That is how I was told to say it in German I class. Worked for me.

[@macoelectrum4193]

An umlaut (?) video would be much appreciated. Thanks for the great video today!

[@kolli7150]

I can totally understand you let Americans pronounce your name the English way. Personally I have no problem different nationalities adapting my name to their mother tongue's accent. Especially when I am abroad I feel instantly more integrated when I get a "new version" of my name. :)

[@Iscoileachme]

When I studied in Belgium, literally nobody (expect for a handful of other Russian speaking students) pronounced my name in an even remotely correct way. The versions were so weird that I preferred to stick to Michael, as in they normal English way. For some reason, Michael sounded okay to me (or Michelle or anything "real") but "Mee-kay-ill" didnt. Not that it really bothered me too much, rather it was kinda funny lol.

[@Winona493]

How could someone pronounce "Kolli" differently?😂

[@bryansproles2879]

Having studied German for a couple of years, most of these names were pretty easy for me. But I can't get past the first guy's last name, "Matthäus". When I see it, I automatically want to pronounce it Matt-hoys", similar to the plural for houses - "Häuser".

[@alexj9603]

"Matthäus" is the Latin(ized) form of the name of the evangelist Matthew. So as in "Amade|us", we pronounce the ä and u separately. But when strictly applying German pronunciation rules, it would come out as you said. I sometimes do this as a joke.

[@abinashmishra329]

I would have said “Matt-hoys” too. When I was learning German, my instructors taught me to pronounce Gebäude as “geh-BOY-duh”.

[@jandroruiz]

Yes, it should be "Ma-toys", but I think there's no way in German to say "eu" like in Spanish or Italian

[@jandroruiz]

There are some other exceptions like Jubiläum, Colosseum, Museum in which eu/äu is not pronounced "oy" but as it's written because, as Michael Phillips mentioned before, these words come from Latin

[@RustyDust101]

Like Alex J said: it would have been absolutely correct if the pronounciation rules also applied to names. But names existed looooong before any kind of rules for pronunciation were codified, so they often retained their previous pronunciation. For example, the city name of Duisburg is actually pronounced "Düsburg" (with the Umlaut Ü), instead of "Doo | is -|burg". Heck, that even throughs off Germans who never heard of it. So don't worry too much about mispronouncing specific names.

[@scottman895]

I really enjoyed this one! It is great to hear how the names of German celebrities as well as Austrian ones are pronounced in the original language. I definitely would love to see a video about how to pronounce the vowels with umlauts over them. When I have traveled around Germany and Austria, I tend to struggle at times with trying to pronounce those particular letters correctly.

[@loonylovegood2.073]

Ooh, i think we actually needed this Video lol Danke für deinen content insgesamt, liebe deine Videos :)

[@zacharron]

Servus Feli! Cooles Video. So viele Namen. :^) Als Ami, der in Deutschland seit 1998 lebt, macht es mich immer wahnsinnig, wenn ich Amerikaner Deutsch reden hören muss. Ich weiss, Deine Landsleute finden es meistens süss, aber es geht mir echt auf dem Keks, aus irgendwelchem Grund. Vor Jahren eine Amerikanerin hat mir über ihren Besuch in Rothenburg erzählt. Ich hatte keine Ahnung wo das war, weil sie dass mit dem englischen "th" gesagt hat. :^)

[@MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio]

I think the reason that Amadeus is four syllables (eu pronounced as two syllables) is because it's Latin.

[@ireneks]

Ideed. The it's Latin. The German version of Amadeus would be Gottlieb.

[@elimalinsky7069]

@@ireneks That was the actual real name of Mozart. He was born Wolfgang Gottlieb. Mozart was the name of the nobility house he was born into, Gottlieb was his surname, which was commonly latinized as Amadeus.

[@paolaesposito9593]

Grazie.

[@SCGMLB]

I guess that similar to how Americans pronounce Volkswagen as Volks wagon - when I guess more like it's Folks vagen?

[@nathanlaoshi8074]

Yes, that is correct.

[@abalada]

Now guess what the German word for "folk music" is? Volksmusik Das Volk = the people music of the people = Volksmusik car of the people = Volkswagen (also in German an artificial word when it was created) Wagen = wagon in English But unlike in English the German Wagen is basically used for anything on wheels. From a 4000 years old Streitwagen = chariot (literally dispute/war wagon) up to a modern Rennwagen = racing car (literally racing wagon) or Kinderwagen = pram (literally a wagon for children)

[@SCGMLB]

@@abalada It was the “people’s car”. It unfortunately has its ties to the time when Hitler was in power.

[@NormanF62]

@@SCGMLB My first and last car was a Beetle! I’ve disregarded the historical association because it was so fun to drive. Already mentioned the music and when you think of the letter v its easy for Americans to get lost in the woods because v is a vowel in English but it doesn’t exist in German so that’s why there’s so much confusion in the correct pronunciation of German names. Feli summed it up brilliantly in her intro where her German self struggles to comprehend what her American counterpart is trying to tell her!

[@michellecavalcante5883]

You made me remember a history that it's told here in Brazil: When the Volkswagen Beetle arrived here, people didn't know how to pronounce the name (Volkswagen), so they were calling it "Volks" (as in Folks), but they also struggled with the pronunciation so the car became nown here even to this date as Fusca.

[@dansands6363]

I just rewatched the 2007 United States Grand Prix recently, which was Seb's debut race in F1, and it was funny to hear the British commentators pronounce his last name as, "Vet-tell" with the emphasis on the end lol.

[@TMD3453]

Thanks GGIA! Umlauts are funny. I think they’re easy to overdo as an English speaker. Also the r’s. Might be worth a video though I learned from the names you mentioned. Cheers Tschuess!

[@drewyoung2157]

I had the opportunity to go to several of Dirk’s games while he was still playing in Dallas. Amazing player, but also a really great, humble guy!

[@ianmurphy9955]

Matthaus was an absolute gem of a player, also his rating in football manager as an assistant is immense

[@GholamFareed]

Probably the best CDM I've ever seen.

[@helgas1691]

You mean Matthäus

[@ogiedee5289]

GREAT Video! ...........Do a part TWO................Enjoy your videos.

[@lidarutz]

Felicia! Could you do another series of this using names submitted by subscribers? I bet a lot of us have German last names we have no clue how to really pronounce.

[@danielkeough1412]

One of the biggest German American celebrities was Hugh Hefner, the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy Magazine and Playboy Enterprises. In my German workbook, instead of using the word, 'elephant' as a reference for the proper pronunciation for the letter, 'E' in German, I wrote in, 'Hef' , after the letter, the nickname that everyone called him.

[@xohyuu]

German≠➡Deutsch | North or Latin American? | Миру мир!

[@mitchellsinnwell9866]

Would love a video on the umlauts!

[@garitica3365]

I can understand her stance on being polite and just giving folks an easier pronunciation of your name.

[@fawnjenkins7266]

I definitely would love a video about pronouncing ü!

[@Cynthia-ql9lw]

If you want pronounce „ü“, you should say e like in and then move your lips to a kiss. The sound automatically change from to

[@jpisaac85]

Great episode! We need part 2! :)

[@hughjass1044]

You've done a wonderful job learning English. I'm told it's one of the hardest languages there is to learn, largely because it's full of rules, every one of which we break at regular intervals.

[@Transalp1965]

In 2012 we took a cab in Fort Worth from the Stockyards to our hotel. The driver asked us, after we explained that we're from Germany: "Do you like no Whiskey in Germany?" Due a lot of Lone Star beers I wondered about the grammar, but was not sure if I understood him correctly. So I answered "Sure we like Whiskey in Germany." His answer confused me completely: "Oh, you call him Whiskey?" Him??? Whiskey??? No Whiskey??? Turned out, he was talking about Dirk Nowitzki. We had to stop at the curbside because we all had a good laugh with a lot of tears :-)

[@margui6224]

Thank you so much, Feli. I’ve struggle to pronounce Schwarzenegger for a long time. The correct pronunciation is probably more easier.

[@jamesclough2638]

I love hearing about the German language. I wish I could speak it properly

[@davidelias3650]

It's hard bro

[@SnowflakeHenri]

(my landlord was called Oma).

[@SnowflakeHenri]

In 1967 I flew over to Germany with my then husband and 5 month old son. My husband was stationed near a town named Neirstein. I loved telling Oma my son ha two teeth in German. I used to be able to count to ten.

[@e.458]

@@SnowflakeHenriDo you mean Nierstein? That's a nice little town! Btw. "Oma" is German for "Grandma". That means, she basically adopted you.

[@GholamFareed]

@@e.458 Ouma is also Dutch for granny.

[@ember1794]

It's so amazing that even though you're from Bavaria, you pronounce the words exactly as I do, a Northern German ❤❤❤

[@xohyuu]

Bavaria = Bayern | Пусть наш Бог хранит Үкраїну.

[@RustyDust101]

The Japanese had a massive problem trying to pronounce Bastian Schweinsteiger's name during the world cup in 2002. As far as I understand it, Kanji has pre-made syllables that are used to approximate western names and words. That often results in additional letters being pronounced when these Kanji syllables are stacked together. The "Schweinsteiger" combination is simply something that does not occur in Kanji, so they often simply said "the player with the unpronouncable name".

[@xohyuu]

日本 language is an undeveloped, immature language | Cầu nguyện cho Үкраїна và hòa bình.

[@Marion_H]

Daaanke, für deine Erklärungen zu Basti Schweinsteiger🥰! Liebe es, dass du deinen nicht-deutschen Fans so ein positives Bild von ihm vermittelst und auch so ausführlich.. absoluter Lieblingsspieler😍❤! Und die Doku ist wirklich mega💯!

[@xohyuu]

[ me ] Was ist das? Das ist ein BörterbuchTT | Пeрeмога Үкраїнi!

[@ErklaerMirDieWelt]

When I was living in France as a German, they had a lot of trouble getting my name right, so I tried to go with the French version. Turns out the French version of my name is perceived as an old ladies' name, so people were even more confused than before.

[@fabiansaerve]

Haha great story :)

[@nissak1561]

I'm French. What's your name ?

[@adoptedowl]

Is your name Paul/Paule?

[@jonmiguel]

Excellent video. Informative on several levels. I compliment Feli AND her audience. And I'd like to hear "Eberhard Anheuser" and "Adolphus Busch" in your next 'names' video.

[@halukonal1400]

I'm Turkish. Your pronunciation of Mesut Özil is almost spot on with 2 minor mistakes. Firstly, /s/ in Mesut is not a /z/ sound, it is more like your ß. And secondly /i/ in in Özil is a short vowel.

[@GeorgeSaint666]

I'd guess is is tempting for germans to speak the "z" as a "ts", as they pronounce a z like that. So I understand that in Turkish it is spoken more like an double s (ss)?? And the i thus as a short "i" not long "ie"? So it's spoken more like Össil?

[@jstr66]

I like how you describe pronouncing German(and also French) 'r's. Your detailed description of what the tongue does is spot on! I noticed when I'm trying to pronounce that sound(especially in the case of Toni Kroos), it's kind of like the tongue starts forward in the mouth with the thick part at the back touching the molars on the side sand gets pulled back into the throat similarly feeling (and even sounding) like an 'L'

[@erraticonteuse]

I have it on good authority (from my British ex-girlfriend) that the name pronunciation thing is not limited to different languages. Her name is "Hattie", and it was not until she pointed it out to me that I noticed that Americans pronounce the double-t as a "d", so she was constantly putting up with everyone, even her girlfriend, basically calling her "Had-ee" instead of how her name is actually spelled: "Hat-tee".

[@ViolinaRacheva]

I freaking love these videos. Hugs from a Bulgarian watcher of your videos :)

[@NipkowDisk]

I will toss in a YES, PLEASE for creating a video on how to pronounce the umlauts correctly!!!

[@tbrigham12]

Hi Felicia - you have a great vibe and very interesting content. My brother-in-law is german and my sister (his wife) and nephew speak german so we hear the language a lot :) You should visit San Francisco, CA sometime - its a beautiful city and some think its the most "European" city in the US. I grew up here so I can give you some advice on where to go! Cheers, Tom

[@philipmitchelmore7293]

Yes I would love to hear everything from all languages

[@ericcousino2068]

Yes please do a video on how the umlaut works. I still struggle on understanding it.

[@ricksharpe6895]

Several others have mentioned my favorite German athlete. Angelique Kerber, who made the semifinals at Wimbledon this year. If you're going to do a follow up I'd be interested in some of the famous German scientists, especially those with measurement units named after them. For example: Max Planck, Georg Ohm, Heinrich Hertz and Werner von Siemens. Thanks for another entertaining video!

[@DarthAndredu]

@Rick Sharpe Take a look at Alicia Schmidt. She is hot like hell.

[@dutchcanuck79]

Hello Feli, I really enjoy your videos very much! I'm from The Netherlands (with loads of German roots), so there we're neighbours. ;-) Have a good day!

[@Ribulose15diphosphat]

Madhouse would be a good Nickname for Klaus Kinski.

[@FlashheadX]

Stop still giving Kinski a stage after more than 30 years because of "funny" tantrum videos on KZbin, he seriously injured people on set and sexually abused his daughter throughout her entire childhood. When he was recording a movie with indigeneous African people, they actually offered the team to kill him although they didn't even understand his language.

[@Teuronium]

@@FlashheadX Und dem Sprecher in der Dokumentation ist selber gar nicht aufgefallen, welchen Widerspruch sein romantisch verklärtes Narrativ vom angeblich "Friedlichen Volk, das keine Gewalt kenne und Aggression total fremd sei und Konflikte ganz anders gelöst würden" mit dessen ernstgemeinten Tötungsangebot aufwirft. Ein typischer Gutmenschen Faux pas... und übrigens war das nicht in Afrika, sondern in Südamerika.

[@californiahiker9616]

He was creepy good!!! While I was growing up, he starred in many Krimis as the deranged bad guy. Character roles. But yeah, piece of work for those in his orbit, including his daughter Nastassia Kinski.

[@NormanF62]

Aguirre is one of those films where everyone remembers the haunting ending of a man driven mad by his delusions. Werner Herzog’s masterpiece is a powerful indictment of the overreaching of human ambition, folly and greed and its tragic consequences.

[@brucewayne1894]

Oliver Kahn, Jens Lehmann, Michael Ballack, Jürgen Klinsmann, Manfred von Richthofen, Thomas Kretschmann, and Kraftwerk sat there and waited for their mention...

[@neinzukorruption9321]

Please no more football players. All of them are nearly anbearable. :-/

[@e.458]

I give you Kraftwerk: "Kraft": German "r" (in the throat); "a" = short "u" : Krufft Werk: "w"= "v"; er like "ear" in "bear" or "wear" Kraftwerk=Krufftveark

[@breannadeal8610]

Actually thought Gerd Müller would make the list, but I was happy enough with Neuer.

[@Leo-019-04]

It is so funny in my opinion in both sides that famous persons are pronounced so differently😂😂

[@richardlutzmau7619]

Bastante empenho aqui nesse video. Ficou show de bola. Bom trabalho!!

[@paulberkebile5562]

I'd really like you to make a video about pronouncing letters with umlauts!

[@henner645]

As always flawless. There is nothing to nitpick on in this video.

[@giewhcs]

Thank you for making this video! I now know the correct way to pronounce my last name! Sincerely, - David Schweighofer

[@LeftToWrite006]

Yes to the umlaut video. I have not found any good pronunciation videos for this type of sound.

[@kingofthejungle3833]

Great video, I was expecting to see Helmut Kohl in the list. Also in part 2 can you add Steffi Graf, and Martina Navratilova (even though she's Chech) also how much of the Chech Republic is German speaking?

[@MissNina67]

Today about 0,4% of the Chech population consider themselves german. Most of them are descendants from the german speaking minority living in the region of today's Chech Republic, although there are also some Germans who just emigrated recently from Germany to the Chech Republic. Before World War II the German minority in within the territory of today's Check Republic was much larger, about 30%. (Germans had been moving to this region in large numbers in the 12th and 13th century but also in later centuries.) But after the war most Germans were expulsed from Central and Eastern Europe, since as you can imagine, they were not really welcome after Germany fought and occupied a lot of these territories (not saying it was the right thing to do, but that's the explanation).

[@philcalvino884]

For your next list: Felix Mendelssohn (of Wedding March fame) and Richard Wagner (of Ride of the Valkyries fame).

[@e.458]

The "e" in Felix is like Felicitas's nickname (Feli). Americans usually get Mendelssohn quite right (short "o" - this somehow doesn't German pronounciation rules). Bartholdy (the "th" is just pronounced as a "t"): Mendelsonne-Bartoldy

[@e.458]

Richard is harder: the "r" is guttural in the back of the throat. You can just drop the second "r", most Germans do that, too. The "ch" sounds like when people overly emphasise the "h" in "huge". Wagner: "w"="v"; "a"=British "ar" (Like in Mark - with a silent "r"): Va(r)gner

[@philcalvino884]

@@e.458 Thanks! I know how they're pronounced, but virtually every English speaker I know pronounces them incorrectly. And hearing them spoken by a native is worth a thousand words. Which is why I made the request.

[@rodaross]

I use to have discussions about the pronunciation of Gisele Bündchen with a Brazilian friend of mine. He pronounces in completely different way than German or English.

[@Tayna143]

You’re right, I’m Brazilian and we do pronounce Gisele’s name completely different than it is supposed to be in German. It sounds almost like bin-tchen

[@robertoagusto6210]

15:04 We speak in Portuguese here in Brazil; and Daniel is in Portuguese and Spanish too. And there are more than ten milions of Germans that was born in Brazil. 21:27

[@michellecavalcante5883]

Pena que o Daniel já disse que até entende Português, mas não fala, só espanhol e catalão mesmo (além do inglês e do alemão).

[@gideonjudges7]

"The ignorant pronounce it Frood To cavil or applaud The well-informed pronounce it Froyd But I pronounce it Fraud." --the glib British journalist, Chesterton

[@erraticonteuse]

I knew I liked Chesterton.

[@YouDaBrian]

Hi Feli! I made my Magister in phonetics at the LMU (yes, you can study that as Hauptfach) and one of the favorite questions at the Grundstudium was "How do you show an English speaking person the ü?" Actually it is NOT the u with rounded lips but the i! Feel the movement of your tongue when you switch between i/ü and between u/ü! The u with rounded lips is common in Japanese and in... Saxonian. As you see in the vowel chart of the ipa table (Google) the other umlaut twins are e/ö. Ä is not rounded but an open vovel between the front a and the e.

[@xohyuu]

ü sound is like 日本 u sound a bit or a lot | Пeрeмога Үкраїнi!

[@Toolaholic7]

Heidi Klum,can't forget the VW commercial she makes the car blush turning red after she said German cars are sexy.Includes the Victoria's Secret commercials she was in.Can't forget famous beer brewers Adolphus Busch and Frederick Miller whom were German too.I have German in me,would love to learn how to pronounce it in German

[@kenkur27]

Busch is pronounced pretty much the same in English and German. Miller the same except the final r is a bit different.

[@Phillyfast]

Didn't realize that the German pronunciation of my last name is pretty close to the English pronunciation. Always think it's cool when I see the Fassbender name on screen in movie credits and such. Michael has even taken up motor racing in the past few years and competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year. Really thought it was cool seeing the Fassbender name in one of the most prestigious races there is! Very cool videos, Feli. It's because of your channel that I really want to learn to speak German. Danke!

[@Daniel-qz3pk]

Fassbender is actually a German name. You have German ancestry

[@MissDatherinePierce]

I remember my British professor asking about our names (we were a group of only foreign students) and all of us introduced ourselves by the English versions of our names. And she was like "No, no, I want to know how you really say it." For me it was weirder to use my German name with English than just using the English version. But I appreciated her effort.

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

I had that with a history teacher who insisted on saying my name as it is in german Im not from germany I grew up in that town here in california Nobody in my family has lived in germany for close to 120 years (they came over close to turn of the century) The teacher wasnt german either I later had a professor in college who while he was iranian spent 30 years in germany and pronounced my name that way partly because his best friend happened to share my last name, so i felt bad if i were to correct it

[@sevnof8]

Hi Feli, I love your videos. I’ve listened to singer Nina Hagen before but was unsure of the correct pronunciation of her name. Thank you for all the great information!

[@dalemcdaniel4703]

Ich mag ein bisschen Rammstein. 😉 Meine Lieblingslieder von Rammstein sind "Engel" und "Radio".

[@chris2fur401]

As always, love your videos. I was in Cincinnati last week actually! Always love a kings island trip!

[@ulrikemesserschmidt5018]

Feli, you said "Schwarzen-egger" with a distinct break between the two parts. I live in Graz, the region, where Arnold Scharzenegger was born, and here the two parts are always totally connected without any break or pause.

[@brianhiles8164]

Arnold S. has _himself_ stated publicly that in his regional dialect of German, his name is pronounced _Schwarzenekker_ (that is, with the _g_ characters taking a /k/ sound), and that it means _black ploughman._ Is this consistent with the fact that you are from Graz too?

[@ulrikemesserschmidt5018]

@@brianhiles8164 Yes, it is much more a "kk" than a "gg", that's correct. And there is no break between the two parts of the word.

[@itsjustme4848]

@@brianhiles8164 the sound of a non-initial ‘g’ in German is often well on it’s way to more of a ‘k’ sound. “Guten Tag” sounds more like “Guten Tak”

[@Jeahkir]

Das ist der berühmte Glottisschlag. In österreichischem Deutsch wird er kaum benutzt, daher wäre wohl Schwarze-negger in einem Wort korrekt. Im Deutschen wird sehr viel mehr der Glottisschlag eingesetzt, daher sagt man in München tatsächlich Schwarzen-egger. Denke, das ist Feli als Münchnerin nicht wirklich so bewusst ;).

[@Leo-uu8du]

@@itsjustme4848 Auslautverhärtung nennt sich das. Existiert im Niederländischen und im Deutschen, aber nicht im Bairischen, Alemannischen und Englischen. Im Bairischen gelten andere Regeln, wann ein Konsonant stimmhaft oder stimmlos gesprochen wird. Im Mittelbairischen ist das nur abhängig von der Länge des vorangehenden Lautes z.B. Beng (Bank) vs. Beenk (Bänke). Daraus resultieren auch teilweise starke Unterschiede innerhalb des Mittelbairischen z.B. Fåtta vs. Fååda (beides Vater, aber einmal mit kurzem å). K wird anlautend immer stimmlos und behaucht gesprochen. Das Südbairische hält sich mehr an die Regeln des Althochdeutschen, wo weder die Mittelbairische oder Mitteldeutsche Konsonantenschwächung, noch die Auslautverhärtung stattgefunden hat.

[@staciangelly]

Yes on a umlaut pronunciation video!

[@sianeka6379]

Yes vote for umlaut pronunciations!

[@gaborvarga3768]

Hi gorgeous. You literally broke my heart when you said you do not like Rammstein. I’m still gonna try to continue watching you. Unfortunately you are soo damn lovable:)) Stay safe and awesome.

[@mactac25]

Three of my players! Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Müller, and Manuel Neuer! And yes, I am an FC Bayern München supporter from Indiana. I became a big fan of Thomas Müller during the 2010 World Cup.

[@speeddemon945]

F - V Yes like Volkswagen (VW) and Mercedes-Benz (Mertcedes) I know, this has been tackled already and I'm just amazed that I have mispronounced a ton of German names and Brands previously. Thank you for this very informative video :)

[@Rizwanalam]

Awesome video

[@MichaelJohnson-de6yz]

Yes please!!! Definitely yes for a video on pronunciation!!!!

[@conjasummerlin1414]

Mozart's middle name is Latin. That's why it's pronounced that way. Interesting though. Sometimes, it's listed as Theophilus....

[@carudatta]

Theophilus was officially registered at his baptism, but he chose to use the Latin form.

[@gerhardjahnke6268]

Yes, that is the Greek form. Thank god nobody uses the German form of his name for him, which is "Gottlieb"

[@gergelylazar6647]

Moreover, he never used Amadeus. He rather used the French "Amadé" form. Or the Italian "Amadeo" one, but not the Latin one. He was baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. He was always called Wolfi by his friends.

[@conjasummerlin1414]

Yep. Knew all this. But my ADD prevented me from writing it. Lol. Plus. It was fun to get it f I'm others. Btw. Had a stuffed bear in HS named Wolfi. Pronounced the German way.

[@sophieblabla4888]

@@gerhardjahnke6268 the name Gottlieb is actually used in literature sometimes.

[@combatseawolf]

10:49 my childhood hero, the first athlete I idolized, the guy who inspired me to love motorsports

[@fabiansaerve]

18:48 he wasn’t an Austrian citizen. He was born during the time of the Holy Roman Empire in the state Salzburg. Not Austria back then ;)

[@itsjustme4848]

He spent his whole life in Salzburg and then Vienna. That area was often referred to as Austria. What should we say? He was a Holy Roman Empririan? ;-)

[@fabiansaerve]

@@itsjustme4848 just say from Austria. She talked about citizenship before and that’s wrong.

[@Ul.B]

@@fabiansaerve Back then, Salzburg belonged to the Erzstift Salzburg, which was part of Bavaria until 1805.

[@spr35441]

I took a year of German in college and I remember my professor (who was Russian) described pronouncing umlauts as “choking on the vowel” and I’ll never forget that.

[@raempftl]

Hm, that sounds strange. They are pronounced at the front of the mouth. How do you choke on that? I think he was just playing off stereotypes about how German supposedly sounds.

[@noellass2218]

11:45 oder Angie ;D

[@abhikbanerjee5828]

I love watching your videos, coz they're very informative & insightful. Can you also do a short reaction series to the famous German language Netflix series - DARK? This is the best sci-fi series ever made according to me. Looking forward.

[@Utoobeedoo]

Concerning Merkel: The way you imitated the typical American pronunciation at 11:20 is to be expected from Americans completely in the dark about German pronunciation. But what rankles me is the way journalists pronounce it. The get every part wrong except for the hard "g". It's as if they want to appear erudite enough to show they know this much about German pronunciation, but not so much as to come across as showing their fellow journalists up. I would prefer they say it completely wrong or completely right. I haven't yet heard any of these professional talkers say it like a native German speaker.

[@eammondeburca1694]

Your hope for professionalism from anyone in the journalist class is sadly misplaced.

[@caulkins69]

I've never understood why the "g" is hard in "Angela." I'd have thought it would be like the German pronunciation of "Finger."

[@proserpina4448]

I would not blame anybody for mispronouncing her name, as there are like 4 ways to pronounce 'Angela'. Now tell me, which is the right one. I am German and I don't know it either.

[@Utoobeedoo]

@@caulkins69 Perhaps Feli will chime in on this.

[@eammondeburca1694]

@@proserpina4448 What part of "Mutti" do you get tripped up on?? ;-)

[@patmurphy389]

I would like a video about the umlauds! Thank you Feli!