Pronouncing the 10 German Words that Non-German's CAN'T Pronounce!

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[@dufilmstjedenmist]

The funniest part was the American asking "what is unemployment insurance?!" 😂😂😂

[@wolfa9393]

As a german this is so funny💀

[@soliw1638]

A few tips:

[@lioness8344]

You've pronounced the words "Quietscheentchen" and "Schlittschuhlaufen" very well!

[@Zamboangapower]

That "Ruhraaah" killed me 😂😂😂

[@ElRambeau2680]

I am happy to be German. German seems to be a very difficult foreign language. So I don't have to learn it anymore😇

[@habsdoch]

As a german I had a blast listening to you trying to pronounce a few words. Hope you keep it up because one day you will be able to say Kreuzschlitzschraubenzieher really fast😂

[@TeBThor87]

German is like math. We simply add words to another.

[@the_a-team_geek]

As a german native speaker, I laughed so hard!🤣It was very entertaining AND to be honest, your pronunciation was quiet good for a first try!👏BTW "Kreuzschlitzschraubendreher" could be a challenge even for some Germans after a few beer.🍻

[@LarsEllerhorst]

There is a trick with German compound words: Split them into their compounds and try to pronounce them seperately. The compound at the right end is the most general meaning, to the left it's getting more detailed. If you understand the basic words in German, you can guess the meaning of the compound words by understanding each compound. The German Verb "quietschen" is quite the opposite to the English word "quiet", the correct translation is "sqeaking". As a foreign speaker, don't try to pronounce a compound word like a single term, we Germans don't do it either, we have just shorter breaks between them. Some consonant combinations are hard for non native speakers, like the gt in Röntgen or the zsch in Streichholzschachtel. The trick here again, make a short stop between both consonants like Rönt-gen or Streich-holz-schach-tel.

[@loyal_dogs]

Thank you, I didn't laugh that much in a while 😂😂 I freaking love it. Not gonna lie, it cracked me up when you pronounced "Beziehung" as it sounded so Chinese.

[@magicmulder]

My favorite is still úmfahren (to run over) vs umfáhren (to drive around) which are not only a rare example of tone being relevant but also are polar opposites.

[@andyaweebphysicist]

Quietscheentchen and Tschechien were pronounced really well. The Quietscheentschen is what most Germans would call it and literally translates to "squeaky duckling". The screwdriver was mean because the "Schraubenzieher" (literally "screw puller") part means screwdriver and the "Kreuzschlitz" ("cross slit") means it is the one with the cross or x as a head.

[@jdkap201]

In German, ö is pronounched as œ, which is simmilar to an american english ɝ in earth and turn. Give it a try with "Eichhörnchen": "turn" and "hörn" should ryme. (Globally speaking, the elongated o sound for the letter ö isn't acutally wrong. It's not used in German, but in Swedish it's very common.) Aditionally, the german ch pronunciation doesn't exist in english, so a word like Eichhörnchen is quite hard.

[@hanswurstsenior3586]

As a german native speaker I think the main things to manage these words are:

[@uncanny_bassman]

"Three consonants in a row is never a good sign"

[@hco3-202]

As for the rubber duck translation:

[@Strakin]

sch = sh Edit: Streichholzschachtel is a word made from three words: Streich-Holz-Schachtel (strike-wood-box). Thats one of the secrets to speak german words, you have to grip which single words are in and speak them like single words with a short pause in between (as said with streich-holz-schachtel, or the word rühr-ei

[@DancingMaumau]

My face hurts because I was laughing the whole video😂 I speak German, Chinese and quite good English and the "Freundschaftsbeziehungen" one really went "Frendschazbeshinchunchen"😭💀

[@Mafia_Queen816]

As a German, i laughed so hard, this was so entertaining and i didnt know if i should cry or laugh🤣