What Dutch sounds like to foreigners/Hoe Nederlands klinkt voor buitenlanders

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In this video I asked people to give their impression of Dutch. Then have them listen to a clip of Dutch from and imitate what they heard. The clip I used is from the Christmas address of King Willem Alexander.
Here is the content of the sample audio transcribed by "brucenator". You can also click CC to see them in the video.
1:17 ...drieëndertig jaar bij. Mijn oom en tante hebben zich naast hun eigen werkzaamheden...
...van grote groepen Nederlanders. Veel mensen maken zich zorgen over hun werk...
...een luisterend oor. Hoezeer mensen ook in een isolement kunnen leven...
1:59 ...in de eerste plaats de mensen dichtbij...
2:43 ...in de mensen een welbehagen...
...mensen zijn mensen door andere mensen, luidt een Afrikaans spreekwoord...
...de wereld is zo groot; de problemen zijn zo wijdvertakt...
...is een sterk beroep gedaan...
Hoe klinkt Nederlands voor buitenlanders?(Kersttoespraak Koning Willem-Alexander)
I know most people in the Netherlands may not speak as formally as the King giving his Christmas message. If you know any videos of Dutch that sounds more conversational and natural, feel free to let me know in the comments. I might use it my future videos about Dutch. Thank you!

[@nostalgiagaming2326]

How to trigger a dutch person 101: Dutch sounds like German

[@CaptainZucker01]

To be fair, most of us English speakers speak neither Dutch nor German and both of them possess many phonological similarities which at many times may sound alike. I don't know how does German sound like to a Dutch but non-native German speaker here, Dutch sounds like a weird German dialect (Low Saxon in particular) with a hint of English that has gone too soft until you can't understand shit at all, imho

[@12inchesunbuffed33]

dutch are our brothers we ar the same people of course it sounds similar :))

[@appleslover]

They wanted to differentiate themselves from the Germans after ww2 just like the Austrians

[@appleslover]

@Henk de Tank yeah I speak the three of them , first learnt English then German and lastly Dutch I couldn't tell you how easy i found it to learn especially after knowing German

[@mrwin3511]

@@12inchesunbuffed33 uh no, we are not ur brothers, we hate germany

[@janhorn4946]

saying that dutch or german sounds like a hitler speech is the same as saying that every male american talks like donald trump

[@hannahmulder6502]

+DutchBeeVlog Ja, ik snap het wel een beetje, we liggen naast elkaar. Maar dan nog is Nederlands veel zachter en heeft het invloed gehad op het Engels en heeft het Engels daarna weer invloed op het Nederlands gehad, waardoor Nederlands op een afstandje voor Engelse klinkt als Engels. Pas als ze op gaan letten is het duidelijk dat het geen Engels is.

[@Simpie32]

+DutchBeeVlog als je onze taal niet kent klinkt het wel allemaal een beetje hetzelfde. probeer maar eens al die Aziatische talen uit elkaar te houden.

[@maxt3311]

dat is niet wat hij bedoelde. hij vind het bs dat er automatisch een link wordt gelegd tussen 1 persoon (hitler) en een hele taal

[@Arjay404]

But it's true, sure Dutch doesn't really sound like a Hitler speech but German sure does, he was speaking German after all, however it's still somewhat true, especially for people that haven't heard any other German/Dutch speak, Hitler is the one person many of them have heard speak and German especially is very rough and harsh sounding, it's somewhat similar to people speaking Chinese, no matter what they are saying it sounds like they are angry. Because of the tone and manner you have to say many words it sounds aggressive, especially to people that speak languages that don't use the same letter grouping that German/Dutch does.

[@bozrose7716]

I dont know how to make "the sound of a hitler speech" so dutch people dont have to, Im dutch and I cant so, youre wrong. sorry mensen maar dit is alsof wij allemaal op hitler lijken, wat een racisten

[@mariograsl5183]

"dutch is similar to german" *dutch people triggered*

[@12inchesunbuffed33]

it is because dutch people are our brothers!

[@janvandemaas4148]

12 inches unbuffed You,wish !

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Hun domheid is niet beledigend voor mij.

[@rossthequick4028]

It’s different tho

[@christhechiss3666]

LOL haha, lijkt meer op Zweeds dan Nederlands als ze het nadoen.

[@Onneukbaar]

Ja

[@merelroggeveen7084]

Jaaa idd!

[@Laura-pp4wy]

ja ook echt 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MagerKonijn]

ja idd 😂😂

[@AlbertoWorld]

blashm bloshm boeshm wtf ze ook zeggen

[@jeskehendriks]

"German is harsh. Have you heard Hitler speak? So agressive," Yes, Hitler's speeches were TOTALLY representative for the everage German conversation :P

[@suus-arido393]

jeskehendriks You sir/madam you made my day :D

[@pwghost]

thought the same thing haha

[@JoshuaHere]

Whahaah I would love to walk in Germany where everybody would scream like their life depends on it.

[@JoshuaHere]

DerNamenlose I'm not an anti-German. I quite like the German language, especially when it is loud. German really seems to express emotions better. Btw, explanation mark instead of question mark and bratwurst is awesome. :D

[@kakadu79]

Joshua Baruch German language has many words, german language has too many words german has too much words, yes german langauge can explain everything yes bratwurst ftw XD

[@OttosAudio]

Ther imitations all use the 'SH' sound, we hardly ever use that in Dutch.. They do in German..

[@MrMentix]

Shlooma? Shlaama?

[@Panopticon52]

Dutch people pronounce 's' like that a lot. Maybe you don't realise it but we Belgians hear you say it all the time too. Not all Dutch people of course but still quite a lot

[@OttosAudio]

+Panopticon52 The southern regions of the Netherlands use it more often. And Belgium happens to be at the south of the Netherlands. Maybe that explains it?

[@Panopticon52]

Otto Meijerhof In Belgium we never pronounce 's' as 'sh'

[@OttosAudio]

***** Funny, because Flemish is a Dutch dialect, hence the pronunciation should be quite similar.

[@kjeld7749]

Dont compare us with Germans, the are exaclty the other side of us. If English people try to talk Dutch is sounds more like Polish or Swedish.

[@JRut99]

Mate if you're from the east German sounds pretty much like Dutch ( Twents, Achterhoeks & Drents bijv.)

[@AtlasNL]

Ja

[@marijn29m37]

DontAsk YT ja helenmaal waar en ze zeggen inderdaad altijd dat het als Duits klingt

[@siekste]

waarom worden we altijd vergeleken met duitsland T~T

[@marcusnl66]

DontAsk YT The truth hurts, you even look alike

[@mauritsvanderpol7415]

People that try to compare Dutch with German makes me cry. It's a common misconception

[@gentlebabarian]

dutch and german is just as similar as dutch and English

[@mauritsvanderpol7415]

Hans Zandt indeed

[@jeetjemiena6220]

dutch words are like german but the accent is denisch absolutely not german

[@asphyxiaa]

Waarom praten jullie Engels terwijl jullie allemaal Nederlands zijn .-.

[@Thuras]

Well actually it is not really a misconception. both are west-germanic languages the vocabulairy is quite simular and German and Dutch are more related to each other than most other Germanic languages, except for Afrikaans, which is deriven from Dutch. But since Dutch is a Germanic language it makes sense to compare them. However most people should be able to hear the differences aswell. Despite my name sounds German, I am Dutch and so is my family tree. Besides Dutch I speak English German and Swedish(all germanic languages). Swedish and Dutch are also remarkably simular to each other in vocabulary and some grammar. So if someone would say dutch is like Swedish I would definately not be offended or surprised, because it is just true. I am more surprised by the stupidity of many Americans who do not realise that they also speak a germanic language.

[@WiWillemijn]

they sound german when they try to speak dutch

[@HeritageInmoshun]

Willemijn Bolks Did you see my video on German? The German think they sound like Dutch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4uYl6ejaK6tp6M

[@WiWillemijn]

***** I can't understand German :/

[@Sjurm94]

Willemijn Bolks Beter je best doen op school

[@WiWillemijn]

Sjurm94 hjb

[@soullysolange]

Willemijn Bolks ik ook niet, heb nooit duits gehad. sommige dingen versta ik wel, maar ik geef engels of nederlands antwoord

[@hajarbofarid6789]

Dutch doesn't sound like German, and we don't have the "Sh"

[@maxiim2289]

it does

[@maxiim2289]

like ich bin john or ik ben john just replace the harsh ch with k and the i with e

[@reageerbeer9926]

+Maxiim no

[@hazedenchi425]

+Maxiim idioot jij weet niks van nederland haha

[@maxiim2289]

het lijkt op nederlands maar niet zo erg als de meeste buitenlanders denken

[@Thomas-my4yf]

Het klonk meer op Duits dan op Nederlands!😂

[@jeraht1613]

ja lol

[@Lexvander]

Meer als...

[@Thomas-my4yf]

Kan allebei...

[@Thomas-my4yf]

Kan allebei...

[@JeffWatersRules]

Nee

[@abbycatnip4761]

Oh man, Dutch doesn't sound like German at all. I'm Dutch, and the Dutch language is actually really soft compared with German.

[@DnBDubstepManiak1]

but the language itself is closest to german. There are things I understand in German, while I've never learned any german xD

[@abbycatnip4761]

HardstyleBeats_Mixr And where are you from then?

[@DnBDubstepManiak1]

Abby Catnip Flanders, Belgium. So I speak dutch. I can understand and say a few things in German, because there are quite some words that are almost the same. However don't ask to give examples, cause writing German is a whole other level xD

[@abbycatnip4761]

HardstyleBeats_Mixr Oke lol ja ik zei al dat ik Nederlands was, dus je kon ook in het Nederlands beantwoorden hahah

[@linajurgensen4698]

Abby Catnip oh no !xD Dutch has much more "ch" sounds...

[@squigoo]

"german is harsh have you seen hitler speak" pleeaaaaaseeee

[@alysiaraine7441]

squigoo Most German speakers don't sound like Hitler.

[@rickvugts1242]

Alysia Raine imagine if they all sounded like hitler :')

[@Mrpretpakket]

squigoo Ya, and then the girl nrxt to the guy hears a sample, says that it sounds soft, and then the guy claims that it exactly sounds like he thought it sounds...but he cannot mimic it. Sure. I think he was more concerned with trying to come over as intelligent and interesting. Girls dig that stuff, right? **types in this post like Hitler would type it**

[@MisticMonki]

Do people even know hitler is from austria? Most people say hes from germany

[@Mrpretpakket]

Perhaps not too many people, but he considered himself (more or less) ethnic German instead of Austrian, he was in charge of Germany and the guy spoke German. Dpes it really matter that the guy spent his youth fantasizing about one strong German empire just across the border in Austria?

[@imperatorantonius222]

Het is best wel irritant dat mensen Nederlands met Duits vergelijken

[@BuzziMuzzi]

Maakt het wat uit? Alsof jij het verschil hoort tussen Japans en Koreaans.

[@HeritageInmoshun]

sitvisjes I made another video about Flemish. Unlike the Dutch of NL which people assumed sounds like German before they listened to the real thing. They think Flemish sounds like German even after hearing Flemish. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5CYfn-YaZJ5jrs

[@BuzziMuzzi]

***** Maar het maakt echt niemand uit wat jij denkt

[@TheGertbos]

MiniCat gaming best wel irritant dat iedereen denkt dat elke duitser als hitler klinkt

[@sexyjamal7774]

Duits is de superieure taal.

[@buster4103]

NEDERLANDERS LAAT JE HOOORRREEEEN!!!!!!

[@AtlasNL]

HOOORRREEEEN!!!!!!

[@abelmol7928]

IK BEN REINIER!!!

[@noahvdmolen5174]

gerard joling!!!!

[@MrMentix]

LAMP!

[@deaththekidd5706]

Nederland for life broo ik wist dat ik iemand zou tegenkomen

[@amyvdriel]

Dat ben ik die Duits probeert te spreken lmao

[@navidderes767]

Amy van Driel haha precies deze😂😂

[@danielstokker]

hahahaha hoe weinig ze van ons snappen is hilarisch

[@madeliefvanberkel9484]

😂😂😂 echt he

[@semiusedbra5734]

Amy van Driel Omg 😂😂😂

[@HeySteef]

Amy van Driel inderdaad

[@Nloveru]

The key to sounding Dutch is the hard G coming from your throat. The last girl was doing a pretty good job.

[@iliketositandeat4718]

+Nloveru I live in south Netherlands and I don't have an harsh G

[@Nloveru]

I like to sit and eat And that's why to a foreigner you'll sound Flemish instead of Dutch.

[@theomolenaar4837]

+I like to sit and eat "south Netherlands" is more kind of Belgium... they don't really belong to Holland....

[@iliketositandeat4718]

trader temmie No it isn't??

[@bertjedekat]

+trader temmie fck you

[@broefkip]

Probably the biggest insult for the Dutch is when you say it's like German, all those people said it's like German lol. Actually their imitations sounded more German to me then Dutch :p anyway my experience with foreigners is usually that they feel like Dutch people talk really fast, like Spanish people, and that it sounds like weird rattling with a harsh G

[@HeritageInmoshun]

I made another video about Flemish. Unlike the Dutch of NL which people assumed sounds like German before they listened to the real thing. They think Flemish sounds like German even after hearing Flemish. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5CYfn-YaZJ5jrs

[@Stefny83]

comparing dutch to german isn't an insult... it just does sound the same! i'm dutch! but i speak german very well. very easy to learn and understand for us. compared to french or spanish;) german is just way easier for us :) i think dutch are really good in several languages just because our own language is so complicated :P my 9 & 11 yr old kids already speak german and english :)

[@broefkip]

Stephanie Bremer well i'm dutch too but i dont understand jack shit of german. I understand English very well and Spanish is allright. but i don't think german sounds like dutch cause when i hear a german speak i can't make anything of it

[@PolicyofSecrecy]

should i remember you that dutch is a germanic language, pay attention at school!

[@broefkip]

***** Should* I* remind* still, it doesn't make it the same, both languages have changed a lot in time. Pay attention yourself before telling others what to do.

[@BBE22OOOWH]

Ik word misselijk hoeveel mensen duits zeggen

[@lauramelis6478]

idd alsof onze taal daar op lijkt -,-

[@JRut99]

opzich wel als je uit het oosten komt :P

[@BBE22OOOWH]

Julius Rutgers dan nog. Nope.

[@BBE22OOOWH]

Laurier dat dus😂

[@AO968]

Duits en Nederlands (en Engels, Noors, Zweeds en IJslands) zijn allemaal ontstaan uit het Germaans, daarom lijken ze op elkaar. Neemt niet weg dat de talen heel erg van elkaar verschillen, maar er zijn wel degelijk overeenkomsten, dus helemaal verkeerd is de vergelijking niet.

[@7211_]

We have very similar vocabulary but DUTCH DOES NOT SOUND LIKE GERMAN AT ALL

[@laurens3586]

Precies! :)

[@fleurhabets4266]

Yep, wanted to say the same thing. I'm Dutch

[@dutchreagan3676]

Vergeleken met Chinees, Navajo of Arabisch klinkt Duits verrekt veel als Nederlands

[@SpaceCattttt]

I agree. German sounds hard and academical. Dutch sounds like as if a Danish person swallowed bleach.

[@danieldoesrandomstuff2501]

Warum verstehe ich es als deutscher dann der nie niederländisch gelernt hat?

[@HeritageInmoshun]

Recently many of you from Belgium watched this video. I am planning to make some videos about Flemish and maybe one about Vlaams vs Nederlands-Nederlands. Please subscribe if you are interested.

[@RockPolishMC]

It would be fun if you let them hear Dutch and then Flemish and ask them what the differences are

[@HeritageInmoshun]

RockPolish You are right, I'm either gonna include that in "Vlaams vs Nederlands-Nederlands" or make it a separate video if people can't tell the difference. No point asking people's preference if they can't notice any difference. I'm planning to use Disney movies dubbed in both Flemish and Dutch of NL for the experiment, since they would be spoken with almost the same words in almost the same voice. This way people can focus on the sound of the language.

[@FeltDownHard]

Heritage Inmoshun If you need help or have a question just PM me ;)

[@HeritageInmoshun]

FeltDownHard Thank you so much! that would be wonderful.

[@jezzman97]

vlaams vs nederlands would be awesome! maybe you can even include some south african

[@rensvanhalteren4017]

if you live in the Netherlands you laugh about this...!!!

[@ArvidLuidens]

+Rens Halteren of course it was pretty hilarius...!!

[@shikasi]

I'm here just questioning the flem. Since when did I need that?

[@DenTube619]

+Rens Halteren Nope, didn't laugh for a second.

[@robin15092]

Ja heel erg!

[@rensvanhalteren4017]

Robin Decock haha #Nederlands

[@dolylhtp7563]

ze klinken echt fucking hard duits

[@thomasvanveen3830]

precies

[@infinap]

ik vind het meer Deens of Fins klinken

[@danielstokker]

je weet echt niks geen duits he

[@user-do6bc6of2n]

+Free Spirit because thei are forein them selfs not a single Drop of Blood in their veins

[@guusjezoeteweij5618]

Valentijn Keijser ja idd😂😂 ze hebben denk naar Dietim gekeken

[@ludovic2431]

I am Dutch. German and Dutch are heavily linked languages (same language family) . Not very strange that most foreigners compare these to languages. German however is "softer" in most of its sounds. I deal a lot with British people. In general they compare Dutch with a "throat disease" which clarifies a lot.

[@zwazas]

we don't sound like germans?! wtf we even need to learn how to use a german accent at school because we don't use it in our language?!

[@zwazas]

+Marnix Elling also wtf is this? sounds more like chinese 1:43

[@nickvanderputten8454]

+Marnix Elling zij hij nou mc flurry

[@dutchpuke1633]

Echt he

[@zwazas]

hij dacht volgensmij dat ie het heel goed deed

[@jannus4568]

het klinkt ongeveer hetzelfde alleen spreken we andere dingen uit

[@TheGarudaKurd]

Dutch people don't like it when you compare them to German. Even though Dutch is part of the Germanic language(indo-european). Ironicly I myself am Kurdish and they always compare us with Turkish people even though our language is more related to Dutch than to Turkish. PS: Ik houd van Nederland

[@Hepsewind]

relo999 language family's are more complicated than just current regoin like hof finnish is not related to any other european language

[@l_h02o91]

Miss omdat van die buitenlanders veel te agressief zijn

[@fuac]

Turkish is Ural Altaic from central asia its not indo iranian at all. Turkish is closer to Mongolian, Korean, Hungarian, Finnish and other Turkic languages.

[@IeneMieneMutte10]

TheGarudaKurd "Dutch people don't like it when you compare them to German" ... Please, speak for yourself! Heb jij een mening? Prima, maar spreek alsjeblieft namens jezelf en veralgemeen het niet naar alle Nederlanders alsjeblieft. Dank je!

[@IeneMieneMutte10]

How do you know? You work for 'het CBS'? ... Exactly, you are writing nonsense. End of discussion.

[@watervogel6274]

lol that sounded nothing like us XD

[@watervogel6274]

thnx hahaha jij ook ;)

[@asphyxiaa]

+muzieklalalala Nice genederlandst

[@ikyune1665]

Inderdaad!!

[@PhotoshopProTutorials]

Do this with people that don't speak English please!

[@HeritageInmoshun]

+Vec's WoW Videos I will have to crowd fund a trip to a non-anglophone country.

[@PhotoshopProTutorials]

Heritage Inmoshun Gogogogo

[@HeritageInmoshun]

someday when i'm big enough

[@GrandeSmiekhal]

if they are imitating it sounds like Swedish

[@sophielohan5109]

It's so weird people think we sound German! Haha I know our language is complicated but it doesn't sound like German... I think German sounds more aggressive lol😂😜 sorry German people.

[@Heimrik01]

+sophie manetti Well as a french, I do speak german, and i find dutch is one of the most agressive european languages, appart from switzer dütsch, swiss language, which is a really barbaric language :-(

[@dutchpuke1633]

Kijk de Vlaamse versie maar dan zegen ze alleen maar Duits!!!!

[@istwasodernicht]

+sophie manetti Dutch is just a German dialect. The English people even gave the Dutch language the wrong name.

[@TheRealTricky]

+Eik That is entirely incorrect. Many people falsely believe that. Dutch is older than German for starters, and German is not a dialect of Dutch either. They are two languages formed independently from each other from the same parent "Diets". You could consider the two languages as "siblings", but not as dialects from each other.

[@simonaregecova6073]

jawel 😂

[@nabil9772]

The Indian dude is crazy annoying. Fuckin kneus. -_-

[@FoxYinnyy]

Lol Kneus, gwn een grote neus

[@isabelladavis9470]

why is he annoying

[@Casketkrusher_]

Echt een klootzakje.

[@isabelladavis9470]

Xyloblast Cher ootabik traki

[@xclordon_4696]

Bek houden, hij had toch gwn gelijk

[@mellejulia.m]

I'm dutch and i think german is so hard to learn 😂 i actually don't get why people think dutch sounds like german

[@semdalian]

omdat sommige woorden hetzelfde zijn of erop lijken

[@lukedoedel147]

DeMusicGamersNL precies

[@mellejulia.m]

ja maar duits heeft echt een hele andere klank en is veel harder dan nederlands. de grammatica is ook heel anders. er zijn idd wel woorden die op elkaar lijken.

[@plopperdeplop02]

deuts klinkt alleen als oud Gronings

[@JRut99]

Twents ^^

[@bearjam5372]

As an American who is learning Dutch, the language can sound fairly different depending on what is being said and by who. However to me it sounds like heavily accented English when being spoken clearly and slowly. Conversational Dutch sort of sounds like a more thought out Swedish chef. It sounds most like old English, but that comparison seemed cheap because old English and Dutch are objectively similar. Sometimes it can sound like Spanish or French, but the more I get used to it the more it just sounds like Dutch.

[@Linda-hs1lk]

Dutch doesn't really sound like German. Dutch has the hard 'g', German hasn't, that's more shhhh. Like 'school' and 'Schule'.

[@nathan791]

Can you seperate Mandarin, Korean and Japanese? I can't.

[@Linda-hs1lk]

nathaN What does that have to do with Dutch and German? Btw, Chinese and Japanese sound different. I don't know how Korean sounds. Dutch and German do sound different. Totally.

[@Linda-hs1lk]

nathaN Not knowing how it sounds because you never heard it is different from saying the languages sound alike for you. You can only say that when you've heard it.

[@nathan791]

Saartje Hond Of course I've heard it but not daily. I hear it on big events or some youtube videos.

[@ambertjuhh67]

die harde G, gaat voor ons Brabanders niet op hoor Saartje....maar dan moet je weer gaan uitleggen hoe het zit met dialecten en zo....ingewikkeld verhaal. haha

[@funkief-bruh]

Wauw I'm dutch and this sounds just so funny

[@milantilman2188]

idd

[@edwin4916]

dit is zo geinig xD

[@funkief-bruh]

ja echt, en wat the fuck is dat geluidsbericht ook :D

[@Julia-ez6ij]

dat geluidsbericht is volgens mij de troonrede met willem-alexander

[@funkief-bruh]

oh ok

[@robertcuminale1212]

I grew up in the Reformed Church In America which the latest name of the Dutch Reformed Church which came here in 1628. after the war we had some immigrants coming in so you heard it spoken at times. What you don't hear anymore is Jersey Dutch, A dialect that developed here mixing Dutch with English, some French from the Huguenots and Leni Lenape Indian. The syntax is English though. It died out two generations ago but can still be heard in the Ramapos in Northern New Jersey and lower New York. It developed the same way as Afrikaans did. Separated from the Fatherland for centuries it picked up all the words from the host country, mixed them in and developed a new pronunciation of the Dutch words. New Yorkers use some of the Dutch pronunciations without realizing it. The word "whore" is not pronounced as "hor" but "hu-er which is Dutch. We don't have front steps in front of the house but a "Stoop" (stoep). The Reformed Church has done everything it can to destroy any link to the Fatherland and especially its language. The idea was to grow by picking up non-Dutch descendants. Instead it drove us out as it became weak in theological and doctrinal beliefs in trying to appeal to the outsiders. Most of us who left the NY/NJ area became Presbyterians, a theological and doctrinal sister although with a different Confession and Catechism. In return we have introduced them to the Canons of the Synod of Dort and the singing of Psalms in addition to their hymns. The people trying to separate us used the saying, "If you're only Dutch you're out touch". We responded with " If you aren't Dutch you aren't much". The RCA is another mainline church that is dying like the rest and eventually will be part of the merger that must take place soon before they're all dead. Then they'll be like the United Church of Canada which despite the merger there is still dying. To hear Dutch still spoken go to Western Michigan in particular Grand Rapids and Holland. The people there speak Dutch and many can still speak Frisian which most are. The names like Eddinga, Palsma are more Frisian than Dutch names with the Patronymics and van something or other. They've only been here since the 19th century whereas families like mine date to the early 1600s.

[@mebearcreations]

Interesting history lesson 😊. Thank you!

[@rowanthomas9181]

Robert Cuminale preach! Nice history lesson! I never knew this. This makes me wanna go to New York even more and Jersey and hear this for myself! So cool and sad as well that it died out

[@ikyune1665]

FRYSLÂN HEUUIIUYYY

[@jaimydance]

It wasn't a newsreader Hahah it was our kings speech

[@HeritageInmoshun]

De W van Willem!

[@jaimydance]

Heritage Inmoshun hahaahh oh help :p

[@HeritageInmoshun]

DONUTCARE Actually I could use some help. Can you tell me if the Dutch on the video's title is correct?

[@calslaan26]

Heritage Inmoshun Add a question mark or swap 'Nederlands' and 'klinkt'.

[@HeritageInmoshun]

clsln Thank you, I swapped 'Nederlands' and 'klinkt'.

[@MenCaveTV]

We are a Dutch production team and we loved this, it cracked us up.

[@ohohmerica]

Awesome video. I love it! It is always so funny to hear what foreigners think about the Dutch language! Keep up the good work!

[@woutera11]

Very cool to hear what your language sounds like to other people! I really enjoyed the video :)

[@Maya-pv7rf]

From a Dutch persons point of view, it sounded like they were talking Swedish xD

[@xkupox]

Maya van Tol Lol, exactly what I was thinking.

[@janbovenkerk7187]

Klinkt iets als "zwibbhr wugg shwa n'dzja" Zweeds??? Ik bedoel bij 2:00

[@bd5220]

Yes i'm dutch and i couldn't understand it

[@ericp0012]

It's very funny how Americans/Canadians try to speak Dutch with a German accent.

[@ShootBloodNL]

I'm Dutch and couldn't understand a thing. Their attempts sounded somewhat German even! :p

[@jessevangool5569]

***** ik dacht iets tussen duits en noors ofzo

[@williamlucas4656]

One must have a clue to give a clue, no?😏

[@Wavecattt]

Gaaaaf leuk om te zien!!!

[@IgnisPyro]

this is great :D - dit is geweldig :D

[@postjw]

Im Dutch and I don't know why people are getting so triggered by people saying it sounds like German

[@robbiehoen]

Western people anno 2016: They have been taught that everything is offensive and that feelings matter.

[@PuR3G4MingMin3cr4ft]

when they imitate they sound like german

[@iiCeltix]

klinkt helemaal niet op Duits .. haha echt he :p

[@Lexvander]

Klinkt niet als... of: Lijkt niet op...

[@jaydawaydaaa9210]

Jan Willem Post exactly.. im american but some people just dont know.. like people from germany think all amaericans are lazy fat and whatever but thats not how it really is but i cant blame them for thinking that, its not like they live in america!

[@Darkboy2525]

Finally... people from other countries think VERY often that German is the same as Dutch. My boyfriend in LA even wanted to buy a Dutch lesson book, and the owner of the shop sold him a German lesson book. So my bf said, that is not Dutch, but German, but he said it WAS Dutch. So I am happy to hear that the girl in the beginning said 'I know how German sound like' basically saying the knows it are 2 diffrent languages.

[@Jaydon05]

Ha ha very funny! Great vid!

[@elmabos209]

Dit is zo grappig :D Ik heb respect voor mensen die het tenminste proberen. Lachte me helemaal kapot :D

[@fyorhuisman7123]

ja hier kan ik dus helemaal niks uit halen 2:10

[@lian_boo]

Fyor Huisman istublatrum😂😂

[@MeBeAmberS]

Haha this is so funny! I never would have thought non-Dutchies would hear us like that xD This makes me love my country and it's language even more!

[@kirstenwuijster1421]

GENIAAL😂😂😂 ik ga stuk hiero😂😂😂

[@puncake8945]

Lol ik ga dood. Heerlijk deze videos.

[@samuelvandenoetelaar5442]

Like if u dutch #nederlandthebest

[@dergizerenforcer9479]

Nederland !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AtlasNL]

Het klonk echt nergens naar!

[@thomasvandijk3310]

DragonViewsNL // Join the Dragonians! Echtzo

[@runertje5505]

Leer aub eerst dan even Engels: Like if you *ARE* Dutch

[@avocadolamango394]

Runertje550 ook echt

[@anniekblok4373]

:) That sounds hilarious! They really made it sound like the way I made English sound when I was about five or six years old.

[@HeritageInmoshun]

I really want to make a video like that in the Netherlands, or see a similar video made in the Netherlands. I guess I can only ask little kids since most Dutch speak english perfectly.

[@victordeprez]

Heritage Inmoshun my native language is dutch though is speak 5 languages. I want a balloon for that

[@0subs5ducks86]

dit is echt geniaal!!

[@NewJorkart]

Wow echt geweldig dit

[@CrippleX89]

I think it's remarkable that they use the 'sh'-sound a LOT when they try to imitate it.. That sound is hardly used in Dutch. It's fun to watch though!

[@ewouthonig371]

All joking aside: go back and ask the people in this video how they feel about the fact that they don't even know what Dutch sounds like, while most Dutch people speak English. And many speak German. And a slightly smaller part of the population also speaks French. Then ask them how they feel about the fact that many Dutch people master the English language better than the average US citizen.

[@mannenwarmer5115]

Dutch people can learn almost every languague if they want

[@ewouthonig371]

SjapoGT And we do. :) But EVERYONE could learn any language they want.

[@watervogel6274]

true, i can speak English, frensch and a little bit Japanese. PS my dad can speak Greek lol

[@xstreamgamer-ib4nt]

fèta

[@mannenwarmer5115]

Ja true :p

[@gijs2676]

wat een leuke video

[@sepdegeus6394]

de kat krapt de krullen van de trap, het wordt echt heel mooi uitgesproken, love it

[@pablo01grillo]

"it's actually more complicated than I thought."...perhaps because it's a language...

[@suus-arido393]

What are you talking about? Everyone knows that we just scream bullsh*t ;) And we lie against the rest of the world it's a languages. But the normal Dutch conversation goes like this: Wmauhuee! Other person: Muieeeueurfgwwaaaaaah!? It's one of our best kept secrets, and all Dutch people are into it :D (But someone had to tell the secret, so now you know people! You have been lied to all these years! :O)

[@DeathlyDiJ]

2:12 she started pretty good

[@benbelgam]

Yeah, that's true. Her first few words could have been straight from a Dutch dictionary.

[@d-24]

She also looks Dutch..

[@avocadolamango394]

Daniel DX how can you look dutch?!

[@d-24]

The Spy Hard to say..

[@avocadolamango394]

Daniel DX tell me

[@MrMaus1972]

Geen een kwam in de buurt van een gedegen uitspraak van het Nederlands. Wel leuk om terug te horen hoe onze taal overkomt op mensen uit een ander land. Zoiets als de swedish chef ofzo!

[@ilovetheseventies6461]

that was fun to watch very entertaining

[@Deelom100]

Do you know how Hitlers speaks, thats German and harsh, ofc if someone screams it's harsh...bruh

[@uwvadertje]

Bij wie stond dit nog meer ineens tussen aanbevolen video's?

[@ianhale3333]

prachtig, te leuk voor woorden

[@daanamelink7148]

Geweldig

[@Tiamat013]

Hahahaha! Nice video. I guess it was more of a newsreader dutch. Its not hard to find dutch videos here. But we have different dialects. In the south they speak much softer. In the north and like in Amsterdam the speak with a harder 'G' sound :). Im a dutch person from the south. But most dutch can do several dialects. Except 'fries' that is from an whole other level. Good video

[@HeritageInmoshun]

The video I used was the Christmas address of King Willem Alexander. Can you recommend me a few videos that would represent the different dialects of Dutch? So I can use them in my future videos about Dutch. Thank you

[@ImAFreakSoWhat]

Heritage Inmoshun Also keep in mind that we Belgians also speak Dutch (the northern part of Belgium at least), which sound quite a bit different, actually more like german :)

[@enlightendbel]

Was peculiar to me how many of them gave the same impression of dutch that we, Belgians and Dutch people do about the Danish and Swedes.

[@iris5789]

Marcus L I think dutch from the netherlands sounds more like german than our dutch

[@Ruudos]

Heritage Inmoshun There are some music bands/singers that sing in dialect. Rowwen Heze (Limburg) Skik (Drenthe) Guus Meeuwis / BZB (song Ome Tinie) (Brabant) Harrie Jekkers (oh oh den haag) (The Hague) De Kik (Rotterdam) Kromme Jongens (Westland) Rubberen Robbie (Leiden) Andre Hazes / Danny de Munk (Amsterdam)

[@Victorjhsmit]

Love my country.

[@HeritageInmoshun]

VØL _ I love your country

[@Victorjhsmit]

Heritage Inmoshun :)

[@Victorjhsmit]

XD HAHA

[@LexSchoones]

+The Emerald Apple HAAHAHAHAA WTF LOL IK LACH ME KAPOT

[@HeritageInmoshun]

+The Emerald Apple what does "HEILRUTTE" mean?

[@WikkeSchrandt]

Props to the guy at 1:42. You can see how clearly uncomfortable he was speaking gibberish, but he did it anyway and actually properly tried to imitate the sounds he heard

[@timschulze4580]

Het is een belangrijke en goude spraak 😉

[@arietrouwhorst185]

omg! I'm Dutch and I'm laughing my ass off, because of those impressions!! No offence, but as a native speaker this is just super funny

[@dotty4994]

Wow congratulations if your Dutch buy a cake and celebrate it

[@arnemaeschaelck5012]

Wooww I left when that guy started comparing our language with how Hitler's speaks...

[@wazzup9179]

Arne Maeschaelck yup echt een kut gast is hij

[@user195_marco5]

@@wazzup9179 I agree I'm not dutch and I can't really speak it by now, but I'm learning it ^^ Also I'm german and can assure you, that, although I don't like the sound of german either, where I live it luckily doesn't sound like the way Hitler spoke at all xD

[@valerieb5807]

Haha geniaal dit

[@leyn39]

this is exactly what we, the Dutch sound like after a crate of Heineken :-)

[@joantherat]

😂😂😂

[@ekmaf7486]

Precies

[@foresttrump2583]

i gues it sounds a little bit like german (right in the feels)

[@isa4906]

Borameer gaming same

[@floewqua]

no

[@foresttrump2583]

yes but dutch is way softer then german. and we have more in common with english then with german english is also based of fries (a language in the north part of the netherlands)

[@iiCeltix]

than*

[@svenbrinkhuis]

Borameer gaming exactly

[@lemongorilla96]

hahahaha this is so funny/dit is zo grappig :D

[@rubypanhuis4977]

dit is geweldig

[@omghi2uwtflol]

As a Canadian living in the Netherlands who has to learn Dutch, I'm fucked.

[@DaveBears]

+Jessica G Watch alot of TV. Thats how I learned German and a bit of Polish. The girl at 3:00 came close

[@LPyourplay]

Dutch apparently is a very easy language to learn for native English speakers with fries (Frisian) being the easiest

[@shadowmytsmerlijn]

Im from The Netherlands ^.^ :D you guys don't even come close 1:27 you don't even come close.

[@shadowmytsmerlijn]

I meant 1:55

[@Unknown-zk7wj]

Ik ben ook Nederlands :)

[@nathangek]

+shadowmyts merlijn "mcshmolen donken mcfeel" sounds perfectly like Dutch... Not but seriously it sounds like they're having a stroke xD

[@jesse2699]

hahaha, i am from holland and this sounds so funny!!! hahahaha you guys are not even close

[@MHOification]

Prachtig! Probeer de volgende keer " de kat krabt de krullen van de trap" ...

[@mygoldenworld9472]

They're all like: "Nib, schnib, mib sep, behaheaghe"

[@footsomeguy6314]

If Dutch sounds like German,then why don't most Germans understand Dutch?

[@2rooms19]

Oh, thats not right, as a german, you can easily understand dutch when you read something.

[@footsomeguy6314]

2rooms I'm speaking out of experience.I'm Dutch and I work in Germany. Only a few understand Dutch.I don´t know about other Germans.

[@2rooms19]

FootSomeGuy mmmh okay, I am from Germany and I remember when I was in Amsterdam a few years ago, I could understand some posters and menus.

[@footsomeguy6314]

2rooms Cool. Look,if it sounded as if I was negative about Germans I apologize. I like Germans. In fact, my coworkers are the coolest people I have ever met! I can't even stand it when people say "All Germans are still like the Nazis".

[@goodmood3]

2rooms which ones? the ones that said skunk and weed?

[@pascaldejong806]

Dit is echt hilarisch

[@satara7010]

The voice on the audio sound the voice of King of Nederland Willem Alexander, nederland taal is echt mooi.

[@loresparrow]

Einsf sweij drei funf😂 Where did the four go😂 lol

[@DacoMusica]

1:48 HAHHAHAHAH I CAN'T HOLD MY BREATH LMFAOOOO

[@Testdwd]

Hahaha, geweldig!

[@puikepuck]

Just use any video on the ThreeNL channel. It's Dutch public access television subtitled in English. :)

[@dancingbear398]

I know what german sounds like......Ein,Zwei,Drei,Funf :D

[@xxjoyce1195]

You forgot vier

[@alysiaraine7441]

No Nick it starts with eins

[@Jesse-fd5bv]

hakenkruis

[@SuperSBxw123]

americans are realy poor in languages daaamn people learn some languages not every one speaks eng yuhuuuu

[@anncokafor]

Souka Bel Unless they work outside America, they don't need too. I spent a year in the Netherlands and a few months in Sweden - they all spoke perfect English, slang and all.

[@lrb3286]

But the dutch languages is one of the hardest to learn for people from other countries we have many rules for a word ro change how you say it how you write it ect

[@anncokafor]

Although learning another language depends largely on the person, the US government put out a list of the easiest to hardest languages for English speakers to learn. Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish were among the easiest. The structure and vocabulary are very similar to English. Even the pronunciation is easy to pick up. German, however, is a bit more difficult for the average English speaker to learn according to the list put out by the US gov. Its grammar is very complex.

[@lrb3286]

Ann Okafor untrue the dutch language is much harder then german And the pronunciation is hard too if you are not from the netherlands because we have alot of rules for it with past time and presence time and our grammar is very complex yes but dutch isnt easy

[@anncokafor]

Lorenzo Brands we'll just have to agree to disagree then. But you'll never hear someone say Dutch was hard. At least here in America. If you do some googling you'll find most people agree dutch is much easier than German. The syntax is very similar.

[@robdog7731]

Heel schattig

[@goed.gedaan6476]

beste imitaties ooit!

[@niekelodeon]

HAHAHAHHA het klinkt als Chinees ofzo als ze het uitspreken😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RFGfotografie]

It's so funny how much people think German sound exactly the same as Dutch. While our language came from them (with some other languages bound to it). it's actually totally not German. Otherwise I would speak fluently German xD Why is it so that for English Dutch is so hard, while most of them, if they believe German is the same, speak way better German then Dutch? From Holland myself (Do know, Holland is only South and North Holland of the Netherlands, not the other 10 provinces).

[@HeritageInmoshun]

Remco F. Gerritsen So is there a Dutch spoken when people from different parts the Netherlands come together? I used the Kings speech because I thought he would speak some form of Dutch everyone accepts. Did you see the video I made about German? Many German viewers think the German mimicked by people sounds like Dutch.

[@RFGfotografie]

A dutch spoken? Don't really get the sentence there. But yeah, when we all come together, we just speak Dutch mainly. Besides when where drunk xD or somethimes angry. Then the language is being used is the same as everywhere. Jubberish xD (Or however you wanna call it xD) Its a good idea to use the Kings speech. Even if he's a bit more upper class. We can all understand it quite well. Though if you would let me re=speak it I really do need the paper with me, because my memory isn't that good. (And I didn't actually looked at the speech). Not yet, but do have got many vids to watch, so maybe soon:)

[@Tunkert]

whilst*

[@Snorben3]

Funny video! Its actually very hard for foreigners

[@rowanthomas9181]

OMG! 😂😂😂😂 as a Dutch person this was just to much fun to watch! The one girl actually pronouncing the words wasn't to bad though 😊 just sounds makes Dutch sound arabic even hahaha

[@nico09x]

that moment when you have lived your whole life in the netherland's, and hearing the german's speak and it sounds completly different from our language, and now i find out were actually germans too ... as a dutcher i find it one of the most expanded and complex language out there if you would understand it you would hear all them words we have .-.

[@nico09x]

oh yeah, and dutch and english are brother and sister language's, thats why english is so easy for us it only the sentence structure is different like '' i went to the store yesterday'' would be if i litterely translated it back and fourth, ''i went yesterday to the store '' get it ?

[@gideonMcswaggerrules]

Pitbul v.d.b Actually both sentences are grammatically correct(with a few more commas) in English,have any alternative examples?

[@nico09x]

you mean what i wrote ?

[@nico09x]

oh wait i get it , well let's say '' did you really have to tell him that '' would be in our language ''moest je hem dat nou echt vertellen'' and that translated literally in english would be '' did you him that really have to tell '' see so like we have the same kind of word for everything but just the structure of the sentence and of course the word's itself are different.

[@HeritageInmoshun]

I made another video about Flemish. Unlike the Dutch of NL which people assumed sounds like German before they listened to the real thing. They think Flemish sounds like German even after hearing Flemish. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5CYfn-YaZJ5jrs