Why German Sounds So Aggressive

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  • @fern-tv
    @fern-tv  10 місяців тому +6192

    This is a reupload. It came as a surprise to us that UA-cam wants us so to show authoritarian dictators with their clothes on.

    • @BoomBoomy320
      @BoomBoomy320 10 місяців тому +206

      😂

    • @Max_Svensson
      @Max_Svensson 10 місяців тому +1

      UA-cam is full of garbage with its censorship.

    • @Scoutter
      @Scoutter 10 місяців тому +158

      If their words and thoughts can't be contained at least their appearances might be I guess XD

    • @andan2293
      @andan2293 10 місяців тому +193

      If you want to make another video on a horrible language and no dictators, do Dutch.

    • @dark_elf_wizard
      @dark_elf_wizard 10 місяців тому +5

      lol

  • @franciskafayeszter4138
    @franciskafayeszter4138 10 місяців тому +4010

    I grew up bilingual, learning German and Hungarian as a child. My favourite German word is Geborgenheit. For me this word expresses a very deep sense of intimacy, feeling secure, like a parent lovingly carrying a child, who is slowly falling asleep.

    • @toppsizfckd
      @toppsizfckd 10 місяців тому +251

      yes Geborgenheit is a very beautiful german word, it makes me feel very cozy just saying or even thinking it

    • @psychoedge
      @psychoedge 10 місяців тому +117

      Interestingly it's hard to translate the word because it's the noun of the (nowadays rarely used) verb "bergen" which means retreating to a safe location (originally meaning retreating to a castle on a mountain - mountain being "Berg" in German) and eventually turned into the meaning of securely storing/retrieving/housing something or someone. It contains the security aspect intrinsically and was given a more and more intimate meaning over time :)

    • @maxnova9763
      @maxnova9763 10 місяців тому +50

      Oh mein Gott! Ich hoffe das Ungarisch Deine Muttersprache war, denn wenn wir über die kompliziertesten Sprachen der Welt reden, erblasst Deutsch regelrecht im Angesicht der ungarischen Sprache!

    • @franciskafayeszter4138
      @franciskafayeszter4138 10 місяців тому +83

      @@maxnova9763 Technisch gesehen ist Ungarisch meine Muttersprache, denn dies ist die Sprache die ich von meiner Mutter gelernt habe. Ich sehe beide als Muttersprachen, da ich auf beiden Sprachen reden gelernt habe. Ich lebe seit fast 30 Jahren in Ungarn, mein Ungarisch ist deswegen besser, als mein Deutsch (viellleicht sieht es man auch hier... mein Deutsch ist ein wenig eingerostet), aber ich formuliere meine Gedanken bis heute auf beiden Sprachen.

    • @andorkruppi1612
      @andorkruppi1612 10 місяців тому +17

      Geborgenheit ist wirklich ein schönes Wort. Magyarul úgy forditanám le hogy "meghittség".

  • @PeteTheWargamer
    @PeteTheWargamer 10 місяців тому +1288

    I'm currently in the process of learning German and I've found the compound words to actually be really helpful. Being able to figure out what a word means based on the words it's made up of is much easier than having to learn an entirely new word. Great video!

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 10 місяців тому +132

      Pro tip: It even works the other way around!
      Say you can't remember a certain word or it sits just at the tip of your tongue but won't come to your mind. Then you can almost always build a compound to describe what you mean instead and people will get it. A really useful word in that context is "Ding".
      For me, that's the beauty of our compounds: you can always invent your own on the spot. They don't have to be actual words that have been used by anyone ever before. People will still understand you (and sometimes might even find it hilarious) in the very same way you described: they simply deconstruct it and get it via the contextual relationship of its components.
      You can even use this trick to address things of which you don't know the proper term. You know these triangular bars used at supermarket checkouts to separate one customer's items from the next one's? The actual term is "Warentrenner", I think. But you can just call them "Kassentublerone" and everything is clear.

    • @kaileonte
      @kaileonte 10 місяців тому +31

      @@lonestarr1490 aus der Sicht habe ich das noch nie gesehen, vielleicht ist Deutsch doch schöner als man denken mag..

    • @AnonymousYoutuber69
      @AnonymousYoutuber69 10 місяців тому +54

      @@lonestarr1490 "Kassentublerone" OMG I'm dying of laughter

    • @reinhard8053
      @reinhard8053 10 місяців тому +17

      I encountered it the other way around with English. There are many special words for things. Every doctor has a (mostly) greek label. We have these, too, but mostly use descriptive labels like "Augenarzt" eye doctor. Similar for animals. Or words in German which mean similar things or variations based on some word. In English there often are completely different words for this stuff which you all need to learn and which don't give a clue about the meaning.

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 10 місяців тому +9

      @@AnonymousUA-camr69 See, exactly what I said: you can do hilarious stuff with it :D

  • @Emil-v1k
    @Emil-v1k 10 місяців тому +2323

    Some other great german words:
    1. Kabelsalat: literally cable salad, meaning a mess of cables
    2. Schadenfreude: literally damage joy, meaning the joy of someone else's suffering.
    3. Verschlimmbessern: literally worse improving, meaning trying to make something better, and the result is worse than what it was in the beginning
    4. Ohrwurm: literally ear worm, meaning having a song in your mind you just cant forget, so you always sing it in your mind

    • @GlaceonStudios
      @GlaceonStudios 10 місяців тому +163

      I think Ohrwurm has been calqued into English as "ear worm," which basically means the same thing. Kabelsalat is very cool though, I like it

    • @Emil-v1k
      @Emil-v1k 10 місяців тому +10

      @@GlaceonStudios Ah, alright, didn't know that🙂👍

    • @Orgganspender
      @Orgganspender 10 місяців тому +17

      Schadenfreude roughly actually means damage joy

    • @Emil-v1k
      @Emil-v1k 10 місяців тому +3

      @@Orgganspender you're right, forgot about that Word haha

    • @Croz89
      @Croz89 10 місяців тому +38

      Interesting we call Kabelsalat "Rat's Nest" in English, far more metaphorical.

  • @sdweston8
    @sdweston8 5 місяців тому +1192

    As a native German speaker I can tell you that German sounds harsh mostly in Hollywood movies

    • @lesliesheppard2503
      @lesliesheppard2503 5 місяців тому +14

      Boycott offensive films. Don,t pay to be insulted.

    • @loisen
      @loisen 5 місяців тому +14

      No it sounds hard. When you can speak a couple languages you hear the hardness of German.

    • @One_with_bodie
      @One_with_bodie 5 місяців тому +2

      Suuuuuuure

    • @HeinrichDerGrosse1298
      @HeinrichDerGrosse1298 5 місяців тому +20

      @@One_with_bodieyea actually
      No real German speaks like the "germans" in movies
      And also the examples in the beginning,
      I couldn’t understand what these "Germans" were saying, they were just speaking in gibberish with a slight but exaggerated German accent
      If you would actually hear real Germans speak, you might still think it sounds harder than something like French
      But it definitely doesn’t sound as hard as in Hollywood movies

    • @drawingisluvv
      @drawingisluvv 5 місяців тому +2

      yes for example in marvel movies😂

  • @ze_baronkrigler7611
    @ze_baronkrigler7611 10 місяців тому +637

    I have been learning German for 5 years and It really doesnt sound agressive, I quite like how the Vowels are so precise and each word has no tricks to how it is pronounced, It is such a logical language and that is what I love about it

    • @Kanisterschaedel
      @Kanisterschaedel 9 місяців тому +65

      I have a french roommate here in Germany, and she said it's the most pragmatic language there could be... there's a Cupboard (a Schrank) that cooling stuff (kühlt) so that's a Kühlschrank (fridge or verbatim: "Cooling cupboard"). Every time she doesn't know a word in German, she tries to describe it with other words, and stumbles into the word she was looking for by accident and it's hilarious. like Fußgänger Überweg (pedestrian crossing), or Schreibtisch ((writing table) desk).

    • @Gebirges
      @Gebirges 9 місяців тому +13

      That's a great indication that German is easy to learn. Words are clear and if you don't remember, you can figure it out fast or use other words. Both from Germanistic and Latin origin. ​@@Kanisterschaedel

    • @svdwellen
      @svdwellen 9 місяців тому +8

      Die Gabel
      Das Messer
      Der Löffel
      So logical 😵‍💫

    • @marleenstukkien5384
      @marleenstukkien5384 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@svdwellenU vergeet de tweede, derde en vierde naamval 😅

    •  9 місяців тому +8

      @@svdwellen The moon is female in English… not used these days outside poetry (like song lyrics), but it still is a thing. Of course, the sun is male. English way back had genders for words just like all the other germanic languages, and most still do. As do the romance languages.

  • @paulfoss5385
    @paulfoss5385 10 місяців тому +3492

    People say German sounds angry, and do exaggerated voices, but whenever I hear actual people speaking German it sounds like they are very carefully setting the words down. I'll say that I think people have gotten the angry impression from Hitler and Rammstein, and the stereotypes that emerged from that, and that now they are just hearing what they expect to hear, but they just reject that and insist that it sounds impossibly angry.

    • @sarahmann4753
      @sarahmann4753 9 місяців тому +108

      There is a good Video in UA-cam from feli from Germany about this.
      She also has one audio part in it, where you can hear Hitler 'regular' voice instead of the well known parts that sound military and harsh.
      Totally crazy to hear this difference.

    • @andreah.3392
      @andreah.3392 9 місяців тому +19

      Exactly! Thanks for your comment.

    • @cabezadepija7318
      @cabezadepija7318 9 місяців тому +4

      exactly it doesn't sound angry or aggressive at all... it's no good for singing though

    • @TriggerTail
      @TriggerTail 9 місяців тому +10

      YES, I've been learning German (and live in an area that has been the second one to get occupated by Germans, so I do have some bias against them), but never have I heard a not mad German sound aggressive.

    • @toastbrot__
      @toastbrot__ 9 місяців тому +21

      Rammstein mentioned 🦅🦅🇩🇪 FEUER FREI 🗣🗣

  • @GeekmanCA
    @GeekmanCA 10 місяців тому +2986

    "Weltschmerz" was a word I needed to learn today. sigh.

    • @der_nikolas
      @der_nikolas 10 місяців тому +57

      I'm a german and i don't know this word 😂

    • @prodbysamir5855
      @prodbysamir5855 10 місяців тому +110

      ​@@der_nikolas das ist nicht dein ernst oder?😂

    • @kaileonte
      @kaileonte 10 місяців тому +34

      @@der_nikolas i agree 100%, hab das Wort noch nie vorher gehört xD

    • @lilnoir4213
      @lilnoir4213 10 місяців тому +56

      @@prodbysamir5855 Er ist wahrscheinlich 12, man lernt immer dazu.

    • @commieTerminator
      @commieTerminator 10 місяців тому +15

      Easy word, only 6 consonants in a row

  • @Wichtxg
    @Wichtxg 5 місяців тому +341

    8:48 "doch" is missing it is basicly a uno Reverse card

    • @pearlflash4795
      @pearlflash4795 3 місяці тому +2

      Existiert aber tatsächlich auch in anderen Sprachen :D

    • @Buerstenpinsel_yt
      @Buerstenpinsel_yt 3 місяці тому

      @@pearlflash4795 si zum beispiel

    • @Buerstenpinsel_yt
      @Buerstenpinsel_yt Місяць тому

      @@pearlflash4795 welchen zum Beispiel?

    • @pearlflash4795
      @pearlflash4795 Місяць тому

      @@Buerstenpinsel_yt französisch, da bedeutet "si" doch

    • @Buerstenpinsel_yt
      @Buerstenpinsel_yt Місяць тому +1

      @@pearlflash4795 nein, si bedeutet wenn/falls/ob. Aber man kann es auch als ja benutzen. Es gibt kein doch im französischen

  • @whitehawk4099
    @whitehawk4099 10 місяців тому +8092

    German doesn't really sound that aggressive.
    It's basically just because people's main exposure is a certain Austrian war veteran who had been exposed to poison gas.

    • @tfaltermeier
      @tfaltermeier 10 місяців тому +575

      You can talk like a SS officer in any language and it will sound harsh.

    • @hamoodkorwinhabibike9359
      @hamoodkorwinhabibike9359 10 місяців тому +189

      ​@@tfaltermeieryou could roast the living shit out of me in english even in typical hitler way and it still won't sound as intimidating as it would in german

    • @reinhard8053
      @reinhard8053 10 місяців тому +220

      English by a drill sergeant is not an especially nice sounding language.

    • @quentinlcs
      @quentinlcs 10 місяців тому +7

      It does

    • @ROBerter-h9u
      @ROBerter-h9u 10 місяців тому +19

      ​@americanschoolsystem it is true

  • @mousermind
    @mousermind 10 місяців тому +237

    I used to hate German, never thought I'd ever wanna speak it... then I found Faun, Wolfsheim, And One, and more via Pandora. That's when I realized how beautiful it _can_ sound, and I found myself wanting to learn it so that I could truly listen to all these magnificent songs I'd found. It's one thing to listen to it and be able to read the lyric translations, but it's another to actually listen along and understand. I'm not there yet, but I'm learning.

    • @stuffandthings617
      @stuffandthings617 10 місяців тому +6

      I can recommend you the band ASP, they do have some english songs but as the singer said himself (on bonus tracks from one album) that he loves the english language but that his own perfectionism blocks him sometimes because in english he can't reach always the high standard he has for himself.

    • @Hamurator
      @Hamurator 9 місяців тому +7

      Faun is in my opinion an amazing example how soft German can sound.

    • @AlexSpielkind_3391
      @AlexSpielkind_3391 9 місяців тому +4

      Du schaffst das :) zieh durch!
      Could you read that?😂

    • @alle_namen_schon_vergeben708
      @alle_namen_schon_vergeben708 9 місяців тому +2

      Viel Erfolg beim Lernen :)

    • @maximilianschug6271
      @maximilianschug6271 9 місяців тому +2

      tbh, was not expecting to find Faun in these comments.

  • @horse_chestnut2359
    @horse_chestnut2359 4 місяці тому +85

    I've been to Germany, and as an American who is learning German, I can say it's very soft and not at all harsh-sounding when natives speak it in daily life. It is very fun to speak once you've gotten the hang of the new sounds, too, and after getting much more used to it, I love it.

    • @Windmelodie
      @Windmelodie Місяць тому

      Whenever people bring up the harshness and ask me for German words, I particularly find ones that sound more melodious to catch them off guard.
      Einerlei.
      Baumrinde.
      Ameise.
      Libelle.
      Augenweide.
      Himmelblau.
      Mut.
      And many more :) Of course we have harsh words like Angstschweiß, Krankenwagen, Pflug or Steckenpferd. But we also have soft and beautiful ones.

  • @zboson
    @zboson 10 місяців тому +215

    One of my favorite composite words is Wortfindungsstörung, the problem of not finding the right word, even though you know it exists.

    • @roenneking163
      @roenneking163 10 місяців тому +11

      Or not being able to express yourself as you want to and trying to speak and everything that comes out is some ADHD shit

    • @EEE-1409
      @EEE-1409 10 місяців тому +3

      Man Germans really do have a word for anything imagine =w=

  • @ChrisTian-rm7zm
    @ChrisTian-rm7zm 10 місяців тому +300

    Septembermorgen
    Im Nebel ruhet noch die Welt,
    Noch träumen Wald und Wiesen:
    Bald siehst du, wenn der Schleier fällt,
    Den blauen Himmel unverstellt,
    Herbstkräftig die gedämpfte Welt
    In warmem Golde fließen.
    Eduard Mörike
    German is such a harsh and aggressive language.

    • @zeeesea
      @zeeesea 9 місяців тому +10

      Find ich auch

    • @peter_althoff
      @peter_althoff 9 місяців тому +21

      SEPP TEM BERRR MORR GEN! 😂😂

    • @nightmare_1337
      @nightmare_1337 9 місяців тому +17

      Back in school we had to choose an autumn themed poem to learn and 90% of the class chose that one because it was the shortest.

    • @ar0ly_or_num0x
      @ar0ly_or_num0x 9 місяців тому +13

      This is a really beautiful poem. I didn't know it before, though, I am an Austrian. Haha

    • @Feuerelfe1331
      @Feuerelfe1331 9 місяців тому +9

      Hey, danke, dass du diesen Gedicht mit uns geteilt hast. Gefällt mir echt gut

  • @yourDecisi0n
    @yourDecisi0n 10 місяців тому +831

    There is a reason why many popular artists and writers were German in the past. German is a complex, yet very vibrant language. It is honest, well-structured, playful, full of love, and also dark at times. Whatever you want to express, you can express. This is the beauty that lies hidden in it

    • @maxxanox3728
      @maxxanox3728 10 місяців тому +23

      this

    • @gulliverthegullible6667
      @gulliverthegullible6667 10 місяців тому +16

      same can be said about any other language.

    • @hmvollbanane1259
      @hmvollbanane1259 10 місяців тому +46

      No it can't. E.g. Bahasa Indonesia doesn't have a concept of time or singular and plural. You can express some by adding to the sentence extra words but singular and plural has to be guessed from context. "Bapak minum teh" - the father/s is/ was/ has been/ will be drinking/ drank/ has drunken/ will drink one tea/ multiple teas.

    • @yourDecisi0n
      @yourDecisi0n 10 місяців тому +49

      @@gulliverthegullible6667 Not really, there are words in German that does not simply exist in other languages. Of course, you are able to explain basically everything in all languages, but how you explain it may differ by language

    • @gulliverthegullible6667
      @gulliverthegullible6667 10 місяців тому +15

      @@yourDecisi0n then again, German lacks words that exist in other languages.
      I am German and fluent in English and Spanish, I also remember some of the French I learned in school. I find words in any of those four languages that describe better how I feel than the other three.

  • @RavensburgerFan
    @RavensburgerFan 2 місяці тому +33

    0:35 As a German, I can say that German doesn't sound like that. It's definitely a difficult language but it definitely sounds different

  • @Killersanchez256
    @Killersanchez256 10 місяців тому +668

    Battlefield 1 the German side sounds very nice and helped me see German in a new light.

    • @werdschonwersein
      @werdschonwersein 10 місяців тому +68

      There's a video showing the German background voice production for BF1, they really gave it their best

    • @GhostFreeman2077
      @GhostFreeman2077 10 місяців тому +20

      Ich liebe Battlefield 1. :) 👍👍

    • @theshinken
      @theshinken 10 місяців тому +15

      Damn. Now I'm installing BF1 again.

    • @mats7492
      @mats7492 10 місяців тому +79

      cause they got ACTUAL german natives to voice it and not americans shouting the 3 words of german they know

    • @AetherXIV
      @AetherXIV 10 місяців тому +3

      omg! I love it too! the Americans in BF1 are grating!

  • @Jonaelize
    @Jonaelize 9 місяців тому +140

    Another beautiful word is "Habseligkeiten", basically meaning all the stuff you own, but if you take the word apart you have "hab" - "have" and "selig" - which means happy/blissful. So "Habseligkeiten" are the treasured things that you own that make you happy.

    • @robertshorthill6836
      @robertshorthill6836 7 місяців тому +3

      I had to move about 9 months ago and had to give up 28 years of my prized tools and possessians. My habseiligkeiten stuff. It broke my heart.

  • @TheUntypicalGerman
    @TheUntypicalGerman 10 місяців тому +4996

    News flash: When you yell you sound aggressive, no matter the language.

    • @TheLordIsMyShepherd-1
      @TheLordIsMyShepherd-1 10 місяців тому +171

      Except in French, there you gonna sound romantic always 😂😂😂(jk)

    • @catchie-plays
      @catchie-plays 10 місяців тому +103

      @@TheLordIsMyShepherd-1 Clearly you never heard an angry Quebecois 😆

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran 10 місяців тому +38

      @@catchie-playsQuebecois is not real French!

    • @notsocrates9529
      @notsocrates9529 10 місяців тому +5

      Not Argentinians. lol che

    • @Pit-o5f
      @Pit-o5f 10 місяців тому +75

      As a german its often funny, course if you know the words, the actors shout in the movies, you realise it often doesnt make sense. So the words seems to be only chosen course they sound more aggressive.

  • @EddieReischl
    @EddieReischl 3 місяці тому +4

    I've been starting to learn German, and like my native English, I find it to be a very poetic language. To be able to take a complex concept and distill it down to a single word is a philosopher's dream, and German does this as well as any language, giving it a metaphysical beauty.

  • @mentalmoves6032
    @mentalmoves6032 7 місяців тому +312

    I learned German in school in Sweden. After I visited southern Germany, like Munich, and also Austria and Switzerland, I realized that German language could sound quite different. There are dialects sounding much softer and some r and auch sounds that are completely different pronounced.

    • @hakkin2.019
      @hakkin2.019 5 місяців тому +16

      I'm from Germany. Yet, I can't understand the people from the south, too... 😂 except the saarlandic dialect...

    • @nobilesnovushomo58
      @nobilesnovushomo58 5 місяців тому +17

      Did you know for the German translation of Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to play himself because his accent was considered too rural?

    • @Jan-qm1cm
      @Jan-qm1cm 5 місяців тому +5

      Bavaria is more conformity Austria and Switzerland than Germany 🤣

    • @eliah-uf1vo
      @eliah-uf1vo 5 місяців тому +4

      Austrian and Switz German can be sometimes nearly Impossible to understand even for Germans because they have pronunciations that sound a bit like if you get strangled.

    • @vielefische8321
      @vielefische8321 5 місяців тому +6

      oh ye the southern.... its like another germany for the germans in the north

  • @xoxrvn
    @xoxrvn 10 місяців тому +1225

    Hey, here's a re-comment:
    Honestly German is my 3ed language and I learned it in my mid-20s. And I think whoever thinks German is a harsh language has either watched a lot of TikTok/UA-cam/.... videos making fun of the German language or hasn't been to Germany or a REWE and heard the cashier's "tschüüöüöüöüöüöüöss" 😌

    • @nitolak
      @nitolak 10 місяців тому +6

      who tf shops at rewe

    • @PeterLustig-ms3lp
      @PeterLustig-ms3lp 10 місяців тому

      ​@@nitolak du anscheinend nicht, Geringverdiener :D

    • @alexanderrhode
      @alexanderrhode 10 місяців тому +91

      Tschöööö mit ö

    • @Soziop4th
      @Soziop4th 10 місяців тому +138

      @@nitolak probably people which don't live under a stone

    • @mc.maehler
      @mc.maehler 10 місяців тому +7

      Made my day 😂😂😂

  • @Nuschel
    @Nuschel 10 місяців тому +133

    For some reason one of the most emotional sentences to me is "es tut mir leid" which means "i am sorry" but in its word for word meaning would mean 'its hurting me" or "its makeing me feel hurt" which so perfectly describes the feeling while also completely missing the point of it. :D

    • @RyugaruSenbi
      @RyugaruSenbi 9 місяців тому +29

      Afaik sorry comes from sorrow. I am sorry also means just means I feel bad.
      Also Leid would more closely translate to suffering.
      Hurt is better translated as verletzt.
      Example: Es tut mir leid dass ich dich verletzt habe= It causes me suffering that I hurt you.

    • @mikemike5811
      @mikemike5811 8 місяців тому +4

      ​@@RyugaruSenbitypical german behaviour, correcting people left and right 😄 aber du hast recht

    • @Yunaniki_1
      @Yunaniki_1 3 місяці тому +1

      As someone in Germany I just realized that now 😀 thank you btw

    • @xunvenile
      @xunvenile 2 місяці тому +2

      Es tut mir doch so leid, girl ich würde alles tun, das du mir verzeihst, girl ich mach es wieder gut 😔

    • @barnacles1804
      @barnacles1804 12 днів тому

      I always thought direct translation was "It causes me suffering" which is so sweet

  • @df289
    @df289 5 місяців тому +17

    2 German females whispering or talking kindly to one another is the sweetest calming sound I have ever heard.

  • @DarsusD
    @DarsusD 10 місяців тому +1264

    Short answer: it doesnt.
    People just think it because celebreties who know some english always act like they are hitler when saying something in German

    • @TriggerTail
      @TriggerTail 9 місяців тому +54

      Yep, it's just a stereotype that came up this way.

    • @Hayley_the_Nemo_fangirl
      @Hayley_the_Nemo_fangirl 9 місяців тому +13

      Thats so true.

    • @zumogerstubchen2340
      @zumogerstubchen2340 9 місяців тому +22

      There's a recording of Hitler with his normal voice. The thing about the roughness of his speeches was due to the limitations of the tech of his era. He copied it from Mussolini and that guy too did it just so his voice could be recorded by very primitive tech during the 20's and 30's.

    • @DBecks09
      @DBecks09 9 місяців тому +2

      Jein.

    • @rogertoaster9385
      @rogertoaster9385 8 місяців тому +6

      Did you even bother to watch this video that explains why it may sound harsh? I get that you're German and you want to try to discredit the fact that your language may sound harsh but blaming it all on people not having an accurate impression of what German sounds like is just wrong. I've lived in Germany and to me German just sounds more harsh and abrupt than other foreign languages. If you were born in Germany and that's all you know of course it's going to seem perfectly natural and not harsh but this is about foreigners impression of German, and yes, foreigners know what German sounds like aside from Hitler and screaming German celebrities.

  • @DæmonV86
    @DæmonV86 10 місяців тому +117

    As a native English speaker, I have always loved the way the German language sounds when spoken and looks when written. It was the first language I became interested in learning and led to my fetish for linguistics, in that I was so fascinated with the similarities between both Deutsch and English and the origins of the words in older languages.

    • @TriggerTail
      @TriggerTail 9 місяців тому +4

      Funnily enough, Czechs, Slovaks and English speaking people might already know some German words, without even knowing it.

    • @DæmonV86
      @DæmonV86 9 місяців тому +8

      @@TriggerTail I found that I did, indeed. It was the flow and structure of the sentences when spoken that I found most familiar, i.e. Das ist gut = That is good.
      or
      Was ist das? = What is that?
      Helped ease into it before all those massive compound words came up.

  • @HatiBlackwolf
    @HatiBlackwolf 10 місяців тому +481

    My favorite test for German pronunciation is "Tschechisches Streichholzschächtelchen" - if you can pronounce it correctly, you've mastered the language.

    • @capitaen_proton9480
      @capitaen_proton9480 10 місяців тому +24

      but what about "des Herbsts"?

    • @criticaldamage4067
      @criticaldamage4067 10 місяців тому +67

      Oh, even as a German, I struggled the first time 😅

    • @Kibo_ooo
      @Kibo_ooo 10 місяців тому +17

      ​@@criticaldamage4067so you still got a lot to learn my fellow german.

    • @plueschpudding
      @plueschpudding 10 місяців тому +39

      When I wanted to read this comment to my friend, I struggled with saying "pronunciation" but "Tschechisches Streichholzschächtelchen" came perfectly out. Well. xD

    • @WhyDoIBeHere
      @WhyDoIBeHere 10 місяців тому +35

      "Tschechische Chefchemiker auf Griechisch-Chinesischen Passagierschiffen"

  • @Yaman.H1
    @Yaman.H1 4 місяці тому +6

    Finally, a good impression to change the famous stereotype. I started learning German 3 years ago and now I am studying software engineering in German. Although my whole school journey was in English, I'm really glad that I had the opportunity to learn and speak this beautiful and very veeery strong language. Not to mention, I have started giving German language courses too!

  • @RachelRhiarti
    @RachelRhiarti 10 місяців тому +4023

    Really don't understand why this myth persists. German sounds aggressive because people shout it in an aggressive voice that would make any language sound aggressive... I always found it rather beautiful and soothing.

    • @Fridoking1
      @Fridoking1 9 місяців тому +62

      Insert The Office Thank You-GIF here. :D

    • @mb3391
      @mb3391 9 місяців тому +51

      thank you!!!! I agree 100%.

    • @awehTimo
      @awehTimo 9 місяців тому +70

      Trust me, dirtytalk in german is awful!
      "Des geht gar net"

    • @perplexed76
      @perplexed76 9 місяців тому +21

      It's not a myth. Have you watched the video?
      How many songs in German do you know?

    • @Chris-gx1ei
      @Chris-gx1ei 9 місяців тому +54

      Standard German without any accent or anything is rather beautiful

  • @oytuuuuuuuuuu
    @oytuuuuuuuuuu 6 місяців тому +396

    A friend of mine, who grew up in Germany, told me that the word formation is pretty literal. She told me that "Krankenwagen" (ambulance) is literally the combination of "sick" (krank) and "car" (wagen). I found it lovely.

    • @minngael
      @minngael 5 місяців тому +23

      Yes, I am intrigued to learn more German words at least...not sure if I want to deal with the grammar! One of my favorites is their word for birth control "anti-baby pills" Gotta love that bluntness!

    • @onionbubs386
      @onionbubs386 5 місяців тому +31

      Yup, when you feel krank, you take the Krankenwagen to the Krankenhaus (hospital) to see the Krankenschwester (nurse) in the Krankenflügel (hospital wing) 😂

    • @onionbubs386
      @onionbubs386 5 місяців тому +5

      ​​@@minngaelI don't blame you, I've been studying this language for like half my life and the grammar still gets me. Though to be fair, I live in an area where there are practically no native speakers, so I don't get a lot of practice. I understand way more than I can speak. But I just love the language and despite how intimidating the grammar can be, I'd suggest you go for it.

    • @BlackMysteries1
      @BlackMysteries1 5 місяців тому +1

      fellow helluva fan. nice

    • @rasoratic5420
      @rasoratic5420 5 місяців тому

      Ironically enough English often takes on Latin words or words from other languages that then took them from Latin and well Latin did the same thing German does now.

  • @maplewind4025
    @maplewind4025 10 місяців тому +74

    every language sounds aggressive if you scream in it and if you try to pronounce every letter as hard as you can

  • @foxtrotty65
    @foxtrotty65 Місяць тому +44

    0:14 what they do to the austrian painter😭

    • @bestskylander2890
      @bestskylander2890 Місяць тому +4

      They uh removed his right to live (the clip is from "love and death + robots" btw)

    • @foxtrotty65
      @foxtrotty65 Місяць тому

      @@bestskylander2890 thanks :D

    • @user-ig5ec
      @user-ig5ec Місяць тому +1

      Yes. AUSTRIAN painter. From AUSTRIA.

    • @Buerstenpinsel_yt
      @Buerstenpinsel_yt Місяць тому

      @@user-ig5ec noch kein grund österreich dafür schuldig zu sprechen, ich sags nur

    • @user-ig5ec
      @user-ig5ec Місяць тому

      @@Buerstenpinsel_yt Jaja, für den ersten Weltkrieg, den IHR angefangen habt, mussten wir die Alleinschuld tragen, und der zweite Weltkrieg wäre gar nicht erst entstanden, wäre euer Adolf schön zuhause geblieben, auch wenn die Gräueltaten, zugegebenermaßen, durch unsere Hände vollzogen worden sind - aber unter der Führung eines Österreichers. Ihr tragt da zumindest Mitschuld wegen dem ganzen Mist, den wir wegen euch ausbaden mussten. Euch wirft niemand in dem Ausmaß wie uns vor, Nazi zu sein, wenn ihr die extreme FPÖ wählt und euer Land über andere stellt und es gefühlt mehr als eure eigene Mutter liebt, aber würde das Gleiche von einem Deutschen kommen, würden viele ihn gleich als Nazi abstempeln. Danke für Nichts

  • @redere4777
    @redere4777 10 місяців тому +502

    To show how the stereotype of German being aggressive is pretty recent, you should quote some more of Mark Twain's reasons in "The Awful German Language". One of his complaints was that German words sounded too weak, like something you would put a child to sleep with. Twain considered English words as sounding much more aggressive and powerful than in German. It pretty much confirms that our modern perception of German is coloured by the World Wars, especially due to a particular fellow's very loud speeches.
    "I think that a description of any loud, stirring, tumultuous episode must be tamer in German than in English. Our descriptive words of this character have such a deep, strong, resonant sound, while their German equivalents do seem so thin and mild and energyless. Boom, burst, crash, roar, storm, bellow, blow, thunder, explosion; howl, cry, shout, yell, groan; battle, hell. These are magnificent words; they have a force and magnitude of sound befitting the things which they describe. But their German equivalents would be ever so nice to sing the children to sleep with, or else my awe-inspiring ears were made for display and not for superior usefulness in analyzing sounds. Would any man want to die in a battle which was called by so tame a term as a Schlacht? Or would not a comsumptive feel too much bundled up, who was about to go out, in a shirt collar and a seal ring, into a storm which the bird-song word Gewitter was employed to describe? And observe the strongest of the several German equivalents for explosion,-Ausbruch. Our word Toothbrush is more powerful than that. It seems to me that the Germans could do worse than import it into their language to describe particularly tremendous explosions with. The German word for hell,-Hölle,-sounds more like helly than anything else; therefore, how necessary chipper, frivolous and unimpressive it is. If a man were told in German to go there, could he really rise to the dignity of feeling insulted?"
    -Mark Twain, 1880, "The Awful German Language"

    • @derBene
      @derBene 10 місяців тому +48

      Hm. Thanks for a deeper look into Mark Twain's opinion and how and why his impression of german differs from the one today.

    • @jtk5274
      @jtk5274 10 місяців тому +34

      Oh wow, thanks I didn't know this bit. Really puts things into perspective.

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 10 місяців тому

      How would anyone consider the German "SCHLACHT" to be tamer than the English "battle". "Battle" sounds like something children do on a school ground, while in "SCHLACHT" you can literally hear the gore, blood and guts flying around when the heavy artillery strikes.
      Just goes to show how full of Scheiße Mark Twain actually was.

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 10 місяців тому +15

      damned if you do damned if you don't

    • @MisterPyOne
      @MisterPyOne 10 місяців тому +19

      Yes perception is the main factor I think. Because I all eastern Europeans especially from the czech republic really like how german sounds and a lot of them want to or already learn it. It's funny, with a lot of czech girls, they just love when I speak german with them, they somehow, find it very hot. I recenlty made an online friend there (I wished it would be more, but she already has a partner sadly) and I want to visit her eventually, she wants to move to germany though.

  • @leander_103
    @leander_103 10 місяців тому +76

    Some other german words:
    Hoffnungsschimmer - Glimmer of hope
    Liebestrunken - Drunk with love
    Mucksmäuschenstill - Quiet as a mouse

  • @generalbeifong1284
    @generalbeifong1284 10 місяців тому +885

    Wenn man die Sprache durchgehend schreit, ist es normal das es aggressiv klingt.

    • @HarbaroX
      @HarbaroX 10 місяців тому +99

      Richtig so. Englisch könnte man auch schreien und es würde aggressiv klingen.

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 10 місяців тому +36

      DASS!

    • @kommissarkillemall2848
      @kommissarkillemall2848 10 місяців тому +32

      yep, ever heard an American tourist screaming because he thinks everybody understands American if you yell it loud enough ?

    • @lilnoir4213
      @lilnoir4213 10 місяців тому +14

      Es IST mir vollKOMMEN schleierHAFT, was sie daMIT ausdRüCKEN wollen.

    • @RebeccaRed2000
      @RebeccaRed2000 10 місяців тому +2

      Bester Kommentar😂

  • @onionbubs386
    @onionbubs386 5 місяців тому +8

    I grew up friends with a German American family and they were always so calm and soft spoken. This was before I was old enough to learn about Hitler and WWII, so I was always so confused when people said it was an angry, aggressive language. I've since taken years of German courses and spent two weeks in Germany, and almost every native speaker I've met was the same way. So that stereotype has always irritated the hell out of me because its so far from the truth.

  • @TomMannis
    @TomMannis 9 місяців тому +170

    Growing up in Wisconsin, surrounded by and steeped in German culture and phrases, I've always loved the sound of German. I was lucky enough to spend a college semester in Munich, where I learned German on the streets. Music to my ears.

    • @beasley1232
      @beasley1232 7 місяців тому +1

      I remember someone who came to the USA (Miami) from Argentina to learn English, and they were SHOCKED when they stepped off the plane and everyone in Miami spoke Spanish lol.

    • @amiromorningstar2913
      @amiromorningstar2913 7 місяців тому +1

      In Munich they don't speak German. You learned the bavarian language. Similar in some parts,but not German. It's like your english and scotish or irish

    • @augustiner3821
      @augustiner3821 7 місяців тому

      ​@@amiromorningstar2913thats only partly true. Munich is in that aspect not Bavaria. A big chunk of the munic population is "zugereist" (immigrated) from other parts of Germany.

    • @amiromorningstar2913
      @amiromorningstar2913 7 місяців тому

      @@augustiner3821 I don't believe in that. Why should an average german like me live there?
      Wouldn't like to be around people that believe in mighty ghosts , that's cringe and crazy

    • @augustiner3821
      @augustiner3821 7 місяців тому

      @@amiromorningstar2913 sorry, don't get your point.

  • @lukitckrachtic7066
    @lukitckrachtic7066 10 місяців тому +373

    As a german I really love the german sayings like: "Alles hat ein Ende nur die Wurst hat zwei."

    • @Lelkeck
      @Lelkeck 10 місяців тому +23

      Herrlich

    • @musicmikeish
      @musicmikeish 10 місяців тому +7

      Das ist 😅sehr komich

    • @RazOfTheVoidMusic
      @RazOfTheVoidMusic 10 місяців тому +24

      First of all, I have to say I'm very proud of myself, because I've been studying German and I understood the sentence without using Google translate! 😁
      But also, at the risk of coming off as really thick - what does it mean?
      I understand the meaning of the words, and I get why the sausage would have two ends, but what's the point of the saying?

    • @Supersd_
      @Supersd_ 10 місяців тому +28

      ​​@@RazOfTheVoidMusicif something nice ends you could use it. "Everything ends one day" combined with a little joke

    • @skretchy8975
      @skretchy8975 10 місяців тому +17

      basically it means that everything comes to an end eventually except sausage @@RazOfTheVoidMusic

  • @irgendwassh
    @irgendwassh 9 місяців тому +89

    Deutsch ist keine aggressive Sprache, aber wenn man schreit oder aggressiv ausspricht, dann klingt es natürlich aggressiv.

    • @david9783
      @david9783 6 місяців тому +3

      Genau.

    • @MonicaHelton
      @MonicaHelton 6 місяців тому +4

      My brother has a Masters degree in German. Our Great Aunt Pauline was from Vienna. He has always told me that German is not the harsh language people claim it to be. I am about to study German myself. I wish had done so years ago. I find myself rooting for German and hope that more people realize it is not the ugly language they have been led to believe it is.

    • @onionbubs386
      @onionbubs386 5 місяців тому +4

      Fast jeder Deutschsprachige, den ich kennengelernt habe, war echt leise gesprochen. Außer Frau Brost 😂 Sie hatte einfach eine natürliche laute Stimme
      Tut mir leid, wenn meine Grammatik stimmt nicht. Deutsch ist meine zweite Sprache 😅

    • @Fish14og
      @Fish14og 5 місяців тому +1

      Stimmt

  • @Lunakunbaby
    @Lunakunbaby 5 місяців тому +37

    Literally no language deserves hate or criticism. Every language is beautiful in its own way. 💜

    • @YouDeserveAllOfThis
      @YouDeserveAllOfThis 4 місяці тому +2

      Not arabic
      Allahu Akbar 🗿💀

    • @Lunakunbaby
      @Lunakunbaby 4 місяці тому +3

      @@YouDeserveAllOfThis well I don’t know if what you said was good or not because I’m offended since I’m Arabic

    • @micahlindley7515
      @micahlindley7515 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@YouDeserveAllOfThis to be fair, it's not the words themselves that are the problem. It's what usually comes after that you need to worry about.

  • @soilmanted
    @soilmanted 10 місяців тому +1076

    German does not sound aggressive unless the person speaking is being aggressive.

    • @starseed8087
      @starseed8087 9 місяців тому +28

      And unless the Germans stop telling the world that their language is harsh. Don't know why they do it. I love the german language!

    • @CR-zb7bb
      @CR-zb7bb 9 місяців тому +21

      As in any other language 👍🏻

    • @PowerEd8
      @PowerEd8 9 місяців тому +6

      In animated movies like Sing and Frozen, German accented characters sound friendly and goofy, yup!
      German has a high potential to sound aggressive beyond just because prejudice and people intentionally speaking that way.
      The "Ach"sounds, etc - the complex grammar, long words - can make it sound sweet and goofy or harsh and aggressive imo

    • @ottovonbismarck9323
      @ottovonbismarck9323 9 місяців тому +5

      especially when austrian painter say it.

    • @yodukenukem
      @yodukenukem 9 місяців тому +4

      Arabic languages do actually sound harsh

  • @jerentino
    @jerentino 10 місяців тому +107

    My favourite word is "Dingsbums" the Allrounder 😂

    • @babettestaiger5856
      @babettestaiger5856 9 місяців тому +5

      Dingsbums, the german cousin of french truc machin!😆

    • @SHuber4918
      @SHuber4918 9 місяців тому +11

      Try to explain my favourite word "Doch" to a non German speaking person - difficult...🙃

    • @flo08516
      @flo08516 9 місяців тому +1

      Bums-Dings😂

    • @haklbarry2
      @haklbarry2 9 місяців тому

      Well it basically is a word which can mean many words considering the context. It can mean "it is", or "for sure", or "still". Context is all here, but it is translateable all of the times.

    • @BLexl
      @BLexl 8 місяців тому

      'Gutemine und der Dingsbums sind da'

  • @schwarzerritter5724
    @schwarzerritter5724 7 місяців тому +677

    German sounds aggressive, because you usually only hear it from comedians who think stereotypes by themselves are funny.

    • @davidpowell3347
      @davidpowell3347 7 місяців тому +3

      Listen to some sung Bach.

    • @marktwain5266
      @marktwain5266 7 місяців тому +3

      @@davidpowell3347 Listen to Beatles song sung in German. Profanity.

    • @p1edpiper
      @p1edpiper 6 місяців тому +13

      Frrr those comedians were not funny

    • @nickoblack8229
      @nickoblack8229 6 місяців тому

      Ahhhh nicht ganz, der Adolf ist auch a bissel schuld
      Ahhhh not quite, Adolf is also a bit to blame

    • @schwarzerritter5724
      @schwarzerritter5724 6 місяців тому +3

      @@nickoblack8229 That is who those comedians are imitating.

  • @amirmjei
    @amirmjei 5 місяців тому +4

    Nicely done. As a newbie to german language i find it wonderfully well structured, enabling one to express the subjectivity quite clear. Altgough the learning curve is other than i imagined :)).
    Heute hab ich "Fern" entdeckt lrute. Prima ist es👌🙌

  • @darthplagueis13
    @darthplagueis13 10 місяців тому +131

    I think part of it is also just where people hear German for the first time.
    Usually, it's not gonna be a casual conversation, at least not if you live in the US.
    Instead, the first instance of spoken German you ever hear might be something like Hitlers meltdown in "Der Untergang".
    And even before that,you might have heard parodies, maybe you'd have watched that episode of South Park or something simular.
    That aside, as a german myself, the funniest thing about native english speakers trying to pronounce german words is the fact that they seem to have an innate drive to want to combine several syllables into a single sound.
    I think it's in part because they're trying to emulate that thing you get in english where some vowels are actually silent and actually just change the sound of the previous word (for example, an -e at the end of most words).
    But german is actually far simpler than that. All you need to do to at least get somewhat of an approximation of correctly pronounced german is to take it slow, read one syllable after another and never assume that any letter is silent. Just take it step by step, instead of trying to just skip across as many syllables as possible whilst aiming for the ending.

    • @LS-Moto
      @LS-Moto 10 місяців тому +8

      When learning a new language, people don't have any knowledge and experience yet, so they will pronounce it in their native way. In case of English speakers, that combination comes from their own illogical spelling mess. For instance the word "thought", where half the letters are not pronounced. But German isn't just "letter by letter" pronunciation. German does have combos which produce certain sounds "ei, sch, st, ie, chs, ch"

    • @darthplagueis13
      @darthplagueis13 10 місяців тому +8

      @@LS-Moto It does have combos, and sure, some of them are tricky to pronounce, but they still don't require you to read the letters out of order. Besides, most of them have an english counterpart or actually occur in german leanwords. If you know how to pronounce the Sch in Schadenfreude, then it follows that you can also pronounce the one in Schneeschaufel.
      Even if you don't know how to pronounce a combination, you can still get pretty close if you just respect the order of letters and syllables.
      I feel like a lot of english speakers just panic when they are asked to pronounce a lengthy german word and come up with a jumbled mess instead of actually trying to guesstimate how it might sound.

    • @undeadwerewolves9463
      @undeadwerewolves9463 9 місяців тому +4

      It’s funny to me as an English person learning German. I’d love to know what we sound like, I’ve worked so hard on my pronunciation that I can normally pronounce things really well when I know the word.
      But… things like „Fräulein“ or „Häuser“ though, anything with „äu“ still throw me off…
      Also recently I was corrected on „Schwerer Sack“ I pronounced the word „Sack“ like „tsack“… No idea why but my English brain could not hear the difference between S, Z and Ts. My friend said Sack is a soft S. (to my brain S is s) but he meant Z! The zzzzz noise like the boys name Zack!
      I think my brain couldn’t compute the change from pronouncing „Schwer“ to „Sack“ for some reason. (Reading it in a Game and seeing two capital S‘s together confused me basically) 😵‍💫
      That was a funny moment to me when he explained it and I finally understood and practiced it and got it right.
      Another one I had was „Ameisen“ (Ants) and „Weizen“ (wheat) I use to switch the „ei“ the other way around.
      Surprisingly learned my W‘s to V‘s, V‘s to F‘s quickly too 👀

    • @LS-Moto
      @LS-Moto 9 місяців тому +4

      @@undeadwerewolves9463 Please don't say Fräulein. This is old German for an unmarried woman. Today, it is incredibly rude to adresse a woman with that. So be aware of that. Use Frau instead.

    • @darthplagueis13
      @darthplagueis13 9 місяців тому +3

      @@undeadwerewolves9463 That's really interesting to read, thank you.
      I find it a bit surprising that äu out of all things is giving you difficulties, since that's a sound that also exists in english, in the form of oi/oy and nearly pronounced the same as the much more common eu.
      Then again, just looking at the involved letters, it is a rather unintuitive that they would produce this particular sound, and slightly odd things that don't quite make sense tend to be one of the most common things to trip you up when you're learning a new language.

  • @rickcharon1197
    @rickcharon1197 6 місяців тому +132

    I once had the chance to hear a poem, recited by a young German woman, and let me tell you that I was captivated, not because I understood what she was saying ( thank you for the subtitles for that ), but because she had this sweet way of pronouncing words, as if singing a lullaby to a child. So no, German is an aggressive language only for those who confine themselves to the past. Tschüs

    • @cliffgaither
      @cliffgaither 5 місяців тому +1

      @rickcharon ::
      I like the G-language precisely for its power and "aggressive" sounds. The extremely long words are very fascinating, yet, difficult for a non-speaker.
      Like any language and the vast differences between them ... when the time comes to translate Shakespeare's plays, there is a world of difference between everyday words, rhythms and inflections ; but, when the time comes for a dramatic and aggressive scene, the German language gives Shakespeare his power with words of force.

    • @KimDare75
      @KimDare75 4 місяці тому

      A language of the past?
      "Dearest creature in creation,
      Studying english pronounciation,
      I will teach you in my verse
      sounds like corpse, corps, horse and verse..."

  • @steeviebops
    @steeviebops 10 місяців тому +71

    I used to work with a German boss and didn't think he sounded aggressive at all. We talked about it once and he put it completely down to prejudice: "don't speak it like Hitler and it's fine."

    • @ChineduOpara
      @ChineduOpara 7 місяців тому +1

      Well that's no fun, is it? 😅

    • @MyRockMyFortress
      @MyRockMyFortress 6 місяців тому +2

      One German teacher here was reported once to ask the students in her class to speak more like normal people less like Hitler😂

  • @sorasaizou
    @sorasaizou Місяць тому +2

    I love learning and teaching languages. It's part of learning about people and their cultures and I feel languages also tell you a lot about their way of thinking. Like the beautiful words at the end of this video "Fernweh" or "Weltschmerz".
    German as my mother language - boy, I love it so much 🥰Ich liebe meine Muttersprache so sehr 🥰🥰

  • @Swampdragon102
    @Swampdragon102 10 місяців тому +105

    It's been 27 years and I've never thought that much about my mother tongue before. Thanks!

  • @graceisinhell
    @graceisinhell 7 місяців тому +257

    hi, english speaker here, i find the german language to be incredibly beautiful! in fact, i have been obsessed with trying to learn it for the past two years now. it was honestly heartbreaking to see all of these examples of people hating on the language in this video, because it is genuinely one of my favorite things. german is such a gentle, poetic sounding language, and i wish more people would just give it a chance so that they could see that.

    • @esna8391
      @esna8391 6 місяців тому +9

      Thank u so much❤

    • @vinceturner3863
      @vinceturner3863 6 місяців тому +4

      I agree that getting your tongue round the German poetry is great. Du bist die Ruh, der Friede mild, die Sehnsucht Du and was sie stillt,...it's so beautiful and romantic. Gives me goosebumps!

    • @aaausername
      @aaausername 6 місяців тому +2

      Agreed

    • @currentofthesnake8486
      @currentofthesnake8486 6 місяців тому +1

      Specially if you read Rainer Maria Rilke.

    • @ashepherd6256
      @ashepherd6256 6 місяців тому +2

      Absolutely! I'm Canadian, so yeah... first (and pretty much only) spoken language, at least for me, is a less slightly bastardized version of English. I really wish I had taken the initiative to learn other languages in school. In elementary school, we did learn French (Canadian French that is...) not that I have retained much of it at all. In high school, I think German was still being taught along with a few other languages to choose from.

  • @suryahitam3588
    @suryahitam3588 7 місяців тому +112

    Even the Austrian painter had a normal speaking voice that did not sound aggressive, unlike his broadcast speeches. There's a UA-cam video with audio of AH talking to a Finnish general. It's worth a listen.

    • @FinnishDragon
      @FinnishDragon 7 місяців тому +8

      To be specific you are talking about the Hitler-Mannerheim tape where Hitler visited Finnish field marshal Mannerheim in June 4th, 1942 which was marshal Mannerheim´s 75th birthday.

    • @RWLN508D
      @RWLN508D 5 місяців тому +4

      All AH audio tapes are worth a listen. Kappaklaus :)

    • @-danR
      @-danR 5 місяців тому +6

      I wouldn't call his conversational tone aggressive, but he was something of a natural stentor; his voice was dominant, penetrating, commanding. And I can imagine in a less ideal setting in private, the man could have been quite intimidating.

    • @LuckyBaby1239
      @LuckyBaby1239 4 місяці тому +1

      Верно. Я слышала записи Гитлера, его диалог с каким- то подчинённым .. была удивлена насколько красивый, глубокий, размеренный и чарующий голос у Гитлера, когда он говорит спокойно. Его голос был как гипноз.

  • @JesusMartinez-in7co
    @JesusMartinez-in7co 2 місяці тому +2

    I'm from Costa Rica and for the past few years I wanted to learn German, I love how the words sound, even more after watch Dark in german, very good video!

  • @sword_of_damocle5
    @sword_of_damocle5 10 місяців тому +284

    Prejudice is defintely the biggest factor, if not the main one. Whenever I hear people imitate German to mock it, their go-to 100% of the time is imitating Hitler, exaggerating the harsh sounds as much as they can. If you've ever heard a conversation between native German speakers or watched any kind of German media, you quickly come to realize that the language can sound surprisingly smooth and "normal."

    • @danielbensch1663
      @danielbensch1663 9 місяців тому +20

      My experience is like 50/50, it's either the aggressive Hitler imitation, or it's the "Hallo zere" "Sank yu" spoken in a whinerly tone.

    • @definitelynotofficial7350
      @definitelynotofficial7350 9 місяців тому +5

      People exaggerate the harsh sounds because all these harsh sounds being that is what's funny about it.

    •  9 місяців тому +3

      And even if people shout angrily, they still don't sound like Hitler.

    • @danielbensch1663
      @danielbensch1663 9 місяців тому +11

      @telynotofficial7350 That's fine by me, but some people don't have to go the extra mile calling the language "ugly" and "the language nobody wants and should learn"

    • @Gurfi28
      @Gurfi28 7 місяців тому +2

      That’s especially infuriating since the Hitler voice they imitate was his speech technique, if you listen to the recordings of the meeting between Hitler and Mannerheim, you‘ll hear the everyday Hitler.

  • @callen8908
    @callen8908 9 місяців тому +40

    Years ago I took a couple classes teaching classical singing, and we learned a number of art songs in German. They were lovely to sing

    • @markschoning5581
      @markschoning5581 9 місяців тому +3

      The internationally so called "Lied"!

    • @ivanmeetsgijoe1073
      @ivanmeetsgijoe1073 7 місяців тому +2

      Do gift yourself with the opportunity to hear some Lieder by Mozart, Schubert or Schumann to gain a true appreciation of the possibility of the German language to sound no less than heavenly. I suggest renditions by a Dutch soprano Elisabeth "Elly" Ameling, such as this one: ua-cam.com/video/RsKpbd7Ks5Y/v-deo.html

    • @markschoning5581
      @markschoning5581 7 місяців тому

      @@ivanmeetsgijoe1073
      I am German and so I am well aware of many of those songs. I love Schuberts "Winterreise“ and of course the "Erlkönig“. Also there are a lot more classical German "Volkslieder“ like "Ännchen von Tharau“ or "Muß i denn zum Städtele ’naus" as you know. Unfortunately these songs are more cherished abroad than in my country Germany today! Especially in Japan and other Asian countries.

    • @eryr_llwyd
      @eryr_llwyd 7 місяців тому

      ​@@markschoning5581in my opinion "Ännchen von Tharau" is one of the most beautiful love songs ever.

  • @Czekytcze
    @Czekytcze 10 місяців тому +215

    As a czech person i really dont have a problem pronouncing "Ch"

    • @Czekytcze
      @Czekytcze 9 місяців тому +6

      Why i always get a plenty of likes on a comment in a format like this uuuuuh

    • @TriggerTail
      @TriggerTail 9 місяців тому +7

      Souhlasím, pro nás to těžké být nemusí, jelikož náš jazyk byl němčinou ovlivněn (např.: "Knedlík" vznikl z německého slova "Knödel," což má stejný význam jak v ČJ, tak v NJ), ale pro ostatní země to může být stejně těžké, jako naše "ř."
      Translation to English for those, who don't speak Czech: I agree, for us it might not be difficult, because our language has been affected by German (for example: our word "Knedlík" became from the german word "Knödel," which means the same thing in both Czech and German), but for other countries, it can be difficult the same way, like our "ř."

    • @TheVirdra
      @TheVirdra 9 місяців тому +1

      @@TriggerTail I'm learning Czech currently and it took me 2 months to pronounce " ř " partially correct. I've been listening to many explanations by native speakers who made videos on "how to pronounce ř ". Most of them suggested, learners should say it like r and ž combined. So "rž". I'm still trying to get better, but sadly there're not as much Czech speakers in my area and less to none teachers. It's also hard to get one online, who happens to speak my native (German) fluently, to explain things much better.
      I made the experience that Czech is way harder for English natives then mine.

    • @TriggerTail
      @TriggerTail 9 місяців тому +2

      @@TheVirdra That is true, Czech is one of the hardest languages in the world.
      Fun fact: As a German, you can notice some of the words in Czech were created from German.

    • @TriggerTail
      @TriggerTail 9 місяців тому

      @truegemuese Yeah, it's not difficult a lot to us, but it may be difficult to foreigners.

  • @DaivaShull
    @DaivaShull 28 днів тому +3

    I’m an American learning German because I have German ancestry and thought it would be pretty cool to have some ties to that, I believe the German language is beautiful. To some certain words may sound harsh, especially depending on their accent in which they say it, but to me it’s simple and very soothing.

  • @gigigonzal0
    @gigigonzal0 10 місяців тому +99

    ich liebe die deutsche Sprache und ihre Nutzung. Allein die Möglichkeiten sich damit lyrisch auszudrücken ist so wunderbar. Nicht umsosnt die Sprache der Dichter und Denker genannt.

    •  9 місяців тому +7

      Die Sprache der Denker ist es, weil es auf Englisch schwerer ist, einen Satz über eine ganze Buchseite zu "strecken". Niemand ;-) macht Schachtelsätze so gut wie wir. :D

    • @Hayley_the_Nemo_fangirl
      @Hayley_the_Nemo_fangirl 9 місяців тому

      Ja finde ich auch (Ps schweizer/in??)

    • @rp8133
      @rp8133 9 місяців тому +1

      @Tatsächlich kann man deutsche Texte auch in kurzen Sätzen formulieren. Und gerade bei technischen Sachverhalten sollte und kann man das machen. Das hebt die Verständlichkeit enorm. 😉

    • @mintysan
      @mintysan 9 місяців тому +2

      Ich wünsche wir würden immer noch Gebrauch von diesem Talent ziehen!

    • @gigigonzal0
      @gigigonzal0 9 місяців тому +2

      @@mintysan es steht dir frei deine Gedanken in schönen Texten zu formulieren und diese mit deinen Mitmenschen zu teilen :)

  • @samispandau
    @samispandau 10 місяців тому +311

    Legends know this is a repost

    • @yannic2127
      @yannic2127 10 місяців тому +11

      I thought i was going insane

    • @nitolak
      @nitolak 10 місяців тому

      @@yannic2127 me too

    • @paul.mtb.0787
      @paul.mtb.0787 10 місяців тому +8

      no shit bro because it is pinned in the comments

    • @uptoolsYTK
      @uptoolsYTK 10 місяців тому +4

      WIEDERPFOSTEN

    • @samispandau
      @samispandau 10 місяців тому

      @@paul.mtb.0787 if you idiot could read you would see that my comment is older than the pinned one

  • @ghirzaprimanda
    @ghirzaprimanda 10 місяців тому +96

    I'm an Indonesian who learning German. It's a wonderful language. I'm surprised that some words in German sounds familiar in my Indonesian ears, such as "Tante" and "Hemd". Well, German had the same language family with Dutch, and Indonesian borrow several Dutch words, so it's make sense that it sounds similar.
    BTW, is "Fern" also a German word? It means "distant", right?

    • @chevalierdupapillon
      @chevalierdupapillon 10 місяців тому +31

      Yes, it does indeed mean 'distant'. Greetings from Germany, I am glad you like our language!

    • @Einsamoeve
      @Einsamoeve 9 місяців тому +6

      Die Ferne is the distance

    • @xyza4
      @xyza4 9 місяців тому +1

      U could also say 'far' (Far Places = Ferne Orte)

    • @TobyGerstenecker
      @TobyGerstenecker 9 місяців тому +1

      I Not sur but I think Indonesia was for short a German colony

    • @fabianreusch4870
      @fabianreusch4870 9 місяців тому +2

      I dont think so, they explained already. German colonies in the Pacific were what is now Papua New Guinea, the Salomon Islands​ and Samoa@@TobyGerstenecker

  • @JeanDuPays
    @JeanDuPays 3 місяці тому +1

    My elderly neighbour, a native of Nuremberg, came out with an hilarious expression while we were talking (in English) recently. "Kuddelmuddel' - which roughly translated into English, means 'chaos', 'mess' or 'hodgepodge'. I actually giggled when he said that.

  • @Steamrick
    @Steamrick 10 місяців тому +224

    press f to pay respect to the original uncensored upload

    • @gamingsu-sauer3530
      @gamingsu-sauer3530 10 місяців тому +10

      What was censored?

    • @Steamrick
      @Steamrick 10 місяців тому +37

      @@gamingsu-sauer3530 See fern's pinned comment: "It came as a surprise to us that UA-cam wants us so to show authoritarian dictators with their clothes on."

  • @cgardner85
    @cgardner85 6 місяців тому +48

    I came back from a two week vacation in Germany and one of my favourite things was to listen to the German language spoken in public. I find it so intellectually fascinating and stimulating to my ears.

    • @fureuropa-gegennwo1259
      @fureuropa-gegennwo1259 5 місяців тому +4

      So, did it sound aggressive to you? I really think that is a stereotype that is not true. What did you think it sounded like?

    • @cgardner85
      @cgardner85 5 місяців тому +7

      @@fureuropa-gegennwo1259 not at all the speakers tone were casual and free flowing not aggressive at all. Well except for that pesky security guard at the Green Vault in Dresden, but that’s another story.

  • @eliaskoskinen1687
    @eliaskoskinen1687 10 місяців тому +21

    Fern is one of my favorite channels, the details and presentation of these videos is amazing.

  • @apocatastasis7
    @apocatastasis7 4 місяці тому +3

    I am learning german language about 2 months and i found a very interesting sounds, and fascinanting words, and i think mostly of people that found aggressive a language is because they rejected the language, in deed, i looking forward to someday master german, simply i love it, maybe one can find something that dont like, but it occurs in every language that you learn.

  • @goonhoongtatt1883
    @goonhoongtatt1883 10 місяців тому +158

    The language of Beethoven and Mozart can never be ugly. Ich liebe Deutsch. And I'm learning it.

    • @Shaytan.666
      @Shaytan.666 9 місяців тому +11

      Viel Glück 🍀

    • @kompetenteBanane
      @kompetenteBanane 9 місяців тому

      Viel Glück

    • @ConfuzzledClockwork
      @ConfuzzledClockwork 7 місяців тому +1

      German grammar makes me want to scream daily i can’t handle conjugation 😭

    • @goonhoongtatt1883
      @goonhoongtatt1883 7 місяців тому

      @@ConfuzzledClockwork One thing and one thing only: Practice practice and more practice

    • @beasley1232
      @beasley1232 7 місяців тому

      @@goonhoongtatt1883German grammar is very tricky for native English speakers.
      For an English speaker, Spanish will be the easiest language to learn, only taking at most 3 weeks to master Spanish grammar and Speech.

  • @TheGarrymoore
    @TheGarrymoore 10 місяців тому +55

    When shouting all languages seem aggressive. When spoken calmly German sounds like any other language.

    • @protocetid
      @protocetid 9 місяців тому

      IDK I think German sounds specially harsh when spoken aggressively but under a normal tone I don’t find it hostile

  • @yogsothoth8389
    @yogsothoth8389 9 місяців тому +122

    My mother is German and I grew up in a bilingual household. Whenever I hear my mom talking on the phone to relatives & friends in Germany, she sounds graceful, clear, and almost delicate. Not at all aggressive.

    • @xSoulhunterDKx
      @xSoulhunterDKx 7 місяців тому +3

      I know exactly what you mean^^
      Much love to you and your mom!

    • @TTTzzzz
      @TTTzzzz 7 місяців тому +1

      Delicate! That's the word!

  • @asadfarraj
    @asadfarraj 16 днів тому +4

    I learnt German as a third language, and let me tell you, the people who think German sounds aggressive haven't heard common people speaking German.

  • @m.s.5370
    @m.s.5370 9 місяців тому +39

    Linguist in training here (I only have one semester under my belt rn, but I saw an opportunity to nerd out and just couldn't resist), and so I'd like to give some feedback on the linguistics part of the video:
    First off, the section about morphological anomalies, specifically the infinitely recursive nature of composition, is great. No notes.
    Furthermore, you correctly described the phonological process by which vowel-initial words in German are often subconsciously preceded by a glottal stop (also known by the name hard attack) and I would list this among the factors contributing to the impression that German sounds harsh, so good job. :)
    However, I think your section about guttorals doesn't tell the full story. Arabic for instance has a lot of velar and uvular sounds, but it doesn't get classified as aggressive-sounding to quite the same extent as German does, as far as I know at least.
    To make a long rant as short as I humanly can, the criterium I think you should've mentioned instead is the voicedness (Stimmhaftigkeit) of consonants. I'll elaborate if anyone asks me to, but right now I want to focus on my point, which is that whether or not a consonant is voiced in a word has a significant bearing on how softly that word is typically perceived by most.
    To exemplify: German has a phonological process which English lacks (just like hard attack), called final devoicing (Auslautverhärtung) which basically makes any word-final consonant devoiced, EVEN IF (and this is important), the orthography has it spelled with the voiced equivalent. For instance, the majority of native German speakers will, without thinking about it or paying attention to it, pronounce 'Staub' as 'Staup', but only if that [p] is at the end of the word. When it appears in the middle of the word, for instance as in 'staubig', suddenly the b remains a [b], but the new final "g" now gets devoiced and becomes [k] (edit: or it gets softened and becomes [ç], [staubich], as a word-final g so often does in German). Anyway, I hope this makes it clear what I mean.
    So yeah, that would've been my version of this script: two phonological processes (hard attack and final devoicing), which make German sound just a little bit less soft than English.
    And yes, this isn't the full story either, I'm sure there's phonological processes other than these two, but I'd say two is a decent number to get the idea across to an average audience of non-linguists without boring or overwhelming them with too many details.

    • @hannesfrischat7138
      @hannesfrischat7138 9 місяців тому +6

      Very good observations here.

    • @largedarkrooster6371
      @largedarkrooster6371 7 місяців тому +4

      Some very good observations were made here, but I do want to say that as a (non-native) Hebrew and Arabic speaker, I definitely have been told that both of these languages sound harsh and aggressive. I think the main thing driving this is definitely the cultural aspect. People's exposure to Arabic has been through not so great circumstances, and Hebrew is perceived by many to be a mix between German and Arabic (which it is not, but that doesn't stop people from thinking so). They do attribute Arabic's harshness to it guttural and pharyngeal sounds, but also to how they perceive speakers, much like with German and even Russian (being used so often for movie villains)

    • @アンドレーエフ貝
      @アンドレーエフ貝 5 місяців тому +2

      I agree. But there are a few more aspects and this make this video quite unbearable for me.
      He used an onomatopoeia as an example for a guttoral "fauchen" (to hiss) which literally is one of the most aggressive sounding words in German. I mean ... makes sense ... hissing is aggressive and harsh sounding.
      If he would have used everyday words like "achso" or "natürlich" he would have not been able to bring his point across, as they are actually very soft (like most words that have ch in it).
      Also he didn't speak properly while he was reading out the phrases. We . don't . make . stops . between . every . word . This . would . just . be . exhausting. Also if this was as distinct in German as he said in the video, he just could hava spoken normal German. People would have been able to hear it.
      But what makes me real mad is the display of stupid Americans bastardising German by not even saying one German word. But the lack of German they compensate with shouting.
      Also the rest of the world does not think that German is especially harsh and ugly. It's mostly English speaking persons and of them mostly Americans. That is hardly the rest of the world.

    • @Yusuketh443
      @Yusuketh443 5 місяців тому +1

      i dont speak german but i find voiced consonant very hard and take alot more effort to pronounce at the end of a syllable (except if it a nasal)

  • @Ayxan_Eyvaz
    @Ayxan_Eyvaz 7 місяців тому +153

    People find german angry because of that austrian man. But as a german learner, it sounds more cute than english for me

    • @mmm42958
      @mmm42958 7 місяців тому +10

      Just say hitler he is not Voldemort

    • @centralfbi.
      @centralfbi. 7 місяців тому +4

      As a German , i know german could sound very cute

    • @centralfbi.
      @centralfbi. 7 місяців тому +1

      Especially when you greet strangers

    • @marktwain5266
      @marktwain5266 7 місяців тому +1

      Yes, Germans are OK except this one Austrian who is even not a German.

    • @thorstenjaspert9394
      @thorstenjaspert9394 6 місяців тому

      Sung by a woman with clear brilliant voice it sounds soft and pleasant. ua-cam.com/video/zOvsyamoEDg/v-deo.html

  • @czechistan_zindabad
    @czechistan_zindabad 10 місяців тому +50

    I remember my dad initially was disgusted when I told him that I was learning German because he thought it was harsh. But then, when we both visited Germany together, he actually changed his mind and thought the local Germans spoke softly.

  • @user-hl6ub4gf9u
    @user-hl6ub4gf9u Місяць тому

    I love this video!!! I moved to Germany Sept 2023 while I was 20 years old for my bachelors… I had never been to the country until I arrived to literally live in it. Germany is vastly different from my home country (Mozambique) and even though I battled with some homesickness and visited home for a month, “Fernweh” kept me in Germany. (I didn’t know this word existed and as an international student I’m happy).
    It’s been a wild ride, from making friends, taking care of documents, actually having to study, dealing with culture shock, being away from family, learning German as a language and even finding my own little family here (my German boyfriend, his cat & his family).
    German isn’t that bad… sometimes as an international student (which is my own personal story), you get so hung up on missing home, on how different it is from your own language even though Portuguese sometimes sounds weird or has a weird logic and every language is like this. It’s very easy to lean on stereotypes and make bad jokes. And lol, the language actually is very efficient for learners like myself, I get the gist of everything if I simply know some words and see how they’re “recycled” in a sentence.
    10/10 video :)

  • @darkscythe3874
    @darkscythe3874 9 місяців тому +63

    I just started learning German. My friends say that I'm crazy and should learn a beautiful and useful language instead, but I find German interesting. This video just made me more motivated to learn, thank you! I find he compound words really interesting. I recently learned birthday present is Geburgstagsgeschenk. They're really cool imo

    • @gewittertorte
      @gewittertorte 7 місяців тому +2

      Actually as a German I’m very confused how everyone else gets along without compound words. I was very sad when I learned some Turkish, tried it and everyone was like that’s not a real word 🙂 More Words are Geburtstagskind, Geburtstagsparty, Geburtstagslied

    • @Idkpleasejustletmechangeit
      @Idkpleasejustletmechangeit 7 місяців тому

      @@gewittertorte English essentially has compound words. They're just written with a space inbetween. An example would be "compound word".

    • @JesusChristTheHoly
      @JesusChristTheHoly 7 місяців тому

      @@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit thats literally just two words dude the whole point of a compound word is it's two words combined. Hes not an idiot and two words with a space exist in german too.

    • @Idkpleasejustletmechangeit
      @Idkpleasejustletmechangeit 7 місяців тому

      @@JesusChristTheHoly didn't think Jesus Christ would be this hostile.
      Anyways, the main thing about compound words is that they take two words and combine their meaning. "Compound word" is indeed two words, but they essentially get used as if they were one.
      There's really no meaningful difference between "compound word" and "compoundword". It's just that the typical way to write in English is to keep the space between the two halves of what is essentially a compound word.
      You could easily do the same in German. "Die Waschmaschine" and "die wasch Maschine" would still be understood the same way (due to context that would be common knowledge if we wrote the way English gets written).
      Tl;dr: the difference between a compound word and two words that combine their meaning is the way you write them.

    • @davidpowell3347
      @davidpowell3347 7 місяців тому

      Maybe find a video of Vilsmaier's "Stalingrad" movie in the original German?

  • @musiqtee
    @musiqtee 10 місяців тому +15

    As a 🇳🇴, learning (and clumsily using) German back in the early 80’s opened up three main areas of experience over time - Linguistics, culture and time passed (social anthropology & history).
    Of course, they are merely aspects of a larger whole, but that’s the journey of life - slowly ingesting knowledge, then insights and maybe a little wisdom.
    We need to “speak” across boundaries and borders, for so many reasons… 👍

  • @ThatOneHacker305
    @ThatOneHacker305 10 місяців тому +156

    I fucking hate it when my friends ask me to speak German and then make fun of the language (they don't make fun of me don't worry) no one would ever mock a language like how people mock German, even though it is one of the greatest languages in my opinion

    • @LS-Moto
      @LS-Moto 10 місяців тому +16

      What languages do they speak? If they don't speak anything except English, they should really "hold the ball flat" (den Ball flach halten).

    • @ambergris5705
      @ambergris5705 9 місяців тому +9

      Agreed. Germany doesn't deserve all the fun that's made of it.

    • @TriggerTail
      @TriggerTail 9 місяців тому +11

      Yeah, German has been mocked a little too much, all that's said about it is a lie, it's a great language, true, it can be difficult, but when you'll learn it, it is great to know.

    • @Flutter_Dragonz
      @Flutter_Dragonz 9 місяців тому +1

      @@LS-Moto What do you mean by that? In school they learn French and englisch, I think that’s enough.

    • @LS-Moto
      @LS-Moto 9 місяців тому +7

      @@Flutter_Dragonz In the UK or America, they don't really focus on another language. Sure, they might have it for a year, but that's about it. Non-English speaking countries learn English for like 7 - 10 years. That's quite the difference.

  • @larnregis
    @larnregis 3 місяці тому +1

    2:24 Iirc, german was considered as a global standard for radio communication in the early years of that tech.
    Due to its clear stop between words and precise pronounciation, even a bad transmission quality would still allow you to understand a german sentence, while spoken in other languages may turn already ambiguous or impossible to understand.

  • @elouan.onirio
    @elouan.onirio 5 місяців тому +18

    I used to suffer from prejudice against German and Dutch/Flemish languages as a Belgian French speaker, it's sadly part of the culture I was raised in. But once I discovered the beauty of both languages and the cultures attached to them I literally fell in love. I even considered moving to Germany or to the Netherlands but I'm probably moving to Flanders. Knowing is a first step to love.

    • @alexanderrobrecht6452
      @alexanderrobrecht6452 Місяць тому

      This is so interesting. As a native german speaker I've always thought of the french language as sounding quite... Well let's say, I didnt like its sound. But I wonder what it would sound like if someone actually spoke it in a normal tone without being agitated. I've only ever heard it spoken by louder people in the public, and most of that in the last week on my vacation in London :D
      So while I still think it much too complex that a lot of these letters are not being spoken and all these different ways to pronounce a word that looks basically the same when written, I hope that I can maybe hear someone speaking it normally. That might possibly change my mind.
      But maybe I am being a little bit to autistic. That actually makes me try to replicate the sounds out of Context (and probably all wrong :D) and this made me actually gag at the „eaux“ Sounds for example. D:

  • @juanfran579
    @juanfran579 6 місяців тому +10

    German can be incredibly precise in joining metaphorical ideas jotted into one word, such as mutterseelenallein (left alone with your mother's soul), mucksmäuschenstill (silent like a mouse without the slightest wee bit coming out of the mouth), auf Nimmerwiedersehen (for a nevereverseeingagain), hirnverbrannt (brainburnt) and dozens more.

  • @johnnywishbone831
    @johnnywishbone831 8 місяців тому +12

    I'm from Australia. I wouldn't say aggressive but perhaps authoritative is more what I hear. It's one of my favorite languages to listen to. So rich.

  • @CityofCompton-lb2fz
    @CityofCompton-lb2fz Місяць тому

    2:43 du lässt es wunderschön klingen. Solltest du jemals ein ASMR veröffentlichten, würde ich es mir auf jeden Fall anhören.

  • @anasssoulimani9288
    @anasssoulimani9288 10 місяців тому +57

    I love the subtle Cello in the background!

    • @Hannes1896
      @Hannes1896 10 місяців тому +3

      Bach Cello Suite No.1, if you want to hear it;)

  • @bx_h23
    @bx_h23 10 місяців тому +18

    "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön" from
    Mozart's The Magic Flute will prove you wrong.

  • @mickthehead587
    @mickthehead587 9 місяців тому +4

    Context is everything, I grew up in Germany. My first Xmas carols in church was in German. When I think that time of year everything is German and it’s very calming.

  • @goldenegg1063
    @goldenegg1063 5 місяців тому +21

    As an englishman i can Absolutely say germans do not sound agressive when they talk
    .
    Most Indian languages sound like they are always shouting and arguing with each other to me

  • @555mek
    @555mek 7 місяців тому +29

    I fiddled with a shortwave radio as a kid. Couldn't tune in much, but once, or was it twice, in the middle of the night I caught a program in German - women talking about opera. I still remember their voices were beautiful, even though I didn't understand a word.

    • @parkermitchell2089
      @parkermitchell2089 5 місяців тому

      How did you figure out they were talking about opera?

    • @yicongfang8435
      @yicongfang8435 5 місяців тому

      @@parkermitchell2089 He used magic I guess

    • @PhilemonJackProductions
      @PhilemonJackProductions 5 місяців тому +1

      The word 'opera' is exactly the same in German as it is in English

  • @supermario9748
    @supermario9748 7 місяців тому +32

    Absolutely LOVE the sound of German. Es klingt gut zu mich! Currently learning it...and it is a pain but I'm one to not quit on anything I set out to accomplish! And I really love the video. Prost!

    • @tabby73
      @tabby73 6 місяців тому +6

      Wir würden sagen:
      Für mich klingt das gut!
      😊

    • @johngardner4897
      @johngardner4897 6 місяців тому +2

      Es klingt MIR gut ! please ?

    • @tabby73
      @tabby73 6 місяців тому +2

      @@johngardner4897 nein

    • @valerietaylor9615
      @valerietaylor9615 6 місяців тому

      Fuer mich, Deutsch klingt wie Musik.

    • @tabby73
      @tabby73 6 місяців тому +4

      @@valerietaylor9615 we don't structure sentences like this in German.
      Für mich klingt Deutsch wie Musik.
      No comma

  • @Efdbewe
    @Efdbewe 10 місяців тому +13

    5:06 It means "Cattle Identification Meat Labeling Supervision Task Transfer Act"

    • @MilProductions
      @MilProductions 7 місяців тому

      I’ll never use that word 😅😅

  • @Elriuhilu
    @Elriuhilu 5 місяців тому +1

    Literally translated into English, Fernweh is farwoe, Weltschmerz is worldpain (or worldsmart if your remember "it smarts" means it hurts), and Treppenwitz is stairswit. The last one is usually referred to in English by the French expression l'esprit d'escalier, meaning "spirit of the stairs."

  • @DeOngezelligGarnaal
    @DeOngezelligGarnaal 10 місяців тому +112

    Fun fact: if you shout in any language it sounds aggressive 👍👍👍

    •  9 місяців тому +15

      Weird fact: even if you shout German aggressively, you still won't sound like Hitler.

    • @viertklassigsindwir.2828
      @viertklassigsindwir.2828 9 місяців тому +1

      😂😂😂

    • @paleoph6168
      @paleoph6168 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@reassuring to hear!

    • @Jan-qm1cm
      @Jan-qm1cm 5 місяців тому

      Listen to Rammstein that’s sounds familiar to him….

  • @yannickingermany
    @yannickingermany 10 місяців тому +20

    As a native English speaker, German doesn't sound harsh, it's just an American Hollywood stereotype. And as an African whose story has always been told by Western media, trust me when I tell you that there are many western rhetorics that have minimal truths

  • @insanityspupil
    @insanityspupil 9 місяців тому +22

    As an American person, I can say wholeheartedly that German is one of the most beautiful languages I have ever heard in my life. Something about the way words are pronounced and "barked out" is just stunning to me.
    Hopefully one day I can learn German.

    • @ronsn8071
      @ronsn8071 9 місяців тому +2

      It is never to late.
      Es ist nie zu spät.
      :D

    •  9 місяців тому

      @@ronsn8071*too ;-)

    • @raineramelung7380
      @raineramelung7380 9 місяців тому +1

      Hi.. Greedings from north germany.. Nixda,, (No!!!) or.. Go me aff,, (leave me alone).. Are north german,, Dialekt.. (more dutch /english/scandinavian).. Try some german music.. To hear
      ,, Broilers - wie weit(how far) ""
      ,, Jennifer Rostock - ich kann nicht mehr"(I, m sick and Tiere).. *enjoy

  • @inateagcalo
    @inateagcalo 5 місяців тому +2

    Don't miss out the word "Wanderlust" - literally meaning "hiking desire", which describes the strong feeling of wanting to know and explore what the world outside of your home have in store for you

  • @sadistoftorment9083
    @sadistoftorment9083 7 місяців тому +32

    Ich bin Engländer und ich liebe die deutsche Sprache. We're all cousins from over 1000 years. And I'm glad that a lot of people feel the same way. Any language when spoken in any form of angry tone is going to sound aggressive. I rage at games from time to time and I scare the shit out of my mates

    • @Para-Phrase
      @Para-Phrase 6 місяців тому

      Lieber Cousin, deine Worte sind Balsam. Football and debates. No more brother wars.🙏

  • @parodic6572
    @parodic6572 10 місяців тому +35

    I'm french and I love how german sounds, obviously how it's delivered has a huge impact on its perception I think

    • @dragonsarebutterflies3663
      @dragonsarebutterflies3663 8 місяців тому +4

      Ha! Im german and i love how french sounds when spoken by a native. Incredibly beautiful language. Not that i could understand anything y'all say after 6 years of learning french lol

    • @xSoulhunterDKx
      @xSoulhunterDKx 7 місяців тому

      @@dragonsarebutterflies3663 fr

    • @marktwain5266
      @marktwain5266 7 місяців тому

      @@dragonsarebutterflies3663 French are pretentious snobs and Germans are Nazis. When Hitler came to France they accepted him immediately.

    • @kee5699
      @kee5699 Місяць тому +1

      @@dragonsarebutterflies3663 too real

  • @misschieflolz1301
    @misschieflolz1301 10 місяців тому +7

    2:03 - I tried pronouncing these and.... kinda shocked myself by how easy I found them.
    I think the main reason is..... while I'm not fluent I've grown up with Welsh as an almost second language. It has some weird sounds that english speakers especially find difficult and both these words have a similar sound to the welsh 'Ch' (it's own letter, this isn't a combination). Kind of interesting since Welsh comes from Celtic language origins yet ended up with some similar sounds

  • @Na-meme
    @Na-meme 2 місяці тому +2

    BEAUTIFUL! I speak German as a second (or third) language after English and it’s interesting especially with the combination of words to make longer words lol

  • @Maouww
    @Maouww 10 місяців тому +13

    Another word we blatantly stole from germans and then applied our own nuance to is "gestalt".
    German is such a cool language - and I think the precision of your language keeps everyone very grounded. That's my experience of germans, at least.

  • @evony5661
    @evony5661 10 місяців тому +8

    Here in the Philippines, we have over a hundred dialects and some dialects sound harsh ("angry") to new comers to those particular areas when for the people living in the community, it is their normal way of communicating. Just sharing 😊.

  • @justanotherpiccplayer3511
    @justanotherpiccplayer3511 10 місяців тому +27

    Bro I challenge anyone to say Tschüss in an angry way it's impossible

    • @rang69.
      @rang69. 9 місяців тому +7

      Tschüssi

    • @Micaniker
      @Micaniker 7 місяців тому

      Ja alles klar TSCHÜSS

    • @philspam2087
      @philspam2087 7 місяців тому +2

      Too easy!
      There is a common way to say "Tschüss" that actually means "fck off, right now!"

  • @kerim.s8801
    @kerim.s8801 5 місяців тому +54

    "Why German Sounds So Aggressive"
    Short Answer: Propaganda
    Long Answer: Anti German Propaganda by the allies.