GERMAN UMLAUTS for Dummies - How To Pronounce Ä, Ö, Ü

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Hey rabbits!
For non-native speakers the three letters ä, ö and ü are pretty difficult to pronounce. With this video I will help you a bit - and hopefully also make you laugh! :)
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  • @bestofgames508
    @bestofgames5084 жыл бұрын

    Oh I use “Ö” for a mouth and two eyes🤣

  • @apollo268

    @apollo268

    3 жыл бұрын

    Smart

  • @code4429

    @code4429

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ö

  • @apollo268

    @apollo268

    3 жыл бұрын

    Code 44 gay

  • @juniperjabber

    @juniperjabber

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ü

  • @who2807

    @who2807

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@juniperjabber That was my name once, but then I had the account suspended

  • @notallthatbad
    @notallthatbad8 жыл бұрын

    Wait, so if I mispronounce German words, I'm gonna get PREGNANT? *runs far away from Germany*

  • @James-le8gd

    @James-le8gd

    5 жыл бұрын

    you don't have to be in germany to mispronounce german words

  • @myamdane6895

    @myamdane6895

    5 жыл бұрын

    James Lee It was a joke

  • @James-le8gd

    @James-le8gd

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@myamdane6895 thank you i didn't realise

  • @RogerBarraud

    @RogerBarraud

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@James-le8gd Err/Vooosch ;-)

  • @James-le8gd

    @James-le8gd

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@RogerBarraud no

  • @igorwurm1419
    @igorwurm14197 жыл бұрын

    As a native German i can verify this is how you pronounce it. Best pronunciation of ä, ö and ü I have seen so far on KZread

  • @krino8137
    @krino81378 жыл бұрын

    Hallo! sorry for my bad german

  • @imrollinwiththelgbt1544

    @imrollinwiththelgbt1544

    8 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @AJMatson

    @AJMatson

    8 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @MrClean-xp9hu

    @MrClean-xp9hu

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Klapsi und Mühli live aus der Klapse Hello Entschuldigt mein schlechtes Englisch*

  • @MrSnakeHome

    @MrSnakeHome

    8 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for giving me a Smyle :D

  • @sarahlynx2876

    @sarahlynx2876

    5 жыл бұрын

    krino81 meddl

  • @HelmutNevermore
    @HelmutNevermore8 жыл бұрын

    Thänk yöü för this wönderfül videö! I häd fün prödücing Germän ümläüt söünds. I feel like I äm never göing tö mix them üp ägäin. Wäit...

  • @verandi3882

    @verandi3882

    5 жыл бұрын

    this looks like a typical comment in the finnish language

  • @aleksisiltala10

    @aleksisiltala10

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@verandi3882 Maybe a Finglish comment written by a dumbass..

  • @masterpam

    @masterpam

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's like a french trying to speak english ^^

  • @n1ce.69

    @n1ce.69

    3 жыл бұрын

    bruh thats so weird lol

  • @n1ce.69

    @n1ce.69

    3 жыл бұрын

    that looks*

  • @Wuzzysbrand06
    @Wuzzysbrand068 жыл бұрын

    I always explain it this way: ä -> form your lips/tongue as if you are pronouncing the german a, but say the german e instead ö -> form your lips/tongue as if you are pronouncing the german o, but say the german e instead ü -> form your lips/tongue as if you are pronouncing the german u, but say the german i instead It might not be 100% accurate but it's very close.

  • @christophhoelbarth217

    @christophhoelbarth217

    8 жыл бұрын

    Holy fuck, that works :D I mean, I am german, but tried it and I now know, why we write "ae" instead of "ä" sometimes :D

  • @jorgeaguilera4329

    @jorgeaguilera4329

    7 жыл бұрын

    you came, you saw, you conquered. Thanks

  • @swangdangeryeet3389

    @swangdangeryeet3389

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jorge Aguilera Vene Vidi vici

  • @Jamfjr

    @Jamfjr

    7 жыл бұрын

    ALTER! FANTASTISCH!

  • @AstroSam66

    @AstroSam66

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hmm... stimmt. Könnte so funktionieren!

  • @PisauraXTX
    @PisauraXTX7 жыл бұрын

    Ä=same as German E Ö=German E with rounded lips Ü=German I with rounded lips That is all you need to know.

  • @prone8927

    @prone8927

    2 жыл бұрын

    danke!

  • @tulehong3613

    @tulehong3613

    2 жыл бұрын

    If Ä is like E, then why do we even need Ä? Why complicate things?

  • @PisauraXTX

    @PisauraXTX

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@tulehong3613 To be precise, long Ä only merges with long E in most North German variants. There is a difference between the long variants in most other German variants. is pronounced /eː/and is pronounced /ɛː/. But in all variants I know, the short vowels are both pronounced /ɛ/ in stressed syllables. is /ə/ is unstressed syllables. But only occurs in stressed syllables, so there is no phonological contrast between the two.

  • @A-Spoto

    @A-Spoto

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tulehong3613 because historically it is a different sound and in certain regions of Germany it still is pronounced differently.

  • @headhunter1945

    @headhunter1945

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tulehong3613 Because the commenter is wrong. They are not the same.

  • @syxac1275
    @syxac12758 жыл бұрын

    I am German and did all this....

  • @DasKritzel

    @DasKritzel

    8 жыл бұрын

    Who didnt XD

  • @jakobschlichte3031

    @jakobschlichte3031

    8 жыл бұрын

    Me too xD

  • @user-hb4pn8oo8z

    @user-hb4pn8oo8z

    8 жыл бұрын

    Same :D

  • @igorwurm1419

    @igorwurm1419

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yap me too

  • @Noone-rc9wf

    @Noone-rc9wf

    7 жыл бұрын

    Oh and also has anyone noticed how this ï looks like a dick??

  • @FilmscoreMetaler
    @FilmscoreMetaler8 жыл бұрын

    I laughed so hard at your pronounciations, my face was tränenüberströmt.

  • @lpschaf8943

    @lpschaf8943

    10 ай бұрын

    Ich liebe dieses Wort.

  • @agn855

    @agn855

    7 ай бұрын

    Unglaublich. Ein Wort das alle drei Umlaute beinhaltet!

  • @WantedAdventure
    @WantedAdventure8 жыл бұрын

    *A video on the American accent in German...wait, wait I know that video :D ;) Yaayyy can't wait to see it!* And yeah, I've gotten a few requests to make a video about the German letters with the umlaut and I'm like, uuuuuh guys, I have to figure out how to SAY those letters first xD GREAT VIDEO!!! I practiced doing each one like a good student :D

  • @willikaiser7107

    @willikaiser7107

    8 жыл бұрын

    :D

  • @toniceltis1021

    @toniceltis1021

    8 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @technofreak39

    @technofreak39

    8 жыл бұрын

    lol! i first thought of you when i saw the title of this video :D

  • @GetGermanized
    @GetGermanized8 жыл бұрын

    Öööööö :D

  • @minttu7306

    @minttu7306

    8 жыл бұрын

    Äääääää :D

  • @isonimen1282

    @isonimen1282

    8 жыл бұрын

    Ich liebe deine Videos

  • @smalltitisfam5097

    @smalltitisfam5097

    7 жыл бұрын

    Üüüüüü :D

  • @lalariisager4684

    @lalariisager4684

    6 жыл бұрын

    Spanish has ü too, like example "Órale güey"

  • @skeptic781

    @skeptic781

    5 жыл бұрын

    ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ

  • @thomasbayer2832
    @thomasbayer28325 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos. You are an excellent teacher and definitely better than any boring antiquated linguistics coach. ❤

  • @dayon5382
    @dayon53827 жыл бұрын

    OMG I LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS THIS ONE HAD ME CRACKING UP 😂😂 they're all so hilarious while you're able to learn something new! Thanks!

  • @GeoDaLeo
    @GeoDaLeo11 ай бұрын

    VERY useful and I AM a linguist! You're also very charming and that always makes practicing German more pleasant. Thank ya!

  • @bkc1965
    @bkc19657 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this. As an American living in Germany for the last 6 years (and learning German/Schwäbisch) I really need this type of practice. I also love languages and am an English teacher here. Very nice videos and I look forward to having the time to watch more.

  • @sashespunkt3924
    @sashespunkt39248 жыл бұрын

    Herrlich! One of your best videos i have seen until now. Musste teilweise echt herzhaft lachen. Please keep on making videos like this. Liebe Grüße Sascha

  • @Palandurwen
    @Palandurwen8 жыл бұрын

    *hihihi ich hatte auf jeden Fall viel Spaß beim Video! Als ausgebildete DaF (Deutsch als Fremdsprache)-Dozentin habe ich aber noch einen etwas einfacheren Tipp für dich, sollte dich noch einmal jemand bei Ö und Ü um Hilfe bitten: Ö -> sprich ein e, halte es und runde dann deine Lippen. Ü -> sprich ein i, halte es und runde dabei deine Lippen. Tada :D E und I sind Laute, die in fast allen Sprachen gehen und bei denen die Zungenstellung genau die richtige ist. Einzig die Lippenrundung macht den Unterschied ;) Für das Ä fällt mir gerade die Hilfestellung nicht ein - eventuell wurde es tatsächlich immer mit der Krücke über das E und dann den Mund weiter zu öffnen erklärt, also ähnlich wie du es schon getan hast. Deine Tipps waren aber definitiv amüsanter und unterhaltsamer als meine ;) Mach weiter so ^^

  • @InsertTruthHere

    @InsertTruthHere

    8 жыл бұрын

    Dem ist nichts hinzuzufügen.

  • @bulletso206

    @bulletso206

    4 жыл бұрын

    Qué?

  • @davidvoigt4575
    @davidvoigt45756 жыл бұрын

    That was surprisingly entertaning... LOL Thanks! You have a lovely smile, by the way.

  • @scanefez1086
    @scanefez10868 жыл бұрын

    So far you are the best teacher I've ever known to teach the German language and your english pronunciation is awesome very clear. I hope you do videos for the other consonants especially the ''r'' sound. Keep it up.

  • @TamsynKent
    @TamsynKent4 жыл бұрын

    I have watched this video of yours 3 times! I love your humour, it was also super helpful. Thank you

  • @pauls0416
    @pauls04167 жыл бұрын

    Very nice video! Thank you! In English, we actually already have these three sounds. We just don't use different characters to depict them. Instead, we re-use the same letters and you just have to know the correct sounds by knowing the word. But, you're right, it's easy for an English speaker to just think the two dots over those letters are irrelevant :) Now the SPANISH would have a very hard time with these sounds because they literally only have FIVE vowel sounds (A E I O U). As I said, we have those same five vowels but we have more than double the number of sounds.

  • @RelocatedRedbird
    @RelocatedRedbird8 жыл бұрын

    For the umlaute, I picked up a tip on a course: ä would be like trying to say "e" but with lips shaped for "a". Likewise for ö, pronouncing "e" with an "o" form, and for ü, pronouncing "i" with an "u" form.

  • @dshw

    @dshw

    8 жыл бұрын

    I'm German and I can confirm this! That tip is really good!

  • @AlexAnteMachina

    @AlexAnteMachina

    8 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @antopolskiy

    @antopolskiy

    8 жыл бұрын

    wow, that's incredible! thanks

  • @terpcj

    @terpcj

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, when I was first learning German back in the day, that was pretty much how the teacher had us do it. It's a great way to start learning the unfamiliar sounds. After hardly any time at all, you find yourself making the more-or-less correct sound without the trick.

  • @HookUp79

    @HookUp79

    8 жыл бұрын

    if you need some words to practice I would recommend: OBSZÖNITÄT, ÜBERLÄUFER and BÜCHSENÖFFNER 😜

  • @isaakrabenschwing5416
    @isaakrabenschwing54168 жыл бұрын

    Danke. Dein Video hat mir den Tag gerettet. Und ich fand es auch lehrreich und gut rüber gebracht.

  • @duranduran6456
    @duranduran64569 ай бұрын

    Haha! This video is SUPER! You teach and explain better than most linguists and teachers that I have experienced. You are more relatable and funny. Thank you for the video!

  • @michaelclark737
    @michaelclark7378 жыл бұрын

    OMG Trixie you're the best!!!!!! And they say Germans don't have a sense of humor. Ha! Funniest. DTTR Video. Ever.

  • @RGDunphy

    @RGDunphy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Germans do have a sense of humour... but only a German would take care to explain at the end that she had used humour to make it more interesting! :-D

  • @elinathan8363
    @elinathan83637 жыл бұрын

    i was laughing too much during this video to actually try pronouncing anything

  • @maleficara6004
    @maleficara60046 жыл бұрын

    Recently had to name change a character and decided on Kämeltotem. Since my German hasn't been used in a very long time I found this video looking for ways to brush up. It is safe to say I love the name even more now that I am saying it with an accent. Very lovely video both for it's light hearted way of approaching the topic and it's actual value. Thank you.

  • @born2bbald12
    @born2bbald125 жыл бұрын

    Highest compliments on this video! You are a gifted teacher! Very enjoyable and memorable! Thank you!

  • @rachelpieyre5687
    @rachelpieyre56877 жыл бұрын

    The "ü" is amazing to remember if you want to learn french when you're german! Just use the german ü to prononce the french u and you have the exact sound ^^

  • @palaceofbrilliance6164

    @palaceofbrilliance6164

    3 жыл бұрын

    or ö for their e

  • @AlexlgYT

    @AlexlgYT

    7 ай бұрын

    As some one from Quebec I can confirm (even if some things are pronounced slightly differently with our accent this still sounds the same)

  • @ertz141
    @ertz1417 жыл бұрын

    The Ä is also in the english word hair Ö is in burn Ü is in huge

  • @keegster7167

    @keegster7167

    7 жыл бұрын

    Those are not the exact same sound, though, but they are very similar.

  • @skeptic781

    @skeptic781

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not with my accent, in a northern irish accent hair is pronounced hör, and burn is pronounced burn, and huge is pronounced, yeah hüge

  • @chrisrudolf9839

    @chrisrudolf9839

    4 жыл бұрын

    The ä is indeed almost identical to the vowels in hair or bear, but the other two are wrong. The sound in burn is made with open lips, while the German ö is a closed, more high-pitched sound. It is a workaround if you just want to be understood, but not if you try to speak without a clearly noticeable accent. Of course it is still much better than just pronuncing an o instead of an ö. The ü is definitely not in huge. Many adult English speakers struggle to hear the difference but there actually is a huge difference to the trained ear (similar as Germans who didn't learn English until they were adults often struggle to discern th and s - now if you are English you know how cringeworthy that sounds). If we compare the German ü to English sounds, it is actually closer to the y like in myth (which isn't an exact ü either, but closer to the German i).

  • @johnybrokeit
    @johnybrokeit3 жыл бұрын

    You are amazing : ) I loved just staring at you being your funny self : ) Mannn, i had no idea German was so complicated and yet there exists such a tutor like yourself who explains it so simply; i feel like i should take it up all of a sudden. I do have several really close German friends but never needed to learn the language. I'm pretty much here cuz i was looking up the right way to pronounce Ben Bohmer (the EDM Trance guy) and the 'o' in his name has the two dots on top of it - just watched one of his sets and decided his stuff suited my ears : ) All the best, sweet miss! My compliments : )

  • @deejay6869
    @deejay68697 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for helping me perfect - well, at least improve - my umlaut vowels. Please continue making videos, partly because ur really helping me to learn German, but mostly because I love hearing u speak. I love ur accent. And, yes, u are quite funny and also one of the best teachers I've seen. And you have very clever linguistic techniques.

  • @keegster7167
    @keegster71676 жыл бұрын

    Learning about the IPA vowel chart really helped me pronounce vowels that I could never pronounce before. It shows the height in the mouth and the relationship between them.

  • @Ercarret
    @Ercarret8 жыл бұрын

    Hehe, I recognize this so much. People struggle with the extra Swedish letters as well. I remember being in the UK when I was a kid and just not understanding when someone was calling for me (using my surname). A and Å sound nothing alike. :D

  • @JoinLooksmaxDotOrg

    @JoinLooksmaxDotOrg

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jew

  • @devonvaroz9498
    @devonvaroz94983 жыл бұрын

    This video is a fantastic piece of content, and I am wildly entertained (and happily instructed). Thank you so much!

  • @georgedanner7483
    @georgedanner74832 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I had to introduce a German person as a speaker at a conference and you gave me the quick coaching I needed to pronounce his name correctly.

  • @gustavotapia9511
    @gustavotapia95118 жыл бұрын

    You're amazing!

  • @DontTrustTheRabbit

    @DontTrustTheRabbit

    8 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! :3

  • @gustavotapia9511

    @gustavotapia9511

    8 жыл бұрын

    You really make your videos different and interesting, I learn and I have fun (mostly the latter). I live in Oldenburg, not as close to Hamburg as I would wish, it's my favourite city in Deutschland!

  • @Frouza21
    @Frouza218 жыл бұрын

    I would really like to see a video about "How to pronounce R" topic. That kind of "R" I can hear in the word "Gericht". I'm russian and it's so hard to feel that throat muscles and make them work...

  • @DontTrustTheRabbit

    @DontTrustTheRabbit

    8 жыл бұрын

    Good idea, I will think about it. :)

  • @southpaw9041

    @southpaw9041

    7 жыл бұрын

    As a person who can read arabic well, nearly all the german pronunciation is incredibly easy for me. I quickly realised that I was already making these sounds when reading arabic. Russian on the other hand, I'd probably find more difficult.

  • @wasiahmad238

    @wasiahmad238

    6 жыл бұрын

    Abd E Same here 🏄

  • @chrisrudolf9839

    @chrisrudolf9839

    4 жыл бұрын

    Difficult to explain for anyone but a language trainer. I still struggle with the rolling English r, the non rolling German r just comes naturally to me. Ironically, for many southern Germans, who speak with a Bavarian or Frankonian accent, it is the other way round, they roll the r in German, too, even if they try to speak High German instead of their local dialect.

  • @scribblecloud

    @scribblecloud

    2 жыл бұрын

    yeah its kinda weird honestly in hochdeutsch it sounds like youre basically trying to roll your r but failing miserably but intentionally??

  • @maekkaridbood
    @maekkaridbood10 ай бұрын

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu 100.000 Abonnenten

  • @tommyw834
    @tommyw8348 жыл бұрын

    +Don'tTrustTheRabit thank you so much this is going to help me with my german speaking exam in school, which has a lot of umlouts in them, btw I LOVE watching your vids xxx keep it up

  • @MrAdryan1603
    @MrAdryan16037 жыл бұрын

    Omg your tips are so crazy.... but effective. I was doing all the weird exercises sitting on my porch and I looked up and my neighbor was outside staring at me like "What the..???" hahaha it was funny >.

  • @Dremsilruth

    @Dremsilruth

    7 жыл бұрын

    Adrian D you're supposed to hide in your offgrid sound proofed nuclear bunker before doing this. rookie mistake.

  • @oliviamarie1548
    @oliviamarie15487 жыл бұрын

    Okay i have to say when you said "You shouldnt stick your tongue out that much" and then demonstrated, I lost my shit and spit my toothpaste all over mirror. Totally worth it though.

  • @The99smileyface99
    @The99smileyface992 жыл бұрын

    i like your quirky way of teaching! Thanks. Had a laugh AND learned something! The comment section is just as fantastic.

  • @charmelmabasa2493
    @charmelmabasa24933 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting this kind of video, very helpful for the student who's studying german language like me. Keep it up.

  • @reguagc
    @reguagc8 жыл бұрын

    Did you have a clown for breakfast? ;-) The "pregnancy test" - joke was gorgeous!

  • @Hgulf
    @Hgulf8 жыл бұрын

    Einen Daumen hoch für den kreativen Kleinkindeinsatz!

  • @stevegallup993
    @stevegallup9934 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic. Loved your editing.

  • @rayoeler3055
    @rayoeler30558 жыл бұрын

    I must admit you are refreshing And your good humor does help one learn a lot easier !

  • @rachelreynoldsart
    @rachelreynoldsart7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for making these videos! I have come farther in learning German because of it!:) I was hoping you could help me understand dialects a little better. My friend is learning German like I am, but she says she learned from someone that it's okay to pronounce 'ch' with 'Sh' because there are different dialects in the German language and one you can pronounce the ch that way because it is one of the German dialects. Is this true? And also if it is; is it bad to learn German from a bunch of different German youtubers because dialects are that diverse and I would just be learning bits and pieces of different dialects in the German language? Just a little bit confused...(or a lot!) Thanks for all the help!!

  • @Nicole-me1ib
    @Nicole-me1ib8 жыл бұрын

    so trocken lustig, ich lach mich immer kaputt 😆

  • @edwinrivera8328
    @edwinrivera83288 жыл бұрын

    I love the way you teach, you're awesome, thanks

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    @farhita62827 жыл бұрын

    I love you omg you're literally the coolest!

  • @Belgarion2601
    @Belgarion26018 жыл бұрын

    You could do a video about the difference in pronunciation of "s", "ss", and "ß". That's a tricky one. :D

  • @Seleuce

    @Seleuce

    8 жыл бұрын

    In German "s" is mostly a soft, voiced sound like the English 'z' in 'zoo' or 'zigzag' with few exceptions where it is voiceless. Voiced s can be found in almost any position in a word, though never at the end of a word. "Sonne", "saftig", "lesen", "leise", "sehr", "schmusen". "s" at the end of words is never voiced, but voiceless. Some voiceless exceptions are "hastig", "Bus", "las", "fies", "Glas", "Gras", "mästen" "s" before "t" or "p" or after consonants is always voiceless. "Lust", "Frust", "Rispe", "Achse". When a word starts with "st"/"sp" it turns into a "scht" or "schp" sound. "Sport", "sprechen", "stolpern", "stutzen". "ss" and "ß" both are voiceless and totally identical in pronunciation. The difference between the two is how the vowel before is spoken. Also you never find them starting a word, but rather often ending words. Vowels before "ss" are short. "Ross", "Fluss", "fassen", "fressen, "Kuss", "müssen" Vowels before "ß" are long. "Gruß", "Fuß", "süßen", "müßig" There are few exceptions (you guessed it), though pretty rare. Hope that helps a bit. I'm not a German coach either, though a native speaker. :)

  • @Belgarion2601

    @Belgarion2601

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Seleuce Ich bin auch deutscher, aber starke Erklärung :)

  • @Belgarion2601

    @Belgarion2601

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Seleuce Ich glaube aber dazu gäbe es noch das ein oder andere zu sagen in einem Video. (z.B. Unterschied Deutschland/Schweiz, alte/neue Rechtschreibung, evtl. Ausnahmefälle (falls es welche gibt)

  • @Seleuce

    @Seleuce

    8 жыл бұрын

    TravelEnthusiastDE Ja, es gibt noch mehr zu sagen. Und gesprochen Beispiele sind immer das Beste. Ist nur eine Basis, um sich zu orientieren. Ich hab mit so vielen Nationalitäten zu tun, da lernt man seine Sprache zu erklären. :)

  • @derkommentator5102
    @derkommentator51028 жыл бұрын

    "Or your well trained husband" 😂😂

  • @tomboytomgirl5356
    @tomboytomgirl53565 жыл бұрын

    LOVE IT! Trixie ~ Keep up the good work ~

  • @lucky5418
    @lucky54186 жыл бұрын

    I just shut my mouth immediately when u flashed right on ma face... 😂🤣 An honest confession, can't take my eyes off of u. Every time I need to watch twice or thrice to get the video, coz first or second times goes real real slow and I just try not to understand anything. Love u, like all of u... 😘

  • @zsniper1364
    @zsniper13647 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to Germany next year in may. what places should I go to? :). for 2 weeks

  • @whitehamster310

    @whitehamster310

    7 жыл бұрын

    Berlin

  • @niku..
    @niku..8 жыл бұрын

    Ich bin ausm Norden. Ick sprech dat ä sowieso als e. Dat sind Kefer und Stedte! Ne aber das ist echt beschissen wenn man zwischen Bären und Beeren unterscheiden will... XD Ich würde aber auch den Tipp geben, dass ü ein i mit gerundeten Lippen (man vergleiche lütt und little) und ö ein e mit gerundeten Lippen ist. Ä ist das kurze betonte e wie in besser oder essen, aber ä ist ein wenig länger als das e. Son lütten bitten länger.

  • @observe2suspect

    @observe2suspect

    8 жыл бұрын

    Oh, da fällt mir ein... :-) wie gewinnt man Brom? zuerst sammelt man ein paar Brombeeren, und wird diese dann zu Boden. dort verbindet sich dann die Beere mit der Erde und wird zur Erdbeere und übrig bleibt das Brom...

  • @niku..

    @niku..

    8 жыл бұрын

    +wòóF da Corret-Jak da kommt der Chemiker durch XD

  • @DissonantSynth
    @DissonantSynth3 жыл бұрын

    I'm trying to learn German for my boyfriend and this video so helpful and very entertaining at the same time. You have a lovely personality!

  • @edwardweeden2834
    @edwardweeden28348 жыл бұрын

    In my German Course for Primary School students here in England we have teachers play a "letter substitution game" with the children. The game has kids change the umlaut letter into a letter or letter-combination that is easy for them to pronounce based on their own experiences with English. First we do it step by step, but by the end of the first month they are doing it in their heads and pronouncing things very well (for non native German speakers). Examples: Maedchen (sorry, I don't have the umlaut letters here) becomes Medchen (umlaut a becomes English short e); schoen becomes schern (umlaut o becomes English er); and fuer becomes foor (umlaut u becomes English oo as in moon). These aren't exact/perfect, but they work pretty well most of the time. The 'rules' of the game are simple for this age group (8-11 years old) and they think it is good fun. We do 8 words per session, two sessions per week, over the course of the first 3 months (the entire Course is four school years in length, years/grades three-through-six inclusive). Umlaut pronunciation becomes very natural after these first months.

  • @KindGottes92
    @KindGottes928 жыл бұрын

    'like ignoring the second line on a pregnancy test'. Spätestens da sollte jeder kapiert haben, wie wichtig dir dieses Thema ist ;) Ich erinnere mich, dass bei meinen Eltern oft falsche Post ankam. Warum? Ganz einfach: Der Straßenname existiert doppelt. Einmal in der kurzen Variante, dort wohnen meine Eltern, einmal ergänzt um das Wort 'Brünnlein'. In letzt genannter Straße ist ein Gebäudekomplex, der hauptsächlich an amerikanische Militärangehörige vermietet ist. Und was machen deren Verwandte, wenn sie Post verschicken? Richtig, da ist ein Wörtchen in der Anschrift, das so komische Pünktchen hat, also lässt man es einfach weg. Entspricht ungefähr dem zweiten Strich in deinem Beispiel, nur dass man falsche Post einfach zurück geben kann ;) Short version in English: When sending an letter to Germany an the address contains an word with ä ö or ü, it's not a good idea to just leave this word out. The letter might not reach its destination.

  • @swangdangeryeet3389
    @swangdangeryeet33897 жыл бұрын

    For every english one, here is a good beginner word: Streichholzschächtelchen xD

  • @TheMechanicalGirl999

    @TheMechanicalGirl999

    7 жыл бұрын

    Vielen Dank! Sie machten diesen Mann zum Lachen und sie brauchte es wirklich!

  • @aerobolt256

    @aerobolt256

    5 жыл бұрын

    If you just read it as “Streich Holz Schäch tel chen” it’s easy

  • @Ford2.3svo

    @Ford2.3svo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well scheiße i cant say that

  • @SuperBeckify
    @SuperBeckify3 жыл бұрын

    Great video! You’re just hilarious and that was actually so helpful, thank you!

  • @Techmaster-Furyspark
    @Techmaster-Furyspark3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for teaching me ü and I had a blast watching

  • @annikathegerman91
    @annikathegerman918 жыл бұрын

    Just say 'bad' and there: You have a ä. :)

  • @keegster7167

    @keegster7167

    7 жыл бұрын

    Even English (meaning people in England) pronounce bad the same way. (It's mostly the Southern English who pronounce 'a' as 'ah' more. The Northern English are more like Americans that way; the 'a' in 'bad' is more common there.) Anyway, ä is not always the sound in bad. If ɛ as in end and æ as in bad, then according to Wikipedia: 'In German and Slovak Ä stands for [ɛ] (or a bit archaic but still correct [æ]).'

  • @KevinPatrickJr
    @KevinPatrickJr8 жыл бұрын

    This video made my tiny dog very anxious. But the help with ä is appreciated nonetheless.

  • @DontTrustTheRabbit

    @DontTrustTheRabbit

    8 жыл бұрын

    Oh nooo! Pet your dog from me, I'm sorry! :)

  • @rossdoktamail8055

    @rossdoktamail8055

    8 жыл бұрын

    +DontTrustTheRabbit so you musst have catched the dogs dialect thought... *ggg* let''s hope you did 'say' smth. offensive to him/her ;) .

  • @rossdoktamail8055

    @rossdoktamail8055

    8 жыл бұрын

    +DontTrustTheRabbit -did not (obviously)

  • @vikaschandu
    @vikaschandu7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for making an interesting video. It is immensely helpful to understand the difference in pronouncing the umlauts.

  • @matamune09
    @matamune098 жыл бұрын

    I just started learning German, thanks for this video it works for me :D the umlauts are one of the new things I'm struggling with

  • @sanderd17
    @sanderd178 жыл бұрын

    Finally people will start pronouncing Motörhead correctly ;)

  • @androlsaibot

    @androlsaibot

    8 жыл бұрын

    Or Mötley Crüe, or Häagen Dazs

  • @theylive8777

    @theylive8777

    4 жыл бұрын

    Björk

  • @szinthom1
    @szinthom17 жыл бұрын

    2:23 soo süüß! :-3

  • @luisarantes9160
    @luisarantes91607 жыл бұрын

    I liked the way you have taught it. Very funny video. You've got a new subscriber. xD

  • @elisabethmacgregor4914
    @elisabethmacgregor49148 жыл бұрын

    I really appreciate this video! And your sense of humour:). I would love to see a video comparing the Üü sounds with Uu sounds....this is something I have so much trouble with! Anyone else?

  • @dshw
    @dshw8 жыл бұрын

    Now if we can manage to teach Americans to pronounce "uber" like "über" (because they again just swiped away the two dots -.-) I'd be more than happy :D

  • @Nifuruc
    @Nifuruc7 жыл бұрын

    why am I doing this? I'm German.... well... now I know how to do it properly while looking like an idiot ^^

  • @lifeisnotfairsowhyshouldiw5805

    @lifeisnotfairsowhyshouldiw5805

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nifuruc haha

  • @adrilopessmith3994
    @adrilopessmith39948 жыл бұрын

    Ich habe heute mein Deutschesprüfung (level A2) und ich finde Ihre videos sehr toll zu lernen!! Danke schön Trixi! Liebe Grüsse aus Spanien ;)

  • @MissVioletaOrange
    @MissVioletaOrange8 жыл бұрын

    I am binge watching your videos! ♡

  • @czarzenana5125
    @czarzenana51257 жыл бұрын

    If you are typing and having problems with the Umlaut, you can just leave it out and put an 'e' behind, so: schön = schoen Tür = Tuer Ärger = Aerger

  • @lederhudler

    @lederhudler

    7 жыл бұрын

    And that appears to be where the "dots" came from. If you are writing German cursive - the old writing style - the "e" was written almost as an i - (lower case, without the dot), lifting the pen/pencil and then writing a second one adjacent to it (ii, with a break between the letters). I surmise that originally the German "e" was written after the altered vowel (a, o, u) - ae, oe, ue. Eventually, since each double character represented a single sound, it became customary to write the e over the a,o, or u, instead of after it. Take that cursive ii, pretty soon you have two strokes, and eventually shorthanded to two dots.

  • @ailecdreifuss8627
    @ailecdreifuss86277 жыл бұрын

    ö is the more difficult for me as in Öl

  • @keegster7167

    @keegster7167

    7 жыл бұрын

    'ör' is harder for me like in 'eichhörnchen'.

  • @ryanwright4605
    @ryanwright46052 жыл бұрын

    Yo I freaking love this lol how are you not a professor or teacher you made this so freaking fun and funny and easy

  • @_Yannex
    @_Yannex8 жыл бұрын

    Hey Trixi. Dank Gehörgangverunreinigung, Rückerstattungsverbindlichkeit und Hängemattenverankerung hab ich es auch endlich kapiert. :)

  • @Dragontrumpetare
    @Dragontrumpetare7 жыл бұрын

    is fun that germans also uses Ä and Ö just like we swedes. do you also have Å?

  • @_Lucary

    @_Lucary

    7 жыл бұрын

    They do not have Å

  • @j4c422
    @j4c4228 жыл бұрын

    I am Serbian, I speak Serbian perfectly, I am good at English (struggels with spelling as you can see), and I am also studding German. Can somebody please recomend a good TV show in german, that has English subtitles that I can find on Internet? I think that would be very helpful while studding German. Pls help

  • @j4c422

    @j4c422

    8 жыл бұрын

  • @nikhilwali4146

    @nikhilwali4146

    8 жыл бұрын

    hey you can check Deutsche Welle news channel website. Click on Deutsche lernen tab. you would find links for different levels z.B. a1,a2....etc. and you can listen to lansam gesprochen nachrichten which help you with listening skills.

  • @j4c422

    @j4c422

    8 жыл бұрын

    +nikhil wali thank you sooooo much

  • @nikhilwali4146

    @nikhilwali4146

    8 жыл бұрын

    you can download audials . it is app . install in your mobile. find podcasts in language learning then in German link. there you can find various podcasts and listen to them. they are very good.

  • @nikhilwali4146

    @nikhilwali4146

    8 жыл бұрын

    if you need more help, then please comment on. I would help you.

  • @closedcoursedonotattempt5465
    @closedcoursedonotattempt54657 жыл бұрын

    You did great I look forward to following you. Thank you.

  • @rangerseft
    @rangerseft6 жыл бұрын

    You are amazing! And incredibly beautiful. I am sure I'll learn everyword you say. Finally I will get to learn German. Thanks to you!

  • @thiko9260
    @thiko92607 жыл бұрын

    gehörgang veränderung warum? Rückerstattungsverbindlichkeit ich weiß nicht mal was das heißt und ich bin 100% deutsch

  • @chrisrudolf9839

    @chrisrudolf9839

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fachbegriff aus der Bilanzsprache. Niemandem sind wirklich alle deutschen Wörter geläufig, egal wie gebildet er ist.

  • @tanyschiffer2683
    @tanyschiffer26837 жыл бұрын

    The baby was so cute!!!! That I melted!

  • @Quasihamster

    @Quasihamster

    6 жыл бұрын

    WTF? It's just a goddamn baby...

  • @pedrojunker6621
    @pedrojunker66217 жыл бұрын

    Sehr gutes Video! Ich bin Deutschlehrer in Argentinien und werde dein material anwenden! Super expressiv!

  • @alejandraperez9200
    @alejandraperez92006 жыл бұрын

    Totally funny! I laughed so much and it was helpful. I just loved the video!! PS. I am a learning german in C1 level :D Vielen Dank!!

  • @morozco1649
    @morozco16497 жыл бұрын

    I learned German since high school. To pronounce ö and ü, I have always used a little /r/ sound, to which some Tild me I was wrong. You proved me right! Thanks, Trixie.

  • @blankpage111
    @blankpage1118 жыл бұрын

    Trixi! Your videos are very informative and funny! Thank you! Would you please make a video on explicit German words with little additional info what NOT to say in public at all?

  • @DocKotoga
    @DocKotoga8 жыл бұрын

    Unglaublich ... ich finds sehr schön, dass du ne amtliche Macke hast, bitte nicht ändern! Ich hab lange nicht mehr so sehr bei nem Video gefeiert und der Daumen war schon bei der hälfte des Videos oben. Ich werd dann mal losgehen und Zwerchfell wieder lockern .... :D

  • @ichbinderrizal
    @ichbinderrizal7 жыл бұрын

    Danke sehr Trixie. You are awesome!

  • @lospamuk
    @lospamuk Жыл бұрын

    My god, you are so funny and informative at the same time! Thanks

  • @edwincruz9644
    @edwincruz96447 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video! You helped me pass my exam

  • @jfpacheco1998
    @jfpacheco19988 жыл бұрын

    When I was learning German, I had a friend that said that umlaut meant large, like this letters should be pronounced longer than usual, he also said that he had an umlaut you know what, then after the second lesson in German he learnt that he was actually wrong

  • @songphil1376
    @songphil13762 жыл бұрын

    It had been difficult for me to tell the difference between o and u umlaut until I can hear them one right after another on your clip, then I can see the clear differences, Thanks!

  • @schoggywoggy9986
    @schoggywoggy99867 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for this!!! I have plans to go to Germany and I know words and everything but I just simply couldn't pronounce umlauts. Thank you so much!

  • @harmeetsachdev4662
    @harmeetsachdev466210 ай бұрын

    I love your videos , I don't know how to speak lots of German but you have helped me a lot

  • @joshuakutti2992
    @joshuakutti29928 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video! helpful stuff You're creative! thanks :D

  • @mcpearman
    @mcpearman7 жыл бұрын

    I love this video.... Very well done. Thank you

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