omg yes!! the schmetterling thing annoys me so much because duh of course it sounds harsh if you shout like a dictator 🥲
2026-09-21 18:20:19
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Kathi Germany :
I worked with a group of people from all over the world for a while. One of them once said: “When Germans say ‘goodbye,’ they sing opera.” One person starts in a normal voice: “Tschüss !” The next person goes a few notes higher: “Thschühüss.” 🎵And everyone after that goes a few notes higher still: “Tschühüss, tschühüss, tschühüss.” 🎵🎶🎵😂
2026-09-20 16:30:47
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LadyAnne1995 :
the thing is most people that don't live in a german speaking region or a neighboring region to germany only have WW2 speeches or comedic parodies of said speeches as reference. And thats not how German sounded at any point in time. Its a sound that was kinda unique to nazi propaganda speeches combined with the audio technology of that time.
2026-09-20 11:44:40
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Rina :
Any language will sound harsh if the stereotype in your head is of people yelling haha
2026-09-21 14:15:21
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iwantvodka :
My hubby was an extra in Maxton Hall. The security guy at the ball in season one with the bun - that's my guy
2026-09-20 17:54:00
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Marco 🅰️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🇩🇪 :
And even in the parodies they have to shout the word schmetterling, otherwise you would hear the melody
2026-09-20 12:25:43
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haussi2 :
"Tschüssiiii". 🤗
2026-09-21 08:56:18
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Nicole Seifert 🇩🇪 :
As a German...thank you! ❤️
2026-09-20 10:56:31
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Markus Diehl (Bigdeal) :
well German is a straight honest factual difficult language with less Emotions tht their mentality they Show sympathy or Not but any language have Advantage or the Opposite speak 6 languages AS an German most of Them are less difficult even Italian IS in some regions Like they sing
2026-09-20 06:46:11
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user9093949387190 :
I also love our "Tschüssiiii" 🥰
2026-09-20 10:12:16
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stephanie :
When people abroad asked me to say sth in German, they are always like 'oh you're pronouncing it so softly' and I'm always tell them that's just how people actually speak 😅 I get that the grammar is a nightmare to learn if your native language is not similar in that way, but the sound is not that bad. It's not French or Italian, but it's not awful.
2026-09-20 13:12:22
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GiliVanilli :
It has a lot to do with conditioning. If you constantly hear that it sounds harsh and all villains have a German accent, your brain connects that.
2026-09-21 10:10:39
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Danushka888 :
Höre ich gern ❤️unsere Sprache ist wirklich schön und wenn man sie wirklich kann, kann man wundervolle Wortspiele damit machen 😂
2026-09-20 09:44:55
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Dani :
I just love german so much its such a beautiful poetic and also funny language especially as a gen z haha and i love german music and how u can make the language sound so different each time with different type of songs!
2026-09-20 22:47:42
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thedaughterofthewind :
yes they always MAKE it sound harsh but it’s one if the most beautiful and versatile languages, we have SO MANY WORDS too you can express yourself so beautifully in it
2026-09-21 20:04:51
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Rebecca P. :
We have so many cute and even funny words. The world‘s just doing us wrong 😭😅
2026-09-22 05:49:28
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practice german :
Schön zu hören ☺️
2026-09-19 17:37:52
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sum5l :
yeah we're not as shouty as the world seems to think. Most of us are quite softly spoken IMO. And subtly friendly, too. Just not loud about it.
2026-09-21 20:52:03
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saskewoo :
Well, in movies etc. they usually make it purposefully harsh. Because yk, the Germans in movies tend to be the bad guys 🙃
2026-09-22 08:01:02
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jumptheysay :
wie süß ☺️danke dir für so ein liebes reflektiertes Feedback!
Grüße aus Deutschland ☀️❤️
2026-09-21 12:25:55
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emel(mx+c) :
This is so cool to see as a German that has been learning English with your videos for so long 😂
2026-09-19 16:45:59
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1_of.one :
the land of poets and thinkers 🤍❤️
2026-09-21 12:46:47
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MiMa :
It depends which dialect someone speaks, it can be VERY different 😄
2026-09-20 12:56:21
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