What do you think German sounds like?
Do you consider it a beautiful language?
Just ugly.
>>52047715
Why is that?
>>52047641
Sounds very angry and commanding, but I speak german myself so I'm probably biased.
>>52047715
This 2bh, no memes. It sounds too harsh
it's a very well strucktured language, perfect for work and philosophy
it's bad for emotions and art though
yes, it's a a beautiful language to me. it sounds very clean and annunciated.
When spoken by women makes my d hard, when spoken by men it sounds like a language for jerks.
My cousin speaks German but when she's with her husband she says that she only speaks in Portuguese and ask him to do so 'cos when he is speaking in German he is an asshole
Also, /r/ some German 52035081
There isn't just "german". Everybody speaks with dialect which can sound completely different from one another.
Harsh
Still better than our "gay" language
>>52048125
how standard is hochdeutsch?
>>52047641
Istchshtchstechechetsf ach ob wechdehtch stfchch uder
Basically this.
German is beautiful when sung, I think it's a nice sounding language
>>52048232
I don't think anybody actually speaks it. Even if there are regions where you could think they do, there a always little things that make it different from Hochdeutsch.
>>52048399
I prefer Swedish to be fair. German is way too emotionless and strict. Swedish is the perfect substitute
>>52048399
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqtZ_c3cyhE
Case in point
>>52047641
sounds like you are clearing your throat
I like it
shame it's going extinct
>>52047641
God no.
>ACH ACHRIKRSTCHEIN EINSTRUNEN !!!
Harsh, but badass, I really like it
>>52048550
>>52048587
I bet the only german you've ever heard is from speeches given by Hitler.
>>52048507
Do you speak swedish? Sure, Swedish is beautiful too but with German I think it's the fact that I can just barely understand it that makes it more beautiful.
>>52048647
but that's where german shines
I like it. I start learning it next semester and chose it over French and Spanish (more choices but none that offer basic up to intermediate).
Any advice for learning it? English is my native and only language.
>>52048952
German is a language like a law code, you have an awful lot of rules, UNLESS there is some exception or twist, in which case you have to use one of the exceptional forms.
And, you guessed it, there's also one hell of a lot of these.
>>52048647
i fear he only heard "german" in US films
>>52047641
Yes sounds manly
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0I20uTdPBuW
You have to say "In dichtem Fichtendickicht".
We will never speak pig latin thanks to the sacrifice of our people. You may mock it all you want, but you will never have our spirit and patriotism. Your morale is pathetic in comparison with us.
>>52047641
german sounds beautifuly strong.
Except the Swiss German, it's terrible.
Like barking.
>>52049570
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0aaTDNUSy4x
Yes, mainly how it's structured. It's considered the language of thought, since some compound words are short, while their English versions require a longer explanation.
totschwiegen in English is the act of keeping something secret under wraps until the very idea of it dies.
Forgot the entire word (Kadaver- ) but it was the act of being so loyal to someone that you still follow them after their death.
Just super interesting, since so much German literature isn't artsy in its diction like English or Latin languages, but rather the thought behind the words.
In my opinion German is a beautiful language. Polish is disgusting
German is beautiful. I don't get why people insist on calling it ugly and harsh while insisting that French or Spanish are beautiful and sexy when they pretty much have the same amount of gluttural sounds.
>>52047641
It is beautiful, even though it has to be pronounced correctly in order to sound so.
But Swiss German? That's another story.
>>52050624
t. Adam Michnik
>>52047641
Angry consonants
>>52050826
There is not one person who would say that Polish sounds better than German
>>52050865
I am. Checkmate.
>>52050865
here second one.
>>52050865
Just die you fucking faggot.
>>52048647
Don't think I've ever heard the man speak without ominous music in the background.
But I get an earful from every kraut I kill. You guys sure are chatty.
>>52050891
>>52050908
>>52050903
Pszpszpszpsz kurwa
>>52050865
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo0Hsx-yHiI
Of course yddish is better than Polish.
>>52047641
German grammar should be dragged out back and shot. Apart from that, is good language. It can into compound words and ordnung and doesn't afraid of anything, especially when spoken by fair maidens such as Kadsenmilch :3
https://youtu.be/qtjn37Qhol8
>>52047641
i use to be afraid of germans desu, they seemed devoid of emotions to me
I don't really care for Platt or Allemannisch, but in general I do quite enjoy the language.
>>52051143
having emotions is considered childish here.
I like it.
I love the way it sounds, but I might just be biased since I'm learning it. Most people hate it though, my brother jokes about how it should be illegal for Germans to sing,
>>52050287
It's lovely, German-friend
>>52050991
>ruskie bydło
disgusting
i generally like germany and germans but the language is awful
>>52051143
Go to a bar and they're pretty normal. They just seem autistic because they're so damn direct.
>>52051285
>i generally like germany and germans
>>52051313
w niemcach nie ma nic złego
>>52050998
>sex
>geschlechtsverkehr
is this for real?
HANDE HOCH, KURWY
I liked German before I actually went there.
>MOIN MOIN MOIN MOIN MOIN MIN
>WOHIN GENAU HAHAHA ABER DU SPRICHST NICHT SO GUT
fuck offffffff
>>52051441
Yes, but that is the counterpart to "sexual intercourses" in English. Germans use "sex" like everyone else.
Geschlechtsverkehr means "gender traffic" if translated literally by the way.
>>52051391
>10 eurocentów zostało wpłacone na twoje konto
>>52051498
ein zwei polizei
drei vier grenadier
das gut mundeloch
hände hoch
hände hoch
Everything in German sounds so cool and badass. Germans are like super heroes to me especially Adolf Hitler
>>52051516
ah i get it know, thanks
not really
it sounds angry
>SCHWEIN SCHWEIN SCHWEIN UBER RAUS GEGEN GESHÄFT
>German 'language'
But how does it sound to me?
... Like deutsch, can be harsh if spoken harshly, can be soft in a poetry, can be vulgar if you swearing, can also be funny if you tell a joke.
>>52047641
Sounds like a very structured language.
I think it's a beautiful language. It sounds and looks more natural than Spanish
>>52051736
Ha ha nice roleplaying as countries
>>52051707
nice meme
As an American with German residency that is currently on vacation in America, I think German is much nicer to hear than English. German flows much better than English and the German accent is also very nice to hear. Currently at the B2 level, hopefully I achieve fluency soon!
>>52051765
It's a germanic language just like anglosaxon. That is why.
>>52052690
>tfw my language was ruined by the French
>>52047641
>What do you think German sounds like?
Strange English if that makes sense
>Do you consider it a beautiful language?
Yes,the qt German research student used to curse in German
all the time when her gels came out shitty.
>>52053008
Do not worry, cultural enrichment is on its way.
>>52053008
pic rel.
>>52053116
oy vey, delet
>>52053008
It was my pleasure. :^)
>>52047641
Yes. I've been wanting to learn German for a while now. I think I might be obsessed with Germany.
Most dialects sound nice to me. Swiss german sounds like you're choking on cocks.
>>52053008
>ruined
You mean enriched. English's fuckhuge lexicon is owed directly to the fact that the British Isles were constantly being invaded and raped by foreigners for all history before the year 1066. We have the cocks of Lucius and Pierre to thank directly for the tremendous range of expression which coalesced to comprise the works of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, &c.
SCHLIEKEN SHPLEKEN VAS DER VOYTZ HWURST STROMMEN. VIGA VEGEN WAS DER HURTZ VOSTROMMEN VIR HAGEN. VAS NUN. DOITCHES STROM KRIEG BLUTZ. DER HERR GER DOITSCHEST VOSTROM KRIEG HEGAN BLOOTZ. HER FURER. GE FLEIGEN SHPLIEGEN VOOS. GESUNDHEIT.
>>52053625
>wanting French influence
Fuck off
I actually like this German song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngn5Hos5Bsk
>>52047641
It's a horrible, hideous language
>>52053299
Schweiz Deutsch ist kein Deutsch
Sächsisch, Bayerish, Schwäbisch and whatever they speak in Switzerland sound silly as fuck desu
I don't like Eastern German Dialects. Bavarian and whatever they speak out west is nice.
>>52047641
I like it, too bad it'll become an extinct language in my lifetime.
>>52054209
Its called Swiss-German
Swabians speak Swabian
Bavarians speak Bavarian
Saxons speak Saxon
There is nothing silly with that weird Swede who speaks Swedish.
>>52048422
>>52048232
I've heard Hochdeutsch and Scots English have some similarities.
>>52047641
its ok but i hate its grammar
I think it's an awkward language to hear people try to sing in
more stern than us, although their g is much softer
it sounds distinguished and intelligent, but not really beautiful.
Is this why Germans are always perceived as being angry or ornery?
It's okay, a little goofy. Somehow it makes guys sound girly and makes girls sound butch.
>>52048232
Is very widely spread. Of course there is some admixture of local dialects but 95% of people can speak hochdeutsch very well especially younger people.
Also it depends a lot on context, like you wouldn't use dialect when talking to an international student, or when giving a presentation, or even talking to people from different parts of the country but within a group of friends who speak the same dialect you might.
>>52053786
Man she's pathetic
I'd just laugh and take the other stairs down to kick him in the balls when he lets his guard down
I think it sounds a bit gay. Literally, as in I want to have homosexual sex with you gay. Although some dialects don't have that gayness to them.
Sounds cute :3c
>>52054480
>you wouldn't use dialect when talking to an international student, or when giving a presentation, or even talking to people from different parts of the country but within a group of friends who speak the same dialect you might.
That's sounds a lot like an accent or slang.
Naw I know down where I live. Folks tawlk laike this. We got a bit of slangggg and it's enjoyaaable, but when we head out of state, we dial it down.
>>52054307
Correct, there's nothing silly with them speaking their respective dialects. The dialects themselves though..
Don't know much about the language but German surnames sure are cool as fuck.
there is no softness at all in the language, seems like they're screaming all the time, just like japanese
>>52050951
Rest in peace, random Nazi. One of his vital organs got shot off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C5pZGnxL2w
>>52047641
German sounds like someone talking to me on the phone while eating corn flakes
>>52054209
>Sächsisch,..., sound silly as fuck desu
>>52054269
>I don't like Eastern German Dialects
'sgladschdglei
>>52048422
Only because YOU are unable to speak without your faggy little dialect
>>52048232
Hochdeutsch is the standard and spoken by the majority in professional conversation
>>52047641
It only sounded cool during Hitler speeches, but hearing Germans speak it on their daily lives it sounds horrible. Like someone garbling with a potato.
It's ugly and guttural.
The Romance Languages are beautiful.
>>52050552
I think you mean kadavergehorsam, which has a different meaning though. It means blind or slavish obedience. You give yourself to somebody as if you yourself "were only a cadaver so that the other side can do what they want with you", "perinde ac si cadaver essent"
>>52057364
>t.mexican
Hochdeutsch sounds really nice
I wish I could trade speaking french for german 2bh family
>>52047641
Not exactly beautiful but nice enough
>>52047641
ich denke dass Deustch eine wonderbar Sprache sein.
>>52054368
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7DrJTCF-FA
>>52057364
>>52058053
not mexican but i agree with him, german is incredibly primitive sounding. it sounds like peasant talk.
>>52047641
even finnish is prettier
I wouldn't say it's always beautiful but it can be. I generally like how it sounds though.
I think Dylan Moran described it best as: "typewriters eating tinfoil being thrown down a stairs".
>>52047641
the second most beautiful language on Earth (after French)
It can be beautiful on some people
https://youtu.be/x69mB94G4_Y?t=59
By far the most beautiful language ever
>>52047854
This
>>52047854
>it's bad for emotions and art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf4UNJqv_-A
I'm not sure I would describe it as beautiful, but it feels very intuitive and efficient
Pretty mid-tier tbeh. Not really ugly, but not really beautiful too.
I used to find it ugly then I have heard Dutch and finally its not that bad
dog noises
barking whining etc
>>52065299
i never got a feel for what gender a random noun is, nothing intuitive there. which lead me to butchering sentences with wrong articles everywhere
tbf my language also has gendered nouns.
It's brutal and archaical, just like polish to slav group.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH8NHx76ep0
Deutch to English just like Polish to Slovenian
more brutal and archaical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-17GK1l2jSs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaDyns16k0A
>>52047641
so regular language, that I can easily study German :)
Regelmaessig
is Dutch language jus like dialect of Low German?
>>52057206
This, at least in the bigger cities
>>52047641
Sounds like this.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e71H7p3VsBA
>>52056646
>>52057206
>>52069291
No faggots, even if most people speak something very similar to Hochdeutsch there are deviations everywhere.
It sounds cool when spoken by Adolf Hitler. Spoken by anyone else it sounds gay.
It's a nice language, very clear in pronounciation and despite somewhat complex grammar very logical and very Germanic. Overall 10/10 language.
>>52047641
German sounds like a typewriter, wrapped in tinfoil, being thrown down some stairs.
>>52047641
harsh, commanding, serious and precise
>>52051557
>60 groszy za post
dej namiar do agencji, chętnie sobie dorobie na 4szonie i innych miejsach
It sounds like if Hitler sentenced you to death every time you hear it.
>Schmetterling
>>52047641
Depend of the accent, I love the Austrian accent
>>52047641
Like a horse
Neigh
>>52047641
I'm not a fluent speaker, I like German.
At work me and a co-worker use it when somebody tries to joins our conversation.
We say, ''Deutsch sprechen!'', when somebody approaches. I have many colleagues that are not from Europe.
Why do people always say german is law-like and well structured? It's a language full of exceptions and things that make no sense
>>52047641
>What do you think German sounds like?
war war war war war
>Do you consider it a beautiful language?
Sometimes.
>mfw I took Spanish rather than German in school
Kill me pls
>>52073442
Funnily, "Schmetterling" is closer to "Butterfly" in meaning than many other german words compared to their english counterparts.
It comes from "schmetten" which was a mid-german word for fat creme and comes from the assumption that witches transformed into butterflies to steal all the milk and cheese
ITT People projecting German stereotypes on the language
To all who think German sounds harsh and rough U have two arguments:
1. Foreigners who speak it, usually put a lot of emphasis on the vocals and the Ch and R because they think its supposed to sounds harsh. Therefore non-natives usually sound much much harsher talking German than actual Germans
2. German did not evolve to be a precise harsh and militaric language. This idea only developed during the late 19th century due to the German empire and ongoing Prussian militarism and propaganda against the harsh barbaric hunn. Before the middle of the 9th century, German was seen as the language of the thinker and poet.
Beautiful and strong language with lots of heart.
>>52075723
*middle of the 19th century
of course
It feels firm and interesting
>>52075723
THANK YOU
I just don't get why so many people think german is that orderly and harsh. Of course it's not as soft as Italian, but Spanish, French etc. also have many rough and hard sounds. German actually is a very romantic and poetic language with lots of words with beautiful meanings that other languages don't have.
german is more fitting than english for literature
>>52047641
Ich weiß nicht wie ich es beschreiben soll. Ich mag die schriftliche Sprache sehr und das mündliche Sprache klingt okay (ich verweise an Hochdeutsch).
Deutsch hat ja viele unterschiedliche Dialekte und einige von ihnen klingen besser als die anderen.
Die Grammatik ist logischer als die norwegische und die englische. Habe keine besonderen Ausnahmen gefunden, während ich die Sprache gelernt habe. Norwegisch hat mehr von denen.
