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It always makes me laugh that Americans make fun of how we pronounce words like Adidas in Australia but they are actually the ones saying it wrong and we have it right!!
We say it the same was as Australia in the UK (the correct German way)
I once had an american in the comments explain to me, a german, how Porsche is pronounced, because he's been told by the "Headquarters in LA" how to pronounce it.
it was , of course, still wrong.
But sure, strange dude on the internet, explan to me how my language works.
Lol
Yeah it is funny even when Americans can't fully decide how to pronounce Nike (which is an american brand) Some say Ni-kee while others are just Nike (like bike or the name Mike) If they can't even work out how to pronounce their own companies names, they shouldn't laugh or lecture people who pronounce foreign company names different to them.
Adolf was once a normal German name… my Grandfathers name was Adolf and I loved him very much ❤
Yeah right? People really seem to forget (or in the case of most Americans simply not bother) that it was a really common name before the one who ruined it. In the generation of our great-grandparents, there are so many Adolfs. ^^
My Fathers and Grandfathers name was Adolf too
Adolf was very common indeed. There are still a lot of streets called Adolfstraße. But nobody naming their son Adolf anymore. Except some crazy traditional people giving it as the middle name after the newborn's godfather who was named after the WW2 KIA relative (something like that I heard off).. but it's like the rarest first name although there are people with Adolf as the last name which you can't change easily in Germany
i have no problems with persons who calls ADOLF, in sweden allways uesed this name. the germans are crazy and it is a nice name. RUDOLF, equal, Rudolf Hess, he was a famous LUFTWAFFE PILOT in first Worldwar and the second leader in 3. REICH. The name should be normal. In the BUNDESLIGA, there is a TRAINER with name Adolf, he called himself Adi. You will be stronger in your life, if your name is ADOLF, i had no problem.
Its sad that many people just hate this name because of Hitler
Fun fact about Lufthansa (not mentioned in the video): it's a compound word of Luft (=Air) and Hansa, referring to the Hanseatic League (short: Hanse). The German Hanse was a medieval commercial confederation of guilds between the 12th and 15th centuries and some of the richest people of their time where part of it
To quote Wikipedia:
_The Hanseatic League (/ˌhænsiˈætɪk/; Middle Low German: Hanse, Düdesche Hanse, Hansa; Modern German: Deutsche Hanse; Dutch: Hanze; Latin: Hansa Teutonica)[3] was a medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German towns in the late 12th century, the League between the 13th and 15th centuries ultimately encompassed nearly 200 settlements, across seven modern-day countries ranging from Estonia in the north and east to the Netherlands in the west and Kraków, Poland, in the south.[4]_
[...]
_Etymology_
_Hanse is the Old High German word for a band or troop.[7] This word was applied to bands of merchants traveling between the Hanseatic cities - whether by land or by sea.[8] Hanse in Middle Low German came to mean a society of merchants or a trader guild.[9] That it originally meant An-See, or "on the sea", is incorrect.[10]: 145_
@@KaiHenningsen 13th century? i have to check :D
In the tourism industry we also call it Hans Luft, as if it was just a regular German name.
@@BennoWitter if someone said Hans Luft I would probably think about Hanns Guck-in-die-Luft 😊
Another Fun fact: the Hanse grew so powerful, they even went to war with Denmark two times. First time because Eric the VII. started to work with England and thus started to oppose the trading monopoly the Hanse had at that time. The second time they thought it would be funny to partake in the war between Denmark and Sweden (mostly out of grime for the first war that happened roughly 70 years earlier).
And the adidas story even gets to another level. They both are located in a very small town of Herzogenaurach, which even got split into 2 rivaling halfs too by the two manufactures even extended to personal rivalries in families.
I had an Adidas tracksuit in the 1970s (Australia) and we pronounced it how the Germans say it. When my kids were older in the 90s they laughed at me for saying it wrong because it somehow changed to American while I wasn't paying attention.
We obviously have a mixture of American and German pronunciations after watching this.
Never heard an aussie say it like in the US...maybe the kids you heard are watching too much US tv shows, snapchat, tictok and youtube nd have mimicked it?
I've always pronounced it the German way here in Australia and always cringe when I hear the American pronunciation.
In the UK we say it the German way. I have heard it said the American way but only by a couple of youngsters.
@@stevenbalekic5683 it was my kids. No tik tok, facebook or even internet in our house then.
I assumed it was just another influence that American movies had on Australia in general, lol
I've never heard any Aussie saying it the America way I've only ever the correct German pronunciation...
It's always fun to see Americans realise that some products they thought were theirs actually aren't 😂 I was lucky enough to be born in Germany when my dad was in the Army, so I've had the whole 'schooling' whenever we went to Aldi lol Over and over and over and over... haha I'm impressed most of the brands I pronounce correctly, albeit without the twang or accent. This just solves a very old argument with siblings and friends about how to pronounce Adidas, another good star for me! 😂🤣💖
MOST GERMAN COMPANY ARE ON STOCK EXCHANGE AND OWNER ARE MOSTLY ANGLOAMERICANS. THE CULTURE OF STOCKS IN GERMANY IS SMAL, MOST GERMANYS DON´T LIKE THE STOCKEXCHANGE.
It's interesting that in Britain we tend to pronounce most of these much closer to the original German than American English speakers do.
Well, we can't even speak English properly
just think about saxony and anglo-saxony... the old englisch and the old german from saxony is kind of a "family". You can find words that are written and pronounced in a similar way. So it doesnt surprise that some words are the "same"
@@silvioheinz7263 English is a Germanic language. Here are some cognates.
English German
alphabet Alphabet
altar Altar
angst Angst
anorak Anorak
April April
arm Arm
August August
baby Baby
ball Ball
ballet Ballett
band Band
bank Bank (Geldinstitut)
basketball Basketball
bitter bitter
blind blind
blitzkrieg Blitzkrieg
blond blond
boss Boss
bring bringen (mitbringen)
bus Bus
butter Butter
chance Chance
code Code
computer Computer
cousin Cousin
dessert Dessert
doppelganger Doppelgänger
drama Drama
edition Edition
elegant elegant
experiment Experiment
extra extra
fair fair
fan Fan
film Film
find finden
finger Finger
firm Firma
fit fit
frost Frost
function Funktion
gas Gas
generation Generation
gesundheit Gesundheit!
glockenspiel Glockenspiel
gold Gold
golf Golf
hammer Hammer
hand Hand
hinterland Hinterland
hotel Hotel
hunger Hunger
ideal ideal
illusion Illusion
instrument Instrument
intelligent intelligent
jeans Jeans
kindergarten, pre-school Kindergarten
kitsch Kitsch
material Material
mental mental
mild mild
minus minus
minute Minute
modern modern
moment Moment
monument Monument
museum Museum
name Name
nation Nation
national national
nest Nest
neutral neutral
normal normal
November November
optimal optimal
orange Orange
oval oval
pack packen
parallel parallel
partner Partner
party Party
person Person
pilot Pilot
planet Planet
plus plus
pony Pony
post Post
pudding Pudding
pullover Pullover
radio Radio
regional regional
relevant relevant
rest Rest
ring Ring
ring finger Ringfinger
rose Rose
rucksack Rucksack
sand Sand
sauerkraut Sauerkraut
September September
ski Ski
sofa Sofa
spray Spray
stollen Stollen
stress Stress
talent Talent
taxi Taxi
team Team
test Test
text Text
tiger Tiger
toast Toast
toilet Toilette
tolerant tolerant
trainer Trainer
transparent transparent
uniform Uniform
vase Vase
video Video
volleyball Volleyball
waldsterben Waldsterben
warm warm
weltanschauung Weltanschauung
wild wild
wind Wind
winter Winter
wolf Wolf
zebra Zebra
zeitgeist Zeitgeist
@@charleymount582 most of these examples have a latin origin. No wonder they are similar 🙂 and alphabet is from greek
@@luisemuller4992 really? Which ones are Latin based?
Additional fun fact: The international headquarters of Adidas and Puma are in the same city, a few hundred meters apart. If you look out of the top windows of one building, you can see the other company's hq.
Surprisingly Hans Riegel did not have a brother to fight with... So no alternative gummy bears from his brothers company.
Maybe he had and kept it secret?
He was fighting a troll instead so the fiercest german competitor became trolly
@@ulrichhille5241 Maybe there was a borther no one ever knows..... ever wondered where the taste of 'Gummibärchen' came from :D
maybe he killed his avil twin
in childehood?
Fun (?) fact... The Haribo sweets sold in the US are *NOT* produced in Germany.
The US-sold Haribo candies taste WAY different (and WAY WORSE!) and are also produced in Turkey instead.
It's almost a difference like night and day.
I was quite surprised (and not in a good way) when I learned that during my time in Florida.
Great video by both of you - one thing I note about her is that she keeps saying "in English", but in fairness she's really talking about American English (understandable as she lives in the USA) and the British English pronunciation of German brands is much closer to the German in most cases.
In the UK, we tend to pronounce most of these about half way between the original German and the American distruction of the English language. Many younger people here have started using American pronounciations which drives me loopy!!!
German > *old Ænglish* > *Æmerican*
This is the core root of this languages.
> Latin was *forced* in over the church, on both sides German & Ænglish. Which (the church) is also main reason of lose of knowledge how we all, North to Germany/Austria/Swizz (even partly France) right over to Ængland, are all *bound* by culture. So far we could even say Sisters & Brothers. No realy lit. absolut true.
>> It is fantastic to explore *old german* comparing it to *old english* ...
Deer ~ Tier in german, while in old english had the saaaame meaning as well, which was "small deer = small creatures" not a specific one. Just like Tier does today.
Day ~ Tag
Dæy ~ Tæg
Dæg ~ Tæg
Þæg ~ Tæg
Þ = Rune mostly for standing for *" th"* but also for T smt!
Letter comes from german *"Buchsta(e)be"*
• Shortly, Æ and æ is still in german Ä and ä, allowed to write out as Ae or ae, so we can see the root of it to this day Æ or æ.
*Buchsta(e)be,* consists off 2 words, *BOUND,*
*(die) Buche + sta(e)be (stäbe/stæbe!)*
_(the) Beech + stick(s)_
>> the beech is the most common EU tree typ, in which germanics, cut same lenght *sticks,* carved in *Rune-Letters* which were then thrown to read the oracle, to get:
*the meaning of smt!*
= _(Rune-)_ Letter ~ Buchsta(e)be
*• Why are so many "multi" bound words in german??*
_You may NOW can already guess it right:_
*German Language to this day uses *Rune-Binding.*
_But Why?_
Similar to Math!
3+1+7= *11*
>> Each number has its own meaning.
>> combined getting a NEW *meaning of smt!*
>> 2ndly, _"How you came to it"_ = *traceability (Rückverfolgbarkeit).
...
We have so much in common, we differ less than otherwise.
Ænglish is like a german _Slang-Dialect._
>> Diale(c)t ~ Diale(k)t
We can switch for exc. english word ending *Y* with *G* to get the german word!
>> many simple switches in *"letters"* _(runes)_ to get either sides context of word *without* truely knowing the other sides language!
Fantastic to explore!
Greetings from Stuttgart/Germany
Quite so! I'd even say much closer to the German pronunciation altogether, rather than the American versions.
In South Africa we pronounce them very much like the German.
@@ryanbotha9775 yup, Germany had colonies in southern africa in their dark history. The army left but their pronounciation is still present
Joel, one of your aussie viewers here
In Australia we pronounce Adidas basically same as German way
btw in regards to Aldi that supermarket chain opened up here back in 2001
There actually also has been a family fight between Porsche and VW.
Great video loved it, In Australia, we pronounce most of those the same way as the Germans do.
Yes we do 🙌
Agreed 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
imagine saying Haribo the same way as the germans
@@the_real_one4456 I do, from Bergen, Norway, we have the same r's as germans 😇
Agreed, pronunciation is going to vary from country to country, no doubt, and no skin off my nose. Languages just differ in how letters are pronounced.
However, for purposes of communication among different speakers it also shouldn't come as a surprise when native speakers of a company's name or products may be a bit confused when encountering these names in other languages. At least for the first few times. You know, with some you can guess what the person was talking about, but in some cases the difference is so great that a complete failure to communicate may (!) occur.
In Finland, as our language is rather unique, we need to start learning foreign languages at an early age. Germanic languages, like English, Swedish and German are often on top of our lists. Just about everyone speaks English here (and we all claim how poor our skills are), Swedish is because of our dear western neighbour (and as Finland's second official language) and Germany was our biggest trading partner once. Still, it slows down one's Finnish speech so much to pronounce all three of them correctly that it is easier to speak each language as such. We even earlier made Finnish words from foreign ones, but not now. Btw., English speakers talk much quicker than e.g. Finnish speakers, so maybe keep that in mind when abroad. Also, been to Munich myself earlier and it was so much fun I still wish I was back there. Go Englischer Garten!
I guess there are a lot of brands that one does not automatically associate with Germany or immigrants from Germany, but there are countless others, Telekom, DHL, Fanta, Levis, Hugo Boss, Siemens, BASF, Bayer, xxx
DHL was founded in the US and later bought by Deutsch Post if I got my facts straight.
@@bildfluss Had to double-check that, but you are correct! Interesting fact :)
Also Würth
Levi's was founded by the German Löb Strauß (Levi Strauss). But he has done it in the USA. So it is not really a German brand.
Also BOSCH, Märklin, Fischer...
Adolf (sometimes also spelled Adolph) used to be a super common german first name for centuries. So naturally some famous people used to go by it. It's only after ww2 that the name fell out of fashion for some reason.
Weird how that works, that the name 'George' didn't fall out of fashion in USA.
@@MrLogo73 weird indeed since I have never heard about a Gerorge who started a world war and murdered 6 million jews... 🤷♂️
Alexander, Napoleon, djingis and other emperors of the World never had this ban of names even though their Acts of War were fairly similar given their timeperiods and their availability of kinds of weapons. Even the jewish Population had troubles in many occassions.
Yet ofc.. ww2 was the most brutal war so far due to all the new ways to kill.
@@MrLogo73 what would be the reason to get rid of george?
@@ForumcoldiArchon there is no ban for the name. If you want to make sure your kid is hated in school and ever after, you can name it Adolf as long as there's no indication you're doing it out of political motive.
How is it that us Aussies with our "thick" accent pronounce most of these correctly?
BAHAHAHAH i kno right
Nouns and Ads that pronounce the company names correclty.
i admire her for correctly switching the languages... so when she talks english and needs german words, she speaks and pronounces it german, when i do that, switching fast, i take the soft or rolling R often in the german word... so i have to repeat it often... ;-P
It's hilarious how Americans pronounce Drumpf.
She left out the best part about aidas and puma. Their company headquarters are right next to each other and were the inspiration for the twix commercial.
I love how you educate yourself and open your mind to the world. As you said before, many Americans live in their own bubble which makes them very narrow minded! Good for you!!! As a German I really like your videos and reactions.
Might be that a lot of Americans live in a continent rather than only in a country. Americans don't know the difference between Switzerland and Swaziland. Germans don't know the difference between Mali and Malawi.
Adolf Dassler is credited with significantly contributing to the German teams first ever Football (soccer) World Cup Win in Bern in 1954. He was part of the teams support staff, responsible for their shoes. He had developed shoes with changeable spikes (cleats I think?) under them, so you could easily and quickly adapt your shoe to the weather condition. So the Hungarian team slipped and slid around the pitch, while the German's had far better footing and could beat Hungary in the end, despite them being the clear favourite.
For the first time in my 50 years of life I now know what BMW stands for. 😁
With Adidas in the U.K. I’ve hear both pronunciations.
While Feli translated BMW as Bavarian Enginge Works you could say as well Bavarian Motor Works. Than it is easier to remember what BMW stands for.
Hey I'm Australian and in a video I'm sure you laughed at how we say Adidas and we were saying it right haha
Ok so if you REALLY want to know what we created you need to look at the bigger stuff, that literally changed the world: printing, the car, computers and so on
- Letterpress printing -Johannes Gutenberg 1440
- Beer, by Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria 1516
- Homeopathy - invented by Samuel Hahnemann 1797
- Light bulb - Heinrich Göbel 1854
- Telephone invented by Johann Philipp Reis 1859
- Periodic table worked out by Lothar Meyer 1864
- Dynamo and tram invented by Werner von Siemens 1866
- Motorbike and automobile by Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz 1885
- X-rays - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen 1895
- Theory of relativity created by Albert Einstein 1915
- 35 mm camera - Oskar Barnack 1925
- Television - Manfred von Ardenne 1930
- Nuclear fission and the atomic bomb - Otto Hahn 1938
- Computer - Konrad Zuse 1941
- Chip card - Jürgen Dethloff and Helmut Gröttrup 1969
- MP3 format - Fraunhofer Institute 1988
and more :D
Krass
Wenn man die reichlich vielen Anmaßungen und Fehler rausstreicht, ist sie immer noch eindrucksvoll.
Always proud to tell the story that my pretty small hometown Mannheim (220k inh. - small in comparison to US cities) was the inventing city for both the car (Carl Benz - part of the brand Daimler-Benz or Mercedes-Benz) invented the very first combustion engine in downtown Mannheim before moving his works to Ladenburg (which is around 10km away from Mannheim)) and the bicycle! The predecessor of the bike was the "walking bike" called Draisine, invented by Carl Drais (originally from Karlsruhe) and driven for the first time from his apartment in downtown Mannheim to Schwetzingen (15km away). Werner von Siemens also presented the very first electical lift in Mannheim :)
Small German city - very high technical and technological aftermath for the world :)
Fabulously informative video, Joel!! Well, in Canada we only pronounce Audi, Deutsche Bank, Lufthansa, and maybe Porsche correctly, everything else just like in America. The Adidas - Puma story was fascinating. Speaking of German quality, I collect vintage Zeiss-Ikon and Rolleiflex cameras. Now there are two very interesting companies and stories. John in Canada
I can add Adidas and Nivea to your list. I'm from Québec, a francophone, and I find our pronounciation for those two brands is pretty spot on. The ''i'' sound in French and German is very similar. I found the origin stories very interesting.
@@luciebrisson5881 Merci Lucie!!
I think what confuses most people is that Germany's alphabet looks like English, but it isn't English. The words may look like English writing, but it's not English writing. The same applies for many other languages, which is why ysgrifen looks like a someone bumped the keyboard, but it's pronounced is-gree-van and means writing in Welsh, because y is i, i is ee, f is v... you get the idea.
Trivial concept, but Americans think the world revolves around them. While in fact their society is based on the criminal and poor part of European society while abusing natives and africans. I'll never understand how they can be 'proud Americans'...
Gotta love how he reacts everytime Jäger is mentioned. College days come out. Well, for us it was more of a middleschool thing. Wish she mentioned what kind of image Jägermeister had here just a few years ago. The old mans „disgusting“ drink turned absolute youth sensation by a few great marketers. Also wish she went into trader joe‘s a little bit more, especially when Aldi and trader Joe‘s cover so insanely different price ranges.
In my youth Aldi hadn't a very good reputation for kids in the youth as it was cheap and there "only those people go shopping which cannot afford other stores". Equally Adidas. There even was a mixture of those terms which was "Aldidas".
No he never tried it Officer! He was just surprised of the Ä in the name - an unknown letter.. he isnt 21 so he never tried it
Not even going into Germanys vast tool brands, or weapon brands, Art supplies, optics, chocolates and beers etc. They make a lot of really good stuff.
I love all your German related video. It is a great CZcams channel you have, but I also like the videos about Australia and you’re main CZcams channel with the UK it’s centre. Keep up the good work and have a nice day.
I instantly hope that "What a great guy!" was meant ironicaly😬😅 7:48
It's pretty surprising that in spanish we pronounce them amazingly well.
Spanish and german pronunciation is more similar than I thought it was.
Yeah for me as a german spanisch pronounciation is really easy and then I hear americans pronouns words like Hola I cringe😂
That "What a great guy..." killed me, so perfectly dry for my german brain lmfao
Glad to know us Australians pronounce most of them properly!
There she got me. Ive been eating Haribos products for 60 plus years now, and I always thought it was Danish, just like myself. 😊
Gutes Video, Feier ich ✌🏻
Loved this. As a Teutonic fan from the UK learnt so much. Always buy BMW and Miele. My day of education complete. Loved this JP
A great videeo joel... keep it up man
11:30 and in Austria we call it Hofa, don’t ask me why fr
The girl used the phrase 'English speakers', it's mostly Americans that don't abide by 'proper noun rules'.
Most educated Brits say the names properly, mostly because our adverts have the correct pronunciation.
Eg Mille - Mee-Leh
NB. Volks Wagen say Volks Wagen in UK ads, even though many know they say Folks Vagen [ peoples car ] in Germany. Vee-Double-You = Fay-Vey
ya dont forget about ur fellow aussie we also pronounce then properly and not the shitty merican way =p
"Ef" and "Vay"!
When its a Name and you pronounce it wrong its wrong 😂
You do so many videos about Germany, it's about time you came here ...
Do you think if you went into business with your brother Ben you would stay together or split up? 🤣
The channel to whose video you reacted today has some excellent content. The tour of München by Feli and her brother, when she was home on holiday, is very interesting. Btw, without seeking to be critical, are adverbs no longer used in US English? Across several channels I've observed adjectives used where in British (and E African and Aussie) English we'd use adverbs.
Funny how jp said Aussies pronounce it funny when we are closer to the proper pronunciation 😯
In Australia we pronounce most of them similar to the German way.
Yes, I did see a pattern with the innovative naming and I loved that but brothers fighting over business and property had been going on since time immemorial.
I'm totally loving this.
Please do, go into detail about people who wear Birkenstocks.
New german subscriber ✌🏻 Greetz from Germany Bro! Btw I watch the videos from Feli also 😌
"What is going on with German bothers fighting?"
Well, look up a historic map of Germany around 1750 or so... you will literally find hundreds of small kingdoms...
That was "brothers fighting" at it's best.
Seems like we took notes when reading the bible - at least the Cain and Abel part.
I’m looking forward to you discovering Switzerland! „Chuchichäschtli“
I like how you said "Germany has really put a lot forward" not at the car brands or adidas or aldi, but at Haribo gummy bears.
Klasse wieder. Ich find Dich echt spitze. Nur wer über den Tellerrand schaut, wird sehen was es als Nachtisch gibt. LOL Mach weiter so. Grüße aus dem Harz.
Fun fact about that Adidas / PUMA thing: Both Headquarters are still in the same town (Herzogenaurach), just 1.5 km apart from each other and both have their own street names, Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1 and PUMA Way 1.
Ok but we have to see a video on French brands also.
When you said „Schwarzkopf“ in 13:26 it literally sounded like „Schwanzkopf“ which translates to penishead 😂
The irony of your „How noble“-comment is utterly correct. The Volkswagen, also known as the KdF-Wagen („Kraft durch Freude) came with the promise that everybody could get one who would save 5 Reichsmark as a credit plan. „Noble“ as they were, the Nazis did take the money, did not deliver the car, but built military cars instead, amongst those the „Kübelwagen“, a 2-wheel-driven off-road-car based on Ferdinand Porsche's construction of the „Volkswagen“ - a troop transporter for WWII. Remember the VW 181? That is a similar concept, a beetle in military dress.
Besides this, there is one thing I like about us post-world-war germans, if I may express this. We care about pronunciation of foreign words-may we succeed or not. What has to be pronounced in English, we try, with every name of every person, brand or city, in any language. The french, british, american do not care about pronunciation, not even about the pronunciation of a person's name. Of course german accents can be funny, But at least, we try our best. Thus said, you'll never meet a German who pronounces the syllables of Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Mercury or the like as if they had to be pronounced like german vowels and consonants. Exception: Ford sounds identical in both languages, and Ford always has had plants in Germany. Many Germans have problems in pronouncing „Citroën“ correctly, a word you'll never hear correctly articulated out by an american. But everybody can say „Peugeot“ and „Renault“ or „Dacia“ correctly.
7:46 LIVING for this reaction. 😂
i remember going to an Oklahoman clothing store during a trip to the US, to get my daughter a sweat shirt, asking for a typical US brand. the young shop assistant recommended Adidas, pronouncing it
"Adydes" , a trendy US brand 😊... so i had to tell him, that it's a german brand pronounced Adidas, and not a good idea to buy it as a souvenir of the US - he was confused 😅
Fun facts, English is a hybrid language, with infiltrations from other languages; ie around 6% Greek, Romance/Latin 29%, Germanic 26% , Celtic/Norman/Saxon and so forth. English is constantly evolving, it is also having an affect on other languages now, as English is being inserted into other languages, when in their own language they don’t have a word for it. This stuff is so interesting. Good to note that Australia has a habit of pronouncing words the same way as the Germans.😢
French also had a huge influence. I recently looked up the French loanwords and it's insane
"How noble, what a great guy" 😂
Jägermeister is a German herbal liquer that tastes best ice-cold. It also helps with digestion after eating something heavy or greasy.😀💜
in any case. I have a small container with 36 bottles outside in the shed. It is stored there in an ice-cold place. It's especially nice when you go on cabbage rides.
Well then you have enough bottles for your next party or a cabbage trip.Have fun 🥰👍@@DJone4one
@@blondkatze3547 Das nennt man Vorglühen. Das Kampftrinken kommt erst später. That's called pre-glowing. Combat drinking comes later.
@@DJone4one Yes , many young people in Germany first pre-glowing at home with friends and then go to the disco or club to drink more and party.
It doesn't really help with digestion, that's an Aberglaube
In the uk we call Volkswagens a Veedub. Usually only in reference to the camper vans
if you are curious what was invented by 'the germans', just take a look on some of the videos to that topic.
The last 'big thing you might have heard of is mp3. The common way of 'shrinking' music about 90% without a major loss of quality.
Or printing books, which was kind of a big thing back then, before computers came up, which wre also invented by a german. The lightbub is not that famous but important. And: The telephone by Mr. P. Reis, who also give the name to it.
Another surprisingly German thing is Fanta (it was what they made in the Coca-Cola factories during the war as they could not get the usual ingredients from overseas).
I would also have added Levi's. The founder's first name was Levi and he was a German guy. His Name is pronounced Layvi
Puma is just the german word for "cougar". An animal that basically is right in the symbol of the brand, so that is a big hint that it is german origin... :D
As you pronaunced the "Mercedes", we pronounce it like that in Czech xDDD
just a small fyi that many aren't quite aware of - even though germany is a small country in area, with 84 million people it is the 19th largest country in population and by far the largest in europe, not taking into account turkey (85 million) and russia (144 million). and it has been quite populous for a long time + unlike many other large countries, all the areas have long been well developed. so that somewhat explains why many global brands were found in germany.
And in addition to that Germany can be found in the Top 4 countries rated by GDP for decades (before China took off Germany was third after USA and Japan most of the time since 1970). So it shouldn't be that surprising, that "some" of the goods aren't consumed in the country itself.
Thank you from Germany my first car was an Opel Astra G Modell hehe. But a very good car.
Harry-bo really cracked me up 😅
Hi Joel, hope you are ok. Did you know BMW list indicators or turn signal as an optional extra as most BMW drivers here in the UK don’t use them. Also the ones that do have them forget to top up the indicator fluid. 👍🏻👍🏻😉😉 I have owned 3 VW cars and a Mercedes. I knew about Adidas and Puma plus the back story. 😂🤣😂🤣 I have never heard of Birkenstock. 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I am not a great fan of ALDI. I didn’t know about HARIBO being German 😂🤣😂. Great video, Joel I think we both learnt something, but you more than me. 🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣 Have a great day and take care. 👍🏻👍🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻👌🏻👌🏻
With the index it’s the same in Hungary as well. Somehow high end Mercedes and BMW drivers think it’s an extra.
@MoreJps I you want another brand that is starting to take roots in USA... "LIDL" is currently starting strongly in the East Coast. There was almost none in France 20 years ago, now there's more than 1500 in France only, more than 12k supermarket globally. They do offer nice products at a fair price; they have their own brands which are not so substandard quality.
You may think this brand is new but... Lidl take it's root in an exotic fruits' importer founded in 1858. It really started to expand in 1972, becoming one of the main supermarket brands in Europe now. German economy is really strong. You may look at the French one, you may go for a few surprises... Especially if you look at your mass transit systems in your biggest cities... or even some of the most advanced radar your army uses.
i i hear Merc as a German i think about Mercenaries xD
I‘ve got a miele washing mashine since 10 years and its works very good! My dishwasher is from Bauknecht( German brand) and works since 1986 😂
I had seen her video before......love her.
We also have additional in Australia
Grüße aus Deutschland! Deine Videos sind cool gucken. Weiter so - macht echt Spaß😎! Viel Spaß beim Übersetzen.👍
Nice reactions! :)
You loo like a young version of German singer and actor "Oli P" (but with hairs) by the way :D
Most Mercedes, Audi and BMW are not regular cars here in Germany and Austria. They are still a huge investment in comparison to other brands. So not all social classes can afford them. But its true that you see a lot of Audi and Bmw cars in the streets.
I am sorry about your arm get well gute Besserung. I am originally a Kenyan leaving in Germany and the funny thing is i love that you are a typical German as much as you live in the US. 😅 insurance
I thought I knew everything till I found out that Adidas and Puma were created by two brothers if one family and now my entire life has been a lie.
Noble guy H XD
The sarcasm is strong
Hello Joel. I seem to be somewhere in between the two in UK, but I am old enough to have come across some of these in Germany first, so maybe I just picked up the German version before seeing it back home?
You should also do some videos about the Netherlands. But great reactions
"...her name's JELLY NECK???" 🤣
In the UK I would say AUDI, ALDI, DEUTSCHE, LUFTHANSA and ADIDAS just as she said it.
Adidas used to be known as "DIE MARKE MIT DEN 3 STREIFEN". The Brand With 3 Stripes.
"whats about all these brothers fighting in Germany..." can't stop laughing
In Croatia where I live, people pronounce most German things as German does, due to hystorical, economic and geographicall connection... Except "Deutz" 😁
Us Australians pronounce it the German way
Whenever I use German pronunciation, I get asked "What did you say? Repeat that." The one everybody is always surprised about is Jägermeister.
Gute Besserung Feli !
" Howdy " Audi
07:45 It actually is a quite noble Idea though
In Australia adidas is usually pronounced ad I das, just like the German s.
There have been TV films about the Dassler Brothers and their feud! They have probably not been translated to English, though.
Birkenstock-wearers are similar people in Germany ... or were, originally. They have now become more accepted (although I would never wear them).
I also don't drink Jägermeister, however. There's much better stuff on a similar basis in Germany: I like Underberg more (although I seldom drink it) - partly because it's from my dad's home town. Underberg had an advert melody: The River Quay March. Where many around the world abbreviate "Jäger" btw, Germans sometimes say "Jägi".
So much from me - coupl'a months later