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So maybe English speakers can be excused if they think that English and German are on completely separate paths that don’t overlap. If you noticed that I’m trying to use a four-year-old song whose title literally means “s**t” as a relatively positive example, then you can see how the German language is perceived by many people who speak other languages. That perception is doubtless due in no small part to countless World War II movies where the Germans are the bad guys constantly shouting things like Schnell! Schnell! (“Quickly! Quickly!”) and Heil Hitler! (literally “Hail Hitler!” but figuratively “I’m this movie’s terrible Nazi villain!”).Įven today, one of the most recent prominent examples of “German” in English is Lady Gaga’s 2011 song “Scheiße,” a surprisingly catchy tune in which she claims that although she doesn’t speak German, she will nevertheless do so if we’d like, and then proceeds to sing several verses of German-sounding gibberish. People often say it sounds “guttural” or “rough,” or that German speakers are “always shouting.” You may have noticed that the German language often gets a bad rap. Try the audio and video lessons at GermanPod101.Janu33 Uber-cool Words Used in English That Are Originally German

What can I get you? / How can I help you? Learn German by reading interlinear translations in English If a phrase or question is informal, you should use it with family members, close friends, and children.

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