How to do a German accent (by a German native!) | Feli from Germany

Other typical German grammar mistakes include not getting conditional ("If I WERE you, I WOULD.") and subjunctive clauses ("It's crucial that you BE here.") right, dropping essential auxiliary verbs ("I WILL go there tomorrow."), mixing up the English subject-verb-object (SVO) word order, inserting temporal expressions at the wrong position in a sentence or clause, and overusing the perfect tense which is more common in German ("I have given her the keys yesterday.") over the simple past (preterite) tense which is more common in English ("I gave her the keys yesterday.").

Watching this video as a German really is confusing. It's like school but backwards....

Captain: "S.O.S. - S.O.S.! We are sinking!" German coastguard: "Vot are you sinking about?" a classic XD

My American girlfriend is of German-Scottish descent and has taken German since high school. For the longest time I refused to learn it because I thought it was impossible, but thanks to your awesome tips and some hard work of my own I’m able to speak a little German with her which makes her happy. Thank you Feli!

I lived in North Germany for a while but only taught myself German (sadly) so I make a few mistakes. But most people can understand me. Anyway coming originally from Scotland, and talking German with my Scottish accent, a lot of Germans actually thought I come from Holland. I loved Germany and do miss it a lot.

Sanks, zis vas great!

I'll never get my German accent out of my English. In California, I once just said "hello" to someone and the response was, "oh, are you from Germany?". Useless to continue at this point :-D

One of my friends from many years ago was studying in the U.K. and had seen a job advertised for the role of a German soldier in a short film. As both an amateur actor and a German, he was certain he’d walk into the job. He was rejected because “you don’t sound very German” 😂

As an actor who is asked to do a German accent on occasion, this is excellent, probably the best YouTube video on speaking with a German accent ! Your video would also be useful for writers who are writing a German character into a story or script,

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"There you can become money." - A German trying to communicate with a group of refugees in 80s

I dont really know why im watching this as i am german...

You are AMAZING! What a brilliant explanation of all things you described! Very, very impressive the way you effortlessly flowed between accents!

A German woman pretending to be a native English speaker pretending to do a German accent. That's talent. It's a good day to be alive.

I actually thought she was going to say, "We pronounce Germany as Deutschland." 😂

This has been very helpful! I'll make sure to use all of these notes for an upcoming role I have for a series I'm involved in.

I have been writing a German character who originally came from Germany, and I wanted to do it right, he’s only been speaking English more often as of now, so I took these tips into consideration while writing with him, thank you!

As a german i can only say that i love the over exaggerated cliché mad scientest german accent. Cracks me up every time. Shoutout to the Team Fortress 2 Medic!

When in the US, I got a phone call from someone who wanted to sell a newspaper. He was unstoppable and after 3 minutes, when he kind of had to take a breath for the first time, I said in the most possible German accent: "Sorry, I could not understand that very well. I am from Görmany. Can you repeat that?" what immediately ended the phone call.

OMG Feli du bist echt eine Maschine!! Lustiges Video 👏