American Reacts to 15 GERMAN Brands YOU Pronounce Wrong...

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!!

Adolf was once a normal German name… my Grandfathers name was Adolf and I loved him very much ❤

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

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.

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! 😂🤣💖

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.

It's interesting that in Britain we tend to pronounce most of these much closer to the original German than American English speakers do.

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.

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!!!

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

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.

Great video loved it, In Australia, we pronounce most of those the same way as the Germans do.

There actually also has been a family fight between Porsche and VW.

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

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.

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.

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.