German-question

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I know some.
Velt (World)
Mund (Moon)
Das, Die, Der (articles, have no idea how to use them - I heard one of them is for objects, articles?)
Frau (Miss, term of respect towards women)
Freheit (Freedom)
Streben (Strive)
Alle (All)
Gott (God)
Land (State)
Reich (Realm)
Doktor (Doctor)
Bleu (Blue)
Stadt (City)
Himmel (Sky)
Fur (For)
Ja (Yes)
Nein (No)
Mein (My)
Lied (Song)
Volk (People)
Nord (North)
Sud (South)
Kultur (Culture)
Afrika (Africa), Amerika (America), and other cases where c is turned into k
I know I'm missing quite. And yes, I am completely ignoring the sign that appears on top of u letters in particular - my keyboard doesn't render them.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

You are Protestant yet accuse Martin Luther of destroying Europe.
Curious!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

You are Protestant yet accuse Martin Luther of destroying Europe.
Curious!

Technically I'm Anglo-Catholic.  But the Reformation was going to happen whether a G*rman was responsible or not.

I apologize if I caused any offense; the combo of NC, religious, and just...everything else I know about you gave me the impression you were a Baptist.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I know some.
Velt (World) - Welt
Mund (Moon) - Mund = mouth, Mond = moon
Das, Die, Der (articles, have no idea how to use them - I heard one of them is for objects, articles?) Neutral, female, male articles.Frau (Miss, term of respect towards women)
Freheit (Freedom) - Freiheit
Streben (Strive)
Alle (All)
Gott (God)
Land (State)
Reich (Realm)
Doktor (Doctor)
Bleu (Blue) - blau
Stadt (City)
Himmel (Sky)
Fur (For) - für
Ja (Yes)
Nein (No)
Mein (My)
Lied (Song)
Volk (People)
Nord (North) - Norden
Sud (South) - Süden
Kultur (Culture)
Afrika (Africa), Amerika (America), and other cases where c is turned into k

I know I'm missing quite. And yes, I am completely ignoring the sign that appears on top of u letters in particular - my keyboard doesn't render them.

Not bad.

I corrected a few things for you.

Yeah I think the few spelling mistakes were
Velt was me spelling it the way it was pronounced (usually I do not misspell that word that way), which is not a good idea. Otherwise the Capital of Austria would start with the same sound as English words like wait and waste. W in German is (usually?) a V.
Mond was I guess a case of a straight-up misremembering of recently acquired info, so I switched out an O with a U.
Fur is covered by the umlaut exemption.
Also, isn't Norden and Suden more analagous to "northern" and "southern", with Sud and Nord used for generic compass points?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

You are Protestant yet accuse Martin Luther of destroying Europe.
Curious!

Technically I'm Anglo-Catholic.  But the Reformation was going to happen whether a G*rman was responsible or not.

I apologize if I caused any offense; the combo of NC, religious, and just...everything else I know about you gave me the impression you were a Baptist.

oh dear

Are you mad?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Are you mad?

No, but the chances of me becoming a Baptist are roughly the same of me becoming a Roman Catholic: zero.

Do you know of any Roman Catholics or Baptists in your immediate family?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

What would you say is the biggest difference between High and Low German?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

which Germanic language (besides German itself anyway) would say Low German is closest to?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Kindergarten apparently is a word in German.
The more you know...

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Is Wald the German word for forest?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

is it true Jagen means hunter?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

is it true Jagen means hunter?

jagen ("juh-gen", soft g) = to hunt

der Jäger ("yay-guh") = the hunter

herein lies the importance of the umlaut.
Isn't the case that Muller is pronounced simple moo-ler but Muller (u with umlaut) it becomes Myu-ler?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

is it true Jagen means hunter?

jagen ("juh-gen", soft g) = to hunt

der Jäger ("yay-guh") = the hunter

herein lies the importance of the umlaut.
Isn't the case that Muller is pronounced simple moo-ler but Muller (u with umlaut) it becomes Myu-ler?

Umlauts like ü, ö, ä are very tough to learn for English speakers because their sound is so alien to them.

What is the rule generally when it comes to umlauts? Add a trace of a 'y' sound?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

how is the word 'Macht' generally used?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

what are the funniest cases of false friends in German and English?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

what are the funniest cases of false friends in German and English?

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One thing I find funny is that Lied means is a noun, song, in German but in English it is the past tense of the verb lie. This generates irony when you consider the fact that, well, songs can lie, or distort.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Which areas of the German-speaking world are reputed to have the most colorful way of speaking?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

is there a stereotypical "comedian dialect" in German?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

what is German comedy like in general? Loads of wordplay?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

What characteristics of German would you say are the MOST divergent from English?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

https://www.youtube.com/user/MeisterLehnsherr
This is a good YT channel.