German vs Dutch: My Brain Completely Short-Circuited! 🇩🇪🇳🇱 | Brit Reacts

[00:00:00]Today is a great, wonderful, amazing, incredible day. And I'll tell you why.

[00:00:04]Because it's not a normal day. No, it's not a normal day. It's a German and a Dutch day. German versus Dutch. How German and Dutch sounds to foreigners.

[00:00:16]Without further ado, let's get into this reaction.

[00:00:20]Let's go.

[00:00:21]>> Do you know him? You remember >> Yeah. Explain what that is really quick.

[00:00:26]So, so a person who only I can only do it at home.

[00:00:34]>> Is that a thing?

[00:00:38]>> Wait, before I get into this, hello guys. How you doing? I thought I I thought of an idea. I saw this video and I was I'm going to do this for my Dutch channel and then I realized it's Germans. It's German and Dutch. So, I'm like I have a German and a Dutch channel. So, I'm like, I wonder if I could put them put this video on both my Dutch and my German channel. If you are seeing this on my German channel, hello my German subscribers.

[00:01:05]And if you're seeing this on my Dutch channels, Dutch channel, hi to my Dutch subscribers. Somehow I managed to link them both together. So, anyways, if not, it'll be it'll be it'll definitely be on my Dutch channel. So, let's watch this video. Let's go. Let's react.

[00:01:23]not German.

[00:01:30]>> Hi.

[00:01:31]>> Hi.

[00:01:32]>> So, what do you guys know about German and Dutch?

[00:01:34]>> You guys like overexlain stuff in your words. It's like super long.

[00:01:37]>> Isn't that beautiful?

[00:01:38]>> There. It is. It is. It's complicated for me, but beautiful for you guys.

[00:01:42]>> Yeah, I know. I like that.

[00:01:43]>> What is it like? Hand hand glove or something. Finger.

[00:01:47]>> Finger.

[00:01:49]Finger. Is that like Hand glove. What's that?

[00:01:53]>> Finger hand shoes.

[00:01:54]>> Finger hand shoes. See?

[00:01:55]>> Finger hand shoes.

[00:01:56]>> Right to the point. Yeah, I like it. I >> I like how you have words for everything. Like schnapsy day.

[00:02:02]>> Schnapsy day.

[00:02:03]>> What's a schnapsy day?

[00:02:04]>> It's like a thought you have when you're drunk.

[00:02:07]>> Yeah. Like an idea.

[00:02:08]>> Those are the best thoughts.

[00:02:10]>> Do I have an a random thought when I'm drunk? Is that Is that true? German subscribers, if you're on here, let me know.

[00:02:16]>> Yeah.

[00:02:16]>> Sometimes dangerous, but sometimes fine.

[00:02:17]What do you know about Germany?

[00:02:20]Do you know one thing about Germany?

[00:02:22]>> Germany.

[00:02:25]>> Okay. Sausages are delicious. I agree.

[00:02:37]me to everything.

[00:02:38]>> Yeah, of course. As a French person, she would say that. I agree. Same with what >> I can't wait till I go to Germany and try some sausages and meat and bread.

[00:02:51]It's going to happen. My German trip is coming. It's coming soon. I I feel it.

[00:02:56]It's definitely this year. I'm Yeah, it's definitely happening this year. I'm coming to Germany. It's happening. They said like you guys have a lot of >> and the Netherlands >> vocabulary, a lot of words, a lot of long words that are really hard for foreigners and the pronunciation. I feel like you guys have a lot of similarity and maybe share a lot of words too by far. That's what I know. I know a little bit more of German cuz I have more German friends. No idea about Dutch. I think I only know you.

[00:03:25]>> That's right. There's not many of us.

[00:03:27]>> Better. Really quick, what is sauerkraut? Uh, >> I mean I know what it is, but like break down the word for me.

[00:03:33]>> A zawa called zawa means sour and meat cabbage.

[00:03:37]>> Oh, >> sour cabbage.

[00:03:38]>> German super simple. Does it mean something? See, German makes sense.

[00:03:43]German actually makes sense, especially for people that speak English. I feel like German just like you say it how it is, but then sometimes you say it how it is. Sometimes you describe too much.

[00:03:54]Does that make sense?

[00:03:56]I feel like you really describe the word and you don't care how long the word becomes when you're describing it.

[00:04:03]That's what I feel with German. That's how in my head I'm like that's how you that's why your words are so long. But yeah. Okay. Okay. Cool.

[00:04:12]>> But I think it's the same in Dutch. But I do hear sounds like like you have sounds.

[00:04:19]>> Yeah.

[00:04:20]>> It's just that you guys' words are longer.

[00:04:22]>> Really? You think so?

[00:04:23]>> I think.

[00:04:23]>> Oh, okay. For me, it's the I feel like the is very prominent for you guys. You have some some sounds that we don't make and maybe our words are similar, but we might miss some letters, you know what I mean? Or like they're placed like they're switched.

[00:04:37]>> Oh yeah, true. Some words that are so completely different. For example, you guys say, >> we say house, >> but it's like Yeah, you know what it means when I say it. Or you guys say like, >> we say Flender.

[00:04:50]>> Flender. What does it have?

[00:04:51]>> Flender.

[00:04:52]Oh, >> I thought some words are like completely different, but it's like you >> let me know in the comment section. My Dutch subscribers, let me know if um how which language you you probably learned English from a really early age. But which language do you think is closer to Dutch? English or German? Let me know.

[00:05:14]Let me know in the comment section.

[00:05:16]>> They're like longer. I've noticed that some people can't tell the difference between German or Dutch.

[00:05:22]>> Maybe I think I've heard German before.

[00:05:24]>> And the reason why I can is because of the two channels, but especially because of my German channel, because I listen to so much German hip-hop and because when I was in school, uh when I was like 12, I did a bit of German for about a year. Um and because of that, I very much can tell the difference between German and Dutch. Like there's there's no mistaking the two. But you do have words that are similar but nah completely different languages.

[00:05:49]>> So I think yes maybe maybe >> oh she doesn't look confident like >> I don't know if I should say it but I do speak German too. So I think I get but if you don't speak at all German I think it's pretty similar.

[00:06:03]>> I think we don't we wouldn't agree at all.

[00:06:06]>> I think I always hear the American R sound in Dutch then I can tell it pretty easily.

[00:06:14]We have three. You only have female and male. Oh, we have like female, male, and non-binary. I don't know like what do you call it? Neutral. Neutral. Neutral.

[00:06:22]So in words, we have female, male, and neutral. De male, d female, and das.

[00:06:29]>> Oh, das. Yeah, I remember from school like briefly like das whereas in in Dutch you only have male and female just like in English we only have male and female. So you what I mean I think Dutch is closer to English. It's only because I learned a bit of Dutch and because I'm doing the German hip-hop that like I understand I understand the sound of it and >> do is like for an object like a chair.

[00:06:58]No, you can't really um make it that general much deeper.

[00:07:03]>> I only realized like in my 20s that it's like gender.

[00:07:07]>> I just I was like, "Oh, that's just the way it is." Like that word is that >> I get it as well. Honestly, when you speak English, you don't realize.

[00:07:15]You don't realize there's gender. There is gender in English, right? Am I making that up?

[00:07:21]Yeah, we have gender. I hope we do. I don't know about the English language that well. I'm not I'm not very good at languages. I think we got gender. Yeah, just like Dutch.

[00:07:30]>> And then his head and I was like, "Yeah, that's" And then they were like, "No, it's like gender things like they don't teach us that >> really." They do for us, I would say, cuz >> we just know like if which one it is because or else it just sounds weird.

[00:07:41]But then like foreigners who come here, they have like trouble with these ones cuz they ask Dutch people like, "But why is it the or why is it head?" And we're like, "Because it sounds weird if it's the other way around." feel for people who learn German, maybe also Dutch, because they have to remember these genders and it's just you have to learn by heart. I heard some endings of words like en or something, they kind of can tell you if it's like female or male, but still, oh, it must be so hard.

[00:08:06]>> And we have the same thing like people would complain a lot like we never know when it's a female or a male word. If you think about it, it kind of doesn't make sense like why why do we need genders for words? Same as uh Dutch, we kind of just like ask people to like just memorize it or some words by the end of the word you can guess if it's going to be like a female or a male.

[00:08:27]Other than that, just like learn it.

[00:08:28]>> Yeah, it's kind of the same, but sometime you do have exceptions. Of course, it's not that general. So, yeah, you you just need to to learn the exceptions and it's just like that.

[00:08:39]>> I thought it's really interesting in Dutch. I thought it was >> I don't think you need to know why you're saying the words. Sometimes you just say the words because it feels right. Like I speak English and I don't know m I don't know English theory at all. But I think I'm pretty good with words.

[00:08:58]But when you're native to somewhere like you natively speak a language, you don't really think about what you're saying.

[00:09:04]You just have vocabulary and punctuation in your mind and you just it just comes out.

[00:09:13]It's two genders. So it will be male female but actually it's common and noer. So D is like male and female like combined together. But historically Dutch used to have three genders too.

[00:09:24]>> Really?

[00:09:24]>> Yeah.

[00:09:24]>> I did not know that.

[00:09:26]>> But what's the third one?

[00:09:27]>> The third one is like the neutral just like the German das. So the rule kind of applies similar. And my Dutch tutor also told me like if you know the word the German word is d then use heads for Dutch.

[00:09:52]Korean doesn't have genders either, but we have much more complicated.

[00:09:57]>> Wait, do we have genders? I'm going to have to I'm I'm have to Google. Don't laugh at me, guys. I should really know this in my language. Okay, Google.

[00:10:05]Does the English language have genders?

[00:10:07]>> Noun pairs. actor and actress or king and queen.

[00:10:11]>> Uh yeah. So we do but we don't he and she because when I was thinking gender I was thinking he and she actor and actress king. Yeah. Yeah. So we do kind of kind of have gender but not like it's not um ingrained. It's not like okay okay okay.

[00:10:32]I don't feel stupid cuz I I was like if we do have genders I can't think of them. So we don't have gender in the sort of way that you guys have it in your language. I think German that's probably why Dutch Dutch is easier cuz if they if you guys have like only two, it's easier than some like you guys in Germany you have three. It's a lot. It's a lot for someone learning your language. You have to learn what those genders mean and when to use them.

[00:11:01]>> Like the things we put at the end. So I guess it's equally complicated.

[00:11:05]>> No, I don't think so. I don't think so.

[00:11:07]>> I do think we have many similarities with English, but we definitely have words that don't exist in English like >> No, I don't think so. I don't think so.

[00:11:18]>> I do think we have >> German has more German. German has more German origin words than Dutch does.

[00:11:24]>> Any similarities with English, but we definitely have words that don't exist in English like fan.

[00:11:32]Do you know him? You remember >> him?

[00:11:34]>> Heiser homeer.

[00:11:36]>> Yeah, >> like him.

[00:11:38]>> I'm not himer. I'm suber.

[00:11:41]>> So heiser is that toilet then? He home [ __ ] Is that is that toilet? Heiser.

[00:11:48]How would you use that word?

[00:11:51]>> Explain what that is really quick.

[00:11:53]>> So h means at home and shy to take a [ __ ] Like you know to take a [ __ ] right?

[00:11:59]>> Yeah. So and so a person who only I can only >> Why do you have a word for someone that only poos at home? He shizer him. Um I'll tell you one thing about the German language though. It sounds right when I say when I say words. I feel like because I I in fact my mother-in-law told me this that um because I'm from the north of England because I'm from um Yorkshire. Our Our accent um works really well with German and our accent's very understandable. You guys let me know in the comment section cuz you're German. You guys know our accent's very understandable for German speakers. When you're listening to me speaking English, it translates better than some of the other accents in England. Does that make sense? Because the way that it's very guttural. The way we speak is very gutt guttural. I can't explain that word. But we kind of stretch our words and it's kind of a it's kind of I can't explain. But the way I speak when I then when I speak when I'm speaking German like uh um I'm just thinking about things that I know in German. Um yeah in leads. Um, what else should I say? Do you know what I mean? When I'm saying that my is when I say things they I think it like I say that I was saying that in my accent. I was saying that in my Yorkshire accent.

[00:13:40]It's it I've lost my train of thought. You know what I mean? It sounds more German than someone maybe from London trying to say my nama is Dwayne. You know, like it would wouldn't sound right or do you know what I mean? Um, I don't know if that's the same case for Dutch as well.

[00:13:59]Um, but the Northern English accent, for some reason sounds more German than the Southern English accent.

[00:14:11]I don't know why, but it does. I could be lying. You guys let me know in the comment section below. Do you think that it at home or just No Germanus only in Germany maybe. So the question is, are you a home? Me?

[00:14:56]Me? I don't want to talk about my poop schedule.

[00:14:59]>> Oh, there's a schedule.

[00:15:07]Oh, really?

[00:15:10]Right. It's more clean, you know.

[00:15:15]>> I'm okay. I understand the word now. I was trying to think why would you say that? Yeah. Someone who doesn't like to go to the toilet outside of their house.

[00:15:22]That makes sense. I'm definitely a home shiser.

[00:15:26]I am. Yeah, I am. I don't really only I will only go outside of home if I am desperate. Like you know when you're not feeling very well, you've had something to eat and it's not really agreed with you and it's like hurting your stomach and it's like I have to go. I have to go for a sha. I will do it.

[00:15:48]then. But normally if I can hold it, I'll go home and do it. It's more comfortable. Why would you want to?

[00:15:54]Yeah, absolutely.

[00:15:59]>> Do they have that in Dutch?

[00:16:01]>> No.

[00:16:01]>> No, we don't.

[00:16:03]>> But did you understand the word?

[00:16:05]>> Uh, no.

[00:16:06]>> Okay. Okay.

[00:16:07]>> That could just be me. If you ask another Dutch person, maybe they know.

[00:16:10]Anyway, so in >> Well, Sha Shya sounds like [ __ ] Shiza does. So as a as an English speaker shyer makes sense and he himshiser himshiser I wouldn't have thought think that word means home think but then when now I know it makes sense in English >> um case I think yeah we have original words in German >> I mean we used to all speak the same language Germanic right and then we like split up and I think that Dutch and English are definitely like closer than like German and English >> uh lift lift >> yeah we lift. We would say >> what?

[00:16:50]>> It's way more complicated. I'm saying lift. You're like, >> I didn't know you guys said lift in in the Netherlands. Wow. Same word. No, I do agree. I think I think Dutch and English are very very similar. I think, you know, if I to learn a language, I think Dutch and Dutch and German, I reckon I could learn those two languages quite easily. I really, you know, I really like languages, you know?

[00:17:16]It's one of my regrets, guys. Like, one of my regrets is not learning a language. Like, at the moment on the German channel on on Dwayne's Lens, I'm translating German lyrics into English so that I can understand the German rap.

[00:17:31]And I wish I just understood the German rap and I could just listen to it and understand the language. And cuz I like languages. I like the way they sound. I think they're cool. Like I I Yeah. In another life, I was a polyglot. Trust me, in another life, I spoke many languages.

[00:17:48]It doesn't mean I can't speak. I probably could still do it. It's just it's a lot of effort if you're not going to visit visit those places. But I am going to visit the That's the thing. I am going to visit visit Germany and I am going to visit the Netherlands. It's just that if you're not there every day, you're not living there. Do you know what I mean? If you're not living and working and interacting with those people every single day, does it make sense to learn the language?

[00:18:13]Cuz it it's it's a lot of effort.

[00:18:16]What do you think I should do, guys? You think I should learn a language? Do you think I should learn Dutch? You think I should learn German? Obviously, you guys are going to be biased because of one of his channel, one of his German channel, but I'm thinking about Yeah, I think it would be easier, believe it or not, for me to learn German just because I have that basic foundation from when I was a kid. And I'm led to believe pronunc pronunciation I can't even pronounce that pronunciation of the German language might be easier for me just because of that Yorkshire connection with the German language and it sounding more closer or whatever. I don't know. I don't know. But I'd love to learn both languages. Let me know in the comment section. I tell you what, that's not fair. I want to do that. I want to do that. I'm going to say put you guys against each other by Germans.

[00:19:17]Type German language and then like and I'll see which one gets more and the Dutch people do the same. Put the Dutch Dutch language. Um, and the one that gets the most likes, I'll I'll learn.

[00:19:29]But that's not fair because I have a my German channel's older than my Dutch channel and I have more subscribers on my German channel than my Dutch channel.

[00:19:38]So that's not fair. We'll see what happens in the future though. I will learn. I'm going to learn more. And I've got my Swedish channel as well. So you know >> what is that directly translated?

[00:19:50]>> So fa means like to drive and stool means chair, >> right?

[00:19:55]You're saying >> stool makes sense. A stool. stool. We say that in English.

[00:19:59]>> Something chair.

[00:20:01]>> You have like a steering wheel in the elevator like going up. Going down.

[00:20:05]>> How would you say it in German? Four.

[00:20:07]>> I just say elevator.

[00:20:08]>> Elevator.

[00:20:09]>> Nah. Aluk. Aluk. That's what I was looking for. Aluk lift.

[00:20:14]>> Not really. I think if people said it, they would get it. Most Germans don't say lift. Uh, we would say, would you say interview? Do you >> do Dutchfield just speak English the whole time? I feel like you guys just like ah I do.

[00:20:28]from the Netherlands. Imposter.

[00:20:33]>> What? She said that so fast.

[00:20:35]>> From the Netherlands. Impostor.

[00:20:45]>> I don't know what she said.

[00:20:47]>> Means uh to like introduce >> is the conversation. So like introducing conversation.

[00:20:53]>> Oh >> yeah. We would say interview. If you want to be technical about it, you can say that's a long word as well.

[00:21:09]No, >> we do use a lot. For us, if we say the alphabet, the last letter would be and then or it's pretty like >> how do you say zet?

[00:21:20]>> Oh, yeah. We say z.

[00:21:21]>> Zet. Oh, it's more like a b. Yeah.

[00:21:24]>> Yeah.

[00:21:25]>> Zout.

[00:21:26]>> Oh, it's like the S for us. Yeah. Zout.

[00:21:30]>> Oh, that's interesting.

[00:21:31]>> Can you try to say it?

[00:21:32]>> Zout z and z.

[00:21:38]>> Yes. S >> z.

[00:21:46]>> I'm so zot. Oh, okay.

[00:21:48]>> Okay. Pretty I think they did a pretty good job. Yeah.

[00:21:50]>> So, this is like the name of the letter.

[00:21:53]It's salt.

[00:21:54]>> Salt.

[00:21:54]>> Yeah.

[00:21:55]>> Oh, you didn't tell me this. I didn't know you were talking about that. I thought it was all like Canadian.

[00:22:00]>> Yeah. I was like, isn't it obvious?

[00:22:01]>> I don't know.

[00:22:03]>> Oh, yeah. Do you?

[00:22:05]We have that too though, >> I think. But what is that?

[00:22:10]>> E.

[00:22:12]Is that what she said? E or >> umlot is like the the letter with the two dots on top. For example, for Turkish people, it's very easy because they also have the ooh and that's why I can. For example, Turkish people, I think they can learn German pretty well.

[00:22:26]For especially Koreans, I think is hard.

[00:22:30]But I think many people struggle with the ooh. Many Koreans pronounce like and like >> cuz that like Korean used to have those sounds like in the Middle Ages, but now they're gone and they just write it like if it's Koreans would say.

[00:22:46]>> Yeah. I don't understand why it's so hard cuz like is like you know >> ooh right in Korean though.

[00:22:53]>> Is that the like the O guy or the smiley face guy?

[00:22:56]>> It's the soccer player.

[00:22:58]>> Okay. Okay.

[00:22:59]>> But is also in French and I think in Dutch too. Like you don't um put the dots but you still make the sound like >> Yeah, true. But we actually do have dots but we use them for a different purpose.

[00:23:11]>> What do you use it for?

[00:23:12]>> Okay. It's like when you have two vowels and but you have to like pronounce it separately. So like you use that as like to separate it.

[00:23:20]>> We have it in Catalan too even though I'm representing Spain.

[00:23:25]>> You guys also have that.

[00:23:26]>> Uh we have the U and the I and it changes the pronunciation.

[00:23:30]>> Yeah. Like we >> Yeah. And not in Spanish in Catalan.

[00:23:33]>> Like you just stick your tongue out more. It's like Catalan.

[00:23:36]>> Is it stick your out more for balanc?

[00:23:39]>> It's a different >> language in Catalonia. in Spain.

[00:23:43]>> You're special. Okay.

[00:23:44]>> I'm special. Yeah, I speak two languages. So, I speak Catalan. Yeah, we we have it. I I need my phone. It's been a while since I studied this, but yeah, we have it in the U. For example, in Catalan, if you use the G, U, and another vowel. If you put the W, the the the double dots on the U, it means that you have to pronounce that letter.

[00:24:06]>> Ah.

[00:24:07]>> Ah, I know. You have to pronounce it separately.

[00:24:09]>> Ex Exa Exa. Can I get my phone?

[00:24:12]>> Get it. Grab it.

[00:24:13]>> I'm sorry. Catalan class right now. I think it's same in Spanish too. They have some words like u e usually sounds e but with the umlu it's like >> languages are so interesting. Yeah. And it's just that those sorts of things you don't think about like you just pronounce them that way. But it's when it's when you're writing like if you're writing language, you have to know when to put those dots and asterisks and all sorts of stuff just cuz otherwise the word could mean something completely different in that language if you don't >> and you >> whenever we see this in America, we're just like, "God damn it, what is this?"

[00:24:49]Just it's a >> smile. Say it. We just use it for like smiley faces.

[00:24:53]>> So is Dutch and like German like Portuguese and Spanish?

[00:24:57]>> What?

[00:24:57]>> Or is it closer? Oh, well, I'm asking questions. Why am I getting attacked?

[00:25:01]>> Is German and Dutch like Portuguese and Spanish? That's a good question.

[00:25:09]I think English and Dutch is more like I think English and Dutch is more like Portuguese and Spanish. I think German and Dutch is more like I'm trying to think of two languages now. I think it's more like I don't know.

[00:25:28]bit bit more separate >> asking questions.

[00:25:30]>> Oh, that's a good question.

[00:25:31]>> Thank you.

[00:25:31]>> I thought you said >> Thank you.

[00:25:33]>> No, I thought you mean does German sound like Spanish? I was like, what?

[00:25:37]>> Is Portuguese and Spanish as similar as Dutch and German? Cuz they're kind of >> I would say it makes sense. Yeah, I would. I see the vision. Yeah, >> I think it's pretty similar with Dutch in Catalan. Like with the I we use it to separate and for the U we use it to like pronounce it.

[00:25:53]>> Can we get an example word? So for example, for country we say pais in Catalan. If you want to say the plural word, we would say pais. Sorry, my accent sucks. I didn't speak kataline in a long time. For the I to pronounce it, we would use a double point. Paisu. So you're like separating the I from the rest of the vowels. I might be wrong.

[00:26:13]Comments, you tell me. And then for the U, we would say, for example, uh in Catalan, awa I >> awa. It sounds like the Turkish awa. In Catalan it would be I >> got it. Okay.

[00:26:25]>> Ch. We use it the same way as the G. So it's just the >> it's the same that word we say.

[00:26:33]>> Yeah. We also say but we also have the ch in which is milk and you say or ish.

[00:26:40]And I think a lot of people struggle with pronouncing that cuz the I love you in German is a lot of Koreans say is that how that's how you say it, right?

[00:26:57]No, I can't.

[00:26:57]>> I think like ish or mish is a better example. Like my Dutch tutor told me like you have a German accent cuz I was doing like like or whatever something like that. Like I I have the sound. It's like and so it's like a e sound.

[00:27:12]>> Okay.

[00:27:12]>> I'm from the south so I also have a different accent. So it's like Dutch people would say no but >> we say no. Like our G is soft.

[00:27:22]>> Wait, your country is big enough to have different accents.

[00:27:24]>> It's like every >> It's like this big.

[00:27:26]>> That's true. But I don't know why.

[00:27:28]>> No, but that's the difference though.

[00:27:29]You I feel like with European countries, we I don't know why this is the case.

[00:27:34]Accents. Accents. We have like so many different and you can be in one area.

[00:27:40]Well, England for sure. England's ridiculous. England is when it comes to accents. England is just for example Manchester and Liverpool. There must be like 20 miles separating these cities.

[00:27:53]Maybe 20 20 Yeah, probably about 20 miles separating these cities and their accents couldn't be further apart. It's crazy. But we just have that in the UK.

[00:28:04]It's just one of those things where just accents are just I don't know. But I think it's eur European in general. I think Europe European countries we have defined accents that sound different depending on where you are. South, north, east, west, middle, middle of the country.

[00:28:21]>> It's like you drive to a different city, like different town and then 10 minutes and they speak so different. I'm like, "Oh my god, you're from there." Like I can >> you can tell it's is is it must be a spitting. Sorry guys.

[00:28:34]>> It must be a European thing. It must be because I know Germany is the same. I know you guys have really defined accents depending on where whereabouts in Germany you are. Um yeah like mine not northern England nor northern England even my northern do you know what my accent is so in so in my city that I'm from Leeds um even parts of this um part you can tell which part of the city you're from.

[00:29:04]I swear that you can definitely tell if you're from North Leads or from South Leeds. I'm from North Leeds. Northly is North Le is the nicer part of Leeds.

[00:29:15]But yeah, basically South Leads have their own their own accent and I can tell I know if you're from North Leads or South Leads >> tell. And then all the way up north. Oh my god. I can't understand them really.

[00:29:28]>> Yeah, they're it's so weird. I don't know. Do you also have that where it's like the accents are like so different.

[00:29:33]>> Oh yeah. But I understand them. I understand them. I cannot uh mimic them.

[00:29:38]But yeah, German is >> Oh, I can't mimic it either. Yeah.

[00:29:40]>> Some people are very talented at doing that, but I can't. M like when other Dutch people meet me, they're like, "Oh yeah, you're from Braavos."

[00:29:46]>> Okay, finally I'm getting my revenge for like the Portuguese. Oh my god.

[00:29:53]>> Let's keep a poker face.

[00:30:00]What?

[00:30:05]Oh, that's Dutch easily.

[00:30:18]It's easy.

[00:30:22]>> So noisy.

[00:30:30]Two.

[00:30:31]>> Oh yeah. Obviously.

[00:30:33]>> Obviously. Yes.

[00:30:34]>> But it was very noisy. Like if I heard this, I'll be like, "What language is that?"

[00:30:38]>> Me, too. It took me a second cuz like the quality this is like the audios they give you when you have like a language.

[00:30:45]>> I don't know. It's just like you didn't try just they're kind of like I don't know if I can if I can try to explain my personal experience. I don't know what that was. The way he was like doing that sounds a bit more like Sweden or something, not Dutch >> a little more like joyful and there's like in it and Dutch is like a language.

[00:31:09]>> I mean I I literally didn't understand a word they said but it's it's just not it's not German and German's like >> it's pretty good though.

[00:31:20]>> Not that. So it has to be that. That's all I'm thinking. Wait, how do you mimic Dutch? Can you do it again? That was so funny.

[00:31:25]>> All right, what I'm doing, I'm not actually speaking Dutch. I'm doing like the Muppets like chef.

[00:31:34]>> And so it's like it's just I'm copying this little puppet voice and he's supposed to be like the Dutch chef. This is from like 1970s. This is really old.

[00:31:43]Sorry.

[00:31:44]>> Is it close?

[00:31:45]>> Oh, so fun. That's why it's so funny.

[00:31:49]>> For me, it just sounds softer. I feel like German is more like d. So it sounded more like melodic as Zach said.

[00:31:56]So I was like it might be. But it was so funny cuz I was really like not sure about the answer. It was like it was so obvious. I'm like no it was not.

[00:32:07]>> Oh yeah. How are you enjoying the um the movies so far?

[00:32:29]funny. He said like one one word and everyone was like, "Yeah, yeah, okay, got it."

[00:32:35]Oh [ __ ] >> it was so harsh from the getgo.

[00:32:38]>> Come on, guys. That's really easy though. This is what I'm saying. How can people say that Dutch and German sound the same? You get you don't sound the same. And the thing is people get Dutch people and German people mixed up or like you're the you're nothing like it sounds nothing alike. Nothing alike.

[00:32:58]Yeah. Nothing alike. I mean siblings language siblings Germanic languages just like English. We're also a language sibling but no nothing alike.

[00:33:09]>> Pan is not sure. Not really.

[00:33:14]It's the same.

[00:33:14]>> So, it's like he was so harsh with it like from the get- go.

[00:33:18]>> I really tried not to laugh.

[00:33:21]I was like, >> "Yes, it was obvious."

[00:33:25]>> Was it like an easy accent? It wasn't very easy accent.

[00:33:29]>> Yeah.

[00:33:29]>> Yeah. They talked about a movie. They asked about his opinion. He was like, "It's fantastic."

[00:33:32]>> Yeah.

[00:33:33]>> How do you say fantastic? Fantastic.

[00:33:48]I can't do it. Like he's doing a number like I could just hear it straight away.

[00:33:52]German.

[00:34:00]>> That was harder. No, it wasn't.

[00:34:03]>> Okay. One, two, three. One, two. Uh-huh.

[00:34:07]Okay, everybody explain before we reveal.

[00:34:09]>> It was harder. I I couldn't really tell the difference.

[00:34:12]>> She definitely spoke like softer than the other audio, but I speak German. But >> if I don't if I get that wrong, I I'll be very annoyed. That was definitely German.

[00:34:22]>> So, I think the big difference is German has more like ah sounds and Dutch is more like o can hear like stronger vowel sounds in German.

[00:34:34]just the vibe.

[00:34:36]>> Yeah, German. I could just tell.

[00:34:39]>> I had no idea. I'm sorry, girls. It just sounded softer, but I think it's because it's a female voice. It sounds like way more sweet the way that she was speaking.

[00:34:50]>> We basically lost cuz you guys knew and you guys were pointing to Dutch, right?

[00:34:54]Oh, okay. Interesting. I guess it's the gender. Maybe she was much softer. She talked about like her album. Her album.

[00:35:00]Yeah, I did not understand anything she said.

[00:35:03]>> Not a clue in the world.

[00:35:04]>> But do you know who she is?

[00:35:05]>> Helena Fisher? No. Yeah, Helena Fishcher is a German anchor.

[00:35:08]>> Oh, Helena Fishcher. Yeah, I knew who I know who she is. I thought I knew the name. I was like, Helen. I've reacted to one of her. I'm pretty sure I've reacted to one of her songs ages ago before I started doing like German hip-hop. I reacted to one of her songs. I'm pretty sure she's really good. Uh she's a singer and she made like very viral pop hits since like many many years like she's a singer but she's not like a singer Dutch like Dutch Dutch it's even the Yeah. The rhythm of the language rhythm of your language is you have different rhythms like Hing came.

[00:35:58]Honestly, you kind of sound like Do you know what you sound like? Like what a scouser sounds like to a man. Yeah. So from someone from Manchester from if if you were English cities, Dutch people, you would be Scousers. You'd be from the Liverpool and Germans would be like man from Manchester.

[00:36:39]Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:36:42]>> What a German. Yeah. You changed. Okay. Two Dutch, three German.

[00:36:49]>> Oh, >> it's Dutch. I better be right. But I think I'm right.

[00:36:55]>> Doesn't sound like German. That's why >> the vibe.

[00:36:57]>> That's it. Yeah, that's really it.

[00:36:59]>> But it was a bit hard. But I think Dutch only has the a sounds. German doesn't have the a sounds.

[00:37:08]>> Yeah, it was way harder. I was like maybe it's a dialect like an special accent or something confused. Like some words were like familiar and at the same time I was like I'm not sure.

[00:37:18]>> I'm same as Japan right now. I'm like bunigi. Everything is bunigi. I have no idea. So, I just follow my instincts and it sounded a little bit softer. So, I was like, it might be Dutch. Maybe I'm getting confused again. So, I just chose German.

[00:37:31]>> But it also took me a second because the audio is like really bad. So, I couldn't hear him at all until he said out and I was like, "Oh, yeah." Cuz you guys don't say out. You guys say auto.

[00:37:41]>> We say out. What do you mean?

[00:37:43]>> See, different. We say out.

[00:37:46]>> So, I was like, "Oh, wait. It's Dutch."

[00:37:47]And then I like started listening and I was like, "Oh, he's talking about like race car." I guess it makes a difference if a man or a woman speaks.

[00:38:16]Dutch. Dutch. I'm good at this game, guys. I'm not even from these countries.

[00:38:21]I'm not from Germany. I'm not from the Netherlands. But you know what it is? I think it's because I've been I listen to the language. When you listen to languages and like I do my channels, I think I've got it. I'm pretty sure I'm saying it. I'm celebrating before I even know. But I'm pretty sure he's Dutch.

[00:38:36]Um, again, it's because it Dutch sounds familiar. Dutch sounds like an English person trying to speak German.

[00:38:48]It sounds like an English person trying to speak German. That's what Dutch sounds like. So, when I listen to Dutch, I'm like, if it sounds like I'm hearing an English accent, but then I don't understand what the person's saying, then it's Dutch. It's true.

[00:39:05]and the noises sounds Dutch.

[00:39:08]>> But I think she's just like something.

[00:39:11]>> Yeah.

[00:39:12]>> So, this was like really obvious for you guys that I was Dutch and not German.

[00:39:16]>> No.

[00:39:16]>> No.

[00:39:17]>> I remember being a little kid in northern Indiana and there's a lot of like Dutch Amish people. And I remember this guy was in this auto store. I just got to explain. And he was like talking on the phone like and I was like, "What in the what's going on?" And I was like, "Oh, he's like he's like like a Dutch guy and he lives like on a farm." And I was like, "Ah, okay." So, like I was just like thinking about that guy and it just sounded like completely like something I've never heard in my life.

[00:39:42]So, I connected that with that >> childhood experience brought him here.

[00:39:45]>> This time it was not familiar at all.

[00:39:48]Like I was like, >> why you pointing at me?

[00:39:54]>> I'm happy to say everything is boniki.

[00:39:58]>> To me, I thought this would confuse guys more. Yeah, that's what I was thinking, too. Yeah, >> this guy, he spoke much softer. Me, it was obviously Dutch, but I thought that would confuse them more.

[00:40:07]>> What's your word for pressure, like when you're under pressure?

[00:40:10]>> D.

[00:40:10]>> Oh, yeah. Cuz he said, cuz he felt pressure. The RS are so different cuz we say >> and you say, >> so I was like, oh, maybe that's why you can distinguish it like Dutch.

[00:40:22]>> Is Martin Garrick from the Netherlands?

[00:40:24]Oh, he is.

[00:40:25]>> Martin who?

[00:40:27]>> Martin Garrick was talking. Is there like a musician to DJ?

[00:40:30]>> DJ.

[00:40:31]>> Oh my god, they're going to kill me in the comments. I don't know any.

[00:40:34]>> She's Dutch. She should even know the celebrity from the from the Netherlands.

[00:40:37]>> He's DJ.

[00:40:38]>> I don't know any DJ guys. But that's why he was talking about like music and stuff. So I was like, oh, he's an artist. So I was trying to see, but I was like, I don't know who that guy is.

[00:40:46]>> I feel like the only thing that I could really tell the difference was is that Dutch sounded like it flowed through the whole conversation or the whole sentence at least, and then German kind of like stops.

[00:40:54]>> Mhm. I felt like cheating, >> but also I think can sound more melodic sometimes like >> but if I would if I didn't get them all right then there's something not right.

[00:41:05]Now you know I listen guys, right? Now you know because I got them all right.

[00:41:08]You know I listen. I do listen. I listen to you guys when you speak. I >> always go like and it goes up at the end. But Dutch doesn't do that much. That that's also another cue.

[00:41:33]I was pretty confident to be honest, but one video got me.

[00:41:38]>> I was just flowing with the vibes. I had no idea. I don't speak any of both languages, so it was really hard for me.

[00:41:46]I didn't compare the German and the Dutch language. If you like this video, please like, subscribe, and comment down below.

[00:41:52]>> See you next time. Bye >> bye.

[00:41:54]>> I really enjoyed this video. It was really fun because obviously I have these two channels. I love you guys.

[00:42:00]Like both my Dutch guys and my German guys and girls. Um, so this is really good to compare with just cuz actually not I've not heard German and Dutch like in the same video or like together. And now that I've heard them together and I've compared and I was testing to see which one was which. God, this they sound they completely different, guys. They're complet.

[00:42:29]But that's the same with Dutch and English. Like there are some words that the same, but they're completely different. I think I think they're quite similar. German, Dutch, and English, we all have a lot in common in the sense of our languages, but we do not understand each other. Um, we just have words that are in common. And I think for anyone who's German, they could Germans, you can easily pick up Dutch and you could probably and and I know you easily can pick up English because you understand me. And the same goes for Dutch people.

[00:43:02]I think they could easily pick up German and you speak fabulous English. So there you go. This is really interesting.

[00:43:10]Let's see if I can get this on both channels. I don't know if I can. I'm I'm going to try though. I'm going to try just cuz I think this is an interesting video. And it's a good way to maybe connect both audiences so it might land on both channels. Guys, thank you very much for watching. Until the next one, I will see you very soon.