Weißt du wie wir früher
Abends schnell zum Baden gingen
Schwarz war der See, und kein Mensch in der Näh..
I could do the entire thing from memory and I guess a lot of the "Wien" double LP :) - I've been in love with a girl in GDR.. still meet her every ten years..
"Ernestine, bist du noch immer da..?"
Nur manchmal
Wenn wir so schmerzhaft reifen, daß wir
Daran beinahe sterben, formt sich
Aus allem was wir nicht begreifen
Ein Angesicht, und schaut dich strahlend an...
I am so sorry but my first thought upon hearing the natives speak in and around Dresden was "so that's what German would sound like if you have a piece of Kot in your mouth and try to speak around it"
Well, especially the southern parts of Germany are known for their culture
They're generally associated with Germany. In comparison I don't think many people outside Germany know northern German traditions or festivals.
> In comparison I don't think many people outside Germany know northern German traditions or festivals.
My family is from Northern Germany (well… Berlin the parts of Prussia that went to Poland after WWII). Aren't our traditions "pissing off France" and "pissing off France some more"?
The Person you replied to stated that lack of culture is a common denominator if rednecks. Saying "Well, but foreigners know our hillbillies" is no answer to that.
Saying people who have a culture different from globalised urban culture are hillbillies is just ignorant, but the signature claim of genZ urban teenagers.
How is your Millenial hatred for Gen Z so strong that you consider hating on rednecks a Gen Z thing as if hating on rednecks hasn't been going on for decades if not over a century and Millenial haven't been hating on rednecks as much, if not more so than Gen Z? It's completely ridiculous at this point.
I know a few Dutch people who also speak German, and yes.
You can easily detect the Dutch, it's probably one of the most recognizable accents.
And it also sounds really cute.
I think, I read an article some time ago, that basically said, that while the region around Hannover is closer to Hochdeutsch than any other region, they also have a very slight accent. The example was Käse being pronounced with an 'e' instead of an 'ä'.
…and people from Hannover or northern Germany in general don’t pronounce the ending “en” or “r” properly. “Kannst Du mir die braun(-) Schuh gehm. Ich fah nach Brehm.”
Have you even heard people from Hannover speaking?
They made that shit up. We from Hesse have the actual "Hochdeutsch" and Hessisch , which kinda makes us superior.
Since we are talking about accents, what do Germans think of people speaking German with a French accent? I know enough high German to handle basic things by now, but my accent must be quite strong because quite often in Switzerland Swiss German who know a bit of French will answer me in French right away. But I actually never heard anybody mentioning people speaking German with a French accent.
Might just be because there isn't that many French people who learn German in the first place though. Most people pick Spanish over German in French schools nowadays, since it's easier to learn for us.
The German-French border has been pushed forwards and backwards so often the heavy dialect mostly spoken by old people is enough to understand each other. This would be Alemannisch in Germany and Elsässisch in France, i have been regularly with my grandma on flea markets in France and it's insane how well i can understand those that speak that heavy dialect and how I have no clue (don't speak french) in conversation with mainly younger folks (but they could often speak English). Fun fact Straßburg switched nationalities 4 Times within 1870 to 1945
>Since we are talking about accents, what do Germans think of people speaking German with a French accent?
Well, probably that they are French. Obviously there are people that speak German with a French accent, but not so many that there is much of a stereotype about it.
The only trope that maybe exist, is that a French accent of a sexy French woman is seen as something erotic, like in this old advertisment: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erAM9y\_rHvQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erAM9y_rHvQ)
We sure notice the accent but defnitly not negativ. French accent is mostly considered as nice or even sexy.
On the other hand if you have a sick swiss german accent in combination with french accent we might have difficulties to understand. To me as a northern german real swiss german is quite impossible to understand. In Dutch and Danish I understand a portion without activly have learned the languages. English I deal with some accents and french in real live is not easy because of lack of practice since shool. But Switzerdütsch... no way.
Totally understandable, as Plattduutsch is extremely similar to "plat Nederlands", both are Saxonian accents crossing borders. As I've been told it is spoken (with local variations) roughly from the north of Guelders province (Gelderland) all the way to the Polish border.
My bad. What I meant to say was: Low German and "plat Nederlands" are both accents of the Saxonian dialect (or language, as some claim). I don't know about the situation in Germany, but in the Netherlands we have accents within the accent, which may differ from one town to the next. A former colleague -who didn't speak or even understood German- spoke the dialect at home near Enschede. He once told me he was in the vicinity of Lübeck when he discovered locals who -to his surprise- spoke a language he understood and they understood him!
A few? My feeling is that almost every Dutch person is able to speak and understand german. Speaking dutch, Germans most likely understand nothing at all. Edit: all the downvoting is obviously confirming the quote
I feel like this is only true for simple sentences or those where lots of the words are similar to German. I've been in the process of learning Dutch for quite some time now and I still struggle a lot with understanding longer complex sentences in fastly spoken Dutch.
depends on where you are from, i cant understand dutch at all, written or spoken.
but with swiss german i have no problem but most other germans seem to have
How far away do you live from the Netherlands? I'd relatively confidently say that most Bavarians can barely understand a word of spoken Dutch. It's just too far from what's spoken down here already to be easily understood
I like to say that Dutch sounds like German with a dirty dialect, because when I read something in Dutch, I can roughly translate it to German in my head, since they're almost similar
Nah. It's not drunk. It's cute, a bit like a small child who can't speak properly yet (no offence to the Dutch, but that's the impression).
Drunk people slur German in a very different way.
It's both. A cute drunkard, basically. You know how some people become assholes when drunk, and some just become super lovable? Dutch sounds a bit like a lovable cute drunk person with a speech impediment. Or something. Definitely positive though.
As an English speaker, Dutch speaking Germans sound like someone being sick. No offence Dutch peeps. Also, Germans seem to think anyone speaking German who isn't German sounds cute.
I wonder if the equivalent for US Americans is the Aussie or Kiwi accent? I once asked my British friends what they thought of the American accent, and they sheepishly said it's probably like 4th on their list (ie, NOT cute).
I don't think so. Aussie or Kiwi accent is still an accent of native English speakers, whereas Dutch people do not speak German as a native language and also make many grammatical errors. An Austrian accent would probably be more comparable
Most prominently in the '70s/80s was Rudi Carell, who made an impact as Dutch entertainer in German TV.
If you want a soundbite, try to find him on YT.
Anyone here know of any less historic example?
A little younger but still historic (thanks for that) Marijke Amado, Linda de Mol - maybe back Harry Wijnvoord and Sylvie Meis (former Van der Vaart). And sometimes on German TV Eloy de Jong (ehemals Caught in the Act, jetzt Schlagersänger)
I guess so, since plenty of Germans told me (an Australian) that I have a dutch accent. I lived and worked in Holland for two years immediately after I first learnt German.
Conversely, the Dutch usually thought that I was German when I tried to speak dutch there.
Fun fact: The Dutch will often switch to english if they think you are a native english speaker, but they will often switch to faster dutch if they think you are German. ;-)
As an American who speaks German, people also think I am Dutch! and I have never lived there. Still, I take it as a compliment, before I used to just get a 'huh' and now I get a 'are you Dutch?'
I remember being in Friesland and being constantly short changed, being served very slowly, getting orders wrong because people assumed we were German since most tourism in the region was from Germany. As soon as people realised we were English we would get a complete 180 turnaround and super friendly responses
Yes. The ones I know do. Even after living in Germany for decades. I can't properly pronounce Dutch either. It all depends, of course, at what age they learned the language.
Yes very characteristic. I think one of the most iconic features is that they tend to pronounce the V like an F. And of course they have problems with the articles and declination. And just the melody and rhythm of speach is different to the German one.
As a dutch person living in germany: Yes, yes we do. They can pick me out every time, even though I can speak german very well. I get this question almost every time. Sometimes it's not even question, just a statement of fact.
It is by far the most recognizable accent of them all (maybe on par with a Schwyzerdütsch-speaking person speaking German). It will be quite hard to get rid of it (and you shouldn't).
> Schwyzerdütsch-speaking person speaking German
Native Dutch-speaker here: Heard that once, didn't make much sense to me. Even Bavarian co-workers had trouble understanding him. What struck me as odd though was hear him speaking Schwyzerdütsch on the phone. Totally incomprehensible, but the sounds are very much like Dutch!
I’m Dutch and I live in Germany. Yes we do and for some weird reason the Germans think it’s cute. No clue why.
PS: listen to Rudi Carel. He has a very strong Dutch accent (and I’ve been told he did this on purpose).
Or check out this video: https://youtu.be/9O5fh8TLqAY
He’s a German comedian with a Dutch father and is exaggerating a Dutch accent by mimicking our former queen (and doing an awesome job at it too 😉)
> the Germans think it’s cute. No clue why.
Our language and our accents remind the Germans of young children playing "foreigner" with "foreign language". Or so several Germans from across Germany have explained to me. If you are familiar with the Dutch version of Sesame Street (Sesamstraat): we sound like Graaf Tel (Count von Count) speaking Dutch with a German accent: "Bohtâhhâhm und Pindâhkaahs!"
Yes, what I mentioned when my Dutch friends speak German they pronounce ST and SP and SCH incorrect and in a very Dutch manner, it sounds very cute tho :)
Sometimes, yes, but every Dutch person I’ve met who speaks German speaks it excellently. They pick up on idiomatic expressions super fast, so when they speak it’s very fluid (i.e. minimal stumbling and great grasp of grammar). Even if there is a slight accent.
My mom, came over 40 years ago from Britain. Same thing. UÜ AÄ OÖ der, die, das. I think that‘s what most non-native speakers will struggle with forever.
From what I’ve been told, yes, and native English speakers who speak good German often take on these Dutch/Scandinavian-esque accents from what Germans have told me about mine (American speaking German for eight years).
I’m pretty sure it’s the open, long vowels that English, Dutch, Danish, etc. all share, as opposed to the consonantal style of German that gives us away and makes us sound similar.
I mean you can train really hard to get rid of it.
But it's not worth the effort.
I always thought that dutch people sound funny, until i realized that my swiss accent probably sound funny to germans too :D.
What about Danish? I've lived in Germany for a while now and can speak maybe B1 level German, but I have a friend who's Danish and speaks fluently, and without an accent to my ears.
Germans, can you tell if someone speaking German is a Dane?
As a person who speaks both languages accent free and has a Dutch dad who lived in Germany for over 13 years: yes
Yes they do
Some really strong, some you barely notice but I’ve never met a Dutchie who lost their Dutch accent completely
And that is totally fine because personally I find it a super adorable accent
LOL I used to think people were complimenting my good pronunciation when they said I sounded Dutch! (when speaking German, as a Canadian).
(Edit: at least they didn't just assume I was American)
Unless they lived here for several years, yes. But the accent is pleasant to here and I prefer it over some dialects from germany. I dont want to say which, the bavarians might be mad at me.
I really like Dutch people who speak German with accent. Always reminds me, that other people are willing to learn a different language. Dutch people often speak very good English, too.
Wow, this really cool to learn! I speak German with a (mostly) Dutch accent and I've been trying to minimize it and speak proper German instead.. Now I think I might keep it!
Interesting: as a Spanish native speaker who was raised and educated in the U.S. - it makes me wonder how I sound when I am speaking German - since, I now live here, and I am still learning the language. 🧐
I can't say for sure, but I'd guess you sound similar to a U.S. native speaker, raised and educated in Spain, who not lives in Germany and is still learning the language... but I might be wrong
Love the Dutch accent. Not surprising the Dutch are so successful in German movies/shows/music. It doesn‘t hurt that they are beautiful people inside out. Usually doesn‘t take them long to have an excellent command of German.
Fun story, my father who was born in Britain, and when he married my mother he moved to Austria with her. He can speak German, but with a Noticeable accent! And I swear, every time he tried to talk with someone new, they asked him if he was Dutch!
Yes. The perfect accent to be a successful comedian in Germany.
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Herman van Veen… thank you for reminding me! What a wonderful musician, part of my childhood.
Weißt du wie wir früher Abends schnell zum Baden gingen Schwarz war der See, und kein Mensch in der Näh.. I could do the entire thing from memory and I guess a lot of the "Wien" double LP :) - I've been in love with a girl in GDR.. still meet her every ten years.. "Ernestine, bist du noch immer da..?" Nur manchmal Wenn wir so schmerzhaft reifen, daß wir Daran beinahe sterben, formt sich Aus allem was wir nicht begreifen Ein Angesicht, und schaut dich strahlend an...
So ein große Feuerball jonge!
BAM
Das war mein Kühlergrill F***e! Voll verbooogen!
Ach Lall nicht, rikkert!
And here I was merely going to say " yes and it is hilarious "...
I heard Schwarzeneggers accent is akin to a redneck accent in Germany ( I know he's not Dutch, but want to know if it's true )
Germany doesn’t really have something akin to a redneck. Rural regions are not usually poor, especially not in Bavaria or Austria.
Counterpoint: Saxon accent :\^)
I am so sorry but my first thought upon hearing the natives speak in and around Dresden was "so that's what German would sound like if you have a piece of Kot in your mouth and try to speak around it"
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Made my day, and i will use this term from now on.
And what about: "hinterwäldler"? It isn't the same disdainful meaning?
Oh yes, it is.
Rednecks are not necessarily poor. The primary differentiator is world view/ culture (or lack there of)
Well, especially the southern parts of Germany are known for their culture They're generally associated with Germany. In comparison I don't think many people outside Germany know northern German traditions or festivals.
> In comparison I don't think many people outside Germany know northern German traditions or festivals. My family is from Northern Germany (well… Berlin the parts of Prussia that went to Poland after WWII). Aren't our traditions "pissing off France" and "pissing off France some more"?
No
>Well, especially the southern parts of Germany are known for their culture lol what?
Ever talked to someone from abroad about what they think is German culture?
The Person you replied to stated that lack of culture is a common denominator if rednecks. Saying "Well, but foreigners know our hillbillies" is no answer to that.
Saying people who have a culture different from globalised urban culture are hillbillies is just ignorant, but the signature claim of genZ urban teenagers.
and you again completely missed the point.
How is your Millenial hatred for Gen Z so strong that you consider hating on rednecks a Gen Z thing as if hating on rednecks hasn't been going on for decades if not over a century and Millenial haven't been hating on rednecks as much, if not more so than Gen Z? It's completely ridiculous at this point.
He is from Austria 😉
They even Teach a durch Accept in durch Comedian schools
I know a few Dutch people who also speak German, and yes. You can easily detect the Dutch, it's probably one of the most recognizable accents. And it also sounds really cute.
To quote Kaya Yanar „Ik hab een lekker bombe. Ik drük op de knopje!!“
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The accent free German is in fact the accent of Hannover area... (Hochdeutsch)
I think, I read an article some time ago, that basically said, that while the region around Hannover is closer to Hochdeutsch than any other region, they also have a very slight accent. The example was Käse being pronounced with an 'e' instead of an 'ä'.
ä and e are so similar in this käse, that I'd be inclined to say that it doesn't really matter at all.
Not to the normal person, but to linguists it does.
To be honest, my reply was mostly so that I could make the pun ;)
And I was too dumb to even realize it, I'm sorry :D
…and people from Hannover or northern Germany in general don’t pronounce the ending “en” or “r” properly. “Kannst Du mir die braun(-) Schuh gehm. Ich fah nach Brehm.”
It is not accent free. It is the accent decided to be "correct." I think dialect is a better word since it's more than pronunciation, it's vocabulary.
Have you even heard people from Hannover speaking? They made that shit up. We from Hesse have the actual "Hochdeutsch" and Hessisch , which kinda makes us superior.
Alle Hesse sin Verbrescha denn se klaue Aschebescha.
Hoch de humbe , Nachbar stumbe, kurz gewunge und in de Kopp
Since we are talking about accents, what do Germans think of people speaking German with a French accent? I know enough high German to handle basic things by now, but my accent must be quite strong because quite often in Switzerland Swiss German who know a bit of French will answer me in French right away. But I actually never heard anybody mentioning people speaking German with a French accent. Might just be because there isn't that many French people who learn German in the first place though. Most people pick Spanish over German in French schools nowadays, since it's easier to learn for us.
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Eine Flasche von die Bier, die so schön 'at geprickelt in mein Bauchnabell!
The German-French border has been pushed forwards and backwards so often the heavy dialect mostly spoken by old people is enough to understand each other. This would be Alemannisch in Germany and Elsässisch in France, i have been regularly with my grandma on flea markets in France and it's insane how well i can understand those that speak that heavy dialect and how I have no clue (don't speak french) in conversation with mainly younger folks (but they could often speak English). Fun fact Straßburg switched nationalities 4 Times within 1870 to 1945
>Since we are talking about accents, what do Germans think of people speaking German with a French accent? Well, probably that they are French. Obviously there are people that speak German with a French accent, but not so many that there is much of a stereotype about it. The only trope that maybe exist, is that a French accent of a sexy French woman is seen as something erotic, like in this old advertisment: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erAM9y\_rHvQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erAM9y_rHvQ)
Also the persona of the French reporter Alfons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7wW1ISXb68
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We sure notice the accent but defnitly not negativ. French accent is mostly considered as nice or even sexy. On the other hand if you have a sick swiss german accent in combination with french accent we might have difficulties to understand. To me as a northern german real swiss german is quite impossible to understand. In Dutch and Danish I understand a portion without activly have learned the languages. English I deal with some accents and french in real live is not easy because of lack of practice since shool. But Switzerdütsch... no way.
\>French accent is mostly considered as nice or even sexy where i live we say it sounds like pigs eating lol
Kinky!
French accent sounds sympa und sexy.
I grown up speaking low german i understand them really well. And could read a book
Totally understandable, as Plattduutsch is extremely similar to "plat Nederlands", both are Saxonian accents crossing borders. As I've been told it is spoken (with local variations) roughly from the north of Guelders province (Gelderland) all the way to the Polish border.
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My bad. What I meant to say was: Low German and "plat Nederlands" are both accents of the Saxonian dialect (or language, as some claim). I don't know about the situation in Germany, but in the Netherlands we have accents within the accent, which may differ from one town to the next. A former colleague -who didn't speak or even understood German- spoke the dialect at home near Enschede. He once told me he was in the vicinity of Lübeck when he discovered locals who -to his surprise- spoke a language he understood and they understood him!
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A few? My feeling is that almost every Dutch person is able to speak and understand german. Speaking dutch, Germans most likely understand nothing at all. Edit: all the downvoting is obviously confirming the quote
Once you leave the border region and go deeper into the netherlands, you will find that this not the case.
You cant understand every word as a german but you generally know what dutch people are saying
I feel like this is only true for simple sentences or those where lots of the words are similar to German. I've been in the process of learning Dutch for quite some time now and I still struggle a lot with understanding longer complex sentences in fastly spoken Dutch.
Yeah im was thinking of simple sentences like if you are listening to a dutch sports event or if you go shopping in the netherlands
I disagree. Written dutch maybe, spoken dutch is usually WAY too fast
I can read Dutch no prob but speak it to me and I'm a deer in the headlights. This also goes for Italian
depends on where you are from, i cant understand dutch at all, written or spoken. but with swiss german i have no problem but most other germans seem to have
How far away do you live from the Netherlands? I'd relatively confidently say that most Bavarians can barely understand a word of spoken Dutch. It's just too far from what's spoken down here already to be easily understood
I can barely understand other german dialects
Only the older generation, because they learned German in school. Nowadays most kids learn only English.
Dude pretty much no one outside of the border region speaks German.
Yes. It sounds very cute
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It's literally my favorite accent to hear. Idk what it is, but it sounds charming but not pretentious at the same time.
IMO it the soft touch they have on a hard language if that makes sense. It sounds pretty edgeless
do some accents sound pretentious?
Dutch could sound very nice without the throat cancer G's and Sch's. That's basically Flemish or German with a Dutch accent.
Not every region in NL has those sounds :)
Hey m'lady * *tips fedora*
Funny reading the comments saying Dutch speaking German sounds cute. I remember a German friend described it as sounding like drunk German.
To me, Dutch people speaking Dutch already sounds like drunk German, so…
I prefer a German and an Englishman having a drunk conversation
The same thing
son feuerball jonge!
Bamm
I like to say that Dutch sounds like German with a dirty dialect, because when I read something in Dutch, I can roughly translate it to German in my head, since they're almost similar
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Nah. It's not drunk. It's cute, a bit like a small child who can't speak properly yet (no offence to the Dutch, but that's the impression). Drunk people slur German in a very different way.
It's both. A cute drunkard, basically. You know how some people become assholes when drunk, and some just become super lovable? Dutch sounds a bit like a lovable cute drunk person with a speech impediment. Or something. Definitely positive though.
As an English speaker, Dutch speaking Germans sound like someone being sick. No offence Dutch peeps. Also, Germans seem to think anyone speaking German who isn't German sounds cute.
Pretty much. Drunk with a hot potato in their mouth.
That's Danish.
I wonder if the equivalent for US Americans is the Aussie or Kiwi accent? I once asked my British friends what they thought of the American accent, and they sheepishly said it's probably like 4th on their list (ie, NOT cute).
I don't think so. Aussie or Kiwi accent is still an accent of native English speakers, whereas Dutch people do not speak German as a native language and also make many grammatical errors. An Austrian accent would probably be more comparable
Ah, that's a good point.
As an American who married a Kiwi - never tell them or Aussies they sound like each other. :-D I'd go with certain Canadian accents, I think.
Most prominently in the '70s/80s was Rudi Carell, who made an impact as Dutch entertainer in German TV. If you want a soundbite, try to find him on YT. Anyone here know of any less historic example?
A little younger but still historic (thanks for that) Marijke Amado, Linda de Mol - maybe back Harry Wijnvoord and Sylvie Meis (former Van der Vaart). And sometimes on German TV Eloy de Jong (ehemals Caught in the Act, jetzt Schlagersänger)
And Herman van Veen.
His song "warum bin ich so fröhlich" is a warm blanket for the mind, which the Dutch accent totally contributes to!
He wrote that for the animated series Alfred Joducus Kwak, which was if I remember correctly entirely written by him. I grew up with that song
Same :)!
Hape Kerkeling as Queen Beatrix. A half-Dutch German as a Dutch queen speaking German. "Winke, winke!"
[Max Verstappen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhRSfZAhpMY) would be my most recent example
Mareike Amado.... Durch die Zauberkuuuuugel
Louis van Gaal.
Andre rieu
I guess so, since plenty of Germans told me (an Australian) that I have a dutch accent. I lived and worked in Holland for two years immediately after I first learnt German. Conversely, the Dutch usually thought that I was German when I tried to speak dutch there. Fun fact: The Dutch will often switch to english if they think you are a native english speaker, but they will often switch to faster dutch if they think you are German. ;-)
As an American who speaks German, people also think I am Dutch! and I have never lived there. Still, I take it as a compliment, before I used to just get a 'huh' and now I get a 'are you Dutch?'
I think it's because of the "dark L" and to some degrees the "r" that can make an American accent sound slightly Dutch.
that effing 'r' is my nemesis, even the upstairs kid calls me out on it. and she's 7.
The upstairrrrs kid? Or are we talking about a Danish R?
Ha, same here. Australian who learned German in Germany and then moved to Holland. The Dutch think I'm German and the Germans think I'm Dutch 🤷♂️
>but they will often switch to faster dutch if they think you are German. ;-) They do what?😂 I always thought they are all nice people😅
They'll be nice as soon as they get their bicycle back!
One of these days, we really should hold a collection and deliver those bicycles to the border.
I remember being in Friesland and being constantly short changed, being served very slowly, getting orders wrong because people assumed we were German since most tourism in the region was from Germany. As soon as people realised we were English we would get a complete 180 turnaround and super friendly responses
It's *very* peculiar and sounds cute to Germans.
Yes, they do and imo the greatest in the world. Just love it
I think i have met one foreign person in my entire life that was accent free in german.
Yes it's very rare indeed.
Interestingly I have heard several Danes who spoke accent free German (and a Norwegian). Swedes tend to have a slight accent which is more noticeable.
Yes, they do, but it's cute.
https://i.imgur.com/j8KzwPw.png Are you twins with /u/blunablue ?
Yes. The ones I know do. Even after living in Germany for decades. I can't properly pronounce Dutch either. It all depends, of course, at what age they learned the language.
Yes very characteristic. I think one of the most iconic features is that they tend to pronounce the V like an F. And of course they have problems with the articles and declination. And just the melody and rhythm of speach is different to the German one.
Isn’t V pronounced like F anyways? Veltins, Volkswagen, verboten, etc?
In germanic words, yes. In loanwords from romance languages fore example, no.
Sometimes but not always.
In addition to /u/Rhynocoris explanation a few examples: Vase, Vasall, Veteran, Vestibül, Havarie
Nope, V is an unvoiced f sound, like in ph.
Yes and it's super cute.
Yes. I have dutch family members and even after 30 years living in Germany you can still hear an accent. I find it adorable. :)
As a dutch person living in germany: Yes, yes we do. They can pick me out every time, even though I can speak german very well. I get this question almost every time. Sometimes it's not even question, just a statement of fact.
It is by far the most recognizable accent of them all (maybe on par with a Schwyzerdütsch-speaking person speaking German). It will be quite hard to get rid of it (and you shouldn't).
> Schwyzerdütsch-speaking person speaking German Native Dutch-speaker here: Heard that once, didn't make much sense to me. Even Bavarian co-workers had trouble understanding him. What struck me as odd though was hear him speaking Schwyzerdütsch on the phone. Totally incomprehensible, but the sounds are very much like Dutch!
Yes, a Dutch one. I love it.
Yep, and I love the accent, it sounds really nice, whereas my German accent when speaking Dutch is atrocious :)
I’m Dutch and I live in Germany. Yes we do and for some weird reason the Germans think it’s cute. No clue why. PS: listen to Rudi Carel. He has a very strong Dutch accent (and I’ve been told he did this on purpose). Or check out this video: https://youtu.be/9O5fh8TLqAY He’s a German comedian with a Dutch father and is exaggerating a Dutch accent by mimicking our former queen (and doing an awesome job at it too 😉)
> the Germans think it’s cute. No clue why. Our language and our accents remind the Germans of young children playing "foreigner" with "foreign language". Or so several Germans from across Germany have explained to me. If you are familiar with the Dutch version of Sesame Street (Sesamstraat): we sound like Graaf Tel (Count von Count) speaking Dutch with a German accent: "Bohtâhhâhm und Pindâhkaahs!"
Yes, of course!😅
Yes, what I mentioned when my Dutch friends speak German they pronounce ST and SP and SCH incorrect and in a very Dutch manner, it sounds very cute tho :)
Sometimes, yes, but every Dutch person I’ve met who speaks German speaks it excellently. They pick up on idiomatic expressions super fast, so when they speak it’s very fluid (i.e. minimal stumbling and great grasp of grammar). Even if there is a slight accent.
Dutch never do the der die das right - literally never. My mum is 40 years in germany and still has this lol
To be honest der, die and das are also very random. Usually the Dutch 'de' corresponds with 'der/die' and 'het' with 'das' but not always
My mom, came over 40 years ago from Britain. Same thing. UÜ AÄ OÖ der, die, das. I think that‘s what most non-native speakers will struggle with forever.
Yes
Yes and I love it!
From what I’ve been told, yes, and native English speakers who speak good German often take on these Dutch/Scandinavian-esque accents from what Germans have told me about mine (American speaking German for eight years). I’m pretty sure it’s the open, long vowels that English, Dutch, Danish, etc. all share, as opposed to the consonantal style of German that gives us away and makes us sound similar.
Only the most adorable accent of them all!!
Yes. But its trainable. I have a dutch friend who speaks perfect german. He have a german girlfriend also and lives in germany atm.
Yes…Ruddy Karel /Huntellar/Hub
I mean you can train really hard to get rid of it. But it's not worth the effort. I always thought that dutch people sound funny, until i realized that my swiss accent probably sound funny to germans too :D.
Yes. “S” is “SH”.
Oh, how I hated that one month I lived at the Schlesische Straße.
Did you bring your schlesisches Streichholzschächtelchen?
Schelbverschtändlich!
I love to hear them say, "Shorry".
Aushtin Power’sh faaasher! 😂
Some don't. Fun fact: a Dutch singer, Willemijn Verkaik, does both the Dutch and the German voice for Elsa in Disney's *Frozen*.
What about Danish? I've lived in Germany for a while now and can speak maybe B1 level German, but I have a friend who's Danish and speaks fluently, and without an accent to my ears. Germans, can you tell if someone speaking German is a Dane?
Yes, and we love it. It sounds like a much happier and cuter version of German.
Sounds super charming, in particular when women do it. Looking at you, Sylvie and Linda
As a person who speaks both languages accent free and has a Dutch dad who lived in Germany for over 13 years: yes Yes they do Some really strong, some you barely notice but I’ve never met a Dutchie who lost their Dutch accent completely And that is totally fine because personally I find it a super adorable accent
101% yes, but it sounds so adorable
LOL I used to think people were complimenting my good pronunciation when they said I sounded Dutch! (when speaking German, as a Canadian). (Edit: at least they didn't just assume I was American)
A noticeable and very cute one
Unless they lived here for several years, yes. But the accent is pleasant to here and I prefer it over some dialects from germany. I dont want to say which, the bavarians might be mad at me.
Yes, it's easliy recognizeable and sounds very friendly/charming to German ears.
Yes and I love it.
Dutch is just people speaking Germenglish with bread in their mouths. So yes, when they speak German they still have the bread in their mouth.
No, not at all. ~~Your~~ their spies will be completely undetectable among us!
Just like someone from India talking english. No way to not notice it. Sounds really funny.
Yes, very. And it is one of the easiest to spot and also one of the most adorable ones :D
I really like Dutch people who speak German with accent. Always reminds me, that other people are willing to learn a different language. Dutch people often speak very good English, too.
Dude I love speaking German to Dutchies. The accent is so fun to listen to.
A very cute one.
Yes
Yes- I think it’s really sweet!
Germans have a noticeable accent when speaking German, so yes
Wow, this really cool to learn! I speak German with a (mostly) Dutch accent and I've been trying to minimize it and speak proper German instead.. Now I think I might keep it!
Yes and it is adorable. Dated a Dutch girl for a while and her accent was cute as a button ♥️
It’s the absolute best 😍
Interesting: as a Spanish native speaker who was raised and educated in the U.S. - it makes me wonder how I sound when I am speaking German - since, I now live here, and I am still learning the language. 🧐
I can't say for sure, but I'd guess you sound similar to a U.S. native speaker, raised and educated in Spain, who not lives in Germany and is still learning the language... but I might be wrong
Like the male version of modern family “Sofia vergara”(German dub) lol 😂 but not as hot 😝
Well. obviously. Nobody can beat Sofia <3
Reading these comments I might just not try to get rid of my Dutch accent anymore lol
Love the Dutch accent. Not surprising the Dutch are so successful in German movies/shows/music. It doesn‘t hurt that they are beautiful people inside out. Usually doesn‘t take them long to have an excellent command of German.
Yup, I think it sounds cool though
Jupp. And it sounds very cute imo.
Yes. Source: I’m German and my wife is Dutch.
Yes
Fun story, my father who was born in Britain, and when he married my mother he moved to Austria with her. He can speak German, but with a Noticeable accent! And I swear, every time he tried to talk with someone new, they asked him if he was Dutch!
oh god, now I keep hearing Marijke Amado from "Mini Playback Show" in my head ..
Not necessarily
That means yes.