The German Language

[Kartoffelbrei]

As someone who grew up in Germany, and as someone who is just fascinated by languages, I always wondered, how the German language must sound to someone who doesn't understand it, or is just not used to hearing it.

I mean.. ofc. You always hear that German must sound ultra stiff and edgy, but I somehow can't really believe that. So does that mean the language does not sound beautiful? Cuz as I recall it it's ****ing beautiful.. It's poetic and deep and you can express urself so flowery, lol..

Like when I listen to calm german music, like Max Herre, I think: "How can that sound hard to anyone? It's such a soft, and flowing language.
Max Herre - Anna

ofc.. when you hear Rammstein you think: "Whaaaat the **** is going on?", but Rammstein do not really talk german. They roll their R like ****, NOBODY would ever talk like that..

I believe Bavarian might sound cool tho, hehe.
Hans Söllner - Marijuana fürn Herrn Zimmermann

I'd be really thankful if someone would try this out and listen to the songs and just tell me how the language sounds in their ears.
thank you

[Trollheart]

I've been listening to Flaming Bess, which seems to include a lot of German speech. I have to say, and I apologise in advance, but German is the roughest, most gutteral language I've ever heard. Even if someone was saying "I love you" in German it would sound to me like someone hawking up and drilling into a wall at the same time. I can listen to French, Spanish, Italian, even Russian but German is, sorry, the ugliest language on the planet imo.

[Kartoffelbrei]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

I've been listening to Flaming Bess, which seems to include a lot of German speech. I have to say, and I apologise in advance, but German is the roughest, most gutteral language I've ever heard. Even if someone was saying "I love you" in German it would sound to me like someone hawking up and drilling into a wall at the same time. I can listen to French, Spanish, Italian, even Russian but German is, sorry, the ugliest language on the planet imo.

*sigh*
Ya. That's what a lot of people say.. :/
Still I really don't understand it. I mean, I'm from bavaria - we speak a much softer german, but still: it can be very very beautiful, if you talk sophisticated german. Hmm.. Maybe one has to understand the language to understand its beauty.
Well.. it's your opinion. thank you for the answer tho

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by Kartoffelbrei

*sigh*
Ya. That's what a lot of people say.. :/
Still I really don't understand it. I mean, I'm from bavaria - we speak a much softer german, but still: it can be very very beautiful, if you talk sophisticated german. Hmm.. Maybe one has to understand the language to understand its beauty.
Well.. it's your opinion. thank you for the answer tho

Ignore Troll, his unsophisticated ear likes whispers and little else.

I took German in college, I work with a lot of Germans at work. I love the language, its just hyper-articulated. To me, Russian is far worse, and as far as unpleasant goes, Arabic/Hebrew is far worse.

My 2 cents, anyway.

[Kartoffelbrei]

Originally Posted by TheBig3

Ignore Troll, his unsophisticated ear likes whispers and little else.

I took German in college, I work with a lot of Germans at work. I love the language, its just hyper-articulated. To me, Russian is far worse, and as far as unpleasant goes, Arabic/Hebrew is far worse.

My 2 cents, anyway.

I L O V E russian.
But I agree with you on arabic. It's the most ugly language there is.
"Chkallawk allachakc hakchalklchak".. yuck. it's basically just a's and consonants...

[Trollheart]

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Originally Posted by Kartoffelbrei

I L O V E russian.
But I agree with you on arabic. It's the most ugly language there is.
"Chkallawk allachakc hakchalklchak".. yuck. it's basically just a's and consonants...

I love both Russian and Arabic. It's because I dated 2 guys from both Russia and Jordan. I think I love the look of Russian men more than the language though.

[Annie1]

Originally Posted by Kartoffelbrei

*sigh*
Ya. That's what a lot of people say.. :/
Still I really don't understand it. I mean, I'm from bavaria - we speak a much softer german, but still: it can be very very beautiful, if you talk sophisticated german. Hmm.. Maybe one has to understand the language to understand its beauty.
Well.. it's your opinion. thank you for the answer tho

I speak some German. Not a lot but it has been years since I used it. I agree that it is not the most beautiful language but I also think that it depends on who is speaking it. My German teacher has the most beautiful voice and when she spoke it, it sounded grand.

[Kartoffelbrei]

Originally Posted by Annie1

I speak some German. Not a lot but it has been years since I used it. I agree that it is not the most beautiful language but I also think that it depends on who is speaking it. My German teacher has the most beautiful voice and when she spoke it, it sounded grand.

The thing that makes the German language beautiful,
is the complexity and the level at which you can talk.
You can say so many things that are just not possible to be said in the english language, except by circumscription..
I mean I am absolutely in love with the sound of the english language..
It's so simple and beautiful (especially british english),
but the German language allows you to use so many metaphors,
and everything is just very poetic, no matter how banal it is.

[Wpnfire]

Originally Posted by Kartoffelbrei

As someone who grew up in Germany, and as someone who is just fascinated by languages, I always wondered, how the German language must sound to someone who doesn't understand it, or is just not used to hearing it.

I mean.. ofc. You always hear that German must sound ultra stiff and edgy, but I somehow can't really believe that. So does that mean the language does not sound beautiful? Cuz as I recall it it's ****ing beautiful.. It's poetic and deep and you can express urself so flowery, lol..

Like when I listen to calm german music, like Max Herre, I think: "How can that sound hard to anyone? It's such a soft, and flowing language.
Max Herre - Anna

ofc.. when you hear Rammstein you think: "Whaaaat the **** is going on?", but Rammstein do not really talk german. They roll their R like ****, NOBODY would ever talk like that..

I believe Bavarian might sound cool tho, hehe.
Hans Söllner - Marijuana fürn Herrn Zimmermann

I'd be really thankful if someone would try this out and listen to the songs and just tell me how the language sounds in their ears.
thank you

Ooh! Hans Zimmer

lol jk

What is the genre of that first song? That music in the background sounds like an awesome sample for a rap song!

sorry, the language for both still sounds...edgy and rough. I don't like it. Sorry.

Originally Posted by Trollheart

I have to say, and I apologise in advance, but German is the roughest, most gutteral language I've ever heard. Even if someone was saying "I love you" in German it would sound to me like someone hawking up and drilling into a wall at the same time. I can listen to French, Spanish, Italian, even Russian but German is, sorry, the ugliest language on the planet imo.

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