15 German brands YOU pronounce WRONG! | Feli from Germany
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Adidas, Haribo, Porsche, Nivea, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Aldi, Jägermeister, aaaaand so on. There are so many German brands that are popular all over the world - which is awesome but it also means that people pronounce these brands very differently in different places. So, for those of you who don't want to mispronounce these brands any longer and would like to know how to pronounce them CORRECTLY, I made a list of 15 German brands and I'm telling you what the authentic, German pronunciation is and I'm also sharing some interesting background information about these companies!
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0:00 Intro
0:43 Wrist Update
1:49 Skillshare
3:43 Audi
4:28 Porsche
5:10 Mercedes-Benz
6:15 BMW
7:43 Volkswagen (VW)
8:29 Adidas
9:37 Birkenstock
10:11 Jägermeister
10:39 Aldi
11:53 Nivea
12:18 Schwarzkopf
12:38 Deutsche Bank
13:17 Miele
13:49 Haribo
14:22 Lufthansa
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Omg you use time stamps. My German need of structure and order is so satisfied right now
Besser so min jung
@@lequrage1084 Monsch, de Cherlä chaa dr verstoo? 🤭
haha das dachte ich mir auch xD
Love your Profile picture😍😅
Ordnung muss sein.
It’s funny that as a native Swahili speaker I grew up pronouncing most of these brands correctly, until I learned english, so I was convinced that I was pronouncing them wrong, so I had to re-learn them, now I’m realising that I was actually right and I have to unlearn again? Agggh😂
This show provides some interesting information. I do, however, feel that there is no right or wrong way of pronouncing these brands' names. English speakers use the established conventions. If they start pronouncing the names according to how they sound in German, no one will understand them in their countries. Example Munich is the name of the city in English but its German name is Munchen. Both are correct but the use of one vs another s driven by location.
German alphabet, like other Central European alphabets, has Latin phonetics, as a Pole I can easily read the correct sound of words in German without any problems, in the case of a text written in French or English without knowing the pronunciation of individual lettersit is impossible.
The most funny is H&M.
It's that WW2 anti-german effect reverberating throughout American history...
😂
Even the companies themselves advertised their names incorrectly to overcome the stigma of WW2.
🤷♂️
@@sleeplessinchicago9082 What she means is German pronunciation is akin to the pronunciation of non Americans. In my country we also say most of these words, incidentally, the way Germans do, without asking a German.
Congratulations for your remarkable language effort. As a spanish speaker, I personally think that we have less difficult to pronounce german words, compared with english speakers. And as far as I studied in College, that is because we have a large number of similar phonemas between spanish and deutsch. But, beyond that I realy think you speak both languages (english and deutsch) beautifully. And I can say that, because I don't have any difficutly to understand every single word you say. As a linguist, I really love your work, and as a deep admiror of german culture, I really love to see your videos. Please, don´t lose your spirit and keep up with your fabolous work! And greetings from Chile, the farest corner of the world.
*Spanish
*less difficulty
*German
*English
*college
*phonemes
*Deutsch
*But beyond that, I
*really
*have any difficulty understanding
*admirer
*fabulous
*farthest OR fairest (not sure which one you meant)
@@alvallac2171😂
@@alvallac2171 If you are going to be an ass and correct someone, at least do it correctly.
Technically, English is derived from German (old English sounds very Germanic) , as in English, kinda like a Latinized German, so no surprise that a Spanish speaker would find many similarities in German😊
It all depends on what dialect if English you grow up around
In my case is harder for me to understand Spanish because I grew up in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, which was founded by the Moravian , so most of the place Names in my area are pronounced (In local English dialect) very similarly to the original German pronunciation. I was born in the late 1970s. Now, as the area is migrating from Pennsylvania Dutch based to Hispanic based I actually have an easier time with German pronunciation even though I am trying to learn all three(including English of course). I have such trouble with Spanish that even though I joined the Navy and served abroad, while stationed in California, even working for an independent mechanic in a Spanish-speaking neighborhood I still have trouble grasping the language. Like I know words, but I can't grasp the actual flow of the words.
Really cool, knowledgeable video. It is very interesting to hear the history behind a lot of the brands. Thanks for sharing!
It's important to note that the "American" pronunciations are how the companies advertise their names in America. Post WW2, they often wanted to hide the German origins by giving them -Anglican- Anglo names/pronunciations.
This is very true. Even German sounding town and family names willingly changed during WW2. The roots were not forgotten but rather the people choose to change to more patriotic sounding "American" names so it was clear who they stood with. America still has German festivals and discusses the German roots of towns and people but the official name changes, mostly, stayed changed.
Because there was a lot of discrimination against Germans based on stereotypes and the war.
@@BigSmallTravel I wonder why?
@@briangulley6027 if you know what "krautbashing" means you will understand
chrysler & astor & einstein & wernher von Braun . some do, some don't. hermann oberth was born in Romania
Adolf Dassler = Adidas
Rudolph Dassler = Puma
I still think it should be called Rudidas :D
@Dragon lol
There are two smaller brands also founded by brothers, this time for hiking, ski? and mountain boots: Hanwag and Lowa (Hans and Lorenz Wagner). I also find funny that Berghaus is a british brand but Jack Wolfskin is German. And they both have these names for marketing reasons. In the 1960s Austrian, German, Swiss brands dominated mountaineering gear and in the 80s English names were cool in Germany.
At first, he actually wanted to call his company “Ruda” but since his nickname was “Puma”, which sounded better and was associated with the dynamics of the animal puma (or cougar in the US), he named it “Puma”. 😊
😂😂😂
PUMA was called RUDA before
The problem is we pronounced them, just like the commercial, representing the brand, pronounces them on our TVs and radios. We didn’t just dream the stuff up. I think it’s just a different interpretation with the language. I would think the companies paying for the commercials would correct the announcer if they wanted them pronounced in a different way.
They also know when they are translating things to another country, people don't like doing the accent part coz they feel embarrassed or just can't pronounce it so they then come up with an easier way to say it. At the same time they just go with it coz maybe they think the countries know what there doing
Australian's usually pronounce Adidas right. 1st time I heard it pronounced by an American I didn't know what it was until they showed the logo. Miele I guessed right, as a kid I'd try guessing how to say it coz I never heard it pronounced. I also think when these 1st came out they were probably pronounced slightly different and it slowly got changed over time
Due to the computerized reader voice nobody pronounces things right. That's why we need school.
I used to study German in my youth so I knew the way to pronounce all of them, but it's interesting to know the origins of names of all these brands.
I only disagree on the pronounciation of Nivea, because It being a Latin word which means "pure white" or "white as snow", It should be pronounced NÍVEA, not NIVÈA, although It being a german product
We pronounce it correctly lol. It is a different language and we have different ways of pronouncing things. It isn't incorrect and you should keep pronouncing it the way you are unless of course you are speaking German. Only then should you try and use an accent and also pronounce the word the way it is done in Germany. And no one should be using accents for a random word in a sentence just because the word originated somewhere else. For example in the USA you wouldn't just randomly add and accent on croissant just because it is originated in France.
As a student of history, I love videos like this. Porsche also had one of the (failed) prototypes of the ever famous Tiger tank.
Made in usa
Willis carrier- air cooling 1902
Sergei brin, Larry page - Google 1998
Norman woodland - barcode
Ray Tomlinson - email
Thomas Jefferson - swiveling chair
Adolf Rickenbacker - electric guitar
Roger Easton - gps
Benjamin Franklin - bifocals,lightning rod
Dankmar Adler, Louis Sullivan - skyscrapers
Samuel colt - revolver
Christopher scholes - qwerty keyboard
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This too
I didn’t know Adidas and Puma were competing companies owned by brothers.
Yup, and the brother that started Adidas sided with the Nazis
If you want to hear more about it check out the podcast Business Wars season 2 is all about Adidas vs Puma. It’s a really good podcast. I highly recommend it.
Additionally they're not just brothers, but they operate from the same small town and when they first started out, they split the town in Adidas/Puma workers according to which side of the river that runs through the town they live in. So one side sided with Adidas, whilst the other sided with Puma.
Or Aldi and Trader Joe!
@@minamckenzie4070
What is a Point?
Unless u have time machine and stop him doing that.
If not DROP THAT SHIT ALL READY FOR FUCK SAKE.
IM FUCKED OFF WITH IDIOTS LUKE U KEEP BRINGING SHIT LIKE THAT UP!!
It happened there is fuck all u or I can do bout it.
IT WAS MORE THEN 75 YEARS AGO.
AND ANYWAY I LIKE ADIDAS.
I once saw a T-Shirt that said “Porsche is a 2 syllable word”.
LMAO
so ist das richtig - thats right
@@LudusArtifex ist das so richtig?
@@_np7 what do you meen? was/wie meinst du das? da stehe ich ein kleines bischen auf dem schlauch.
@@LudusArtifex Por - sche 2 syllables and not "Porsch" mispronounced 1 syllable
I am from Sweden and we pronounce most of these companies almost like in German. But our languages are kind of closely related.
I was a little bit surprised. I though we would be more influenced by English, since we consume a lot of English content. But more often than not, the Swedish way to pronounce is close to the German way in this video.
Most English speakers pronounce these words fairly closely to the German, it's the Americans who have to have everything tailored for them specially
@@woofbarkyap i live in New Zealand and here most people pronounce things right, except for Volkswagen. (i'm south african originally but i live here cause Za is a shitshow)
@halkazorro That's because Swedish is a Germanic language, related to Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Faroese, English, Dutch, German, Afrikaans, Yiddish and others. The language is similar, because it's from the same people, related by not only language, but culture, history, religion and ethnicity.
@halkazorro English (West Germanic) is closer related to German (also West Germanic) than Swedish (North Germanic).
Your pronunciation in both languages is so beautiful.
I love that you add a bit of historical perspective & background information.
I was gonna say the same thing!!
This is what I love about language and etymology. Language is history!
I was a student in Germany in the 1970s, where I learned to speak German. When I returned, I always, and still do, pronounce German brand names like Germans do. What I really appreciated about this video was the backgrounds of the names and companies.
Thanks so much; this was fun.
My parents always pronounced "Volkswagen" properly (the German way), so I learned that from a very young age. But for whatever stupid reason, I have acquiesced to pronouncing it the American way (the wrong way), I suppose mostly because I would get blank stares from my friends when I pronounced it properly.
Thing is, in Germany I might try to pronounce brands as a German would. Because it aids in communication and it’s good manners.
In America, frankly, doing so is at best making communicating with others more difficult. At worst it’s pretentious.
I think you forgot Bosch. Unless I missed it. That was great information. Things like that interest me. Thanks. Keep it up.
lived in Austria in childhood... thanks for this fun!
I do that and people laugh 😂
So upset it took me so long to find your videos!! So awesome!! I’m German on my father’s side, and I’m loving learning from your channel! I have been telling people all of my life how to properly pronounce “Audi”🤦🏼♂️😂 and I’ve NEVER heard anyone pronounce it “Por-Shee” though🤷🏼♂️😂You’re so dope! Are you still here in Cincy?
Love your vibe, love your smile! Keep up the good work! Cheers from Brazil!
Listening to her go so perfectly back and forth between languages is pretty cool.
She is like natural born German and American same time....her both languages sounds perfect...i have noticed that at very first example she made....awesome...
@@Gagibit Y'all know that English is a Germanic language right?
Pretty much any bilingual person can do this.
Americans are sometimes unfamiliar with the number of people in our small world who fluently speak 2-4 languages...I feel sad our world has turned upside down like it has and adversely affected the educations, careers, travel opportunities of so many wonderful young people. It’s nice you get a small taste of it on KRplus watching this pretty and engaging girl.
@@KRYMauL its close to Frisian a side language in the Netherlands for the Friesland/Groningen province there are variations of that language in German and Denmark with the Frisian Island group. But German and English are still very different in Grammar and Spelling and dont get me started on pronounciation.
im dutch btw, the country with highest proficiancy in English that isnt a native speaker.
Your English is better than some people who have lived here their entire life.
Must be a German thing; my mom is German. In my half century here on earth, I have never seen or heard her make a spelling or grammar error.
It's called, Learning.
English is a Germanic language with a lot of similarities.
@@TT-rz5td we learn a lot about the English language in school. I would say, approximately 80% of Germans with Abitur (highest education degree of our school systems) will speak English with a very good grammar. But the pronounciation is obviously very difficult to us, so we‘re very far away from being perfect 😜
@@iMin00 Stimmt. Ich habe 3 Verwandte in DE, die Englischlehrer sind.
Wow! Everytime i tune in to ur channel, i learn something new.
Ur show is very informative ❤
Really informative! 😊😊
The reason Americans pronounce most of these brands the way they do is because the companies themselves pronounce it that way in their own advertising.
Right, we just don't know because they are always pronounced a certain way and we of course are not going to question it "is that really how it is pronounced??"🤦♀️
Exactly! Although I do pronounce Audi the correct way.
@@evilborg Same!
evilborg I’ve actually never heard anyone pronounce it the way she says Americans do.
most Americans pronounce these brands correctly for American English. These products exist in Englush and are advertised in it.
My grandparents are from Germany... I have spent my life correcting the way they say most of these brand names... 😂😂😂 no wonder they laughed at me the whole time! 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
my folks are german too but they have been here so lone a lot of these they say english style
like Nivea cream
😂
Dumbass never go against grand parents from the old country!!! You’ll lose every time!!
@@spartalives these are fond memories made with my grandparents someone as feeble minded as yourself wouldn't understand😂
Omg it was fascinating learning about the history of these companies. Thanks so much.
Endlich mal jemand der die Geschichte von Audi fast richtig erzählt. Grüße aus Zwickau :)
The way she flawlessly switches from English to German pronunciation.
It's not flawless. Don't go giving everyone gold medals for participation.
There's at least a tenth of a second drag as she swiitches accents. At least! It's cute AF.
@@ryhk3293 l don’t even know how to respond to this unnecessary comment. You have a great day now ☺️
@@ryhk3293 omg man, 0.1 second switch difference! Failure! Smh...
@@psmaria23 Here is a bit of advice for you. Lighten up, Nancy. When people say absurd and silly things, its often to get you to think specifically about them. Several of the things that she does remarkably, astonishingly well multiple times in the same sentence. Have you actually thought about her phonology and phonological completeness and nativity? Just for shits and giggles, obviously.
@@ryhk3293 well, I was admiring her accent and pronunciation anything beyond that I do not know. As a bilingual, I cannot be as eloquent or coherent. It was a simple observation/listen of her speech. My brain doesn’t know anything more sorry. Lol
I like how German Girl in America gives the history not just the pronunciation. Clear, fun and quick moving too. Well done!
Bruh she has a name. Its Felicia
@@souhridyobose4362 Well sorry dude, I didn't catch that but good on you for picking me up on that. Felicia and I feel so much better now. thanks mate.🤣
@@flibbinflah22 LMAO ... as a fellow Aus lad, I feel you need to add a tag so people understand how to read your thank you comment ; )
@@wonsworld61 Old American Meemaw got the sarcasm just fine w/o the tag. Just sayin. 👍🏻✌🏻🖖🏻
@Beau-Angelo Simon You shouldn't make assumptions. I watched the video. If I hadn't why would I write what I did?
I really love your englisch voice. Thats so different from your german. I enjoy your videos. Thank you.
I knew all the history but it has been really cool to hear the proper pronunciation of the German words. Thank you for your content .
americans pronounce it: mercedes
germans pronounce it: taxi
morecorethanjamiefoy yeah, same in South Korea! 🤣
Actually germans call it Rentnerauto
Mercedes is shit. They used to be good now they just fall apart. If you're gonna be an idiot and buy a "luxury" car at least buy a Lexus. It might last you a while.
@@The_Gallowglass lol you been buying fake cars or something?😂 Mercedes Cars last like forever
@@richardnedbalek1968 XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD *WHEEZE* *WHEEZ* OMAGAD YOU MAKE ME FULL OF PAIN DUE TO OVER-LAUGHING AND OVER-BREATHING XDDDD HOLY F- XDDDD HAHAHAHA
When you said that they last forever
Feli: “pronounce it correctly!”
All other Germans: “we just don’t care about how you pronounce it as long as you buy the products.” 😄
Because money is the universal langauge 😂
😂😂😂 I’m not German, and this is true with all people.
🤣
So true 😉👍
I do care! So its not ture!
I recently found your videos and really enjoy not only your content, but your explanations. This was no exception. Thank you for this fun to know information. :)
Thank you. Brilliant video!!!!
I have learned that brothers usually dont get along in Germany.
Absolutely true! Grohe and Hans Grohe… :-)
Or in any country really when business is concerned.
Hahaha
😂😂😂
I’ve learned that I might have a thing for German speaking women...
You have brought a tear of joy to an old man's heart. As a child, my parents hosted a young exchange student form Germany attending the University of Miami back in the early 70's. She altruistically spent her weekends sharing her culture with my family and I. Manu years later, I was afforded an opportunity to travel through Europe on a bicycling tour and visited her home town of Cologne. It was through her generosity and spirit, that I was able to even dare to attempt pronouncing street names or menu items. I did OK and was never made made to feel ashamed. The Villagers appreciated my attempts and made me to feel welcomed for the effort. Here I am more than 30 years late watching YOUR videos and getting that very same comforting feeling. Thank you .
As someone living in Cologne, I'm glad that you enjoyed your stay. Some things can be quite hard to pronounce and the local accent often doesn't make things easier for foreigners. Though we are happy to welcome people from all cultures and show them our city. I appreciate people trying to learn my language and only practice helps to get better
@R. Schowiada71 after rereading my post, I can see where clarification would be advantageous. By no means did I intend offense. I was actually referring to the outlying areas where the presumption of being able to communicate in English would be pretentious. ☺ Happy Noel. 🦈🧜♂️🎄
As for the BMW logo I was under the impression it was the symbol for "Center Line" in engineering drawings that also incorporated the colors of the Bavarian flag.
Professor Ferdinand Porsche not only was involved in building the VW Käfer but he also designed a few Tanks for the German Army.
I’ve learned so much today, but mostly one thing... Germans brothers don’t get along 😅
Lol!
😂😂 facts!
@Eric Klassen Are they in business together
NOT TRUE! See Minatur Wunderland @ Hamburg, Germany >>> krplus.net/uMiWuLaTV
Eric Klassen- Maybe not in your presence, but I doubt they’ve never had crosswords with each other when you’re not there. That is part of human nature. Unless your sons are robots, raised by robots I press X to doubt. Parents always see their children with rose tinted glasses. That’s why parents stand by their children even if they commit murder.
My Mum was born in Germany, and my grandparents always corrected my pronunciation. You warmed my heart. I miss them so much! 🇨🇦❤️
My mom was born in Munich, too. I understand. I miss her so much!
@@lorieburtt592 thank you. This comment helped me today. Can’t explain it. Grateful. 🙏😊
Coming from Europe myself and used to the "European" pronunciation, people here in the US often ask me why I pronounce Siemens with a "z" rather than an "s" as it's normally pronounced in the US.
@@pvsantos999 siemens is pronounced with an s too in german😂
@@linanutshell Was Pedro meint ist stimmhaftes s und stimmloses S
stimmhaft wie in dem Wort Summen...
Stimmlos wie in dem Wort Wasser...
Merke: steht dass es am Anfang eines Wortes ist es praktisch immer stimmhaft...
Wow, I didn't realise most of these well-known brands are German! You live and learn!
Loved the video. I had heard about the Aldi being owned by two brothers and the effects that had on the US market with its branding but it was a real nice reinforcement of that knowledge. Thanks!
Also, why is your name censored?
I can not pronounce Mercedes correctly, because it's expensive.
Lol
😁🤭😆
expensive and super ugly car !
@@betmenizorahovice4843 I guess we have to disagree on that little detail.
@@rockmcdwayne1710 no problemo,i used to disagree with people quite often
people like new modern music where girls sings with boy's voice, i dont ! 80's is were magic lives
people running like crazy to live in big town and they like it, i dont ! nature is running through my blood, towns are big prisons, people were never supposed to live in towns its not normal and natural environment for any living being, thats why humanity went nuts
people like drinking alcohol, i dont ! fresh juice is the best thing ! i am not 2m tall because i consumed alcohol
people like fat cars which looks more like a tank than a car, with ugly lines, i dont ! to me beautiful car is like a beautiful girl it must have hot lines ! no one likes fat girls, why you should like fat cars ?
for example Paul Walker had a lot of money and he was a very smart guy no doubt, why he was driving toyota supra ?
because he had a good taste thats why !
i had money to buy new mazda 6, but i didnt, because its ugly like hell, its just too much, it looks like a tank, fat ugly tank !
so i bought mazda 6 older version from 2007 and its amazing, its not so advanced vehicle like new mazda but at least it looks like a car instead of looking like a tank
An English merchant ship sends out an SOS distress call..."We're sinking! I repeat we're sinking!"
A German ship in the area responds to the distress call, "Ja...Unt vat are you sinking about?"
HA! I get it!
Berlitz German coast guard commercial
@@Maria-vp1po Genau, zehr gut!
@@blackbway Top Kek!
@@michaelnoyola7971 wenn dann *sehr gut XD
This might be the most interesting video I've ever seen...boom, liked and subscribed.. danke schoen
Speaking from Brazil, it is curious how brand names have different pronunciations around the world. Nice video, danke schön.
3:38 seconds is when it starts.
You're welcome.
Vielen danke
Ty!!!!!
tqsm!
Gosh I was wondering when this was gonna start, thanks!!
On and on, and on, and on, and on, and damn finally. Thank you!
If these guys didn't have brothers then half these brands wouldn't exist.
German brothers don’t get along, that’s what I learned today !
Are you saying, that with out there being brothers, we'd be buying our groceries at Al's instead of Aldi?
@@DlokiD maybe it would be:
Trader Joe's diskont. ,🤔
😁😁😁
In America, I've always heard "Audi" and "Porsche" being pronounced roughly how you say it's supposed to be.
As a native Russian speaker I grew up to mostly correct pronunciation of these brands. Just Miele was different but I’ll teach myself to pronounce it correctly
Everyone saying Nivea "wrong" was taught to say it "wrong" by Nivea's own advertising. Probably applies to most of these brands, actually...
In Hong Kong it be like 'NEEviah'
Same with Mercedes
In Latin Nivea means snow, and the v sounds like a w
@@kingbernie4303 nix, nivis. There's no nivea in Latin
@@1surfer12 Niveus -a -um is the adjective. It absolutely exists in Latin.
As an Italian, I was *so* sure Nivea and Miele were Italian! Nivea just... Sounds Italian to me, while "Miele" is an actual word in Italian and it means "honey" 😂
No German brand is as easy to say as Fa. Fa Fa Fa, German for Shampoo!
What about "testanera" we literally rebranded the company name 😅
@@jingle3330 oh that was another one! I was *so* sure it was Italian 😂
I thought Nivea was mexican, since it's so popular there
@@ChaoticBean794
I was talking to some japanses guys.
They were confident about Nivea is a japanese brand.
Very informative and entertaining! Thank you!
As an Australian, we pronounce adidas very similar to how you pronounced so when I heard an American say it for the first time I seriously had no clue what they were talking about 😭
After I studied German in college, I would pronounce “Schwarzkopf” properly and all my friends would look at me weird like. “Who says it like that?” Ha! Jokes on them 😉 Thanks for the vindication! 🙌🏼
Who says it like that? Germans mate :)
I guess I'm out of it, because the only "Schwarzkopf"s I know are either the late German soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf or the US general Normal Schwarzkopf Jr. (both with of course the German pronunciation).
I would pronounce Schwarzkopf as something like ['ʃʋɑʁtskɔpf], while in this video I hear ['ʃvaɐtskʰɔpf]. My pronunciation would have a Dutch accent, but may not be misunderstood by Germans.
@@bhami About Norman Schwarzkopf, in his briefings his family name was pronounced as ['ʃwɔɹtskɔf], that is, with a strong American English accent.
That's what I thought immediately: if you start pronouncing it the right way, no one around you will understand what you're talking about *lol
I'm English, I don't speak German, but got every single German pronunciation right. I have already patted myself on the back and massaged my massive ego!
Fitting, with your last name!
Slick 👍🏽
Sieger means winner in German ;-)
Like that’s pretty awesome 👏 😎
Yoy liar you
Thank you! So many mispronounced names I've used. Saving this video to say the names correctly. Thanks again.
You are not mispronouncing them unless you are trying to speaking German. Otherwise all of these pronunciations that are 'wrong' are the correct way in American English.
The addition of an "s" to Aldi I think is region specific in the United States. It's a common speech variation in the midwest with companies like Ford and Meijer to refer to them as Fords and Meijers (I.e. "we work at Fords" or "what's on sale at Meijers?")
As people have probably noted... we pronounce these brand names like we do because of the video and radio commercial ads that air here in America.
You have a point
Same here in Germany. I cringe everytime when people say Amazon in a very German way because that is how it was advertised.
This is exactly what I was thinking when I was watching this video. If they wanted us to say it a certain way it would be pronounced that way in the commercial. A good example of this is the laundry detergent Persil, it annoys my wife how they say it in the commercials here because back home in England where she is from it's said completely different. Apparently it's also a German brand.
You're quite right. Often a marketing team will want the brand to feel comfortable for consumers in a new locale and part of that will be being comfortable to pronounce.
The exception can be when the "exoticism" of the brand is part of the marketing, usually for "premium" products - indeed a fake "foreign" name can be used just for that, as in Häagen-Dazs.
Mind it doesn't explain the difference in pronunciation between US and UK for the trainer brands Adidas and (US brand) Nike. In the UK we pronounce the former the German way, but Nike "incorrectly" to rhyme with "like" (or did when I was a trainer buyer in the 80s - we might have caught up by now).
Commercials can fix what they broke, though. When I was kid, many moons ago, everyone in England pronounced Nestlé like the English word 'nestles,' thanks to the Milkybar adverts. At some point (possibly in the 90s) the adverts started pronouncing it correctly, and the public followed not long after.
As many other commenters have pointed out, it’s not so much Americans pronouncing the names wrong. It was the German companies “Americanizing” their names for marketing purposes. They came us with those Americanized pronunciations themselves to give their brands more appeal in the US market. You’re right in that it’s not proper German pronunciation. But it was those German companies themselves that came up with the “American names” for their products and companies here. You make a point but you don’t know the history behind those mispronunciations.
I worked for Mercedes for many years here in the US. When the German bosses came here if you used the German pronunciation of Mercedes, you were chastised severely! They wanted the pronunciation on this side of the Atlantic to be what you hear Americans say. They would say to us, “You are now German?” It was quite embarrassing to say the least. So, there’s a reason beyond American ignorance of the German language for the American pronunciation of those names. And it’s all about the $$$.
They use the "American" pronunciation in the whole anglophone world. I live in South Africa. Nivea is very popular here, the "American" pronunciation is used in advertisements. Afrikaans speakers use closer to the German pronunciation of adidas, Volkswagen and Jägermeißter in speech. We also say "Audi" the German way because we "understand" the "au" sound from German given names in our heritage. Once again, advertisements which are exclusively in English nowadays in South African pronounces it "Ohdi".
@@lisaniemand5593 Couple that with regional accents and you've got a recipe for disaster, my grandma for example is 78 years old she has what I call an Okie accent from the state of Oklahoma she will never pronounce any of these words the same as even the commercials, I'd assume the same could be said for elderly people across the Anglophone world.
I was going to say, I've spent a good amount of time overseas and not once has anyone said mercedes like her. I've driven hundreds of miles on the autobahn in a mercedes with germans in the car and not one ever said it like that. Maybe they were just patronizing me
@@Kstorm88 I used to live in Germany and she pronounced it correctly but most Germans know English and will usually pronounce the words as an American would. This is unless you ask them to pronounce it the way they normally would. The only one that's difference was Volks Wagon as I was always told that it was Wolks Vagon where the pronunciation of the V and W are switched in German. I'm Asian and it's like Sriracha to me. Americans pronounce it with an R sound and even the owner said it's with an R. However, it's named after Si Racha, Thailand in which the R is an L sound so every southern Asian person I know, including myself, pronounce it as See Lacha.
Well, that and there are subtle differences in how certain letters and syllables are emphasized. "Hot dog" vs the Bostonian "hawt dag" for instance.
Love the vids!
My dad owned a Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, garage. I learned to pronounce Porsche that same way you do. Most people I know do. Lufthansa is also one most people I know pronounce it basically the same as you do.
I love this video. So much wonderful information included. Not just a pronunciation lesson, but also a cultural and historical lesson. Thank you for sharing.
Yep, very detail it is! I hope to learn German next time
Yeah its good to learn the history
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@@loop5720 speaking German is not very hard. Some of the words are similar to English. Just like here in the US they have regional ways to pronounce words. Like tomato, potato... My favorite is the different ways ham is pronounced all over Germany.
@@ajalicea1091 - The similarity is because the Northern European languages are based on the German language, whereas the Southern European languages are based on Latin.
For example, the Volkswagen means People's car, which comes from Folk's Wagon. Dr. Porsche want to produce a car that average people could afford, therefore it was the People's Car.
If you say "Merc" to an American he will think that you are talking about a Mercury, a division of the Fix Or Repair Daily company.
BMW was the first bike to use opposed cylinders (like the Beetle) and an enclosed drive line like a car, instead of an oily chain.
I’m from Norway, and you can really see how similar our language are because I would pronounce all the these brands and words almost exactly the same way you did 😁
Slavic languages as well.
It's not unusual for native English speakers to have difficulty pronouncing English properly, so it should be no surprise they struggle with other languages.
For the most part it is English which are different from everybody else :-) And French some times :-)
@@sam28600 Yeah, I agree :)
I'm from Germany and I was almost half a year in Norway and I have to say our words and pronunciations are pretty close to each other. Best example: "lærling" and "Lehrling"
This was very interesting and fun. For me its quite the opposite of what you were expecting, so I was a little disappointed because I thought there would be a lot more differences. I should not have been surprised since so much of English has heavily Germanic influences. While some names like BMW and Volkswagen were definitely different, many others were pronounced nearly exactly if not exactly like you did, but first I have one to add to your list:
(NEW) Bayer - this company in most of the US is referred to as (BAYR) one syllable. However, when I have heard Germans from the company pronounce it, it is more like (BAY yer) two syllables. This was a complete surprise to me as I had been using the one syllable pronunciation all my life until I started working with them. 😀
Now your list:
1. Audi - I have never heard this mispronounced in my region by anyone.
2. Porsche - I have never heard this mispronounced by anyone who has ever actually seen or owned one. Even in the US, not pronouncing it like you do is considered incorrect. There are even TV shows that mock people who mispronounce it as a sign of ignorance or false pretentiousness.
3. Adidas - how it is pronounced in my region is exactly how you described it. However, despite the face that they may sound different, it is actually quite similar. It's just (ah DEED ahs) vs (AH deed ahs). So its just a different syllable emphasis.
4. Birkenstock - nearly identical
5. Jägermeister - I have heard it called (Yay ger) but I have not heard the full name mispronounced other than the slight accent difference.
6. Deutsche Bank - I have never actually heard this mispronounced. I think that anyone in my region and in my work life that actually knows what it is enough to reference it also seems to know how to pronounce it. I HAVE however heard people just call it just Deutsche which I agree is silly but it is a common shorthand and not just Americans us it.
7. Lufthansa - I have never heard someone mispronounce this one.
Overall, the main differences with the above names are mostly a matter of the American flat accenting VS. the richer German accent but other than that the pronunciations are really identical. So, it seems like your experiences in the US differ from my experience just as a regional issue or maybe some of the people you are most experienced with have just never heard the word pronounced so they go with what makes sense (Porsche I think is the biggest example of this one). I think someone else may have mentioned this but some of these also come from the way we are taught to pronounce it by American advertising. Aldi ads for example definitely pronounce it (ALL dee)
Thanks for sharing!
Wow Miss Feli, I never knew Nivea cream was a German product.
My dear mother absolutely loved it.
I remember its distinctive smell ...takes me back to my childhood.
Just blew my mind because I always knew Volkswagen meant “People’s car” but I never realized Volks is pronounced like Folks which has got to be where the very common American word of “Folks” comes from. Holy crap, it was always there staring me in the face.
Yes, I can relate to that about how certain letters are pronounced. Living in Germany back in the 80's it took a while to learn to pronounce the letter "W" like the "V" and to pronounce the letter "S" like the letter "Z", It will take a little time but practice makes perfect.
You could call it Folks Wagon
@@theflyinggasmask that is the best way to think about it 😂😂😂
I'm not even American, and I know that for many years...
Folks, Volks. 🤔 It was obvious.
Except that you pronounce the "l" in "Volks" whereas in "folks" it's silent. But yes, it seemed fairly obvious to me that they'd come from the same root, given that both are part of the same language family.
The problem with pronouncing words “correctly” here in America is that most people think you’re being idiotic and pretentious.
Facts 🤣 i pronounced Mozzarella correctly once and it was a MISTAKE
Not only in the USA, I'm South American, a spanish speaker, and everytime I try to correct the pronunciation of English, German, french, etc words to other people, they think I'm being an elitist retard, or a wannabe that hates his own country... At first that kind of mentality was infuriating for me, but now, it only makes me sad....
@@innerarts4091 No es lo mismo amigo. El alemán y el inglés comparten las mismas raíces, además de que los angloparlantes, al ser USA un país multicultural, han acogido muchísimos términos de otros idiomas, los cuales se han vuelto parte del lenguaje cotidiano. En cambio, en Latinoamérica realmente no hay necesidad de decir esas palabras con su acento y pronunciacion exactas, por lo cual la gente seguramente te toma como un tipo pretencioso. Quizá hasta presumido
I say gyro on purpose
Then you need to hang with a better class of people.
As I live in Poland it's not so surprising, because most names are spoken very similar here.
In addition I'm Silesian and because of that even more names are spoken like in Germany (because Silesians use many German words, or pronounce many (even some Polish words) of them German style) 🙂
For someone from Germany your English is impeccable. Hardly any accent with the untrained ear.
American: "Can I have a shot of Jäger?"
German: "You heard it! Fire!"
That's not correct. It must be "He got shot by a Jäger"
@Lovuschka That's a good one! 🤣
that joke made no sense
"Can I have a shot of Hunter" ? Am I just stupid or did I miss the punchline? caus' that's one flawed joke and a half.
@@siegpasta No clue.
@@siegpasta If you translate this to German this means “Kann ich ein schuss vom Jäger haben”, which means “May I have a shot from the hunter”
It's the brand's own fault. Most of these brands advertise their own name mispronounced in commercials, I've always wondered why they do that.
That's what my comment was.
Her issue is with how the companies have taught americans how to pronounce the product. Because that's how they pronounce them on the commercials.
Minus
Audi
And porsche
That's just people who can't read or something. Its clearly por scha
And Oudi
Even the commercials say it that way. Some of her complaints are nit picky. But it was still an interesting and educational video.
Yes, but companies usually do it to gain a better foothold in the market, e.g. if the customer cannot pronounce the word, he is more likely to buy a different product.
Here in Europe, for example, all the Korean car brands, Samsung and some others are pronounced differently than their real names.
@@Janoip that's what I was gonna say
@@Janoip German isn't so different from English.
Haribo especially
Cool video. The Aldi/Trader Joe's thing blew my mind since I consider them two ends of the spectrum (but love both). Same thing with Adidas/Puma which I always associated with soccer/futbal culture not necessarily German. Thanks!
- Whats the origin of this german brand?
- Well, bach there in 1945 in Bavaria...
So, back in 1990, a young woman named Petra from West Germany came to live with us for a year on a student exchange program. She was from the Hanover area and she was one of the most special beautiful wonderful human beings I've ever met. The things you post are so much like the conversations we had back then - and I remember Oct 3, 1990, she was living with us and it was so exciting and special to have a German in my home when the unification happened. This entire video made me laugh and get super nostalgic for those days. I will always adore Germany and though I speak not a word of German, the language makes me smile. (I got a D- in German and the professor told me he'd only give me that if I didn't sign up for the next semester!)
regardless, thank you so much Felicia. your channel is a bright spot in a dark world. YOU rock.
Sympathy grade 😂, same here
@@JasmineReiki don’t worry though I still knew the swear words - I’m not a monster
@@poetman123 , I only know Spanish swear words
As an American I spent my childhood in Germany. I was teased when we returned to the US and I pronounced Adidas the “correct” way. Glad to know I was right! Liked the addition of the history you included for all the brands!
But is it really wrong if adidas itself advertises with that pronunciation to its American customers?
I hope you are feeling better now
@@donrainesoh they adapt to the respetive language, i think. So that people in America also can pronounce it. But the right way to pronounce is the way she used in the Video.
There is no "right" way to pronounce it. There is the German way and the English way. IN America it sounds stupid when you try to pronounce it like a German.
@@ridinwithjake Maybe, but yours are specifically American pronunciations. Here in the UK we often find your ways to be quaint...and wrong.
Great video! Much appreciated.
For some reason I watched five reaction videos of English narrative speakers to this video. And it is interesting, that everybody loves Aldi and Haribo. And nearly anyone knows Nivea, Schwarzkopf, Miele and Lufthansa. Furthermore everybody is impressed about all the brands coming from "small" Germany.
Unfortunately I'm afraid, that there won't be many more in the future...
Oh, maybe you should mention, that you're talking with a Bavarian accent :-)
In China, the most popular way to talk about BMW is "bie mo wo" (别摸我), which also means "Don't Touch Me."
People here in South Africa call it a Beemer for short
Your fluidity of moving between English and German is awesome!
*fluidity
@@kevinkelly1529 Thank you!
Loved your presentation! Years ago, many years ago, I took German in High School and college. I pronounce many of your German brands correctly, however one really surprised me. I thought Haribo was a Chinese brand!!
Fun fact: nivea is an ancient italian word, no longer used today, meaning white like snow.
In Russian-speaking communities, we pronounce the brands almost exactly how German people do.
Same in Poland. :)
Same in Serbia. I think in most non English speaking countries people pronounced correctly
@@borkoniBG Stupid Americans:)
i think all of europe does (except uk) in Slovenia we pronounce them the same
good we still can rely on the eastern block
Me, 10 minutes into the video: "Wait, I'm German, why am I watching this???" 😅
Pretty girl
@Nitin Kataria yes I am originally
@Nitin Kataria I don't understand your 2nd sentence, please explain
@Nitin Kataria so in your opinion, what requirements does somebody has to fulfill so that you would allow him to call himself a German, or an American, or a Canadian?
German with a Chinese name? That doesn't make sense to me😅
Frau F .....you are so informative in your videos.....keep them coming ! Oh i forgot to mention you are drop dead gorgeous
great videos. i just found your channel. i was just going to ask about the muted links and noticed the answer in the description! anyway, to respond to the end of the video where you asked about brands that i did not know were from Germany, i would have to say the HARIBO brand. until a few years ago, i did not know that brand existed. when i finally saw their products in the stores, it seemed to coincide with a big influx of hispanic people (mostly from Mexico) into my area, so i just assumed that this was a Mexican company as the stores were offering more novelty products from Mexico at the same time.
Spoiler: Go into business with a German, just not your German brother!
Douglas Strother that seems to be the moral of the story. I’d never go into business with a relative anyway.
@Tim Haverland Rudolf Dassler refused to let their nephews work in the factory as necessary workers in WWII because he was bitter over being conscripted in 1914 while his younger brother Adolf (born 1900) got to stay home as an apprentice until the very last months of WWI. The two nephews died on the Eastern Front in WWII. Their mother and the oldest brother sided with Rudolf. Their sister Marie, mother of the nephews, sided with Adi, who tried to keep them out of the war.
Make sure you use the first two letters of your names as an acronym to name your company or premiere product also!
The reason why most of Americans say these wrong is bc thats the way they advertise them here!
I was thinking that too
I remember hearing USA radio ads for Warsteiner with the English W.
I was like, WTF?!
That is because Americans are pronouncing them according to our alphabet and the English language. However I feel if they are going to use foreign products, stores etc. they should use the original pronunciation.
That's what I was gonna say.
Let's fantasize for a moment of a parallel universe where Americans pay attention to correct pronunciations.
I am learning so much about germany from you
When we bought our home it had a double oven by a brand I had never heard of, Miele. I have my own cookie/cupcake bakery business I run out of our home and I have fallen in love with these ovens! High quality, durable, and dependable! I had no idea it was a German company. I'm definitely going to look into more of their products now knowing they are such a great brand! Thank you!
Nothing to do with pronunciation, but a funny story:
On my first trip to Germany, one evening I decided to walk around the the city. I knew the main road that my hotel was on, so I noted the cross street. It was “Einbahnstraße”. On my way back, after several Liters of beer I noticed that almost ever side street was named “Einbahnstraße”. I did find my way back...eventually!
Hahaha🤣
I assume you know this by now, but my German Smartass gene makes me feel the need to point out that Einbahnstraße means one way street.
The most common train station name found in Germany is "Nächster Halt"! Just take a ride and find out 😉
I was with a British tank crew in Germany. One of our tanks went missing, the Squadron leader kept asking him for a location and an ETA. After a number of exchanges he reported would be rejoining the squadron soon. He just needed to locate a town on the map, it must have been a large city as it was signposted everywhere, he explained. The name of this mythical town? Einbahnstraße, or in English, One Way Street😎
Same thing happened to me in France. I only paid attention to the word Rue.
My first time in Germany, I went into a cafe to get coffee. This was my first interaction with a native German speaker in the wild, and I had only studied German for two years, so I suddenly got really nervous before ordering (I was also 16, so not good at handling nerves yet). I wound up forgetting all my vocabulary on the spot and saying something incoherent. I decided to describe what I wanted, and somehow settled on saying I wanted something like "einen Papierkorb von Kaffee." I have no idea why my brain came up with that nugget, but I had basically just said I wanted a paper basket of coffee. The girl behind the counter gave me a totally bemused look, and i got entirely flustered and bailed out of the cafe with no coffee whatsoever.
Nothing like a German Girl in America video to remind me to do my daily German lesson. Tschüss!
Also reminds me to do my daily english lesson. Have a good day!
6:18 BMW started with Motorcycles and Aero Engines, including the engines for the FW190 (BMW 801 twin radial) and FW200 (BMW132 single row radial)
You totally got me with the shoes and the Gummy Bears! Very interesting history :)
Most of these German brands, I learned to pronounce very close to the German way, as I am from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania...which was founded by Moravians, but the proximity to NYC and Philadelphia means its a very interesting local dialect these days :)
As a follow up, how about including a company i worked for for awhile, SIEMENS?
Americans tend to pronounce it "Sea-menz"
Was told is more like "Zee-men's"
Which one is closer?
Nevermind, lol😂 i now noticed how old this video is, you already answered my question 😂 :)
„Zee-mans“ is definitely closer
My German neighbor, a Mercedes owner, once told me that BMW stood for Bayerische Mist Wagon. I didn't get the joke at the time, but since learned.
hahahah in germany we would se "Ehrennachbar" xD no front an alle BMW Fahrer hahaha
@@steffensteffen2696 verwirrt doch die Leute nicht mit Jugendsprache.
There are more funny acronyms for BMW than you can shake a stick at, like "Bring My Wrenches."
We used to say BMW stood for "Box Moving on Wheels" in the old days when they were, in fact, very square and boxy shaped.
Always thought it means "Bei Mercedes weggeworfen"
I must say, I was pleasantly surprised that you included a bit of history, I love it.
Thank you for the video. It was interesting. I really didn't know that adidas is a German company.
Interesting. Here in Norway we say the exact correct pronunciation of all of the names you mentioned. That is, of course, because Norwegian is a Germanic language, and closer to the German roots then for example English, that after 1066, from the Norman conquest, where the whole nobility was killed off and replaced and most other "higher" positions in society, such as the church and similar, and thus those that could write, was mainly French, and so the vocabulary replaced or united with a lot of Norman-French words, and the reason why it's still have such a thick dictionary, because they kept both the Anglo-Saxon and French words.
Old English is interestingly more easy to understand for many Germanic speakers, where someone Flemish can understand more easily Old English, then modern English, if they haven't heard of the latter before.
I'm sure it would be possible to create a language, called for example Modern Germanic, that everyone in Northern Europe could understand.
I bought a Miele vacuum 21 years ago and it's still going strong. I've tried to kill it but it won't die. The other day, I used it as a shop vac and cleaned my garage; it still works even after nails, screws, and staples.
Mine just died, bought in 1997
@@suzannekazmiruk183 It's worth fixing it if you have vacuum cleaner store nearby. Then you can use it as a shop vac like me. 🤣
LOL I should probably use mine as a Shop-Vac to. I mostly use the upright Hoover for the house. Dragging around that canisters pain.
For the longest time, I thought HARIBO was a Japanese brand.
My German teacher in high school in the 70s used Goldbären as prizes so I knew them as a German candy originally!
I thought it was Danish...went over to Denmark very often and always saw Haribo candy anywhere u go there ...
I thought they were French because I saw some French haribo advert on some SBS 3D video a few years ago. Before that I didn't think about where they are from.
Me too! Thought it was Japanese. 😂
My primary school told me they were French. We had them for our French Day!
Love your videos.I lived in germany for 3 years and i spend it with my german/spanish dictionary but i found that the vowels sounds the same so i had pretty good grapsnon pronunciation spaciallynsince my name its Eva and in germany its pronunced like in spanish not like in english so i do pronounce most of these words pretty good as long as i think the vowels like in spanish. And it helps the accents on top of the vowels that helps to see where the word have an inflection. English dont have it.
I'm from Italy, and some fun facts about these pronunciations in our country:
--- As to Audi, we obviously pronounce it correctly (being a Latin word and containing only phonemes present in Italian too).
--- As to Mercedes, we pronounce it quite correctly, but not completely: we use a more open sound for the E in the - CE - stressed syllable and, most of all, we pronounce the C in the syllable - CE - like an English CH (or Italian C before E). Of course, the R is rolled in the Italian way. We have no problem with Benz (the phonemes are present in Italian too).
--- Fun fact, though in Italian most of words end in a vowel and we tend to add an -E sound when we pronounce foreign words ending in a consonant, however Porsche is an exception, because we pronounce it something like "Porsh" with no final vowel sound (which is existing in German!) just like it was an English or French word ending in a silent E. Probably because of an unconscious trend to treat it like an English or French name. Obviously, we roll the R in the Italian way.
--- We have no problem with Adidas and Puma (the orthography would be pronounced that way even if they were two Italian words), but...
---- nobody pronounces BMW in the German way. We call it with the names of the three letters in Italian [bi-emme-'vu]. Indeed, in Italian the W should be called "doppia vu" (meaning "double V"), but in this name we use the name of the letter V to be shorter (like in "www", which the Italians always pronounce, when speaking among Italians, [vu - v:vu - 'v:vu], which litterally should mean "VVV").
--- As to Volkswagen, nobody here uses the names of the two letters VW --- "Vau [fau] We [ve:]" in German and "Vu (doppia) Vu" [vu - ('d:dop:pja) 'vu]" in Italian --- but we always use the full name "Volkswagen", which is pronounced more or less in the correct German way (maybe not for the sound of final -EN) by litterate people, but is crippled in something like an Italian (*) "vosvaghe(n)" = [voz'va:ge(n)] by simple people who do not know foreign languages.
--- We pronounce Birkenstock in a way not so different from the German way, but with our rolled R, and with our S.
--- As to Nivea, we pronounce it with the stress on the staering "NI" syllable and an [e - a] pronunciation for the two last vowels. So the risulting ['ni:vea] sounds like the corresponding (bookish) Italian (and Latin, with an "ecclesiastical" pronounce of Latin) adjective meaning the female form of "snowy". And I am convinced that the commercial name was choosen by the company in order to advertise the cream as fit to make female skin of hands and face white and smooth like snow....
--- Instead, we have a great problem with Miele, which we tend to connect to the Italian word "miele" (meaning "honey"), so that the average Italian speaker pronounces it in that way (with the two letters IE read like a YEH diphtong or glide). I remember my vain attempts to persuade my poor mother (she is dead, now) to pronounce the brand of our Miele washing machine and of our dishwasher in the correct German way.... ❤