Celebrity Names With FUNNY GERMAN MEANINGS 

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Johnny Depp weiß was sein Name auf Deutsch bedeutet und findet es total cool und witzig. Hat eben Humor, der Mann.

I had a teacher from Germany who taught German, named Angelika Rauch. We sometimes called her "holy smoke" behind her back.

not forget to mention Marc "Sugarmountain" :D

I'm impressed by your drawing skills.

Mark Sugarmountain

Ich denke bei Ben Stiller ans Stillen => Ben Breastfeeder. 🤔 Schön, wieder Videos von Dir zu sehen :)

I live in the Netherlands and I need to talk German on the phone with my colleagues at our subsidiary in Germany. As I speak fluent Dutch but my German is pretty bad, I often end up mixing Dutch words into my German sentences. My colleagues have had plenty of laughs at my mangled sentences like "Frage Marc mich zurück zu bellen" or "ich bel die Forwarder". Bellen in Dutch means to call on the phone but bellen in German means to bark, so I'm either asking Marc to call me back or bark me back. Poor forwarder is either going to get a call or a bark from me. My German colleagues find these typical Dutch mistakes funny, but luckily they are used to communicating with Dutch people for so many years that they know what I mean anyway.

Just a weird idea, but Stillen also means to breast feed a baby so Ben Stiller might also be Ben Brest feeder? :D

Johnny Depp is aware of the translation and even made jokes about in in an interviews as far as I know

Could be worse for Mr. Depp. Just imagine, his name wouldn't be John, but Joseph. Then he'd be Sepp Depp...

Meine Eltern haben unseren ersten Kater 'Jimmy Kater' genannt. 😅

Johnny Cash: Johannes Bargeld in German. Eli Wallach: Wallach is a castrated male horse, a gelding. Clint Eastwood; Ostholz (Ostwald).

My first live-in girlfriend was a Freudenberg. She had rather large happy hills, too. XD

To Don'tTrustTheRabbit: I just wanted to let you know how MUCH I appreciate your videos. Learning the German language really does MEAN SOMETHING to me because ALL of my mother's father's ancestors were from Deutschland. I'm NOT fluent auf Deutsch, aber Ich spreche nur ein wenig Deutsch. I first started learning German in Oberschule. Then later in my life I bought a German language study kit (a book with audio compact discs) that I have used in the past somewhat before. Then I found YOU on RU-vid. I know I'll probably NEVER be fully FLUENT auf Deutsch; however, I really think that I'll always strive to learn it more, even if I'm just kind of toying around with doing so, until the day I DIE!! I figure it's better to know at least SOME of the language that some of my ancestors spoke rather than NONE of it at ALL!! Learning it satisfies the curiousity that I had of my ancestors' languages since I was ein Kind (a child). Please keep posting new videos!! I've definitely learned a LOT of new words auf Deutsch from YOU since high school!! I live in Texas (United States). I would speculate that I am probably NOT the ONLY United States citizen whose ancestors were from Europe and who is interested in getting to know at least SOME of the languages that were spoken by them. There is another RU-vidr (German Girl in America) whose videos I watch as well. She was born and raised in Munich, Germany until the age of 22. She now lives in Cincinatti, Ohio (U.S.A.). She likes to focus more on teaching German CULTURE rather than the language (although she does teach at least a FEW words in the process, THANK GOD!!). I study the Czech language too somewhat because ALL of my dad's ancestors were from there!! The SMALLEST number of my ancestors were from Great Britain on my mom's side. The number of ancestors that I have from each of those 3 countries is INVERSELY related to the DEGREE to which I know each of those languages!! MOST of my ancestors were from Czechoslovakia; however Czech is the language I know the LEAST!! The second most number of my ancestors were from Deutschland, and German is the language that I know 2nd best!! The LEAST number of my ancestors were from Great Britain, however, being born and raised in the United States, English is the only language that I am absolutely FLUENT in!!

Those are some really sick drawing skillz!! Good job! I actually thought that was a filter you applied to regular pics, not sure how it would be done, but when you said you did it, so cool.

Names are tricky things when used in a different country. I remember the deodorant "Body Mist", which was very successful in the UK did not sell well in Germany; in fact they could not sell it at discounted prices. Who would want to spray themselves with "Mist" in the morning. 😊

When Liam Neeson introduces himself by his name, I guess you can answer with "Gesundheit" (bless you) with all the right in the world. Since it might be spelled differently (Neeson vs. Niesen), but essentially when you speak is family name it sounds exactly like "Sneeze" in german ... Liam Sneeze.

Always thought that 'Schwartzkopf' as a name for a company dealing in beauty products would do really badly if they used the English translation of their name!

I’m not a celebrity (except within my close friends), but when I say my name on the phone, people say, “Rest?” I explain that’s the German definition, but it’s spelled Rast. My family called our home “Der Rastplatz” growing up. We know it means rest area, but that’s what made it funny. As for celebrity surnames, Schwarzenegger ranks up there.

these videos are getting dangerously funnier each time

Special mention: Adam Sandler - "Sandler" is the Bavarian dialect description for a homeless person / an alcoholic.

Bruce Springsteen's last name in Dutch means Jump stone. He is of actual Dutch ancestry and it is the real meaning of his name. Lots of Dutch themselves have very funny last names. I worked for a while with a guy whose last name was Konijn, which means Kaninchen or Rabbit. BTW. You forgot Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook's founder and CEO) - Mr. Sugar mountain.

Impressive art work! I was sort of expecting something amateurish but it wasnt at all. Evoking of feelings. Well done!

True story: went to "Total Wine" looking for Rauchbier. The staff said the had never heard of it, so I spelled it for them and the recognized the spelling. They thought it was French, pronounced it according and was in the "French" section of the store. I told them no, that is not what it is but they would not believe me: even when I pointed out the german on the label. Stupid amis!

SICK ART SKILLZZZZ * plays face melting metal riff * Much respect!

RU-vid algo gold again. This was way more entertaining & amusing than I was expecting. Well done!

To the Rabbit, watching one of your older posts that was on comments about Hate towards your German accents. I think your German and English is very clear to the ear. Very pleasant. Keep up the good work !!!!!!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Trixie, i saw a video you put out, and you were in tears, and then I was in tears with you. I will always love you, and I hope you are having fewer shitty days. My cousin Jessica is a subscriber too, and she also loves you, and she admires your looks a lot ! I do too. Good Will to You in these dark Times.

This works in both ways. I present to you: Immanuel Kant.

Is anyone even talking about the drawings? They look so good and really shows how much time you put into these videos. You could have just searched up a image but drew them which is really unique and something you don't see every day. 😁

That's awesome you drew those portraits! I had no idea.

Tina Turner (Tina Gymnast) comes to mind. 😄

those were some Sick art SkilzZzzZ right there. Great video as always!

Love that you drew them! You're "SiCK ART skillz!" Lol. Dude, I just got a drawing tablet and its tricky, where to find the pen placement on the screen and the tablet 😆

There is an American guitarist named Richie Kotzen which I always found very funny, because in German "kotzen" means "to vomit".

I am learning german and I am experiencing a unique version of this phenomenon. For instance, Facebook is run by Mark Zuckerberg aka Mark sugar mountain.

I'm so happy to see your videos. Hope you are doing well!❤

I like the actor playing T-Bag in Prison Break. His name is Robert Knepper.... and in Danish this actually translates as “Robert.... f*cker” 😅 which is very appropriate for the character he plays, but not for him.

Great drawings! Thank you for sharing

I have a friend named Kevin Rotz and there is a guitarist named Richie Kotzen.

Moin. Great vid, just one *zusätzliches Info. 'Kater' is of course 'cat', or more specifically 'tomcat'. The use of the word 'Kater' for 'hangover' isn't from the word 'Kater', it's from the word 'Katarrh' that was pronounced in German (in common everyday speech) as 'Kater', dropping the longer 'arrr' vocal for a shorter 'er' vocal sound at the end. The original use had nothing to do with the animal, but it had everything to do with what was (then) believed to be a main symptom of a hangover which is mucus (and/or) an inflammation of the mucosa (the mucous membrane). The word 'Kater' (with its pronunciation) was just mixed up over time with the word 'Katarrh', causing millions of our bright, young, and overly enthusiastic beer-drinking Germans to pose the post-inebriated question, "Eh? What the hell do cats have to do with it?" as they stumble around saying the most often said, but never carried through, sentence, "I'm never drinkin again!". Where 'never' means '2 days maximum' in German when it has to do with beer, and I'm being generous with time. I don't think there's a first-semester Med student anywhere here that hasn't heard this, which is, of course, where I learned it many a year ago. Yeaaaaa beer! obviously a keystone of modern medical sciences. The only thing I have to add is: Why didn't you use Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as an example? Yeah, I know 'Rock' isn't part of his real name but the minds-eye visual image of him in a short skirt is funnier.

Your humour is gold :D

Ah, yes "Bellen". The bane of every Dutch person trying to speak German. As you said, it means "to bark". However in Dutch it means "to phone (someone)". Hilarity ensues.

"Reagan" sounds like _Rain_ in German.

Love your videos Trixie! Hugs from Seattle!

we've got all kinds of German surnames in Russia, Rosental for example is a very famous author of Russian language textbooks

Great illustrations, fun video, thank you!

Not actually a celebrity, but my father's name, in German, means glue. And his father has the same name, so... In Portuguese, Kelly Ripa's last name is pretty much batten (According to Google translator). Or that long and thin piece of wood that one might use on the rafters of a roof to make a railing, for example.). Brian de Palma's has a meaning quite... perfect for him: Clap. Renee Russo's means a guy from Russia. John Cena's last name is that bit of Titanic film where Jack and Rose meet (A Scene, in other words). The actress who voiced Disney's Sleeping Beauty (Mary Costa) has a surname that means coast

Knew about Rauch = smoke because my phone translates Felicitas Rauch (Wolfsburg footballer) to Felicitas smoke in news and match reports.

A very dry humor with the spice add of ironic smile. That's my favorite Thing. I remember me of an Petty Officer 2nd Rank. His Family Name was Rieseberg = Big Mountain. The Paradox thing was his height of 5'5". His Nickname was " Der Kampfzwerg" = Battle Dwarf. God Bless him. A very good sense of Humor and the living Comradeship are a few Peaks of his Personality.

Your drawings are amazing, Trixie! I'm English but my surname is Brett. I think that can mean "board" or "plank" in English, right? Neither very flattering lol 😂

Enjoyed your videos and your art work is wonderful.

Missed your funny videos and beautiful presence 😍 ohhh cool drawings!!

"Bell" in English is used exactly as in German as the verb for the noise made by foxhounds / huntsman's dogs. - so you can speak or write of "belling hounds" although this is archaic.

beautiful as always.. thanks for the video, funny meanings

Very informative...and super delivery, quirky and amusing....She would make a great comedienne

Fans of both German and American slang would get a laugh out of "Wish-Bone Salad Spritzer" commercials. "Hello, this is Justin Bieber, and I love to serve cheese flavored Wish-Bone Salad Spritzers at all my parties."

Turning the table back on yourself....at 2.51 when you start with "Fog often..", it really sounds like you're saying "fuck off" 😄😄

Don‘tTrustTheRabbit, hi! Have you considered making a comic book about cultural and linguistic differences? It would be huge!

Moin, Dankeschön für das Video. Sehr lustig! Nebenbei: immer wenn meine Frau mir von einem Spiel erzählt, dass sie sich neu bei Steam heruntergeladen hat, muss ich an dich denken. Und an das, was du mir über deine Arbeit für Computerspiele erzählt hast. So bist du halt immer dabei! Ich wünsch dir und deiner Familie einen schönen Sonntag

Sick art skills👍🏻 greetings from Germany

I have cousins who live in Rottenmann Austria. We all laughed when I explained.

Travis Fimmel ( Vikings) , da denke ich immer an meine Eltern, die sagten zu mir: "Du hast doch einen Fimmel." Laut Duden: "übertriebene, fast zu einer Sucht ausartende Vorliebe für etwas; Tick, Spleen."

i'll remember lots of german words after seeing this! danke schön

The pictures you drew remind me of the ones they use for wikihow.

And if you expand the collection of celebrities to musicians there are such gems as Nuno Bettencourt, who’s french last name is pronounced very funny for German ears.

why I don't knew your channel before hahahah

Hey Trixie! Good to see you again. I thought your art was rather creative.

We have a nasal decongestamt called Vicks - I think that's something else in German! Also, a female fox is called a vixen...😊...makes me smile every time!

Nice to have your videos on regular basis once again.

Nice drawings, I like the style. It can be easily transfered into animation format.

There were some great jokes in this. My favourite was the Bieber yelling "damn" one.

Thank you very much!😃

Trixi come back again we miss you!!!! I know Children and Husband and work but we still miss you!!

Great drawing skills ineed. Thanks fornputting in so much effort. Und Dein Miauen ist voll cute.

I was number 777 liking this video! Neat-o! Cheers from Las Vegas, Trixi! ;^) -Phill

So I have been watching you videos for a few years, and I recently decided to take a stab at leaning German (you inspire me) , and well a Rabatt almost betrayed me, then I remember this channel. False friends huh, I love this channel so much more!

I think it's so German that you take 8 hours to the drawing. Magnificent.

Ariana Grande means Ariana Big, Camila Cabello means Camila Hair, Enrique Iglesias means Henry Churches and Antonio Banderas means Tony Flags.

Viele amerikanische Schauspielerinnen und Schauspieler haben italienische Nachnamen, die Berufe bedeuten. Beispiele: Kaley Cuoco : Kaley Koch Hayden Panettiere : Hayden Bäcker

hallo Trixi, I am a Chinese. I had known you from Chinese Internet 3 years ago. Nice to meet you in RU-vid!

tbh though, a lot of Americans with German sounding names got it via Yiddish, which is technically a german dialect. e.g. Appelboim (Apfelbaum), Shwartz (Schwartz), Noyman (Neumann) etc. Others of course have direkt German heritage, be it Jewish or not (I'm a proud Jewish-German Blumenthal for example 🙂).

Du kannst sehr gut zeichnen!!😊😊

Yes you are correct about stiller, and depp

You do have great art skills. :)

Zuckerberg = sugar mountain, Jack Bauer = Jack Farmer, Grunwald = green forest Bach = creek Stein = stone as in Goldstein, Baum = tree, Fuchs = fox, Gottwald = God forest, Schneider = taylor, Klein = small, Zimmerman = carpenter, Lang = long, Hahn = rooster, Vogel = bird

Hi Trixi, lange Zeit nicht mehr gesehen 😁. Ich habe gerade eben meine Ausbildung erfolgreich abgeschlossen. Bin echt stolz darauf. Alles gute

The wide receiver of the Steelers JuJu Smith-Schuster has two professions in his surname, one in English, the other one in German. Translated vice versa his name would be JuJu Schmied-Shoemaker.

You are sooo talented 👏👏

as a child i always had to smile when i went across my sisters library, and read the booktitle of "E.T" by William Kotzwinkle..........(Kotzwinkle = Puke in the Corner)

Well also use "bell" for a sound a dog makes; but specifically for the almost howl sound a hunting hound makes when they have the trail

It also works the other way around. Someone of German ancestry in Calgary, Alberta, Canada has the unfortunate name Assmann. There was a fellow in Vancouver with the name Schitter and, in Nova Scotia, there is a man named Grabher, who put his surname on a personalized licence plate. A woman complained to the department of motor vehicles, believing that it was encouraging sexual assault. He was forced to stop using the plate as a result.

I was just thinking about you the other day! And here you are! Nice to see you again!

Philip Lahm was a German Soccer Player he is not active anymore.His means slow. We had also an italian Soccer Player in Germany named Immobile.

That was both funny and pretty cool about drawing the pictures!

Marvel studios chief executive producer is Kevin Feige, and his last name means coward in German.

WOW! Du bist nicht nur wunderschön, du bist eine großartige Künstlerin! 😀

Ja gut. Ich habe mir noch nie Gedanken darüber gemacht

It's funny you could make a 5 minute video about celebrities whose names sound German when I could only think of Johnny Depp.