Everyday English words that GERMANS CAN’T SAY?! 

Dana whispering "eleven" was the secret highlight of the video. I did not find any of the words hard to say.

Ok, so the German version of “suggestion” is my English version.... never have I ever pronounced it “sug-gested” with two different kinds of g sounds

Dana, I love how proud you were when the phone got your words right 😍😂 Also how you appreciated Stefan's efforts 🥺

Make up a sentence with "thesaurus". "Yesterday the pterodactyl went to have tea with the saurus."

The way Dana just looked at him when he tried to pronounce "catastrophe" 😂

„Massachusetts“, that one was mean 😄. In 8th grade I was forced to do a presentation about a sports team from Massachusetts (which included the city in the team name). I tried to avoid the pronunciation as often as possible with phases like „the team of this city“ and similar more creative things 😳. Back then I simply couldn’t say it, now it works 😄.

Dana is so nice. She even helped him out when he didn't know how long they are together. Stefan's biggest mistake in the whole video 🤣

Try letting Dana pronounce German words. My husband has a really hard time pronouncing thin, think, through, thought

I love the fact that Germans can’t say squirrel and Americans can’t say Eichhörnchen.

„rural“ is like „squirrel“ 😫

Reminded me of the "rural juror" - Jenna's show, I think - from 30 rock which was pronounced like "RRR jrrr" :D

Ausprachehilfe für Massachusetts: Es klingt ähnlich wie "Messer-Schuh-Sets"

"What are you sinking about?" - Agate Bauer

What really baffles me is the difference between Kansas and Arkansas in the pronounciation.

Actually for „schedule“ there exist two different pronunciations: „skedule“ or „shedule“ depending where you‘re from. The latter is close to the German way to pronounce „sch“.

This reminds me when I first moved to the US. Some of these words were so hard to pronounce. I think I kinda got most of them now, after living here for 28 years.

2:08 that face he makes, like oh great here we go with a word i can't say lol

I've had difficulties with speedometer, odometer, parameter, kilometer for a long time. "inevitability" is another good one.

Great to see you two so happy! It's really contagious (:

My German friends have a really hard time saying “microwaveable”. Gut gemacht Stephan!

In British English many of these words are pronounced differently again.

I really love the videos where he joins you. Happy holidays to you😊

I was really stunned when I heard "schedule" being pronunced with an almost german style "sch" and a stressed "u" as in "you". Until then I only knew it the way you said it here. It might be a british thing ... it was on the Harry Potter audio books... 😅

These are great! I always have trouble saying "railroad" 😆 🚂

His pronunciation is kick ass. The -teen and -ty thing for numbers confuses natives too. I wasn't sure whether my daughter said fifty or fifteen the other day.

eeeeeendlessly entertaining!!! More

Dana that’s not fair! Your Husband is such a good sport! English is your muttersprache you should do a video where he has you pronounce German words correctly but no honorable husband which Stephan certainly is would never want to embarrass the love of his life! Stay Safe Frohe Weinachten

Squirrel, negligible ubiquitous (never heard that word before) and clothes gave me a hard time.

great Stefan is back! 9:57 your face, abs. hilarious! Have a Happy Christmas you 2!

In fairness to Stefan, I usually pronounce clothes the same as the verb close, and my phone has a hard time understanding “rural” when I say it (I’m a native English speaker from the Midwest 🇺🇸).

You are amazing! =) I am a Russian speaking person and now I am learning German and English. I know English a little better, since I started German relatively recently. And your videos are the most interesting, funny and positive! Thanks to both of you! Vielen Dank! Спасибо!

For me, "clothes" is the ultimate challenge. Apart from "th", what is really difficult for German speakers is the difference between "v" and "w". Many of us can pronounce the English "w", but cannot differentiate the two sounds, so they pronounce "very" like "wary".

I'm Swiss (from the German part of Switzerland) and I find "error" very hard to pronounce.

The funniest video for some weeks :)

The hardest word for me to pronounce is "unnecessarily" I can never get it right unless I concentrate REALLY hard xD and even then it sounds weird to me.

The natural growth of the flower... is sometimes negligible. 😁

I cannot say "asterisk" for the life of me! It always turns out as a Gaulish warrior...

Me: Squirrel My phone: Euro. Me: I don't have a phone. I need to try out my German skills this way. :D

Agh! It’s not “jool uh ree” it’s “joo ell ree”

"choir" was one of the most difficult words for me to pronounce

ubiquitous I had to look up, because it's not ubiquitous...

This was always a fun game that my school and our partner schools in Germany loved to play! Us Americans had to say words in German and our partners tried to say words in English.

I HAVENT SEEN YALLS VIDEOS IN FOREVER!! Im subscribed but havent seen a video in a long time. RU-vid did me dirty 🥺🥺

Rural reminds me of the 30 Rock episode where no one could figure out the title of Jenna's movie because the way she and others are saying it. The movie is called The Rural Juror.

I was waiting for "Arkansas" because that one threw me for a loop when I first heard it.

67 years in the US & I still can't say 'variety'....LOL

And the lights all went down in Massasuchettes.... Thanks for the 'Ohrwurm' :-D

The one that comes to mind immediately is comfortable. Back in school nearly everybody said comfor-table (Komfor-Tisch) in the beginning, but after a year of the teacher saying that it's not said like this most of us said it correctly. And with the word "thesaurus" i immediately think "Mirosoft Word"... and that paperclip with eyes aswell.

Maybe "catastrophe" should have been on the list. Stefan mispronounces it, yet Dana doesn't correct him.

A sallet is a type of medieval helmet popular in the mid-15th century. It was most common in Germany but also became popular in Italy, France, and England. It covers the back of the neck and the upper portion of the face in the front and is often combined with a bevor which covers the lower half of the face, the front of one's neck, and the upper chest. A salad is a dish made of mixed vegetables with a leafy green as a base.

Ive never heard anyone say the first g in “suggestion”

I just looked up the suggestion thing, cause it really bothered me. Even after 15 years around English natives I never realized some people pronounce it like you, Dana. Either way, both your and the other pronunciation are correct, one being the standard British pronunciation (suh·jes·chn) which is what most people in Europe would be taught in school and one being the American version (suhg·jes·chn)

Dana: obviously positively excited Stefans Face: I love this Woman, but there are moments, like this very moment, where I could .....

That hairpet at 2:39 really says something! :D

That was great fun!! 😂👍❤️👍😂

My favories ... - unrecognizable - infamous - assorted - prohibited - emphasis - threshold - thoroughly - processes

My writing squirled (an ornamental flourish) when Stefan said squirrel. Here they're called Eichhörndli. All the best, Rob in Switzerland

I love how you clear your throat before showing off :D Merry Christmas :)

One of my favorite ever choir directors is German, and although his English is *excellent* - he cannot not hear the difference between the words 'gerbil' and 'dribble'. 😄

What I don't understand is why some people click the thumb down sign. It was a interesting and fun video. Thanks guys. (sorry, but people who live in the mid west say guys for everybody, instead of you all.) I'm originally from Colo.

Please more videos with you and Stefan together!

"Pathetic" is a very difficult word for me at least.

Some in the states say "Undoubtedly," just like you did. You're good. 😊😅

You guys are so nice couple! Just looking at you is a joy!

You both are so funny 😄

nobody says "rural" like that lmaoooo RER-rAL RER-rAL she definitely over-pronounced that word for the phone. this was so funny

The “teen” words, tell him that we emphasize the second syllable, we give it equal stress to the other syllables. Probably because we otherwise mess up the thirteen with thirty etc. etc even amongst native english speakers.

Here are some words that I sometimes read and always forget how to say them: tongue,syringe, anaesthetization, sew..

It was tricky for me to pronounce "uncomfortable". That video really was fun! I'd love to see more of those. Could you show us the word first before one of you pronounces it? That will give us time to stop the video and try pronouncing it first without hearing it from you guys :).

Nice job!

As with many we learnt British English so many words I would pronounce a bit differently. When I was at school I had problems with refrigerator and vegetables. What I still struggle with is the whole family of enthusiasm, enthusiastic etc In Hertford, Hereford, and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen.

Squirrels believe it or not have no trouble pronouncing the word "Stefan". In Squirrel-ish "Stefan" is the word for the little plastic ends of squirrel's shoelaces!

I love shake n bake squirrels.

Das ganze wäre noch interessanter gewesen wenn ihr immer direkt geprüft hättet, ob das Diktierprogramm Danas Aussprache versteht 😅 Bitte einen Teil 2 oder ein Update 🙏🏻👍💙

I'm surprised no one thought of "love" and "laugh"... And how about "interesting"?

He did a really good job. 😉👍

allen sprachafinen Menschen kann ich das Buch nur empfehlen, es ist viele Lacher wert und eine super Analyse der deutschen Sprache! gute gemacht Dana

I hate "rural" but love using "floccinaucinihilipilification" (can pronounce that fast and fluently). And my squirrel's name is "Rudi"... which is funny, because I have given that same name to my robin (bird). I manage to keep them apart though...

Sentence to try: The tough coughs as he ploughs through dough by the lough.

Yeah both of you are on. Like seeing the the 2 of you together.

I had a lot of problems with the words "garage" and "refridgerator" when I was doing my high school exchange year in the U.S.. My pronounciation was waaaay to Britsh. Also when I told a friend, I was writing "a letter" - she did not get, what I was saying. Today I know how to really roll my Rs very American. But back then it was "British school English" ;-)

Most of those words were pretty easy in my opinion.

When you see thesaurus think dinosaur. His 'sword' was very close. Stefan did very well.

My husband is from North Carolina, and he pronounces certain words wrong even though from America. I have him say a whole sentence of words he mispronounces: I WASHED the VEGETABLES in the SINK with WATER.

Even for this American, Massachusetts is a word I've always struggled with saying. And I'm pretty good at pronouncing most words.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious would be a fun one to hear Stefan try. 😎

When you say Thirty, the 't' gets pronounced more like a 'd' and and there's a strong emphasis on the first syllable. For 'Thirteen' both syllables get pronounces with almost equal emphasis, and the 't' is clearly pronounced as such.

Wait wait wait!! 'Reservoir', that's one of those French words that migrated into the English dictionary.

I would be interested in Stefan's vocabulary differences working in I.T. I am an RF engineer and Linux / network guy. I am not sure the appeal to a larger audience but I had to throw it out there anyways! 😁

Best 🐿️ I've ever heard from a native german speaker.

As a American and native English speaker rural and particularly are hard for me too. A slight southern drawl is not the kindest to pronounce English words with

"Please lettuce know ... in the comments below." 🥬🤭

My phone couldn't get "moths". After like five tries, I had to spell it out. :D

My negligible became "magical girl" for my voice XD

Rural is pretty hard. Most of these word's weren't, but for me it is really difficult to pronounce the english consonants "r" and "w". E.g. "wide" vs "ride" vs "write" or "rails" vs "Wales" vs "whales" - whithout knowing the context you could not differentiate which one I'm saying.

Does the contraption distinguish between accents?

Sixth really is a tough one. Even after years of practicing, it just doesn't come to me naturally. In addition, I was shocked, becuase I'd never heard the word ubiquitous before and I thought what could that possibly be??? So I checked it and... yeah, I mean, it's not some a term of specific professional vocabulary, but at the same time I do not think of it as a word of colloquial everyday language, so I'll take the liberty of not memorising it. XD I wonder, though, how come worcestershire sauce was not right at the top of the list for this? It's the most difficult thing to pronounce ever, I think.

Thank you for this video. Canadians and Brits say suggestion like Stefan, sujestion, whereas Americans say sugjestion.

I would have thought that lettuce und lattice is harder to mix up for the computer when trying to understand...

Obviously people from the „Westerwald“ in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinum are having no problems with the pronunciation of „rural“. 😉 Or „mirror“ too.