15 German brands YOU pronounce WRONG! | Feli from Germany

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😂

Omg you use time stamps. My German need of structure and order is so satisfied right now

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.

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.

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.

I didn’t know Adidas and Puma were competing companies owned by brothers.

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?

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.

Adolf Dassler = Adidas Rudolph Dassler = Puma I still think it should be called Rudidas :D

I once saw a T-Shirt that said “Porsche is a 2 syllable word”.

As a student of history, I love videos like this. Porsche also had one of the (failed) prototypes of the ever famous Tiger tank.

Fun fact: nivea is an ancient italian word, no longer used today, meaning white like snow.

Your English is better than some people who have lived here their entire life.

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.

Love your vibe, love your smile! Keep up the good work! Cheers from Brazil!

Really cool, knowledgeable video. It is very interesting to hear the history behind a lot of the brands. Thanks for sharing!

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! 😂😂😂

Listening to her go so perfectly back and forth between languages is pretty cool.

Wow! Everytime i tune in to ur channel, i learn something new. Ur show is very informative ❤

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. :)