#ajhkjhgkjhjlkHKHS man I was this :ok_hand: close to linking like 3 songs and writing a whole linguistics essay

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5, 7, 16 from the "not from the US" ask set?

(disclaimer: I was born in Russia, but I will be using Germany + the german language for my replies since i grew up + live here)

5. favourite song in your native language?

If it can be any song, that would be Antiheld! Antiheld (name is german for antihero) is about taking a stand against injustice even when it’s scary, and fighting it even if others/society don’t approve! I listened to it a Lot while going through some Character Development last year :] (It’s from a german youtube series called Tubeclash where famous german youtubers were animated and fought each other or smth? idk I’ve never actually seen it but the songs are p nice!)

7. three words from your native language that you like the most?

Doch (pronounciation: like dog, but with an exhaling hh sound instead of the g) (note for yall Anglophones: the ‘ch’ is not pronounced like ‘k’) this one is untranslatable, since the concept/word don’t exist in english! doch is a pretty versatile word that can be used in many ways and I use it literally daily, yet for some reason neither russian nor english have this word (idk abt languages other than that tho) Since it has no English translation, here are some examples for how it can be used: -”I thought you didn’t go out today?” “Doch” (=Yes, I did) -”This sucks.” “No it doesn’t.” “Doch!” (=Yes it does!) there are more meanings of the word (It can mean “after all” in some sentences, for example! and many more things) but I’m not gonna get into that for now to avoid spam :]

pretty much any word with a rolled R in it (and there’s many!) Krabbe(crab). Drache(dragon). Rollen(to roll). Kreislaufprobleme(circulatory problems). rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr did you know that a german r is rolled with the back of the mouth and the tongue isn’t used at all, while rolled r’s in russian and spanish are created with the tip of the tongue? (I can do both btw!) the german one just feels so fun to say for some reason, i tend to overexaggerate it when talking bc i like saying it so much!! german R go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, literally

Kreatur (pronounciation: cray-are-tour, first r is rolled) Its the german word for creature! Idk why but I just like it a lot! Also since german is a pretty gendered language, I’ve started using the word Kreatur instead of boy/girl/person etc when talking to my sister >:3c (this is bc my sister and I often use words in unexpected ways for fun and profit, this is not an Official Use of the word that exists unfortunately)

16. which stereotype about your country you hate the most and which one you somewhat agree with?

The whole “germans are stuck up and have no sense of humor!!1!11″ thing tends to annoy me (bc its??? not true??? where did it even come from????????????????????)

Also people assuming that all Germans like and regularily consume Pretzels and Beer and Bratwurst kinda annoys me? I get where the stereotype itself comes from, people pick a handful of unfamiliar common thing about other cultures and it becomes their Whole Thing TM so these are all part of the German Stereotype(TM) and thats fine i guess, but that doesnt actually mean that Every German Person actually Likes these, and personally i dislike literally all of them of them yk? (Bratwurst can be okay I guess, but I rarely eat it. The other two i actively despise)

The one that i somewhat agree with would be the punctuality thing, it does seem like people are more relaxed about what counts as ‘being on time’ in other countries compared to germany