Comments by "Britta Kriep" (@brittakriep2938) on "DW News" channel.

  1. Der Werwolf, den Wenwolf, dem Wemwolf, des Weswolfes.
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  2. 스테파니 Stephanie 조셉 : Wie bitte?. This is what you say, when you do not understand someone and speak Standard German with courtesy. But when you speak dialect there is not so much unnecessary courtesy, it is more direct and sounds unfine, even whem the dialect speaker doesn't want to be unfine or without courtesy. To compare it with London: A gentleman with bowler hat and umbrella speaks in best oxford english to a worker, and the worket answers in socalled cockney slang, which is also true english, but no oxford english, and a german dialect speaker who says Ha instead of Wie bitte uses true german, but no Standard German.
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  3. Cristi_ Energy : I am german, and want to tell you three stories. 1) In the Alsace the people speak french as the offical language, and because it was once a part of germany still now many people can speak also german. Some years ago an alsacian artist/writer spoke about his halfyear living in London. He arrived there with no knowledge of english, but learned it fast. Why? He speaks german, related to old anglosaxon and modern french, related to old french of the normannic conquerors. 2) Some years ago a romanian truck driver arrived at the factory i worked. He could no german, english or russian ( some factory workers could speak russian) so we could only speak with some french and hand signs. 3) When i came to this factory, there was an english coworker. For fun a coworker who could speak lowgerman, which is spoken by the descendants of those anglosaxons who not moved to england, spoke some sentences in low german to the english worker. He looked surprised, but could understand it. A turkish worker heard this and said: Mr. Roberts speaks german, you must not speak english. So the turk thaught, lowgerman is english. Have a good time!
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  4. The Unicorn : True! The dialects are often in decline, especially in large towns, but not dead. And for foreigners there is another problem. Sometimes you hear oldfashioned/outdated words, which also germans hear rarely.
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  5. Attention! The english word Prince can be Prinz or Fürst, two different meanings.
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