🇩🇪 5 BEAUTIFUL GERMAN WORDS WE NEED IN ENGLISH 🇩🇪

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That's what I mean about the German language there may not be as many actual words as in English but so many of the German words like the single German words are just so expressive and you can explain so much just in a single word. Okay so another beautiful German word this is one of my favorites is Freudentränen. That's very hard for a native English speaker to pronounce. I'm trying to get the rolling of the r in the back of my throat rather than the tip of my tongue but you know I'm working on that. This is how Google pronounces it. So this word literally translates to tears of joy. How absolutely beautiful is that? Tears of joy. I cried tears of joy at the birth of every single one of my children. At my wedding I'm a bit of a crier. I cry anything but you know I think it's such a beautiful word to have to explain this. Once again we don't have a single word in English to explain this so crying tears of joy that's something you know you need a whole sentence to explain in English and in German you can just sum that up in one single word. You guys knew this was about to happen it would not be a video of mine lately without my darling little Luca waking up from his nap halfway through. So I hope you don't mind if he joins us I'm sure you don't because he is very cute. So one of my favorite German words is Frühlingsgefühle so that's how I pronounce it and this is how Google pronounces it Frühlingsgefühle Frühlingsgefühle and this actually means that feeling that you get when spring is finally here or you can kind of sense that spring is in the air and oh my goodness I love this feeling and we do not have an English equivalent to this word and I'm wondering maybe the reason we don't have an English equivalent is because I feel like this you know this spring feeling is more intense in Germany maybe because the German winters tend to be very long or they feel like they are very long and they can be quite dark and by the time that spring comes around you're just absolutely you know dying for some beautiful spring weather. You know when you see those first blossoms on the tree and you know when there's just a little bit more warmth in the air you can just feel that spring is on its way you can hear the birds singing and it's just just an all-around just wonderful warm feeling and I love that in the German language they have an actual word for this Frühlingsgefühle I just I love it I absolutely love this word and I definitely think we need a word just like this in English. So the next beautiful German word is one that we definitely don't have an equivalent to in the English language I think it is an amazing word and this word is Vorfreude so that's how I pronounce it Vorfreude and Google pronounces it this is like also a pronunciation lesson for me Vorfreude and this means it's actually a little bit hard to explain it means that anticipation you get before excitement so I'm trying to think of an example maybe you're really really looking forward to having an ice cream like a really yummy ice cream and it's that excitement before you actually get to enjoy the pleasure of that ice cream it's the anticipation I guess we have the word excitement in English but that really doesn't have the same sort of meaning this is something that you know you anticipate this feeling of pleasure so it's a feeling kind of of excitement that you have about something that is about to come for this word you are almost feeling the pleasure of imagining what the pleasure of that future moment would be like if that makes sense it's just such a great descriptive word and I think it's a word that many of us English speakers would use a lot of if we had something similar in the English language. Okay so last this is probably one of my favorite German words I think it is an absolutely beautiful word that we definitely do not have an English equivalent to and this word is Geborgenheit so my pronunciation Geborgenheit Google pronunciation Geborgenheit I love how it feels when I say the word too it just has a really just a nice ring to it Geborgenheit it is actually pretty hard to explain the meaning of this word so I'm actually going to read what it says here okay so this is a little bit about the word once this word was actually voted the second most beautiful in the German language I'm not sure what the first most beautiful word would be I have to look that up and it is considered impossible to translate into English okay it is a feeling strongly associated with artists oh I like that often felt in intensely emotional moments such as returning home after a long time oh my goodness I'm gonna be feeling this when I go back to New Zealand or holding someone you love close which I'm doing right now it basically means to exist and feel intensely in the moment well that is so beautiful that is such a long description for just one word I guess the closest translation in English would be to live in the moment but I think Geborgenheit has so much more depth than just that I just love this word and it's something just so poetic and I really feel like we need a word like this in English so after hearing these beautiful German words you cannot tell me that German is such an amazing language with so much heart and so much depth and the more I learn German the more I fall in love with the language I love learning new German vocabulary I am constantly surprised by some of these amazing words if you're German and you're watching this do you know of any other beautiful words that I maybe could have added to my list and maybe I explained some of these meanings differently to how you would maybe explain them so feel free to leave your opinions in my comment section below also don't forget that the first 1000 of my subscribers to click on the link in my description will get a free premium membership skillshare trial so that's an amazing opportunity to take advantage of thank you so much for watching if you enjoyed this video don't forget to give it a big thumbs up I would love you to consider subscribing to my channel feel free to connect with me on Instagram and I will see you again really soon bye