50 German words that are actually French - Super Easy French (110)

Since the Middle Ages, German has repeatedly borrowed words from French. German thus has not only many words from English, but also from French. and many German learners are continually surprised to suddenly hear French-sounding Words in German to hear. Today it's Judith with us. Hi, where are you from? I am from France. Judith is actually a French viewer of Easy German and has now also become a part of it. From our Easy French team, and today we're showing you words that come from French were adopted into the German language and we test how these words are pronounced today and whether it is really still French. Here we go! I have now selected the 50 most frequent words, and I myself don't know whether whether we pronounce them correctly in French or have already become Germanized. There are some words that are still pronounced and written in French, some words had already been written in German, but still pronounced a little bit in French Some probably no longer are. Here we go! Subscription. Some people also say subscription. Accessory. Address Current. Ami. Army. Balance. Ah, that's the same. Battery. Oh. Candy. Or a little more German-sounding candy. Branch Budget Office. Oh. Coffee. That was easy. Chance. We also pronounced the 'e' at the end. Chance That occurs with many words. Champagne. That does not exist. But it sounds French. Maybe it's champagne? Yes. Okay. Champagne. Was? Clique. Yes. Charm. Look, with "Charme" we don't pronounce the E, but with "Clique" we do. Okay, next. Cream. Or cream. Cream. Croissant That's simple. Déjà vu. Delegation Shower. Whatever. Engagement Dedicated. Engaged. Floor State. Blunder That is actually a word that is frequently used in German, yet few Germans can write, because it is written in a very French style. Gage Great. Giraffe Group. Hotel Engineer Look, we borrowed such a difficult word from French and today Do we still have any funny German jokes about it, specifically that the engineer isn't too difficult? Swear. That's a German pun. That's not funny. Okay. They try to make a rhyme with Ingenieur, but there is no German word that rhymes with it. Engineer, so they make it like hard. It's like they try to rhyme "schwer" with "Ingenieur." So they say an engineer is not to be trusted. Okay. That's a German pun. Journalist A journalist. Captain A captain. The piano. A piano. The chop. A chop. The chop. That is interesting. My theory is that the longer the word in the German language, the more German it is. Indeed, some words are probably already a few hundred years old in German. Language, and we no longer even realize that they are French. That is my theory. Tie. Menu A menu. Level Nuance A nuance. Omelette An omelette. Orange. An orange. Package A package. The pilot. A pilot. The urinal. What is a urinal? It is a men's toilet. A toilet. A urinal. He doesn't say that. Okay, then we just think it's French. Urinal. Potatoes. Fries. Or fries. Potatoes. We also know that most Germans no longer realize that the word "Pommes" comes from French. How is "Pommes" actually pronounced? Wallet A wallet. That is an interesting word. This was recently changed. We have written it in French for a very, very long time. But since many Germans can't write it correctly in French, after all Also complicated, there is now a new spelling, namely German spelling. with M-O-N-E-E. Do you find that funny? It's very funny. I believe there are many words that get adjusted after some time. Some, however, did not. Portrait A portrait. Regime. A regime. Director A director. Reportage. A reportage. Summary. A resume. Route Season. One season. Sauce. A sauce. Germans sometimes also write "Soße" with S-Z-O and E. Service Scene. Toilet I think that's my favorite word. The toilet. Toilet Thank you, Judith, for joining in. Thank you. And now you can continue learning German as well. Not only French words, but you can also learn the German pronunciation. by trying out our app Seatlang. You will also find many sentences and a vocabulary trainer there, after all. And you can always practice your pronunciation by repeating sentences yourself. and evaluate your own pronunciation. And thus, you improve your pronunciation. Try this one out. Here you will find a link. And then you'll also see Easy French soon. Namely, on our Easy Languages channel. Here you will find a link to the last episode with Judith. In fact, that's where she introduced the French R. Then you can also learn the French pronunciation. Hello. See you soon.