Texas German dying out is largely due to the stigma after both world wars ended. Before the wars, it was the second most spoken language in the US. Nowadays the second most spoken language is Spanish.
The older generation definitely still feels that way. I found out through ancestry that we have a lot of German ancestors and I told my dad and he said he already knew that and shrugged it off. My dad told me growing up that we were 100% Scottish. He also hates Germany and anything German.
Look at Feli From Germany, she found some interviews of elder women from Fredericksburg, Texas. There was Quite a bit of material there. She pointed out some interesting Americanish affects in pronunciation but she seems to understand it perfectly also.
I'm a Texan in New Braunfels,Texas Founded by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels!! My great-great-grandmother used to make homemade sauerkraut, I just made my first batch the other day, it's been 120 plus years since this has happened in my family and I have to say it turned out great! I love watching your Channel!
There are other German speakers in Texas. My relatives who spoke German were from the Schulenburg-La Grange-Weimar area. Schulenburg is at the intersection of Interstate 10 and US Hwy 77, that is east of Interstate 35. Fredericksburg is west of I 35.
I'm from Pennsylvania and have heard lots of Pennsylvania German. I don't understand maybe 5 words of German. What came through loud and clear in this video was the Texas accent 😂
A reversal is Gert WWII vet speaking English. He was captured near the end of the war and was sent to America to work on the rocket program with Von Braun. He learned all his English while working and living in Huntsville, Alabama. The You Tube interview is in Germany but in English. He opens his mouth and a thick southern accent comes out.
Pennsylvania Dutch, or Amish Sherborn, does sound quite a bit different. You could probably understand that, too, but it definitely sounds more like German spoken with a thick American accent, plus a lot of American Or English syntax
I'm only aware of German speaking people in central Minnesota. They settled in the St. Cloud, MN area in the 1850's (?). It's called "Stearns County Deutsch." I still know of a few people who still speak it fluently but they are getting very old now.
There were German settlers all over the American south. Minden LA was settled by Germans. There were also a lot of Germans in Meridian MS. Those are two I know of personally. Just like a lot of south Louisiana speaks Cajun French. Not as much as before. That is sad.
Many of the churches in New Braunfels have an English service and a German service still today. Until about 30 years ago, it was very common to hear German spoken there everywhere you went. Unfortunately, it seems to be fading away in recent years.
In the US, there are also Americans who speak Spanglish, which is a dialect of Spanish mixed with English words. It is usually spoken by third-generation Mexican Americans.
All my life living in Texas never met anyone from Germany 🇩🇪 there’s first time for everything from watching videos about Germany what i can see in common is the farming landscape Texas is rich with farming land!
Video ist heute zwar ein Jahr alt aber dennoch sehr interessant. Ich Abonniere dich jetzt in der Hoffnung noch mehr interessante Sachen zu hören und zu sehen.
@@TheGermanAmbassador meine Grosseltern haben Portugiesische gelernt weil die wollte das Fersehen verstehen. Das war Ende des 1980s. Meine Mutter hat Portugiesisch im Schule gelernt. Kannst du so verstehen, wie Deutschland eine sehr riesiege Einfluss in Südbrasilien hat. Wenn du eine Person kennenlernen willst, die diese Dialiekt spricht, habe ich meine ganze Familie hier und die sind sehr freundlich.... Ich habe leider nicht Detusch zu Hause seit Kind gelernt, weil mein Vater "ist kein Deutsch". Er kommt von der Grenze zwischen Uruguay und Brasilien. So war er gegen Deutsche Sprache zu Hause.
This language needs to be recorded to its fullest, and saved. My great grandparents spoke Texasdeutsch, but during and after the war, no one was allowed to speak it freely without people being suspicious.
You will sometimes find family surnames in this part of Texas with names like Liberty, Freedom, Patriot - these were changed from German surnames during World War One.
@@RedRuffinsore I assume the reason why my surname of "Friesenhahn" was never americanized has to do with it's meaning; Friesenhahn was taken from Friesenhagen (A local, small town in the northern area of Rhineland-Palatine). Friesenhagen, as a place / town name, can't be americanized the way everyday words can.
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Howdy!
oh shit, this made me laugh
Texas German dying out is largely due to the stigma after both world wars ended. Before the wars, it was the second most spoken language in the US. Nowadays the second most spoken language is Spanish.
That’s just porous borders and bad immigration policies.
3rd most is probably French now
No shit, the video mentioned that.
@@hyperlagacy436 idk, might also be Italian or mandarin
The older generation definitely still feels that way. I found out through ancestry that we have a lot of German ancestors and I told my dad and he said he already knew that and shrugged it off. My dad told me growing up that we were 100% Scottish. He also hates Germany and anything German.
I find those pockets of German heritage sprinkled across the US and America absolutely amazing.
There are also dialects of German in South America and other portions of North America outside of the USA.
I consider German American culture to be like mainstream rural American culture. The people are very direct.
The South is very different of course.
That's most of the US
Look at Feli From Germany, she found some interviews of elder women from Fredericksburg, Texas. There was Quite a bit of material there. She pointed out some interesting Americanish affects in pronunciation but she seems to understand it perfectly also.
I've seen her reaction video as well. It was really good.
Tejano music is a descendant of German Polka music.
I'm a Texan in
New Braunfels,Texas
Founded by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels!!
My great-great-grandmother used to make homemade sauerkraut, I just made my first batch the other day,
it's been 120 plus years since this has happened in my family and I have to say it turned out great!
I love watching your Channel!
There are other German speakers in Texas. My relatives who spoke German were from the Schulenburg-La Grange-Weimar area. Schulenburg is at the intersection of Interstate 10 and US Hwy 77, that is east of Interstate 35. Fredericksburg is west of I 35.
I live in San Antonio and I'm from New Braunfels, so I know some Tex Mex Spanish and Texas Hill Country Deutsch.
You’re trinlingual?
Nahh my worst nightmare mid-west germam
I'm from Pennsylvania and have heard lots of Pennsylvania German. I don't understand maybe 5 words of German. What came through loud and clear in this video was the Texas accent 😂
😂
You’re referring to Pennsylvania Dutch, or standard German spoken by descendants of German immigrants living in Pennsylvania?
Dutch is German, Deitsch was translated as Dutch before 20th century
You might want to check the small farming communities in west Texas. Lamesa, Texas has good population of German farmers.
A reversal is Gert WWII vet speaking English. He was captured near the end of the war and was sent to America to work on the rocket program with Von Braun. He learned all his English while working and living in Huntsville, Alabama. The You Tube interview is in Germany but in English. He opens his mouth and a thick southern accent comes out.
Pennsylvania Dutch, or Amish Sherborn, does sound quite a bit different. You could probably understand that, too, but it definitely sounds more like German spoken with a thick American accent, plus a lot of American Or English syntax
they sound like german, but without a european accent lol
I'm only aware of German speaking people in central Minnesota. They settled in the St. Cloud, MN area in the 1850's (?). It's called "Stearns County Deutsch." I still know of a few people who still speak it fluently but they are getting very old now.
ein passendes Wort in Texas German ist STINKE KATZE für STINKTIER ( SKUNK) was auch passt
There were German settlers all over the American south. Minden LA was settled by Germans. There were also a lot of Germans in Meridian MS. Those are two I know of personally. Just like a lot of south Louisiana speaks Cajun French. Not as much as before. That is sad.
The South feels English to me. It actually feels elitist but they hate that
Germantown , Chicago, on Lincoln ave will be another interesting dialect center...
Interesting. I've never heard of that before.
Australian, north american, british english are all very different. So thats how it may have sounded like to different german speakers
Many of the churches in New Braunfels have an English service and a German service still today. Until about 30 years ago, it was very common to hear German spoken there everywhere you went. Unfortunately, it seems to be fading away in recent years.
In the US, there are also Americans who speak Spanglish, which is a dialect of Spanish mixed with English words. It is usually spoken by third-generation Mexican Americans.
All my life living in Texas never met anyone from Germany 🇩🇪 there’s first time for everything from watching videos about Germany what i can see in common is the farming landscape Texas is rich with farming land!
They aren't from Germany they're from the US. They just speak German due to their German heritage
@@brit4294 German Heritage I still haven’t meet anyone that speaks German around here!
I'm British and can speak German. Sounded like straightforward normal German spoken by Sheldon's Dad.
I understand this German.
Search Wikitongues Texas German - you will find some longer conversations
c'est de l'Allemand avec l'accent américain.
mid west german is already here
Video ist heute zwar ein Jahr alt aber dennoch sehr interessant. Ich Abonniere dich jetzt in der Hoffnung noch mehr interessante Sachen zu hören und zu sehen.
a normal german? you mean ein Schwab? ein Hunsrucker? ein Bavariusch? ein Frankfurter? Hamburger? Berliner? Prussian?
In the US it seems, everyone has at least some German blood, or some Irish blood. I have both.
Das ist genau so auch hier in Südbrasilien
Wie nennt man den Dialekt da?
@@TheGermanAmbassador Riograndenser Hunsrücksch. Auch Pommeranisch wird gesprochen.
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riograndenser_Hunsr%C3%BCckisch
@@paulocrotalico cool, ich schau mal ob ich mwhr dazu finde, danke!
@@TheGermanAmbassador meine Grosseltern haben Portugiesische gelernt weil die wollte das Fersehen verstehen. Das war Ende des 1980s. Meine Mutter hat Portugiesisch im Schule gelernt. Kannst du so verstehen, wie Deutschland eine sehr riesiege Einfluss in Südbrasilien hat. Wenn du eine Person kennenlernen willst, die diese Dialiekt spricht, habe ich meine ganze Familie hier und die sind sehr freundlich.... Ich habe leider nicht Detusch zu Hause seit Kind gelernt, weil mein Vater "ist kein Deutsch". Er kommt von der Grenze zwischen Uruguay und Brasilien. So war er gegen Deutsche Sprache zu Hause.
This language needs to be recorded to its fullest, and saved. My great grandparents spoke Texasdeutsch, but during and after the war, no one was allowed to speak it freely without people being suspicious.
You will sometimes find family surnames in this part of Texas with names like Liberty, Freedom, Patriot - these were changed from German surnames during World War One.
@@RedRuffinsore I assume the reason why my surname of "Friesenhahn" was never americanized has to do with it's meaning; Friesenhahn was taken from Friesenhagen (A local, small town in the northern area of Rhineland-Palatine). Friesenhagen, as a place / town name, can't be americanized the way everyday words can.
German Pewdiepie?
Sounded pretty plattdeutsch to me lol
suggestion for reaction video: What's The Dumbest Thing an American Has Ever Said To You?
Lol
😂😂
your reaction was typical german = nonexistent.
Machen Amerika groß wieder! 😂
that's stupid. why. !!!!!
Whats stupid? That German immigrants spoke German and their families kept speaking it and it morphed over time?