You have to consider why germany is said to be the land of poets and philosophers. Our language may not be very romantic, but it is very deep and rich in words. We sometimes have a lot of terms meaning the same but adding a certain thought/intention to the word. In german language you can actually express your exact feelings in words. I have yet to find another language that is so much fun to use (well maybe japanese). English is a very simple and boring language on the other hand.
German is a very sweet language. You just shouldn't yell it each time you say it. Perhaps it has a lot of consonants, but so does welsh for example. It's an old language.
come on guys, he´s a comedian and every comedian uses those stereotypes to be funny... i think an intelligent american knows how tim allen means it... in germany we laugh also about it, just look at the show from kaya yanar
i've been to germany it was actually quite good i thought it was gonna suck i cried like a bitch when my parents said i had to go there and i made a big scene and everything in a restaurant when they told me "you're going and that's that "
Wy everybody thinks german is a noisy and aggressive language? thats not, true maybe if german scream that sounds aggressive but is´t just stupid to say the germans and there language ar aggressive because you shout just 1 word.
since im german and therfore do have to be a nazi of some kind i do have to speak stupidly loud so that all the prisoners im my kz can understand me. i tried to speak slowly but it turns out that americans need the be shout at, otherwise they don't recognize me as typical nazi. oh no i mean german. sticking into me you see...
I'm on an exchange to germany right now and I can say that German is a very beautiful, rich language. When it's not yelled, german is very rythmic and soothing. This just makes me feel sorry for whoever thinks that german is an aggressive language.
of course it's a joke. But i'm tired of hearing the same stupid jokes about german language.. it seems like you think we talk like nazis or sth.. even nazis dont talk like that. I mean its 2012 guys.. not 1940 .. -_-
Stupid Americans, you don't speak any language except your own and you have the courage to make fun of German??? Your're making fools out of yourselves, everyone is laughing at YOU and not at Germans. We in Europe love Germany, its people are one of the frendliest and about 50% of us actually speak German, the other 50% at least have some knowledge of it, so we don't laugh at it.
actually the word butterfly and schmetterling originate in the same slavian word schmetten for cream, they were also known as milchdieb and molkenstehler whereof the word butterfly comes from-> the animal that was attracted to freshly made butter. and the french word papillon originates from the latin word papilio also meaning butterfly
That's so funny. Not because it would be true or anything like that, but more because it shows how superficial and stupid most of the American humor is. I mean, they say Germans got no humor, but in fact our humor is just deeper than such crap.
@Taggax are you american? I actually saw the reaction of americans to an american commedian who does his shows in german... "John Doyle". the humour of the guy is pretty simple-minded. But his jokes are so lame and obvious... I have seen conversations here on youtube of americans who learned German who LOVED him..... So yes... I think your theory is right, without offense to you!
Überhaupt nicht lustig, da merkt man mal wie beschränkt die Amis heute noch sind....geht gar nicht! Und ihr findet auch noch lustig in diese Schublade gesteckt zu werden....
ha ha ha. that was hilarious. i just don't get why the today living germans permanently are taken in connection with history from dozens of years ago. i have nothing to do with nazis and i don't fucking care what my grandmothers and grandfathers did wrong, i can't change history. yes it's sad but i'm not fucking responsible for this shit!! so stop raising your american childs with this nazi-shit about germany
YOU HEIL FORKOT HEIL THAT HEIL WE HEIL HAVE HEIL NO HEIL SOFT HEIL LETTERS HEIL AND HEIL THAT HEIL WE HEIL SAY HEIL AFTER HEIL EVERY HEIL WORD HEIL HEIL
Just jealous because they don't have their own language. And no, dear US citizens, english is NOT originated from "american" ;-) *joking
Fun fact is, if americans try speaking german normally, they totally fail the pronounciation. But while screaming, they somehow get it (it's annoying though, like yelling overall =P )
Germans or europeans alltogether have their own jokes about americans (e.g. they're fat, dumb and fat). Them making jokes about germans is not "unfair" =P
I´m austrian-american (my dad grew up in Arizona) and I love when americans try to speak german. come on .. tim allen is a funny guy .. don´t teak him too seriously!
btw nearly 20 % of americans are of german decent , so what ?
Ach, liebe liebe Deutsche hier! :) Regt euch doch nicht so auf, als ob unsere Komiker die Amis und andere nicht auch übelst auf die Schippe nehmen. Stellt euch doch nicht so blöd an. Mein Gott es ist ein Scherz!!! ;D Außerdem ist es nicht fair, einfach die ganzen Amerikaner als "fett und dumm" zu bezeichnen, uns gefällt es doch auch nicht, wenn man uns Nazis nennt. Also bitte!!! Nimmt's mit Humor :) Comedy ist Comedy, ob Ami oder Deutsche... Humor soll doch vereinen und nicht spalten! ;)
I'm german. Even if i have to agree that every word sounds ugly when you scream it..."Schmetterling" as it is, is a really ugly word for this animal. Butterfly is way more pretty. A fly...like butter...softy, cute comes in my mind. But the word "schmetter" means to dash, to clash, to break something. And "ling" is just an ending to make something cuter than it actually is. So the word Schmetterling is really ugly in my opinion.
But i don't like when non-gers scream german and think it's funny.
Every word will sound ugly if you scream it. When is anyone ever screaming about a butterfly? Germans do not all speak like Hitler, in fact, he was austrian.
The United Nations initiated a poll with the request, "Please tell us your honest opinion about the lack of food in the rest of the world." The poll was a total failure. The Russians did not understand "Please". The Italians did not know the word "honest". The Chinese did not know what an "opinion" was. The Europeans did not know "lack", while the Africans did not know "food". Finally, the Americans didn't know anything about the "rest of the world".
@MrsCherryBlossoms Glad you have a sense of humor. Some of these people are just whining. It's only a joke. Many comedians make jokes about nationalities, that doesn't mean it's mean-spirited. I don't understand why people come to comedy posts, when they are totally humorless and just want to complain. I like comedians to make me happy, not whine about a harmless joke. Good for you for not being so touchy! Americans make fun of ourselves just as much if not more!
@LadyMilli Wow. He's a third rate comedian and MANY comedians make jokes about nationalities. They aren't statements of reality, they are FORMULATED or CONTRIVED to make a joke. Most people do have a sense of humor and this was hardly a very serious joke. Perhaps you don't have a sense of humor because my parents are German and they found it funny. Lighten up. Why go to a comedy post to be so serious. Americans harbor no animosity towards the Germans. Again, it was just a joke. Calm down.
Schmetterling pronounced normaly isnt actually that harsh of a word.
What Tim Allen didnt say what Schmetterling literally means: Smashling.
Schmetterling is a combination of the Verb "schmettern" (to smash something) and the diminuishing suffix "-ling". The words describes the gentle flaps of a butterfly as something destructive. That is the weird part.
But I cant blame Tim. I love Tool Time. The ideas in the show are often pretty german I think.
All those super overpowered unnecessary stuff he builds resembles the german "Etwas ordentlich machen!" "Do it right and straight!". If you build a carport, you better make sure its the goddamn best in the neighborhood. Dont forget to tell all your neighbors what fine materials you used and how much effort you put in a sloppy open garage.
@Eckendenker I heard that the words Schmetterling and Butterfly have the same root. The word "Schmette" is an old German word for "Butter". So it is more a "Butterfliege".
What a piteous idiot! It's just ridiculous that he perform a so pointless gag about a language, which is hundred times more expressive, complex and poetic than his.
If I would pronounciate the Spanish and Frensh word for butterfly as well as butterfly itself with such a derisory screaming, so it would be hearable as agressive and violent too!
The United Nations initiated a poll with the request, "Please tell us your honest opinion about the lack of food in the rest of the world." The poll was a total failure. The Russians did not understand "Please". The Italians did not know the word "honest". The Chinese did not know what an "opinion" was. The Europeans did not know "lack", while the Africans did not know "food". Finally, the Americans didn't know anything about the "rest of the world".
german is an ugly language to those who dont speak it themselves. most foreigners i talked to, who aquired german language skills to the point where they can read and understand german poems of the era of geman romanticism, find it a surprisingly beautiful and very poetic language.
i guess german is not the most beautiful language in the world, but if you scream a word like he does in the video, its for sure that its sounds really bad and aggressive.
It's sad. Why do American's think we scream the whole time? I don't get it! Even Sarah Chalke, who often WAS in Germany, screamed in an interview with the american reporter in german. ( /watch?v=cjV-4CtiIV0 ) Yes, there was a guy, who talked like this, but Hitler is not our idol! Everything sounds weird if you scream it into the others face, not only german words.
not because I don't have a sense of humour but because it is ALWAYS the SAME OLD JOKE based on stereotypes, light years away from reality, repeated over and over and over and over again ...
well, i´m german, and i laughed my f****** ass off xDD
tim allen ♥
but i know where the "schmetterling" comes from, the word "schmetterling" comes from the czech word "smétana" and this means the milk cream. The Czech called then the butterfly "smétana" because it always, sat on the top of the milk cream and ate it. So the german word "schmetterling" comes from Czech "smétana". :)
aber ich mein, schau dir doch mal die ganzen deutschen comedian an xDD die machen sich über so viel asi zeusch lustig ^^ xDD
zB michael mittermeier "sind heute auch italiener da?" "ja hiiier" "vor euch hab ich ja den größten respekt,.. 3mal berlusconi nacheinander gewählt, wir haben nach einmal hitler aufgehört" xD
@XklecksmonstaaX the reason is correct but wrong language. An old german word for cream is "Schmette", a "Schmetter" would be someone who likes cream, and "ling" is an ending like the italian "ino/ina" to say that someone/thing is small, "Schmetterling" means "the small one who ikes Cream"
@HerrderRingeFan1 well, this could be an reason, too. Perhaps we both are right!? ;) I like my explanation and yours, so yupp... this is it. I read my explanation in a book from a famous german translator, author and journalist Bastian Sick. I don't think he's wrong, but all is possible. :) so we're both right? !
@Bannertraeger No, but unless the clip is in german (which this isn´t) or w/e other language its usually insanely rude to others who view it. I would as said understand it more if the clip was in a specific language since there is less likelyhood that other nations would understand it in the first place. Another exception would be if youtube was only written in fx. german.
@Bannertraeger They got the option to "dislike" the clip then. Writing in german in comments and the movie making generalizing jokes about the german language is two completely different things. By that logic every person around the world should be writing things and act "offended" because people have different generalizations about different nationalities around the world.
Also to end this off - I obviously cant "force" people not to write in german, but this is my oppinion ;)
@Ost666 mm is klar das man sich darüber lustig machen kann aber wtf wie kommen die amis darauf das unsere sprache geschrien werden muss? ich mein halt wtf....
@BossL16 Wie kommen wir darauf das alle Amerikaner dumm sind, ausnahmslos... das ist Comedy... wo bringt uns das hin alles zu ernst zu nehmen und jeden zu "verfluchen" weil er auf unsere schöne deutsche Sprache parodiert...
Das ist falscher Nationalstolz...
Wenn ein deutscher Komediant etwas gegen die deutschen selbst sagt ist das vollkommen ok - kein Ding - er ist ja auch deutscher... sobald eine andere Nationalität etwas sagt ist es gleich Rufmord...
@Ost666 das hat doch nix damit zu tun..ich mein mario barth, cindy aus marzahn usw sind gute beispiele für dumme deutsche und sind auch nicht lustig, aber wenn zb serda somuncu witze über deutsche macht pack ich mich weg, er hat ja auch meistens recht
at least they have to scream always like hitler the only "german" they know to let it sound scary
Dredgion 5 days ago
Butter-Fly? lol schmetterling, if you american and know what "schmetter" is, you laugh double.
Because schmetter(n) means dash
93Gamerz 1 week ago
SCHMETTERLING!
CYC10PZ 1 week ago
YE THAT'S RIGHT, EVERYTIME I SEE A SCHMETTERLING(!!!) I SHOUT IT LOUD!!!
Wehrwolf1941 1 week ago 2
americans talk way louder than germans
attk177 1 week ago 3
You have to consider why germany is said to be the land of poets and philosophers. Our language may not be very romantic, but it is very deep and rich in words. We sometimes have a lot of terms meaning the same but adding a certain thought/intention to the word. In german language you can actually express your exact feelings in words. I have yet to find another language that is so much fun to use (well maybe japanese). English is a very simple and boring language on the other hand.
LowStuff 1 week ago 2
@LowStuff Try Hungarian. Even richer than German!
zoodle85 1 week ago
I´m german and i LMAO!!
ptango666 1 week ago
Hilarious! I'm german and I friggin' love how americans always make fun of how aggressiv german sounds.. when it actually doesn't XDDDDD
geeXpiriri9 1 week ago 4
German is a very sweet language. You just shouldn't yell it each time you say it. Perhaps it has a lot of consonants, but so does welsh for example. It's an old language.
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aicilef1995 2 weeks ago
yea i sit with my girlfriend on the grass and i say:"SCHAU, EIN SCHÖNER SCHMETTERLING!"
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and german the most beautiful language...
Schruller1990 2 weeks ago
LOL. Very Funny!!! I´m from Germany!!! ;-)
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No wonder if we are considered humorless, if we only get served such shitty "comedy". ;)
xSuperiorManx 2 weeks ago
Im funny and I find this German
joelman69 2 weeks ago 3
was habts ihr alle imma mit uns deitsche
Stalker6622 2 weeks ago
come on guys, he´s a comedian and every comedian uses those stereotypes to be funny... i think an intelligent american knows how tim allen means it... in germany we laugh also about it, just look at the show from kaya yanar
FruchtiHater77 2 weeks ago 2
I'm from germany and i laughed. i though about nazis standing in the nature screaming at Butterflies :D
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i've been to germany it was actually quite good i thought it was gonna suck i cried like a bitch when my parents said i had to go there and i made a big scene and everything in a restaurant when they told me "you're going and that's that "
Song4Alex 2 weeks ago
I'm german and I find this funny.
JustJustSid 2 weeks ago
it only sounds harsh because HE'S YELLING!
FWYGINOND 3 weeks ago
Not funny at all. :(
Lutscher85 3 weeks ago
sorry u american guys but somecountry which has stolen a language can't say anything about another language...
applesucht 3 weeks ago 3
warum schau ich mir den scheiß überhaupt an
Raiv0 3 weeks ago 3
Yes of course it's very loud on german streets because everyone screams to eachother -.- I could also scream "BUTTTTERFLYYYYYYY"
qawsedrftg1045 3 weeks ago
But really,lets be subjective.It IS a nasty language.
MrMethadrine 3 weeks ago
Lol. :D But of course it sounds aggressive when he shouts that word... >_>
blaseandernase 3 weeks ago
I laughed my german ass off
xrider447 3 weeks ago
Wy everybody thinks german is a noisy and aggressive language? thats not, true maybe if german scream that sounds aggressive but is´t just stupid to say the germans and there language ar aggressive because you shout just 1 word.
MrNl98 3 weeks ago
well, american english sounds gay.
NikolaiSturm 4 weeks ago
TIm WANTS A SCHMÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄTERLING!
marccolonia 1 month ago
he can also scream mariposa and its sounds exactly equal
zer0nable 1 month ago 8
its a stereotype like all americans are fat & ugly , dumb
allen is a lousy comedian
zer0nable 1 month ago
i am a nazi and i find this AGGRESSIVE
penner264 1 month ago 3
since im german and therfore do have to be a nazi of some kind i do have to speak stupidly loud so that all the prisoners im my kz can understand me. i tried to speak slowly but it turns out that americans need the be shout at, otherwise they don't recognize me as typical nazi. oh no i mean german. sticking into me you see...
swunt10 1 month ago 6
boring......
Suspectone1 1 month ago
I'm on an exchange to germany right now and I can say that German is a very beautiful, rich language. When it's not yelled, german is very rythmic and soothing. This just makes me feel sorry for whoever thinks that german is an aggressive language.
knoxville255 1 month ago 70
Ähhh ... okey ... wir schreien also, wenn wir reden. Schön, dass ich jetzt auch davon erfahre -.-
WorshiperProduction 1 month ago
of course it's a joke. But i'm tired of hearing the same stupid jokes about german language.. it seems like you think we talk like nazis or sth.. even nazis dont talk like that. I mean its 2012 guys.. not 1940 .. -_-
musicfreakkx3 1 month ago
Stupid Americans, you don't speak any language except your own and you have the courage to make fun of German??? Your're making fools out of yourselves, everyone is laughing at YOU and not at Germans. We in Europe love Germany, its people are one of the frendliest and about 50% of us actually speak German, the other 50% at least have some knowledge of it, so we don't laugh at it.
rijekarastocine 1 month ago
@rijekarastocine
Das ist ja mal schön zu lesen das du die deutschen magst^^
Vielen dank^^
nervouslife 1 month ago
hey do you have the whole show from where this clip is from....i looove tim allen^^
MsThekerry 1 month ago
wenn ich nach amerika geh werd ich nur so reden :D dann verstehen die einen wenigstens
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WE ALSO ONLY USE CAPSLOCK LETTERS IN GERMANY ! CAUSE SMALL LETTERS DON`T LOOK AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH
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Carbidn 1 month ago
actually the word butterfly and schmetterling originate in the same slavian word schmetten for cream, they were also known as milchdieb and molkenstehler whereof the word butterfly comes from-> the animal that was attracted to freshly made butter. and the french word papillon originates from the latin word papilio also meaning butterfly
HiddenInTheCity 1 month ago
That's so funny. Not because it would be true or anything like that, but more because it shows how superficial and stupid most of the American humor is. I mean, they say Germans got no humor, but in fact our humor is just deeper than such crap.
Taggax 1 month ago
@Taggax are you american? I actually saw the reaction of americans to an american commedian who does his shows in german... "John Doyle". the humour of the guy is pretty simple-minded. But his jokes are so lame and obvious... I have seen conversations here on youtube of americans who learned German who LOVED him..... So yes... I think your theory is right, without offense to you!
000000AEA000000 1 month ago
@000000AEA000000 I am obviously German.
Taggax 1 month ago
@Taggax I did not check your profile.
000000AEA000000 1 month ago
@000000AEA000000 Wrote it in my commentary as well^^ Doesn't matter.
Taggax 1 month ago
@Taggax yes, I thought you were american living in Germany. I was in a hurry yesterday...... things like that happen then.
Cheers.
000000AEA000000 1 month ago
Überhaupt nicht lustig, da merkt man mal wie beschränkt die Amis heute noch sind....geht gar nicht! Und ihr findet auch noch lustig in diese Schublade gesteckt zu werden....
einapopeina 1 month ago
ha ha ha. that was hilarious. i just don't get why the today living germans permanently are taken in connection with history from dozens of years ago. i have nothing to do with nazis and i don't fucking care what my grandmothers and grandfathers did wrong, i can't change history. yes it's sad but i'm not fucking responsible for this shit!! so stop raising your american childs with this nazi-shit about germany
donhoinsen 1 month ago
WE ALSO ONLY WRITE USING CAPSLOCK IN GERMANY ! CAUSE SMALL LETTERS DON`T LOOK AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH
einzeller85 1 month ago 241
@einzeller85 I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS FELLOW IS 100% PERCENT CORRECT !
sparefankerl 1 month ago
@einzeller85 top!
magicflip2K 1 month ago
@einzeller85
YEAH!! YOU'RE FUCKIN RIGHT!!!
Mein Freund besitzt einen Schmetterlingspark, da wird auch den ganzen Tag gebrüllt, um den Amerikanischen Touristen was zu bieten^^
nervouslife 1 month ago
@nervouslife rofl
Sharleen1982 1 month ago
@einzeller85
YOU HEIL FORKOT HEIL THAT HEIL WE HEIL HAVE HEIL NO HEIL SOFT HEIL LETTERS HEIL AND HEIL THAT HEIL WE HEIL SAY HEIL AFTER HEIL EVERY HEIL WORD HEIL HEIL
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@WurstbrotOfSteel
"[...]THAT HEIL WE HEIL SAY HEIL AFTER HEIL EVERY HEIL WORD HEIL[...]"
shouldn't it rather have been "we heil say heil heil heil after heil every heil word heil"? :x
Ravashak 4 weeks ago
@einzeller85 THATS CORRECT!
Borkfried 3 weeks ago
SMALL LETTERS ARE FOR PUSSIES AND FRENCHMEN!
HerrWagnerfreund 22 hours ago
echt geil entweder sagt der schmetter weg oder schmetterlenk ?? XD
RcAdCOD 1 month ago
oh ich kann immer wieder darüber lachen ... so agresiv sind wir doch nicht wirklich oder??? :D
EsMenscheltGewaltig 1 month ago
Just jealous because they don't have their own language. And no, dear US citizens, english is NOT originated from "american" ;-) *joking
Fun fact is, if americans try speaking german normally, they totally fail the pronounciation. But while screaming, they somehow get it (it's annoying though, like yelling overall =P )
Germans or europeans alltogether have their own jokes about americans (e.g. they're fat, dumb and fat). Them making jokes about germans is not "unfair" =P
Verwesender 1 month ago
Bis jetzt dachte ich immer das Butterfly eine "fliegende Butter" ist....Gut das es Tim Allen gibt..
Friebi75 1 month ago 2
i´m german,
and i dont screm when i say "Schmetterling", but die americans like it to make jokes about our .mmhh.. hard language^
IOpheuzI 1 month ago
I´m austrian-american (my dad grew up in Arizona) and I love when americans try to speak german. come on .. tim allen is a funny guy .. don´t teak him too seriously!
btw nearly 20 % of americans are of german decent , so what ?
nady271090 1 month ago
BUTTERFLY!!!
1Pr0digy 1 month ago
why do all amaricans always scream when they try imitate the german language ? :D
retromaedchen 1 month ago 5
Ach, liebe liebe Deutsche hier! :) Regt euch doch nicht so auf, als ob unsere Komiker die Amis und andere nicht auch übelst auf die Schippe nehmen. Stellt euch doch nicht so blöd an. Mein Gott es ist ein Scherz!!! ;D Außerdem ist es nicht fair, einfach die ganzen Amerikaner als "fett und dumm" zu bezeichnen, uns gefällt es doch auch nicht, wenn man uns Nazis nennt. Also bitte!!! Nimmt's mit Humor :) Comedy ist Comedy, ob Ami oder Deutsche... Humor soll doch vereinen und nicht spalten! ;)
XklecksmonstaaX 1 month ago 5
Ehhm, jaaa!
Ich schrei auch immer so rum, wenn ich einen Schmetterling seh..:D
MrMamelade 1 month ago 3
Okay, der ist bei mir unten durch...
MissPocahontas93 1 month ago
i am german....americans are all fat and stupid so what^^
Honkmensch 1 month ago
always the same lame jokes.... and he calls the german humourless
Divadsalkin 1 month ago 3
Im Austrian and i loughed my F******* ass off too ;DDD
The Americans are so stupid, ignorant, arrogant and racists!
R3C3P15 1 month ago 2
everything souds evil if you scream it out like shit...
4Cromwel 1 month ago
I'm german ... and i gotta say i almost peed myself while watching this. :D
7Rafael7VII 2 months ago
Is das blööööd -.-
Seschat 2 months ago 2
HEIL THE SCHMETTERLING! SCHMETTERLING WILL COME OVER YOU AND DESTROY ...nothing :D
BackUpBorod 2 months ago
tim allen looks like my dad and sounds like him haha always a laugh
nicamy8988 2 months ago
Sure, people in Germany always scream when they talk...
Molybdan42 2 months ago 99
@Molybdan42 Öhm no Oo
AdrianArmageddon 1 month ago
@AdrianArmageddon Öhm, ever heard of Irony ?
Molybdan42 1 month ago
@Molybdan42 sure we do...we always yell SCHMETTERLING hahaha :D warum nur hört sich deutsch für fremde ohren so grausam an!
TheIritify 1 month ago 2
@Molybdan42 only they didnt understand us denn we spek not slower but more louder xD
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@Molybdan42
No we don´t scream....
Blubber4444 3 weeks ago
Wie blöd.Wir Deutschen brüllen immer nur.Zack,zack.jawoll...! That´s british "comedy".
But the english language is only a german dialekt.Ha,ha.
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PurpleAlogia 2 months ago
boring.
prazzomoto 2 months ago
you know what the great thing about german is if drill instuctors would speak german their corp would have twice as respekt as they do now :D
if you doubt that, watch full metal jacket in german :D
snoke57 2 months ago
im offended and i feel german
MarkP0rter 2 months ago
And even butterfly is german.From German origin. As English is a Westgerman language.
rrreinhard 2 months ago
do not get it...
versteh ich nich...
PriusRider 2 months ago
@PriusRider that's exactly what i meant
H8iZ1337 2 months ago
62 people are the proof that germans do not have a sense of humor ;)
H8iZ1337 2 months ago
@H8iZ1337 fuck u. we just do not get the joke...
PriusRider 2 months ago
I'm german. Even if i have to agree that every word sounds ugly when you scream it..."Schmetterling" as it is, is a really ugly word for this animal. Butterfly is way more pretty. A fly...like butter...softy, cute comes in my mind. But the word "schmetter" means to dash, to clash, to break something. And "ling" is just an ending to make something cuter than it actually is. So the word Schmetterling is really ugly in my opinion.
But i don't like when non-gers scream german and think it's funny.
KubusSc7 2 months ago
Sry but Hitler comes from Austria not from germany ;)
FelixxxBlackWorld 2 months ago
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and that makes things easier or what ??
that a nation is driven by a single man in the ruins is really embarrassing...
VanFahnel 2 months ago
warum müssen die so schreien. die machen sich total lustig ey, das ist so mies !!
französisch oder spanisch schmetterling koennte man auch schreien !!!!!!!
jappyL 2 months ago
@jappyL komm entspann dich ist doch nur spaß ! :D
MrsCherryBlossoms 1 week ago
Every word will sound ugly if you scream it. When is anyone ever screaming about a butterfly? Germans do not all speak like Hitler, in fact, he was austrian.
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The United Nations initiated a poll with the request, "Please tell us your honest opinion about the lack of food in the rest of the world." The poll was a total failure. The Russians did not understand "Please". The Italians did not know the word "honest". The Chinese did not know what an "opinion" was. The Europeans did not know "lack", while the Africans did not know "food". Finally, the Americans didn't know anything about the "rest of the world".
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TelumehtarOriOn 2 months ago
i'm from germany and its so funny ! :D:D
i muss be laugh so :D:D
MrsCherryBlossoms 2 months ago
@MrsCherryBlossoms Glad you have a sense of humor. Some of these people are just whining. It's only a joke. Many comedians make jokes about nationalities, that doesn't mean it's mean-spirited. I don't understand why people come to comedy posts, when they are totally humorless and just want to complain. I like comedians to make me happy, not whine about a harmless joke. Good for you for not being so touchy! Americans make fun of ourselves just as much if not more!
1105Chance 2 months ago 2
i agree,maybe all english speaking people have learned german by hitler himself!!!
i don´t think that goethe or schiller or heine were screaming their poetry!
LadyMilli 2 months ago
@LadyMilli Wow. He's a third rate comedian and MANY comedians make jokes about nationalities. They aren't statements of reality, they are FORMULATED or CONTRIVED to make a joke. Most people do have a sense of humor and this was hardly a very serious joke. Perhaps you don't have a sense of humor because my parents are German and they found it funny. Lighten up. Why go to a comedy post to be so serious. Americans harbor no animosity towards the Germans. Again, it was just a joke. Calm down.
1105Chance 2 months ago
very poor humor, he just speaks like an old hitler soldier from the 2nd world war would speak and claimes all germans speak like this nowdays.
DrAtmo 2 months ago
dude if u shout a word like this, of course it sounds frightening, this would be also with the english butterfly or the french.
MrBigt0 2 months ago
Schmetterling pronounced normaly isnt actually that harsh of a word.
What Tim Allen didnt say what Schmetterling literally means: Smashling.
Schmetterling is a combination of the Verb "schmettern" (to smash something) and the diminuishing suffix "-ling". The words describes the gentle flaps of a butterfly as something destructive. That is the weird part.
Eckendenker 2 months ago
@Eckendenker
But I cant blame Tim. I love Tool Time. The ideas in the show are often pretty german I think.
All those super overpowered unnecessary stuff he builds resembles the german "Etwas ordentlich machen!" "Do it right and straight!". If you build a carport, you better make sure its the goddamn best in the neighborhood. Dont forget to tell all your neighbors what fine materials you used and how much effort you put in a sloppy open garage.
Eckendenker 2 months ago
@Eckendenker I heard that the words Schmetterling and Butterfly have the same root. The word "Schmette" is an old German word for "Butter". So it is more a "Butterfliege".
sollstedtcity 2 months ago
@sollstedtcity
Wow, youre right. I didnt know that.
Eckendenker 2 months ago
omg this screaming...i dont think that all americans are fat, stupid pigs who fight with everyone in their way...americans...poor
DjScary1987 2 months ago
What a piteous idiot! It's just ridiculous that he perform a so pointless gag about a language, which is hundred times more expressive, complex and poetic than his.
If I would pronounciate the Spanish and Frensh word for butterfly as well as butterfly itself with such a derisory screaming, so it would be hearable as agressive and violent too!
What a piteous idiot! x-)
EdosWolf 2 months ago 2
@EdosWolf "I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse." -- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
aseglkj 2 months ago
@aseglkj Well, Charles V. was a foolish ignorant! x-)
And Charles V. knows only woman who speak italian and men french - very interesting!
!!!RESPECT TO THE GERMAN-SPEAKING HORSE!!!
EdosWolf 2 months ago
ALS OB WIR DEN GANZEN TAG SCHREIEN WÜRDEN!!! :D
kingwawa187 2 months ago
@kingwawa187
WEISS GAR NICHT, WIE DER TROTTEL AUF DIESE IDEE KOMMT. WÜRDEN WIR DOCH NIEMALS TUN :D
Mehlwurm16 2 months ago
@Mehlwurm16
ABER ECHT EY! IST WOHL SCHEINBAR UNSERE LIEBLINGSBESCHÄFTIGUNG!!! MACHEN ABER ALLE AMIS, WENN SIE UNS DEUTSCHE DURCH DEN KAKAO ZIEHEN WOLLEN!
kingwawa187 2 months ago
LOL
RiesenWuschel 2 months ago
rotflmao i love bein german
chrissy44014 2 months ago
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This is a German joke.....
The United Nations initiated a poll with the request, "Please tell us your honest opinion about the lack of food in the rest of the world." The poll was a total failure. The Russians did not understand "Please". The Italians did not know the word "honest". The Chinese did not know what an "opinion" was. The Europeans did not know "lack", while the Africans did not know "food". Finally, the Americans didn't know anything about the "rest of the world".
giessbert1 2 months ago
When i scream the word butterfly aggressively with 110db it would sound like hitler too...^^
giessbert1 2 months ago
You just have to sound it right, don't scream it. then it's a nice little word.
Pille22 2 months ago
Ich liebe es wenn Amerikaner die Deutsche Sprache verarschen, das hört sich so abfgöttisch lustig an.^^
UtopiaBasti 2 months ago 18
Schmetterling sounds cute :D
oOGrinsebackeOo 2 months ago
schmettern in german also mean to throw something really hard. XD
cordia96 3 months ago 3
okay das ist übertrieben
HukulukuArts 3 months ago 2
German is a hard language?! I only say TOOTHBRUSH!!!!!!!
BillBuffalo1 3 months ago
german is an ugly language to those who dont speak it themselves. most foreigners i talked to, who aquired german language skills to the point where they can read and understand german poems of the era of geman romanticism, find it a surprisingly beautiful and very poetic language.
RossoBianco1895 3 months ago 4
i guess german is not the most beautiful language in the world, but if you scream a word like he does in the video, its for sure that its sounds really bad and aggressive.
wynona5991 3 months ago
SCHMETTERLING!!
Tommy10013 3 months ago
I'm German and I approve this joke. It's an awesome language. Highly efficient and versatile.
Zendrig 3 months ago
That is really funny. But we don´t scream all the time. ;-)
But I think it is true that German is not the most beautiful language in the world.
Jacasch 3 months ago
And we germans think the arabs screams when they talk O.o we germans whisper all the time lol
kingogloc 3 months ago
It's sad. Why do American's think we scream the whole time? I don't get it! Even Sarah Chalke, who often WAS in Germany, screamed in an interview with the american reporter in german. ( /watch?v=cjV-4CtiIV0 ) Yes, there was a guy, who talked like this, but Hitler is not our idol! Everything sounds weird if you scream it into the others face, not only german words.
IWishWeWereNinjas 3 months ago
@IWishWeWereNinjas it's a joke you dummy...jesus
hayden50 3 months ago
omfg we don't talk like this. Schmetterling can also be pronounced in a nice way, but omfg. he is such a stupid idontknowwhat.
NtrMssionHurricane 3 months ago
this Allen is a dirty son of a whore!
Katharer666 3 months ago
I find this is soooo lame ...
not because I don't have a sense of humour but because it is ALWAYS the SAME OLD JOKE based on stereotypes, light years away from reality, repeated over and over and over and over again ...
Lintflas 3 months ago
which year was this?
kuksch 3 months ago
well, i´m german, and i laughed my f****** ass off xDD
tim allen ♥
but i know where the "schmetterling" comes from, the word "schmetterling" comes from the czech word "smétana" and this means the milk cream. The Czech called then the butterfly "smétana" because it always, sat on the top of the milk cream and ate it. So the german word "schmetterling" comes from Czech "smétana". :)
XklecksmonstaaX 3 months ago 11
@XklecksmonstaaX
Natürlich aber es so auszusprechen ist auch mies! :(
Obwohl ich gelacht habe! :)
BoeseFlueche 3 months ago
@BoeseFlueche ja klar ist es mies ^^
aber ich mein, schau dir doch mal die ganzen deutschen comedian an xDD die machen sich über so viel asi zeusch lustig ^^ xDD
zB michael mittermeier "sind heute auch italiener da?" "ja hiiier" "vor euch hab ich ja den größten respekt,.. 3mal berlusconi nacheinander gewählt, wir haben nach einmal hitler aufgehört" xD
sau mies, aber witzig ^^
XklecksmonstaaX 3 months ago
@XklecksmonstaaX the reason is correct but wrong language. An old german word for cream is "Schmette", a "Schmetter" would be someone who likes cream, and "ling" is an ending like the italian "ino/ina" to say that someone/thing is small, "Schmetterling" means "the small one who ikes Cream"
HerrderRingeFan1 1 month ago
@HerrderRingeFan1 well, this could be an reason, too. Perhaps we both are right!? ;) I like my explanation and yours, so yupp... this is it. I read my explanation in a book from a famous german translator, author and journalist Bastian Sick. I don't think he's wrong, but all is possible. :) so we're both right? !
XklecksmonstaaX 1 month ago
yeah, germans don't scream all the time. bullshit!
Fraqqlesx33 3 months ago
SCHMETTERLING
Gezoluzifer 3 months ago
haha 34 germans watched this - i gave "thumbdown" too.. hitler made us "the screaming folk" or watta frak
Leftyotism 3 months ago
who was you german teacher, HITLER?!?!
jakkri1 3 months ago 66
So the German should have no humors?? But this should be funny?
TheMosi1992 3 months ago 3
it's always a question of pronunciation...
phil89kk 4 months ago 4
scream butterlfy, sounds also dumb. thank god i know some americans who are not that dumb!!!
dazvegan 4 months ago 14
@dazvegan It's comedy..idiot.
z7TravisGT500 2 months ago
Wonder what the german people got to hide since they keep writing in german in here... or if they all just SUCK at writing in english.
RandomID222 4 months ago
@RandomID222 Is it forbidden to write in the own mother tongue? ...
Bannertraeger 3 months ago
@Bannertraeger No, but unless the clip is in german (which this isn´t) or w/e other language its usually insanely rude to others who view it. I would as said understand it more if the clip was in a specific language since there is less likelyhood that other nations would understand it in the first place. Another exception would be if youtube was only written in fx. german.
RandomID222 3 months ago
@RandomID222 Why shouldn't germans write in their language if someone is making jokes about them? Isn't that rude as well?
Bannertraeger 3 months ago
@Bannertraeger They got the option to "dislike" the clip then. Writing in german in comments and the movie making generalizing jokes about the german language is two completely different things. By that logic every person around the world should be writing things and act "offended" because people have different generalizations about different nationalities around the world.
Also to end this off - I obviously cant "force" people not to write in german, but this is my oppinion ;)
RandomID222 3 months ago
Ich finds irgendwie schon recht lustig...und in diesem Beispiel stimmt die Behauptung ja sogar :D
DerBottich22 4 months ago
Für all die deutschen die weinen - wieviele deutsche Komiker machen derbe Witze über Amerikaner?
Ja und? das ist Comedy - so läuft das und gut ist - hört auf zu weinen....
Ost666 4 months ago
@Ost666 mm is klar das man sich darüber lustig machen kann aber wtf wie kommen die amis darauf das unsere sprache geschrien werden muss? ich mein halt wtf....
BossL16 4 months ago
@BossL16 Wie kommen wir darauf das alle Amerikaner dumm sind, ausnahmslos... das ist Comedy... wo bringt uns das hin alles zu ernst zu nehmen und jeden zu "verfluchen" weil er auf unsere schöne deutsche Sprache parodiert...
Das ist falscher Nationalstolz...
Wenn ein deutscher Komediant etwas gegen die deutschen selbst sagt ist das vollkommen ok - kein Ding - er ist ja auch deutscher... sobald eine andere Nationalität etwas sagt ist es gleich Rufmord...
Ost666 4 months ago
@Ost666 das hat doch nix damit zu tun..ich mein mario barth, cindy aus marzahn usw sind gute beispiele für dumme deutsche und sind auch nicht lustig, aber wenn zb serda somuncu witze über deutsche macht pack ich mich weg, er hat ja auch meistens recht
dazvegan 4 months ago
oh man thats typical american.. i´m german and we don´t speak loud. we are not old. we can hear very well
dema457 4 months ago