And people called this man a communist sympathizer. Obviously they never listened to this speech. JFK was safer in other countries than he was in his own.
Was installed by the Eastern German state to stop the loss of people fleeing to Western Germany which became to many over the years after the war all in all.
I see there are a couple of folks who dislike this video. It is hard to imagine any people who do not subscribe to this passionate plea from a beloved president..that freedom is not cheap and when one is enslaved none can be free. Kennedy's speech rates in the top ten of American speeches and to say you dislike it...well...you have that right because you are free. For those of us who lived this moment and understand the history of the time...we regard it as poetic, and endearing.
And I always thought Miss Liberty is holding up a big Manhattan Ice Cream cone
I'm a jelly doughnut for you is so funny as I feel like a coke here in germany
How often are you able to miss "the" in english language like I just did. You can say the short form Ich bin Berliner or you can say it with the article Ich bin ein Berliner And if you use ein it's strong as I'm one of yours.You are right that it can mean that he is a jelly doughnut, but not in that context You need a feel for the Language
'Ich bin Berliner' means to be a resident of Berlin, that's not what JFK wanted to say - as a resident of Washington D.C.
JFK words 'Ich bin EIN Berliner' gave the residents hope and courage, hearing that the leader of the world's largest free nation at that time feels with them as 'being one of them'. This words in german made them even stronger.
'Berliner' in Berlin only means 'residents', out of Berlin 'residents' or 'pancake' from Berlin. In Berlin these pancake are simply called PANCAKE.
lol how can so many people be so stupid to believe that he says "I am a donut" go ffs and check it into wikipedia before you start to embarrassed yourself.
@MrGigibin it really does mean i am a jelly donut, ich bin berliner means i am from berlin, ich bin ein berliner means i am a jelly donut. The article is what makes it what it is. What he is trying to say is amazing.
"the indefinite article ein is omitted when speaking of an individual's profession or residence but is necessary when speaking in a figurative sense as Kennedy did. Since the president was not literally from Berlin but only declaring his solidarity with its citizens, "Ich bin Berliner" would not have been correct."
@MrGigibin i checked it, it said that he was wrong because he added ein, so i am a berliner is ich bin berliner, but since he added EIN, then its donut
here is quote for you.. dunno what exacly have you checked.. "However, the indefinite article ein is omitted when speaking of an individual's profession or residence but is necessary when speaking in a figurative sense as Kennedy did. Since the president was not literally from Berlin but only declaring his solidarity with its citizens, "Ich bin Berliner" would not have been correct"
@MrGigibin It's the 'urban legend' syndrome, where the difference in what Kennedy said was "Ich bin ein Berliner" (which means 'I am a citizen of Berlin' vs. "Ich ist ein Berliner", which means 'I am a cream-filled jelly donut with chocolate sauce on top (a Berliner donut)' Only an analysis of the sound track would prove this either way, not Wikipedia
@MrGigibin You have no sense of humour. It's from Frankenhole. Hitler says Ich bin ein Berliner." Frankenstein asks, "What did he say?" Polidori then says, "He says that he's a donut."
a great leader , a great orator , reasonably intelligent. he saved the thrid world war from taking place. i am an indian and we all owe respect to him for what he did as a leader of democracy.
Obama leaves too many clues of Berlins Planned attack watch his Full Speech from Berlin...Paris is on there list of Terrorist Attacks. STOP THE NEW WORLD ORDER PEOPLE!
"However, the indefinite article ein is omitted when speaking of an individual's profession or residence but is necessary when speaking in a figurative sense as Kennedy did. Since the president was not literally from Berlin but only declaring his solidarity with its citizens, "Ich bin Berliner" would not have been correct."
QFT HTH HAND.
Sorry to end this rather amusing discussion with a quote. :)
@jopeteus No it does not, please stop spreading this incorrect information. Do some research, a american journalist at that time wrote that nonsense, and since then this has lead his own life. I live in Berlin, I speak German, ask any German. I spoke with people here that some people believe this and they can't believe it and just laugh.
First of all. I asked one german when I was in Berlin (he was pretty old) and saying "Ich bin ein Berliner" means I am a donut and "Ich bin Berliner" means I am a berliner.
But you have a point...
The truth is that the language has changed and speaking language allows the article (today, but not back then).
@jopeteus I don't want to get in a game of yes and no, I just don't like people spreading misinformation. But I don't blame you, you have been misinformed by american media for years who thought they had a funny anecdote about JFK. His line was correct then, and is correct now. Asking one old German (of whom I doubt spoke good english) does not change that. I live here, speak daily with 'old' Germans, even historians, they can't believe americans believe this. Schöne Grüße aus Berlin!
Hamburger, Berliner, Frankfurter.... The statement is not only made by the semantical interpretation of words, but by the historical context and the power of the speech for mankind back than. No other political speech up to now is comparable at all.... brilliant!
Well, maybe Billy Boy Clinton's speech about "I did not have a sexual relation...." can make it up. That was also brilliant in it's own context.
When I hear someone call himself a New Yorker, I think, "so you're a monthly magazine!" When the world said on 9/11 "we are all Americans" I thought, so you're all slices of cheese?
All these dumb Americans think that he said something about jelly donuts? Whats wrong with you?^^
No one, really no one thought about jelly donuts after he said "Ich bin ein Berliner". Thats an american urban legend. Everyone in Germany laughs about you :D
@RealLy96 "Ich bin ein Berliner" was simple an expresion from who (JFK) doesn't know german as the idea of "Ich bin ein German" by the way german for "I'm a german" as well being from the city of Berlin, also he tried to make the people realize about the free choice of freedom and democracy.... I laugh about you dumb ass!!!
I don't really know what you want to say, but sorry, i am right. In contrast to you, im able too understand the german language, because i live in Germany, i was born in Germany and i am german. Don't try to tell me something about my own language, even if my english is worse than yours.
what JFK wanted to say was "I am from Berlin" as an slogan to support to all the people, who raise from the total chaos, whatsoever JKF didn't know a word of German even though he tried just to give them faith.
German is my mother tongue and i don't know why i should keep on learning it...
And i also don't know what your point is.. No one understood his speech as a speech about jelly donuts. And the expression "Ich bin ein Berliner" is not wrong.
Sag mir mal bitte ernsthaft, warum ich Deutsch lernen soll. Ich hab Kennedy nicht so verstanden wie ihn die meisten dummen Amerikaner verstehen. Aber die hellsten sind sie ja sowieso nicht..
Kennedy appears very confident here. Obama also appears confident in his speeches. Has anyone ever seen President Kennedy when he did not seem confident or like a top leader when giving a public speech? Does anyone dissagree with the idea that appearance and presentation are critically important to gain confidence of people regardless of the abilities and knowledge of the leader? What if Kennedy or Obama seemed nervous? Wouldn't people lose confidence and woldn't they lose respect?
I stood there at Rathaus Shoneburg 4 months ago With my Gerrnan G.F. We had meal in soup kichen .Seems we are out of home because of Obama's speech marketing firm in Berlin is also the capitalist slumlord- Ambassador what's his face.
A Berliner is not a jelly donut, in Berlin the right name is Krapfen not Berliner^^
In the City of orign the name is different, hamburger (Frikadellenbrötchen), frankfurter (Is a Bratwurst), berliner (Krapfen) comes from the city city's with the name hamburger, frankfurter, berlin
@calcool Actually, the correct name in East / North-East German dialects is "Pfannkuchen". "Krapfen" is Bavarian / Austrian. "Hamburger" is the standard German (Hochdeutsch) word, no dialectal form. Originally, it was "hamburger meat" (Hamburger Fleisch, Hackfleisch, Schabefleisch), became the general name in the US and then CAME BACK to German as the name for the food. "Frankfurter" is called Frankfurter everywhere and is not the same as Bratwurst. Originally, the name for it came from Vienna.
everyone who knows a bit german, surely gets the point that he didn't say that he was a a jelly donut ;)
"ich bin ein berliner" - can mean i'm a jelly donut, but using some brain (yes german ppl need it some time) you'll get that he meant that he is a citizen of berlin and by that one with berlin ;D
i love his speech.
also reagans with 'tear down this wall'
and as the wall fell... that was one of the greatest moments for germany.
@evilmick66 funny is that the sandwich "Hamburger" has nothing to do with the city of "Hamburg". Because in Hamburger "Ham" means a kind of meat while in Hamburg the "Ham" comes from "Hammer"
@Ringlord3434 It's actually kind of straightforward. A famous type of food was supposedly invented in some town, so it's named after it.
Germans especially do this with beer: "Oettinger" from Oettingen, Germany, "Krombacher" from the Krombach suburb in Keuztal, Germany, "Budweiser" (completely different from the American product, just has the same name) from Budweis, Czech Republic, etc.
@evilmick66 actually i believe the internet was made as a way to store and to locate information in a second... sooooo... your argument is invalid. :p
@evilmick66 umm yeah cause he actually said i am a jelly donut... "Ich bin ein Berliner" means i am a jelly donut... "Ich bin Berliner" means i'm a berliner... or a citizen of berlin... so it is factual
@711grim The "ein" part is only use for distinuishing the two by people outside of Berlin. IN Berlin, you can use either to mean a citizen of Berlin. It's sort of, but not entirely, similar to when we say Philly Cheesesteak: No one in Philadelphia actually says Philly Cheesesteak, they just say Cheesesteak. Only people outside of Philly say the former.
@evilmick66 he was trying to say "i am citizen of berlin". so many germans would be screaming at you right now because your trying to preach german when your a donut.
@keozeo I know he was saying he was a citizen of Berlin. That's what I was arguing for. There is nothing in my comment to suggest that I wasn't trying to get that across.
@evilmick66 well i am a German by blood and i speak German and i'm telling you, he did say "i am a jelly donut." sorry but heres how it works, if you say "ich bin Berliner" your saying "i am a citizen of Berlin" but if you say "ich bin EIN Berliner" (the ein makes it distinguished to not human cause your referring to yourself as "a" which you don't have to do and shouldn't) you say " i am a jelly donut".
@keozeo That's only true OUTSIDE of Berlin. IN Berlin, they can use the "ein," because they just call a "Berliner Pfannkuchen," a Pfannkuchen. Like how people in Philadelphia just call a philly cheesesteak, a cheesesteak.
As the german commenter I mentioned said, Kennedy used the "ein" to say he is "one with the people Berlin" instead of saying he is a native of Berlin.
@keozeo 'I am German by blood' ... might be so, but you sure as hell don't speak it correctly (but don't worry, many Germans struggle with their language). Please come visit our city, and speak with random Germans and you will be laughed at with what you are saying. I can't believe this is even a discussion :D So please, do some research if you don't want to believe me and then stop spreading misinformation. Beste Grüße aus Berlin!
@jopeteus Hey Internet warrior, calm down, or bring another visit to Berlin, then we talk, if you are here, send me a message, I will meet with you. I HAVE read wikipedia quote: .. der Ausdruck „Berliner“ für den Berliner Pfannkuchen im Berlin der 1960er Jahre so gut wie unbekannt, da dieser dort einfach nur „Pfannkuchen“ heißt. Der Satz ist also korrekt und wurde auch vor der Rede entsprechend geprüft!!!
@evilmick66 They have some basis in fact. Although I am not German, I have taken the language for eight years and can say that the use of the word "ein" indicates an object, rather than a state of being, which is what Kannedy meant.
@evilmick66 you don't say "ein" unless your referring to something not human. to say "i am a person from Berlin" you say "ich bin berliner". so he did say "i am a jelly donut."
Why do people hate communism so much? Isn't the idea of communism was to balance the of wealth and power by the rich and that everyone could share their earnings to create a classless society among the people?
That doesn't sound bad to me, but why was everyone in arms about it...Corruption?
@Santana2163 .The true concept of Utopia would be a wonderful thing. That all of humanity regardless of Race,Religion,Gender,Sexuality,Social status could all live in a world of peace and prosperity free of bigotry,greed,hunger,disease and poverty.
Problem was the Communists rose to power in the USSR killing innocent millions of civilians in a bloody revolution and civil war that followed. Communists have murdered millions throughout the world. They are just oppresive murderous thugs.
They just don't stack, people are just too lusty of power/money to be able to create anything positive. George Orwell proved that it doesn't work with animals either =)
As soon as a country tasted freedom, communism can't be applied without it turning really bad.
Today, the most communist guy in the world isn't Castro / Jintao nor Kim jung Il, it's the dalai lama.
5000 thousand of whom (in the Central Committee) possessed accounts in Swiss Bank with huge number of money they've scraped down piece by piece from every one of their people.
It reminds me of how western countries and indeed every country in the world particularly the USA is dealing with the last considerable communist beast in China nowadays. There always seems to be a pretentious, grave look at first on the twistable face of a politician, president or senator which instantaneously and magically turns into ease, comfort (as with friends) or even joy (as with allies) at the proposal of a pitiful deal or a technical contract by the evil communists,
@gewangew The US zionist Bankers have always supported and financed the Soviet Union and other Communist regimes. President Kennedy is not to blame for that. The Jews are.
"...And there are even a few who say that it's true that communism is an evil system, but it permits us to make economic progress, lass Sie nach Berlin kommen, let them come to Berlin!"
Ich bin ein venezolanischer
MKevi 9 hours ago
@warskull yes but it's the way he pronounces it he doesn't say Berliner he says bierleiner
wickedwalshe121 3 days ago
@wickedwalshe121
he says "Ish been ein beerliener",but JFK had a Boston accent and probably never spoke German before. Great speech too.
krumov001 4 hours ago
Ich bin ein australisches! Thumbs up if you are Australian!
neebtoothy 4 days ago
And people called this man a communist sympathizer. Obviously they never listened to this speech. JFK was safer in other countries than he was in his own.
TakeBackAmerica2012 1 week ago
West-Berlin is so thankful for your speech and the support of the US :)
Wagen3638 1 week ago
#1elef that's a euro bill :D
lboe1997 1 week ago
@keller50156 the wall was built to detain the people of the East to go to West
lcskrtzg 3 weeks ago
can someone explain to me in a simple way, why the berlin wall was built?
keller50156 3 weeks ago
@keller50156
Was installed by the Eastern German state to stop the loss of people fleeing to Western Germany which became to many over the years after the war all in all.
Parzival1974 2 weeks ago
and now its snowing in berlin during the speech.......
FluffyPuff16 1 month ago
The world died on November 22,1963
NostalgicChannel 1 month ago
All of you who think that he says I am a jelly doughnut you are retarded. Google translate Ich bin ein Berliner into German. He says I am a Berliner
Warskull24 1 month ago
Civid Batavium Sum!
arjanv45 1 month ago
i am a jelly doughnut!
BryanBTV 1 month ago
God I love this speech. We were so freaking lucky to have him and Johnson for 8 years.
rar9518 2 months ago
It was one of America's finest hours. One true leader in history, no other leader in history got this reception or crowds. "Ich Bin Ein Berliner"
AUGHALOUGH 2 months ago
I see there are a couple of folks who dislike this video. It is hard to imagine any people who do not subscribe to this passionate plea from a beloved president..that freedom is not cheap and when one is enslaved none can be free. Kennedy's speech rates in the top ten of American speeches and to say you dislike it...well...you have that right because you are free. For those of us who lived this moment and understand the history of the time...we regard it as poetic, and endearing.
MrBollinger1967 2 months ago
This is why Ronnie's "Tear down this way" never really did it for me.
pugdude56 3 months ago
2:16 I... AM...A...DONUT
yoda2517 3 months ago
@yoda2517 How can you get it to i am a donut lol
watermoon1212 2 months ago
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yoda2517 3 months ago
I am an Australia
1Scuds 3 months ago
U ARE GERMANO-BARBARIAN 2011
unfukkkmee 3 months ago
I am a jelly doughnut!
hillbillya1 3 months ago
kennedy ist der geilste
Swada282 3 months ago
"Ich bin ein Berliner."
"He's a Nazi! Get him!"
Jonathann1818 3 months ago
@Jonathann1818 fick dich !!!!!!
Swada282 3 months ago
@Swada282 chill out. Its just a quote from the simpsons. I was not being serious. I am sorry if i offended you
Jonathann1818 3 months ago
@Swada282 man alter des is aus den simpsons der grampa sagt ah er is ein nazi schnappt ihn
ThePeugeot309 3 months ago
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Jonathann1818 3 months ago
Great speech. 64,000 views. Nice. Yesterday I watched the music video "Cat Daddy" by The Rej3ctz with Chris Brown. It has 52 million views.
sootmann 3 months ago
"Ich bin ein Berliner" at 9.19
JDiogo97COD 3 months ago
Ich bin ein donut
IVgrandtheftauto 3 months ago
i am a donut
12valvepower1 3 months ago
@12valvepower1 Your such a dumbass
Warskull24 3 months ago
There at that time, the german did not understand a word....but we do now.and he is still right. the good kennedy...You live forever Kennedy..
Jovomusic 4 months ago
BURN IN HELL BARBARIAN
unfukkkmee 4 months ago
And I always thought Miss Liberty is holding up a big Manhattan Ice Cream cone
I'm a jelly doughnut for you is so funny as I feel like a coke here in germany
How often are you able to miss "the" in english language like I just did. You can say the short form Ich bin Berliner or you can say it with the article Ich bin ein Berliner And if you use ein it's strong as I'm one of yours.You are right that it can mean that he is a jelly doughnut, but not in that context You need a feel for the Language
CarsonsClub 4 months ago
I'd say second best speech of the 20th century only behind Martin Luther King Jr.'s I have a dream speech.
BretFinster6 4 months ago
Two people place no value in the idea of freedom for all mankind.
BismarcksOtto 4 months ago
I love this speech, I love soooooooo much!I am happy!Thanks soooo muchh for uploading!
The world need leaders like this man!
NostalgicChannel 4 months ago 2
The Best speech of President Kennedy!
NostalgicChannel 4 months ago
My God I love this speech!
NostalgicChannel 4 months ago 2
'Ich bin Berliner' means to be a resident of Berlin, that's not what JFK wanted to say - as a resident of Washington D.C.
JFK words 'Ich bin EIN Berliner' gave the residents hope and courage, hearing that the leader of the world's largest free nation at that time feels with them as 'being one of them'. This words in german made them even stronger.
'Berliner' in Berlin only means 'residents', out of Berlin 'residents' or 'pancake' from Berlin. In Berlin these pancake are simply called PANCAKE.
tanztreff1 5 months ago 2
wile the USSR gave the power to the Germans in the GDR (DDR) ...
The WEST continued the ocupation of Berlin ...
HK379 5 months ago
lol how can so many people be so stupid to believe that he says "I am a donut" go ffs and check it into wikipedia before you start to embarrassed yourself.
Great Speech!
MrGigibin 5 months ago 28
@MrGigibin it really does mean i am a jelly donut, ich bin berliner means i am from berlin, ich bin ein berliner means i am a jelly donut. The article is what makes it what it is. What he is trying to say is amazing.
mandoboy0315 5 months ago
@mandoboy0315
"the indefinite article ein is omitted when speaking of an individual's profession or residence but is necessary when speaking in a figurative sense as Kennedy did. Since the president was not literally from Berlin but only declaring his solidarity with its citizens, "Ich bin Berliner" would not have been correct."
MrGigibin 5 months ago
@MrGigibin Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks for telling me. :D
mandoboy0315 4 months ago
@MrGigibin Lol silly he is saying that, You are not suppose to say ein berliner if you are from berline, he said the literal translation.
TheScarletLust 4 months ago
@MrGigibin yeah wikipedia is real reliable
vcca15 3 months ago
@MrGigibin i checked it, it said that he was wrong because he added ein, so i am a berliner is ich bin berliner, but since he added EIN, then its donut
nattl532 3 months ago
@nattl532
here is quote for you.. dunno what exacly have you checked.. "However, the indefinite article ein is omitted when speaking of an individual's profession or residence but is necessary when speaking in a figurative sense as Kennedy did. Since the president was not literally from Berlin but only declaring his solidarity with its citizens, "Ich bin Berliner" would not have been correct"
MrGigibin 3 months ago
@MrGigibin exactly
freakflag333 2 months ago
exactly
freakflag333 2 months ago
@MrGigibin It's the 'urban legend' syndrome, where the difference in what Kennedy said was "Ich bin ein Berliner" (which means 'I am a citizen of Berlin' vs. "Ich ist ein Berliner", which means 'I am a cream-filled jelly donut with chocolate sauce on top (a Berliner donut)' Only an analysis of the sound track would prove this either way, not Wikipedia
tvcmikey 2 months ago
@MrGigibin You have no sense of humour. It's from Frankenhole. Hitler says Ich bin ein Berliner." Frankenstein asks, "What did he say?" Polidori then says, "He says that he's a donut."
FlynnMTaggart 1 month ago
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tmpq1lzy 2 weeks ago
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"I am a donut!" *crowd goes wooo and applause*
MrEriken 5 months ago
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He actually says "im a berliner donut!" lol
MrEriken 5 months ago
Zum 50. Trauertag des Mauerbaus, hier mal eine Info, wie damals sich unsere ach so tollen amerikanischen "Freunde" verhalten haben:
h t t p : \ \ w w w .
sueddeutsche.de/politik/us-praesident-kennedy-und-der-mauerbau-ich-bin-doch-kein-berliner-1.1131047
latexmona 5 months ago
The Berlin crowd appeared to have loved JFK. They went wild over him.
The Berlin Wall was only 2 years old during this famous speech of JFK's .... it was not until 26 years later when the wall came down ... finally.
cheeriosinabowl 5 months ago
Ich bin eine Dunkin Donut
zheuhang 6 months ago
a great leader , a great orator , reasonably intelligent. he saved the thrid world war from taking place. i am an indian and we all owe respect to him for what he did as a leader of democracy.
call me at 919453098481
mayank884 6 months ago
wow....what a great historical video I stumbled upon....
dissaid 7 months ago
Ich bin ein Zeppeliner.
rabola55 7 months ago
Obama leaves too many clues of Berlins Planned attack watch his Full Speech from Berlin...Paris is on there list of Terrorist Attacks. STOP THE NEW WORLD ORDER PEOPLE!
PainlessTragedy23 7 months ago
random flying doallar bill at 1:03
1elef 7 months ago 26
@1elef hahahhah wow
freakflag333 2 months ago
@1elef That's a euro bill :D
lboe1997 1 week ago
@lboe1997 Yeah because the European Union existed in Kennedy's time....lololol
cfsVchris 1 week ago
@lboe1997 No thats a Mark, if your going to make a correction, make sure its actually correct.
KaiserReich98 5 days ago
I AM A JELLY DOUGHNUT XD
1elef 7 months ago
From Wikipedia:
"However, the indefinite article ein is omitted when speaking of an individual's profession or residence but is necessary when speaking in a figurative sense as Kennedy did. Since the president was not literally from Berlin but only declaring his solidarity with its citizens, "Ich bin Berliner" would not have been correct."
QFT HTH HAND.
Sorry to end this rather amusing discussion with a quote. :)
shinobidw 7 months ago
truly a great American
andyofyork 8 months ago
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germans & Euros are the most racists in the world. let the USA black Army soldiers fuck their blondes. Fuck the Gerrys !
k3304 8 months ago
@k3304
dude, just fuck yourself
Deutschland hasst rassismus
Joe7ify 8 months ago
Ich bin ein Berliner = I am a donut
In reality it should be "Ich bin Berliner", which means I am a berliner. That article makes it a donut.
jopeteus 8 months ago
@jopeteus "ein Berliner", "ein Wiener" and whatnot is colloquially quite common (even if strictly speaking incorrect) in German.
cgaWolf 8 months ago
@jopeteus No it does not, please stop spreading this incorrect information. Do some research, a american journalist at that time wrote that nonsense, and since then this has lead his own life. I live in Berlin, I speak German, ask any German. I spoke with people here that some people believe this and they can't believe it and just laugh.
HolidayBerlin 8 months ago
@HolidayBerlin
First of all. I asked one german when I was in Berlin (he was pretty old) and saying "Ich bin ein Berliner" means I am a donut and "Ich bin Berliner" means I am a berliner.
But you have a point...
The truth is that the language has changed and speaking language allows the article (today, but not back then).
Just suck it...
jopeteus 8 months ago
@jopeteus I don't want to get in a game of yes and no, I just don't like people spreading misinformation. But I don't blame you, you have been misinformed by american media for years who thought they had a funny anecdote about JFK. His line was correct then, and is correct now. Asking one old German (of whom I doubt spoke good english) does not change that. I live here, speak daily with 'old' Germans, even historians, they can't believe americans believe this. Schöne Grüße aus Berlin!
HolidayBerlin 8 months ago
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shinobidw 7 months ago
In my opinion John F. Kennedy's speech in Berlin was 100 times more inspiring than Ronald Reagan speech at Berlin
Remember "Ich bin ein Berliner." If you listen to the cheering from its the crowd on both speeches it is definitely louder with JFK's speech
Guantan45 8 months ago
In my opinion John F. Kennedy's speech in Berlin was 100 times more inspiring than Ronald Reagan speech at Berlin
Remember "Ich bin ein Berliner."
Guantan45 8 months ago
Why didn't anyone think he wasn't born in the U.S.? I mean, he actually ADMITTED to being from Berlin.
Tomasiba4you 8 months ago
Hamburger, Berliner, Frankfurter.... The statement is not only made by the semantical interpretation of words, but by the historical context and the power of the speech for mankind back than. No other political speech up to now is comparable at all.... brilliant!
Well, maybe Billy Boy Clinton's speech about "I did not have a sexual relation...." can make it up. That was also brilliant in it's own context.
afscharyazdi 8 months ago
Plus im german
nukemanist 8 months ago
Nessan noodle is right ich bin einberliner DOES mean i am a jelly doughnut i speak german
nukemanist 8 months ago
I AM A JELLY DOUGHNUT!!!!!!!!!!
nessanoodle17 9 months ago
When I hear someone call himself a New Yorker, I think, "so you're a monthly magazine!" When the world said on 9/11 "we are all Americans" I thought, so you're all slices of cheese?
bluespiral58 9 months ago 2
@bluespiral58 Being sarcastic of course.
bluespiral58 9 months ago
All these dumb Americans think that he said something about jelly donuts? Whats wrong with you?^^
No one, really no one thought about jelly donuts after he said "Ich bin ein Berliner". Thats an american urban legend. Everyone in Germany laughs about you :D
RealLy96 9 months ago
@RealLy96 "Ich bin ein Berliner" was simple an expresion from who (JFK) doesn't know german as the idea of "Ich bin ein German" by the way german for "I'm a german" as well being from the city of Berlin, also he tried to make the people realize about the free choice of freedom and democracy.... I laugh about you dumb ass!!!
erydiam 9 months ago
@erydiam
I don't really know what you want to say, but sorry, i am right. In contrast to you, im able too understand the german language, because i live in Germany, i was born in Germany and i am german. Don't try to tell me something about my own language, even if my english is worse than yours.
RealLy96 9 months ago
what JFK wanted to say was "I am from Berlin" as an slogan to support to all the people, who raise from the total chaos, whatsoever JKF didn't know a word of German even though he tried just to give them faith.
keep learning german...
erydiam 9 months ago
@erydiam
German is my mother tongue and i don't know why i should keep on learning it...
And i also don't know what your point is.. No one understood his speech as a speech about jelly donuts. And the expression "Ich bin ein Berliner" is not wrong.
Sag mir mal bitte ernsthaft, warum ich Deutsch lernen soll. Ich hab Kennedy nicht so verstanden wie ihn die meisten dummen Amerikaner verstehen. Aber die hellsten sind sie ja sowieso nicht..
RealLy96 9 months ago
@RealLy96 Pretty good, then go and get a career and teach German as real (proper) academic profesor, and show some real culture... and manners.
erydiam 9 months ago
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Kennedy appears very confident here. Obama also appears confident in his speeches. Has anyone ever seen President Kennedy when he did not seem confident or like a top leader when giving a public speech? Does anyone dissagree with the idea that appearance and presentation are critically important to gain confidence of people regardless of the abilities and knowledge of the leader? What if Kennedy or Obama seemed nervous? Wouldn't people lose confidence and woldn't they lose respect?
unwindzen 9 months ago
what was the crowd chanting before the speech? anyone know?
raimonlm 9 months ago
@raimonlm
"Ken-ned-ee"
irishspecialops 9 months ago
I stood there at Rathaus Shoneburg 4 months ago With my Gerrnan G.F. We had meal in soup kichen .Seems we are out of home because of Obama's speech marketing firm in Berlin is also the capitalist slumlord- Ambassador what's his face.
rikpoog 10 months ago
Berliner == Krapfen?!?
Ich spreche zwar Deutsch, aber das habe ich nie gehört.
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I speak german (native speaker),but I never heard that "Berliener" means "Krapfen"!
Fahrheizung 10 months ago
JFK - from Berlin??
Fahrheizung 10 months ago
"I am a pastry" XD
disturbedfreek100 11 months ago
I'm a jelly donut!
koalashooter1 11 months ago
Are there rhetorical devices in this speech? If so what are they? Thanks
alexrocksnyc 11 months ago
Schon ein cooler typ, oder? He was great!
blaueskaeferchen 11 months ago
An anthology of remarkables thoughts
mimosomim 11 months ago
A Berliner is not a jelly donut, in Berlin the right name is Krapfen not Berliner^^
In the City of orign the name is different, hamburger (Frikadellenbrötchen), frankfurter (Is a Bratwurst), berliner (Krapfen) comes from the city city's with the name hamburger, frankfurter, berlin
Sorry for my bad english
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calcool 1 year ago
@calcool Actually, the correct name in East / North-East German dialects is "Pfannkuchen". "Krapfen" is Bavarian / Austrian. "Hamburger" is the standard German (Hochdeutsch) word, no dialectal form. Originally, it was "hamburger meat" (Hamburger Fleisch, Hackfleisch, Schabefleisch), became the general name in the US and then CAME BACK to German as the name for the food. "Frankfurter" is called Frankfurter everywhere and is not the same as Bratwurst. Originally, the name for it came from Vienna.
SteinbrecherBack 11 months ago
Let them come to Ulaanbaatar!
ganboldmoment 1 year ago
@ganboldmoment exactly reflecting my thoughts.. Mongolia is a west Berlin.. at least a larger version of it..
bkthambugala 11 months ago
visit JFK50.org
catbird55 1 year ago
THIS Jan. 20th is the 50th year since the inauguration of John F. Kennedy.
Jan. 20th 1961- Jan. 20th 2011.
Spread the word.
parodymanstudios15 1 year ago
The allies gave us our freedom back after 5 years of occupation by te Nazi's.
Thanks to the Canadian, the US troops, the Polish, the Brittish and all others
who liberated us from that occupation during WW II !!!
We will no forget.
Ruud Mulder
Netherlands
ruudjemulder 1 year ago
ha well,
everyone who knows a bit german, surely gets the point that he didn't say that he was a a jelly donut ;)
"ich bin ein berliner" - can mean i'm a jelly donut, but using some brain (yes german ppl need it some time) you'll get that he meant that he is a citizen of berlin and by that one with berlin ;D
i love his speech.
also reagans with 'tear down this wall'
and as the wall fell... that was one of the greatest moments for germany.
JheakrynaKyAlur 1 year ago
Okay, guys. Listen:
"Ich bin Berliner" means "I am a citizen of Berlin."
"Ich bin EIN Berliner" means "I am a jelly donut."
Case dismissed.
CBobbert123 1 year ago
@CBobbert123 If I say "I am a New Yorker" am I also saying "I am a monthly magazine?" Does context mean nothing in language?
bluespiral58 9 months ago
@bluespiral58 Of course not, simply because New Yorker is a weekly magazine...
GQ5577 9 months ago
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@bluespiral58 Of course not, simply because "New Yorker" is a weekly magazine...
GQ5577 9 months ago
@bluespiral58 Of course not, simply because "New Yorker" is a weekly magazine.
GQ5577 9 months ago
John F Kennedy was great! "I am a citizen of Berlin"
But I wonder Why some guys Talk about Donuts...
MrSovjetunion 1 year ago
i.. am... a.... JELLY DOUGHNUT muahahahahahahah (evil music) ahaha
D1llsta 1 year ago
@D1llsta loool
andynusss 1 year ago
now thats a jelly doughnut i can support :P lol
BoBoBoBoY 1 year ago
He???
XxYAlexYxX 1 year ago
Guys, for fuck's sake, use your heads for once!
Berliner = A type of doughnut OR someone from Berlin, Germany
Hamburger = A type of sandwich OR someone from Hamburg, Germany
Frankfurter = A type of sausage OR someone from Frankfurt, Germany
Jesus....
evilmick66 1 year ago 44
@evilmick66 funny is that the sandwich "Hamburger" has nothing to do with the city of "Hamburg". Because in Hamburger "Ham" means a kind of meat while in Hamburg the "Ham" comes from "Hammer"
MrRammsteinKicksAss 1 year ago
@evilmick66 So a person from Budweis, is a Budweiser?? LOL
Dulein 1 year ago
@evilmick66
wow German must be one tough language to learn
Ringlord3434 1 year ago
@Ringlord3434 It's actually kind of straightforward. A famous type of food was supposedly invented in some town, so it's named after it.
Germans especially do this with beer: "Oettinger" from Oettingen, Germany, "Krombacher" from the Krombach suburb in Keuztal, Germany, "Budweiser" (completely different from the American product, just has the same name) from Budweis, Czech Republic, etc.
evilmick66 1 year ago
@evilmick66 Calm down dude
711grim 9 months ago
@711grim Internet is made for drama. So NO!!
evilmick66 9 months ago
@evilmick66 actually i believe the internet was made as a way to store and to locate information in a second... sooooo... your argument is invalid. :p
711grim 9 months ago
@711grim That information attracts drama. So my argument stands.
evilmick66 9 months ago
@evilmick66 actually informations is about facts... Drama comes from ppl and their opinions.. so your argument does not stand
711grim 8 months ago
@711grim You think people making immature jokes about "berliner" meaning "jelly donut" has anything to do with rational facts?
evilmick66 8 months ago
@evilmick66 umm yeah cause he actually said i am a jelly donut... "Ich bin ein Berliner" means i am a jelly donut... "Ich bin Berliner" means i'm a berliner... or a citizen of berlin... so it is factual
711grim 8 months ago
@711grim The "ein" part is only use for distinuishing the two by people outside of Berlin. IN Berlin, you can use either to mean a citizen of Berlin. It's sort of, but not entirely, similar to when we say Philly Cheesesteak: No one in Philadelphia actually says Philly Cheesesteak, they just say Cheesesteak. Only people outside of Philly say the former.
evilmick66 8 months ago
@evilmick66 i suppose... but techniqually he STILL did say i am a jelly donut... None- the-less they all knew what he meant to say.
711grim 8 months ago
@evilmick66 he was trying to say "i am citizen of berlin". so many germans would be screaming at you right now because your trying to preach german when your a donut.
keozeo 8 months ago
@keozeo I know he was saying he was a citizen of Berlin. That's what I was arguing for. There is nothing in my comment to suggest that I wasn't trying to get that across.
evilmick66 8 months ago
@evilmick66 im saying he screwed it up and called himself a donut. the Germans still joke about it all the time! so yeah, you are wrong.
keozeo 8 months ago
@keozeo No he didn't. A while ago one of the top comments on this video was from a German explaining how he didn't.
evilmick66 8 months ago
@evilmick66 well i am a German by blood and i speak German and i'm telling you, he did say "i am a jelly donut." sorry but heres how it works, if you say "ich bin Berliner" your saying "i am a citizen of Berlin" but if you say "ich bin EIN Berliner" (the ein makes it distinguished to not human cause your referring to yourself as "a" which you don't have to do and shouldn't) you say " i am a jelly donut".
keozeo 8 months ago
@keozeo That's only true OUTSIDE of Berlin. IN Berlin, they can use the "ein," because they just call a "Berliner Pfannkuchen," a Pfannkuchen. Like how people in Philadelphia just call a philly cheesesteak, a cheesesteak.
As the german commenter I mentioned said, Kennedy used the "ein" to say he is "one with the people Berlin" instead of saying he is a native of Berlin.
evilmick66 8 months ago
@evilmick66 everyones native to eachother dude. we all live on the same planet. you know? sorry i visulaize the world weirdly.
keozeo 8 months ago
@keozeo 'I am German by blood' ... might be so, but you sure as hell don't speak it correctly (but don't worry, many Germans struggle with their language). Please come visit our city, and speak with random Germans and you will be laughed at with what you are saying. I can't believe this is even a discussion :D So please, do some research if you don't want to believe me and then stop spreading misinformation. Beste Grüße aus Berlin!
HolidayBerlin 8 months ago
@HolidayBerlin
1. I have noticed that you have been trolling the shit out of people here. Please get the fuck out!
2. You haven't read the wikipedia! My secondary language is german so I even checked the german wikipedia article.
3. Read the part where it says: "Missverständnis im englischsprachigen Raum".
4. SUCK IT!
jopeteus 8 months ago
@jopeteus Hey Internet warrior, calm down, or bring another visit to Berlin, then we talk, if you are here, send me a message, I will meet with you. I HAVE read wikipedia quote: .. der Ausdruck „Berliner“ für den Berliner Pfannkuchen im Berlin der 1960er Jahre so gut wie unbekannt, da dieser dort einfach nur „Pfannkuchen“ heißt. Der Satz ist also korrekt und wurde auch vor der Rede entsprechend geprüft!!!
HolidayBerlin 8 months ago
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shinobidw 7 months ago
@evilmick66 They have some basis in fact. Although I am not German, I have taken the language for eight years and can say that the use of the word "ein" indicates an object, rather than a state of being, which is what Kannedy meant.
snaboof 8 months ago
@evilmick66
and they all got their names from the city they originated from
Ringlord3434 8 months ago
@evilmick66 you don't say "ein" unless your referring to something not human. to say "i am a person from Berlin" you say "ich bin berliner". so he did say "i am a jelly donut."
keozeo 8 months ago
Maybe he really wanted to say that he was a donut..
spyware60 1 year ago
He looks like a Deutsche Berliner though
spyware60 1 year ago
im a jelly
armageddonking5 1 year ago
Brilliant Speech. Legendary American.
uber418 1 year ago 24
General Clay - best man!
WestCoastJC 1 year ago
Why do people hate communism so much? Isn't the idea of communism was to balance the of wealth and power by the rich and that everyone could share their earnings to create a classless society among the people?
That doesn't sound bad to me, but why was everyone in arms about it...Corruption?
Santana2163 1 year ago
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MrDarrenjwj 1 year ago
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MrDarrenjwj 1 year ago
@Santana2163 .The true concept of Utopia would be a wonderful thing. That all of humanity regardless of Race,Religion,Gender,Sexuality,Social status could all live in a world of peace and prosperity free of bigotry,greed,hunger,disease and poverty.
Problem was the Communists rose to power in the USSR killing innocent millions of civilians in a bloody revolution and civil war that followed. Communists have murdered millions throughout the world. They are just oppresive murderous thugs.
MrDarrenjwj 1 year ago
Communism could have worked, but not with humans.
They just don't stack, people are just too lusty of power/money to be able to create anything positive. George Orwell proved that it doesn't work with animals either =)
As soon as a country tasted freedom, communism can't be applied without it turning really bad.
Today, the most communist guy in the world isn't Castro / Jintao nor Kim jung Il, it's the dalai lama.
XxwalcoloxXreal 1 year ago
It was a couple of dirty commies who disliked this...
mtaylorknowles 1 year ago
who else thinks JFK is the inspiration of Mayor Quimby from The Simpsons?
raddada100 1 year ago
@raddada100 actually i think its suppose to be his brother ted
pat442389 1 year ago
5000 thousand of whom (in the Central Committee) possessed accounts in Swiss Bank with huge number of money they've scraped down piece by piece from every one of their people.
Is democratic force "tiger paper"?
It seems those politicians certainly are...
gewangew 1 year ago
It reminds me of how western countries and indeed every country in the world particularly the USA is dealing with the last considerable communist beast in China nowadays. There always seems to be a pretentious, grave look at first on the twistable face of a politician, president or senator which instantaneously and magically turns into ease, comfort (as with friends) or even joy (as with allies) at the proposal of a pitiful deal or a technical contract by the evil communists,
gewangew 1 year ago
@gewangew The US zionist Bankers have always supported and financed the Soviet Union and other Communist regimes. President Kennedy is not to blame for that. The Jews are.
salamander162A 1 year ago
"...And there are even a few who say that it's true that communism is an evil system, but it permits us to make economic progress, lass Sie nach Berlin kommen, let them come to Berlin!"
gewangew 1 year ago
I have to admit that Mr. Kennedy is a great American. Such free and independent mind!
I still salute to you, even though you were murdered.
gewangew 1 year ago
ITS SLANG! hes amrican. hes a Doughnut!
Jason9992fromroblox 1 year ago
The 2 who disliked this video are total Communists
CrazyStyxFan 1 year ago