Kennedy - I am a Berliner - Ich Bin Ein Berliner

[Draqshorul]

He doesn't look like a jelly doughnut

[MauriceDropsDead]

Ich bin ein Sejerländer :D

[ciao634]

Ich bin ein wurstel.

[keremthebest]

Ich habe eure Kommentare satt

[TheHezza9]

Ich Bein Ein Berliner _ I Am A Jelly donut

[FlourescentPotato]

Ich bin ein Baum.

[TheIDemizeHD]

ich bin ein Berliner ~ im a donut

[95johma]

Ich bin ein Hamburger

[deutschHH]

ich bin ein weltbürger :)

[EZNKPD]

@deutschHH Ich bin ein chocolate cake.

[Navyisgreat476]

@EZNKPD Ich bin ein taco. XD

[EZNKPD]

@Navyisgreat476 lol

[RomaniaBoy33]

Ich bin ein Kasseler und hab keinen BOCK auf Schule^^

[1991Boondox]

Ich habe jetzt Hunger...^^

[WWIIIishere]

Ich bin ein bosnier!

[kbick3]

Berliner Pfannkuchen oder was?

[eiroight]

Ich bin ein Hamburger

[thecool192]

What did he call himself a donut

[BAKU1453]

Ich bin ein Ahlener

[comrade127]

I am a jelly doughnut!!

OM NOM NOM NOM

ahh get back you doughnut eating nazi zombies!

[Trashcansam123]

Ich bin ein danish.

[BamBam5649]

Why they hell was i assigned to watch this in my psychology class? o.O

[Trilkable]

i bet you 75% of the people there didnt understand this speech

[Trilkable]

ich bin ein frankfurter :P

[MisterLovahLovah]

So what's so special about it ?

[TheAbsoluTurk]

Ich bin ein Hamburger

[DesertHorses19]

Ok, people, heis not saying "I am a jelly- filled doughnut", Sure, it could mean that, but Ich bin ein Berliner means what he meant it to mean. It is just a coincidence that Berliner is a doughnut.

Besides, I highly doubt that JFK would go up and make a presidential speech claiming that he is a doughnut. He would have probably checked with his interpreter or whoever first to make sure everything was correct.

Source: I am and speak German.

[TheNotoriousJesus]

I AM A DOUGHNUT!

[TaviYamato]

now I understand why they shot kennedy , I know what communism is , my parents live and I live in Romania, a former communist state and communism sucks

[Marmalade624]

4:30

you're welcome ;)

[HarrrySpider]

Kennedy was trying to connect in personal way, and it appears that his German audience understood and appreciated his effort... Funny to criticize Kennedy for his botched German, considering that we recently had Bush, who couldn't even manage his own language...

[Jessetacoman]

WHY the hell it is so hard to americans to say ich? HE SAYS IT WRONG! IT'S NOT "ISH" JUST "IH" LOL

[shadowwolf1918]

@Jessetacoman

So all of the language softwares I've used, ranging from Rosetta Stone to Pimsleur, are wrong? Sounds kind of fishy to me, bro. Even if you are a native speaker of German it seems to me like you are speaking a dialect and not proper Deutschland German.

[Phoenixfuryonair]

@Jessetacoman He actually says "ICH"... And by the way it´s not just "IH" its just "ICH"... And it´s "BERLINER" he says wrong.

[zambetis]

Tomorrow I'll be a jelly-filled donut too #ichbineinberliner

[ThexJawzProject]

JFK - best president ever.

[W6fttreeH]

@gunfire72 he is not actually calling himself a jelly doughnut you tool

[ZeZombieKiller]

JFK - Zombie killer ;)

[sheyon1000]

"Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived... he had a mystery about him in the way that he lived and in the manner of his death that will live and grow after him. He had in him the stuff of which legends are made."

- John F. Kennedy,

President of the

United States of America

[r7838751]

When he came to Mexico he said: Yo soy un taco

[MarcusWelliington]

Er ist kein Berliner, "ein" bedeutet das ist nur symbolisch nicht wahr.

[lizwisler11]

what was the right way of saying it?

[glitteraddict44]

@lizwisler11 "Ich bin Berliner"

[Liifeedaayy]

Ich glaub die Hälfte hier versteht garnicht was abgeht.

Der Präsident sagt in seiner Rede, dass es nur "freie Menschen" "freemans"

in Deutschland gibt. Und das war auch so in der Zeit, dass die Meinungsfreiheit in Deutschland sehr groß war.

Berschwerst und protestiertst du aktiv gegen die Politik in Amerika, dann sitzt du schon im Kofferaum der CIA.

Terraherz.de <- !

[FruitMan1010]

Ich bin ein Berliner!! Ha ha! Das ist sehr gut... Nicht! Du bist Nicht ein Berliner. Du bist ein tot presidant.

[Dustin4611]

Ich bin deine mutter höhöhö ich bin der weihnachtsman höhö ich bin ein natzi ^^

[africanbaby2u]

amazing thats all i hav to say, amazing

[FailedGambits]

Ich bin ein sandviches.

[EZNKPD]

Ich bin ein frankfurter.

[RustyNaiil2]

Ich bin ein hamburger.

[whoisyourmumME]

Look at XxXGodsMistakeXxX video of this, he cropped it so it only shows the good parts... It brilliant!

[mmatheson94]

There are some people in this world, you do not understand the great issue.. Do you actually think the President of the United States would have said 'jelly donut'. You're the jelly donut for thinking it.

[OptimusShr]

For everyone repeating the jelly doughnut myth: Go to Snopes.com, then, go to mistranslations under language and get yourself informed.

[Chibicho]

WHAT IS THIS PRIVATE PILES?!

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!

a JELLY DONUT?!?!!

[livekid24]

i get what he said though it epic that he called him self a jelly donut :D

[wahinesurfergirl]

Hahaha! Eddie Izzard wasn't kidding, when he mentioned this in Dressed to Kill. X)) "Ich bin ein Berliner". Yes sir, you truly are a doughnut.

[arjanv45]

Civis Batavia sum!

[VanillaCoKe95]

John F. Kennedy was a good man

[sheyon1000]

@VanillaCoKe95 so as hitler



[MrPendejo1321]

The simpsons brought me here

[Standeck23]

It is disturbing that not even Americans, exept the Intelligent ones, can FEEL the great Vibe of that four little Words. :)

Friends from US: This Guy here in the Video is the greatest President you EVER had. He gave the People of West Berlin so much hope with this Words AND, last but not least, he prevent the People ALL OVER THE PLANET from the Third World War. And this had been the End of the World. No one of us would be alive to write his stupid comments to that Video because we dont exist.

[ImToCrazyForTheWorld]

04:36 for the magic words.

[rsfnled]

date of the speech ? :o

[17E4O08]

funny how if in any video that is even remotely in a different language people always start to believe they can actually speak and understand it.

[whoisyourmumME]

I AM, A JELLY DONOUGHT

why does everyone look so shocked?!

O_o oh crap

[freakflag333]

you cut out a part of the speech. And just so you know, he didnt mispronounce it or whatever. this is a presidential speech not a high school crap assignment. he said i am a berliner. do your freaking research

[davedavedaveannoy1]

@freakflag333 Would have been correct if he hadn't said "Ein" but as he did that identified him as a Jam Doughnut rather then a citizen of Berlin. However, the German people did not care and cheered regardless, I am sure they had a good laugh about it afterwords but in a time where presidents were respected and he brought hope to Berlin I don't believe anyone really gave a damn. Personally I don't care as both are fantastic and one is delicious politically and the other physically.

[piquanting]

@davedavedaveannoy1 how long have you taken German lessons?

[OptimusShr]

@davedavedaveannoy1 Actually saying "Ein" IS correct when referring to oneself as a citizen. Read the Snopes.com article about it (YouTube doesn't like links, It's in their language section under mistranslations)

[SnowJaeFallen]

.. Kennedy is a jelly doughnut..?

[stratocaster4321]

/watch?v=OWfScZaufPw is to perfect from start

[stratocaster4321]

Band of Horses is goess best with all speachs... it rlly does

[Izkzmach]

There are 2 obvious differences between his speech and Reagan speech, well of course in his presidency the cold war tension was in its highest level...thanks to the whole cuban missiles thing.

[blacklamb1263]

They're clapping because they like jelly doughnuts, not because they're supporting him

[FlightSimTutorials]

He was just annoying to listen to.

[MrCoolevans]

it means im a berliner

[fflores511]

@MrCoolevans no it means I am a Jelly Doughnut

[thebludoc]

@fflores511 no it means Berliner... while Berliner CAN mean jelly donut, new yorker CAN mean a magazine. ask a German speaker when you meet one - w dont use Berliner JUST for jelly donuts ><

[cici703398]

@thebludoc It's not the word Berliner that's the problem, it's the article. He should have said "Ich bin Berliner", as the article is omitted when referring to occupation or nationality. Using the article and saying "Ich bin ein Berliner" does, indeed, mean "I am a Berliner [jelly donut]".

[freakflag333]

@cici703398 he doesn't. this is a preseidential speech. he had many translators work on this with him. no freaking idiot would go out in front of 200,00 Berliners and make one of the greatest speeches saying that he was a jelly dougnut it woudl be funny but its not true :)

[17E4O08]

@freakflag333 how the fuck do you know that he had translators work on this for him. are you in the secret service? He could have just written it himself.

[LenaSomething]

@cici703398 Let me clear this up: It's not about the article 'ein'. They didn't think that he called himself a 'jelly doughnut'. 'Ich bin ein Berliner' means 'I am a citizen of Berlin'. That's it. Nothing else. No jelly donut. Believe me, I am from Germany, so I know the language pretty well. :'D

[huixera]

support

[xTh3rMo5x]

NEED SOME BEANS FOR THE CHOWDA HERE!

[rocklegendxl]

" I am a jelly dougnut!"

[stormbringer1881]

i hate tath guy how shoot JFK

[fickgott123]

4:36 for the action :D

[sailcat9]

Actually, while a Berliner is indeed a jelly filled pastry, it is also true that to say "Ich bin ein Berliner" to a German would not be construed as admitting to being a doughnut. This is just an urban legend. When Kennedy made this assertion the crowd responded to his proper and unambiguous statement with genuine emotion and gave no thought to pastries, jelly filled or otherwise.

[TomStormcrowe]

@sailcat9

The Berliners were just too polite to mock, and understood that he wasn't a native speaker.

[sailcat9]

@TomStormcrowe Nonsense. Listen to the crowds cheering: they are quite decidedly not merely being polite.

The jelly doughnut story is just an urban myth. Nothing more.

[cici703398]

@sailcat9 unless you speak German...

[sailcat9]

@cici703398 If you were a German national and heard that speech, you would not have given a thought to doughnuts, jelly filled or otherwise. It is an urban myth and it has been disproved.

[aguyfromsweden]

did you know? if you say : "Ich bin ein Berliner " then you are in germany that means: " I am a donut". A Berliner is a german type of jelly donut

[primogennaio]

Ich Bin also Ein womanizer, having cheated on Jackie hundreds of times while we were in the White House.

[Damunity]

I love JFK :)

[StaceeMittieqe131]

hihi könnte saltos schlagen so happy

[gunfire72]

Thumbs up if you too, are a jelly doughnut.

[MrMeowmixdude]

i am a jelly donut...mmm...EAT HIM!!!

[vangobseck]

CLICK HERE 4:36

[SeanSerhildan]

The president who told the truth. the only president...

[Cyphexx]

this guy - well, the president of that time -, talks about great ideas for 4:42 and all you people can think about is whether "ich bin ein Berliner" means jelly doughnut or not. Shame on you.

[Jaylea1010]

@Cyphexx Thank you. I have been weeding through all this crap hoping someone would have something substantial to say about this speech and this is all I get. It's BULL!

[aidanbk]

its jam, not jelly yo

[Chitenza]

Lol...damn you could hear that godamn Boston accent in his german. LOl

[TheCGIMaster]

Ich bin ein Berliner Doughnut!

[MAXAcca]

For all the people who think he was inadvertently calling himself a jelly doughnut or something to that effect I'm afraid you're quite mistaken. Kennedy specifically asked Robert Lochner, who was himself a Berliner and an interpreter for the United States during WWII, to translate the famous "I am a Berliner" line into German and this was the result.

[Chonch95]

@MAXAcca Weeellll, a Berliner is a famous type of pastry in Germany. To say that you are a citizen of some place you would say "Ich bin Berliner" or "Ich bin Wiener". Since a Berliner(German jelly filled pastry) is what he asked to be called, his translator was indeed correct in saying "Ich bin ein Berliner". This would still mean that he is a Berliner, which is the pastry, not a citizen of Berlin. I feel like I might be just repeating myself... but I have said what I needed to say :P

[jmovlogs]

I am a doughnut!

[milleniumearl1]

hahaha he called himself a jelly donut!!!!!

[screamingeagles506]

I'm a German Student and its literally means "i am a jelly doughnut". because in gErman we dont use ein before saying we are a Berliner. We just would say Ich bin Berliner or I am Berliner

[piquanting]

@screamingeagles506 It certainly doesn't literally mean he is a jelly doesn't, since at best "Berliner" would be a colloquial term for a doughnut.

[freakyfreak90]

@commando2224 probably you're terminally ill

[luukceltic]

ICH BIN EIN BANANA

[BierDD]

Does " ich bin ein Berliner " really mean " im a jelly doughnut " ? Probably, you could express yourself if youre feeling like one that way, but it also means " i am a citizen from berlin ", which is the only option that makes sense, if you look at the speech in a whole. There is no way a german would misunderstand that, it is like " i am american " or " i am an american ", both describes you as an inhabitant of america, one as an adjective, the other one as a subject, both are grammatically OK

[maxpowers518]

Thumbs up if Pan Am, aka "Sky Whores" brought you here.

[sophitube]

@maxpowers518 lol, sadly...

[retardkid4040]

@maxpowers518 People like you are really starting to piss me off.

[meghan3762]

Does Ich bin ein berliner really mean: I am a jelly doughnut. I though it meant: "I am a citizen of berlin..."

[RedenMusik483]

@meghan3762 if he were to say "ich bin berliner" it would mean "im a citizen of berlin" but since he put ein in front of it, he said im a jelly doughnut. but people knew what he meant ;p

[nolalou2]

Actualy, according to wikipedia, it is a common misconception that he inadvertently said 'i am a jelly donut' and in fact the speech was reviewed by the mayor of Berlin in advance , to check on the German phrase.

German professor Reinhold Aman writes, "Ich bin (ein) Berliner means 'I am a Berliner' or '...a male person/native of Berlin' and absolutely nothing else!...

[RedenMusik483]

dont trust wikipedia. the word berliner means citizen of berline because of the "er" putting ein in front of it makes it a jelly doughnut because its also a word. you can do that with any city in german. i speak german so i know personaly nbot from the internet. a translator fed him the speech and they relized they made a mistake but it wasnt the mayor. anyone can add false info to wikipedia as long as you have an account. it was a simple mistake though and ppl knew what he meant ;p

[05Night33]

@meghan3762

Well theres a jelly doughnut called "Berliner" (it has nothing to do with the City!)

For example if "NewYorker" would be a Burger and somebody would say: "I'm a NewYorker" It would be the kind of the same thing.

And theres the other thing that RedenMusik wrote you with the "ein"

[articarrows]

@05Night33 Its like talking about england and saying "i am a frankfurter (sausage)" :D

[05Night33]

@articarrows Quite a better example =D

[jackie45602]

"i am a jelly doughnut!" Haha lmfao

[ichbinsoniceman]

Why he have to die :/ Greets from Berlin !

[MsLoolololololo]

I hate kommunists

[BadSantaXx1]

I am a sausage

[oldstunter]

ich bin ein berliner? doesnt that mean i am a jam doughnut? lul.

[BadSantaXx1]

@oldstunter No its mean: I sausage xD

[oldstunter]

@BadSantaXx1 LUL

[RedenMusik483]

@oldstunter yes it means im a jelly doughnut. idk why that person says it means i am a sausage

[IchhabevielGeld]

Was he killed because he said something about a secret organization? The Illuminati maybe? Well...maybe we'll never know...

[PremierLeague2010]

1. Abe Lincoln

2. Theodore Roosevelt

3. Ronald Reagan

4. Franklin Roosevelt

5. JFK

[bloodyblade24]

doughnut for president

[Moodyblues99]

Saying a berliner is a donut is like saying a New Yorker is a magazine.

Knuckleheads!

[Moodyblues99]

What a great speech. How come we can't find another president like this?

[dhfhdfhd]

USA you used to be so cool *.*

[MikkelKuckelhahn]

69 dislikes :3

[allfilm100]

2:00 ICH BIN EIN BERLINER

[NicolTannamb886]

naa super klasse hab mega kohle und es kann an sich jeder lol

[117starpower]

how do i get this clip? i am working on a school project about J.F.K

[MrKaddus]

Ich bin ein Berliner tranlates to "I am a Jelly Doughnut"

"Iappre ciate myinter preter translat ingmyg erman" translates to "I am here from planet Mars to turn your children into sweet Pastries"

And from that moment on, the German people knew Kennedy had to be stopped. It was Lee Harvey Oswald who had the gun, but it was the spirit of Berlin that pulled the trigger.

[thedorantor]

he is ein berliner? Tasty!

[Murmillo1]

In German "Berliner" can also be a kind of doughnut.

[neonclouds132]

I am a jelly doughnut

[seanwinston88]

This is the new Germany! bonsai then

[steven3897]

every person that named us german nazi i will give them a punch in their faces

[maxvb1]

Kennedy was a hero to Germans and we will never forget him!

I'm german and what he said in german means I'm from Berlin and nothing else

Amazing speech! Thank you JFK! RIP

[Firgasz]

@maxvb1

Kennedy doesn´t care much about the german people, or the people of Berlin. But he was forced to say this sentence to smooth the germans and people of Berlin and to show that the U.S will not surrender against the communists. It was about power, they don´t care what happend to the Germans, but in kind of this situations you have to act like you care about them.

[maxvb1]

@Firgasz i don't really care about what his motives are buddy.. he gave the germans streght with that speech. how can you know that he didn't care? of course he cared and how could he ever be forced to hold this speech. there was no need to show that the us won't surrender against the communists.. that is and was always obvious. i know this wasn't just about east berlin but also about communism in general but anyway this was a great speech and and i thankful for it.

[Firgasz]

@Firgasz

Jaqueline (Jackie) Kennedys Tagebuch. Darin steht das Kennedy genervt war von den Berlinern und ihrer andauernden Forderung auf Sicherheit und durch die Amerikaner und Klarheit in der Berlin-Frage. Vor allem Adenauer und die Berliner empfand Kennedy als "lästig" und störend, weil sie bei jedem kleinsten Vergehen (wörtlich, wenn ein US-Colonel seinen Hut irgendwo verliert geraten die Berliner (Politiker) in Panik") Angst hatten die Amerikaner würden sie im Stich lassen.

[Firgasz]

@maxvb1

Kennedy spricht als Interessenvertreter der USA, nicht als Interessenvertreter der Berliner oder der Deutschen. Viele vergessen das. Ein Staat hat keine Freunde, nur Interessen.

[CoolerKing37]

*gasp* He's a nazi! Get 'em!

[frizzheadgal]

ask a german.. god damn jelly doughnut k?

[lothar804]

69 disslikes!? Damn kommunists....

[lubi125]

@lothar804 I'm socialist and love this speech

[phoenixw78]

For those of you who still believe JFK called himself a jelly doughnut. Go to snopes.com and look up ich bin ein Berliner. Snopes in regular snopes fashion will set you straight.

[NostalgicChannel]

I love this speech sooooooo much!!!

[lovestreetz]

No, no. You're all wrong. A 'berliner' is a Jewish sausage (kosher ofcourse) covered in jelly.

[alek100]

siege-hail siege-hail

[TheHannes33]

germany!!! DEUTSCHLAND!!!!!!!

[Lintflas]

funny fact: The words on Johns crib sheet were "Ish bin ein Bearleener" so he could speak it in proper German.

[WasserKaiser]

Thank you dear for the U.S. liberation of the Nazi brown. But you must come back soon. Berlin today is already governed by red Nazis. They have occupied all media. Soon the whole country would be communist. The leftists are anti-Semites, they revere the dictator Fidel Castro. They hate freedom. McCarthy sends us an otherwise Germany will not long remain democratic.

[MrBaidaev]

JFK sounds like KFC -__-

[hyperdogfly]

A berliner is a sausage not a doughnut

[Mackarony5]

A "Berliner" is a jelly dohnut.

[cocoluvslego1st]

yea i asked my german teacher what it meant and he said it either meant i'm berlina or im a doughnut