The German Suffix "-ig" And How To Pronounce It Correctly
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- Опубликовано: 4 дек 2020
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@@GetGermanized couldn't you say lustishh foe lustig?
THANK YOU!! I've been puzzling over this. I'm an American living in Germany. I hear both pronunciations all the time, and I've even been corrected saying it both ways! lol Now I can do it correctly and I'll just say Get Germanized said so! :)
I always loved that -ich pronunciation for words ending in -ig, so that's the version I prefer to use. My first German teacher was actually from Austria, so she would pronounce them with a -k at the end, zB - zwanziK, Honik, usw.
I'm a Canadian who lived in Bremen for 2 years, and finally asked a bunch of very smart German Coworkers which was the right way to pronounce "-ig". It was no help. So, thank you! Now, the one of the other ones I couldn't quite source out was where "ach so" came from, and what it really meant ... because it couldn't possibly just be and Germanized "Ah is that so"
If anyone knows how to hiss like a cat you can make the "ch" sound - if you're doing the dutch G sound you're too far back and if you're doing a SH sound you are too forward. The rest is practice.
Exactly what I thought of!
We were taught at school that the ending ig was pronounced ik, but that was in the 80s...when I bought a modern German book to learn from, I realised my spellings were off too, so this is really helpful, thanks
I've always known the softer pronunciation was the officially correct one, but after twenty years of learning German on and off since college, it was only within the past year that I finally learned how to actually make the "ch" sound correctly. 😂 I'd been approximating it as just a soft "sh" sound, even though I could tell it wasn't quite the right sound, but it was actually one of the tips sections on Duolingo that finally lifted the veil on how to make that sound correctly: if you say the words "humor" or "humid," the "h" sound you make at the beginning of those words is the "ch" sound in German.
Man, and I thought that the "-ch" was already difficult to pronounce. Vielen Dank für das Video!
I really appreciate your explanation of the sound of "-ig". This also helps when listening to German speakers. Vielen Dank
My mom is from Frankfurt, Germany and is teaching me german lol
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@@mutemessiah6805 Dead
surprised I haven't seen this reply when I first posted this.
Mein Deutsch ist besser geworden. Es ist nicht einfach, aber ich gehe auf. Thankfully been taught the ig properly! Think I'm driving my friends up the wall with my endless German though.
But I throw in a "Ihr seid alle toll und stark" just to remind them I appreciate them haha
Ooo very nice job on the video! Thank you so much! ❤️
It's so helpful showing the mouth movements, and this is what I have been looking for! Thank you!
You are very welcome 😊
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I've been learning German for three years now and I was glad for the softer sound being correct...I never could wrap my mouth around the harsher 'ig'. I can get it if it's in the center of a word for some reason, but not at the end.
You don't know how much I needed this! I'm always switching back and forth and always being corrected by my teachers and German friends. Agh! lol (ich komme aus den USA)
Great video! I learn so much from your channel!
Thank you for that clarification. I've learnt to pronounce "-ig" softer in class but an Austrian friend told me the harsher pronounciation is correct
In the south of German-speaking Europe (Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Austria and Switzerland) you will almost never hear the "-ich" pronunication. That's why some people herr assume it's the correct (High German) form.
Großartig😁 Very helpful, danke.
Very useful explanation! Danke.
American here, but my father was German and was from Hamburg and was his mom. My grandfather was from Eisnburgh. Sadly I don't know the German language, but working on it.
Awesome lesson! Dankeschön 🤓
Danke Schön! I found your video to be VERY helpful. I am a native English speaker, and I speak/read/write French around a mid-B1 level. I have been learning German (slowly but surely) for about 2.5 years. I take two classes each week, one group and one private lesson. One teacher is German and the other is American. The American told me the proper -ig pronouncation and the German said that the soft -ch pronouncation of -ig was INCORRECT and the correct way was the hard -k sound. So, my experience is that yes, the German speaker that I know misprounounces it and doesn't know that the high German way is -ch whereas the American does know that.
I was listening to this one while working and had to stop, rewind, and watch when you were showing how to make the sound. That was VERY helpful!!! Thank you.
Did I type “working” I totally meant while I was not at work.... 😂 Definitely only on my free time.... 😝
The correct Ig sounds like a angry cat 🐈
I liked it! ❤️
I'm from São Paulo - Brazil but I live in Barcelona - Spain
Thank you !
Ahhhh great 👍 Dominik! I was going mad, I prefer to pronounce the splendid city of Leipzig (Leipz-ichhh) and that -ichhh sound at the end rather than the hard sound of ‘g’ - Actually, I would go as far as to say that one the most beautiful and pleasant sounds of the German language are just those ‘ichhh’ sounds, ich liebe dich is one of the most beautiful sounds to hear ‘I love you’ and it’s in German, for once! So, back to the original topic of this video, welcome to the ‘ig’ -ending pronounced as ‘ichhh’ - Vielen Dank, Dominik...ich liebe dich! 👍🙂👋
Thank you so much
I am German,I was raised in a German home,but born in South America,living in the USA all my life.i love the language,music,food,culture.german geoghraghics is very similar to south American geoghraghics.in slots of ways.both stunning,and very beautiful.danke👍😁💡🤘
Having lived in Germany for 6 six years, my first 3 years were in Bavaria, and we were taught the southern dialect was acceptable there and high German was used in the rest of the country.
thanks!!!
I laughed so hard when you said “k sound” hahaha you’re very entertaining!
my grandfather was german and people make fun of my because i cant speek german, finally i found a good channel wer i can learn a little bit of it, thanks a lot bro keep going.
Vielen Dank!!! I was always confused if I was pronouncing it correctly and turns out I was!!
Cool, thanks for explaining this. I have lived in Hamburg, Germany for almost 9 years and have always wondered what's the right pronunciation. I hear both soft and hard pronunciations from native german speakers all the time and this has confused me for a very long time.
Both of them are entirely correct and widely used by educated speakers, even in formal settings. The idea that only one of them is acceptable and correct is quite popular with some Internet language pundits, but has weak standing in modern German studies. I guess it just makes for more interesting clickbait ("HERE'S ONE THING YOU'VE BEEN MISPRONOUNCING ALL THE TIME").
I always liked the fact that I hear "g" often coming out as "ch." Especially more in the north. It's cool. Like, "Es ist windich." I feel that's just how it comes out for me more naturally.
Interesting to note though is that High German - as the name suggests (the high mountains are in the south) - originally comes from Bavaria (and Saxony with its Middle German influence). The northerners gave up their Low German in favor of High German from thr south. So while the northerners have less dialects and have embraced High German more, it's actually the southerners dialect which was made the standard form of German.
50% still speaks it in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
So alt wie 'ne Kuh und lernt immer noch dazu. Danke, ich dachte bisher immer, die harsche Aussprache sei die korrekte, obwohl ich selbst die "weiche" nutze.
Just about all of the German singers I listen to use the softer pronunciation, which is the pronunciation I’ve adopted as well, even though I was taught to use the harsher pronunciation by my German language instructors years ago in college.
I'm doing a university course in French and German right now, but I was born in Niedersachsen (and plan to return there one day!)
Its related to the -y suffix in English (spelled -ig in Old English but still pronounced "ee") and more distantly to the -ique suffix in French.
Here in Switzerland only „-ig“ is correct, it‘s part of Swiss Standard German. If you say „-ich“ in an otherwise Swiss Standard German sentence, you will instantly sound foreign.
That's false. The "-ig" or "-ik" pronunciation is allowed (zusätzlich erlaubt). The High German "-ich" is still correct in Swiss Standard German.
@@cptkapitan5378 that may theoretically be true. However, practically, if you use „-ich“ in most cantons (obviously not Grenzkantone like Basel), they will simply recognize you as not from there.
@@mattherhorn290 That is true. It's the same here in Bavaria and I bet the people in Baden-Württemberg and Austria think so too. For example in my work the only coworkers who pronounce it "-ich" are from Hessen and Sachsen/Berlin.
Duden's Das Aussprachewörterbuch (7th edition, 2015) states rather clearly that "-ik" is just as correct as "-ich". To be specific, they call it "standardsprachlich voll akzeptabel".
You may have a preference for one or the other, and it may still be preferred by professional speakers in Germany (based on the old Siebs rules for German theater), but it's a pretty tenuous claim that one is "correct" and the other isn't.
Pronouncing the -ig (the /ch/ sound) is simple. It is the soft version of /k/. /K/ is not aspirated. If you keep your tongue in the position for the letter 'k' but raise the back of the tongue just a bit to let some air through, you've made the '-ig' sound.
digging the fireplace.
Thanks! 😁
Taking classes in the US guarantees you'll hear all manners of pronunciations. I struggled a bit with the cases, but imitating sounds is something I've always been good at.
My German teachers were from Berlin, Hamburg, Wien and Hanover. Confusing? I'm going with the Hanover.
I attended Goethe Institut in Murnau, West Germany (then) in 1985. I was there 3 months and loved it. I no longer get to practice here in the US so I enjoy watching your channel. I looked up the address where the school rented a room for me, and also the school address, on Google Earth and nothing showed up. After unification, did German addresses get changed?
American of German ancestry. Studied in high school and college and am studying again now (twist: learning German via Spanish, in order for the L3 to reinforce my L2). IIRC, I learned the -IK version from both of my teachers. One was an American and the other was from Hamburg. So, no, I had no idea that this was not the Hochdeutsch version.
On the other hand, my ancestors came from Gaggenau, which is about as southwest as you can get in Germany, so they probably -IK'd all over the place.
can you make a video about the pronunciation of the song der erlkönig, there is a rather difficult pronunciation??
I can still remember a video where he explained it incorrectly. But maybe I remembered it wrong
Danke! Ich will deutsch sprechen wie Ricardo Montalba'n hat english gesprochen, so sehr wunderscho"n!
danke..is it right
That’s funny, because most of my German friends had said to me that the -ig should sound like a k, and that the soft way to pronounce it was like a dialect, they’re from Northern Germany btw
I got confused too but now i know
How i 'm going to use it .
Lastly from Africa
That's fantastic to hear! I'm glad the video helped clarify how to use the 'ig' suffix in German. It's always great to learn that the content is making a difference, especially for viewers from all around the world. Keep up the great work with your German studies, and don't hesitate to reach out if you have more questions. Cheers from Germany to Africa!
I did always wonder if it was just regional. I grew up near Mönchengladbach and I thought it might be our country bumpkin pronunciation
Yes I did know that there was a difference and will use the correct pronunciation if I am North of Hesse. Other wise I prefer to use the Swabian or Alemmanic Dialects I learned as a child.
So my question for use is...How did so many words from English get adopted into the German Sentence structure? You know that "Denglisch" usage. Since I know both languages quite well can I just randomly choose which word (s) to speak in English and which word (s) to speak in German? I do simultaneous translations of German into English on a frequent basis.
Lastly do you know the origin of the definite article usages of "der, die, das. den, dem, des and dessen?" Searching through some YT videos, which I have not quite had time to listen all the way through, their origin seems to be either Old German or a Proto Germanic Language.
It's early in my German education. I am of Swiss ancestry and would most likely use the German on a trip to Switzerland and southern Germany. Would the recommendation be to learn the standard pronunciations as I learn the language or to go ahead and learn it with low German dialect differences?
Since you're early in your German studies and planning to use it in Switzerland and southern Germany, it's generally recommended to start with learning Standard German (Hochdeutsch). This form of German is widely understood and taught, and it's the version you'll find in most textbooks and language courses. It will serve as a solid foundation for communication across all German-speaking areas.
Once you've got a good grasp of Standard German, you could then start exploring the local dialects, like Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch) and various dialects in southern Germany, if you're interested. These dialects can be quite different from Standard German, both in pronunciation and vocabulary, and are often used in everyday communication in their respective regions.
However, it's important to note that even in areas where dialects are prevalent, most people will still understand Standard German, and many are able to switch between dialect and standard language as needed. So, learning Standard German first will not limit your ability to communicate during your travels, and it could actually make it easier for you to pick up local dialects later on.
@@GetGermanized This is great. Thank you so much for your expertise and time!
Sehr gut Hinweis.
Hello, can you help? I need this document to support kindergelt app., but I dont understand what exactly it is ,lohnabrechnungen ab Einreise nach Deutschland?
They need to know your income before they payout the kindergeld. The best money I ever spent was hiring a relocation agent when moving to Germany. Their paperwork and burocracy will drive you mad.
@@tomsmith9281 so I can give my work payslips,right? Only that? Thanks
@@mariavaradi9844 Sounds about right, but I don't know. We applied before our first payslip came in ... my relocation expert figured it all out for us.
tv fire place.... stay classy. xD
You debunked some incorrect advice I have received about that, thank you.
Thank you, vert helpful ☺️From France learning Ge, was wondering about that👍I heard pronoucing in "Ledig" "42" as a " k", so it not that correct 🤔
I need this video for the word Ich
If only you can teach me German language...
Ig is slightly different than ch right? I feel a slight difference between the two
-ig and Ich are pronounced the exact same way. The only difference is that the g in -ig changes to a /k/ in some contexts and /g/ in others. Take ledig for an example. It's ledi/ch/, ledi/k/lich, ledi/g/er.
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In Österreich wir sagen es immer mit ein -G
HöniG, KöniG usw.
What about names, especially city names like Leipzig? 🙃
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The more you know.
Also, saying something like "königlich" with a soft G is WAY more difficult to say than with a hard G. But what about "gekriegt"? Because I pronounce it with a soft G, having learnt alltag Deutsch in Thüringen, but my former niece who has lived near Bonn her entire life pronounces it with a hard G, which her entire ossi family find funny...
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It's Facebook.com/GetGermanized
I'm confused, Dominick. So, people in southern Germany don't speak "high German"?
They learn it in school but they often speak their own dialect as well.
There is a little bit of ambiguity in the usage of the term Hochdeutsch. On it's own it means standard German, but "hochdeutsche Dialekte" refers to all the traditional dialects spoken in central & southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, etc. (in contrast with Low German) For specifically southern dialects though, you call those "oberdeutsche Dialekte."
They do. However, the somewhat misleadingly called "Hochdeutsch" (Standardlautung) is based on a fairly artificial mixture of Northern German dialects, originally devised for actors in theatres.
So basically, the g pronunciation before -lich is the German equivalent of the French liaison when the endings of words are pronounced when followed by a vowel. Got it.
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I'm a dabbler in languages However, I'm also interested in WWII history. Is There a RUclips video of how to correctly pronounce German vehicles, ranks and operation names? Progressive American here, I'm interested in History would be greatly appreciative. However, I understand that most Germans are probably trying to stay as far as possible from WWII. But I'm so tired of Americans pronouncing. Panzer with an American "z" sound, when Germans seem to say it with more of an, "s" sound. Ta
@@meenki347 Swiss friends I lived with say; z = ts e.g. Cats 'ts', ; together zusammen, tsu-sammen
@@meenki347 Janes Military Books for any military info, not sure just search Janes guides. military history isn't that interesting to me. even earlier periods its all about killing and taxation 'rights'
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@@paulhartson1 I'm not really interested in learning conversational German. Sorry, I'm more about learning Spanish and French. I'm just interested in learning how to pronounce WII German names of vehicles specifically. Books can't do that. I'm not interested in vehicle statistics. I'm only interested in knowing that proper names. When Americans pronounce notable WWII French words and cites wrong. It burns me up too. I should ask the German guy who has the Aviation channel. But I know you'd get a lot of views. Because there is no simple quick video covering the subject. Thanks for saying, "Hi". I also watch German Girl in America. 😊
Im from Northern Germany and I pronounce even - ik as -ich. Like in Plastik Plastich
well, that is not the standard and sounds wrong
turkish and arabs pronunce none of them , they pronounce SCH , ,, lustisch , komisch , zwanzisch , ruhisch .
This is the exact same thing I was doing for people who come from Latin America trying to pronounce the words in English we don't have an official language because we rebelled against the crown but the language that we use the most is English obviously but I don't care to have an official languagebut I'm a strong advocate that people need to educate themselves more I will leave a link to other RUclipsrs that I enjoy if you are interested one second
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