German can sound harsh and rather guttural--to the untrained ear. Someone who's been learning the language, or has been around people who speak it will begin to hear the subtle things in the language that make it beautiful. Like the rolling of an 'r,' or the odd ö sound. I love this language like I love the people who speak it, and Stille Nacht is just another example of how fundamentally wonderful the language is. I only listen to this when I want to hear Silent Night. Never the English version
German sounds guttural if your only experience of German is when extras in a WW2 movie battle scene are yelling orders. If all you heard of English was people shouting "Take over!" "MOVE MOVE MOVE!" you'd think English would give you a hoarse throat.
Ja genau! gleich für mich. Ich lebe in Schottland aber war in Deutschland geboren. Ich höre nur dieses Lied auf Deutsch. Auf Englisch? Ich fühle nights😔. Ich weiß nicht warum. By the way this is from my high school german😳 . Sorry for any mistakes . it's been 20+yrs so a tad rusty.
It was winter of 1914, the war was supposed to be over by now. The British and German trench wars were calmer around this time due to them waiting out the winter. The two sides ate lunch at the same time too so there was already a daily ceasefire. When patrol officers wondered into no man’s land they would often see the other sides officers as well. Neither side would fire a bullet at each other because it was a tiresome and stressful time of the year. Many soldiers were frightened and thought they would be spending their first Christmas alone. It was miserable due to all the snow and cold weather. As a result of this trenches were collapsing with men inside killing them. They sat on the benches all day because the ground was soaking wet. The British generals saw that the patrol officers ceased fire when seeing another officer so they commanded a British raid towards the German trench. This resulted in heavy casualties on the British side. Then a miracle happened, on December 24th, Christmas Eve. It stopped snowing and the trench grounds became solidified making it safe to walk on. The British heard the German soldiers singing “Stille Nacht” the British wanted to out do them with their singing. After a little bit they came to a harmony singing together. Christmas gifts were sent to the soldiers from each side the British soldiers received 1000 extra cigarettes from the queen and the Germans got chocolate and salami. Of course both sides were given gifts from their families. Winter clothing was given to both sides from their families. On Christmas Eve night the Germans put up small trees with lights on them. Then Christmas Day came, at around 6:00 AM German soldiers started walking into no man’s land, of course this was frightening for both sides. Soon the British saw that the Germans were unarmed and began to talk to each other. By 10:00 AM soldiers from both sides were outside on no man’s land. They were enjoying their day but it was hard to with their dead soldiers on the ground. Both sides Barrie’s their dead to keep peace between the two sides. At one point both sides remained in their trenches in order to let a French church mass take place. After it was over a solo was played by a French singer. Gifts were exchanged between the two sides. Winter clothing, chocolate, cigarettes, salami, barrels of beer. At the end of the day a general from both sides saluted each other and fired revolvers in the air signaling the war being back on.
Actually the soldiers didn't want to fight each other so they continued on going into no mans land to talk to each other as they were all now friends. So the soldiers got moved to a different front to fight people they didn't know.
I sang this (Deutsche version) with my high school choir during the Christmas season. I was told an older woman of German decent that was in the audience shed a tear whilst listening. She said she felt like she was back in her native Germany.
I lived in Germany in the late 60s early 70s and I had a flat above the Quelle Horst pub in Nienburg where the local police choir practiced. I'm an old man now and it still brings tears to my eyes.
the Christmas of 1914 is my favorite Christmas story. A german soldier sang this song. A ceasefire had already been called, but then the English and the french joined in the singing. The next thing that happened was so beautiful. The german singer walked out of the trenches onto no mans land. Slowly, one by one, both sides met in the middle. They played football, drank, and ate chocolate. Before the sun rose, the German sang the song again. But the German singer died the next day.
Grady O'Connor I know what you mean it's more beautiful than English. The Christmas Truce came about between the two enemies acting like a bunch of children during World War 1.
Born in Scotland, at primary school at the grand old age of 7 (1961) I joined our primary school choir. The first Christmas carol I learned to sing was 'Silent Night' and we had to sing it in German - hence 'Stille Nacht'. The Headmaster had invited a friend who was German to teach us to sing it. It was part of a post-war reparation at the time. When we sang it as a choir, everyone enjoyed it. Have never forgotten the words....60+ years on.
When I was in high school, all of the language classes went to the nursing home and we sang carols in our languages. I was in German, and after we had preformed we were requested to sing once more. There was an old lady there who was from Germany who asked if we would sing her “Silent Night” once more. So we gathered around her and sang her “Silent Night” once again as tears streamed down her face in happiness. I was so happy to be apart of that moment.
I teared up just from this short comment wtf, for real though that’s sweet as all hell, unfortunately I have no confidence that my generation in high school has that genuine kindness in them
In 1818 the carol "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht" was heard for the first time in a village church in Oberndorf, Austria. The congregation Midnight Mass in St. Nicholas Church listened as the voices of the assistant pastor, and the choir director. On each of the six verses, the choir repeated the last two lines in four-part harmony. On that Christmas Eve, a song was born that would wing its way into the hearts of people throughout the world. Now translated into hundreds of languages
We were listening to music and my Grandmother told me her mother used to sing this to them growing up in German. So I am going to try and learn it in the next few days and sing it to her on Christmas. Fingers crossed I’ll learn it in time. 💝
I learned this song in my German class and we sing it every year durring Christmas. We also go around to other language classes and talk about Christmas in Germany and where the song originated in Austria. I love it so much. Silent night has always been my favorite Christmas song. Also we have someone dress up as Niklaus and Krampus. We sing to them and tell them poems in German. Its amazing and this is the best song we do. I love it.
I sung this sophomore year of high school in choir for our holiday concert. This was the only time my mother was able to see, my mother is German and Irish, and hearing a song in German made her cry. I still have the sheet music, 5 years later.
Moja ulubiona kolęda zaśpiewana w cudownym języku niemieckim. Jestem nią zachwycona. Po polsku ma piękne słowa. Bardzo lubię jej słuchać również w angielskim języku.
Très clair ! J'adore ce très beau et doux chant de Noël qui se chante si bien en allemand, pour peu qu'on s'entraîne, avec les paroles sous les yeux ! Comme c'est la cas, ici ! sachez qu'il y a beaucoup de couplets ! Ici, je crois que nous entendons le 1er puis le dernier ? le 2ème en tous cas ! Demain, je le répète pour le chanter, en famille, le 25 ! MERCI ! Et les choeurs d'enfants allemands sont si beaux ! pas facile à trouver non plus... HEUREUX NOËL à LA TERRE !
We sang Stille Nacht every Christmas Eve at the church I grew up in. German was the first language of both of my grandmothers. This song brings back memories!
Oh en John Deere trekker pah. Das en mooi ding- EN nog een, een 6320 pah helemaal goed Ja das Mien merk. I you didn’t get this comment it’s a Dutch meme about a guy that likes John Deere
Every Christmas eve, I play this song. I think of all the family I've loved and lost over time. I get sad but ultimately I'm thankful for what I have and who is with me.
In high school my chorus teacher asked her husband, who spoke fluent German, to teach us this tune, I was an alto and remember my part. It's been over 35 years and while I can remember my alto part of the chorus and two verses I can never remember the last verses. It's still a beautiful song.
I was in my church's choir in elementary school(St.Bernard's Roman Catholic Church in Akron,Ohio).I attended from 1966-1973 and we performed it anually at our Christmas performances.
Here are some phrases to get you started: Hallo: Hello Wie Gehts?: How are you? Guten Morgen: Good Morning Guten Tag: Good Day Guten Abend: Good Evening Gute Nacht: Good Night Ich: I Dich: You Ich bin: I am Ich Heiße: My Name is Er Heiße: My Name is (Male) Sie Heiße: My Name is (Female) Ich bin von: I am from Wer ist das?: Who is that? Wo ist das?: Where is that? Wie Heißt Du?: What's your Name? Ich liebe dich: I love you Danke: Thank you Bitte: Please Dich willkommen: Your welcome 🎄🎄🎄Dich Willkommen meine Freund, und Frohe früh Weihnachten von Amerika 🎄🎄🎄
@@karledehm6315 Autsch! Good attempt but some mistakes: Ich heisse: My name is (the same for everyone, male or female) Er heisst: His name is Sie heisst: Her name is Ich bin aus: I am from and "you`re welcome" is translated "gern geschehen", "dich Willkommen" means nothing Gern geschehen, my friend ;)
Remember being in Germany in December many years ago & hearing a German Choir sing that . Still brings a lump to my throat even now . A beautiful language , a Beautiful Country . Not ashamed to say I Love Germany , especially Munchen .
wow!i love this Carol,my gf is from GERMANY,and im going to sing this to her for Christmas!! its only days away,but im trying my best surprise her..I`m going to sing in German! So stop the hating ppl,its Christmas yo........
I’m in love with this song! We’re singing it in German, English, then sign language for my choir class! I love it and I love that people are respecting the soldiers who didn’t get to spend Christmas with their families in 1914. I give my respect to everyone ❤️
I’ve always seen Christmas as a more Germany related holiday, if not European, It’s just the snow and cold reminds me of Germany, and those are things I love. I like the German Versions of Christmas songs, but mostly this song.
@@XenophonSoulis Once a cover or another version of something comes out, there are two versions. The German version and the English version. Also its actually not a German song. It was First Written and performed in Austria, so it's actually Austrian.
This is a very pretty version because it's so close to the original composition. In modern practice it's slowed down with plenty of rubato, but it should be sung at about this speed or a little faster, and in strict time. The music is straight from Austrian folk-style: it's called a "landler", which is the ancestor to the waltz. We moderns slow it down and sing it with lots of feeling, but when sung according to original intention it speaks straight to the heart. So pretty. So lovely.
I've spent a year trying to learn how to sing this song and sing it well. My dad would always sing it to me when I was little, and I really want to sing it for my family when Christmas comes around.
I learned this song when I was in 4th grade and still remember it perfectly. On time I was asked to sing silent night at church, and I accidentally sang it in German.
Dieses Video ist gut für Kinder und du musst auch noch ein paar Videos hinzufügen. Ich bin Lehrer, meine Schüler sind zu faul zum Auswendiglernen und ich sagte: „Stundets, ihr werdet dieses Lied auswendig lernen“ und sie waren so gelangweilt, als sie es zum ersten Mal sangen, und jetzt freuen sie sich über dieses Lied, das wir singen Lied an jedem Weihnachtstag
Angelic voice *Nana Mouskouri* = Greek 🇬🇷 without an accent. 💋 The German-language original version beats everything. Thanks from Germany 🇩🇪 to Austria 🇦🇹 for this beautiful Christmas carol.
Silent Night was ORIGINALLY written in German...how can anyone complain about the German version? Thank you for the upload, now I can sing songs of praise to the LORD. YHVH, (Yahuah), in Hebrew, English, Romanian, and now, in German.
This song is more melodious and nice in German than in English 👍I am currently reading about how and where and when this song originated in a lesson named 'SONG FROM HEAVEN' and it's true it really is a song from heaven. I am from India and I am a hindu but this song has always fascinated me and left me speechless 😍
I love this song, even more in the original German. Thank you for sharing!!! Merry Christmas everyone!!! Be safe!! - and if you don't celebrate or are another religion - have a safe and happy weekend. (:
My Aunt Ursula would come all the way from Green Bay WI, to witness my grades school Christmas Children's program... Specifically because we used to memorize/preform one verse of Silent Night in German. Merry Christmas! Peace & Love to you and yours!!
@Nuttee History They speak a dialect very similar to Bavarian German there. Austria could have been a part of Germany, but never joined the Prussian Confederation and fought against the German Confederation in the Austro-Prussian War. The North German Confederation won and then went on to fight in the Franco-Prussian War against France. The North German Confederation was victorious and took the French region of Alsace-Lorraine as their prize. After the war, in 1871, the North German Confederation formed a complete country with all of the kingdoms and republics that were a part of it. They formed the German Empire or the Second Reich. The head of state would be the Kaiser (Emperor), which was also the King of Prussia.
I sang this song at my primary school for language day and it was really confusing because my teacher kept getting it mixed up with the English version
My sister sang the English and German language in church and this year I will also be singing it. (I’m 10 years younger than her but my choir does stuff like this all the time!)
I sang this two years ago for my school's Christmas talent show, and "O Tannenbaum" last year. This year, my pupil taking German and I are singing "Alle Jahre Wieder".
Esta canción es para mí la más bella y bonita aunque sea en alemán, porque cuando era pequeño,viviendo en Madrid con mi familia, aunque soy español, mi bisabuela materna ( la madre de mi madre ), con mi abuela y mi madre, todos los 24 de diciembre por la noche, la cantaba en alemán y todavía la recuerdo.
Dieses lied erinnert mich an alle meinen Weihnachten in Deutschland. Und jetz das ich in Malaysia wohne, vermisse ich es so sehr... Frohe Weihnachten ! :)
Who said that German language sounds so strong and aggressive? I was totally stunned by this beautiful version. (Actually, I started to learn German last week and so far so good.)
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Das is Wunderbar! Es ist Morgen, Weihnachten ist weit weg. Draußen öffnen sich die Rosen noch, aber herinnen das Schnee fällt leise und die Dankbarkeit fließt. Fiele grűsse aus Ungarn.
I came here cause my music teacher showed us....and because there's someone in my class that's part German...and I had to dance to a German song with my cousin when we were playing just dance 2014...I think...
What a shame this has swearing in the description. I really wanted to us it with my Year 6 class this Christmas but now I can't. Please change it, this is a great resource to teach German!
In school I took a German and on the last day before Christmas Break we went around to classrooms and sang different Christmas songs is German. I think it was my senior year I can’t remember.
To me, even in its simplicity, Stille Nacht is one the most heart-wrenchingly beautiful carols of all time. Maybe THE most. Somehow, I wound up here in early May, seeking some kind of solace for the pain of seeing my beautiful wife of fifty years slowly inexorably fading away, to die some day hence. I can't tell if my tears hearing this song were for my wife's cruel fate or just because the words and the singer's nearly perfect voice lifted my soul. Why not? For both. Stille Nacht.
I love the German version of this song. I don't speak much German and I live on Merritt island, FL, US. I learned this whole song in German and I was going to do it on karaoke. But, none of the karaoke bars around here have any German songs on their machines. They all said they can't use the karaoke version of this or any other songs on RUclips. They said it's illegal and unethical.😕
Now I can see how this stopped the war on that day in 1914. I think that any one from anywhere can agree that this is beautiful whether Christian or not, and I certainly would feel like having a nice conversation with an atheist while this song is playing.
![O du fröhliche [German Christmas Song][+Lyrics]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8rnVifQ4v9Y/mqdefault.jpg)
![Christmas Truce of World War I -- Joyeux Noel [2005 film]](/img/1.gif)
German can sound harsh and rather guttural--to the untrained ear. Someone who's been learning the language, or has been around people who speak it will begin to hear the subtle things in the language that make it beautiful. Like the rolling of an 'r,' or the odd ö sound. I love this language like I love the people who speak it, and Stille Nacht is just another example of how fundamentally wonderful the language is. I only listen to this when I want to hear Silent Night. Never the English version
German sounds guttural if your only experience of German is when extras in a WW2 movie battle scene are yelling orders. If all you heard of English was people shouting "Take over!" "MOVE MOVE MOVE!" you'd think English would give you a hoarse throat.
Genau!! Grüße von Österreich 🇦🇹 an alle 🙏🏼😘
@@gracielavargas1927 Greetings And A Blessed Time To You 🙏
I Agree. There's something special in the soft melodic tones of this beautiful hymn Frohe Weihnachten, Mein Freund 🙏
Ja genau! gleich für mich. Ich lebe in Schottland aber war in Deutschland geboren. Ich höre nur dieses Lied auf Deutsch. Auf Englisch? Ich fühle nights😔. Ich weiß nicht warum. By the way this is from my high school german😳 . Sorry for any mistakes . it's been 20+yrs so a tad rusty.
Let's pay respects to the soldiers who didn't get to see their loved ones on Christmas of 1914
Most never saw them again :((
May they rest in peace
:(
AMERICA
Tyler2 DEUTSCHLAND ÜBER ALLES SIND DER WELT
Don't sing the illegal part
It was winter of 1914, the war was supposed to be over by now. The British and German trench wars were calmer around this time due to them waiting out the winter. The two sides ate lunch at the same time too so there was already a daily ceasefire. When patrol officers wondered into no man’s land they would often see the other sides officers as well. Neither side would fire a bullet at each other because it was a tiresome and stressful time of the year. Many soldiers were frightened and thought they would be spending their first Christmas alone. It was miserable due to all the snow and cold weather. As a result of this trenches were collapsing with men inside killing them. They sat on the benches all day because the ground was soaking wet. The British generals saw that the patrol officers ceased fire when seeing another officer so they commanded a British raid towards the German trench. This resulted in heavy casualties on the British side. Then a miracle happened, on December 24th, Christmas Eve. It stopped snowing and the trench grounds became solidified making it safe to walk on. The British heard the German soldiers singing “Stille Nacht” the British wanted to out do them with their singing. After a little bit they came to a harmony singing together. Christmas gifts were sent to the soldiers from each side the British soldiers received 1000 extra cigarettes from the queen and the Germans got chocolate and salami. Of course both sides were given gifts from their families. Winter clothing was given to both sides from their families. On Christmas Eve night the Germans put up small trees with lights on them. Then Christmas Day came, at around 6:00 AM German soldiers started walking into no man’s land, of course this was frightening for both sides. Soon the British saw that the Germans were unarmed and began to talk to each other. By 10:00 AM soldiers from both sides were outside on no man’s land. They were enjoying their day but it was hard to with their dead soldiers on the ground. Both sides Barrie’s their dead to keep peace between the two sides. At one point both sides remained in their trenches in order to let a French church mass take place. After it was over a solo was played by a French singer. Gifts were exchanged between the two sides. Winter clothing, chocolate, cigarettes, salami, barrels of beer. At the end of the day a general from both sides saluted each other and fired revolvers in the air signaling the war being back on.
Beautiful moments in history sad all the vets are dead and it will never happen again
Actually the soldiers didn't want to fight each other so they continued on going into no mans land to talk to each other as they were all now friends. So the soldiers got moved to a different front to fight people they didn't know.
The war that the governments fought. The war that the soldiers suffered. Lovely and moving piece of history, worth being treasured forever. ❤️
100 years ago, this would be the first christmas after the war.
Unbelivable!!!! And the generals signalled the war is back on!!!! Shocking!!! Just like that!!!
I sang this (Deutsche version) with my high school choir during the Christmas season. I was told an older woman of German decent that was in the audience shed a tear whilst listening. She said she felt like she was back in her native Germany.
nice
theNuclearNixons good for her it's very beautiful in German than in English
This is truly beautiful! Home will always stay home
theNuclearNixons I am also singing this in my highschool choir
And then Wilhelm stood up and clapped
I lived in Germany in the late 60s early 70s and I had a flat above the Quelle Horst pub in Nienburg where the local police choir practiced. I'm an old man now and it still brings tears to my eyes.
Happy you
Me too, & my little 9yr old Grandson is singing this in German to our Family after Christmas lunch this year..tears all round!
Ooh what’s a police choir?
Its nice to see people appreciating other cultures
Kaitlin Grogan this is german culture. This is not american song.
Kaitlin Grogan It was wrote in german first by a german
Adrian Pratt I though it's Austrian
It was written by an Austrian,not a German.Try to make sure you know facts before trying to act all high and mighty!
2019lakshmi H they are Austrian. they are independent. say this as a German. love Austrians but they ain’t German
Came here after watching Christmas Truce of 1914 video.. what a great event!!
theodorus l n h me too
theodorus l n h me too
Same, wondered what it sounded like when the German soldiers sang it.
Me too
Yeh I love Monzier Z
the Christmas of 1914 is my favorite Christmas story. A german soldier sang this song. A ceasefire had already been called, but then the English and the french joined in the singing. The next thing that happened was so beautiful. The german singer walked out of the trenches onto no mans land. Slowly, one by one, both sides met in the middle. They played football, drank, and ate chocolate. Before the sun rose, the German sang the song again. But the German singer died the next day.
fußball meaning soccer, of course. oder Natürlich. In any event, my friend’s mother was born on that day!
That is so heartbreaking 💔
even more beautiful in German than in english
and more beautiful than spanish xD
It was originally written in German.
Grady O'Connor I agree I should practice German. I could sing well to.
Grady O'Connor I know what you mean it's more beautiful than English. The Christmas Truce came about between the two enemies acting like a bunch of children during World War 1.
So true im German my self
Very beautiful, i'm a catholic mexican and this sound so wonderful, this came through my ears direct to my heart. Almost cried.
Babo Stars ave Maria!
@@Cathoholicism the real cathoholic memes?
I cry every time.
So beautiful, love from Britain 🇩🇪🤝🇬🇧
♥️
It is Austrian
Born in Scotland, at primary school at the grand old age of 7 (1961) I joined our primary school choir. The first Christmas carol I learned to sing was 'Silent Night' and we had to sing it in German - hence 'Stille Nacht'. The Headmaster had invited a friend who was German to teach us to sing it. It was part of a post-war reparation at the time. When we sang it as a choir, everyone enjoyed it. Have never forgotten the words....60+ years on.
When I was in high school, all of the language classes went to the nursing home and we sang carols in our languages. I was in German, and after we had preformed we were requested to sing once more. There was an old lady there who was from Germany who asked if we would sing her “Silent Night” once more. So we gathered around her and sang her “Silent Night” once again as tears streamed down her face in happiness. I was so happy to be apart of that moment.
I teared up just from this short comment wtf, for real though that’s sweet as all hell, unfortunately I have no confidence that my generation in high school has that genuine kindness in them
In 1818 the carol "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht" was heard for the first time in a village church in Oberndorf, Austria. The congregation Midnight Mass in St. Nicholas Church listened as the voices of the assistant pastor, and the choir director. On each of the six verses, the choir repeated the last two lines in four-part harmony. On that Christmas Eve, a song was born that would wing its way into the hearts of people throughout the world. Now translated into hundreds of languages
1914 Christmas truce, one of the most beautiful christmas event ever :')
The most beuatiful
@@breiter4697 the only Christmas that was better was Christ's birthday
Did any1 ask tho?
@@frmj2 no it wasn't.
We were listening to music and my Grandmother told me her mother used to sing this to them growing up in German. So I am going to try and learn it in the next few days and sing it to her on Christmas. Fingers crossed I’ll learn it in time. 💝
How did that go? Where are you guys living at now?
I learned this song in my German class and we sing it every year durring Christmas. We also go around to other language classes and talk about Christmas in Germany and where the song originated in Austria. I love it so much. Silent night has always been my favorite Christmas song. Also we have someone dress up as Niklaus and Krampus. We sing to them and tell them poems in German. Its amazing and this is the best song we do. I love it.
I sung this sophomore year of high school in choir for our holiday concert. This was the only time my mother was able to see, my mother is German and Irish, and hearing a song in German made her cry. I still have the sheet music, 5 years later.
Beautiful!
Nice!
i remember it in german but not in english...makes sense
Same tbh
silent night holy night
Jason, be good and pityful to us... please do save your brillant discoveries ;-)
Wasn't this originally a German song?
Same
I’m Mexican and this made me cry, German is beautiful
Jimena im swedish so i understand alot of this
Prost!
Thank you
Screams nein 5 Blocks away
this song was originally written in German
Moja ulubiona kolęda zaśpiewana w cudownym języku niemieckim. Jestem nią zachwycona. Po polsku ma piękne słowa. Bardzo lubię jej słuchać również w angielskim języku.
Może i niemiecki jest trochę trudny (twardo brzmi), ale miło się śpiewa z klasą na zajęciach ;) Frohe Weihnachten!
Xd mam się tego na pamięć nauczyć na Niemca ale nuda😭😭😭🥺😟
Très clair ! J'adore ce très beau et doux chant de Noël qui se chante si bien en allemand, pour peu qu'on s'entraîne, avec les paroles sous les yeux ! Comme c'est la cas, ici ! sachez qu'il y a beaucoup de couplets ! Ici, je crois que nous entendons le 1er puis le dernier ? le 2ème en tous cas ! Demain, je le répète pour le chanter, en famille, le 25 ! MERCI ! Et les choeurs d'enfants allemands sont si beaux ! pas facile à trouver non plus... HEUREUX NOËL à LA TERRE !
We sang Stille Nacht every Christmas Eve at the church I grew up in. German was the first language of both of my grandmothers. This song brings back memories!
Sounds better in German
Wasn’t it originally written in German? If so that would explain why it sounds better.
@@kyleconstantinides2130 It was indeed.
I only know it in German!
Oh en John Deere trekker pah. Das en mooi ding- EN nog een, een 6320 pah helemaal goed Ja das Mien merk.
I you didn’t get this comment it’s a Dutch meme about a guy that likes John Deere
Every Christmas eve, I play this song. I think of all the family I've loved and lost over time. I get sad but ultimately I'm thankful for what I have and who is with me.
Anyone on Christmas eve 2020? Let's pray to Christ our God and lord for it is his holy day ✝️
In high school my chorus teacher asked her husband, who spoke fluent German, to teach us this tune, I was an alto and remember my part. It's been over 35 years and while I can remember my alto part of the chorus and two verses I can never remember the last verses. It's still a beautiful song.
I was in my church's choir in elementary school(St.Bernard's Roman Catholic Church in Akron,Ohio).I attended from 1966-1973 and we performed it anually at our Christmas performances.
I must learn German. *Urgently!*
Edit: Because it's beautiful!
Ξενοφώντας Σούλης not enough time left in your life to learn german
@@L337gypsy tbh I'm scared what do you mean? 😅
Here are some phrases to get you started:
Hallo: Hello
Wie Gehts?: How are you?
Guten Morgen: Good Morning
Guten Tag: Good Day
Guten Abend: Good Evening
Gute Nacht: Good Night
Ich: I
Dich: You
Ich bin: I am
Ich Heiße: My Name is
Er Heiße: My Name is (Male)
Sie Heiße: My Name is (Female)
Ich bin von: I am from
Wer ist das?: Who is that?
Wo ist das?: Where is that?
Wie Heißt Du?: What's your Name?
Ich liebe dich: I love you
Danke: Thank you
Bitte: Please
Dich willkommen: Your welcome
🎄🎄🎄Dich Willkommen meine Freund, und Frohe früh Weihnachten von Amerika 🎄🎄🎄
@@karledehm6315 Autsch! Good attempt but some mistakes:
Ich heisse: My name is (the same for everyone, male or female)
Er heisst: His name is
Sie heisst: Her name is
Ich bin aus: I am from
and "you`re welcome" is translated "gern geschehen",
"dich Willkommen" means nothing
Gern geschehen, my friend
;)
Junge was sollen das
Remember being in Germany in December many years ago & hearing a German Choir sing that . Still brings a lump to my throat even now . A beautiful language , a Beautiful Country . Not ashamed to say I Love Germany , especially Munchen .
wow!i love this Carol,my gf is from GERMANY,and im going to sing this to her for Christmas!! its only days away,but im trying my best surprise her..I`m going to sing in German! So stop the hating ppl,its Christmas yo........
I’m in love with this song! We’re singing it in German, English, then sign language for my choir class! I love it and I love that people are respecting the soldiers who didn’t get to spend Christmas with their families in 1914. I give my respect to everyone ❤️
It is also very lovely when sung in Spanish.
I’ve always seen Christmas as a more Germany related holiday, if not European, It’s just the snow and cold reminds me of Germany, and those are things I love. I like the German Versions of Christmas songs, but mostly this song.
The song is German with an "English version", not something with a "German version". German is the original.
@@XenophonSoulis Once a cover or another version of something comes out, there are two versions. The German version and the English version. Also its actually not a German song. It was First Written and performed in Austria, so it's actually Austrian.
austrians is german.
@@saitylmaz5414 The Language, yes, the Country, no. The song originated in Austria, it is an Austrian song.
2019lakshmi H Not really, but okay
I can still remember watching this video some 13 years ago.
This song is beautiful in any language to me, but I prefer to listen to it sung in Deutsch.
Thanks for posting !!
This is a very pretty version because it's so close to the original composition. In modern practice it's slowed down with plenty of rubato, but it should be sung at about this speed or a little faster, and in strict time. The music is straight from Austrian folk-style: it's called a "landler", which is the ancestor to the waltz. We moderns slow it down and sing it with lots of feeling, but when sung according to original intention it speaks straight to the heart.
So pretty. So lovely.
I've spent a year trying to learn how to sing this song and sing it well. My dad would always sing it to me when I was little, and I really want to sing it for my family when Christmas comes around.
Have you?
Every time i hear this carol in german, it brings tears to my eyes. It's so moving.
I learned this song when I was in 4th grade and still remember it perfectly. On time I was asked to sing silent night at church, and I accidentally sang it in German.
L Rogers same man! Did it in fourth grade too 😂 We’d sharply pronounce the Nachts and the audience would crack up laughing
i learned it in year 6 c: the german version is easier to remember and i rlly dont understand how lmao
Dieses Video ist gut für Kinder und du musst auch noch ein paar Videos hinzufügen. Ich bin Lehrer, meine Schüler sind zu faul zum Auswendiglernen und ich sagte: „Stundets, ihr werdet dieses Lied auswendig lernen“ und sie waren so gelangweilt, als sie es zum ersten Mal sangen, und jetzt freuen sie sich über dieses Lied, das wir singen Lied an jedem Weihnachtstag
Dla mnie to najpiękniejsza kolęda na świecie!
Jak jej słuchałam myślałam, że już po mnie przyszli
no i w koncu ktos z polski
No nie Xd
Angelic voice *Nana Mouskouri* = Greek 🇬🇷 without an accent. 💋
The German-language original version beats everything. Thanks
from Germany 🇩🇪 to Austria 🇦🇹 for this beautiful Christmas carol.
jeśli szukałeś polskiego komentarza to w końcu znalazłeś!! A teraz daj łapę w górę jak słuchasz w 2020
Pani Julio, obowiązkowo,
Życzę wsołych i zdrowych świąt w tym czasie zaplanowanej pandemi.
@@MrOjgyn nawzajem
Pozdrowienia dla 2021!
@@juliaolszewska1486 również pozdrawiam
@@julia03jarzabek70 dziękuję 😃
Silent Night was ORIGINALLY written in German...how can anyone complain about the German version? Thank you for the upload, now I can sing songs of praise to the LORD. YHVH, (Yahuah), in Hebrew, English, Romanian, and now, in German.
POV: You're a entrenched german soldier on night of Christmas of 1914
Christmas Truce went back 1914, when German troops sang Silent Night in German of course
This song is more melodious and nice in German than in English 👍I am currently reading about how and where and when this song originated in a lesson named 'SONG FROM HEAVEN' and it's true it really is a song from heaven. I am from India and I am a hindu but this song has always fascinated me and left me speechless 😍
Agree
Beautiful thank you Germany and thanks for producing my great grandfather.I'm Scottish btw🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
I love this song, even more in the original German. Thank you for sharing!!! Merry Christmas everyone!!! Be safe!! - and if you don't celebrate or are another religion - have a safe and happy weekend. (:
My school taught this WAY wrong. I just KNEW we were not pronouncing this right
Creepypasta Welcome-To-The-Show depends,High or low german? Volga german dialect is different from those from Germany, for example.
+SlendyMan 702 yes the same !!!!!!! I think my school has it right bc my choir teacher IS GERMAN!!!!!!!
+SlendyMan 702 no i go to a different school
+SlendyMan 702 or does he? Duh duh duuuuhh(Dramatic music)
SlendyMan 702 Do you like in Clark Country, Nevada?
Danke for posting this it is one of my favorite carols. I love it even more in German.
My Aunt Ursula would come all the way from Green Bay WI, to witness my grades school Christmas Children's program...
Specifically because we used to memorize/preform one verse of Silent Night in German.
Merry Christmas! Peace & Love to you and yours!!
This is the original version of the song. It is from Austria.
@Nuttee History They speak a dialect very similar to Bavarian German there. Austria could have been a part of Germany, but never joined the Prussian Confederation and fought against the German Confederation in the Austro-Prussian War. The North German Confederation won and then went on to fight in the Franco-Prussian War against France. The North German Confederation was victorious and took the French region of Alsace-Lorraine as their prize. After the war, in 1871, the North German Confederation formed a complete country with all of the kingdoms and republics that were a part of it. They formed the German Empire or the Second Reich. The head of state would be the Kaiser (Emperor), which was also the King of Prussia.
@nuttee Ying Yes it is I'm from austria:D
I sang this song at my primary school for language day and it was really confusing because my teacher kept getting it mixed up with the English version
i sing this to school, is amazing!!!!!!
ja :D
Yea
Beautiful. I absolutely live the German version of silent night.
AMAZING. it is so beautiful
My sister sang the English and German language in church and this year I will also be singing it. (I’m 10 years younger than her but my choir does stuff like this all the time!)
I sang this two years ago for my school's Christmas talent show, and "O Tannenbaum" last year. This year, my pupil taking German and I are singing "Alle Jahre Wieder".
+heatherjasper97 At which school?
Joshua Caneva Northfield School of the Liberal Arts. You probably have never heard of it.
+heatherjasper97 you are correct. I go to a german school at the potomac
Joshua Caneva Near Washington D.C.?
+heatherjasper97 Around the area
It’s been 200 years today since this song was made. My personal favorite Christmas song, too
das war schön ich habe mitgesungen ich kann es gleich gut wie die die gesungen hat
Disch Sevim Sehr gut!!
Ja! Gleich!
Nein
Bestimmt !
Nagyon szép és nagyon megható. Én minden évben Karácsonykor szoktam játszani ezt a dalt tárogatón.
A toast to the 1914 Christmas Truce I know the war is long over but always remember peace on Earth and good will towards man
Esta canción es para mí la más bella y bonita aunque sea en alemán, porque cuando era pequeño,viviendo en Madrid con mi familia, aunque soy español, mi bisabuela materna ( la madre de mi madre ), con mi abuela y mi madre, todos los 24 de diciembre por la noche, la cantaba en alemán y todavía la recuerdo.
Best version
Danke Schön for making this video! I love it
I'm 15 years old and I'm singing this on Saturday at the Christmas fayre
+Holly Davis Same
+Holly Davis And you misspelled fair
+Joshua Caneva Fayre is the correct spelling for specifically that.
+Joshua Caneva oh contraire, man with no hair. Holly is correct.
+John Ridley well, thats not fair, and i dont care
Dieses lied erinnert mich an alle meinen Weihnachten in Deutschland. Und jetz das ich in Malaysia wohne, vermisse ich es so sehr...
Frohe Weihnachten ! :)
I come here every christmas eve
This beautiful thank you for posting it this is now my all time favorite Christmas song ❤️
Who said that German language sounds so strong and aggressive? I was totally stunned by this beautiful version. (Actually, I started to learn German last week and so far so good.)
Das is Wunderbar! Es ist Morgen, Weihnachten ist weit weg. Draußen öffnen sich die Rosen noch, aber herinnen das Schnee fällt leise und die Dankbarkeit fließt. Fiele grűsse aus Ungarn.
I'm singing this in choir
+Julie Puff me too
+Julie Puff same
Same!
Same
Julie Puff i was then our concert got canceled.
Danke für dieses wunderschöne Lied
I am German and learning this song (:
Ja endlich jemand deutsch, 😂
Bitte Danke for posting this Christmas Carol from my childhood.
Came here because I have to sing this solo in front of over 1,000 people, and I don't even speak German
Hey_Itz_Bunny same, I got to sing this in choir
I came here cause my music teacher showed us....and because there's someone in my class that's part German...and I had to dance to a German song with my cousin when we were playing just dance 2014...I think...
Hey_Itz_Bunny same
Same
Hey_Itz_Bunny I had to sing this song in 3rd grade
AHHHHHHHHHHH !! YOUR PRONUNCIATION IS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS!!!!😍😍😍
What a shame this has swearing in the description. I really wanted to us it with my Year 6 class this Christmas but now I can't. Please change it, this is a great resource to teach German!
I love singing the harmony to this... It sounds so pretty together! Danke!
I love this better then english lol
It was originally in German
Thank you. A beautiful Austrian Hymn. Merry Christmas.
In school I took a German and on the last day before Christmas Break we went around to classrooms and sang different Christmas songs is German. I think it was my senior year I can’t remember.
To me, even in its simplicity, Stille Nacht is one the most heart-wrenchingly beautiful carols of all time. Maybe THE most. Somehow, I wound up here in early May, seeking some kind of solace for the pain of seeing my beautiful wife of fifty years slowly inexorably fading away, to die some day hence. I can't tell if my tears hearing this song were for my wife's cruel fate or just because the words and the singer's nearly perfect voice lifted my soul. Why not? For both. Stille Nacht.
Danke. Most beautiful performance. The true heart of Germany.
This song was written in the Austrian countryside.
@@alfgrebs6172 it was written in Salzburg and back then Salzburg was german. Anyway, the whole austrian country IS and STAYS german for ever!
So beautiful. Merry Christmas.
Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia
Ah man, this is beautiful. Thanks for posting it with lyrics!
Deutsch ist eine wunderschöne Sprache... ♥
Sehr Wahr
Ausgezeichnet! Sehr schoen! Aus Amerika, Frohe Weihnachten!
200 years Old!
So many things make me proud to be German. This is one of them! So viele Dinge machen mich stolz, deutscher zu sein. Dies ist einer von ihnen!
Kiedy jest 2:19 ale musisz sie nauczyć tej piosenki do szkoły:
I love the German version of this song. I don't speak much German and I live on Merritt island, FL, US. I learned this whole song in German and I was going to do it on karaoke. But, none of the karaoke bars around here have any German songs on their machines.
They all said they can't use the karaoke version of this or any other songs on RUclips. They said it's illegal and unethical.😕
we are singing this in choir
Now I can see how this stopped the war on that day in 1914. I think that any one from anywhere can agree that this is beautiful whether Christian or not, and I certainly would feel like having a nice conversation with an atheist while this song is playing.
Das haben wir heute in der Schule gesagt und hat sich so an gehört als unsere Klasse in einem Chor ist und wir singen wie im Chor
Nanami-Chan no nie spodziewałabym sie tego po niej =^.^= Fajne wykonanie
christmas truce