How to Pronounce ALL German Mondstadt Names in Genshin Impact

[@otherwise9934]

Diluc’s name is derived from latin word diluculum which means dawn, so is his father’s. Crepus, crepusculum which is twilight or dusk 🥨

[@louminarytv]

Oh that's super interesting! Thank you for sharing :)

[@louminarytv]

Now Dawn Winery makes even more sense!

[@lux_kul]

so amazing to know how much thought was put behind names!!

[@zortingen3169]

@@louminarytv Also his Q being called "Dawn" :D

[@your_local_idiot2354]

The last name Alberich in german mythology means elf kig/elf power and ruler of super natural beings :)

[@louminarytv]

OH you're right! I forgot about German mythology for a second LOL. Thank you for adding this ✨

[@your_local_idiot2354]

@@louminarytv Its ok I didn’t know either till someone told me 👍

[@Gina_bps-cs2289]

Also, it's a royal name from kaenriah

[@Shiori95chan]

Lisa Minci is definitely Italian. Lisa is a very common name in Italy and Minci is also a common surname from Tuscany.
Also Venti is an Italian word as well, directly translates to winds.

[@MinVerden764]

Lisa is in Germany very popular 🙈 but names a often from other countries. We also has often Maria here or best example, my name is Sabrina and this is an english name but i am german and mamy Germans has this name 😇

[@rufavulpes]

It’s also Latin too, so as a Latin nerd, when I saw that the wind fox was named Venti, I started wheezing

[@zortingen3169]

I think Mondstadt is just supposed to be a compound representation of German, Nordic and Anglo people. Similar to how Sumeru has Middle Eastern, North African and (South) Asian representations.

[@loblyamii6166]

Sumeru is the actual name of one of a mountain in the Himalayan ranges

[@TheDocAstaroth]

Yeah, it is a mix of certain elements of the modern interpretations of fairy tale knights, like from the Matters of Britain, France and Rome. The entire Order is essentially build around the tropes of the Knight errant. Meanwhile, Fountaine is essentially "(European) Muscials - The Country".

[@leonardoalvarenga7572]

I think Mondstadt is more specifically meant to be the Holy Roman Empire rather than just Germany. It then explains the few nods to French, Italian and even Roman iconography and references here and there even though German is predominant.

[@TheDocAstaroth]

@@leonardoalvarenga7572 Actually, I change my opinion. Mondstadt is shoujo manga Europe, if I think about it. The leader of the knight order is called Jeanne, like "Jeanne d'Arc". With the adaption of European history in manga around 1950s-70s, the female knight became an incredible influential Archetype in shoujo manga (see "Princess knight" or "Lady Oscar"), particaluary because of the popularity of French and Italian art, which was filtered by nationalist movements to "modernize" their history to make it more popular. That is why Jeanne d'Arc was portrait with armour around the 19th century and became essential a prototype for the iconography of the "Female Knight" in art.

[@samirSch]

@@loblyamii6166 Coincidence, definitely. "Sumeru" name is clearly based on Sumer, the first civilization in Mesopotamia, in which is now mostly Iraq, although the prevalence of arab is mostly in names whereas the archtecture and culture are mostly "persian" (iranian) and the cuisine and some spiritual elements you find scattered (like Aranara's cycle of ressurection) are hindi. And ofc the Desert is mostly egyptian/north Africa influenced.

[@catboydiluc]

my favorite genshin character : dirk.

[@louminarytv]

We truly missed out here, it should've been Dirk :(

[@trashcannoisseur]

🥨lore-wise the moon is very important and tied to divinity in the game; I think it's fitting that both regions available at launch (Mondstadt and Liyue, where yue is moon) make reference to it

[@louminarytv]

Oh you're right! I forgot that Liyue had the Chinese character for "moon" in it, too :D

[@NoelleIsTheGeoArchon]

"Bennette is just Bennette."

[@renatomarelli4199]

Rosaria is an italian name. It comes from the Latin "Rosarium" (bush of roses or crown of roses). That covers her thorny side, but keep in mind that rosario in italian is also a chain made of grains that is used to keep counts while praying, connecting her to her nun aspect.

[@louminarytv]

That's beautiful! And makes a lot of sense actually :)

[@MrAnimegucker]

the whole premise of Mondstadt is more based on old Germany when it was still 140-ish Kingdoms and not a nation back then a lot of german,french and italian combinations happened so that explains why there are so many different nationalities in Mondstadt like for an example we all know or at least should that Jean is loosly based on Jeanne D'Arc who is called Johanna von Orleans in german so technically speaking Jean just uses the french version of the german name Johanna, that happened a lot back in the days another great example is King Charlmagne in french who was called Karl der Große in german
Obviously back then in the northern part a lot of people were more nordic as well which explains the norse names

[@lemin0u]

that makes sense actually

[@TheLostAge]

That's funny that in Spanish they also changed Sucrose's name to its Spanish translation: "Sacarosa". So that makes me wonder, why do they do that specifically for her and no one else?

[@louminarytv]

Ohh I wonder if it's the same in French :O But I have no idea why..

[@AURAKay1996]

In german it is saccharose it's interesting

[@studentwolf1538]

Maybe so nobody with dirty mind would misunderstood her name..?
just guessing

[@betternew4749]

@@louminarytv I'm french and we seem to be the exception to the rule, Sucrose is Sucrose

[@louminarytv]

@@betternew4749 I see! That's really interesting, is "sucrose" just a French word for sugar?

[@starflightwinter633]

When I first started playing genshin I laughed at Mondstadt. I speak Dutch and mond means "mouth". "Mouth city"

[@louminarytv]

OHH that'd be like "Mundstadt" in German haha

[@TheLostAge]

So basically what I got from this is that even though Mondstat as a region is supposedly based on Germany, playable characters from this region don't have German names at all except for Fischl, and Albedo/Diona who have a title/surname in German. But really the only character that has any German terms related to them at all is Fischl. I feel like Mondstat as a region has exceptionally little relation to Germany, compared to the rest of the regions who are heavily influenced by their real world counterparts in not just the name of their playable characters but their architecture, landscapes, flora, fauna and names of places and NPCs. Do you as a German see any references to Germany in Mondstat as a region? Besides the names of the festivals, are they actually related to real world German festivals? What about the architecture and lore of the city, the landscapes of the region, etc?

[@louminarytv]

That's a good question! I must admit I'm not the most knowledgable about the details of German architecture etc., but I do believe they took inspiration not only from Germany, but Scandinavia, Holland and other countries as well (especially with the old Norse names etc.). We do have the Goth Grand Hotel which is supposed to be the Goethe Grand Hotel - so we have that connection there. The windmills make me think of Holland more than Germany if I'm honest - that's something a lof us commonly associate with Holland, but I can see how the "drinking culture", albeit not the most important part, could be taken from Germany lol. Houses and decorations also look similar to what you can still find in some older villages in some parts of Germany, or in those with old town centres. Having a big church overseeing the city is also not necessarily a German thing only... I wish I could tell you more, maybe once I've had some time to think about it :) Perhaps someone with deeper knowledge on architecture can chime in XD

[@Cherryxarts]

architecture definitely, Mondstadt looks a lot like a more old town close to me. And even with the fact that most characters don't have fully German names I think its pretty fitting, I know very few Germans who have actual German names, we've kinda become a mash of different cultures and all sorts of people and that really fits the city of freedom imo, so I guess thats where I personally see another coalition. (Also I'm glad they don't have actual German names because having characters named Ingeborg, Otto or Hanz Peter would be really fucking tragic 💀)

[@louminarytv]

@@Cherryxarts I'd love to be an Ingeborg XD

[@roanoord6436]

⁠@@louminarytvlittle late on this but this is indeed true, the windmills we have here in the Netherlands, and i feel like a few more things are inspired from the Netherlands/Dutch, i’ll make a list :)
Amber’s name is common here pronounced with the same A y’all have in Germany
The windmills of course
I feel like the riverdelta above Dadaupa Gorge is kinda representing the delta that we have at Rotterdam
We have alot of cities where there is indeed a big church in the middle of it with the colored glass
Calla lily’s look somewhat like blooming tulips which we are known for
Ps: i know some scandinavian language and Dvalin comes from there too meaning hibernation which kinda makes sense since he woke up from his long period of being controlled.

[@jethex3542]

I feel like I'd want to comment on how much it relates to me:
I grew up in a hilly wine area of south-west germany, and especially the winery fits it so well and hits right at home. The entire aesthetic of Mondstadt itself fits many older towns, windmills also used to really cover the landscape down here.
my grandmothers name was Mona, so.... you know :)
Lisa is probably the most common female name I have ever encountered here as well in my generation, where as Dirk and Barbara are very very common for people a decade or 2 older than myself.
I also wanna mention that Rheintöchter, Rhine-daughters ( Rhinnedottir?) are a thing and actually refer to a women-only, presumably even witchcraft related, social circle in the (surprise, surprise) Rhine Area, so I also like to think that they somehow came across that while researching.
Also, the south west used to be a gigantic trading hub, where the merchant routes from south to north, and east to west collided, meaning it had people from all over the world, thousand years ago already. French, italian, nordic, slavic names and heritages are very very common here.

[@name_unbekannt9976]

Immer wenn ich Barbara höre kann ich nur an "Rhabarberbarbarabarbarbarenbartbarbierbierbarbärbel" denken lol

[@louminarytv]

Ich auch XD Ist einfach so eingebrannt irgendwie

[@MamaTyranno]

Same haha

[@NorthWolf97]

As a Swede, it's really interesting to see many words and influences we share from our common Germanic origins.

[@MinVerden764]

Oh yes and we also from yours 🥰 Germania was a big thing 😂 We have many similiar myths or fairytales but nordic is a bit better i think 🤭 i like trolls very much. And we have dwarfs and witches or something like this.

[@atomotron]

Yeah, Sucrose... I started to play because of her. Or, rather, because of her name in Russian. As in German, her name was translated directly, and became Сахароза. That cracks me right up, so I wanted her as my first character, and surprisingly, I got her C1 from the first 10-pull. So it was decided that I will be playing this game, and I never regretted it.

[@samirSch]

LOL much easier than me. I saw the Qiqi advertising here "I want to ask, can we stay together, for the rest of life, until death?" and thought it was a ped0 game. But boredom and seeing people playing and how it was free I decided to give a shot...and seeing Paimon being fished made me laugh I decided to stay...one of the best decisions of my life.
Been playing since 2.8 religiously...and still no Jean.

[@beeforuever]

My native language is neither English nor German. Whenever Fishl speaks, I need a dictionary....

[@sson386]

There's one more festival that gets mentioned in the game/shown in the Manga called Ludi Harpastum.

[@louminarytv]

Oh true! Phonetically, I believe we'd say it like "lude-y haPAStoom ("oo" being a bit longer, kind of like you'd say the "om" in "kingdom"). From what I've read, Ludi Harpastum (Latin) refers to public (ball) games that were held way back in the day.

[@RaidenHour]

Eula’s name is Swiss German. I kinda think that because of Euler’s formula. Euler, Eula. The are very similar

[@louminarytv]

Interesting! I didn't know about this :)

[@S3EV3EN]

LISA IS ITALIAN🥖🥖🥖🥖🇮🇹🇮🇹🍕🍕🍝🍝

[@markzhang9765]

wow~your voice is so soft and i really love it ，listening German pronunciation is very interesting ，thank u😂

[@louminarytv]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@NewExile]

I love that there's both a Hertha and an Otto in this, given they're both names that appear in other MiHoYo games - Star Rail and Honkai Impact, respectively.

[@louminarytv]

True, I didn't realize that before!

[@user-ru3zw6lz9h]

You have such a soothing voice. Lovely video, I really enjoyed hearing the German pronunciations!

[@MiraLace]

Mondstadt is a whole mess when it comes to inspiration. It has German and Italian, i noticed a lot of latin too and I'm sure there are a lot of other places. Like look at Venti, it literally means wind in Italian and I think one of his constellations are written in Italian even in English. Also Minci is indeed Italian, it's a rare surname.

[@anonym2783]

I'm German and if I wouldn't always hear english speakers pronounce kaeya as 'kaya' I would call him 'käya'

[@NanaNanaque]

Imernacht = evernight is a thing in genshin (enkonomiyas evernight tempel)

[@EffaloveZurcaroh]

I'm half German but my German is really bad so your video is really helpful.. danke 😀

[@louminarytv]

Oh that's awesome! I'm glad I could help a bit ❤

[@dearme4536]

Lol im full german good luck with learning it

[@adis.g6569]

Mein Fraulein

[@s.x.p.h.i.a]

I can only say (as a german) that during the archon quest when they talked about the „lyre der Himmel“ the prounounciation (idk how to spell it) was kind of funny cuz I first didn‘t know what they meant (lyre der himmel translates to lyre of the sky or heaven becauce Himmel has two meanings in german, sky and heaven)

[@gibhuggiesnow1361]

Ong yess also if u think abt it Mondstat is probably the the closest one yo Celistia/heaven lol

[@louminarytv]

SAME

[@urazoe8240]

Der Freischütz oder Der Freyschütze ist eine Oper die ihre Uraufführung 1821 im Königlichen Schauspielhaus Berlin hatte. Meist wird der Freischütz jedoch mit Wilhelm Tell in ferbindung gebracht. "Durch diese hole Gasse muss er kommen."

[@ViperDivinity]

Thoma's name might be actually Thomas... Since Thoma is a native of Mondstadt but left for Inazuma, which is equivalent of Japan. He changed his name to Thoma to fit the culture of Inazuma. Just like the NPC named Kurisu (which obviously Chris)

[@C.Bonczewski666]

Don't forget about Wagner and Schultz from the blacksmith

[@R.F.9847]

🥨 Mona's epithet "Megistus" is Greek and means "great". So she's Mona the Great.

[@genshinsupportclub]

Love this so much!! 🎉💜

[@louminarytv]

Thank you so much, MJ!!

[@loblyamii6166]

ok hearing Jean in German, pronunciation of Jean Kirstein from AOT makes so much sense

[@superherofan9425]

🥨!
Vielen Dank fürs Video! Ich hab es sehr genossen. Ich kann schon ein bisschen Deutsch, aber ich hatte Genshin schon angefangen, vor ich angefangen habe, Deutsch zu lernen. Deswegen war ich ein bisschen neugierig, ob meine Idee von die richtige Aussprache echt richtig war.
Ich wünsche dir einen schönen Tag noch!

[@louminarytv]

Vielen Dank für den lieben Kommentar! Viel Erfolg beim Lernen

[@superherofan9425]

@@louminarytv Vielen Dank!

[@aniyo5287]

Very instructive video ! It's always cool to know how the characters names are prononced in their "origine" language, btw I've seen that Oz full name is Ozvaldo Von Hrafnavins, could you tell me how to prononce it and if it means anything please ?

[@louminarytv]

Thank you so much, I appreciate that ☺ You're right, I completely forgot about Oz's full name. I do have it mentioned in a short video: ruclips.net/video/PXX9O2YaAdI/видео.html ✨ It seems to come from old Norse and mean "Raven + Friend" :)

[@aniyo5287]

@@louminarytv I see, thanks a lot for your response !

[@aniyo5287]

@@louminarytv I see, thanks a lot for your response !

[@-MsY-]

Mondstatd: germany
Liyue: china
Inazuma: japan
Sumeru: Arabic, Iran, Iraq, babylonian
Fontaine:France
Natlan: idk
Sneznhaya (i think i spelled that wrong): russia

[@pdrkunch]

Sumeru like took reference from Early civilization sumer so its arabic iran,iraq or Babylonian

[@-MsY-]

@@pdrkunch ohh alr ty

[@darliingbea]

🥨thank you so much for this!! german is so beautiful and i would learn it, but I'm already learning Chinese, Korean, and Spanish!! haha

[@vithefree]

"i don't know what's going on" REAL

[@loblyamii6166]

Kaeya is a Indian character same goes to the name, putting more correctly "Kaya" meaning- 'body' in Sanskrit

[@Phranciscusmagnus]

Eula is the abbreviation in Spanish for "Eulalia".

[@KashiTake]

Marcel aus Berlin (Mondstadt), Macho, Model, maskulines Meisterwerk.

[@boochii-desu6852]

Until this day, im still wondering why Jean and Barbara has different surnames when they are sisters

[@kleefairy]

Their parents are separated. Jean took their mother's surname meanwhile Barbara took their father's.

[@ting2870]

5:40 same in Spanish, they changed it to the direct translation: Sacarosa

[@xumi2137]

i maybe know why there a little names in latin or french - german and france become from western roman empire and separite to 3 parts, and german in the begging of its exist was holy roman empire, and in germany specially in te south are a lot of roman architecture! im genshin in Mondstadt we see this as khaenri'ah ruins and ruins from temples for istaroh the god of time

[@karolinedemon]

When i first started the game i was so annoyed at how mondstadt is pronounced but i got used to it

[@louminarytv]

Me too haha

[@aelfycarcini3992]

As Mexican, I don't expect Natlan to refer only to pre-Hispanic Mexico, taking into account the name of the region with a totally Aztec style.
In the same way, I always thought Mondstadt primarily reflected Germany, but other European influences could be found: Nordic or English especially. Not French, because that's what Fontaine is for.

[@samirSch]

🥨🥨🥨 great video

[@AxariaGamings]

Lawrence is French if I am not wrong

[@renatomarelli4199]

I should do one for Fatui Harbingers names.

[@MinVerden764]

Yeah they all italian 🙈 idk why cause there country is more like russia. But maybe the harbingers are like the italian mafia and has there names from this 😇

[@NanaNanaque]

You did not read lore and it showes 😂

[@Eulamom-sof]

8:48

[@dwisatriyaprajna6436]

NPC Marjorie?

[@RoseCookiASMR]

bruhbruh its pegg day!

[@snouf]

I hate how Oz says Mein Fräulein as a German/American it kills me ☠️😭🥨

[@kindredtoast3439]

What about Eury's name? Same as Eula and pronounced like Yuri, or German name pronounced like Oiry?

[@louminarytv]

Hmm no clue!

[@Necro.666]

7:07😂

[@louminarytv]

~~BARBRUH~~

[@imperatorchierni]

3:30 Dirk wouldn't make sense as all the characters names are normal names and right in the language it's meant to be part of. If they wanted him to be Dirk they would have just called him Dirk and not "Diluc". This makes no sense as they didn't translate it from German to Japanese and then back to German. No one does that and they never fucked up in that matter. 100% sure his name was not meant to be Dirk.

[@riahlexington]

Is Venti an Italian name?

[@dxtremax]

🥨 Danke

[@NanaNanaque]

Eula kommt warscheinlich von Eule

[@MamaTyranno]

Nicht die taube die bei 1:36 einfach nh piep gibt das du bei ihr vorbei rennst und sie nicht weg fliegt xD 🥨

[@louminarytv]

Sie konnte nichts schockieren :D

[@SupiSuki]

genshin story facts (SPOILERS): alberich is the name of the pure blood royal family of khaenriah, and yes kaeya is a khaenriahn

[@herescometrevvy]

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[@aminemaims]

Mona is not from german

[@chezachelik]

thanks dude 🥨

[@eggmancorp]

Thanks for this informative video 🥨🥨

[@Sezenian]

Isn't Amber in German pronounced with the "A" from St'a'dt? 🥨

[@louminarytv]

Perhaps, but I don't think we really have Ambers in Germany that are pronounced that way, I could be wrong :D

[@Sezenian]

@@louminarytv might just be Dutch then.. 😅

[@Yeneney]

that was really interesting, thank you! it was very fun to follow along and try to repeat after you, i don't speak german at all but i had a good time anyway :D keep up the good work! 🥨

[@louminarytv]

Thank you so much, I'm really happy you enjoyed it 💗

[@dilucae]

now i finally undrestand the inside joke among germans regarding immernachtreich lol 🥨

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