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German Kitty watermelon (imgur.com)

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[–]Munky0512 193 points194 points ago

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/4/3/11/anigif_enhanced-buzz-2312-1333467120-7.gif

[–]log1k 23 points24 points ago

I'm not even going to question why on earth this gif exists. I'm just happy it does exist.

[–]xlaxplaya 43 points44 points ago

The fuck?

[–]kevinpilgrim 1 point2 points ago

genius

[–]Chrischn89 28 points29 points ago

Native german here... I can't quite figure out what made this so funny for you guys but I'm glad our language entertains everybody :)

[–]Whirledpeas1129 19 points20 points ago

In America, people think those who speak German sound very serious and authoritative. Obviously, it's just a stereotype, but it made this cat meme really funny. I read it in a very serious German accent.

[–]HerpinDerpster 4 points5 points ago

Dutch (absurdist) comedian Hans Teeuwen once did a rather humorous piece, in German, about a captain of a ship, Günther Schneider, who took on Hans Teeuwen as a little boy, because his parent were in debt to him ("Geld interessiert mich nichts").

Because it is in German, it somehow makes it much more funny to me.

He starts of in Dutch, saying: "And one night... Günther Schneider entered my cabin, and said...". After that, hilarity ensues.

(Might be rather offensive for some, particularly SRS supporters)

[–]Ungefaehr 0 points1 point ago

i don't get it, what's the funny thing about it

[–]HerpinDerpster 2 points3 points ago

I don't think me, explaining to you what makes it funny for me, will make it any funnier for you, all of a sudden.

But to me it's imagining the absurdity of the situation, the over-the-top stereotypical portrayal of butch homo-eroticism on a boat of merely men with connotations of cheesy 70's style German (soft-)porn, along with the obscene taboo of the fact that the captain is alluding to all this to a little kid with a rather sleazy, filthy tone of voice.

Then there's the absurd turn of events when he starts to mention the A-Team out of the blue (with connotations of German voice-synchronization of series and movies, which is a rather humorous phenomenon to a lot of Dutch people), alluding to possible homo-erotic encounters because they're fugitives travelling in a blinded van. Then, to top it off, he mentions the fact that Face (because of earlier mentioned German voice-synchronization) would be called Gezicht in German.

Yeah, I found that pretty funny.

[–]Ungefaehr 0 points1 point ago

i still dont get it, for me he just tells some obscure monologue with a somewhat creepy voice. But thanks for the attempt to reveal your reception of the scene. :)

[–]RX_AssocResp 0 points1 point ago

It is pretty funny.

[–]RossTheColonel 2 points3 points ago

Ich weiß nicht auch, warum sie finden es witzig. Hahaha.

[–]bobi1 2 points3 points ago

*warum sie es witzig finden is the right structure.

[–]RossTheColonel 0 points1 point ago

Oh, thanks. I've only taken 3 years and structure is the bane of my existence.

[–]Madrawn 0 points1 point ago

Don't worry you do, like Yoda you sound.

[–]RossTheColonel 0 points1 point ago

Dich fick.

[–]Pagan-za 0 points1 point ago

I speak afrikaans and I have no idea why I find that so hilarious.

[–]Bumblebree 72 points73 points ago

It's posts like this that make me realize how closely related German and English are.

[–]einsfurmich 132 points133 points ago

That is because English is a Germanic language.

"The most widely spoken Germanic languages are English and German, with approximately 300–400 million.. They belong to the West Germanic family. The West Germanic group also includes other major languages, such as Dutch with 23 million[4] and Afrikaans with over 6 million native speakers;.[5] The North Germanic languages include Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Faroese, which have a combined total of about 20 million speakers"

[–]pavlovs_hotdog 34 points35 points ago

Your correct and very informative comment made me respect you. Your username made me adore you.

[–]einsfurmich 12 points13 points ago

Thank you kind stranger.

[–]rocketblitz 3 points4 points ago

Just asking, is your name a Rammstein reference? (From the song Zwitter.)

[–]einsfurmich 10 points11 points ago

A little from Zwitter but also one of my favourite movies ever Das Leben der Anderen with one of the best ending or near ending lines of the entire film is a play off of it. If you haven't seen it I recommend it.

[–]Paxientas 2 points3 points ago

I have to watch with subtitles and it is still one of my top 5 favourites. I would recommend it a million times.

[–]einsfurmich 0 points1 point ago

It is a fantastic film.

[–]mimine101 1 point2 points ago

I love that movie! Luckily the end line works in my language too, it is such a sweet ending.

[–]einsfurmich 0 points1 point ago

Glad you enjoy(ed) it as much as me.

[–]Basstissimo 0 points1 point ago

LOVE THAT MOVIE.

Upvote fur dich!

[–]kevinpilgrim 0 points1 point ago

what does leben mean?

[–]malacruz -1 points0 points ago

to live/life depending on the context.

[–]Alese 1 point2 points ago

It's life

[–]Joocannon 0 points1 point ago

Kann ich eins haben? Clearly awful german

[–]einsfurmich 2 points3 points ago

nein! Das Ist Für Mich!

[–]Joocannon 1 point2 points ago

Aber.... Ich möchte dass....

[–]einsfurmich 0 points1 point ago

Aber.... Ich möchte dass nicht =-( alles ist für mich

[–]Joocannon 0 points1 point ago

I would say you win this round, Aber... Ich kann dass nicht sagen D=

[–]buttocks_fairy 0 points1 point ago

Diese Runde hast du gewonnen?

[–]bigbadfox 6 points7 points ago

Afrikaans? No shit? Learn somethin' every day.

[–]bassieeee 13 points14 points ago

Afrikaans is really close to Dutch, because the Dutch had colonies there :) (Afrikaans just means African in Dutch)

[–]revmuun 8 points9 points ago

Well, it's basically Dutch. But different.

[–]kabomlamma 6 points7 points ago

hierdie waatlemoen is van my
van my!!!

[–]aMillionLasers 15 points16 points ago

no offense, but being German I allways find Dutch sounds like retard-german. really, no offense.

[–]kabomlamma 7 points8 points ago

that's Afrikaans not Dutch.(probably badly translated from Dutch via google)

And being Dutch I have the privilege of having no idea how I sound like to speakers of other languages. so you could be right. I don't know.

[–]everflow 3 points4 points ago

I always read Dutch manuals, preparations, list of ingredients, whatever when it is printed on a product I buy. I am still having a hard time understanding it being spoken, but when I read Dutch, I get the feeling I understand every word. It is like a slightly simpler version of German with funny spelling.

[–]Pagan-za 1 point2 points ago

Afrikaans is commonly referred to as kitchen dutch.

Source: Ek praat die taal.

[–]PsychoCemia 0 points1 point ago

Also known as "Cape Dutch," because, as others have said, the Dutch were the first major colonists on the southern Cape of Africa (and what is now South Africa).

[–]atceh 2 points3 points ago

Yes and even many words sound the same, it's just people see it's written out and think it's pronounced differently.

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    [–]gizza 3 points4 points ago

    I thought that too. Until I started learning German. Not nearly as close as I was hoping.

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

    Because English cats are even meaner

    [–]awe300 2 points3 points ago

    It really is. In some dialects, that sentence would be spoken as

    "Des is mei Wassermelon", which wounds almost exactly like english

    [–]AlSpeer 2 points3 points ago

    And then you start learning German and realise that they're different enough grammatically to be a giant pain in the ass.

    English: German is useful.

    German: Deutsch ist nützlich.

    Straightforward one to one translation, so far...

    English: I work for a German company, so German is useful.

    German: Ich arbeite bei einer deutschen Firma, also ist Deutsch nützlich.

    German grammar is a lot more similar to Latin than to English, as a lot of information moves to the word endings.

    I work, you (singular informal) work, he / she /it works, we work, you (2 +, informal) work, you (1+ formal) work, they work...

    In German:

    ich arbeite, du arbeitest, er / sie / es arbeitet, wir arbeiten, ihr arbeitet, Sie arbeiten, sie arbeiten.

    On the plus side, in German "I work", and "I am working", are both 'ich arbeite', so one less thing to learn.

    [–]Meatyfrog 1 point2 points ago

    They're both germanic.

    [–]Pagan-za 0 points1 point ago

    I speak english and afrikaans.

    Thanks to afrikaans I can understand a lot of european dialects. Notably dutch and german.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

    They're not "dialects".

    [–]Pagan-za 0 points1 point ago

    They are to me.

    My country has 11 official languages and a few unofficial ones. Our anthem is 3 languages. And surprisingly, the most common is a dutch variant... Afrikaans.

    To me the difference between dutch and german boils down to boksburg or capetown. Know what they mean, just got to fill in the blanks.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

    I speak several Germanic languages myself, they're still separate languages. The difference between a dialect and a language is not clear by any means. Your familiarity with them does not make them dialects, but I understand your view.

    [–]tercoil 0 points1 point ago

    as someone who learns german as a second language from english... whilst there are some words which are easy to get knowing english by no means lets you get through germany with german.

    knowing english gets you through germany anyway though because of how well educated they all are in the english language :P

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      [–]gamerguyal 16 points17 points ago

      Alright, I give up. What makes the cat German? Is it the breed?

      [–]bestbeforeMar91 17 points18 points ago

      The garden is in Poland.

      [–]hayagriva84 6 points7 points ago

      hey! kurwamacz, to nie jest sprawiedliwe. that's just not fair. we held them back for two weeks with nothing but horses, horses i tell you.

      [–]gravitycompels[S] 60 points61 points ago

      He looked mad and serious and since German is a more guttural, serious sounding language I thought it was funnier in German, especially when it was close enough to English that it could be understood by English speakers. Blame it on typical American stereotyping.

      [–]Foreveraloneatheist 25 points26 points ago

      At least you are honest.

      [–]Madrawn 0 points1 point ago

      Someone once told me that german sounds like someone trying to talk while falling down stairs. ptk ptk ptk ptk

      [–]gamerguyal 17 points18 points ago

      I am at the same time annoyed and amused by the stereotype that German is an angry-sounding language, because most people that think so have only heard the language while it's being yelled by German soldiers in Call of Duty or a WW2-themed movie.

      [–]gravitycompels[S] 36 points37 points ago

      I understand, I actually think German is a fantastic language. But I am not above exploiting a stereotype for my own amusement.

      [–]cryptopian 7 points8 points ago

      I understand, I actually think German is a fantastic language. But I am not above exploiting a stereotype for my own karma.

      FTFY

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        [–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

        Its a very poetic language.

        [–]janemorrisgoodall 10 points11 points ago

        Oh. That makes sense. Does it make me a bad person that I thought "Ohhh, it's German because light fur, blue eyes?"

        [–]crow-black 3 points4 points ago

        Blue Eyes White Dragon!

        [–]mimine101 1 point2 points ago

        That was my guess too. Aryan kitty is Aryan.

        [–]Taylor645 4 points5 points ago

        I also feel like the cat looks somewhat like a wolf, and for some reason I associate wolves with Germany.

        [–]letsgetdisco 1 point2 points ago

        DEUTSCH IST SEHR LUSTIG.

        [–]africanwhale9 0 points1 point ago

        did you make this or did you find it?

        [–]gravitycompels[S] 4 points5 points ago

        I found the picture and added the caption.

        [–]HyperSpaz 0 points1 point ago

        German is a more guttural, serious sounding language

        Care to reconsider? ;-)

        [–]gravitycompels[S] 1 point2 points ago

        It's just a perception. A typical one in the States.

        [–]HyperSpaz 0 points1 point ago

        Because of war films?

        (It's fine, you can mention the war in this case.)

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          [–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

          Its because he is speaking german

          [–]BenAdaephonDelat 33 points34 points ago

          That cats face is what makes this so funny. He looks so angry.

          [–]thedudeabides- 7 points8 points ago

          you know this made me think about racial stereotypes... is the angry German as offensive as the lazy african-american? they're both negative attributes connected to touchy history but the former seems so much more playful.

          [–]ComputerJerk 3 points4 points ago

          As with most stereotypes, they're all harmless and playful until someone takes it seriously.

          [–]herpaderpaa 2 points3 points ago

          Yea?

          [–]TheHebrew 3 points4 points ago

          Yea!

          [–]chazaaam 7 points8 points ago

          JA!

          [–]BenAdaephonDelat 0 points1 point ago

          And... and... I can't think of anything else.

          [–]M1n1true 8 points9 points ago

          This justifies my entire study of German

          [–]Inkyhat 7 points8 points ago

          Thank you for not posting this in /adviceanimals!

          [–]eshoemaker3 1 point2 points ago

          This is one of the first posts to make me actually lol in a long time!

          [–]laikasghost 1 point2 points ago

          Isn't it Das ist*? I must of not been paying attention in German class last year...

          [–]darkwing2k 2 points3 points ago

          You can say both. It's not a typical grammatical error. If you say "Dies" it's a little bit like you are explaining or have a strong relation to your ownership and you are proud of it.

          As you walking with your child through the zoo and telling the names of the animals: "Dies ist ein Hund" auf den Hund zeig (This is a dog) "Dies ist ein Pferd" auf das Pferd zeig (This is a horse)

          But you can also say "Das" in both situations too!

          And the typical stereotype german explanation: Hitler: "DIES IST MEIN REICH!" - there is a stronger binding with "dies". but her too: you dan say "Das ist mein Reich". Both would be correct.

          With the german language you can be very detailed and exact but also stay creative. One of the reasons why german was the language of science before the World wars happened.

          Tschüss. :D

          [–]laikasghost 0 points1 point ago

          Danke!

          [–]Tratix -1 points0 points ago

          as someone who grew up speaking german and still knows it quite fluently, i was thinking the same thing. it's "Die Wassermelone" and "das ist meine wassermelone" im pretty sure.

          [–]Classy_Dame 6 points7 points ago

          I don't know why I find this so funny. I can't stop laughing.

          [–]neostead2000 4 points5 points ago

          This genuinely made me laugh out loud, definitely belongs here

          [–]Grimreaper023 5 points6 points ago

          well done. i am now crying from laughing so hard

          [–]gravitycompels[S] 3 points4 points ago

          I thought this was less funny. Maybe you guys can make better captions. I think it would be a good meme. http://imgur.com/a/foUPx#0

          [–]Proclaim_the_Name 26 points27 points ago

          Ich bin eine Katze.

          [–]gravitycompels[S] 12 points13 points ago

          Damnit.

          [–]Zroawai 9 points10 points ago

          Cat don't care for grammar.

          It is known.

          [–]lolitsaj 8 points9 points ago

          "ik bin einz katze"

          DeutschLOLKatzen

          [–]aMillionLasers 2 points3 points ago

          ik iz ne kazze

          [–]classy_stegasaurus 0 points1 point ago

          It is Hodor.

          [–]skinnyjeansandthongs 2 points3 points ago

          This made my day. : ) I fucking lol'd many lols.

          [–]katatafisch 1 point2 points ago

          Toll, jetzt hab ich Hunger auf Wassermelone...um halb 4 nachts.

          [–]gravitycompels[S] 4 points5 points ago

          http://imgur.com/jY64W

          [–]SuperMaxPower 0 points1 point ago

          Das muss sich durchsetzen. Es ist wundervoll.

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

          That cat drinks Hitler Did Nothing Wrong

          [–]Tetelesthai 2 points3 points ago

          I give this the lmao stamp. Actually made me laugh. The cat's expression and radially-extending hair makes it perfect with the German.

          [–]kolm 137 points138 points ago

          German kitties seem to have a better grasp at grammar than english speaking ones.

          [–]RossTheColonel 52 points53 points ago

          Haha richtig!

          [–]Gnarlgi 29 points30 points ago

          Naturlich!

          [–]RossTheColonel 28 points29 points ago

          Wir ritten den KARMAZUG! Choo-Choo Mutterficker!

          Bearbeit: Ich habe versehentlich ein Wort.

          [–]aMillionLasers 15 points16 points ago

          Mein Herr, wenn ich Sie korrigieren darf: der Plural von "Mutterficker" ist schlicht "Mutterficker". Einen schönen Tag!

          [–]ruhrpott 4 points5 points ago

          That was brillant. Thank you, sir.

          [–]herzogg 3 points4 points ago

          Tuff Tuff

          [–]RossTheColonel 0 points1 point ago

          Hmm?

          [–]GreedDisaster 3 points4 points ago

          Tuff Tuff is onomatopoeic for the sound a train makes in german. It's like the literal translation of Choo-Choo.

          [–]RossTheColonel 0 points1 point ago

          Ah. I suspected that. Like how in other languages the noise dogs make is different than "bark"?

          [–]GreedDisaster 2 points3 points ago

          Right. It's "wau" or "wuff" in german. It's really weird since you learn it as a child as one of the first 1000 words probably.

          Every kid refers to a dog as "wau wau" before it learns that it's actually called a dog or a "hund" in this case.

          I really don't know why the difference between "bark" and "wuff" is so extreme. In the case of the train it's actually pretty clear. "Choo-Choo" refers to the signal a train makes and which you can hear from far away. The german "tuff tuff" is imitating the sound the actual steam engine does, you know, when the steam is being exhausted from the cylinders.

          [–]RossTheColonel 0 points1 point ago

          Thats actually extremely interesting. So wau wau would sound like vow vow?

          [–]didi79 1 point2 points ago

          you have done what with the word?

          [–]RossTheColonel 0 points1 point ago

          I accidentally a word. Google translate is like a retarded poly linguist. It knows most of the words, but can't put them in any order whatsoever and mistakes some words for others.

          [–]Joocannon 27 points28 points ago

          Wunderbar! We are shouting random german words right?

          [–]Sparke28 23 points24 points ago

          Es gibt so viele Pizzas in meiner Hose.

          [–]percaderp 12 points13 points ago

          ಠ_ಠ

          [–]Horst665 1 point2 points ago

          Mein Luftkissenboot ist voller Aale!

          Ich möchte diesen Teppich nicht kaufen!

          [–]off-and-on 0 points1 point ago

          translation: something something something pizza something house.

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            [–][deleted] ago

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            [–]toastedipod 10 points11 points ago

            Es kommt darauf an.

            [–]DrJarp 3 points4 points ago

            Dilemma!

            [–]Chrischn89 3 points4 points ago

            Einhorn.

            [–]YosemiteSam81 6 points7 points ago

            Einhorn is Finkle?!? Finkle is Einhorn?!?!

            [–]zolfe -2 points-1 points ago

            Wir mussen die Juden ausrotten!

            EDIT: Apparently no one has seen South Park. D:

            [–]goldenfreddy 3 points4 points ago

            Nein. Nie.

            [–]Flederkatz 1 point2 points ago

            It would be "ausrotten". But still nein.

            [–]RofflesTheMighty 12 points13 points ago

            SCHMETTERLING

            [–]The_Dorklord 0 points1 point ago

            Ja! Mein Schimpanse ist ein Naughty Toaster. Eine Zeit, er Fäkalien beschmiert alle über meine Cheetos Factory mit elf Ahorn braun Rolltreppe Elch. Neunzehn Hüte sind schwer zu Vanille Wenn Feuer ist das Schwimmen für Dragon Obst Haus.

            EDIT: Meine Finger Essen counter Mund Fledermäuse für die Jahre an Tanks Taste. Nach oben Abstimmung auf der linken Seite.

            [–]DarthFranky 4 points5 points ago

            Was zum Teufel habe ich gerade gelesen...

            [–]Kriwi 2 points3 points ago

            Das gleiche hab ich mir auch gerade gedacht

            [–]The_Dorklord 0 points1 point ago

            Ich wiess nicht..

            [–]Eluriel 4 points5 points ago

            MEIN LEBEN!

            [–]airbase23 0 points1 point ago

            isn't this from a game or sth?

            [–]gnarlysaurus -1 points0 points ago

            Achtung frowlein kittenstein!

            [–]skatedaddy 0 points1 point ago

            Balogna?

            [–]panamaspace 0 points1 point ago

            Ich bin ein Berliner?

            [–]mrbarry1024 0 points1 point ago

            Es gibt keine schokoladenkäsekuchen!

            [–]obligatory_ 2 points3 points ago

            Hey dude, have some of mine! äÄöÖüÜß

            [–]AlSpeer 1 point2 points ago

            ...at the risk of being a spelling, erm, Nazi... you're missing an umlaut, it's natürlich.

            [–]Gnarlgi 1 point2 points ago

            Danke schön

            [–]purpleblazed 1 point2 points ago

            Genau!

            [–]girlinboots 0 points1 point ago

            God dammit guys, if I keep laughing like this my boss will catch on that I'm fucking off.

            [–]RofflesTheMighty 2 points3 points ago

            i laughed waaaaaay too hard at this

            [–]ajbasher1229 1 point2 points ago

            Who would've thought that duo lingo would help me understand something on reddit

            [–]IgotNukes 0 points1 point ago

            i think photoshop

            [–]EchoSolo -1 points0 points ago

            Dammit! I told myself I wasn't going to laugh!'

            [–]alexss3 0 points1 point ago

            klasse!

            [–]Zljutrix 1 point2 points ago

            Why is the German kitty angry? Why associate anger with German?

            [–]cfr33zy -1 points0 points ago

            AUF WEIDERSEIHEN!

            [–]Penguin_Party12345 -1 points0 points ago

            I had no clue what to expect from this title. Was pleasantly surprised when it was exactly what I should have expected.

            [–]ch00d -1 points0 points ago

            Usually I hate lolcats and such. But this made me chuckle.

            [–]hogancatalyst 0 points1 point ago

            Id let him take over my country any day

            [–]cmlee1017 0 points1 point ago

            It's kitty Neal McDonough!

            [–]EdithKeelerMustDie 0 points1 point ago

            pure gold!

            [–]Thediepend -1 points0 points ago

            Diese wassermelone kitten gefaelt Mir.

            [–]duquesne419 1 point2 points ago

            why is it so much funnier because the cat is german?

            well i don't know why, but it sure as fuck is.

            [–]lenaurora 0 points1 point ago

            DU NIMMST BITTE DEINE DRECKIGEN FINGER WEG VON MEINE WASSERMELONE! DIESE IST DIE BESTE WASSERMELONDE DER WELT UND ICH WILL SIE GANZ ALLEINE ESSEN! ICH TEILE SIE NICHT MIT DIR! NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN!

            [–]laughingwhale 0 points1 point ago

            I laughed when I first saw this, holy fack.

            [–]escape_your_destiny 0 points1 point ago

            Shoudn't it be: Das ist meine Wassermelone?

            [–]thmms 0 points1 point ago

            LOLLLLLLLLL

            [–]Typical_Asain -1 points0 points ago

            Did you google translate that? Because the spelling for some words do not match the verbs.

            [–]gravitycompels[S] 0 points1 point ago

            Germans have disagreed. Look below for the argument which ensued over just that subject. But yes I did.

            [–]bucketofscum 0 points1 point ago

            I do not think I have ever procured so much joy from a single photograph.

            [–]swagcakes 0 points1 point ago

            I don't see why the Cat has to be German..

            [–]theconstipator 0 points1 point ago

            We need more foreigm kittehs

            [–]jochens 0 points1 point ago

            Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! ... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput.

            [–]Lando360 0 points1 point ago

            What kind of breed is he? He's so cute - and yes German is the perfect language for his looks - in fact the only language more fit to curse in is Japaneese imho

            [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

            The Japanese traveled the world at one point [in modern history] to find, evaluate and appropriate the best systems they could find. It was a period of great modernization for Japan.

            They liked a lot about Germany, its legal system (BGB), their industrial know-how and military order. For very good reasons, Germany was a hotbed of innovation prior to the wars. While Japan had many European nation's aid in training their army, notably France, the Germans ended up being their closest ally.

            While the Germans were initially allied with the [non-Communist] Chinese that changed quickly with the advent of WWII. Nazi-Germany and the Japanese Empire became strong allies.

            They both had/have authoritarian cultures, maybe that's why you perceive Japanese as equally fitting?

            [–]darkwing2k 0 points1 point ago

            Just learn: Plattdeutsch / Low German: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plattdeutsch

            It's spoken in the northwestern parts in germany and on the other side of the netherlands.

            Now you can "understand" dutch, english and german... no no, it's not that easy, but my grandparents speak plattdeutsch and it's amazing how many words you can understand if you speak german and english. but then you are realizing that there are other words that doesn't make sense for you. in my opinion it's an amazing language and it's a tragedy that it isn't spoken that much anymore.

            [–]elwoodguer 0 points1 point ago

            This is the most evil ball of cuteness I've ever seen.

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            [–]thatfool 9 points10 points ago

            No, it translates to "mine". German doesn't have "my".

            [–]EdricStorm 8 points9 points ago

            Gotta think old school English!

            This is mine watermelon!

            Mine!

            [–]Yofi 1 point2 points ago

            I guess I'm wrong, but I thought "mine" was "meins."

            [–]atceh 4 points5 points ago

                        Maskulin Feminin Neutrum Plural
Nominativ   mein    meine   mein    meine
Genitiv     meines  meiner  meines  meiner
Dativ       meinem  meiner  meinem  meinen
Akkusativ   meinen  meine   mein    meine

            The conjugation table is different if the possesive pronoun is not in front of a noun.

            [–]Ownaginatious 2 points3 points ago

            I fucking hate the existence of this set of rules when it comes to adjective endings. Especially since it all completely changes based on whether the noun is definite/indefinite or doesn't have an article.

            [–]atceh 2 points3 points ago

            Even that irish polyglot that did an AMA yesterday made some of those errors. It's not a big deal if you're not a native speaker.

            [–]Yofi 0 points1 point ago

            I know those words for "my," but I just thought "mine" was different.

            [–]atceh 0 points1 point ago

            "meins" is colloquial for the nominative "meines" and it's never used in written language.

            Actually you rarely ever hear someone talk about "Das ist meines" but "Das ist meins!".

            But very often you will hear "Das Haus meines Bruders", which would be genitive in that table. And in this case you can't say "Das Haus meins Bruders"

            [–]SkaveRat 0 points1 point ago

            it does

            [–]Kastenbrot 1 point2 points ago

            Well if you just take "mein" it is a my. But "meine" changes everything. German grammar is a bitch if you don't grow up with it.

            Example:

            Es ist mein Käse.

            It is my cheese.

            Tut mir leid dich berichtigen zu müssen.

            [–]thatfool 4 points5 points ago

            No, it quite literally just doesn't have "my", which is an abbreviation of "mine" that appeared in English in the 12th century.

            [–]Kastenbrot 5 points6 points ago

            Huh, interesting. Guess I was wrong! Could you give me a source on that please? But thanks for the downvote anyways.

            [–]Pagan-za 0 points1 point ago

            Interestingly: In afrikaans, "mine" is written as "myne".

            [–]gravitycompels[S] 3 points4 points ago

            I did the best I could with Google translate. Originally it wanted to translate the second mine into the German word for a coal type mine. I guess I could fix it... but I probably won't.

            [–]thatfool 11 points12 points ago

            As a native speaker of German, I assure you "meine" is 100% correct.

            [–]Mightyfool 1 point2 points ago

            bestätigt!

            [–]pixartist 0 points1 point ago

            Nope, German does use the same word for "my" and "mine"...

            [–]xl_ent 0 points1 point ago

            Sometimes.

            [–]jacobcj -1 points0 points ago

            The "e" on the end of "meine" is supposed to correlate to the gender of the noun. Since the German word for watermelon is a feminine word, then yes it is "meine Wassermellone"

            Since the second line is a stand alone statement, the "E" at the end is unnecessary. It doesn't make it wrong. It's just ... What ever.

            [–]ABearDrankMyPee 18 points19 points ago

            Actually, as a German native speaker, I have to correct you. The second "meine" refers to the same "Wassermelone" as the first, so you can't change the word. To my surprises the whole meme is in correct German.

            Still feels weird to see something German on Reddit..

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