How do you speak in a German accent?

Answer 1

Just practice! Get some films with German actors/actresses in an English speaking role, listen and then practice, and have at it. You must have the "ear", but it's not difficult.

I found it relatively easy, and often use it while trying to impress innocent ladies with my suave European manner. Not easy if you're mainly from SoCal. (just kidding?) :))

And, if you actually mean speaking German with the proper accent--still, it's practice. I studied in Munich for two years of college, and learn languages easily, with a good accent--practice, practice!! The funniest was americans from the South. Their German "accent" was hilarious. Just consider the basic: Wo ist der Bahnhof, bitte? in a Southern accent.:))

Some of us could have been a bit more compassionate about others' accents, but we were young and foolish :))

Answer 2

Many of the WWII films made simply after the struggle similar to The Longest Day did have Germans talking german with subtitles. This gave the movie an excessively professional suppose. The equal for Tora tora tora where Japanese Naval workforce all spoke eastern with subtitles. A higher predicament, In my opinion, is the fashion of contemporary Hollywood struggle films to rewrite historical past to make the Americans look to have taken facet in movements that had not anything to do with them. Examples are U571 where Jon Bon Jovi captures the enigma code desktop from the Germans. In fact this used to be the British and Objective Burma where Errol Flynn relieves Burma from Japanese career whilst correctly no americans have been combating in Burma in any respect.

Answer 3

Whatever you do, don't just switch all your w's to v's, etc. and call that a german accent. That is just how Germans are stereotypically portrayed as talking in America, but trust me, I spent 11 months in Germany, and was frequently the victim of people wanting to practice their English with me, and no one talks like that! Even older people I talked to had great English pronunciation.

Answer 4

there are tapes sold on line where you follow a written text that the speaker on the tapes speaks with a heavy german accent.
The most prominent changes is the letter "v" for english words that start with "w" e.g. "Vat do you vant?" (what do you want).
the rolled "R" letter. r-r-r-r-r-. Th words end up as "z" or "d" words and the "U" sound changes to "OOOO" e.g.
"Zat ees verrry gooot" (That is very good)
Buy the tapes, get good!. I can imitate russian, german and french. The hardest one to imitate is british and irish

Answer 5

I've studied German for 19 years, and i still haven't managed it completely, so i guess it's practice and more practice.
Your consonants must sound real hard, and the letter R should be pronounced gutturally.