Native German Speakers Question?

Question

Do you guys roll your r's like they do in Spanish.

Because I'm learning German and the tapes really don't roll the r's. But when I listen to Rammstein or about any other German speaking I hear them roll their R's.

Answer 1

I don't roll my R's but some Germans do depending on where they are from. I have heard Bavarians who roll their R's but also some Germans speaking Low German.
But those are the only cases that I know of.

How the R is pronounced depends on where the R is in the word (whether it's before or after a vowel e.g. drei or wer). You will be able to hear the R in drei (whether rolled or not) but it's almost silent in wer. In Spanish the R's are always rolled, in German, if it's rolled, only if it's before a vowel (Bavarians, please correct me if I'm wrong).

Some Americans think I roll my R's but it is actually a very different sound. I make the sound in the back of my mouth while when rolling your R's (like in Spanish) it's in the front. BTW I've had many native Spanish speakers try to teach me how to roll my R's but it's impossible to do for me.

Answer 2

As it was said, it depends the region you came. I'm not native, but I live next Germany. A lot of Germans (from Baden Wurttemberg) come here in France to shop and they don't roll the 'r. I learned german since I was a kid and my grand parents are german from North and I don't roll the 'r when I speak german. But in South Germany they roll the 'r (I noticed it when I was in Munich, Bayern).

And I think that the actors and the singers (e.g rammstein or tokio hotel) roll the 'r for hearding the german accent and for better understanding the lyrics.

Answer 3

I'm not native, but I'm studying German, and I've traveled to Germany. What I've seen, is that it depends on the region the person is from. when I was in the east, I didn't really hear anybody roll their R's. and I didn't notice it in the north either. places like Hamburg. bug my German teacher is from Bayern and she rolls her R's alot. (not as much as we do in Spanish though) so I think is a southern thing...
the guy from Rammstein is from East Germany though so that kind of throws my answer out the window. oh well, let's hear what the real Germans have to say about it

Answer 4

Usually the R is not rolled, only in some regional dialects (especially in the South) but not in the "High German" that a television anchorman would speak.

Rammstein do it for the effect, not because anyone would speak that way, they probably also poke fun at the stereotypical portrayal of Germans in bad American movies ;-)

Answer 5

to roll or not to roll
As it has been said before there are regional differences - in general the R is not really rolled like in Spanish but more destinctive than in English.
We must not confuse normal spoken language with stage performances. Actors roll the Rs when acting and it is often rolled more when singing just to get it better heard.

Answer 6

The translations above are all proper, however a few of them sound bizarre for the reason that they're phrases for some thing that simply does not exist within the German-speakme global. If you want this know-how for some thing main, you could have to ask a further query. (And you are shrewd to mistrust the web translation offerings!) PS Just in case you are American, consider that, to the leisure of the sector, "soccer" is football. Is that the variety of soccer you intended?

Answer 7

The R s Are Quite Distinctive With Emphasis On Them