Frieren Ep. 3 Reaction - Early Access YouTube
Added 2024-08-27 03:12:38 +0000 UTC
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Oh wow that's really cool! I had no idea 👀 I just assumed it was a fancy B 😅 I'll definitely remember that!
Bat Cat
2024-08-27 05:51:12 +0000 UTCAdded this comment onYoutube as well: FYI, the name you refused to try and pronounce at 6:24 is "Größe Forest". Little German lesson: that "ß", which looks like a script "B" (or maybe a greek letter beta), isn't a "B" at all. It's a German letter we don't have in the English alphabet called an "ess-tset", and it's pronounced as if you replaced it with a double s (like "ss", as in "hiss"). Conveying the pronunciation of the o-umlaut "ö", is a little harder... it's basically like trying to say "eh" or "er" while keeping your lips pursed into a tight "o" shape. So "Größe" is pronounced something like "grey-ssuh". The word can mean "size", "magnitude" or "greatness". Without the umlaut it usually means "great" (for example, the most famous king of Prussia was Frederick the Great, in German "Friederich der Große"). Without the umlaut or the final "e", the word "Groß" (pronounced "gross") just means "big". Clearly the writers of this show were fond of German names; though sometimes I think they pick words that they think just look cool without much consideration of their meaning. Even the title, "Frieren" means "freeze" or "freezing". Another German tip BTW: When you see the letters "i" and "e" next to each other, the correct way to pronounce the pair is basically to go by the SECOND letter. So the "ie" in "Frieren" is pronounced like "ee", as you know from hearing the show's title. The "ei" is pronounced like "I", as with the name "Heiter".
Rheinhard
2024-08-27 05:22:30 +0000 UTC
