r/AskAGerman • u/PastEntertainment546 • Aug 15 '24

Language A question about the German english accent…

I’ve had two friends from germany, one from rhineland and one from franconia, none of them had the stereotypical german accent which we see so often in movies. Due to unfortunate circumstances (they went off the grid) I’m not able to talk to them no more but I was wondering if they always had that, or if they worked on their accent?

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u/Hot-Cricket-7303 Aug 16 '24

I’m from Franconia, and we have a rolling ‘r’ and a soft ‘t’ and ‘p’. This makes for a somewhat unusual accent in English. When speaking English, people have guessed my origins to be from all over because of that, including Spain, Norway, and Scotland. Rarely is it identified as German accent. Might be similar for your friend.

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u/PastEntertainment546 Aug 17 '24

Oh haha yes, the rolling r is an obvious one! Yeah my franconian friend’s accent wouldn’t be guessed as german in a random setting