Any Tips On how To do a German Accent?

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Any Tips On how To do a German Accent?

Answer 1

Study, Practice, perhaps invest in Rosetta Stone or similar.

I was raised in a German. "broken" English speaking home, but found it tedious to ACT incorrectly to sound that way.

It is however a fascinating experience to learn dialetcs, and be convincing when using them. I promise, most in an audience won't know or care, other than those who are German.

Answer 2

There are some excellent dialect study materials available out there.

And whatever you do, please do NOT pronounce the words "this" as "zis" and "the" as "zuh" -- that is so inane.  A beginning "th" IS light in a German dialect and has a lot of air in it, but it does NOT become a blatant "Z" sound.  :-)

Answer 3

Learn IPA and you'll be able to do any accent you want.

Answer 4

Pronounce the er lik Uhr. instead of german say Guh rmahn. Try raising the pitch of your voice.