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I'm learning to sing in German with Nena. I especially like the way she rhymes "Captain Kirk" with "Feuerwerk". https://genius.com/Nena-99-luftballons-lyrics

• dragontamer 8mo ago
  She does that 'Captain Kirk' rhyme in the English version too though. The real treat for German listeners is the first verse: ich, mich, dich, and neun-und-neunZIG (zig is pronounced like ich in the main German dialect). With all of the 'neunundneunzig' (aka 99) repeated throughout the song, the ich/dich/mich/vielleicht rhymes is really a superior start over the English version. It's a rhyming scheme that cannot be replicated in English at all.
  • lysace 8mo ago
    Live performance (2018!) in German with English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIO5lfJ9dhs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIO5lfJ9dhs (I can mostly understand spoken German. Have heard this song in German many times before. Never got the message. It's tricky!)
    • dragontamer 8mo ago
      For me, singing the words myself forces me to understand them. So just sing along. Every word, and understand as much as you can. ------ Once you know all the words, then the next step is to learn the grammar and learn how the words work together. If you give it a few months, full understanding will come!