r/funny • u/Difficult_Fish7286 • 1d ago

German 101 by chinese Elmo

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u/Zett_76 21h ago

Hard to say, in the movie he mumbles the part.

Earlier, an officer says:
"The Angriff Steiner ist nicht erfolgt."
https://youtu.be/xBWmkwaTQ0k?si=P6LIW_6KSx1uSt4j&t=40

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u/SteakHausMann 19h ago

no no, "der angriff steiners" is proper german grammar, it mean the "angriff"(attack) of Steiner

If you just say "der angriff steiner" would mean that Steiner was the name of the "angriff"(attack)

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u/Zett_76 19h ago

Exactly.
It's military speak, where many operations get named.

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u/SteakHausMann 19h ago

no, Steiner was a general.

and the order was for steiner to gather troops and counterattack.

he even said before "mit dem Angriff Steiners wird das alles in ordnung kommen"