German Slang- Tongue Twisters. Already learnt some German and want to push the limits of your pronunciation? This is just the thing for you. Careful what you say though! You never know what you pronunciation error will mean.
Tongue Twisters / Zungebrecher
Fischers Fritz fischt frische Fische.
The Fischer’s son Fritz is fishing for fresh fish
Kluge kleine Katzen kratzen keine Krokodile.
Clever little cats don’t scratch crocodiles.
Jim Knopf and Lukas the Lokomtive driver, a famous cute German children’s story (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Esel essen Nesseln nicht, Nesseln essen Esel nicht.
Donkeys don’t eat nettles, and nettles don’t eat donkeys
Wenn Fliegen hinter Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen hinterher
In Ulm und um Ulm und um Ulm herum.
In Ulm and around Ulm and all around Ulm
Die Katze tritt die Treppe krumm
Der Cottbusser Postkutscher putzt den Cottbusser Postkutschkasten
