Learn German | Doch Explained
Learn German | Doch Explained
Doch is one of those words people struggle with the most when they attempt to learn German. This video will explain the meaning and usage of doch, give example sentences and will get you one step closer to becoming a master of the German language!
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22 thoughts on “Learn German | Doch Explained”
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August 13, 2016 at 4:03 pm
Danke schön für dieses Video! Es war sehr gut!
August 14, 2016 at 3:43 pm
ok I need study this word bz I still not getting in well kinda
August 20, 2016 at 5:42 pm
COOK SOUP!
August 21, 2016 at 6:14 am
Thanks for the great vid! I just started learning German and found doch everywhere and confusing! The vid really clarifies a lot. Thumbs up
September 5, 2016 at 9:13 am
So Aber is used as ” but” and Doch is sometime used as “BUT” , but why 🙁
September 12, 2016 at 4:11 pm
I see doch being used as “though”, in English
October 5, 2016 at 11:25 pm
Erste Video habe ich gesehen. Alles klar doch jetzt. Sehr hilfreich fur Auslander! Doch ist interessant.
October 11, 2016 at 5:55 pm
what about “du heißt doch Manuel, oder?” how does it affect the question? if taken out will it sound weird?
October 25, 2016 at 10:37 am
Vielen Dank! Ich lerne immer von dir viel 🙂
November 14, 2016 at 9:19 pm
I was looking for the meaning of “noch” and how to use it, but I cannot find any videos for that!
November 29, 2016 at 1:54 pm
vielen Dank
December 1, 2016 at 5:01 pm
Ich mag dein video, doch ist es schnell.
December 16, 2016 at 6:04 pm
Hello,
at 3:15, why did you interchange the verb position after doch in one sentence but not the other ?
December 17, 2016 at 2:48 pm
Thank you!
December 17, 2016 at 3:53 pm
dein video ist sehr informatik .danke fur das video
January 3, 2017 at 2:49 pm
I’ve been using doch at every part of every sentence cuz i thought it was more like a exclamation but now it seems clear, danke sehr:)
January 5, 2017 at 7:51 am
warum hast du um 3:11 munute “möchte” geschrieben, also ist das richtig, oder?.
January 7, 2017 at 8:36 pm
this is very helpful. Vielen Dank! =)
February 4, 2017 at 5:08 pm
the most confusing word in the German language ??
good explanation ??
February 24, 2017 at 10:05 am
thank you for the great video but what is doch in the following context
a) Du lernst doch Deutsch, oder?
b) Du gehst doch jetzt nach Hause, oder?
c) Carlos lernt doch Deutsch, oder?
d) Maria kommt doch aus Italien, oder?
e) Ihr studiert doch in München, oder?
f) Eva und Max wohnen doch in Köln, oder?
March 22, 2017 at 11:32 pm
I found it a little funny that “doch” evolved from the same word as “though”, even though they have completely different meanings
April 1, 2017 at 12:52 am
It kind of reminds me of the Swedish Sub-language “Öhh”, which is rather ingenious. One word, or to be more accurate, “sound” for everything, all depending on length and tonal expression.
As to say, you are able to converse completely with only this expression as long as you are able to read the length and tonal changes correctly. It is hard as hell to learn, and usually only native speakers are able to formulate and construct sentences of a more advanced nature.
For example, the most common word would be “ÖH!” in a high clear and short expression, meaning “Hi”, “Hello” or “You there!”. A slightly longer tone not as powerful “ÖHh” could be translated into “Good morning/day/evening”.
If you pronounce it with a tonal lifting from a weak to a more powerful expression like “öhH!” it could be translated to something like “Dude!”, “What the fuck?!” or “What are you doing?!” if in the situation of surprise or sudden interaction.
The sentence “ÖH! ÖhhHH öh-öh?” can be translated into “Hey! How are you?” if pronounced with the correct tonal expression, and the recipient being able to catch it.
It really is a marvelous creation although maybe not that amazing to listen to if one does not understand it. It is quite local and only spoken by approximately a hundred thousand people, and though it may seem ‘cave-man-ish’ it is actually rather advanced and well developed over the years. I have observed beings that are able to hold longer conversations about both weather, sports and politics with only really one type of sound. Which is to me a kind of achievement, as most other languages depends on several phonetics in order to be able to construct information.
It is no joke, everything I have told is absolutely true.
If you do not believe me, study the local population of the central Sweden slightly to the west (preferably in smaller communities) if you ever get the chance. But keep in mind that the people able to speak this amazing language are rare, and often sticks to themselves and their kind. And the more advanced scholars of this linguistic system are becoming exceedingly rare as the language is slowly becoming extinct.
A friend of mine even considered writing to the Swedish government in order to get funds to preserve this language by means of studying the natives which speaks it fluently before it becomes extinct, to map it out and get a clear transmittable understanding and translation of the system, but that with no success.
Soon this language will only be a memory with small traces within the people who have adapted a few words and constructions of it and uses it in a complementary fashion in their everyday Swedish speech.
I do not know if I added anything to your video as you requested, but this is what I got reminded of by the amazing multi-use of the word ‘Doch’.
Thank you for an enlightening video; consider this comment a friendly contribution towards your linguistic cause.
Schönen Tag noch!