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🇩🇪 German · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Roll Is a Roll

Ask the old Berliner what a Schrippe is, hear that bread is bread whatever the region calls it, and keep a Berliner apart from a Pfannkuchen.

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THE STORY

A bench by the Landwehr canal in Berlin, the old Berliner with his newspaper and Max with a bag from the bakery.

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Na, Herr Becker! Wieder in Berlin?nah, hair BEK-er, VEE-der in bair-LEENWell, Mister Becker! Back in Berlin?
Eine Frage: Was ist eine Schrippe?EYE-neh FRAH-geh, vahs ist EYE-neh SHRIP-ehOne question: what is a Schrippe?
Wie heißt das hier?vee hyst dahs heerWhat's that called here?
Dit is ein Brötchen. Ganz einfach.dit is eyn BRUHT-khen, gahnts EYN-fahkhThat's a roll. Quite simple.
In Leipzig sagt man Semmel.in LYP-tsikh zahkt mahn ZEM-elIn Leipzig people say Semmel.
Semmel, Weck, Schrippe. Ein Brot ist ein Brot.ZEM-el, vek, SHRIP-eh, eyn broht ist eyn brohtSemmel, Weck, Schrippe. Bread is bread.
Und ein Berliner? Das ist ein Mensch?oont eyn bair-LEE-ner, dahs ist eyn menshAnd a Berliner? That's a person?
Der Berliner heißt hier Pfannkuchen.dair bair-LEE-ner hyst heer PFAHN-koo-khenThe Berliner is called Pfannkuchen here.
Verstanden. Ich bin kein Pfannkuchen.fair-SHTAHN-den, ikh bin kyn PFAHN-koo-khenUnderstood. I'm not a Pfannkuchen.