Can you roll your R's in German instead of the throat R's ?! & What does dagegen mean?

Question

My first language was spanish so it easier for me to just roll the R's. But if that's not a way you can do it in German i want to know, so i can just keep practicing my R's the throat way.

So can you roll your R's in German ? Or is that wierd in German? BTW: What does dagegen mean ? Thanks.

himmelsgrau · Accepted Answer

You can and do roll your r's in German, but not to the extent where you sound like a pirate (arrrrrrrrrrrrrr). 

I am not sure what you mean by throat r's, but I was taught that Germans roll their r's, but shortly, so the word continues to flow.

Dagegen means a number of things: opposed to it, against it, by contrast. I would really need to see the context to have a clearer idea what it means there.

L&#39;Apprenante de français · Answer

I'm native and even then I have problems with rolling the R.
...oh wait...rolling the Rs doesnt have something to do with being native or not!!! There are many who can't
When someone rolls the Rs.. people might associate you as a racist since Hitler rolled them xD I dont want to offend you in a way...just want to mention it.
But noone will call you weird for doing this.

Urm...How to explain how Germans do this with throat? >.<
Press your tongue upwards...just abit
and then breath out xD
Something like this! But accents are fine...you dont have to pronounce it like the Germans!

JockMcLeish · Answer

don t roll 'r's in german!
dagegen means "as opposed to"
or if it used together with sein...
dagegen sein means to be opposed to (sthg.)
or simply to be against something.

.. · Answer

i was wondering the same thing...i dont know the answer though
sorry

and the pirate thingy..the arrrrrrr..yeah you don't roll your r's when you say arrrrr haha..try carro..you roll your r's when you say carro
lol

Can you roll your R's in German instead of the throat R's ?! & What does dagegen mean?

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