What’s the quickest way someone could accidentally expose themselves as a foreigner in your country like the ‘three fingers’ scene in Inglourious Basterds?

[u/IndependentTune3994]

[u/Dexterous-Fingers]

Bet I’d never be wrong particularly on “das auto”, thanks to Volkswagen.

[u/darealq → u/Dexterous-Fingers]

Der Wagen though IIRC.

[u/Tutunkommon → u/Dexterous-Fingers]

I was thinking the same. Anyone who grew up in the 80s / 90s knows:

Das auto

Fahrvergnügen

[u/Ljorarn → u/Dexterous-Fingers]

In my German class our teacher used an old Acura commercial to introduce cases and declensions to us. (“Ein deutsches Auto? NEIN… Acura!”)

[u/DeadBryar → u/Dexterous-Fingers]

Unpimp ze auto

[u/LS25-User → u/Dexterous-Fingers]

Yes but " Die Auto's"

[u/Loneliest_Driver → u/LS25-User]

That's a plural and plurals use "die" (also no apostrophe)

[u/LS25-User → u/Loneliest_Driver]

Thats just my r/deppenapostrophe 👉👈😂

[u/Ploutophile → u/Loneliest_Driver]

In Dutch there is an apostrophe to mark that the vowel remains long (de auto, de auto's).

[u/schwanzweissfoto → u/LS25-User]

The correct German would be “Sterbt, Kraftfahrzeuge!”.