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I think I watched too much American TV it's kinda hard for me to do the German accent now and it feels weird to do tbh
Unless it's absolutely perfect, a native speaker will pick up your accent...how's your "th" that's usually a dead give away for native German speakers.
Yea it definitely doesn't sound as bad as many other Germans but I don't have the American sound down to the nuances so you could definitely tell. Idk why but I think it's quite hard to get the nuance if you haven't been raised with the language, it sucks if you don't sound 100% authentic, I hope it will come with time.
But you really have to study each tone down to its core including its cultural context to get it perfectly. Imma try to do that though for sure
I'd say in general, if you have any sort of German accent, people in the US will find that intriguing and endearing.