

  1. The YouTube video at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OkpRK2_gVs> says it's "Sind Sie das Essen? Nein, wir sind die Jäger!"

  2. However, the YouTube video at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgBUP8TJqV8> writes "Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jäger!"

Depending on which translation it used, two different meanings can come
across. In the first one, it's a rhetorical question "Are you the prey?" to
what is responded to with "No, we are the hunters." In the second version, it
appears to be more of an insult "You are the prey and we are the hunters."

Which is it?


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What does the German part in "Feuerroter Pfeil und Bogen"/Guren No Yumiya mean?


Both of the video's seem to get the first part of the lyrics wrong. However,
the narrative on the first one, eg. question > answer, is indeed the one they
tried to get across.

According to the CD booklet, the song 紅蓮の弓矢 歌詞 by Linked Horizon starts with
the following sentences:

[![Image from
booklet](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7daKj.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7daKj.jpg)

  * Image taken from taken from the full image at [Rafaelferrer.info](http://rafaelferrer.info/music/Shingeki%20no%20Kyojin%20Music%20Collection%20%5BMP3%5D/%5BNipponsei%5D%20Shingeki%20no%20Kyojin%20OP%20Single%20-%20Jiyuu%20he%20no%20Shingeki%20%5BLinked%20Horizon%5D/Scans/Booklet%2002.jpg)

All though a tad hard to read, the sentences seem to be as follows

> Seid ihr das Essen?  
>  Nein, wir sind der Jäger!

Leaving the correctness of the German pronunciation/usage aside, which is
nicely covered on
[reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/ShingekiNoKyojin/comments/1mvoca/german_101_introsongtextdiscussion_sie_sind_das/),
this would roughly translate to:

> Are you the food?  
>  No, we are the hunters!


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