Damned, any Garlic or Cherokee would be insanely hard. Good luck with that
Funny enough in watching a LOT of German YouTube I learned the “Ich bin ein Berliner.” Is an acceptable and understandable way of saying you are from Berlin. Yes, it is a donut. Also a city.
The accent is tough. About half of it (including the throat Rrrrrrr!) is pretty easy for me. The other half is all tongue twisting madness. I will keep at it. Concentrating on umlaut right now. I can say them, in an exaggerated fashion. But hearing them, especially when they are short (which is a common natural thing) or the speaker is just going fast as a new york minute is a true bitch. Well, it would not be a brain exercise if it were easy