I need a little help with some German

Jang

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPFNw26e0uI

What is the guy saying at 7:56? Specifically, when he asks "Sind sie "erre""? I don't know how to spell the last word and I can't look it up. From context I'd say it means crazy, but I've also heard it used in a completely different context.

In the same show, a characters is looking at a beautiful landscape and asks "Findest du das nicht, "erre" ". Two totally different uses of the word, and, again, I tried spelling it in so many different ways, but I just can't get it right, which makes it hard to look up in a dictionary.

Thanks in advance.
 

Sabine Blochberger

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He says "sind Sie irre?" which does mean "are you crazy". It's a sort of slang I suppose. The "proper" word being "verrückt".

EDIT: I guess they use it in a "whoa" kind of expression when referring to a landscape, although I find that a bit odd personally.
 

Jang

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Sabine Blochberger said:
He says "sind Sie irre?" which does mean "are you crazy". It's a sort of slang I suppose. The "proper" word being "verrückt".

EDIT: I guess they use it in a "whoa" kind of expression when referring to a landscape, although I find that a bit odd personally.
Thank you so much! That really helped me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN01ZbJ6km8

The context of the other usage is here. It is around 13:30. Could I trouble you with helping me here as well??
 

Sabine Blochberger

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Jang said:
Sabine Blochberger said:
He says "sind Sie irre?" which does mean "are you crazy". It's a sort of slang I suppose. The "proper" word being "verrückt".

EDIT: I guess they use it in a "whoa" kind of expression when referring to a landscape, although I find that a bit odd personally.
Thank you so much! That really helped me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN01ZbJ6km8

The context of the other usage is here. It is around 13:30. Could I trouble you with helping me here as well??
That usage is like "radical", to emphasize the amazement ("that's crazy [awesome]! isn't it crazy [awesome]?". Again, it is more a colloquialism then "super correct" german ;)

Edit: no problem :)