Danish: Eight and half-less-than-five-twenties (where half-less-than-five-twenties is what is meant but only half-fives is said or written) Nothing bets Danes when it comes to weird counting, they add the odditis from both German and French.
Same in Norwegian. "Ett hundre" or "Hundre". PS! All Americans...; Remember to always pronounce the "e" in the end. I've heard his brother say "stör" about our Prime Minister "Störe".
@@TTDahl Same in German 😭 It's a Porsche not a "Porsch". It's Deutsche Bank not "Deutsch Bank" I don't know where they get this from. Maybe from French in which many letters are silent?
What I find interesting is that at 13-19 in English the back number is said first and that changes from 20 onwards. While in German the last number is always mentioned for 2 digit numbers.
I learned from a video (that I guess it was from @robwords) that the English language at times of Shakespeare some hundred years ago counted three and twenty, four and twenty, and so on, too, like in German or Dutch. The English way of counting later changed, but kept the old word structure for 13 to 19. Unlike in French, for example, where nineteen is dix neuf. 🖐👴🏼
@@camiro66 English has a similar thing, though rarely used, English has threescore and fourscore, which mean respectively three twenty and four twenty. The King James Bible for example reads "Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six" (rev 13:18)
At my sister's eldery home was a Lady making it up to over 112. she made it through 2 world wars, 1 concentration camp, the bombing of her shelter (church), was one of the first test subjects for anti biotica 'cause Syphilis deemed her to die anyway if the medic would not work, and so much more unbelievable shit... in the end she was still quite clear in her head. Sometimes maybe forgot her own name, but sadly never her number and happily never ever the old songs (from the first note to the last word of the refrain) There's actually quite a few amazing old people there if one takes the time to listen🤔
When I was young 50 years ago, elder people and especially wise people got a lot of respect. I always wanted to be like that. Now I am old and wise ( studied, reading a lot, reflecting a lot, loving philosophy) and no one has respect. It is all about being young and beautiful and rich. And when I speak a whole sentence without mistakes or use a foreign word their will be a dumb person calling me arrogant. You see on TV shoes most time the silly dumb persons are called cute and win the contests because of pre assumptions like - people with little brain have a big heart. - people who cannot speak their own mother tongue correctly, like a little child, are innocent. Which is crap. I met rich people and poor people, wise peolpe and stupid ones. And most times it was the opposite that tv show lover think: the more rich and the more educated and the more intelligent were the better, nicer, more empathic people. There is a big difference between real truth and "media truth".
She said "hundert". Short for "einhundert" which is correct, too Germans like to shorten things, I guess 😀 "Hundert" - "hundred" "einhundert" - "one hundred"
the thing about 'not saying happy birthday in advance' is, that we usually say _"herzlichen glückwunsch zum geburtstag",_ which technically is more like _"congratulation to you birthday"_ - not really _"happy birthday"._ and 'actual congratulations' in advance would be weird.
I noticed that colours of people differ in different countries. In Belgium the dresses and skin colours of people get beige when they age. Here in Portugal they get more and more black. In the US they often get grotesquely colourfull😊
@@themonstergummitier1844 Probably they turn black because of that tradition. But are Germans really getting beige? Last time I was there, older people were rather colourful.
Thank you for the great videos. The US reactors made me realize how wonderful my country, Germany, really is. We Germans often criticize Germany so much because we are always striving for improvement and have no intention of duping other countries. We look after ourselves very much and deserve to be proud of it again. Unfortunately, you are not allowed to do that Because we have an evil history that we are all ashamed of. I hope at some point we can be as proud of our country as you are.
I never get it what it is to be proud of a country. I‘m proud of some German culture bits, I’m proud of some political achievements, either local or federal and I‘m proud of me and some friends for creating an organization / business that values some traits of my specific region. But I can’t feel pride to just a country itself. It‘s the same like I can‘t feel ashamed of a country itself. Although I am kind of proud of investing time and thoughts in the core features of the EU. So it looks like I am only proud of things I was involved in. Maybe I‘m just not the norm.
In my opinion/bubble it changed a little bit. There has been the soccer WM, years ago. Since this you can see some flags and national colours at sport-events and sometimes on october the 3rd (Happy Einheit 😉). Hiking geht's more common at the younger people and cycling by e-bike at the older (as well as the younger). So they see (and like) the different landscapes in Germany. While Corona 2020-22 the people discovered the nature around the cities. Some bought a caravan or a dog. For familys there are some nice cheap possibilities to go in Holidays in Germany (by car it is often cheaper and easyer then by airplane). Angela Merkel has been very popular. There are some successful Bands they sing in German. The climate-change makes summers more hot and less cold/rainy (in general). So there are some things germans like their country more, then in the past. Maybe they never get as proud as the US, but ok with its nation.
I‘m proud that Germany doesn’t try to bury its unpleasant past, but is constantly striving to reconcile it and do better. I worry when people push to not do the hard work of acknowledging the past.
Well, it sounds like English because English is an indo-germanic language. I think - I thought: you even still write the "ch" as "gh": Ich denke - ich dachte. It is called "historical orthography".
It’s really hard to tell the age by the look. I‘m 38 now and it still happens that the cashier wants to see my ID if I want to buy wine (in Germany you’re allowed to buy wine with the age of 16 legally). Of course it’s a blessing to look so much younger, but for me it’s really annoying and embarrassing!
@@Techmagus76 Nope! It’s definitely the „look younger“ aspect. And my address isn’t anywhere to find inside my passport (it’s the only ID I can provide).
@@Auvas_Damask It's not only, because everyone knows, I'm pretty sure both are correct. It's not slang. You'd typically say 'einhundert' if you wanted to emphasize the number and 'hundert' is generally more casual, although in most cases they can be used interchangeably. 'Einhundert' has no plural, but 'hundert' has (hunderte). In english you have 'one hundred' and 'a hundred' which are used in a similar manner. One generally has more emphasis, the other is more casual. Plural is 'hundreds'. Quite a lot of similarities actually.
In Germany they will accept your ID at the bar if you turn 21 next month, legal drinking age is 18 for most alcoholic drinks, 16 even, for some specific beverages ;)
If you look younger, you need ID everywhere, even to buy a lottery ticket. I was 44 and had a mask on (due to the pandemic) and a baseball cap. I had no ID and wasn't allowed to play the lottery because of it.😅
not going to school you on the 'Hundert' because other commenters already took care of that ;) but as for where do they find so many old people. there's nothing easier in germany. we are a severely aging nation. as of 2022, 22.2% of the population is between 60 and 80, 7.2% are between 80 and 100. 29.4 % of the German population are 60+, so literally more than 1 out of 4 people you meet is bound to be over 60 years old.
@@HalfEye79 you don’t even have to do that. You just address random old people on the street. They’re literally everywhere. No need to go to a specific location. your chance to find people below 20 is slimmer. they make up only 18.8% of the population. So not even quite 1 in 5 people you meet. btw even very old people are easy to be found still living independently on their own. my mom is turning 80 next year, still out and about walking her 15k steps every day. And just the other day I had coffee and cake with my old playschool aunty who is now 92 and also still living independently at home.
Germans are a practical people. So when counting stuff that will never reach 200 we just cut off the "ein" of "einhundert". After all in this particular context it's entirely redundant. Same when you're grocery shopping, eg. the cashier might say "hundertzwanzig" (120) instead of "einhundertzwanzig" Only when you cross into the twohundreds they'll say "zweihundertzwanzig" (220)
that's the same in english tho, I mean Ryan easily could have guessed that because one hundred and einhundert are very similar words, so you could guess she just said hundert like many english speakers also just say a hundred how many times I've heard rappers say they're counting these hunnids (hundreds) not "one hundreds" or they got a "magazin with a hundred rounds" not "one houndred rounds" or they "spend a hundred bands" you see where this is going
@@prodbysen I think, that isn't the same, if somebody says "a hundred" ore "onehundred". The examples, except the first, would be the same, if they said "magazin with hundred rounds" or "spend hundred bands".
@@HalfEye79 okay we could change the sentence to passive to make it work without "a" "hundred bands spent on a new watch" and "hundred rounds shot at the shooting range"
for phone numbers most of us count singel digits so its not confusing if someone noting the numbers but more often the last digit is just the more importent i guess ... english used the same way it was "four and twenty" in english as well but a few hundret years ago you guys changed it so we all counted for this for thousends of years fine xD
Sounds like b*llshit to me, at least as an Austrian I can tell you that I had correction on my teeth purely for aesthetic reasons and as my Dad is a dentist I know that's pretty common. My wisdom teeth stayed in until they became an issue, that's true.
Under 18 years everythin is free.often the Kids just dont wanna have braces on teenage. But what do i know.... Im only born and living in finland 51 year.
You remind me so much of my hostdad, when I was an Au-pair in Chicago for a year! he had so much fun getting to know the German culture through me living with them! Makes me want to invite you to Germany to show you around 😁 Love watching your videos! Greetings from Flensburg !
the woman at the end doesnt say "einhundert (onehundred)", she shortened it to "hundert (hundred)". AND YES, i had the same reaction about the 97 y/o when i first saw the video, he looks so young.
What a waste of a perfect opportunity to learn to count from 1 to 100 in German. At the very least he could have learned and remembered 1-10 by the end of this but that clearly didn't happen. Too easily distracted by faces, braces, teeth, hair, etc. 🙄
I have been living in Germany since 2006 and I am always shocked when I see German women I met 10 years ago when they were 29 and I see them at 39 and they have lots of wrinkles. The German kids are so cute but by 40 most have lost that cuteness and German men look so old so young...Granted I am a person of color so everyone knows we age slower...BUt sometimes I compare other white Americans with Germans of the same age and they still look older...I can only think it is because of their really pale skin
I share your opinion. Up untill I was 35 I had to show my ID as I was often considered much younger as my actual age . I am flattered but with that at the time it was annoying because in the village where I lived people were gossiping and saying if my parents knew I haved such an older man and I am together with him because I wanted a green- card. My husband doesn't look old by no means but because he is tall and I'm much shorter and slim and yes I knew I looked like a 16 year old because of my rounded face. Now I'm in my fifties and when I am out with my sons people think I'm their girlfriend. When I'm about with my father some think I'm with an older boyfriend. My father has no grey hairs and is 87 , well ' black don't crack and some Asian don't rasin '.
In a newspaper i have seen a VERY OLD LADY She flies in a Zeppelin She is 108.. I have to read her age three times.. i saw her on the picture anf fought in thinking: THAT Lady is never ever over 83.. She looks so happy in the picture. If i look at my fahter,who is 91,you can see he is old but not really HOW old.
We are proud individuals and avoid surgery as long as everything functions 😉 most of us would act only when eyelids hang over the eyes or we look angry when we aren't. And we don't like plastic "boat" lips, better hell red lipstick. Eye wrinkles are sympathic 😁
what we germans picked up from america is to find shortcuts in speech. so the last person was saying "Hundert" insteaed of "Einhundert" because it is shorter so they leave the first (Ein-) out to shorten the word and only add it back with the next one to differetiate for instance 200 (zweihundert) 169= hundertneunundsechzig (for comparison)
She didn'T say ONEhundret. she just said hundret. That's why it was that short. We usually don't say "one"hundret or "one" million. We specify if it is any other amount of millions other than one. Kind of like you say 'a' million views instead of one million views.
i randomly got this channel recommended with the german satire show about ISIS. Why are you interested in german stuff? As a german it is cool to know that some people are interested in our country , but its also weird tbh :D
you can see how similar german to enlish is with 2 unique words that are only spelled once: eleven and twelve, in german: elf und zwölf. Short words designed for these 2 number combinations only altough thirteen may be considered also in the list but only for english which i find fascinating and i wonder why it is the way it is.
71? Pretty hot for a 71 year young. I mentioned that for a friend 😂 You should have told the translator hundred not onehundred. She hasn't got that much time to call it einhundert. 'cause it isnt necessary. So a short Hundert is fine
Hello ,ryan..I never know, if you Read my comment. but 100 -einhundert is High-German, but the german folk-speak say only hundert, without ein...;) simular in english you dont say onehundred, but only hundred!!;)...and pronounce it like -hundat...;)
Hundert is short for Einhundert. "Ein" short vor "Eins"(One) so you count einhundert, Zweihundert(200) Dreihundert(300) but with "Einhundert" we just say Hundert
Hundert is not a short form but in fact the official therm . Same in English: hundred, two hundred, three hundred.... One hundred is used e.g. in aviation to avoid missinterpretations.
