German Stereotypes: The Dirndl, Humor And German Efficiency | Meet the Germans 

Yes, I hate the stereotype that Filipinos work as maids in other countries.

The stereotype about comedy and humor. I've spent many hours laughing with my German friends. The Northerners are very dry, and I love it!

@@markmontes007 really? When I hear "Filipino" I immediately think of a country where everybody can sing really, really good.

As an American, I hate it when people think we are all fat and greedy! Not fair !

@@RioMuc a lot of them sing really good, I'm not one of them 😂

Good one, I haven't heard that yet.

@@doppelkammertoaster hahaha thanks, but the credit belongs to 9gag

Breaking news: Deutsche Bahn changes name to Deutsche Pahn to fight image problems.

"Die vier Erzfeinde der deutschen Bahn: Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter" is also one of my faves

@@leDespicable Breaking news: Deutsche Bahn changes name to Deutsche Pahn, because of Pannen.

The rucksack full of all-weather gear 👌😂

Interesting point! Checking out my bag for the next trip!

It's called "allwetterjacke" and means something like "jacket for every weather". I think every German owns one

I heard a saying that you're not a real German unless you are ready for 3 out of all 4 seasons at any given time 😅

I think maybe with making sure to follow your rules is to show respect, maybe also to try and make up for the time when their German ancestors broke so many rules, like invade Denmark for example.

wait until you hear about our bread

@@Matthias3000 and our sausages

Dude you should see belgian beer glasses. Every brand has their own type of glass if not more, and it is frowned upon to serve a beer in an inappropriate glass.

Lol!!

@@Matthias3000 Welche der 10000 Brotsorten meinst du?

Perhaps I was lucky but when I was in Germany I found the inter-city and metro trains to be value for money, fantastic and always on-time, much better than the dreadful, expensive, late trains at home (UK). I think that our train staff work hard - I am not blaming them, but the UK governments believe that the trains should make a profit rather than being an 'enabler' to transport people and increase the economy. That's why they don't invest much money and the ticket prices are always increasing.

She looks a little like sasha gray to be honest

@@burgundowykutacz She looks like Carla Gugino

@@burgundowykutacz omg, true!

@Tom Jose She is a well known american DJ, musician, writer and youtuber. You can easilly find her videos on youtube ;)

@Tom Jose yes, a super famous actress who starred in the super famous Hollywood show about a super famous Hollywood star, as herself. Truly super famous, as you can see 😉

Zeit ist Geld 😊

Good one

Nah they are being on time thus laughing five minutes early

*The Cologne Church took 632 years to be fully built* are you sure about that?

@@guapelea Now that IS efficient.

Dry in this case is a type of humour that is not obvious and in your face. It is subtle and needs a keen wit to enjoy it. I am from East Anglia in England and our humour is like that, people from other areas don't really understand...which makes the jokes even better.

😂

@@marisolalpuerto7943 HELLO

@@siyajungkookdisturbsmeinmy5441 Hello too:)

@@marisolalpuerto7943 I am from Bangladesh.I think you are from Germany.Right?

But Swedish people are bit of boring!😒

@@koushikdas1992 Excuse me? What gives you the right to say that?

@@callmefranordie Personal freedom! I have just expressed my thought about Swedish people! I didn't say that they are bad people. I only said that they are a bit of boring compared to Eastern & Western Europe & U.S.A., Canada, Australia, Newzealand. That's all. But I also want to say that they are loving people. ❤️

As a German who lived in Sweden I can confirm that. Germans and Swedes have a lot of similarities.

There is a saying. "Germany is like Sweden - but for grown-ups!" True ...

Bureaucracy has worked quite well for a fairly long time. Then neoliberalism came and cut out its soul and ate its heart while accountants fried its brain. Now it's just a shambling zombie.

@@sasas845 Yeah, bureaucracy is not the issue. The current implementation and management is.

@@sasas845 Sie nennen es Bürokratie, wenn es ineffizient ist. Ansonsten nennt man es Management, Kontrolle und Problemlösung.

@@guapelea Manche der schlimmsten Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen laufen leider gerade unter den Titeln "Management & Kontrolle" ab (würde mich mir auch nicht wundern, wenn die Erstellung eine rauchenden Kraterlandschaft als "Problemlösung" verkauft würde); bei karrieregeilen MBA-Jogis muss man leider mit so ziemlich allem rechnen, und sei es noch so selbstzerstörerisch, Kafkaesk, unmoralisch oder alles zusammen.

Everything you must sooner or later confirm with a letter coming to a home address. Even if you find a way to register online.

Definitely, often due to differences in languages. One problem (not really a problem) with the German language is that it is so precise, with lots of verb and noun endings and agreement strictly enforced. As a result, you can't have many jokes based on language misunderstandings. I speak a little German and a little Italian but mostly English and French. A lot of English-language humor comes from subject/object confusion in a sentence, mostly due to the lack of inflection in English verbs. On the other hand, French humour is mostly based on "double entendres" (literally means double understandings), since the French language has lots of words that sound the same or nearly the same, and words that link up (liaison) so it is hard to hear where one ends and the other begins. German definitely has humor, but it is more about funny/absurd situations. As for Italian humor, I really can't explain it, it's just silly.

@Mat A black humor is a big deal in Germany. sadly its too black to get outside the cellar . ^^ (not good for mainstream stuff)

@Mat A depends on the person you talk with. but normaly it dosent matter. Politik,ww2,jews,christian,nations,history,kids,ect ect. german dark humor is very even with the british dark humor. you just cant use them outside your "friendzone" because of german laws. but the biggest diffrence is in the language. jokes from german dont translate well to english. German is a bit to precise, contra to english. thats why we dont have many "Dad-jokes" here. btw sry for my bad english

@Mat A ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MCToMDEaefo.html

@Mat A Germans are generell very direct and with a black humor in it. it often seems a bit cold and racist but its more a cultural diffrence/missunderstanding. sounds good, if you need help learning German, i send you the name of my Teamspeak.

None, german light bulbs do not need changing...

@@miltospep21 From time to time they do. But I dare you not to get it fixed in a Vertragswerkstat!

The very sad thing is that this joke was told to me by my host father when being an exchange student in the US. I must admit, at that time I hadn't entirely understood how these light bulb jokes functioned and at the time I was just confused by the question. Hence, my answer was just: "One? What would you need more than one person?" Ever since, my host father loves to bring this point up as this had indeed proved his point... I am honestly very sorry for unintentionally participating in the reinforcement of German stereotypes

@@marafortune3713 How to prove stereotypes 101 xD

I think some people think that Germans do not have a humor because Germans do not laugh from stupid jokes. A lot of people call me boring when I do so, but they do not realize how crazy I go when something is really originally funny. I'm from Russia, btw.

Goes back to war and post war times when food was very scarce. My Austrian mother in law was very pleased when she saw we had raised beds for veg, as we'd 'never need to go hungry!'

During this corona times we survived already 2 14 days quarantines without any food supply from outside for me and my wife. With a full freezer (33 years old), a full fridge and a full pantry you can stay calm. And we seldom throw food away.

@@ssdctm781 You should rethink the continued operation and properly dispose old refrigerators in order to protect the environment.

So what? I do the same thing. German Katastrophenschutz recommends enough food and water for at least two weeks (better three) on storage.

My German father, born 1940 and a lucky survivor of the allied city bombings of civilian houses in WW2 has the same attitude. When he built the house of my childhood, he made sure parts of it were as bomb proof as possible and added a room exclusively for storing supplies. Up to this day he also could never be motivated to throw away anything which could potentially be of value, may it be old wooden planks, crates, 80 year old iron tools, you name it.

And we're glad to have you. ;)

Happy birthday in advance 🥳

Got my German citizenship a year ago for the same reason. After living in Hamburg for 15 years I didn’t want to take any chances and now have dual citizenship.

Don't you ever leave!!

nearby Wilhelmshaven was my home for a few years and I enjoyed it there ;)

He was a bit annoyed a threat is way louder

you must not speak German...when someone is annoyed, they have a tone. I am sure you never do that in your own language though...

@@rebeccapetrilli3097 That's the point, Rebecca. For foreigners, it sounds menacing. I speak some languages, not German.

Man. Those Germans. They got a word for everything! Sometimes a noun or even a verb is just a long compound word that is basically a description.

@@diezgp it doesn't sound aggressive, it's just people being obsessed with a certain mustached man and want to hear and find him in anything even remotely german. to many germans italians and spanish sounds aggressive, like people are fighting, so that can go both ways. just maybe eventually stop the obsession with that man from the past and not feed on every stereotypical bs

And he is Austrian, what doesn't make him a very good ambassador for Germany

@@MaximusG6 yea we do have some ... history ... with austrian influncers in german politics ;)

@@MaximusG6 We must always beware of Austrians, especially when they talk about Germany, and they like art.

That was a prime example of Austrian cynicism.

He is both: From Wikipedia: Waltz was born in Vienna to a German father who applied for him to become a citizen of Germany after his birth. He received Austrian citizenship in 2010, thus holding citizenships of both Austria and Germany, but considers his German passport a "legal, citizenship law banality" despite the fact that he had not previously been able to vote in Austria's national elections. Asked whether he felt Viennese, he responded: "I was born in Vienna, grew up in Vienna, went to school in Vienna, graduated in Vienna, studied in Vienna, started acting in Vienna - and there would be a few further Viennese links. How much more Austrian do you want it?" If he is still German, he must have applied for his German nationality to stay! From the Federal Ministry of the Interior website: "Any German citizen who applies for and acquires foreign citizenship, whether in Germany or abroad, automatically loses his or her German citizenship. This occurs automatically by law; you do not have to make a special declaration or notify the German authorities. And it makes no difference how you acquired German citizenship. To avoid losing your German citizenship in this way, you must apply for and be granted permission to retain your German citizenship before acquiring foreign citizenship."

Hope your son enjoys discovering Germany!

@@RachelStewart04 Thank you. He will, even if we have to walk there.

Sorry you ran into this asshole of a doctor. I think I know exactly what this experience was like. When I visited England for the first time I also made some very unpleasant experiences with the locals (a bus driver and hotel staff) despite that I do like the country overall.

I was stationed in Augustdorf right next to Senne, and boy, lemme tell you, that is rural Germany.

@@DerDerDeinenKopfFick we used to go to Sennek, Bonkers and the Dome. Always remember the Dome, you had to get beer tokens to get a drink, and when we were on exercise you could see the lazer light from the Dome, that was always demoralising when you know everyone is out enjoying themselves and your shivering on the training area. Best 3 years of my life, I really wish I made more of it.

"If you want to tell a joke then signal it.." No. Please. No. Much love, but just no.

That is much closer to reality 😁

@@minniekay240 that drives me crazy. I would like to meet the guy who makes all these rules😂

It is true that our governments often lack flexibility. But if our plans work out, few can match our efficiency because we are pretty good at maximizing efficiency in established systems. It’s the getting to that point that we struggle with. Every coin has two sides.

This is 100% true

@@minniekay240 They do have many rules, but they do not internalize them.

That’s everywhere in Europe except UK.

If you want to preserve or make jam of some rare fruit, you have no choice but to do it yourself. That is the case of Davidson Plum Jam, made with the fruit of a rare tree which only grows wild native to lowland subtropical rainforests of New South Wales (and is actually listed as an endangered tree, but more common in cultivation). I'm sure others would also have unusual fruits in their countries that can't be purchased in shops.

My Grandma and Mom used to do the same! ❤ I am from Hungary. I remember my Grandma even used to can some tiny unripe watermelons as some special pickle. (not sweet) Haven’t eaten it since my childhood. : (

I indeed wearing sandals and socks whole year, only during snowtime is exception. Living in Berlin there is quite few snow and driving a car there are also few wet socks. But I never feel cold with the sandals. Btw shoe size 51.

To be honest a lot of Germans do it 😅 so that's not really a stereotype.

The Germans tourists who don't, you'll probably overlook easily.

@@TrangDB9 Pro tip: You can still identify them by their Jack Wolfskin jacket or Deuter rucksack! ;)

It's not that germans don't wear it. It's rather that other nations wear it too so it's not really a german thing.

😅😅😅

Haha well done

Ciao, connazionale, e vogliamo parlare dello stereotipo mafia,pizza e mandolino?

I gonna ask did you use hand gestures when talking ?

@@bondrewdthelordofdawn3744 that much is true, we do hand gestures even while speaking on the cell

Haha, I really believed that..

I also believed that, jajaja

And here I thought you all drink alcohol until you die. ;-) By the way, Iceland is a great stopover from the US east coast on the way to mainland Europe. Well done with the "horizontal mambo" Americanism.

I've never heard that one for Iceland. The term "horizontal mambo" had me laughing!!!!

Thank you for the kind feedback, Roberto!

Thanks!! 😃

I'm really sorry to say that a fascist government, burning forests and uncontrolled covid are also slowly becoming Brazilian stereotypes here in Europe.

Love the sound of brazilian portuguese, possibly the most attractive language and my preferred language for jazz vocals

@@falkjanen5050 I can ensure that all brazilians sorry it too. That it's not the image that we want outward, just the opposite. We want to bee seeing as a big nation of rich environmental resources, great exporter of seeds, minerals; with respect for all the biomes and for all the people that live in these.

@@yunussaid9288 Bossa nova it's a music genre, created here with bases on jazz; maybe you like it. Even Sinatra sang it some times

@@joaopedros.santana1967 love the bossa nova classics, gilberto, jobim and more contemporary jazz interpretations of them

Berlin is the most ungerman city in germany. That is why many dont like it, it also has a lot of crime depending on where you go to.

Yeap at least we are still humans and while I'm one of the snoopy folks, have you made it at the end to Paris?

So glad you had a warm welcome ☺️

@@lotharschepers2240 nope. I hate that too. Because I should have gone pre covid-19.

@@tomendruweit9386 Berlin felt like what L.A. thinks it is. I'm an Angeleno so I know. My favorite German City was Venningen Schwinningen. I also enjoyed Iserlohn.

☺️🙏

danke schön

@@henrineumann i only said the truth brother 🤚🏻.

some cleavage would be appreciated in a "Dirndl".

Don't think the Dirndl has anything to do with her looking great. :)

@@laggeryt7558 you´re right, allow me to correct myself: Rachel looks even greater in this dirndl

@@benjaminh.9902 Which is a great thing about Dirndls... they only ever make a woman look better, never worse (sized correctly, of course)

Zeit ist Geld, Geld ist knapp!

Am Komma hättest du sparen sollen.

@@SchmulKrieger sympathisch?

@@checkcommentsfirst3335 Worauf willst du hinaus? Ich weiß nicht, was »sympathisch?« ohne Kontext bedeuten soll.

@@SchmulKrieger Was bedeutet es, nett zu sein? Wir brauchen eine Definition in Deutsch 😂🤣😂🤣

"Sustainability" was invented in Germany.

If you live in Australia instead of Germany you can be happy to live there. People are treating other people (like simple craftsmen) often bad here in Germany, people are often selfish and everyone think he's the best. I know Australia a little bit (my brother in law is from there), people are definitely more friendlier there. It's good your government is interested in workers from other countries, especially in craftsmen, it's a good way out in a better life for German craftsmen.

Wow, thank you!

No.

That's like visiting the US and expecting it all to be Texas or even New York.

Never has been

It always has been

@@CesarGarcia-nd5xz Des moag i so net soagn. (Ein Hamburger der versucht, bayrisch zu schreiben.)

Can't find in now, but saw a YT about how Germans were thrifty. A guy cut open the toothpaste tube to get the last little bit of toothpaste.

Thank you! Haha maybe if I ever move back home, my German husband could get his revenge by doing a Meet the Brits series 😁

#Britishfilms

Hi, are you German?

@@alexs7189 Jep

@@Panakotta000 Hi, being an Italian from southern Italy it makes me smile, hearing you Germans complaining about the bureaucracy, in my city we still have buildings that bear the marks of the Allied and German bombings of the Second World War, only the war ended 76 years ago XD

@@alexs7189 This is an ACTUAL very German thing. Complaigning about sliding standarts from a pure subjective perspective 🙄😁 We tend to be very centered on ourselves in that regard and if we look outside of Germany its to see how a few countries do it so much better and not to get a coesive perspective. This is certainly a motor for improvements but it also makes us miss why things don't work sometimes and often makes us not apreciate the things we do have.

@@dianaharris8106 Hello, I understand, I think it is right to always try to improve, unless this means never enjoying the present, if anything, when you reach a good result you have to defend it over time in my opinion. Let us not forget that Germany is still the first European economy and the fourth in the world.

the Sydney Opera House had the same issues. From estimated costs of 7 Mio it went up to 100 Mio Australien Dollars. The PM of South Wales had such a fight with the architect Jørn Utzon, that the architect left Australia and never saw the building finished. Today it is the only iconic building on the whole continent and "world cultural heritage".

Yep. Germany’s Wembley stadium.

ähmm... no

Beginner. I am preparing for my Japan trip for over two years meanwhile and will have to wait for another.

Actually she expressed something else. She said that she is on board with the "national sports to moan" about train punctuality. Indeed it is extremely common in Germany to support the point of view, that trains are never punctual, but the actual numbers show something different. Yes, sure there are trains that are late. But that is to be expected with a high speed network with such density. Overall the German trains are actually quite punctual. And if something really does not go according to plan then you usually can simply take another train. They go every half hour or so... The actual reason _why_ many Germans complain about trains all the time is because they are looking for a reason not to use it. Germans prefer to go by car, but they always have a guilty conscience about that. For very good reasons. We _do_ have a climate crisis actually. So they need excuses. Pseudo excuses.

Danke Sean, Grüße aus Köln!

Gayle Tufts is great. And yes, sometimes she can come across a bit intimidating :D

beer and brass bands

She is probably bilingual and has parents from both UK and Germany so she grew up with both. Perfect Queen's English as well as German without a british accent? Yeah that's probably a bilingually raised kid. I'm bilingual too.. same languages :P

That's repairs though. Given size & compleity it will essentially have to constantly be repaired for ever. Once your done on one end the other will need repairs again.

Fun fact: the prussians forced to complete it...just to "exploit" it as a national monument for the strength, will and power of Germany.

Der Dom darf gar nicht fertig werden. Das Kölner Sprichwort besagt: "An dem Tag, an dem der Dom fertig wird, geht die Welt unter". The cathedral must not be finished at all. The Cologne proverb says: "The day the cathedral is finished, the world will end". ;-)