Germans React to Most Popular GERMAN MEMES 

As a German all I have to say about this video is da kann man nicht meckern.

As a German I need to emphasize 1 thing: we do have humor and take it very seriously, it's not a laughing matter!

I think 2:00 is a good example of german humor. When he said "it's not funny" the other two immediately started laughing because they instantly understood the irony of it, when sebastian said it. Others wouldnt have laughed because they didn't catch it as a joke. It's those very small things/nuances when it comes to german humor. Much is hidden behind sarcasm, irony or metaphers

5:24 "Don't judge us. We are efficient." - I lost it. 🤣🤣

I think this misconception about Germany lacking humor all goes back to how German humor works. We are masters of word play, irony and sarcasm. One gets lost in translation, the other one just goes over most peoples' heads. Just because we didn't say "just kidding" in the end, doesn't mean it wasn't a joke. Oh and there is of course this one additional thing: for Germans, making a joke is serious business. It has to make sense to be considered good. It must be witty, grounded in truth and needs to have a decent punchline. Otherwise you're just wasting my time with unfunny nonsense.

The work I find very amusing because although Germans take work very seriously and are generally quite good workers, having worked with Germans for a long time from the outside, it seems they are constantly on vacation.

Toast Hawaii was a real big thing in Germany in the 1950s. The point is: It consists of ham and cheese decorated with a tropical fruit. With the "Wirtschaftswunder" after World War II it was suddenly possible to afford a piece of bread with ham AND cheese (no longer ham OR cheese). With the pineapple (or peach) on top it became kind of exotic, too (in the 1950s it was quite uncommon).

I think germans will love chinese. Gloves are 'hand covers'. Owls are 'cat headed eagles' lol

We also have the hawaii toast in Finland..and yeah the "tube/toothpaste" thing hit home pretty hard too!! haha

2:55 Not wasting stuff should be an example to follow, not something to laugh about. 3:47 Everybody dreams about it. 4:24 I'm not german. And it makes sense. 7:03 So as this.

My Grandfather would give us money. But before he gave it to us, he made us say words in German. He was doing that to teach us how to speak German. I still remember some German words but I would like to be able to speak the whole language. When I was in High school we had an exchange student from Germany who taught us a bunch of bad words in German. When we would play football everybody wanted this guy on their team. This guy was insane. He would punch your lights out on the football field. Just for fun.

2:29 I learned something similar from an old gentleman, who loved food and eating but was hard pushed for a compliment: "Der Hunger treibt's rein". 😂

Hey everyone! This is a slightly different style video than the usual DBB theme, but hope you like it and let me know if you want to see more cultures reacting to memes! 🤓

Actually in Japanese glove are called similar to German „Handschuhe“ if i remember correctly they translate in to „arm shoes“ or „wrist socks“

a Scot once told me that "yeah, not too bad" is the best compliment you can get from them. Relate that to the Westphalian superlative "schon nicht schlecht."

"Constructive feedback" is priceless :D

The (beer-)flower-boxes are even more funny when you know the beer foam is often named Blume (means: flower)

The second meme with the bread: It means the end part of the bread has many names. Where i live we call it "Knust"

This is a great video, I was even laughing about things I have noticed as an American that has spent some time in Deutschland.

it's funny how they all pronounce their names the English way. I've never heard anyone from any other country mispronounce their own name to accommodate English speakers 😅

1:40 it isn't even dramatisation. We actually have that many words for the end part of the bread. Every small region has it's own name.

Hi Marina and team, that was a great idea! It was really cool, interesting and fun. Hey German crew, congratulations! You rocked, I really enjoyed watching. Pauline, Katarina and Josephine: You're wonderful♥️

Happy Thursday, Marina! I definitely want to see more of this. I enjoyed it

^^ here in Berlin you would hear sometimes "nicht gemeckert ist Lob genug" and that would literally mean that it is enough praise when no one is complaining about it/that/anything... XD

Whoever made the last meme about Germans not having humour, hasn't watched their stand up comedy, especially science comedy, and whatever Lord of the lost are doing for their video clips and lives.

I loved it 😂❤ Austrian with a German mum here!

Would be cool to see at least one East German in there. I'd say even 30 years after the re-unification there are still tangible differences in mentality between east and west. Nothing worldchanging, but still. Also, East Germans are still looked down on a bit by the West Germans, so it would be cool to see them in videos like this. Doesn't even need to be brought up, just have them in there among all the westerners Edit: Studid me, my attention must have been diverted for exactly that second where the girl from Suhl introduced herself, Suhl being ofc in Thüringen. All good!

This was great! Really enjoyed it. Please make more meme-related videos!

It is really funny when they are sometimes trying to explain why the joke is funny to each other

Funny thing is we can't laugh about this Germany is efficient meme from all our heart because we immediately think of all the things which are not improved enough. Like "haha yeah but there are..."

I do the toothpaste thingy as well and i'm not German. It just seems stupid to me to go and buy another one in the supermarket and waste money, gas and most importantly time instead of squeezing the few last bits that i have already paid for. The ''handshoe'' is hilarious. This highly descriptive mentality for words although it seems uncreative it is very practical when it comes to teaching very young kids words and maybe helpful even for foreigners with little knowledge of the german language. I mean why make up a new word when u can combine two existing ones?

I paid for the full speadometer, I am gonna use it to the full.

4:24 is why Germans would absolutely win at Scrabble, if it was going for the longest word.

@4:22😭🤣🤣🤣🤣i knew the subject of long words would definitely come up 🤣As someone's who's at B1 level studying German, Goddamn those words are long 🤣 The good thing is how easy it becomes simply breaking down complex words into smaller pieces 🤷‍♂️ zum Beispiel: der Fuß- Foot, das Boden- Floor, Schlaf-grinding, die Maschinen - Machines, -verleih - Rental

6:32 my guy was so hyped about the mettbrötchen 😭😭 love it

And then there's me, immediately confirming a stereotype, thinking that the flowerboxes on the outside of the balcony go against the code for many rental places here and how you have to hang them on the inner side of the wall. Something about insurance and liability if one were to fall and injure a person walking below. Which I think is absolutely reasonable but god damn if we don't have regulations for everything.

as german, the last one really got me rolling under my desk laughing...

i use a beer case as a Skateboard holder. fits perfectly

@7:10 yes, we do call them Handschoenen as well!;)

Your translation to English is actually German(ish) using English words. In English the sign would read "Floor Polisher Rentals" or "Rent this floor polisher"... and it would be a sign in the window of a hardware store that sells everything from nails to table saws.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 we want more

Now I know a 6 pack with a few flowers would be better than a bouquet Have to know what beer is best

Wow I learned so much.

3:15 Haha, we did that too at home.

On the Handschuhe - no other language has that (7:11) part: we the Dutch call them handschoenen which is the perfect literal translation of Handschuhe.

Work-focussed? I don't know. I live in Germany, and when I compare myself to my US cousins, I have far far more days off than they do. None of them can afford to take three weeks off work and travel to Germany. The utmost they manage might be a week or so. When I travel to the US, I never go there for under two weeks to make the cost of flying worthwhile. Also, mothers and fathers in Germany can take time off work when they have a new baby. And we have quite a lot of paid sick-leave. So I would say these days Americans are much more work-focussed, while Germans are still living off their reputation of being work-focussed.

Meme 1: Hawaiitoast or Toast Hawaii is actually really juicy and delicious. I recommend toasting the toast first. Meme 2: The famous Brotkante or whatever one of the 218 names you want to use xD Meme 4: THIS is how it SHOULD BE Meme 5: The Speedometer ends at 250 km/h, which is 155 mph. A LOT of german cars are limited to this speed. Meme 6: Yes, just yes. Although I have to say that this is not really 1 word, but 3 combined into one. That would be a rental shop for grinding machines which are designed for the floor. Meme 7: I get it, but the real deal also exists. Meme 8: This triggers every American xD Meme 9: Makes sense xD Meme 10: OOF

what Ferdinand ist talking about is called a tuben boy

Sooo...I'm german and always thought we were hard working, but my east asian friends disagree 😅🙈

Dutch also has handschoenen for gloves.

1:23 w mainly call it scherzerl

0:32 from Suiii

1:24 🤣🤣🤣

I like Katarina's sweater - and also it suits you very well :-)

In the 80s as a teen I ate so often Toast Hawaii... but without the Hawaii part since I never liked pineapple and I substituted the ham for salami. I also love Mettbrötchen but having tasted at least 30 versions in 30 different cities I came to the conclusion that I only really like it from one specific butcher in my city - I guess they use a secret ingredient/seasoning nobody else uses and also it's way finer than elsewhere, I guess they put it through the meat grinder at least twice.

The red thing on the Toast Hawaii is not a cherry tomato, it‘s a glacé (candied) cherry :)

that was hilarious 🤣🤣

I actually live 200m from the Fußbodenschleifmaschinenverleih. It shut down some time ago :/

5:23 Danke! Er hats gesagt! :)

6:32 METTBROT ALTAA i felt that

I liked this👌

I actually took a picture of that exact shop (Fussbodenschleifmaschinenverleih) for my London colleagues. It's in Hamburg, right?!

The flag one had me wheeze laughing.

Now, when I think about it, „Handsocken“ or „handsocks“ would make way more sense then „Handschuhe“ or „handshoes“.🤔

This was funny. 2 Thumbs up

A lot of this also in Switzerland, and also in the Italian part😁 But driving fast not really, also because we don't have a lot of straight roads. And Beer: I don't like it, at all! They tell me: "You are the one Swiss person who doesn't like beer"🤣

4:30 Yeah, that's weird.

There is a Hawaii Toast Song by Alexander Marcus. It's umm yeah... a little crazy... I can't really describe it... Just watch it haha

The Fußbodenschleifmaschienenverleih is NOT a scam - a friend of minne lives just two streets away from this exact store^^.

"How can you make it pass the emission test? simple, skip the test" - German efficiency

I'm agree with him 8:18 .If the meme 7:42 was about Italians in the opposite sense, the Germans would have laughed like hyenas

Leon is absolutely right. Mettbrötchen are the best.

Nicht gemeckert ist genug gelobt - Not complained is enough praise!

German Scrabble would require so many letter chips, it would have to be packed in a crate.

I've seen a version of the last meme where instead of 'humour' it said 'winning a world war'. Being into dark humour, I find it funnier

Oberfinanzdirektionssteuerrückzahlungsfachangestellter. 🤣

Josephine from Suhl. Subtitles say you are from Seoul. 😄

"We're so German right now, we're discussing about the logic of the meme..." :D

0:32 aint no way the subtitles said josephine lives in seoul

I know this shop. It is in Stuttgart

Guys i think im a secret german. Im tall, blonde, pale, and intelligent, and i come across as insulting because i always offer what i consider constructive criticism to help with future optimization, and they take it as insults. I tell my family not to ask me how i like the food, because i know they just want to hear "it was good" but if you ask me in going to list the positives and negatives so it can be refined going forward. Also the first time i got called facetious was in daycare, and my friend who works with me will ask me a question about work, then he'll say "i dont know if thats actually the answer or sarcasm with you" Finally, i work very hard at any job i have, and sink deep into understanding the systems im working with, beyond wants necessary to do my job well enough. At least management always loves me if they can handle the aforementioned sense of humor and the fact that i always offer efficiency advice to management, have had some that love it and sometimes implement it, some that say its good but they dont have the power to change it, and some that cant mad that i "think i know better than them" Im studying to be a mechanical engineer, and im in love with well engineered cars, i wanted to go to university of Stuttgart so badly. I dont like beer though...

0:30 Welches Frankfurt???

1:23 so what, the Inuit have 18 words for different kinds of snow....

i think complaining is actually the reason for most of the developments we have in technology: if you find nothing to complain about how will you make it better? If there was nothing to complain about when carrying a heavy object, why would ppl invent a wheel? makes sense were famous for technology

Alleine die tatsache dass man nichts zum meckern findet ist schon ein kritik punkt

what I don't get however is why we call it Handschuhe and not Handsocken, it's literally same material and function as a sock but for hands, I am having an existential crisis over this now

Als stolzer Deutscher habe ich viel gelacht 🤣

Der toast Hawaii is genauso schändlich wie pizza Hawaii

I find it funny how u say some word's from German with a English accent because u spoke to anyone there in English 😄

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5:20 "Don't judge us, we're efficient." What does "Übermorgen" translate into? If it's not a short phrase of lass than 2 words, for a very commonly used word, it's not efficient. But instead, you got a word to throw someone out of a window. (I forgot the word, but it does exist)

Ich hab für den ganzen Tacho gezahlt also wird der ganze Tacho genutzt! I paid for the whole speedometer, so I use the whole spedometer!

Eating a Mettbrötchen while watching the Video

Are we just going to ignore the "I was born in the black forest"?

If my German Family says that food ist delicious we Just say "geht ohne Prügel runter" wich basically means: "goes down without a beating" (a "Prügel" can also refer to a most often blunt weapon)

The word "Fußbodenschleifmaschinenverleig" is not made out of "Fuß" "boden" [etc.] its set together by "Fußboden" (floor) "Schleifmaschine[n]" (grinding machine[s]) and "Verleih" (Rental)

Why not footglove?

0:39 Wait, that's a German thing?

I've never heard of hawaii toast as a German

If we call gloves "Handschuhe" , we should call shoes "Fußschuhe"!