In germany it's rude if you do that in the house from someone else, but no one would mind if you wold do it in your on house except like Scarly said if the person says you can let them on then it's fine
It also depends on the age group. In recent years itnhas become polite tontake your shoes off, but with some older people it's often seen as weird. Some think it would be ride to ask a guest to take their shoes off.
@@evobrand1210 It's special kind of neurological syndrome of cats being squeezed while trying to escape through such windows... Doesn't occur in the US...
Ich war ehrlich gesagt schockiert, als ich mich mit Amiland auseinandergesetzt hab und erfahren hab, dass es auch andere Fensterarten gibt. Klar, man hat die Schiebefenster in Filmen und Spielen gesehen, aber man denkt irgendwie nicht, dass die echt so sind/noch so sein könnten.
Wobei ich Fenster auf Kipp einfach nur schrecklich finde :D Meine Exschwiegereltern hatten mal die grandiose Idee, die Balkontür auf Kipp zu stellen, als sie nach uns aus der Wohnung sind (sie waren zu Besuch und ich hatte sie explizit gebeten, weder die Tür noch die Fenster anzukippen, da das für unsere Katzen echt gefährlich werden kann -.-')
@@novadhd not any more but before modern Medizin was invented the first year is critical and too survive a year was a achievement I mean the mittelage isn't called the dark age without reason and the tradition has stayed
Well, in defense of American cereal based rectangular foam-slices: It's not like the US is ever _trying_ to be good at bread. They're good at importing / copying bread, like bagels, baguettes, whatever. Delightful piece of cultural clash: Subway has to pay higher taxes in Ireland because Ireland has slightly lower taxes on healthy / staple food like bread than on unhealthy food like cake. Guess what the stuff Subway frames it's tuna-free 'tuna sandwiches' with is, according to Irish standards.
I remember that distinctly. I enjoyed the broetchen also called labla in Bavaria and the pumpernickel. It would be baked daily in the small stores. Edeka, I think was the name of the little store I used to go to. Unlike most soldiers I lived in a small Bavarian village. It was good food, good beer, and beautiful country. I had many German friends. I liked how they dressed. Not sloppy like too many Americans.
Hahaha omg that's so true. Also the complaining about stupid rules never stops xD Germans can keep going all day long complaining about one little thing
So let me do a little "klugscheißen": "Prost" is the short form for "Prosit" = Pro sit. Comes from the latin prod esse and means "It may help" or like "To your health" "Tschüß" comes from "ad jüs" (northern german) which means the same as adios (spanish), adieu(french), ade (swabian): "To god"
As a Bavarian who refuses to speak the dialect or live the culture, I appreciate the comparison! Bavarian culture and even the dialect seem to completely revolve around small town culture, beer and speaking as if you already had too much of it😂
@@katzenkralle7262 damn true im from Würzburg and all young people speak "Hochdeutsch". We don´t even have the franconian accent in anymore.(except a few "Dorfkinder" who still have it because of their parents/grandparents.
Apfelsaftschorle is actually pretty good to hydrate (not as 100% substitute for water tho) especially during Sport because it provides electrolytes, assuming you use quality juice (natural and unfiltred) Mit freundlichen Grüßen :*
There's a shortcut to be a perfect german: you have to drive naked with 250 km/h on the Autobahn while eating a "Mettbrötchen" (raw minced meat) and yell at the other drivers when they drive only 240 km/h. Then let a german witness write a "Eidesstattliche Versicherung" with at least 4 copies, to give burocracy its share -> done
10:30 This was one of the weirdest things for me (German) to realize when I was learning Chinese. In German conversation, almost every single thing you say has some sort of ironic or tongue-in-cheek subtext. For example, I don't think I've ever heard anyone sincerely praise the weather without adding something along the lines of "let's see how long it stays that way" or "let's enjoy it while it lasts". Mostly it's just "Schönes Wetter heute..." spoken in a playfully exaggerated tone of annoyance. I use sarcasm far more often than I'm comfortable admitting, and most people around me do as well. Alas, the Chinese language (due to tone of voice also being used to convey lexical meaning) does _not_ allow for sarcasm at all unless you outright explain the joke. It's still excessively hard for me to wrap my German brain around that.
I don't think it has anything to do with the tonal language. Sarcasm still works without making it obvious. I rather think it is cultural. Japanese, for example, also doesn't make a lot of use of sarcasm. That isn't to say sarcasm doesn't exist in Japanese (like some people claim) but it's rather different and more limited. And Japanese is not a tonal language. Similar to English, pitch is used for all sorts of things, like expressing emotion or marking a question. (Though Japanese *is* pitch accented, which has pitch also differentiate between words, the pitch is not technically part of the word and may be changed to serve other functions)
@@mojojim6458 It may be a reminder that while nations might seem defined by lines on a map, they are something far more complex and they aren't anywhere as clearly distinguishable as some want them to be. We imported potatoes from the New Continent and turned them into a traditional German dish, we imported Tea from Asia and Coffee from-I-dunno where (I am East-Frisian, I drink tea, not coffee, that's it) and built our afternoon breaks around them, then we invited Greek and Italian guest workers and they brought us Gyros, Pizza, Tzatziki, and later the Kurds and Turks immigrated here and brought us Döner. One of our favorite beer types is Czech, and our dominant religions all come from the Middle East.
Yes. If you went into a bar where I live and say "Proscht", your going to get weird looks. We'll assume you're from the south and immediately mistrust you
What Americans refer to as bread would at best be used in Germany as a cleaning sponge to wash dishes. We just don't understand the American tradition of eating assembly foam. 🤔🤷🏻♂️
@@nieselpriem But they are not alone. I had some bread in Italy (further south) which was very near to cardboard in taste and structure. It was just a carrier for other things (olive oil...). But at least it probably was healthier than american bread.
@@nieselpriem the worst of all this "bread"-choices I found in Northern Nigeria. There you can buy this foam dyed in colors like pink, light blue, light green probably to match the topping. For Germans plain horror.
It's funny that you said the Saxony dialect sounds like a drunk Irish person. When I lived int the UK, I was asked whether I was Irish or someone Irish who's lived in the US several times. Nope, I'm just from Saxony. Sorry about that.
I learned how to open a bottle with a lighter years ago. Finally learning to open a beer bottle with another bottle, with any type of table or the beer crate as well, is one of my greatest achievements through lockdown.
@@dominikweber4305 am besten ist es, wenn du zwei Flaschen miteinander öffnest. Muss man zwar ein bisschen aufpassen, dass die zuerst geöffnete nicht überschwappt, aber man braucht nix anderes mehr.
"The Texas of Germany" made me laugh so hard, because we exactly say it vise versa about Texas. 😂 And about the sundays, btw. It was an american, called Ferris Bueller, who said once: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - A very wise man, this Ferris Bueller... very wise. 😉
First of all Bavarians don't *think* they're better, we *are* better (yes, that was sarcasm ... or was it?) and second yes, you can mix beer with other beverages, just don't call it "a beer" afterwards. If you say to someone "I'm drinking a beer" and show them your Radler you're gonna be punished. This is not a warning, it's a friendly reminder. Or is it?
bavarian beer is not seldom only unsable for dish wahing. A "Radler" (beer mixed with lemonade) has more alcohol than most bavarian beers - so little kids drink this in bavaria...
the expression Mahlzeit (literally "meal time") has 2 meanings 1) Greeting during lunch time = round about 11am till 13pm 2) a german equivalent for saying "Bon Appetit/Buon Appetito/Que Aproveche/Enjoy your meal" at every occasion you gonna start to eat a meal.. it is generally the shorted version of saying "Gesegnete Mahlzeit" meaning "Have a blessed meal time"
Germans have the habit of using greetings randomly, i.e. not at the right time/situation. The most extreme form is perhaps the Northern "moin moin". So if someone says "Mahlzeit" when you meet for sport practice, everyone understands it means "fill in nice greeting here" basically :)
@@Vamirez Falsch (ich klugscheiße jetzt!): Moin hat NICHTS mit Morgen zu tun, sonder ist die niederdeutsche Form von GUT! - siehe holländisch moi = gut.
@@martinjunghofer3391 *alarm noises* Shots have been fired! I repeat - shots have been fired! ;) Sehr gut! Aber als alter verbohrter Pälzer, der "guden moie" sagt, weigere ich mich einfach, das anzuerkennen ;) (Und bringe es selbst bei Gelegenheit sicher mal irgendwo an, hehehe...)
"Mahlzeit" ... can also be used when stating that something went very, very wrong. Oftentimes, it comes with a 'Na' as in 'Na, Mahlzeit!' (Like in 'damn!' or ... 'we are f****d!)
I was teaching a special ed class for the more severely disabled and an intellectually disabled kid showed me that you should use the little lever tabs at the top and bottom of a loose leaf notebook to open the rings, not pull on the rings. He was right. Fortunately I hadn't opened them by pulling on the rings yet that time.
I love this bureaucracy. Only two pencils, a pencil sharpener, an eraser (made of recycled rubber) and a ruler may be taken to the "How to be a German" test. By signing the form, you confirm that you have understood the content of the test and that you will not violate it. A copy of this signed declaration will be sent to the Board's archives, the Central Anti-Corruption Unit and the Central Statistics Office.
Wishing you a great wday as well, teacher. However I think I will be sick on the day of the test. Being German is not really, what we Berliners strive for, we were already forced to host a lot of their politicians. However when I think about it, the European Football championship will be soon, and our attitude may change for around a month.
As a native german, I'm absolutely sure there is no ruleset behind "Mahlzeit" If there is, I haven't figured it out. I only use it while at work during lunchbreak to wish my coworkers a good meal and break. Never used it in the evening I think.
Often its the other way around. It just depends on how much the people making it knew what to do. Everyone thinks they can make Nudelsalat and Kartoffelsalat but its just as complicated as most other dishes when done right. Often people add to much mayonnaise and that just ruins it. Gewürzgurken are also a very important ingredient for Nudelsalad that is often forgotten.
Bio is our organic food in the U.S. It's way more expensive here too. Also, "Na?", the best conversation starter ever. ;) You meant to say the Saxon dialect is THE funniest dialect of all. It's nasal and it sounds like someone is strangling a duck. My mother was from Saxony, and there were hours of laughter at her expense.
I was wondering if Nick realizes that Bio=Organic. Not necessarily that much more expensive, but sometimes way more. Yes, just like in the US. It was California hippie subculture in the late 60's-70's that really got the movement going with an organic farmer association and vetting for products before any government regulation, and organic food stores before Whole Foods or bio/organic foods showing up in normal supermarkets.
Related to federal system. The Dutch King lately pointed out His crown and country is in good contact with a Lot of German States. Maybe it's because the netherlands used to be one of them. 😅
@Vandole I really don't think it's that interesting when any German applied for Child care money or waht Taxes Peter from this Village paid in 2010. I think for some things it's really important to document them precisely so they can be retract Decade or Centuries later. But for a lot of things the paperwork is really just over complicating every thing for every one evold and this methods are only kept because none really cares about modernizing them..
3:08 A few years ago when I stayed home while my parents went on vacation for the first time I accidentally threw something in the wrong trash ONE time and a day later I got a call from some neighbor telling me to please recycle correctly :I You can't make this up. That being said, recycle!! It's important!
I have to buy this book. Laughed so much. So many true things about us. Btw, Bioprodukte are organic products (especially food). That's why they are so expensive
The tipping feature allows you to open the window when it's raining. On the other hand, the door/tipping thing gets in the way of having regular miniblinds or curtains. Also if it's inside and cool outside double hung windows when opened at the top and bottom create convection currents which exchange air efficiently.
Just randomly came upon this video in my recommended since I've been looking into German things for the past few days. Very straightforward guy, and I like the content! :) ❤️
I made an exchange semester in Boston and there was a get together with beer, but there was no bottle opener. So I opened the bottle with an other bottle. The guys there were very impressed and I had to open a few bottles of beer.😀
Hallo Kameraden! Ich danke Ihnen, für euer zahlreiches antreten. Ich bin sehr erfreut, darüber das wir das einnehmen immer noch drauf haben. Dieser Kommentar Bereich ist nun deutsches Staats Eigentum!
I like that these Videos give me a new perspective on my country I also like that they teach some new information I mean I didn’t know about Bavaria before
@@mojojim6458 close enough ... i mean look at them ... another mass shooting today, they are having those like every day now or something ... Checked the numbers ... as of today, 242 mass shootings fit the Mass Shooting Tracker project criterion, leaving 276 people dead and 979 injured, for a total of 1264 victims ...
You actually say ,,Mahlzeit" when you see that someone that you know, like a good friend or something, is eating for lunch, dinner, whatsoever. For example you spontaneously visit a good friend of yours and he or she is eating, then you say ,,Mahlzeit" because saying that is polite and friendly. You're welcome :)
You may say it even if they are not eating but you know that they're going to eat or go to a restaurant or picking up something to eat or ordering pizza.
I had so much fun to listen to that video and I really do see myself how German I am and that all of that I am just doin or saying that/these things because they are so normal to me. It is really fun for me to see how foreigners are seeing or notesing that... And I can agree to so many things... 😂😂😂
This extra focus of Germans on planning in my experience actually splits Germans (particularly couples) into two distinct groups going on a trip. The 'planner' who plans EVERYTHING and micro manages every detail and the partner or kids who have learned over time that if they try to help with the planning they just agrevate the planner more and thus now plan NOTHING completely relying on the other person to get anything done. Their contribution to the trip is essentially showing up and that's it 😁
Planning too much just takes the fun out of vacations. But planning too little can make things stressful and you might feel like you missed out on things. Obviously everyone has their own preferences, but personally I prefer some sort of flexible plans to be adjusted as necessary ... What I'm saying is ... it's important to plan how you're going to plan your plans.
1. Happy Birthday!!!💐🥂🍾🎂 2. Yes, pleeeeasee more of this! Funny, because apart from some minor exceptions it’s also true for Austria! ☺️ 3. After a weeks work in the hospital, a Sunday redecorating the children’s room, doing homework with the big son, preparing food for everybody, this video was my reward, consumed alone with ice cream 😉. Always looking forward to new videos, always curious, and you always deliver! Thanks😊 4. LG from Vienna😉
As an Austrian, I publicly and emphatically distance myself from the claim that Vienna is exemplary for Austria. For those who don't know, Austria is not Vienna and Austria is not Germany. End of the announcement 😊
@@sigismundsulzheimer5512 As a proud Austrian I totally agree with the statement that neither Vienna is Austria, nor Austria is Germany. Both things I have neither said or meant. Still I think that some seemingly typical German characteristics are true for Austria as well. Still, Austria is very distinctive and different from Germany in many other ways. Both statements are true to me. But this of course reflects only my personal opinion. No worries😉
that video was so bad lg hahahah really good job, always cool to see the own country from another perspective. You caught so many small details and sayings here, you are more german than many otheres here:D Tschüüüüs
This is hilarious , made my day ...I am German living in South Korea and this book is so accurate! Love your videos btw...keep going! LIEBE GREUSSE, Jonna :)
You nail your video contents! I love your very good balance of praising and criticizing! We live in the US since 18 years and I can confirm (almost;)) every praise and also critique you have about Germany and as well the US! So, now you are trapped (as we are) between 2 countries! ;) You are slowly, but surely, not at home in the US as a US citizen anymore and also not at home in Germany! We miss the US while we are in Germany and miss Germany while we are in the US! We can for sure agree that we all miss our families being left in the other country! Keep up your fantastic work in displaying the truth without sugar coating!
Hearing you mention that you like Bratkartoffeln (home fries / chipped potatoes) made me immidiatly feel warm and fuzzy in my heart. Its a simple dish but also an art in itself. I like to make them often like this: one third or more potatoes, one third carottes and one third onions. Onions cut finger thick, carottes smaller and the potatoes rather thin, all together in the pan, fried / baked until ready and done. Some salt and pepper and the dish is complete. A salad and fried sausages or bacon cubes are welcome additions but not needed at all.
My mum‘s Bratkartoffeln: Kartoffeln vom Vortag, in Scheiben geschnitten, in Butter in der Pfanne gebraten, dazu Spiegeleier und Spinat. Da wird mir auch ganz warm ums Herz. Allerdings auch bei ihren Rinderrouladen, und natürlich Tante Elli‘s Nusskuchen (war Schwester meines Opas) = Nusskuchen mit Schokobohnen und Schokoglasur…einfach nur WoW 🤩
Mahlzeit is short for "blessed meal" (gesegnete Mahlzeit), so it actually has a religious background. It is believed that it comes from the monks. Today it is almost always used without religious reference (without blessed)and almost exclusively in a professional context. You can also say "bon appétit" instead of Mahlzeit.
I think there's regional variation too, though. Here in Berlin people say Mahlzeit as a greeting between around 11 AM and 2 PM even if there is no food anywhere near.
@@kyihsin2917 That is fundamentally correct. There doesn't have to be food directly nearby (I didn't write it that way either). You say it, for example, when a colleague goes on his lunch break or you meet colleagues who are on their way to the canteen or on their way to their lunch break.It is a common greeting at the beginning of the "lunch break". It is implied that one eats something during the break. It doesn't matter if you eat a full meal or just a snack. One does not say it, however, when one comes back from his lunch break.
But if you break the word into two halfs, and take both words literal, it is Mahl = Meal Zeit = Time "Time for a meal" So, without any further research, I could also imagine it was used by craftsmen back in time when it was not common to wear a watch just to let anyone know that it is time for the meal. Like one loud shout on the building lot and everyone knew what time it is - time for food :-) But from now I know "Mahlzeit" either for greeting purposes between 11am and 2pm (roughly) or as replacement for "Guten Appetit" or "an guadn" which is bavarian but since we all need to hate Bavarians, just forget the last one :-D
@@felmerobert0916 I mean, I've heard people say it just because it's early afternoon and they have no idea whether the other person has already eaten or is about to eat or is going to skip lunch or anything. "Das kleine Arschloch" says it all times of day!
11:40 this is literally so true, like I´m (kind of) a writer and sometimes I´m just making scenarios up in my head for fun, but if there is ONE unrealistic thing I cant continue until I made it make sense
My first reaction to those lists and books is always „Ugh, again some stereotype BS that is just dumb and doesn‘t reflect the reality“, then I always have to admit how appropriate that shit is. And this, dear Nalf, is also a typical German thing to do. Although I‘m a migrants‘ child they made a pretty decent job in assimilating me. I‘m a real German. I call us „defizitorientiert“.
@@3.k 😅 Kunscht!! "Konkrete Poesie". Früher war's der Gedankenstrich, heute ist es die Denkpause alias Lücke. Aber selber erstmal Alliterationspower im eigenen Namen!! KKK? Will man das? Hmmmm...
A German has always a pullover and a raincoat along till mid of June. The weather is still changing a few times a day, so it might ve sunny and warm, when you leave the house, but within an hour it could be cold and/or rainy.
Jaaaa, stimmt, das Wetter is unstet bis zu "den Eisheiligen" zumindest (Mitte Mai), deshalb stellt man z.B. die Pflanzen noch nicht raus auf den Balkon.
Also there are three major types of potato salad. My favorite is cucumber, onions, pickles 1 apple, the sud of the pickles salt paper and a tee spoon mustard. All is cut in small squares only the potato is clocked pealed and in slices. Mixed all together. Additional you can add majo if you want to.
Welcome back! :D As far as I can tell about your videos you turned into a German mostly. I mean, you wanted to come back, you missed it, you're here again. Is this probably a sign of you wanting to stay here...forever?
