Living in GERMANY as an American // First Impressions, German Culture Shocks 

Wow his German is really great and so is his German accent.

Dein Deutsch ist ganz hervorragend! Ich bin beeindruckt!

I think it's not so much that us Germans don't want to talk about it. We do. Often. It's just that there's a time and place for it. And I've had foreign friends randomly bring up the topic of nazis in casual conversation like you would talk about what's on TV last night. And as you said correctly - that's a bit like getting whiplash. I mean, imagine someone at a party suddenly asking "Oh, btw, how many slaves did your family own?". And yeah, I have been asked, with no particular lead-in, "Hey, what's your thoughts on hitler? Were any of your grandfathers in the SS?".

"A lot of new german words come from english" - and a lot of old english words came from German. :)

Dude, your pronunciation is pretty good. Congrats!

Wow, Du sprichst SEHR gut deutsch. Respekt

damn your german is actually spot on. like bruh.

Deine Aussprache ist fast perfekt. Arbeite noch ein wenig am Vokabular, dann kannst Du als Lehrer für Deutsch arbeiten. Das würde vielen Amerikanern helfen die Deutsch lernen möchten.

Dude...What the heck happened to your eye?! Nice German btw.... keep on going! About being late to an appointment: Give that person a call and ask that person if it was a problem if you arrived 10 minutes later! Then it's not a big deal. But as always: Call that person in time... so: Prior to the appointment! ;-)

Your German is really well, never heard that great German from a young American, keep it up! Love your reflective and adult way. If you're back in Wuppertal, don't know how but just let me know :)

Dein Deutsch ist außerordentlich gut. Wirklich beeindruckend!

Dein Deutsch erstaunt mich. Were did you learn this very good pronaunciation? You sound like a German. No accent.

Super Deutsch!! Absolut top! Ich habe gedacht, du sprichst immer so, als du angefangen hast in "amerikanisch-deutsch" zu sprechen :D:D:D Bester Mann!!!

You have a pretty accurate perception of Germany. You are an intelligent young man.

Ein tolles Video und Dein Deutsch ist, wie hier schon ein paar mal erwähnt- sehr gut!

Your german is excellent!

your german accent is excellent, muss ich zugeben :)

Nice video. Your accent in German is very good! 👍👍

A very impressive young man. 👍

His pronunciation is really German! Great!

Leberwurst is awesome. Put salt and raw onions on it! Its not pure liver, only partially

I have watched a few videos like this one, the level of German is fantastic, well done!!!

You're ALLWAYS welcome! Just see Germany as your second homeground, and switch it to your first whenever you want!

Smart young guy!

Your video was excellent, very interesting!! For people that don't care for German food, there are many other kinds of restaurants. Every possible American fast food eatery is everywhere. Your German is excellent, many people don't realize that English is a West Germanic language. A lot of the words we use are very German. Here in the US most people don't realize that the largest single ethnic group is German.(look it Up) Thanks again for a great video.

know what... you evolved some german accent! pahahahaaa no fuckin joke :D:D.D love it ;)

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He absolutely understood how ger differs from ae in ways of correct pronounciation/accent.

I love that you're getting the short vowels and the german "r"-sound right :)

A turkish immigrant has invented it in Berlin. Thx for this awesome food. :-*

My bad amercian german accent...haha.... The american accent sounds not bad to most of us at all... :D

You know your grammar. :-)

Gyros is Greek.Döner is turkish.

Dude Wuppertal! Ich glaube ich hab mit dir geredet =O !!!!!!!!

Me as a German I can say despite I'm not that much into religion but it's always a joy for me to see people helping people. Well sometimes it's quite fun to see the country were I life in through the eyes of others - lustig ist es auch, von anderen zu hören, dass das Anstehen an Kassen ziemlich hektisch sein kann. :P

akzent frei :O :O :O i speak english but everyone say,...your akzent ios sooo hard nicly done dude

Great german

If you´re late, just send a message or give a call and everything´s all right ;)

what is with you eye?

what's with that shiner?? and you are missing a star on your jersey... but your German pronunciation is superb

Alter Schwede, Du hast wirklich sehr gut Deutsch gelernt. Toll! Da merkt man gleich, was Wille und IQ möglich machen!

His German is pretty good.

German - American relations were always good until a U.S. President was elected who wanted to make America great again. I think that they will continue to be good once this person who does not seem to know what international diplomacy is based upon will be thrown out of office. I myself would not want to life in a town named gut or intestine city (just a joke we make about Darmstadt). Your knowledge of German is really remarkable, almost without this typical "Yankee accent".

very impressive

"Darmstadt, which is kinda near Frankfurt"... Haha that's always how i describe it, kinda sad actually ^^

Hope you got to check out the Hobbit (bar) in Darmstadt!

Großartiger Beitrag! Schöne das du hier in Deutschland lebst und so offen bist. Auch deine Meinung über die Flüchtlinge...ich sehe das auch so.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

👍just great man!

Yes,for a true friend , we take a bullet !!!! But every German has only 2 max 4 friends in his whole life......

Cool that you had a Positive Experience :D

...und Dein Deutsch ist perfekt !!!

You nearly have become German

Woah woah. I love Leberwurst 😤😤😤

maaaan ---- holy moly - you just nailed it. First of all your German is just perfect. Second of all everything you described or talked about seems to be 100% accurate to me as a German. And last but not least you and many others from other countries enrich our lives through the views you share. - many thanks

I wonder i difficult it was leaving his family and friends to go to live in germany

Now I was watching the video much longer, I doubt you are an american.

Amazingly high standard of German: vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation (which is tough for Americans). Also very insightful.

Texans don't want to discuss the Mexican war and the land taking from Mexico, do they?

Oh man! It's so weird! Your english sounds so american and and your german sounds so german!

For some reason if you go to Germany you have to pretend that you love people from all over the world. Even though that it's their culture (the Germans) that you wanted to visit, you still have to take the time to Verbally state that it's other people from around the world that you like and even though that the United States has the most immigrants of any country in the world you act like that's the best part of germany. Meanwhile it's the alleged 'minorities' that make it less german and without a culture even though they constitute well over 50% of newborn in Germany. Yea...das ist die realität leute

Nice shiner. Very sexy, indeed.

Liebe Grüße aus Darmstadt

schweben is best translated as "to float". Just some random info 😺

Where did you live in Darmstadt?

Wow, your German is excellent.

Ich hoffe auch das unsere beiden Nationen sich gut verstehen; fürchte aber mit Trump wird es weiterhin schwierig.

WUPPERTAL

12:10 Oh, and how they love it

👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Dankeschön

I would say darmstadt is average sized for a city in germany.

he shut have mentioned how old the ´´Schwebebahn´´ is.

Hi bro

Leberwurst: the German comparison to American 'canned cheese'.

Not Germany but germanistan

Lifey - your german is awesome.