Reaction To The Greatest German Memes EVER!! 

We Germans call reality TV Trash TV because that's exactly what it is

„Hast du ein Migrationshintergrund?“ „Nein, das ist einfach nur ne weiße Wand“ I just love this so much lmao

4:14 You're a real German when you went with your lantern and your lantern went with you 😂😂

I feel like the German Meme culture is quite different in a sense that American Memes are usually just funny clips and always different like try not to laugh challenges but in Germany pretty much everybody under let's say 30 knows these clips. They are rooted quite deeply in the culture. When you tell someone "I need Chicken with Rice" they usually immediately finish the sentence with the whole routine. American meme Videos are usually actually try not to laugh Videos with Random new clips that nobody knows. Has its good and bad sites.

The first clip with the police only really comes over as funny when you understand German pronouns The guy says you c***, using the familiar form Du. The policeman says "what" and the guy says "Sorry, you c***" using the formal Sie , which is expected when speaking to a policeman. In other words he's apologising for mis-using grammar , not for calling the policeman a c*** !!

The Fire department one is a German Porn Movie/Video, those always got the stupidest dialogs xD.

"Du" is informal, and "Sie" is formal. So he was polite but disrespectful, I love it. xD

I have a question: Is anybody else than Germans watching these kind of 'Reacting to German culture' videos? 😂😂

The firefighter "Alarm" scene is the beginning of an adult movie.

The footballer is Walter Frosch, a German legend. Originally a trained chimney cleaner, he played for some time in the bundesliga, where he compensated his lack of speed with brutal tackles (that’s why the red says “tried” to play fair) leading to a maximum of yellow cards being introduced and at some point signed for two clubs, and joined neither taking a holiday instead while they were confused. After his career he became the barkeeper at the Stadion until he passed away in his mid 60s from lung cancer. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong

around 4:30 in Germany we celebrate St. Martin. It is the story of a saint who stopped at a beggar’s when it was cold in winter and shared half of his coat with the beggar. It is a beautiful story and children learn about sharing. Children make little lanterns and make small processions behind St. Martin on his horse and after the lantern procession usually the story with St. Martin and the beggar is reenacted. Kids usually get some sweets, mandarins and a little “Weckmann” or “Stutenkerl” (different names all over), but basically a baked little boy, just google an image^^ I have a two year old and I think it is the greatest event for children. There are beautiful songs that the children sing during the processions and my daughter even continued singing and walking around with her lantern after St. Martin was long over (it is always in early November). I believe it is more enjoyable than even Christmas for the little ones.

Seeing ZDF being called a "random german, state sponsored show" was certainly not on my 2023 bingo card xD

Best german memes is missing: "Kranplätze müssen verdichtet sein!" Classic! Just watch that, pure classic! :D

The best way to explain the first clip is that he said, "Go away, you wanker". The policeman asked him what he had said and he replied: "Sorry, I meant leave Mr. Wanker.

6:28 it was an audi rs6 quattro without the decals on it. it has the nickname "porsche killer" for a reason :D

As a German, I love how people react to our stupidness.

Walter Frosch. The man, the myth, the legend. (The footballer with cigarettes)

7:56 as far as I'm aware that's in cologne and the hole in the ceiling is still there

Any German here?

The third meme is funny in multiple regards: Walter Frosch was a chain smoking pro football player who was partially responsible for the "yellow lock" rule beeing implimented. In one game he collected 18 yellow cards which made the commitee implimenting the "yellow lock" rule. That makes the referee saying: "he is a good one... he always "tried" to play fair and square" even funnier! LUL

In early November little kids celebrate Martin's Day. It is usually an event driven by kindergartens or the local community or churches. So it is not one kid, but a bunch of them, with often handmade lanterns walking in the early evening (already pretty dark at that point of the year), singing specific songs. One aspect of the celebrations is of course the lights. Another is the concept of sharing with others (St. Martin cut his cloak, to share it with a beggar). Usually some kind of baked good, that the kid shares with their family, is the practical translation. In some areas the religious origin of the day is driven forward, in others not so much. There are also regions, where the kids walk from door to door to collect sweets, but I've not seen that myself. Some Martinszüge are accompanied by a rider, playing Martin, with a cloak and sword, and a 'beggar' placed along the route, to recievehalf of the cloak. The Martinsfest or Laternenlaufen is one of THE big events in kindergarten, along with Christmas, Carneval, Easter and the start of Summer or Summerholidays.

It's a formal version of the word "you" when addressing authorities and strangers and other people you want to be nice to. There is a formal version of "you" and casual version. He first used the casual version, then apologized and used the formal version. In English it's always "you", regardless of who you're talking to.

The one with the plane, loosing its tire, is fake, but just pure comedy gold!

What is also so funny about the first clip: Using formal language while using an insult is so much more insulting because it puts more distance between you and your opponent. He doubled down on the insult because he switched to formal.

You misunderstood the first video: There are not multiple ways to say "Wichser", but multiple ways to say "you" in German. We use "du" for children, pets, friends and colleague, while we use "Sie" for adult strangers and people that are superior in authority like cops (in other words, we use the words similarly like "tu" and "vous" in French or "tú" and "usted" in Spanish). As for the controversy about the word "W*chser": The term "W*chser" denotes a person who masturbations a lot, but the word is much harsher and much more derogatory in German than the word "wanker" is in English. Therefore, "c*nt" is a good translation, it's not a literal translation but just as rude.

Regarding the clip with the porsche: I saw such a "family car" with more then 700 horse powers, thats twice as much as a normal porsche got. Was an Audi special edition.

8:07 fun Fact. The hole is still there in Colonge central Station in the Underground part for the more or less „U-Bahn“ (Subway)

When it says "state sponsored" it's actually not sponsored by the state. It's people-sponsored, since the people pay for it and the people are included in shaping it. It's protected and regulated by laws and politically independent.

The litte child acting with a lantern is on Sankt Martin´s day. It is a christian holiday. Martin of Tours (died 397) was a Roman soldier who was baptized as an adult and became a bishop in Gaul. He is best known for the tale whereby he cut his cloak in half with his sword, to give half to a beggar who was dressed in only rags in the depth of winter. That night Martin had a vision of Jesus Christ wearing the half-cloak.

"Is that Vettel driving that car?"😂 No, just a regular German on hisdaily commute putting a show-off in his place. My only complaint: NEVER PASS IN THE RIGHT LANE and especially NOT ON THE SHOULDER !

I love at 10:59 this guy denying allegations that he has loved ones

6:25 "Kombi" = station wagon. The other car is an Audi RS4 Avant, a very powerful version of an Audi A4 Avant (Avant = Audi's name for a Station Wagon), which has about 400 horsepower, whereas a Porsche 911, which of that era has about 320 (the much more expensive 911 Turbo is far more powerful, though) If the Audi doesn't have "RS4" written on it, you won't immediately notice how powerful this thing is. Gotta love understatement.

2 clips I think you didn't get and were not explained yet: The girl was asked if she has a migration background (because she looks not like a "native german"). But she just was thinking on the background of the video/stream she is doing and replied that it is plain white because they just moved into the apartment. Ribery was told to celebrate with the cup/bowl they just won for German Bundesliga to get good pictures and instead of doing celebration moves he also shouts "Celebrate" probably because his German was not too good and he was confused what the journalist wants him to do.

"Alarm" was hilarious pron Dialog 😂

"Was ist denn mit Karsten los?" is the absolute best out of all those. The amount of times this meme is used among my friends is staggering, lmao

That guy with the Jesus Cross was super lucky. In China a construction worker also carried a long piece of wood, but the roof didn't give, instead the stairs did. He fell into the motor and there was nothing left but pulp. I get the shivers just remembering that.

Walter Frosch the guy with the cigarettes was a german football player who is famous for the most yellow cards in one season.

He sayd "wanker". Formal is the personal pronouns "sie" instead of "du". I might be compared to the salutation “Sir”. The joke with Walter Frosch is the other guy who says: "He always TRIED to play fair." He tried, but never sucess. 27 yellow cards in a single season.

3:58 das ist einer der besten memes😂 leider hat er ihn aber nicht verstanden.

In German, "du" is the informal way to address someone, similar to "you" in English. It's used when speaking to friends, family members, or people of similar status. On the other hand, "Sie" is the formal or polite form of address, it’s also "you" in English but is used to show respect or to address someone in a formal setting, like in business meetings, with strangers, or with someone older or of higher status. So, while "du" is more casual and intimate, "Sie" is used to show respect and maintain a certain level of formality in conversation.

Regarding the Clip with the child. This you can see in Germany on 11th of November. It's St Martin's Day and when it's dark Kids walk with their parents and singing St.Martin's songs. Often following an as St. Martin costumed adult riding a horse, where possible. For kids this is often a big thing, they create their laterns themselve in kindergarden.

I cried… 😂 the grandpa saying „HaLLo?!“ destroyed me

You did really well and these were in fact some of the classic german memes 😂

The funny part about the first one is that he apologised, suggesting that he did say something inappropriate, then repeated the sentence, correcting ti to formal speech, but doubled down on the insult. Basically: "You wanker!" - "Come again?" - "Oh, excuse me, calling you a tosspot so informally was uncalled for, allow me to rephrase. You, *_sir,_* are a wanker."

german reality TV is by far the major meme supplier in germany :D

that footballer at 2:24 is Walter Frosch (who passed away in 2013) he is especially famous because he's the reason players get suspended after 5 yellow cards in the German league system, because he just collected so many of them.

I had to laugh along so much!!!😂 Not so much about these memes but because of you.🙈

I don't know which one is better: "ALARM, ALARM" or "Warum liegt hier eigentlich Stroh?"

10:15 That "Alert" scene is taken from one of the many low budget german porn productions from the 90´s, back when they used to have a makeshift story. It´s so bad it´s funny. also, probably no one has seen the actually porn movie, but EVERYBODY knows this scene.

It's probably been remarked 1000 times already, but the young girl just now was asked: "Do you have a migration background?" And she said: "No that's just a white wall, we just moved in!" This is the sort of humor I like best: situational.

4:35 children in germany go for a walk with such lanterns on „sankt martins“-day

Argh, its sad that so few reactors get the one with the migration background xD.. its so good!

9:55 There is actually a German party song about the Henri Henrisson, Bruder von Jürgen Hurensohn joke that someone made out of that meme after the documentry aired on a German public broadcast. 😂

Just discovered you and I didn't expect to love your accent and commentary this much❤

Trainer says about his guy: " He's a good guy, always TRIED to play decent and fair!" And we all know he fouled a lot. Young girl is asked: "Do you have a migration background?" "No, that's just a white wall!" Priceless... Thanks for the compilation🤭👍

and yeah, these memes are all very well known. for sure top tier memes. some may be missing like the "ok lets go" - kid. but i think its because most of these memes are from pre social media times.

The formal form "Sie/Euch" is comparable to the middle-english word "you", while the not formal middle-english form "thou" (du) dont exist in english anymore.

Hi, Mert! Yes, that was very funny! Loved to see y o u having so much fun! 😂 I needed a handkerchief!!!

The lantern is from a German holiday called „saint martins day“ the kids build little lantern hanging from sticks and hold them while walking in the dark and singing about saint martin with their friends. Saint martin was a soldier’s in the roman army who commited lots of good deeds like helping the homeless.

The football Player with the cigarettes was Walter Frosch, known for hard playing style and hard party.

The AUDI faster than a Porsche was probably an RS edition. The engine in these is a porsche as well, I believe. They are highly tuned and look not like that at all.

The VW overtaking the Porsche is gold 😂😅👍🏼 Lately too, driving a VW Golf TSI gave me the same feeling... barely anything that needs to be adjusted

Walter Frosch (the football player in Video 3) was a fucking legend. What you’ve just witnessed was exactly the same as he was while being an absolute beast on the field. Nobody wanted to play against him. He had no problem of tackling you to the stars. Afterwards (and maybe inbetween the match) he smoked cigarettes.

The lantern is for St. Martin's day procession. They recently renamed it to "Lichterfest" (festival of light) to get rid of the religious connotation. There's a famous kid's rhyme. I'll give you the "dad version", though: "Ich geh mit meiner Laterne Und meine Laterne mit mir, Da vorne ist eine Taverne Dort tausch' ich das Ding gegen Bier!"

The football player is Walter Frosch, legendary for his unfair over hard tacklings. Cigarettes seemed to have been his fuel.

oh boy there are some golden moments in german reality TV. you have to look up Andreas from "Frauentausch" he is such a legend in germany. one of the most memorable moments of tv history

Btw I love you reacting to german cuture! Please keep theses videos coming! One constructive criticism tho: you should get a microphone stand to cancel the noise whenever you touch your table. This would honestly elevate your production. :)

The kid's lantern thing is based on something that happens in Germany around Martinmas (11th of November) when kids celebrate Saint Martin (the Roman soldier who cut his cape in half with his sword because he wanted to help a beggar who was shivering by the roadside). I don't know where the idea of lanterns came from in Germany, but they are usually paper lanterns with a candle inside. That toddler's reaction is something that you could totally see here in Germany. Kid's reaction to his dad saying the candle has gone out because of what the kid did. Kid wants to check out if the candle really has gone out.

Little Willy is so cute. Funny video.😅👍💜

Just found your channel but you just got a new sub! ^^

1:10 he used the formal word for "you" not the other

4:23 laterns are part of a German celebration. St. Martin in autum. Children do a procession with lanterns (usually self made ones in Kindergarden or School) through hteir local area. Usually organised via schools and the like.

Wichser means wanker, btw. It was just translated as cunt bc Wichser feels quite a bit more vulgar than wanker does. Others explained the formality bit, so I won't repeat that.

4:24 the hanging lantern is something we go around with (usually children) on a holiday of ours, its tradition

It's like "you are a cunt" vs "thou art a cunt" - english has levels of politeness too :D Most languages still very much use two or more levels of poltieness. The german polite version just basically means adressing people in third-person plural pronouns, as used here. A more extreme version not in use anymore is addressing somone in second-person plural pronouns or in third-person singular. Literally translated in a formal context you could address another person with "they are a cunt" (as used here, even though i'd say "wanker" is a better translation), in a history movie it could also be "you(plural) are a cunt" or "he is a cunt". Same logic is used for example in french and spanish.

i don't know if anyone ever told you this but i find your accent very charming! love the content! countless people prbably already told you but yeah Du = You (Informal) ; Sie = You (Formal) i think german reality tv is... trash .. BUT it has a lot of moments that became part of the german meme package for example "psycho andreas" and "dome" also the ending clip is from "roli und rita" i think the song is called "was ist dein lieblingsfach?" essentially asking what your favorite school subject is

0:50 the FORMAL is for the "you" du is informal, Sie is formal

The child with the Lantern (Willi) has a selfmade "Sankt Martins Laterne" which is a little christian festivity here in germany, where children get a story how St. martin and then walk with their lantern in gropus around and sing songs. In my childhood we even had a men that played St. Martin on a real horse and cut his cape into two (part of the story)

5:05 as a German and Car Guy That "Family car" is a Sleeper. A term for a normal looking car that has insane power under the hood. The cocky Porsche driver got embarrassed by one lol.

German reality tv is like watching people in front of a club in Blackpool at 1am.

There is a formal and an informal version of "you" in German. The swearword stays the same.

In Germany we have a Holiday called St. Martin on 11th November and all People go out with Selfmade Lanterns to celebrate St. Martin. He has sliced his coat in half to warm a homeless dude.

That bit with the fire fighters.... that was the storyline of a porno. The whole story line. We are people of culture here 😀

No, there is no formal swearword in german. There is a formal/polite form of adress. The Translation of "you" into german is "du" (or "ihr" in plural), but we only say "du" to people who belong to our friends and family. With strangers we are using the polite form, which is "sie". The joke here is, that he uses the swearword, then apologizes, only to reapeat the exact same swearword, but this time with polite form of adress.

To the mini child with the lantern: A long time ago a beggar in shorts sat in the snow and shouted: "Help, I'm cold, I'm freezing to death." Then a Roman officer rode up and gave the beggar a scrap of cloth. Then the beggar said, "Oh, thank you. The piece of cloth will definitely delay my death by one or two hours." And for this noble deed the officer was made a saint. To commemorate him, every November we walk through the streets with lanterns and burn a pile of wood. Witches are no longer available.

The guy with the cross is in the cologne main station and the reason he is dressed like jesus is the "Kölner Karneval" (cologne carnival)

"this looks like a guy who enjoyed his life". there's literally no better way to describe the legend Walter Frosch 😅 as a german I've seen all of those meme thousands of times but I still have tears in my eyes seeing all of them again 🤣🤣

"Brother of Jürgen H*rensohn"... oh boy that one got me cold 😂

First one is like calling someone a C and then correcting it to You are a C, sir.

These comments were very helpful. I didn’t know why Willy was walking around with a lantern (before he face-planted into it) nor did I understand the girl’s confusion over her “background” being a plain white wall.

"Der Riesenwaran, Australiens größte Eidechse ist auf der Suche nach Futter" is literally one of the most funny german memes I know.

translation is not correct. it's not "cunt" but "wanker"

Yes, in German there is an informal and a formal version! It depends on how close you do know somebody and sometimes it depends on the age of a person. If you're meeting an adult for the first time (adressing someone directly in a conversation; like on the street, going to the doctor, etc...) or talking to someone in higher authority you use the formal version. If you are talking to someone in lower authority (some stranger child under age of 15-16 yrs ) or to somebody you know more closely you end up using the informal version. It has nothing to do with cursing in particular... it is just a social distance thing. If you are holding business-related talks/meetings/whatever the formal version of adressing someone in a conversation is for keeping some sort of respectful distance... In most E-mails you have to adress someone with respect. So you use the word "Sie" ,wich has to be written with a big "S" because the same word with a small "S" means her/they. You also use "Ihr", "Ihre", "Ihres",ect.,... to express this kind of formal language... In school most teachers speak up to you informally, while you have to remain in formal terms to the teacher (because he/she is in higher authority)... By thinking through my own language, it just feels like an absolutely abstract thing to do...since now.😂

Willy smashing his face into his lantern is by far the funniest of these clips.

"Sie" is formal.. "Du" is informal.. it is not allowed to address a police officer the informal way. Thats an insult and you can get actually fined for that. So only use "Du" when an adult person told you that "Du" is fine or you can even ask if "Du" is ok when starting a conversation.. only use "Du" in family or with friends, with kids, teens and in the comments ;). In public always use "Sie" to address adults.

4:16 St. Martin´s day, 11th november. I remember in Kindergarten we would build (with help and instructions ofc) our own little lanterns, and - quite unusual and quite memorable - we would in company with parents and kindergartenpersonnel walk through the streets and sing songs during the evening hours.

10:25 is from a german porn 😂

07:45 Jesus was the best - could't stop lauging.

The "train jesus of cologne" (because that jesus clip was filmed at the train station in cologne) is an absolute legend in germany and they refuse to fix the hole. It remained there for several years and I'm pretty sure they still haven't fixed it, it was still there around 2 months ago

Yeah little kids in germany walk around with their candles for st martin on 11th of november