And it depends on where you're living. Münchener und Stuttgarter complaining about 15-30 minutes - in Berlin I complain about 3-7 minutes. We have some trains at U-Bahn that arrive every 3 minutes. Interesting that in some cities in America public transport is seen as transport system for the poor..
well Americas train system isn't really developed, Germanys is but still way worse then other countrys (because it isn't run by the government) like France or at the best Japan
Marc Geht mir genauso aber irgendwie schwingt bei jedem dieser Videos, so ein religiöser Unterton mit und zusammen mit dem Punkt dass bei all den Videos die dieses Kanals (soweit ich gesehen habe wurden bist jetzt schon Belgien Niederlande Dänemark Schweden Norwegen und Finnland abgearbeitet) und Themen sind ausschließlich nur positive Punkte Das wirkt irgendwie auf mich sehr suspekt und ust mit Vorsicht zu beobachten und hat sogar schon etwas leicht sektenhaftes an sich (ich glaube das sind Zeugen Jehovas oder Mormonen)
@@PPfilmemacher Das liegt daran, dass doe Leute auf einer "Mission" sind, dass heisst die Reisen in verschiedene Länder und versuchen anderen Menschen - wie soll ich sagen - "Gott nahe zu bringen" :) Also mir war das schon klar.
@@Sonnenanbeterin1991 A Vakuumreiniger would obviously be too absurd to build, wouldn´t it? It reinigs Vakuum. Imagine a German owning something that has no functional value.
Hab allerdings jetzt schon öffters gehört das für Außländer die öffentlichen in Deutschland großartig sein sollen. Da frag ich mich echt was die für eine s*****e von öffentlichen haben...
Der Nahverkehr in Deutschland ist total IO. Fernfahrten ne katastrophe. Je nachdem was man braucht bekommt man daher diese krass unterschiedlichen Meinungen.
@@velrch3973 jext wo das aufkommt, Nahverkehr in deutschland ist großartig, Hab in nürnberg 3 jahre ausbildung gemacht und nahverkehr dort idst genial!
It's really funny to see: She is the third american (out of three) that say's the following things: - I didn't like sauerkraut until I came to Germany and now it's one of my favorites - Rouladen is delicious - Public transportation is awesome
I think Christmas is perhaps special because we do it in the evening of december 24, when it's dark and you have nice little lights on. That's very cozy and more reflective, i think.
when she talked about us having really long words i wondered if she can say smth. like "Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher" (a device to crack an egg at a very specific point)
Believe me, we're interested in other cultures too and it's relatively easy to get into a wholesome discussion. Although it depends where you're asking. But we have a lot of meet-ups for foreigners, where you can learn german too.
be aware that friendship has some worth in germany. even if you make a friend you have to put effort into keeping them. be a flake and you can go f*ck yourself 😂
The history of kids running around with lanterns is based on the life of Saint Martin. Or Martinus von Turn, son of a roman tribune, who became later a Catholic Bishop.
Especially that she was also in Kiel - my home town - in the hardest winter in fifty years. Now that is rare!! I love her big-eyed, appreciative report. You can tell how much she loved it, makes you feel young again when you listen to her. Well, it is an American quality to be open and appreciative - so glad these young people get to see other countries for themselves. A gift that gives on giving!! "Herausforderung" was very well pronounced, by the way.
I don't know how old her experiences are, but these days we don't have snow in the north anymore. I actually heard that the last time all of Germany had a white christmas was in 2010
Na und? Vor 100 Jahren, wars genauso warm wie im Augenblick. Der HR hat in seinem Videotext ne sehr umfangreiche Wetterabteilung. Da kann man sowas sehr schön nachschauen...
10:25 the Parade is actually a old catholic- / evangelical- / russ. orthodox-tradition of a lights procession to celebrate and honor the „Sankt Martin“ (Saint Martin of Tours; Latin: Sanctus Martinus Turonensis; 316 or 336 - 8 November 397)
The myth: While Martin was a soldier in the Roman army and stationed in Gaul (modern-day France), he experienced a vision, which became the most-repeated story about his life. One day as he was approaching the gates of the city of Amiens, he met a scantily clad beggar. He impulsively cut his military cloak in half to share with the man. That night, Martin dreamed of Jesus wearing the half-cloak he had given away. He heard Jesus say to the angels: "Martin, who is still but a catechumen, clothed me with this robe.". In another version, when Martin woke, he found his cloak restored to wholeness. The dream confirmed Martin in his piety, and he was baptised at the age of 18.
Carneval, the only time (in the past) where the ordinary people could critizise the local politics (The Church, Dukes, Kings, etc) without the risk of punishment.
Thank you for this lovely way to speak about Germany , the word you have forgotten is : Sankt Martinsumzug , smile , a real long word again ... it’s the 11th of November when the children’s are going to ring at the front doors of many houses and singing special songs for getting sweets ... I really like you as a person and it will be a pleasure to watch more videos of you
Ha... and also called Ubahn (nothing to do with the american "Uber" Taxi ) ... yeah that is U...(underground) ...bahn (tram/railway) or in german (U)ntergrund(bahn)... so simple..the meaning is complete in one word )
10:30 it's called "Sankt Martin" and on that day, people (mostly kids) make these lanterns, then put little candles in it and walk around town. In some cities there is even an "Sankt Martins-Umzug" ("Sankt Martins Parade" [you are right, we love parades]) where all the children come together and walk through the town. Sankt Martin was one of the most "famous" catholic saint and a Story almost every german child knows talks about him cutting his cape in half and giving it to a homeless man who was freezing in a cold night.
When the kids with the little lantern lights walk through the streets, that's called St. Martin. They celebrate that the Saint was a Roman solider first, who then became a bishop because he parted his warm coat with a sword and shared it with a beggar. It celebrates sharing and helping people and the lantern lights symbolice the hope you can light for others.
I appreciate her being so into Germany. Seriously!!! but i never heard someone ate knödel with sausage. But i agree with a lot of the rest and i like it THUMBS UP
Both of my grandfathers spoke fluent German...one would tell me, "Der Deutsche macht alles bis zum bitteren Ende". I miss them terribly. My favorite long German word is speed limit: "Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung" (Thank you for this video)
Rouladen is very thin beef meat rolled and filled inside with bacon and pickled cucumber (Cornichons). The flat meat is spiced before rolling with mostly mustard, salt and pepper wich gives the whole roll (Roulade) a spicy taste. Next the roulade is short roastd from the outside and than simmering a long time in a roaster to become tender. The roulade is kept together by a special needle or yarn wich has to be removd before serving. The long simmering in a roaster provides a base for beautifull sauce, which can be refined by adding some fitting vegetabels to the roaster. The thiner the beef, the more better the Roulade becomes. The most butcher use froozen beef to cut it realy thin.
As a native babyboomer German, let me clear up some of the fog about our holidays. Carnival or Karneval in German is a centuries-old tradition in the regions that did have a majority of folks with the catholic faith, so it is a long tradition and therefore huge in the Rhineland and in Southern Germany (but in the Southern region it is more common to call it Fasching same idea behind it only different name), it is celebrated from 11.11. until the last 40days before Eastern. But it reached its peak at the last Thursday (named Allwiferfastelowend in the Rhineland wich literally translated did mean "every womenfolk Carnival eve") at that day the women in the Rhineland will cut any tie that they could spot with scissors and yes they did the party and there is a lot of alcohol involved. From that day on, the whole, Rhineland goes nuts and parties until the next Wednesday which is the day when lent did start. In the south of Germany, the peak of the carnival season did start at the weekend before that Wednesday and the big parades are often done on Monday. The main difference between the South and the Rhineland version is that in the Rhineland version is a small touch of rebellion involved (many carnival clubs did have a kind of uniform and other reminiscences to the military) because of the Prussians that did take the reign in many parts of the Rhineland after the Napoleon wars and as carnival is the time when nearly every rule is loosened in the Rhineland, the folks there did take the advantage to poke fun on there new sovereigns. So yes I did really understood, why they keep the US kids away from this because of some of the freedom that we claim in those days is widely misused (not in the sense of crime but more in the sense of skipping all rules, if you think about the Mardi gras as an ungodly event, take that and multiply it with any number you like and than you come close to the carnival spirit in the Rhineland, e.g. the common sense about a child that is born 9 months after carnival is no men ask anything, even if he is not the biological father, he did not have any clue how many of his kids would be raised by others, its a carnival child and with that, it is a Child at all). The lanterns parade that she did find so cute is Saint Martin's day. As the saint story about Martin is a lesson of sharing/helping each other (according to the story he shared his greatcoat with a poor guy) the kids will handicraft lanterns in the upcoming days before Saint Martin's day, so they could bring (and share) light to the world (keep in mind that Germany did share the same parallel with the south of Canada, so it gets pretty early dark in November) a men on a horse will lead the parade and at the end of the parades way he will share his greatcoat and every child did get a pastry (traditionally a so-called "Weckmann" which looks like this for example www.backenmachtgluecklich.de/media/2019/10/Weckmann-Rezept-Hefeteig-730x395.jpg ). And the last one that she did mention Christmas. That is nearly the same as in the US. A Christian holiday that is very popular in our societies because it did not only fill our spiritual needs but although our economies. What is a bit different if you compare the USA with Germany is the fact that we Germans did use the whole Advent time (the four weeks ahead of Christmas) to get into the right spirit for Christmas (the Advent calendar and the Advent wreath are both a must-have for nearly every family) and because we did have the 25th and the 26th as holidays (if you take the 24th as a workfree day nearly every company will only count that as a half-day off work on your holiday account) many Germans will travel to meet their families and spend time together (nearly the way Americans travel for Thanksgiving). So yes for a foreigner it looks as we hail Christmas as our biggest holiday, but in fact (if you count the work free time that the law did granted) it is still Easter (Good Friday and Easter Monday are holidays so including the weekend we got 4 days of work by law) however as the faith and any sort of organized religion is still fading in the daily life of the German majority and as Easter is not all about joy (before we could celebrate his resurrection Jesus Christ have to die and the Good Friday is a part of Easter) it did not really fit to hand over gifts and for that, it lacks the economic part that comes with Christmas so I could understand while it looks like Christmas is the one big event, but in fact, the part of my society that is still involved in the Christian faith, would deny such a claim. From the outside and even when visiting Germany the 4 weeks before Christmas with all the Christmas markets, the Advent calendars and Advent wreaths are more obvious than the lent season is. But many of us did still abstain from something during the Lent period.
I'm glad you had a good time in Germany! In my hometown (Hamburg) the saying goes: Doors don't open easily, but when they are open - they stay! The lantern parade is St. Martin's and many cheeses actually come from the Netherlands, so credit goes there :)
For us Germans, real friends are almost like family. People we just know are called „Bekannte“. I‘m not sure, but i believe that in the US every person you barely know are called friends
13:38 "Naturwissenschaft" is "science of nature" and needs to be seperate science-parts as physic, biology, chemistry... Another part is "Geisteswissenschaft" and could be translated as "scienece of mind" as languages, philosophy, psychology... So basically everything that is untouchable like human mind, or need to be imagined like mathematics. (You have probably never seen an letter "S" nor a number "8" running in free nature. All that needs imagination.) German is like working with LEGO Bricks, connect all words that describe the "Thing" to a long word and et voila => you create a new long word ;-)
Rouladen: We actually stole it from the French. Because, no matter what you say, their cuisine is the best. Rolladen:(window blinds): These are German. My opinion as a German is that we are good, all in all, but we could do better. That's German mentality: You can see it works, but can't you try and make it work a little bit better? Sometimes we have failed, but other times, we have not.
The history of the Adventskranz/Adventszeit, basically the time between the first Sunday in December till the 24th. Inventet by Johan Hinrich Wichern in 1839, when he was the head of an Orphanage and kids were constantly asking when it's Christmas eve. So he invented the Adventskranz to show the kids with 4 big candles and some small candles how many days left till Christmas eve. 4 big candles representing the 4 Sunday's before Christmas.
Correction: Science is Wissenschaft, Naturwissenschaft means "natural science" wich implies a famaly (Scinetific Topics) like Biology, Chemistry, Physic and co but not for example Computer Science (not natural...)... :) *greetings from germany* :D
We also like to eat vegetables, its not like we only know meat, wurst and so on ;-). Knödel as a side dish are not what you would call "typical" for Bratwurst meals. If you go to fairs, events, festivals and so on you will get Bratwurst with french fries or a Bratwurstbrötchen (Bratwurst in a bun). That is typical, but only for these kind of "activities". Depending on where you live in germany and how the families cook its meals there can be differences. In my family we did this too sometimes, eating Bratwurst with a sauce and Knödel. The side dish for Bratwurst was usually cooked potatoes and/or rice, french fries, Spätzle or other stuff. Depending in what we already had and what we wanted to eat. A typical Abendbrot in germany is, that it really varies from region, towns and families. There is no "that one Abendbrot".
It's often funny for me as a german to translate a word into english. Like Flughafenfeuerwehr which I instantly would think is Airportfiredepartment, but in english you create 3 words from it. But if you want to have a really long word, then you'll have to say Flussschifffahrtsunternehmensüberwachung. Fluss = river, Schifffahrt (Schiff + fahrt) = shipping, Unternehmen = Incorporation, Überwachung = surveillance I think we germans are putting our words together to make them easier to understand. Like in the example, you have one word to describe the complete function
Hello, Lifey, I don't know if you'll ever read it, but I'll write it anyway. It's about the rolls. It's not a German word, it's French. For the classic roulade, it has to be beef. It's almost steak meat, but thinner and longer than a steak. This meat is thinly spread with mustard on one side. Then you put a long, thin slice of smoked belly bacon from pork on this side. At right angles to the meat, place half a gherkin, divided lengthwise, and a few pieces of onion. Now roll it up and fasten it somehow (toothpick or sewing thread). Actually, roulades are not cooked in the oven, but in a casserole (also French); a casserole dish. First, sear the roulades from all sides. Then pour some water over them and lower the temperature. When the roulades are done, you can make a delicious sauce from the liquid in the pot. Bon appetit
How about all the parades in the USA? Each High School has them several times during the year, and all the clubs & organisations in towns who march up main street nearly every month ..? Rouladen are made from beef sliced very thin (approx. 1/6th inch), rolled up with a filling of bacon, pickles & onion & mustard, then fried until brown and after that cooked in sauce until it's well done.
Apparently you have been to Kiel in Winter 2010/11 and 11/12 which was actually the snowiest since 1978/79. Usually, it´s not that snowy up north. And we run out of salt and grit as we sold it to the UK that winter.
Haha I love it that you also like the Quark because it is one of the most missed food from me the last years since I travel around. We also make the best cheesecake with it. 😋😋😋😋 Great video.
Our german language, expresses, or represent a part of our mindset. You made the example with the long words. This is because, we are very precise people. And this needs a very precise language. And this rises the effectiveness. This is a part of our success. I can tell this secret, cause it is not easy to copy... ;)
The childrens parade in autumn is 11th of November and is called "St. Martins Umzug" - which basically means St. Martins Parade. It's origins are religious based and the parade is in honor of Saint Martin of Tours - who (as the legend goes) famously cut his coat in half and spared one half with a cladly dressed beggar. Even for non-christian children it's a nice story where they learn early on in Kindergarten about compassion for other people.
What you have described about the littele kids which have paper lanterns is called St. Martin. With this lanterns they go from house to house an sing differnt Martins songs and then they get sweets from the adults which are living in the houses. A bit similar to Haloween, but whitout costumes.
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz longest german word with 63 letters, basicliy meaning: the law of securing the oversight of the labeling of beef just gotta love the german language
I was also thinking about a proper translation. I think in your version the part of "übertragung" is still missing. Here is another try: The law of transfering the tasks of securing the oversight of the labeling of beef. 🤣
The Laternholiday is called St. Martin. It is a day dedicated to the patron saint Martin of tours. The as a child I build my lantern and we would walk around the neighbourhood singing and collecting candy. XD
lot´s of snow? lol, snow gets less and less frequent. Last year was not a lot of snow, only in the south and there it was too much. This year there has not been a single snowflake in Hannover and it's already end of January and it's not even below 0°C. January and February are normally the coldest months. I hate climate change. My kids will probably only see snow when we drive to the Andes mountains in the south.
Hm, coldest winter in 50 years, can´t be right. i remember the winter 1978/1979 there was a temp. round about -15 ° Celsius ( 10°farh.) and the snow was hip high or higher. The Army had to clear the roads with their tanks it was never that cold since then.
Yeah, good old times. I remember having our teachers lifting up those heavy snowballs to create a snowman which was taller than all of us kids at school.
@Gunther H.G. Geick … we had both at least in my area in winter 84/85. We had a hell lot of snow and temperatures beyond good and bad. In the night the temp droped down to -25°C and in the wind it was down to -35°C. It was January 85 arround 11pm when I was on my way home from work as I was pushed of the road by side winds.
jemand der sich winter der 70er jahre erinnern kann und sich mitte/ende der 90er nicht zu alt gefühlt hat um die legacy of kain spiele zu spielen. erlebt man auch selten.
2011 waren wir bei - 20 bis -25 C Ich erinnere mich, dass ich aus Norwegen kam da waren es - 10 und ich war erstaunt, dass es kälter war als ich aus dem Flieger kam
Your last try of Herausforderung war really close. Good job! In my experience the biggest Herausforderung for native English speakers is the word schwül. They always pronounce it like schwul and that is not beneficial in all situations. Just look up what schwul means :-)
