Triggered by Ryan not reading the information given after the question is answered ;).

@futurefox128

Жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same. Yeah that was kinda frustrating.

@juliii_g

Жыл бұрын

Me too 😭 especially after the Museumsinsel question

@msr2289

Жыл бұрын

Americans can’t read that well

@michaausleipzig

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!!! 😅

@ChRW123

Жыл бұрын

It's not the first time 😄 He's quite lazy when it comes to reading texts

"There's plenty more for me to learn" Well, you can start with that by reading the explanations given after you answered a question 🙃

@annikaParnda

Жыл бұрын

Petition for reupload of this video, reading the explanations

@0xFAB10

Жыл бұрын

It was so painful watching him skipping the explainations.

@myeramimclerie7869

Жыл бұрын

would also help if he actually read the comments on his videos... I feel like he's also gotten a bit lazy on that in the past few weeks 😬

@annikaParnda

Жыл бұрын

@@myeramimclerie7869 True. I think i've seen people commenting and explaining the "Ampel" on at least three or four Videos 😅

@ulliulli

Жыл бұрын

He is a talker, not a reader. He should read more ^^

We have 92 Islands! The three biggest Islands are Rügen, Usedom and Fehmann and are located in the Baltic Sea. Followed by Sylt, Föhr and Pellworm, the three biggest german islands in the North Sea. And they are really beautiful by the way :)

@deinemutter7472

Жыл бұрын

92 what? I thought it was like eight

@TheDaddyD10

Жыл бұрын

Lived on Fehmarn for almost all my life, pretty boring to grow up there... And since its a populqr tourist dedtination a 10 min round trip to pick up some bread turns into an hour, because of traffic and long lines at the register....

@lyaneris

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDaddyD10 I've been going on vacation to Fehmarn all my life and I do agree (as a tourist myself lol). However, the air is great and I have been horse riding there for 15 years (which may or may not have something to do with my enjoyment). My little sister is currently living on Fehmarn, she has got a flat in a great location - her way to work is not intercepting touristy roads :D

@warmaschineee4698

Жыл бұрын

Deutsche Inseln übelst lame

@stellaf6774

Жыл бұрын

@@warmaschineee4698 Kommt drauf an, was du von den Inseln erwartest. Sylt ist wahrscheinlich mit Abstand die beliebteste Insel, wegen der vielfältigen Naturlandschaften auf so engem Raum und auf der anderen Seite der Partymeile. Ansonsten ist Rügen definitiv auch sehr sehenswert, wenn man auf tolle Landschaften und Architektur steht. Die restlichen Inseln sind eher ein Ausflugsziel um die Natur zu genießen und einfach nur Ruhe zu finden. Wenn du eher darauf aus bist rund um die Uhr bespaßt zu werden, dann ist Mallorca wohl eher dein Reiseziel. 😄

I appreciate how you kept it real by posting this without learning the answers in advance 😂

@asmodon

Жыл бұрын

He also didn’t read the informational text under the answers. So he didn’t really learn anything.

@lilg2300

Жыл бұрын

@@asmodon lol.

@mark9294

Жыл бұрын

@@ichbinbluna3504 No they don’t. America is a country of over 300 million people who are all very diverse. The stereotype that all Americans are stupid is inaccurate, hurtful and quite frankly - stupid

@ulliulli

Жыл бұрын

@@ichbinbluna3504 Americans... you don't need education when you have guns AND no education.

Bonn was the official capital of Germany until 1990, since then Berlin has been the capital of Germany. The seat of government also moved from Bonn to Berlin. However, some ministries are still located in Bonn. That is why Bonn is also called the federal city and Berlin the federal capital. The Museum Island is an island in the river Spree, which houses several museums. By the way, Germany has a lot of islands. Most in the North Sea, some also in the Baltic Sea.

@myeramimclerie7869

Жыл бұрын

There were two official German capitals until 1990... One of them was Berlin. Which simply continued to be capital after reunification.

@Moritz19081980

Жыл бұрын

@@myeramimclerie7869 Naturally there were...there were two Germany until 1990 so there were two German capitals. Bonn was the "Regierungssitz" of the FRG (BRD) and East-Berlin was the capital of the GDR (DDR).

@julianegner5997

Жыл бұрын

The seat of government moved from Bonn to Berlin in 1999. Bonn was the seat from 1949 to 1999 then. It was choosen after the war because it was relatively less destroyed (and Adenauer lived nearby).

@myeramimclerie7869

Жыл бұрын

@@Moritz19081980 of course. It's just that in his comment, Mr. Schroer let it seem like there was never a devided Germany (or only "one true" Germany which is equally bs), so I pointed out that he might have forgotten about the second capital...

@henningbartels6245

Жыл бұрын

there is some truth in the comments but not entirely: Bonn was the capital - only of the Westgerman state from 1949 to 1990. With the unification 1990 Berlin became capital of the entire Germany again, but the practical moving of the goverment and administration took place in 1999.

Just a little hint for the pronounciation of "i" & "e" combinations in German. As an English speaker, just look to the second letter of the combination: If it is spelled "ie", you pronounce it like the english "e". If it's spelled "ei", pronounce it like the english "i". It's that simple ;)

@azzteke

Жыл бұрын

Yes, too painful to hear him speak like that.

@The_agressor461

Жыл бұрын

@@azzteke it isn't

@assibratzen116

Жыл бұрын

As a German I love hearing those tricks from ppl learning German as a second language! I never would habe noticed that myself!

@rosshart9514

Жыл бұрын

In Germany when "e" and "i" are walking the latter does the talking.

@Cau_No

Жыл бұрын

The easier hint: 'ie' and 'ei' in English are pronounced exactly the other way around than in German. That probably confuses the English speakers.

Woche means week, not work. Example for Brückentag: Thursday is a holiday. Many will then also take Friday off so that they can have, what amounts to, an extended weekend. The Brückentag (Bridgeday) bridges the public holiday with the workfree weekend by taking that one day between the two off as well.

@kathilisi3019

Жыл бұрын

We call that "Fenstertag" in Austria

@berndgreis816

Жыл бұрын

Im Ialienischen spricht man von "ponte", was übersetzt "Brücke" heisst. In Südtirol sind alle drei Begriffe, d.h. sowohl "Brückentag", "Fenstertag" als auch "ponte" geläufig.

@mellertid

Жыл бұрын

In Sweden and Norway they are "squeeze days".

@reinhard8053

Жыл бұрын

@@kathilisi3019 Our company even demands that we take these days as vacation.

@Miximixos

Жыл бұрын

@@kathilisi3019 The same in Bavaria

coalitions in germany are referred to with nicknames that often resemble "their colors" in some way. It can be a flag or in this case ampel. So Ampel (traffic light) would be red, yellow, green (SPD, FDP, Grüne). GroKo just means big coalition and refers to a coalition between the 2 biggest parties (CDU, SPD)

@davebesset8150

Жыл бұрын

The number of parties in Germany is significantly larger than in the U.S., where there is only a choice between red and blue. In Germany, any party that receives more than 5% of the vote and represents the free democratic basic values of our Basic Law (constitution) could theoretically be involved in forming a government. Currently, six parties are represented in the Bundestag/Parliament, three of which currently form the current government.

@S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-Strelok

Жыл бұрын

Now you just have to explain what a coalition is for the Americans, lol

@Zero_Aquila

Жыл бұрын

@@davebesset8150 SSW: "Am I a Joke To You?"

@kaph123

Жыл бұрын

@@Zero_Aquila And there is also Zentrum since a few months ^^

@zuckerzwerg123

Жыл бұрын

(and in public debate during former elections the other two options have been referring to possible coaltions between different partys by "colour-scheme-visualisation" of the flags of Kenya (black, red, green-> CDU, SPD, Gruene) and Jamaica (green, black, yellow -> Gruene, CDU, FDP).

There are so many islands in germany you'd be surprised. Watch a Video about Rügen, Sylt, Usedom or in general the "Ostfriesische Inseln". Would love to see your reaction 💪🏻

@Auvas_Damask

Жыл бұрын

Norderney

@schroedingers_kotze

Жыл бұрын

We should also mention lake islands like Mainau, Reichenau etc., because just thinking about sea islands misled him further.

@ralfjansen9118

Жыл бұрын

The Museumsinsel is formed by the Spree river and the Spree channel, the later basically part of an old fortification. A piece of land surrounded by water, of course not a "high sea island".

@The_agressor461

Жыл бұрын

Its only 3 maybe

@nomaam9077

Жыл бұрын

Lummerland. ;D

In Berlin we have a place called Museumsinsel (museum island) its named that way because its sorrounded by the river Spree. Its Europes most famous museum complex and is titled a "World Heritage Site" by UNESCO. There is plenty going on there beyond museums. Also Bonn used to be the capital city of Germany before Berlin got selected

10:30 for the "Brückentag", it's basically our word for "we are bridging the gap between X and Y" we have quite a few public holiday's on Thursdays. And then the Friday is a normal work day, so we "bridge" it with taking a day off (paid leave etc). This means that we get a consecutive 4 days off, with just 1 day of paid leave being used up.

@morton2596

Жыл бұрын

and about the "german tradition": I mean... well.. they calculate and share calendars with the dates marked, when to take a day off to get the most days off in total... so yes. I think one can consider it an tradition. :D

@schwammi

Жыл бұрын

In Schulen ist es ja inzwischen sogar verpflichtend Brückentage frei zu geben

@hannahpataki4680

9 ай бұрын

Nicht in Bayern,leider.@@schwammi

i admit these are absolutely no easy questions for foreigners

@Blutwind

Жыл бұрын

Honestly they are also not easy for germans xD

@lyaneris

Жыл бұрын

@@Blutwind I got them all correct :D (Although some I did not know why and the Biedermeier thing was more logic regarding how we title stuff in German)

i am not unsubscribing. For me it is super entertaining to see you learn about my country and for a couple of minutes to see it through a foreigners eyes. It gives me perspective (and tbh i didn't know all of the answers either :D so no shame in that)

The government coalition names (mostly) come from the colours of the different parties for example "Ampel" means traffic light in German and the coalition's colours are red yellow and green. The country name ones just are the same colours like in the flag of that country

@shinyhappyrem8728

Жыл бұрын

Actually "Ampel" is a small bottle or oil container, which was often used for hanging lights. Later it was also used for hanging baskets that contain soil and flowers.

@Zerberus749

Жыл бұрын

​​@@shinyhappyrem8728 what? I didn't know I don't speak German IAM German

@buciallstar

Жыл бұрын

@@Zerberus749 no, we all just learned that only the original meaning of a word matters, even though new things can have the same name because they derived from that word origin

@Zerberus749

Жыл бұрын

@@buciallstar I know the other meanings of " Ampel" but saying "actually..." Seems like the person wanted to say, that traffic light was wrong

@ralfjansen9118

Жыл бұрын

@@shinyhappyrem8728 "Ampel" is anything that is hung up, as Blumenampel, Lichtampel... and the traffic lights originally were not mounted on a post but actually hung to a rope above the streets, as is often seen for example in America today.

As far as I know Stuttgart only applied to be the new German capital after WWII, but never actually was the capital. What am I missing?

@maxmustermann8247

Жыл бұрын

It's the capital of a federal state...Baden-Würtemberg, but you're right, it was never the capital of Germany.

@lulaa123

Жыл бұрын

‘Stuttgart, incredibly enough, served as the capital for one week in 1919, when the government fled there following the Kapp Putsch by right wing forces.’ That’s the information they give on i. Doesn’t sound like it ever was the official capital though

@marchurnik

Жыл бұрын

It is an error in the quiz. The third city was Frankfurt. The Nationalversammlung was in the Paulskirche from 1848 to 1849.

@michaelhuttig6596

Жыл бұрын

@@marchurnik no, there is no mistake! The Question was, 'which one was never(!) the capital of....? ". If you would have asked for how many German capitals there have been, to know all of them (or just the number, I guess 😉) would have been important. Another thing about that question irritated me more. It asked for the German nation, rather than state. That means also the capitals different German Nations would have had before (!) the one singular (later two) German state had. Like the "Norddeutsche Bund", the "Heiliges Römische Reich deutscher Nation" and so on. But since it was multiple choice the right answer was limited.

@achimscheve2438

Жыл бұрын

In 1045 the german government fled from Berlin...

10:28 of course one needs a word for that :) In sweden we call it “klämdag” literally translates to “squeeze day” because it’s squeezed in between two holidays

@Junakase

Жыл бұрын

We don't use it like that, but in German, that would translate to "Klemmtag". It's always funny how these random words turn out to be the same in Swedish.

@asaris_

Жыл бұрын

It's always fun to be able to understand a good chunk of languages you don't even speak just because they're related. 😅 Watched a Norwegian movie recently. I was genuinely shocked about how much I understood with Norwegian subtitles (just audio was difficult because I don't know the pronunciation rules, but the written really helped) I also had similar experiences with Swedish and Dutch. (Once a Dutch and I made a little experiment: he didn't speak German, I didn't speak Dutch, but we decided to have a conversation. I would write in German, he tried to guess what it meant and replied in Dutch, to which I replied in German. Afterwards we'd talk about it in English. We found out we actually had a proper conversation going. 🤣)

@voyance4elle

Жыл бұрын

cute! :D Kläm like "klemmen" in german :D

Don't worry too much Ryan, a lot of this wasn't really possible without proper knowledge of language, history or geography. So it's fine. You made the best out of the knowledge you had and your answers weren't a bad choice at all 😉

Don't be sad. We're here with you to learn more about Germany. We will support u with likes 👍👍👍👍to motivate you more to continue such German tests.

The Museums island in berlin is a river Island in the river Spree that runs through berlin. (just because it's not super big, doesn't mean it isn't an island ;) It has most of Berlins museums on it

@martinstock

Жыл бұрын

... it has some of the most important museums of Berlin on it.

Some of these were really hard, i am impressed, that you tried to derive the meanings of some words. But next time, you should probably read the description at the end like you did for the last question... there were a few things in there that answered your immediate questions when you got a question wrong ;)

Fun-Fact: Franconia is a part of northern Bavaria, which want to be a state of their own (mostly because they have their own dialect, food, and traditions AND before Napoleon rushed over Europe, it was a state (actually they were several states, like Ansbach, Würzburg, Bamberg, Nuremberg, and Bayreuth)

"if he's calling him a genius, it has to be something big" ...like the dollarstore item of a pour-over coffee maker :'D i really like your videos, your such a chill guy. would love to see a livestream of you

@voyance4elle

Жыл бұрын

It's still big because it brought good coffee to every household and also it originally was ceramic, not plastic :)

@voyance4elle

Жыл бұрын

The inventors were the Melitta family by the way :D

In the heart of Berlin, nestled between the Spree and the Spree Canal, is the world-famous Museum Island. Every year millions of visitors come to visit the five museums on the Spreeinsel. The spectrum of the collections ranges from prehistory to art of the 19th century. Not only the collections themselves are worth seeing - the ensemble of historical buildings on the Museum Island is one of the most beautiful things Berlin has to offer. So you can see. It's really an Island.

Looking forward to your reaction on Werner - Fussballspiel 😉

"kehrwoche" translates to sweeping week and is pretty common in apartment buildings. if they don't have a cleaning service that keeps the hallways and stairs clean (and wich costs are proportionally added to the rent), then the tenants have to do the work and it's split up for one party of each floor for 1 week each. they then just have to clean the hallway on their floor plus the stairs down to the next floor. and they only have to do it once (or maybe twice in winter) when it's their turn (except you have shitty neighbors that complain about every crumb...). when it's my turn i always would do it towards the end of the week so the next in turn wouldn't have to clean to much.

Do this again. Do it with other quizzes about Germany. Was great to watch. Don't be too mad with yourself. The questions were not too easy and even I, as a german, had to think at one or two of these...

I`m glad you posted this video, it was very interessting to hear your thoughts and expectations

I feel like this was a very hard quiz, though. Especially for a non-german speaker. Even I was unsure about a question here and I have lived my whole life in Germany, so don't be too discouraged!

No sweat.... as germans would say, " kein Meister ist vom Himmel gefallen " . Enjoyed watching your reactions. Also,could please react to " The untold history of german americans"? Thank you.

Great to listen to your thoughts. Don't worry there is always room to improve knowledge. About the Museum Island it's a region in Berlin where nearly all the Museum are gathered together (similar to Munich - German Museum is at an small island as well. Bonn has a Street where all Museum's are together.) About the capital of Germany, to be honest Stuttgart was new to me too. Bonn was the Capital of Western Germany from 1949 till 1990.

enjoyed ur reaction alot. Thank u for saving my day, had a day off, bad weather nothing to do Gifhorn.

Thanks for really entertaining me and making me laugh a lot out of joy :D I really like your Videos almost all of them make happy in one way or another :P greetings from Hannover, Germany...

It would have been cool to see you read the answers and explanations :)

Oooooh, pour boy! 😘🤗But I think, this quiz was a bit difficult, maybe. Even germans don`t know every answer! 😂Don`t give up! 👍🍀Greetings from Germany, nearby Cologne. (♀)

@Maramctc

Жыл бұрын

yep the inventor with bicycle got me.. damn. 9/10 :(

@IMFLordVader

Жыл бұрын

Not maybe... it was very difficult. A foreigner can't know those questions honestly. As a german I had no idea of "Biedermeier". Greetings from Cologne

@Maramctc

Жыл бұрын

@@IMFLordVader Lasttime i heard someone say that word was the 80's deep in Bavaria, i think no one under age of 30 ever used that word. sinve we have the denglish vintage, or oldschool, or Asbach Uralt :D

@IMFLordVader

Жыл бұрын

@@Maramctc I'm close to 40 and never heared it...

@mickypescatore9656

Жыл бұрын

@@IMFLordVader

Hey Ryan, i really enjoy your videos! Keep going!

"Versuch macht klug" - German proverb - (literal) translation: "trying makes you smarter"

Don't be sad - some of these questions were really difficult, even for Germans 💝

wait. you had "Leider geil" correct. "Geil" means something like awesome. Leider means unfortunally. It's a youth slang from a few years ago and means pretty much that something is really cool.

@crashingflamingo3028

Жыл бұрын

Really cool, but also somewhat questionable.

@gbbgbb1856

Жыл бұрын

trying to translate that doesnt work that well, since it can be used as "Im not proud of it, seing people fail and suffer is leider geil" or as "those cinnamon rolls i made are leider geil". Therefore both can be correct

@steffent.6477

Жыл бұрын

I think it died out already^^

@magnusthiel6065

Жыл бұрын

@@gbbgbb1856 I just thought about it and came back for that. It is both correct. That döner was leider geil... so my guilty pleasure. But it was also really lecker/cool.

@arnodobler1096

Жыл бұрын

@@gbbgbb1856 I use deepL Translator - way better: Leider geil Unfortunately awesome or Unfortunately cool

keep on making more german-related vids and in the next quiz you'll brilliantly suceed 😉

Ryan, to my oppinion you are really brave to do this quiz. I guess, not even 75% of german people could have answered correctly. 👍🏻🤗

Please read the longer answers after the questions, so you would learn more and understand, how that came to be, like the Brückentag.

Why on Earth didn't you read the answers printed after every question? Btw, in German words (eg biedermeier) the letters ie are pronounced differently to ei.

For somebody who got his informations from YT videos you did a pretty god job. Keep it going ! I like to see your videos very much. *thumbsup* :)

This coffee filter system was invented by the German Melitta family by the way. Originally it was ceramic, not plastic :) It has an interesting history :)

Would be a nice feature if you do and post a video chat with either one of us to discuss/review things like these. We could then explain and clarify a few details. On the other hand it seems most of us are German anyway... at least in the comment section.

I like how he askes his viewers in his videos to get impressions and then never ever reads the comments :))

@tapejara1507

Жыл бұрын

@@ichbinbluna3504 hat verstanden. aber jeder kann ja seinen Channel führen wie er will.

Oh my, the "Brückentag" cracked me up. As a german this is so normal that we use the "bridge day" between two days off to maximize the use of our holidays that "you have a word for it?" and "what? you combine days off?" really had me. Nice channel btw.

The bicycle was originally called after the inventor’s name: “Draisine”

You did ok. However you should consider to read the explanation, that is listed right under each question when answer is given. That way, you will probably remember as you can put it in context :)

As a German: I would have failed horribly too!

@dasduo9767

Жыл бұрын

Too on 2 or 3 Question

@sollte1239

Жыл бұрын

Definitely not

The invention of the bicycle in Germany was really great. I love to go on beautiful bike tours in the nature in summer.😍

We do that alot...take days of between hollyday and weekend.

I think this quiz is quite hard, as a german I could'nt answer all questions right.

@caccioman

Жыл бұрын

The first one was really hard. I never knew about Stuttgart

@philliplynx7877

Жыл бұрын

@@caccioman Dito ... In the first one I had to choose between München and Stuttgart (I choosed München). But the other 9 were easy (with the exeption of the nickname for the Bundestag, because it depends from when the quiz was. This can change every election)

@sollte1239

Жыл бұрын

@@caccioman This with Stuttgart is kind of wrong

I live in Germany for 45 years and even I didn't know every answer.

@smoritz84

Жыл бұрын

Was hast du denn nicht gewusst? 😂

@4Astaroth

Жыл бұрын

@@smoritz84 I would have guessed wrong on the Leider Geil question. :D

@smoritz84

Жыл бұрын

@@4Astaroth hah, me too, but the answer options are ambiguous, arent they?

@olafgogmo5426

Жыл бұрын

@@4Astaroth Zur Strafe sofort das Gesamtwerk von Deichkind reinziehen, aber zack zack! 😎

@4Astaroth

Жыл бұрын

@@olafgogmo5426 Oh Nein. Die Strafe ist zu hoch. :)

"there is no island in germany" *me, living on an island in germany*

I love how he has the video of the "Werner Fußballspiel" open in another tab.

Ryan: There is no Island in Germany Germans crying on Sylt and Rügen (and the over 100 others)

It was so funny watching you making the quizz. I‘m German and I have never heard about „leider geil“ 🤔and I would say 90% of the German people couldn‘t answer the question about „Biedermeier“. 😉 Don‘t worry about your result.😀

@tubekulose

Жыл бұрын

Ich bin zwar Österreicher, aber ich weigere mich, zu glauben, dass 90% aller Deutscher so dumm sein können.

@Barbara-ch2tn

Жыл бұрын

@@tubekulose Hallo Clemens, das freut mich wirklich sehr, dass Du meinen Landsleuten soviel Bildung zutraut. 😉 Ich fände das toll aber mir fehlt da doch ein bisschen der Glaube😉😄🙈

I did not know omly one question, number one (Stuttgart was capital only 1 week in 1919). This quiz is really fun. 👏🏻

as a german this was like watching a game show on tv when you want to tell the person what the right answer is lol

Actually, Germany has 20 islands in the northern and in the eastern sea. The largest consists of 926 km( Rügen, popular for spending your holidays) and the smallest is just 5,9 km ( Hooge, which even I, as a German, had to look up 😁)

@vyger5462

Жыл бұрын

There are more, and Hooge is by far not the smallest. It is even the 2nd biggest out of the 10 Halligs (Halligen, I doubt there is an english word for this) in the north frisian wadden sea.

@Jollyjumpi

Жыл бұрын

@@vyger5462 Thank you- there is always more to learn.

I live in Bonn. You’re welcome to visit this beautiful city :)

There are quite a few islands in Germany. Not just the museum island, which is not really an island as in the sea, but in both the north and baltic sea we have some.

we do the same in France for the Bridge day... we call this day off a bridge ("un pont" in french)

Don't feel too bad. I'm German and even I didn't know the correct answer to some of these questions. Never heard of Biedermeier for example. ^^ But I feel bad for the Mecklenburger among us XD

@DSP16569

Жыл бұрын

Biedermeier is the german version of the brittish Victorian age. A time where the typical "Meier"s (common germans) where realy "Bieder" (upright citizen - today wie would say Spießig in German).

@TsaGo_1912

Жыл бұрын

Also ich hatte Biedermeier im Kunstunterricht 🙈

@marchurnik

Жыл бұрын

Correct pronunciation is [ˈbiːdɐˌmaɪ̯ɐ] "bead" a m I er Timeperiod between 1815 - 1848. Known for resurrection of the small countries of Germany after Napoleon and repression of democratic movements. (Vormärz)

@winterlinde5395

Жыл бұрын

@@TsaGo_1912 Ich in Deutsch. 😊

@hannessteffenhagen61

Жыл бұрын

Biedermeier is pretty much always covered in art and literature classes. You probably just forgot (or are still in school and haven't covered it yet).

between 1948 and 2000 Bonn was the capital of West Germany. Bonn is a little south of Cologne. West Berlin was not chosen because this city was an island in the GDR. However, East Berlin was the capital of the GDR (East Germany). After unification, all of Berlin once again became the capital of all of Germany. Weimar was temporarily the capital before 1933 because the government did not feel safe in Berlin.

@jensschroder8214

Жыл бұрын

Franconia is a part of Bavaria. _frankly_ the non-bavarian part of the federal state of Bavaria. Franconia was the origin of the Franks but their importance dates back a long time. Thus the West Frankish Empire became France. But the East Frankish Empire (today German) fell apart. Today, traces can be found primarily in the language and place names: Frankfurt in Hessen. But never say to a Franconian that he is a Bavarian, that's an insult.

@jensschroder8214

Жыл бұрын

SPD red FDP yellow GREEN green, traffic light coalition GroKo = große Koalition = big coalition (CDU, CSU, SPD)

@jensschroder8214

Жыл бұрын

Brückentag - bridge day. If Tuesday is a holiday and you don't have to work Sunday, then it's smart to take a holiday on Monday. Three days off but only one day is charged at work.

@gt748r

Жыл бұрын

I've never heared about the fact that Stuttgart ever was the Capital. But I'm from Austria so the History lessons in school might be quite different....

Your despair is so cute!! 😂

With the question with the bicycle, I thought about a vehicle named "Draisine", which is a tiny wagon on tracks, that is driven by lifting and lowering a lever.

1:20 You do realize Berlin was literally inside Eastern Bloc Soviet ally territory during the Cold War for like 30 years, right? :D That was not only when Berlin was logically NOT the capital of West Germany but also when Bonn, in fact, was. 2:45 Don't be hard on yourself. Most Germans don't even know what or where Meck-Pomm is and those who do are the 12 people that live there. Meck-Pomm is our Wyoming. 3:45 You were literally looking at it. The Museum is on an island in the river. Why do you think there are bridges in the picture? :D 5:20 Ryan doesn't read comments confirmed :D I've personally explained Ampel before and I've seen plenty of comments explaining it. 10:45 It truly makes me sad for Americans when the concept of taking a day off work is so alien that they struggle to comprehend. Conclusion: some of these questions are a little hard but the easy ones you could have gotten cause we've literally watched videos on their subject together AND people explained them in the comments before.

@Godtdt

Жыл бұрын

But when was Stuttgart the capital of Germany? Munich and Stuttgart were capitals of their own kingdoms and stuff but never of the whole of Germany or am I wrong?

@lulaa123

Жыл бұрын

@@Godtdt that confused me as well

@melaniewolf5855

Жыл бұрын

@@Godtdt I just read about the history of Stuttgart on Stuttgarts homepage, didn't find anything...just capital of the kingdom...

@lulaa123

Жыл бұрын

@@Godtdt okay, I went back and read the information they gave on this in the quiz. ‘Stuttgart, incredibly enough, served as the capital for one week in 1919, when the government fled there following the Kapp Putsch by right wing forces.’ To me, that doesn’t sound like it was the official capital

@Silphiroth

Жыл бұрын

I mean, have you ever really see Ryan respond to a comment? I was always of the assumption he doesn't read them

Ärger dich nicht!😅 Auch viele Deutsche hätten nicht alle Fragen beantworten können. Aber ich freue mich immer wenn, du dich wunderst wie es in Deutschland zugeht. 🥴Warst du schon mal in Deutschland?🇩🇪 Viele Grüße ein dich kürzlich auf KZread entdeckter neuer Fan 🥳

@lulaa123

Жыл бұрын

Ne war er nicht

@mark9294

Жыл бұрын

ein dich kürzlich auf KZread entdeckt habender Fan

@Gorden1618

Жыл бұрын

@@lulaa123 Danke für die schnelle Antwort. Hat er denn mal geäußert nach Deutschland zu kommen? LG

"Leider geil" is directly translated "Sadly awsome" meaning something really shouldn't be this good, but it is. Guilty pleasure is a goof synonym but it feels like the connotation is slightly different. When people tell you something is a guilty pleasure it feels like an almost admission of guilt like, Yeah, i know I shouldn't enjoy it, but it is so good!! While "Leider geil" is more a "Welp, that's it, i have no choice but to like this now. I did not excpect it to be awsome, it is, now I have to eat my words and love it."

2 von 10! Das ist doch nicht schlecht! Kopf hoch und weiter so! Beste Grüße aus München :)

As a Franconian I appreciate that you see us as that independent 🤗

@andreasferenczi7613

Жыл бұрын

I was a bit confused there. Isn't Bavaria some "Freistaat" and not a Federal State ("Bundesland")? Then I was wondering: "but is Franconia a Bundesland? - Never heard of it." That was a bad question.

@godkillmeplease

Жыл бұрын

@@andreasferenczi7613 You are right it is called "Freistaat" and so are Saxony and Thuringia. It practically means republic, but it has no special meaning or gives a special "position," or something like that. Bavaria in particular uses it mostly for historical reasons. And because Bavarians like to be special 😂 Franconia isn't a Federal State. It's part of the 7 governorates (thanks google!) of Bavaria (Upper- , Lower- and Middle-Franconia; Upper Palatinate; Upper- and Lower Bavaria; and Swabia). Bavarians often joke (some also are serious) that they are Bavarians, not Germans. So do Franconians do the same with being Franconians and not being Bavarians. I hope I could clear it up a bit 🤗

@andreasferenczi7613

Жыл бұрын

@@godkillmeplease Thanks for all the info! Didn't know Sachsen and Thüringen were Freistaaten as well. Also, I had thought it meant a little bit higher degree of autonomy. I associate Bayern with that funny dialect of theirs, sounding like some drunk Austrian trying to speak a Swiss dialect. But Franken I associate with proper German. Can you tell me about your dialects? Do you guys sound anything like those in Oberbayern? I would very much appreciate it!

@godkillmeplease

Жыл бұрын

@@andreasferenczi7613 May I ask where you're from? 😊 We have many dialects here. There might be slight differences even if you just go to the next city. Franconian has a very rolled rrrr sound (like in Spanish) and we tend to soften the letters k,p,t so they sound more like g,b,d. Besides that many use fillerwords like "fei" and "gell", sometimes to strengthen the meaning or sometimes just because we can. There's no real rules, but everybody hears when it's used wrong 😂 In general dialects are not spoken that strongly anymore, but people still recognize it. I was recognized as a Franconian practically everywhere in Germany.

@andreasferenczi7613

Жыл бұрын

@@godkillmeplease I'm from Basel (Switzerland). The German border is only about 2km from where I live and I know quite a few people from Südbaden, but I don't know much about the rest of Germany. My sister lives in Munich and I've visited a few times. I noticed most speak Hochdeutsch and she told me dialect was mostly spoken in rural areas, which surprised me, since in Switzerland everybody speaks dialect and many can't even speak Hochdeutsch properly. Also a friend of mine from Freiburg, who is always speaking Hochdeutsch, told me dialect was regarded as primitive or peasantlike, which is surprising to us Swiss. So I realized I knew much less about German dialect than I used to think.

Honestly, I would not have had many of them correct either. Some of those questions are completely random and others I would’ve only known if I had specifically read about them. You didn’t let anyone down here, Ryan! It’s completely fine

yes in europe if a holiday is on a tuesday or thursday it's common for employers to also give you the monday or friday off, making it a long weekend. the word bridge is the country's respective language is the common term for that day. one of the main reasons why we tend to get those days off is because employers already know many workers will just call in as a sick day and not show up, so they might as well just give it to everyone

@shinyhappyrem8728

Жыл бұрын

That day is not free though, it still counts against the numbers of leave days that you can get per year. (At least that's how it is over here)

@mauer1

Жыл бұрын

@@shinyhappyrem8728 yes its using up a paid leave day "a holiday." Sick days are not limited per se.

@Ray_Vun

Жыл бұрын

@@shinyhappyrem8728 here it counts as vacation days

German here and did not know question 1, either. The Biedermeier-Question - well, if you knew anything about the way how they dressed at the beginning of the 19th century - or had seen this painting from Spitzweg before and new that he was a Biedermeier-painter - maybe you could have guessed the correct answer. And on the photo about the Museums in Berlin - there is a bridge visible ... was a hint. That you did not know about the person who invented the Draisine (there are two meanings - one is a walking bike) isn't too shameful, but that you did not know who invented the Coffee filter - that is. Melitta Bentz, a woman from Dresden, experimented and finally found an easy solution to keep the coffee grounds out of her coffee. She got a patent for it 1908.

Sorry Ryan, you did so poorly on the test that I have to cancel my channel subscription. 😂 Seriously, as a German I knew most of it, but there were also questions where I stood like a cow in front of the station, so I had no idea either. (Museumsinsel? Never heard, must be far far away) In the question of what Karl, Freiherr von Drais invented, I came only by association with his name Drais with the trolley (Draisine) and then on the bicycle. Some questions could have been known with interest in Germany. The capitals Bonn (earlier) and Berlin (again) and the current ruling parties, and ther nick names, could have been known. All new in TV use their nick names all the time. That you know all our 16 federal states, cannot be expect, I either canot tell all your 50 states and their location on the map correctly, but some. 😛

I feel that Ryan's videos would be more entertaining if he actually learned something from the things he reacts to. Otherwise it's just kind of pointless.

The "Draisine" was the first "kind of" a bicycle!

Nice Video, you could react to the German Eurovision entries this year or eurovision content in general. It's in 3 months in really popular here

to be fair, some of these are oddly specific, for example i have never heard anyone actually use the word biedermeier

@melaniewolf5855

Жыл бұрын

I think Biedermeier is for specific artwork and especially furniture. If you do like antique stuff you may know this, but the normal guy wouldn't use this word or recognize this even if it hits them in the face...

@joshina4497

Жыл бұрын

maybe not used in real life, but Germans should definitely know that since we learn it (or at least mention it) in school in several subjects (German, History, Art). Ok, it isn't one of the important eras so it's easy to forget, and I totally understand how a foreigner wouldn't know this.

@melaniewolf5855

Жыл бұрын

@@ichbinbluna3504 und wenn es gelehrt wird, heißt es nicht, dass es automatisch behalten wird. Und ich finde das überhaupt nicht verwunderlich, da diese Zeitperiode nicht so ausführlich behandelt wird wie einige andere in der deutschen Geschichte. Es wird auch nicht jeder über den Hereroaufstand Bescheid wissen oder das Geschlecht der Wittelsbacher kennen. Da hilft es auch nix von oben herab mit dem tadelnden Zeigefinger zu drohen. Ich habe mich als Jugendliche NIE für Geschichte interessiert, da es bei uns meist so abgelaufen ist, dass wir 20 Minuten über die gute alte Schulzeit meines Lehrers mit dem Vater eines meiner Mitschülers Anekdoten gehört haben, eine weitere Schülerin die Lederschuhe des Lehrers bewundert hat, diesem dann doch eingefallen ist, dass er unterrichten sollte, darum hat er uns 20 Minuten selbständig Quellenarbeit machen lassen und 5 Minuten blieben für eine unleserliche Faustskizze mit 15 Pfeilen und mindestens ebensovielen Daten und Abkürzungen. Wer von selbst kein Interesse an Geschichte hat, steigt hier geistig nach 30 Sekunden aus... Spannend ist, dass es genau dieser Lehrer später noch zum Schulleiter gebracht hat. Was hab ich daraus gelernt: ich muss nicht unbedingt was können im bayerischen Schulsystem, um dort Karriere zu machen...

I'm german an even i didn't knew some things, try another test

@elfriedesommer938

Жыл бұрын

What? This was so easy! Go back to school dummy.

I love how just clicking randomly might have likely lead to a better result... I really want more of these painful videos!

this is soooo great - avoiding to actually learn sth at its best :D ranting about wrong answers but not for once READING the little text explaining the right answer, hahaha

Hello i like how you explain your choices good commentary channel so far greetings from Austria

The island we are talking about is an island in a river - in this case the River Spree, which runs all the way through the centre of Berlin.

Be comforted: Those questions were really random. However, had you read the information included with the answers, you could have learned some new things - like you did with the tenth question.

About the pronunciation of "Biedermeier" there's a good memory hook: when i and e (or e and i) together are walking, the first one's silent, the second one's talking. That means that the first letter is silent and the second letter is spoken. That is why "Biedermeier" is pronounced "Beedermyer" and "geil" is pronounced "gyl". An easy rule to follow when you read "ie" or "ei".

For your comment about "Brückentag" - I have something more for you! We have 25 days off work paid, every year. So we take a "Brückentag" between a national holiday and the weekend to save these days and get a extra long weekend. (just for information, I'm from Austria, we have more national holiday days than Germany has and we use them wisely). 😀

These are sometimes very specific questions that you don't necessarily need to know! Ryan, it doesn`t matter! It's remarkable that you're so interested in Germany!

If a bank/public holiday falls on a Thursday, most people in Germany take the Friday off in order to have a long or "extended" weekend - because a) it sucks and doesn't really make sense to go back to work for one single day in between a holiday and the weekend, and b) you can have a total of four days off by spending only one of your annual vacation days. It's actually quite clever and efficient in terms of planning your annual days off, because you can save up quite a few vacation days that way.

😅 At least, you got the Wurst correctly... 👍 I'm going to subscribe now...

Even at every Years end , in the tv news is segment about how much " Brückentage " bridge days will be in the next year !! With the "bridge days" you can take more vacation days with the right planning, so that you effectively get more vacation days than you get from your employer. Of course, this only works if you have a regular 5 "working days" week, like in Germany, with weekends off with one exception between christmas and new year the 24,dec and the 31,Dec. count as "half days" no matter how much vacation you take you must have "one day" left for this dates

Was fun seeig you agonizing so much about the questions :D A little hint: Like with the Museums-insel (museum island) which had a bridge in the foto, the pictures often gave you a hint. Not for Drais and his "Laufrad" though, but have you ever heard of the "Draisine"?

@DisturbedFox137

Жыл бұрын

the problem is there are 2 kinds of draisine... one ist the bycicle prototype and the other is a railroad trolley that is moved by muscle power - but both base on the idea of karl von drais

@achimscheve2438

Жыл бұрын

A dreisime is a very smalltalk or very very smalltalk csr runnong on tracks. They are used for Trackbö inspevto9n

Could you do a video about Switzerland someday? That might be interesting as well

hey ryan do you want to do a reaction to a video about german carnival? Since this event happens in some days, it might quiet interresting to know whats happening over here :)

After the Last Video this chanal got interessting, i make Run and wach you for the night P.S You are an awesome Guy somehow idk, your vibe is Just idk chilled, keep it up

Sylt and Helgoland - 2 of the German islands lol, Kehrwoche = sweeping week = it's your turn to clean the stairs.

@andreapompea3534

Жыл бұрын

Fehmarn,Rügen , Hiddensee Pellworm usw. Also es gibt schon ein paar Inseln

@Itazu

Жыл бұрын

Or Rügen, the largest island of Germany.

1:24 When Germany was separated into sectors after WWII, Bonn was the capitol of West Germany (BRD) which was formed of the sectors of the US, french and british. Berlin was separated itself into sectors. The eastern russian sector was the capitol of East Germany (GDR). After the reunification Berlin was chosen for the capitol of Germany as is was before in the Empires and Weimar Republic. Bonn still has a special title (role) as 'Bundesstadt' means federal city. A significant amount of ministries and institutions are still located there with their headquarters. As mentioned in the video itself, Stuttgart was only considered capitol of Germany for a very short period of time when a coup happened in 1919 and the government established an exile location there. Anyways... Stuttgart was the capitol of the Kingdom of Württemberg (Part of German Empire) and is now capitol of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg (1 of 16 federal states of Germany) That's the same with Munich... Capitol of the Kingdom of Bavaria in the time of German Empire, now capitol of the socalled Free State of Bavaria, which is also 1 of 16 federal states of Germany.

@Ryan Wass bellow the answer choices are explinations about the right answer.