"How to be a German in 50 easy steps" Me, a German: Interesting

@itzjuicegacha

2 жыл бұрын

Yes this just randomly showed up on my Fyp

@xelanatora3566

2 жыл бұрын

Lol ja

@Meelix

2 жыл бұрын

@@itzjuicegacha same

@pik3herz

2 жыл бұрын

yeah me too

@milazeitlhofer8112

2 жыл бұрын

Same

There are 3200 types of bread in Germany. The most popular is called: that there. Second place: no that next to it.

@LeoTheDarkAngel

2 жыл бұрын

That made me laugh louder than I'm willing to admit.

@Morellas4

2 жыл бұрын

@@LeoTheDarkAngel me too! :-))))

@bastihst

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated

@sebastianbecker5064

2 жыл бұрын

Love it x D

@uwehansen2915

2 жыл бұрын

Yes a german joke in english

"Fenster auf Kipp" XD Ja, das sind so Dinge, über die man nicht mehr nachdenkt. Man kennts nicht anders.

@Andreas-gh6is

2 жыл бұрын

Auch eine deutsche Erfindung: Die "Kippfensterkatze".

@evobrand1210

2 жыл бұрын

Fenster auf Kipp. Fenster auf. Putt gegangen.

@Andreas-gh6is

2 жыл бұрын

@@evobrand1210 It's special kind of neurological syndrome of cats being squeezed while trying to escape through such windows... Doesn't occur in the US...

@nearly_blind1017

2 жыл бұрын

Ich war ehrlich gesagt schockiert, als ich mich mit Amiland auseinandergesetzt hab und erfahren hab, dass es auch andere Fensterarten gibt. Klar, man hat die Schiebefenster in Filmen und Spielen gesehen, aber man denkt irgendwie nicht, dass die echt so sind/noch so sein könnten.

@paragraefin2792

2 жыл бұрын

Wobei ich Fenster auf Kipp einfach nur schrecklich finde :D Meine Exschwiegereltern hatten mal die grandiose Idee, die Balkontür auf Kipp zu stellen, als sie nach uns aus der Wohnung sind (sie waren zu Besuch und ich hatte sie explizit gebeten, weder die Tür noch die Fenster anzukippen, da das für unsere Katzen echt gefährlich werden kann -.-')

“I just wear my outside shoes inside” Pretty sure that’s a cardinal sin

@scarly2386

2 жыл бұрын

Thats pretty rude in germany. Unless someone explicitly allows it. Kannst Schuhe anlassen.

@midnight8341

2 жыл бұрын

That's one of the German seven deadly sins. We don't have sloth, we have leaving your shoes on inside

@pcmalgaming7223

2 жыл бұрын

In germany it's rude if you do that in the house from someone else, but no one would mind if you wold do it in your on house except like Scarly said if the person says you can let them on then it's fine

@Revia21

2 жыл бұрын

It also depends on the age group. In recent years itnhas become polite tontake your shoes off, but with some older people it's often seen as weird. Some think it would be ride to ask a guest to take their shoes off.

@sophielehmann37

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget we have our Garden Shoes too 😅

USA: How are you? ..... Thanks, great - and you? Germany: Wie geht's? ..... Muss.

@grandmak.

3 жыл бұрын

'Na?' - 'Na?', 'und ?' - 'jo'

@julianstorms564

2 жыл бұрын

Und? Ja, muss und selbst? ja, muss.

@IQSim

2 жыл бұрын

Unn? Jo.

@evobrand1210

2 жыл бұрын

@@grandmak. thats how my greatmother tries to start conversations with her, unfortunatly I never get it

@Fritzgar

2 жыл бұрын

Nicht zu vergessen: "Wie geht's?" "geht (so)."

German: Stands in the title The German people: der Chat ist nun unser

@lilithlabelle1783

2 жыл бұрын

You mean "Die Kommentarsektion wurde nun übernommen von dem Bundesstaat Deutschland."? xD

@FuelFire

2 жыл бұрын

Dieser Chat/Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

@vigilion.8622

2 жыл бұрын

Jawoll

@thej7755

2 жыл бұрын

Exakt

@mytozitkage4917

2 жыл бұрын

Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Kommentarberreich btw. Germans like putting words together Kommentar+berreich Comment+space... or is it Comment+place idk

"How to be a German in 50 easy steps" Me, a German: Well well well, let's find out

@Mxllaxx

2 жыл бұрын

Und ich fand heraus es stimmt einfach alles😂

@Cologne.1948

2 жыл бұрын

Ich bin auch überrascht 😂

Let’s see a Nudelsalat vs Kartoffelsalat showdown at a German Barbecue 😁

@Bayseek

2 жыл бұрын

I mean come on. That's easy. Nudelsalat is #1.

@evana8751

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bayseek yeah I totally agree. I just don’t know Nalfs preference, soooo… 😁

@Vampirzaehnchen

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bayseek Kartoffelsalat.

@maggyisbusy759

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vampirzaehnchen aber ohne Mayonaise

@lenamaria99

2 жыл бұрын

Nudelsalat MIT Mayonnaise

Birthday celebration is not about "living" another year, but "surviving" another year. This is a great and serious achievement.

@susannabonke8552

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's a holy cow.

@novadhd

2 жыл бұрын

is it that hard to survive there?

@amelie-hb7ln

2 жыл бұрын

@@novadhd no its just the negative mindset lol

@TheLtVoss

2 жыл бұрын

@@novadhd not any more but before modern Medizin was invented the first year is critical and too survive a year was a achievement I mean the mittelage isn't called the dark age without reason and the tradition has stayed

@oeqac7871

Жыл бұрын

Birthday means, the world is great with YOU in it. Glad you were born.

The beer purity law is just about the brewing, after that, you can do with your beer whatever you desire. That was "Klugscheißen"😏.

@Maddisch

3 жыл бұрын

As long as you are aware that it is no longer considered a "Beer" after mixing it. Radler is not beer and neither is Colabeer.

@grandmak.

3 жыл бұрын

brilliant example !

@eily_b

3 жыл бұрын

Wait until he discovers Bananenweizen. 😁

@derWunschpunsch

3 жыл бұрын

@@eily_b igitt! 😝

@Baccatube79

3 жыл бұрын

@@eily_b or as I call it "semen in a glass"

"German bread blows American bread out of the water" me, a German: *snorts* obviously

@fomger

2 жыл бұрын

Amerikanisches "Brot"

@Julia-lk8jn

2 жыл бұрын

Well, in defense of American cereal based rectangular foam-slices: It's not like the US is ever _trying_ to be good at bread. They're good at importing / copying bread, like bagels, baguettes, whatever. Delightful piece of cultural clash: Subway has to pay higher taxes in Ireland because Ireland has slightly lower taxes on healthy / staple food like bread than on unhealthy food like cake. Guess what the stuff Subway frames it's tuna-free 'tuna sandwiches' with is, according to Irish standards.

@retireorbust

2 жыл бұрын

I remember that distinctly. I enjoyed the broetchen also called labla in Bavaria and the pumpernickel. It would be baked daily in the small stores. Edeka, I think was the name of the little store I used to go to. Unlike most soldiers I lived in a small Bavarian village. It was good food, good beer, and beautiful country. I had many German friends. I liked how they dressed. Not sloppy like too many Americans.

@TheLtVoss

2 жыл бұрын

@@retireorbust ahhh jep outside you have too be prepared everyone cann see you and how well you care for yourself

@stratman9449

2 жыл бұрын

the only bread americans "invented" was "sliced" bread......because they don't know how to cut it.....:-)

Honestly, before I came abroad, I thought every window is like the German ones.

@dersps5905

2 жыл бұрын

I always wanted to study abroad but now I'm not sure I can

@nekominorinya2569

2 жыл бұрын

Wait they arent?

@marloelefant7500

2 жыл бұрын

@@nekominorinya2569 No, in China, for example, you just can push them aside, or open a small part of it, so you cannot open the window completely.

@stratman9449

2 жыл бұрын

what....made of glass...??

@invalid8774

Жыл бұрын

@@nekominorinya2569 The american windows just slide up most places like you can see in several us sitcoms.

In my experience, Germans love rules - until the rules are an inconvenience to them, and then they will happily break them.

@mariusa.5863

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, anyone who doesn't believe it: Just go to any gym in Germany and count the people who don't obey the corona rules.

@jackytufftufftoaster7817

2 жыл бұрын

German rule number one. If you put a towel down, the spot belongs to you now

@keynafernwind7302

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha omg that's so true. Also the complaining about stupid rules never stops xD Germans can keep going all day long complaining about one little thing

@Helena-me6mp

2 жыл бұрын

@N D Bro we are not a group of idiots, which follow every rule...

@francis7336

2 жыл бұрын

We don't love rules. We learn to live with them

Dress seriously: The socks must never be more funny than the guy who wears them.

@awakenedcrowl

2 жыл бұрын

I know many ppl in germany who take pride in breaking that sock rule, lol

@jet-blackjo2455

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, my teacher must be the funniest man alive then

@susannabonke8552

2 жыл бұрын

Well it was dark when I left Home and the machine swallows them all..so I took my son's ones.

@CR-qc9sl

10 ай бұрын

White socks with black trousers and black shoes is very german.

"How To Be A German In 50 Easy Steps" Jeder Deutsche: *INTERESSANT*

So let me do a little "klugscheißen": "Prost" is the short form for "Prosit" = Pro sit. Comes from the latin prod esse and means "It may help" or like "To your health" "Tschüß" comes from "ad jüs" (northern german) which means the same as adios (spanish), adieu(french), ade (swabian): "To god"

@michim162

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect explained

@fixiple2722

2 жыл бұрын

damn good to know

@chuckm1962

2 жыл бұрын

I always wondered exactly where this came from. (Not enough to look it up though - shame on me!)

@annak.2505

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@no_kaye4916

2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

There's a shortcut to be a perfect german: you have to drive naked with 250 km/h on the Autobahn while eating a "Mettbrötchen" (raw minced meat) and yell at the other drivers when they drive only 240 km/h. Then let a german witness write a "Eidesstattliche Versicherung" with at least 4 copies, to give burocracy its share -> done

@Vamirez

3 жыл бұрын

For publicly sharing this state-secret you will be strangled during Wetten Das with tennis socks by Florian Silbereisen.

@toecutter3100

3 жыл бұрын

@@Vamirez 🤣 and on my funeral "atemlos" will be played in endless loop

@itellyouaboutstuff

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vamirez and of course the whole thing has to be hosted by Thomas Gottschalk. Fuck Markus Lanz

@chrizawesome

2 жыл бұрын

You went full German. Never go full German.

@itellyouaboutstuff

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrizawesome if he had went full German he'd be in Poland by now

How to be a German Step #51 - Appreciate the culinary masterpiece that is the German Döner ! 🥙

@mojojim6458

3 жыл бұрын

Of course you mean the Hamburg Fischbroetchen.

@emjayay

3 жыл бұрын

Which is of course basically Turkish. Also, yes.

@mojojim6458

3 жыл бұрын

@@emjayay But the Turks invented it while in Germany, so that makes it German. Right? Right? LOL

@DanielRMueller

3 жыл бұрын

@@mojojim6458 It may be a reminder that while nations might seem defined by lines on a map, they are something far more complex and they aren't anywhere as clearly distinguishable as some want them to be. We imported potatoes from the New Continent and turned them into a traditional German dish, we imported Tea from Asia and Coffee from-I-dunno where (I am East-Frisian, I drink tea, not coffee, that's it) and built our afternoon breaks around them, then we invited Greek and Italian guest workers and they brought us Gyros, Pizza, Tzatziki, and later the Kurds and Turks immigrated here and brought us Döner. One of our favorite beer types is Czech, and our dominant religions all come from the Middle East.

@mojojim6458

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanielRMueller All guilty of the sin of cultural appropriation. Sigh.

I love the Bavaria-Texas-comparison. That nails it somehow.

@itellyouaboutstuff

2 жыл бұрын

It's really spot on

@davloe

2 жыл бұрын

As a Bavarian who refuses to speak the dialect or live the culture, I appreciate the comparison! Bavarian culture and even the dialect seem to completely revolve around small town culture, beer and speaking as if you already had too much of it😂

@ownageDan

2 жыл бұрын

texas but beer instead of oil and brezn instead of guns

@katzenkralle7262

2 жыл бұрын

Even Franconia (northern bavaria) hates bavaria

@yoshyyeah5891

2 жыл бұрын

@@katzenkralle7262 damn true im from Würzburg and all young people speak "Hochdeutsch". We don´t even have the franconian accent in anymore.(except a few "Dorfkinder" who still have it because of their parents/grandparents.

"German humor is like German bread: dark, dry, not to everyone's taste, but in plenty-full supply." I am offended, but I totally agree

@darthdead97

2 жыл бұрын

Ich bins nicht und stimme auch vollkommen zu. MfG

@nieselpriem

2 жыл бұрын

What Americans refer to as bread would at best be used in Germany as a cleaning sponge to wash dishes. We just don't understand the American tradition of eating assembly foam. 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

@reinhard8053

Жыл бұрын

@@nieselpriem But they are not alone. I had some bread in Italy (further south) which was very near to cardboard in taste and structure. It was just a carrier for other things (olive oil...). But at least it probably was healthier than american bread.

@angelikafischer6508

10 ай бұрын

@@nieselpriem the worst of all this "bread"-choices I found in Northern Nigeria. There you can buy this foam dyed in colors like pink, light blue, light green probably to match the topping. For Germans plain horror.

@valerietaylor9615

6 ай бұрын

I like French bread best. Real French bread, not the American knockoff.

10:30 This was one of the weirdest things for me (German) to realize when I was learning Chinese. In German conversation, almost every single thing you say has some sort of ironic or tongue-in-cheek subtext. For example, I don't think I've ever heard anyone sincerely praise the weather without adding something along the lines of "let's see how long it stays that way" or "let's enjoy it while it lasts". Mostly it's just "Schönes Wetter heute..." spoken in a playfully exaggerated tone of annoyance. I use sarcasm far more often than I'm comfortable admitting, and most people around me do as well. Alas, the Chinese language (due to tone of voice also being used to convey lexical meaning) does _not_ allow for sarcasm at all unless you outright explain the joke. It's still excessively hard for me to wrap my German brain around that.

@danielpetri3475

2 жыл бұрын

beeing married to a chinese I can confirm this is true. around 6205 days of experience...

@Yotanido

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think it has anything to do with the tonal language. Sarcasm still works without making it obvious. I rather think it is cultural. Japanese, for example, also doesn't make a lot of use of sarcasm. That isn't to say sarcasm doesn't exist in Japanese (like some people claim) but it's rather different and more limited. And Japanese is not a tonal language. Similar to English, pitch is used for all sorts of things, like expressing emotion or marking a question. (Though Japanese *is* pitch accented, which has pitch also differentiate between words, the pitch is not technically part of the word and may be changed to serve other functions)

@marloelefant7500

2 жыл бұрын

Chinese are far more serious than Germans according to my experience. I'm not sure whether irony and sarcasm even exists here at all.

@Mr_Yeah

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yotanido "Japanese is flat" kzread.info/dash/bejne/eWSJrrKlcsixqso.html

Apfelsaftschorle is actually pretty good to hydrate (not as 100% substitute for water tho) especially during Sport because it provides electrolytes, assuming you use quality juice (natural and unfiltred) Mit freundlichen Grüßen :*

@susannabonke8552

2 жыл бұрын

Mfg ..😅😅

@darthdead97

2 жыл бұрын

Hat hier jemand kluggeschissen? MfG

@unfiltered8060

2 жыл бұрын

hm

"Prost" is pronounced "Proscht" only in some regions. Everywhere else the "s" is just a normal sharp "s". As in "last", "must", "quest" etc.

@juliameyer10313

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. If you went into a bar where I live and say "Proscht", your going to get weird looks. We'll assume you're from the south and immediately mistrust you

@BlackAdder665

2 жыл бұрын

@@juliameyer10313 "Mistrust" :-D

@connybelting2781

2 жыл бұрын

this leads to the point " klugscheissen" :)

@brigittemiebs3228

2 жыл бұрын

Klugscheißer?

@BlackAdder665

2 жыл бұрын

@@brigittemiebs3228 Nicht jedes Informationsangebot ist Klugscheißerei.

“50 easy steps”, despite being an English sentence, is the most German thing I’ve ever seen

It's funny that you said the Saxony dialect sounds like a drunk Irish person. When I lived int the UK, I was asked whether I was Irish or someone Irish who's lived in the US several times. Nope, I'm just from Saxony. Sorry about that.

@susannabonke8552

2 жыл бұрын

I would be proud to be considered Irish.

@dominikweber4305

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from munich and my faked saxon accent is more convincing than my faked bavarian accent

@ember1794

7 ай бұрын

😂❤❤

First of all Bavarians don't *think* they're better, we *are* better (yes, that was sarcasm ... or was it?) and second yes, you can mix beer with other beverages, just don't call it "a beer" afterwards. If you say to someone "I'm drinking a beer" and show them your Radler you're gonna be punished. This is not a warning, it's a friendly reminder. Or is it?

@hodelhophopp9386

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂🤣

@barfuss2007

2 жыл бұрын

bavarian beer is not seldom only unsable for dish wahing. A "Radler" (beer mixed with lemonade) has more alcohol than most bavarian beers - so little kids drink this in bavaria...

@inawinchester

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrinzessKennY Very possible 😛

@inawinchester

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrinzessKennY If ya ain't got the looks, ya gotta have the attitude (Sorry, just watched John Oliver and the lady had a massive southern accent 😂)

@itellyouaboutstuff

2 жыл бұрын

Baviarians make fun of Radler but drink the most disgustingly sweet abomination called Goasmaß. It's absolutely horrendous

I have had almost over 20 years of english lessons and I still say: "I'm sorry my english is soooo bad!" So you got me...

It hurts me to see how you handle the book, breaking the back like that

@dreamxd1014

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@susannabonke8552

2 жыл бұрын

Ja das TUT man nicht!

@katharinaweber9708

2 жыл бұрын

Schlimm! Ich hoffe, du hast wenigstens nichts rein geschrieben 🥺

@schattenprinz

2 жыл бұрын

It's against the rules

Whoever gifted this books: thank you sooo much. Perfect gift for Nalf.

@grandmak.

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to read it myself in order to check if I'm German enough.

@kerry4385

3 жыл бұрын

@@grandmak. I am not german enough 😅

@sisuguillam5109

3 жыл бұрын

@@grandmak. hey, Grandma! Schönen Sonntag!

@grandmak.

3 жыл бұрын

@@sisuguillam5109 Danke gleichfalls !

@grandmak.

3 жыл бұрын

@@kerry4385 I'm so sorry !

Wishing everyone great success on this glorious day as they study how to be a German. A test will be given shortly. Certificates will be issued later.

@sigismundsulzheimer5512

3 жыл бұрын

I love this bureaucracy. Only two pencils, a pencil sharpener, an eraser (made of recycled rubber) and a ruler may be taken to the "How to be a German" test. By signing the form, you confirm that you have understood the content of the test and that you will not violate it. A copy of this signed declaration will be sent to the Board's archives, the Central Anti-Corruption Unit and the Central Statistics Office.

@mojojim6458

3 жыл бұрын

@@sigismundsulzheimer5512 This is hilarious. Thanks.

@tydalm.9665

3 жыл бұрын

Wishing you a great wday as well, teacher. However I think I will be sick on the day of the test. Being German is not really, what we Berliners strive for, we were already forced to host a lot of their politicians. However when I think about it, the European Football championship will be soon, and our attitude may change for around a month.

@grandmak.

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, go, Mojo Jim , go !

@grandmak.

3 жыл бұрын

@@sigismundsulzheimer5512 ok, do the answers have to be twice underlined using a ruler ?

"The Texas of Germany" made me laugh so hard, because we exactly say it vise versa about Texas. 😂 And about the sundays, btw. It was an american, called Ferris Bueller, who said once: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - A very wise man, this Ferris Bueller... very wise. 😉

@christianfreedom-seeker934

2 жыл бұрын

Quite a few Barvarians have told me that they would rather see Barvaria annexed to Austria. 🇦🇹

@liamcassidy5992

2 жыл бұрын

Bavaria is our Texas, Saarland is our Alabama

@susannabonke8552

2 жыл бұрын

@@liamcassidy5992 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@lentintarantino392

2 жыл бұрын

@@christianfreedom-seeker934 annexed to austria? no lets just jojn together with switzerland and south tyrol and make a new country

@lolphdundgren4328

7 ай бұрын

@@lentintarantino392 Some people are calling Upper Bavaria (Oberbayern) "Nordtirol" :-)

I learned how to open a bottle with a lighter years ago. Finally learning to open a beer bottle with another bottle, with any type of table or the beer crate as well, is one of my greatest achievements through lockdown.

@ichraumauf5532

2 жыл бұрын

The beauty of this is that you will always one bottle in the pantry.

@susannabonke8552

2 жыл бұрын

OMG. What did the bottle reply?

@dominikweber4305

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, i learned all of that when i was 14, don't really know if that's something to be proud of tho

@blabladuweier8654

2 жыл бұрын

@@dominikweber4305 am besten ist es, wenn du zwei Flaschen miteinander öffnest. Muss man zwar ein bisschen aufpassen, dass die zuerst geöffnete nicht überschwappt, aber man braucht nix anderes mehr.

@stratman9449

2 жыл бұрын

congafibulations.....!! so you don't drink wine....?

16:15 @NALF: I can hear my Teacher and many others: „Do NOT FOLD a paperback - respect books - take good care of books and their knowledge“

@emjayay

3 жыл бұрын

I was teaching a special ed class for the more severely disabled and an intellectually disabled kid showed me that you should use the little lever tabs at the top and bottom of a loose leaf notebook to open the rings, not pull on the rings. He was right. Fortunately I hadn't opened them by pulling on the rings yet that time.

@CR-qc9sl

10 ай бұрын

It is only a book, not a living being.

Bar'B'Qs and Kartoffelsalat? What about the Nudelsalat? No mention of the ever present Nudelsalat that everybody brings but don't eat! SMH.

@derPetunientopf

2 жыл бұрын

Often its the other way around. It just depends on how much the people making it knew what to do. Everyone thinks they can make Nudelsalat and Kartoffelsalat but its just as complicated as most other dishes when done right. Often people add to much mayonnaise and that just ruins it. Gewürzgurken are also a very important ingredient for Nudelsalad that is often forgotten.

@cerostymc

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the holy Gewürzketchup...

@wolf_art4547

2 жыл бұрын

The next time nobody want the Nudelsalat call me. I can help ^^

@susannabonke8552

2 жыл бұрын

@@derPetunientopf Parsley and other herbs make it!

@derPetunientopf

2 жыл бұрын

@@susannabonke8552 Sounds pretty good.

As a native german, I'm absolutely sure there is no ruleset behind "Mahlzeit" If there is, I haven't figured it out. I only use it while at work during lunchbreak to wish my coworkers a good meal and break. Never used it in the evening I think.

@BlueSkyEntertaiment

2 жыл бұрын

I hate this greeting. I have never heard of it and on my first day of work the coworkers were mad that i said hallo and not Mahlzeit

@christianbrandt9877

2 жыл бұрын

Also im Gasthaus kannst du das ja eigentlich rund um die Uhr sagen. Oder einfach "Nen guten!"

@dominikweber4305

2 жыл бұрын

@@christianbrandt9877you mean "an guaden"

@christianbrandt9877

2 жыл бұрын

@@dominikweber4305 Ja. Genau

@blabladuweier8654

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlueSkyEntertaiment tja solche Probleme gibts im Norden nicht, da sagt man einfach Moin

1:08 german food 1:38 window technology 2:08 house shoes 2:25 potato 3:04 recycling 3:31 hate Bavaria 4:05 planning/preparation 4:33 Kartoffelsalat 5:05 LG 5:35 Sachsen dialect 5:45 insurances 6:04 “Mahlzeit!” 6:31 car culture 7:00 dress seriously 7:33 German bread 7:54 Schwarzfahren 8:24 German/English 8:44 open bottles without bottle opener 9:05 “Prost!” 9:19 bureaucracy 9:30 red lights 9:44 Sundays 10:10 Apfelschorle 10:37 Humor 11:13 German smalltalk 11:30 klugscheisser 12:00 mixing 12:55 travel seriously 13:25 sex 13:43 rules 14:10 birthdays 14:38 GMA 15:01 dinner for one 15:18 say what you mean 15:26 Schlager 15:37 Bio 16:11 “tschüss!”

the expression Mahlzeit (literally "meal time") has 2 meanings 1) Greeting during lunch time = round about 11am till 13pm 2) a german equivalent for saying "Bon Appetit/Buon Appetito/Que Aproveche/Enjoy your meal" at every occasion you gonna start to eat a meal.. it is generally the shorted version of saying "Gesegnete Mahlzeit" meaning "Have a blessed meal time"

@Vamirez

3 жыл бұрын

Germans have the habit of using greetings randomly, i.e. not at the right time/situation. The most extreme form is perhaps the Northern "moin moin". So if someone says "Mahlzeit" when you meet for sport practice, everyone understands it means "fill in nice greeting here" basically :)

@dominikmanthei4546

3 жыл бұрын

@@Vamirez I hear Mahlzeit all day long, never really thought about it. It is right to use Moin whenever though.

@martinjunghofer3391

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vamirez Falsch (ich klugscheiße jetzt!): Moin hat NICHTS mit Morgen zu tun, sonder ist die niederdeutsche Form von GUT! - siehe holländisch moi = gut.

@Vamirez

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinjunghofer3391 *alarm noises* Shots have been fired! I repeat - shots have been fired! ;) Sehr gut! Aber als alter verbohrter Pälzer, der "guden moie" sagt, weigere ich mich einfach, das anzuerkennen ;) (Und bringe es selbst bei Gelegenheit sicher mal irgendwo an, hehehe...)

@derekh4511

2 жыл бұрын

"Mahlzeit" ... can also be used when stating that something went very, very wrong. Oftentimes, it comes with a 'Na' as in 'Na, Mahlzeit!' (Like in 'damn!' or ... 'we are f****d!)

Classic old dad joke: Mahlzeit! - "Mal dir deine Zeit doch selber"

@mats7492

3 жыл бұрын

Passt auf eure Füße auf.. der kommt flach

@axelk4921

2 жыл бұрын

ne ich bevorzuge die " Bastelstunde"

@chrison2822

2 жыл бұрын

"Ma(h)l Zeit ist besser als NIE Zeit!"

@ZZMJo

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrison2822 MARSzeit is better. But I prefer Snickers.

@frankyg.6172

2 жыл бұрын

Das ist wie "Moin" , geht immer !

Step 1: Overanalyse everything! The rest follows naturally ^^

The "Bürokratie" a whole lot of paperwork, most Germans are absolutely dispised by it. But our politics love that shit so we have to put up with it.

@susannabonke8552

2 жыл бұрын

Related to federal system. The Dutch King lately pointed out His crown and country is in good contact with a Lot of German States. Maybe it's because the netherlands used to be one of them. 😅

@shiro-chan5476

2 жыл бұрын

@Vandole I really don't think it's that interesting when any German applied for Child care money or waht Taxes Peter from this Village paid in 2010. I think for some things it's really important to document them precisely so they can be retract Decade or Centuries later. But for a lot of things the paperwork is really just over complicating every thing for every one evold and this methods are only kept because none really cares about modernizing them..

@Morellas4

2 жыл бұрын

correct. I don't know one single German who "loves" bureaucracy... :-))

The best comparison to "Klugscheißen" is the "ackchually meme". xD

@manzanasrojas6984

2 жыл бұрын

lmao indeed

Bio is our organic food in the U.S. It's way more expensive here too. Also, "Na?", the best conversation starter ever. ;) You meant to say the Saxon dialect is THE funniest dialect of all. It's nasal and it sounds like someone is strangling a duck. My mother was from Saxony, and there were hours of laughter at her expense.

@emjayay

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if Nick realizes that Bio=Organic. Not necessarily that much more expensive, but sometimes way more. Yes, just like in the US. It was California hippie subculture in the late 60's-70's that really got the movement going with an organic farmer association and vetting for products before any government regulation, and organic food stores before Whole Foods or bio/organic foods showing up in normal supermarkets.

@lapernice6978

2 жыл бұрын

Bio food isn’t actually that more expensive in Germany - compared to the US. Except the nuts, cashews. - that is true, I guess everywhere :-)

@elisabethstrazzanti2312

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha, strangling a duck 🦆……🤣🤣🤣

"Hate Bavaria" me, as a bavarian: AhH ShIT HeRe wE gO AgaIN

" I would say my personal favorite of german edible potato art would be, the lovly Bratkartoffeln." Ein Mann nach meinen geschmack.

Am I the only one that is freaking out watching him bend that book? Love the content. Be nice to your books. :)

@kackerlakensalat

3 жыл бұрын

I had to laugh always about my sister. She is able to read "around a corner" that much she hates to bend a book too much.

I have to buy this book. Laughed so much. So many true things about us. Btw, Bioprodukte are organic products (especially food). That's why they are so expensive

@grandmak.

3 жыл бұрын

I've already ordered it from Amazon, have to read it soon, too.

@wolfgangsperber7894

3 жыл бұрын

Miss Klugschiss

@grandmak.

3 жыл бұрын

@@wolfgangsperber7894 ???

@tonyme7426

2 жыл бұрын

My daughter-in-law gave it to me as a birthday present.

@susannabonke8552

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but half of them is Fake.

3:08 A few years ago when I stayed home while my parents went on vacation for the first time I accidentally threw something in the wrong trash ONE time and a day later I got a call from some neighbor telling me to please recycle correctly :I You can't make this up. That being said, recycle!! It's important!

You actually say ,,Mahlzeit" when you see that someone that you know, like a good friend or something, is eating for lunch, dinner, whatsoever. For example you spontaneously visit a good friend of yours and he or she is eating, then you say ,,Mahlzeit" because saying that is polite and friendly. You're welcome :)

@ZZMJo

2 жыл бұрын

You may say it even if they are not eating but you know that they're going to eat or go to a restaurant or picking up something to eat or ordering pizza.

@BlueSkyEntertaiment

2 жыл бұрын

As a german i find that so weird. I have never heard the greeting and when I worked the first days after school i wonderd what this is

@ZZMJo

2 жыл бұрын

Actually I never heard it outside. Only in the office/company.

@sugonmad2402

2 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, people also use it, when somebody is doing something disgusting. Like burping e.g..

@blackskull_hd6383

2 жыл бұрын

@@sugonmad2402 yeah that's also true

Me a german watching this: "write that down, write that down!"

Well, let's just say Robert Falcon Scott would not have died at the Pole if he had had a German do the planning for him...

@emjayay

3 жыл бұрын

New Berlin airport: Hold mein bier.

@sunnydaysworth

3 жыл бұрын

@@emjayay Yeay, we definitely cannot airport!😅 It's not our "beer". :))

@heysemberthkingdom-brunel5041

3 жыл бұрын

@@sunnydaysworth Fun fact: The same guy, Meinhard von Gerkan was somehow involved in TXL, BER and Berlin Hbf...

the fact there are 50 steps to being german is the most german thing ever :D

@Westpark16

6 ай бұрын

American here.that is hilarious.

Don't forget about the fun variations of 'good bye' we have: Tschüsli Müsli, Tschüssikovski, Bis Baldrian, Bis Penne, Tschau Kakao and so many more

The way he said "Bratkartoffeln' 😂😍 Love it !!!

I made an exchange semester in Boston and there was a get together with beer, but there was no bottle opener. So I opened the bottle with an other bottle. The guys there were very impressed and I had to open a few bottles of beer.😀

Saying "Mahlzeit" started as "Gesegnete Mahlzeit" which literally would be a "blessed meal" to wish you a good appetite. It was used then around the lunch break wishing you a blessed meal when you leave work for the lunch break. Then it slightly drifted into a joke that every time is a lunch time, so we jokingly use it all day long. In addition to that "Na Mahlzeit!" is an expression of astonishment meaning "Gosh! That sucks!". We mix up all these meanings with a twnkle. This mixture of original meanings perhaps lightens up the excessive use of "Mahlzeit". We are not so serious about it. So Germans got no humour, eh?

@franklang.5202

2 жыл бұрын

Natürlich muss man Mahlzeit ernst nehmen!

@sealgrey.911

2 жыл бұрын

@@franklang.5202 🤣 Na, Mahlzeit!

Hallo Kameraden! Ich danke Ihnen, für euer zahlreiches antreten. Ich bin sehr erfreut, darüber das wir das einnehmen immer noch drauf haben. Dieser Kommentar Bereich ist nun deutsches Staats Eigentum!

The tipping feature allows you to open the window when it's raining. On the other hand, the door/tipping thing gets in the way of having regular miniblinds or curtains. Also if it's inside and cool outside double hung windows when opened at the top and bottom create convection currents which exchange air efficiently.

As a German... Hell yes, all true! Please book 2

The "Tschüss" thing was so relatable

Always buy beer in boxes - that way you'll get the bottle opener as part of the bundle

that video was so bad lg hahahah really good job, always cool to see the own country from another perspective. You caught so many small details and sayings here, you are more german than many otheres here:D Tschüüüüs

I want NALF to read my lecture script in College...his reading style is pure entertainment :)

I only ever heard the word "Mahlzeit" said in an ironic way when someone burped.

@GERdeathstar

2 жыл бұрын

It's very common to say around a work place during lunch break

@obviativ123

2 жыл бұрын

That's a common use too. Instead, you can also say "Prost!", and even "Prost Mahlzeit!".

Welcome back! :D As far as I can tell about your videos you turned into a German mostly. I mean, you wanted to come back, you missed it, you're here again. Is this probably a sign of you wanting to stay here...forever?

Not one of your most original videos, but I guess it'll do for this week. Liebe Grüße

@grandmak.

3 жыл бұрын

nice.

Definitely best video i‘ve seen in a while 😂😂🙌🏼 Good Job

finally after 18 years living in germany, i know how to be german

if everyone decides for themselves whether a rule is right or wrong and behaves like this, rules no longer make sense at all.

@raistormrs

3 жыл бұрын

it's Anarchy i say ... Anarchy ....

@mojojim6458

3 жыл бұрын

@@raistormrs Or the US

@dutchman7623

3 жыл бұрын

@@mojojim6458 Uncoordinated Subversion?

@raistormrs

3 жыл бұрын

@@mojojim6458 close enough ... i mean look at them ... another mass shooting today, they are having those like every day now or something ... Checked the numbers ... as of today, 242 mass shootings fit the Mass Shooting Tracker project criterion, leaving 276 people dead and 979 injured, for a total of 1264 victims ...

Guten Morgen 🌞 I love the reference to Speedy and she is absolutely right about planning thoroughly 😎😋

@DarkHarlequin

3 жыл бұрын

This extra focus of Germans on planning in my experience actually splits Germans (particularly couples) into two distinct groups going on a trip. The 'planner' who plans EVERYTHING and micro manages every detail and the partner or kids who have learned over time that if they try to help with the planning they just agrevate the planner more and thus now plan NOTHING completely relying on the other person to get anything done. Their contribution to the trip is essentially showing up and that's it 😁

@susanneharvey4034

3 жыл бұрын

@@DarkHarlequin 😂🤣🤣😂🤣 Jaaaaaaaaaaaa 😂🤣😂😂

@_SpamMe

2 жыл бұрын

Planning too much just takes the fun out of vacations. But planning too little can make things stressful and you might feel like you missed out on things. Obviously everyone has their own preferences, but personally I prefer some sort of flexible plans to be adjusted as necessary ... What I'm saying is ... it's important to plan how you're going to plan your plans.

Love your videos!! Alles gute!!

Just randomly came upon this video in my recommended since I've been looking into German things for the past few days. Very straightforward guy, and I like the content! :) ❤️

1. Happy Birthday!!!💐🥂🍾🎂 2. Yes, pleeeeasee more of this! Funny, because apart from some minor exceptions it’s also true for Austria! ☺️ 3. After a weeks work in the hospital, a Sunday redecorating the children’s room, doing homework with the big son, preparing food for everybody, this video was my reward, consumed alone with ice cream 😉. Always looking forward to new videos, always curious, and you always deliver! Thanks😊 4. LG from Vienna😉

@sigismundsulzheimer5512

3 жыл бұрын

As an Austrian, I publicly and emphatically distance myself from the claim that Vienna is exemplary for Austria. For those who don't know, Austria is not Vienna and Austria is not Germany. End of the announcement 😊

@astridchladek1927

3 жыл бұрын

@@sigismundsulzheimer5512 As a proud Austrian I totally agree with the statement that neither Vienna is Austria, nor Austria is Germany. Both things I have neither said or meant. Still I think that some seemingly typical German characteristics are true for Austria as well. Still, Austria is very distinctive and different from Germany in many other ways. Both statements are true to me. But this of course reflects only my personal opinion. No worries😉

You nail your video contents! I love your very good balance of praising and criticizing! We live in the US since 18 years and I can confirm (almost;)) every praise and also critique you have about Germany and as well the US! So, now you are trapped (as we are) between 2 countries! ;) You are slowly, but surely, not at home in the US as a US citizen anymore and also not at home in Germany! We miss the US while we are in Germany and miss Germany while we are in the US! We can for sure agree that we all miss our families being left in the other country! Keep up your fantastic work in displaying the truth without sugar coating!

Definitely best video i‘ve seen in a while 😂😂🙌🏼

I love your videos Nick!! Thank you for all your hard work 😓👏🏼🥰🤩

open a beer bottle with anything - so german, totally agree.

@derPetunientopf

2 жыл бұрын

Learning how to open a beer bottle with a lighter is a rite of passage in germany. For boys atleast, for girls its a bonus skill.

@blabladuweier8654

2 жыл бұрын

@JayLeeBeanz just use another bottle man even a plastic bottle would work

You are right on with all of this Nalf. Married a German. Great video. 😊

@tonyme7426

2 жыл бұрын

He is not right, he is just quoting a book, so the author is right.

this was so much fun!!! thank you and tschüss

Sooo to the point. Thank you

Mahlzeit is short for "blessed meal" (gesegnete Mahlzeit), so it actually has a religious background. It is believed that it comes from the monks. Today it is almost always used without religious reference (without blessed)and almost exclusively in a professional context. You can also say "bon appétit" instead of Mahlzeit.

@kyihsin2917

3 жыл бұрын

I think there's regional variation too, though. Here in Berlin people say Mahlzeit as a greeting between around 11 AM and 2 PM even if there is no food anywhere near.

@felmerobert0916

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyihsin2917 That is fundamentally correct. There doesn't have to be food directly nearby (I didn't write it that way either). You say it, for example, when a colleague goes on his lunch break or you meet colleagues who are on their way to the canteen or on their way to their lunch break.It is a common greeting at the beginning of the "lunch break". It is implied that one eats something during the break. It doesn't matter if you eat a full meal or just a snack. One does not say it, however, when one comes back from his lunch break.

@elw00dblues57

3 жыл бұрын

But if you break the word into two halfs, and take both words literal, it is Mahl = Meal Zeit = Time "Time for a meal" So, without any further research, I could also imagine it was used by craftsmen back in time when it was not common to wear a watch just to let anyone know that it is time for the meal. Like one loud shout on the building lot and everyone knew what time it is - time for food :-) But from now I know "Mahlzeit" either for greeting purposes between 11am and 2pm (roughly) or as replacement for "Guten Appetit" or "an guadn" which is bavarian but since we all need to hate Bavarians, just forget the last one :-D

@kyihsin2917

3 жыл бұрын

@@felmerobert0916 I mean, I've heard people say it just because it's early afternoon and they have no idea whether the other person has already eaten or is about to eat or is going to skip lunch or anything. "Das kleine Arschloch" says it all times of day!

@norbertderiro9458

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyihsin2917 ...same hier in northrhine westphalia

Alles Gute nachträglich 🎂 und bitte auch noch das zweite Buch 👍 Liebe Grüße 😉

Great Video!

Our German teach always greats us with Malzeit his explaination is „because it’s the only honest greeting“

Mahlzeit means meal time or simple meal, but it’s like a worker’s greeting on the way to lunch break. Some workers use it for dinner break at “Spaetschicht” too. So it’s always okay to say when everyone there will eat in the next moment. When I had a student job at Daimler’s Truck Factory in Woerth am Rhein, there was a fun thing. I had a conversation with a full time worker there. The first four people that crossed us, they said Mahlzeit. We said Mahlzeit. But he was pissed that he was interrupted the story he wanted to tell me. The fifth person that said Mahlzeit. He shouted “ Mal dei Zeit grad selber!” Which translates to: paint your time yourself. 😂😂 malen = to paint, das Mahl = the meal. 😂😂

There's nothing like trying to walk over uneven cobblestones in a very thick Northern Bavarian fog and seeing this apparition in black - a large woman of indeterminate age with hair braids (Likely with a name like Frau Kaltenbrunner) coming out of the fog almost a foot away. She says in a guttural voice "grüß gott" and moves on like the Lost Dutchman disappearing into the fog - pure Bavarian.

@grandmak.

3 жыл бұрын

you gave me the creeps with that. Liebe Grüße

@grandmak.

2 жыл бұрын

@netwitch56 really ? Very poetic in a dark way, lol.

You do such a great job telling people how we are. Thanks for that. :)

Such a great book, it's so true :-) I need to watch the second part...

My first reaction to those lists and books is always „Ugh, again some stereotype BS that is just dumb and doesn‘t reflect the reality“, then I always have to admit how appropriate that shit is. And this, dear Nalf, is also a typical German thing to do. Although I‘m a migrants‘ child they made a pretty decent job in assimilating me. I‘m a real German. I call us „defizitorientiert“.

@sunnydaysworth

3 жыл бұрын

🤣 Hehehe, defizitorientiert...perfekter Neologismus!! 😋

@3.k

3 жыл бұрын

@@sunnydaysworth „Deutsch Stunde” mit Leerzeichen ist aber auch schon eine Art Paradoxon. ^^

@sunnydaysworth

3 жыл бұрын

@@3.k 😅 Kunscht!! "Konkrete Poesie". Früher war's der Gedankenstrich, heute ist es die Denkpause alias Lücke. Aber selber erstmal Alliterationspower im eigenen Namen!! KKK? Will man das? Hmmmm...

@3.k

3 жыл бұрын

@@sunnydaysworth Ein Schelm, wer Böses dabei denkt. ;)

Actually the rest of the world thinks of us as humourless for one reason: they know we take things so seriously that we bring things to perfection - in other words: they are afraid of us and of what we are able to achieve !! But - on the other hand; Dienst ist Dienst und Schnaps ist Schnaps !!! never forget.....

@uliwehner

2 жыл бұрын

in actuality we just assume that anybody who did not laugh, did not understand the joke. So we explain it! Step #51 of being german :)

@ulrichrenner6256

2 жыл бұрын

Laughter is a sign of poor self control, a grin should be more than enough to show you got the joke.

I like that these Videos give me a new perspective on my country I also like that they teach some new information I mean I didn’t know about Bavaria before

We liked this video, please make another one 💚

Hearing you mention that you like Bratkartoffeln (home fries / chipped potatoes) made me immidiatly feel warm and fuzzy in my heart. Its a simple dish but also an art in itself. I like to make them often like this: one third or more potatoes, one third carottes and one third onions. Onions cut finger thick, carottes smaller and the potatoes rather thin, all together in the pan, fried / baked until ready and done. Some salt and pepper and the dish is complete. A salad and fried sausages or bacon cubes are welcome additions but not needed at all.

@wakeupcall2665

Жыл бұрын

My mum‘s Bratkartoffeln: Kartoffeln vom Vortag, in Scheiben geschnitten, in Butter in der Pfanne gebraten, dazu Spiegeleier und Spinat. Da wird mir auch ganz warm ums Herz. Allerdings auch bei ihren Rinderrouladen, und natürlich Tante Elli‘s Nusskuchen (war Schwester meines Opas) = Nusskuchen mit Schokobohnen und Schokoglasur…einfach nur WoW 🤩

A German has always a pullover and a raincoat along till mid of June. The weather is still changing a few times a day, so it might ve sunny and warm, when you leave the house, but within an hour it could be cold and/or rainy.

@sunnydaysworth

3 жыл бұрын

Jaaaa, stimmt, das Wetter is unstet bis zu "den Eisheiligen" zumindest (Mitte Mai), deshalb stellt man z.B. die Pflanzen noch nicht raus auf den Balkon.

@sisuguillam5109

3 жыл бұрын

Long live the Übergangsjacke!

@daggicat8763

3 жыл бұрын

Im from mid Germany and Michigan is the same

@emjayay

3 жыл бұрын

Northeast USA is similar that way.

Nice work! Retired here and you've nailed most stuff. Still working on removing shoes at the door.

this vid was actually pretty refreshing for me. also it was pretty accurate.

Oh God I love your videos, I just can't help myself. I see a new video, I click it!

I had so much fun to listen to that video and I really do see myself how German I am and that all of that I am just doin or saying that/these things because they are so normal to me. It is really fun for me to see how foreigners are seeing or notesing that... And I can agree to so many things... 😂😂😂

I really liked the Bavaria reference 3:30. Texas of Germany 😂 never thought of it this way

In Norway the tradition is to watch "Dinner for One" on 23.desember on the "eve before Christmas eve" TV show.

Didn’t expected that tbh. Glad that you like it. Wasn’t sure if the parcel arrived. I mean I sent it nearly a year ago 😂 Happy belated Birthday

@grandmak.

3 жыл бұрын

gut Ding will Weile haben !