I am in love with the British people. I love their way to talk, I love their Pub culture very much, I love their humor and I believe even they are not as straight as we are it is always a great time beeing over to the little cute island. Furthermore I believe the British music culture is absolutely fantastic. Definitely something Germans are not as good as the British are. Much respect to the older guy. I was expecting a different opinion on us.

@grandmak.

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's good to hear that the prejudices that result from WW2 have faded away with the older generation and given way to a friendly attitude.

@thewrathofames

2 жыл бұрын

I love the Germans XD

@yourtruebrit

2 жыл бұрын

And us British love the Germans! :D

@alicemilne1444

2 жыл бұрын

@@grandmak. The older generation that actually experienced WW2 got over the war decades ago. It's younger generations that keep mentioning it.

@tomtaromtomtom3994

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, so me! > "... something Germans are not as good as the British are" immediately CRICKET comes into my mind. rofl

We Germans take our humour very serious, it's no laughing matter. ☝🏻

@VeigarEUW

2 жыл бұрын

Good one😂

@curiousitycave

Жыл бұрын

wallah

@113serpent

Жыл бұрын

😆😅🤣

@Dino_aka_Arknos

Жыл бұрын

This ☝️ humor is serious business

@tesla3388

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/oaaTr7GTlarMYsY.html 👈🏻And many of Germans are NAZISM racist

"If they are incompetent, they are very incomepetent" ...so, we are competent even at being incompetent. Maybe the best description of Germany I ever heard :D

@rainerm.8168

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, always gründlich. 😂

@Balu_420

2 жыл бұрын

I love it! He really gives the best explanation about our competence I have ever heard

@Lamesoeder

2 жыл бұрын

I see, he is very informed about the actual german government. :-)

@duedman-alleswasknallt5775

2 жыл бұрын

why does Bullshit Job immediatly spring to my mind?

@djneverblock7300

2 жыл бұрын

aber es ist so wahr....schau dir die demos doch an xD

I think the problem with german humor is, that it loses all the fun when translating it because it is so well based on the language itself, that often times just make sense if you clearly understand the german language and know the connections and metaphors of the different words :D

@klausgh

2 жыл бұрын

Before moving to England three decades ago, I saw episodes of Monty Python's dubbed in German, and in many sketches just didn't understand what was so funny - then I watched them in England with the 'real' sound, and suddenly never stopped laughing. It doesn't translate either way.

@inotoni6148

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's right, Torsten Sträter's texts or Pierre M. Krause's pun would not work in English, or not so well. But they are just as good as British humorists

@SmallSpoonBrigade

Жыл бұрын

@@klausgh Have you seen the episodes they did auf Deutsch? I think the fact that all the non-English episodes were in German says something about German humor.

@hsdsaunders

Жыл бұрын

Same can be said for English humour, very big on word play. Just that a lot more people can speak English.

@yousifabdalhalim514

Жыл бұрын

Command of language and intertwined culture is a great deal when it comes to lore, most artistic expressions are lost by translation and it does not deliver required impact

Keep in mind that Mr. Bean and Monty Python e.g. are very popular in Germany so I guess there is common ground when it comes to humour. The elderly man at the end speaks German with a very good pronunciation by the way.

@yourtruebrit

2 жыл бұрын

It shocked me his german. It was one of my favourite movements on this channel. have a great easter Friday! :D

@Monedula

2 жыл бұрын

…castle of aaaaaaargh haha 😂👍💙

@issykasson1668

2 жыл бұрын

Miranda Hart, Rowan Atkinson, MontyPython, Father Ted, The IT Crowd, Little Britain, Green Wing, Derry Girls .... we love British Comedy

@papaaaaaaa2625

2 жыл бұрын

@@issykasson1668 Comedy? And I always thought these were documentations of British every day life...😶

@Loretta2004

2 жыл бұрын

Ich war auch sehr beeindruckt, wie gut und korrekt er sich ausdrücken konnte...Großartig!

Germans are very competent. And if occasionally incompetent they are very incompetent....I like that. Seems about right.

@grandmak.

2 жыл бұрын

lol, doesn't that relate to all countries ?

@youtuber1650

2 жыл бұрын

@@grandmak. no, it doesn't. Normally you have various degrees of incompetence. To put extra effort in it is typical German. And it ,of course, puts also extra effort in all its competencies.

@grandmak.

2 жыл бұрын

@@youtuber1650 I still don't understand what it means to put extra effort in being incompetent. What sense does it make to take an effort at all if you want to stay incompetent ?

@ilkahellerling2345

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@youtuber1650

2 жыл бұрын

@@grandmak. you seem a little slow on the uptake. Germans are thorough. They are thorough in everything. In their virtues and failures. Do you get it now?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇩🇪 English and German people are brothers. We are a very similar people. We should have fought together WW1.

@ratatosk8935

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! As I German, I'm glad you haven't fought at our side in the ww2. That would have been an awful world, if we had won that one, I assume. I feel sorry, to have you people not in the EU anymore. I am waiting for your return in maybe 30 year and wish the UK got balanced and stabilized their economy quickly.

@albionmyl7735

2 жыл бұрын

I am a native Saxon from Westphalia northwest Germany... I have been in England several times... and surprisingly we are so similar.... The english and germans are a perfect match.... no mentality fits so well... I discovered my own old Saxon roots after my visits in England.... I met wonderful people in England I felt always like home...I love people and country very much....in August I intend to travel to Kent and Sussex... ( old Saxon heritage).... I am so happy to return to England.... . We are both Anglo-Saxons and Saxons that's the secret... It would be much better to strengthen the english /german ties then the ties with the French.... Especially in economical matters.... Brits and Germans belong together... Germany is the natural partner on the continent to Brexit not really matter.... ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪🤗🇬🇧

@albionmyl7735

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry... * partner for Britain Brexit not really matter..

@dagmarvandoren9364

2 жыл бұрын

Ich auch

@wesleydaub8002

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a first generation American who has a British Mother und Deutsche Father und my Great Grandfathers fought on opposite sides of the Great War 1914-1918.

Yah the Germans are a great bunch but so are you Brits :) All the the best from Denmark.

@yourtruebrit

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome, you are the first person from Denmark on this channel :D have a great easter Friday!

@rainerm.8168

2 жыл бұрын

@@yourtruebrit Ahhh. what would a "great" Karfreitag 😢 (Easter Friday) look like? Couldn't be having fun, could it? Whatever. But that's a legitimate question for Christians, I'd think.

@sirlancelonkel2472

2 жыл бұрын

In history class i learned how we used to kick each other's butts for centuries and now here we are hugging and complimenting. What a great time to be alive man. I can even talk to the danish and the british dude at the same time from hundres of kilometers away. I wish it could everywhere be like that. Every country holds grumpy douchebags but overall we're just people that want to live in peace and see what the world has to offer. Never forget that.

@Cliohna

2 жыл бұрын

@Der eine Onkel Hear hear

@konradmichels1362

2 жыл бұрын

@@rainerm.8168 Nix für ungut, Osterfreitag wäre der Freitag der Osterwoche. Karfreitag translates into Good Friday.

We love the British humour so much, a British sketch that was recorded for German television in 1963 belongs to our New Year's Eve tradition till this day.

@rap4live39

2 жыл бұрын

Dinner for One 😅

@hans3125

2 жыл бұрын

und genau deshalb gelten wir als "humorbehindert". Die Scheiße ist doch 0 lustig

@xyzz232

2 жыл бұрын

@@hans3125 Der Trick ist dass man sich vorher erbarmungslos einen reinlöten muss.

@sophiapacione

2 жыл бұрын

Dinner for One has got to be one of my favourite traditions, and I’m not even German or British. Greetings from Canada!🇩🇪🇨🇦🇬🇧

@thinkingbout

2 жыл бұрын

@@hans3125 I also don't think it is that funny but humour is a really personal thing in general, so I don't think everyone thinks germans have no or bad humour because of one film.

We are brothers! As a Briton, I think the Germans are intelligent, stubborn, and we both have a lot in common. Cheers 🍻

@Angelcynn_2001

4 ай бұрын

We have Anglo-Saxon origin, that's why

@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022

4 ай бұрын

Germanic brotherhood

Coming from an Anglo-German background I just love the Germans! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪

When this old gentlemen said "they are generally very competent" I thought to myself: Der gute Mann hat noch nie einen Antrag auf einer deutschen Behörde gestellt.

@spezifisch4468

2 жыл бұрын

Oder ist jemals mit der Deutschen Bahn gefahren

@Alex-cc8yf

2 жыл бұрын

Du hast ihm nicht fertig zugehört "wenn sie mal inkompetent sind, dann so richtig" ich finde das passt 😂

@AliaslsailA

2 жыл бұрын

Du glaubst garnicht wie sehr ich das gerade bestätigen kann

@Holsteiner-Knappe1904

2 жыл бұрын

Das sind die Dinge, die wir einfach nicht können :D Weil alles Drölfzig mal geprüft wird. Gerade erst wieder bei dieser dusseligen Rentenkasse erlebt! Was ein Verein :D Am Freitag war der Zettel der Krankenkasse vorhanden. Am Montag war das Papier der Krankenkasse nicht da, aber das was am Freitag gefehlt hatte, das war dann plötzlich da :D Übers Wochenende einfach alles vertauscht :D Bis diese inkompetente Dame dann doch gesagt hat: OH ES IST JA DOCH ALLES DA :D Der Fall war dann erledigt und ich habe mich umsonst aufgeregt! Achja, das ist das was wir Deutschen am besten können: AUFREGEN!!! :D Darin sind wir tatsächlich Weltmeister :D

@Holsteiner-Knappe1904

2 жыл бұрын

@@AliaslsailA +1

Yes, our engineering is great i am proud to be a German. British and Germans are always top tier with inventions in history 🇩🇪❤️🇬🇧

@shay4261

Жыл бұрын

im a car guy and i think japan makes the best cars but germany is a close 2nd. i like old bmws and mercs :)

@frontgamet.v1892

Жыл бұрын

@@shay4261 absolutely.. the Japanese cars are stylish. And in my opinion very close to our engineering. But we have the history ;-)

@xizilionyizzexeliqer3897

Жыл бұрын

rip british inventiveness ⚡⚡⚡

@lazylad8544

Жыл бұрын

British engineering was the best in the world at one point. We still make quality products, so does the rest of the world for less cost.

@hermes667

Жыл бұрын

I am German, but I had driven a better American car than the German ones my family and neighbours drove. German cars tend to be a bit overenginered which can be exspensive.

I’m English and feel a kinship with the Germans due to our Anglo-Saxon heritage. It is a travesty what happened in the previous century.

As a German I have lived in the UK for over 10 years and have grown really fond of British people. They are open, funny, educated, pragmatic, have the best sense of humour in the world, are very good at self-reflection/self-criticism and don't take themselves (or the rest of the world) too seriously. Genuinely nice people, I have made lots of friends in the UK and my stay there has definitely enriched my life and changed me for the better (I hope). I moved back to Germany because of Brexit - after the referendum I feel the mood in the general public had changed for the worse and I did not feel welcome any longer. Of course that was largely due to the media and NOT because of the people I knew personally. Every single Briton I have met (with the exception of my first landlord) has been absolutely fantastic and I still love GB to bits (just not their government).

@Dave-hu5hr

Жыл бұрын

I love Germany - the rest of Europe and voted for Brexit.. We will always choose the sea before the continent (look at an atlas) but that doesn't mean we don't care - we just do our own thing. 🇬🇧❤

@chairmanalf7856

Жыл бұрын

The Brits don’t hate foreigners, we just hate being regulated and told what to do by unelected foreign politicians from the EU. I voted for Brexit but absolutely love travelling around Europe, especially Germany, Spain and Greece. My best friend is actually a German woman who has lived in the UK since 2008. She said she would have also voted for Brexit if she had been allowed to 😂

@andym9571

Жыл бұрын

You dont understand why we voted for Brexit. We don't hate Europeans...far from it. Especially like the Germans. It was all about democracy and the fact that Britain is full ( particulary England ) . The infrastructure has not been able to keep up with immigration. We want the right kind of immigrants ( those like yourself ) not those who want to do us harm and take advantage of our good nature.

@holliswilliams8426

Жыл бұрын

Every rational Briton apologises for Brexit.

@carlmichael5592

Жыл бұрын

@@chairmanalf7856 EU politicians are elected, stop reading the Daily Mail

It is our Saxon blood! We are very similar genetically and culturally.

"They have humour, it‘s just very well hidden." That is the most british thing to say.😂 I love you Brits

@jamesabestos2800

Жыл бұрын

Bruh imagine being British As a Broke american I can say this

@Exodus-ww9bm

5 ай бұрын

@@jamesabestos2800 American detected Opinion rejected

Peace British brothers and sisters!:D Love from Germany. Let's build a bright future together and not against each other.

I don’t think many foreigners watch German satire/irony in transmissions like ‘Die Anstalt’ as you would need a high level of language skills and knowledge of the political landscape.

@Thoringer

2 жыл бұрын

That. Hands down.

@asorbli

2 жыл бұрын

I dont know about "Die Anstalt". But you have the "Heute-Show" which is very simmilar to The dayli show with Trevor Noah. But I am not a huge fan of either because I have the feeling that both build on insiders for people to feel smart when they get them. But the jokes arent actually good. In my opinion! Greetings from Austria! Btw I have my 18th birthday today. 🎉🙆‍♂️

@gazz3867

2 жыл бұрын

German humor includes a fair bit of play on words and that tends to get lost in translation.

@daben7145

2 жыл бұрын

@@asorbli you should give it a try, oliver welke said its the best satire in german TV, even better than heute-show, and Id agree. And I dont like trevor noah as well, but I love jordan klepper :D

@sebastianriemer1777

2 жыл бұрын

The difference is that Anglo saxon humour is part of their everyday life while we Germans separate it more, we literally have a time to joke and a time to work.

I think of the German's as family who stayed in Saxony.. Blood is blood. 🇬🇧

A lot of germans love the brits and their humour. I don't understand that the whole world thinks we germans have no humour. We love black humour.

@greteohneh4503

2 жыл бұрын

Not quite sure if you can translate black humor...

@Lebowski92

2 жыл бұрын

More like dark humour, I guess.

@jsn7123

2 жыл бұрын

@@greteohneh4503 What? Why not? Black humour, aka Black Comedy, perfectly fine English.

@Behold-a-Duck

2 жыл бұрын

In german dark humour is called schwarzer (dark) Humor (humour) it was just misstranslated into black humour.

@Lebowski92

2 жыл бұрын

As I found out, it also seems perfectly fine calling it black humour. So I have to reconsider my former statement 💁🏼.

As a German I am sad that all british forces have left Germany. After WWII british soldiers have treated the Germans always in a fair way.

@marcelx174

8 ай бұрын

No, they don't. I grew up in a city with lots of British soldiers. They were not always the neighbors you are looking for.

@rppacademic

8 ай бұрын

@@marcelx174 I know, some of them were heavy drinkers, military police had a lot of work :-))

@Liam-2345

2 ай бұрын

⁠@@marcelx174The British were the ones who let Germany bring their small Army up after WW2. Stop watching KZread clips and watch proper TV documentaries. Ffs. Brain job. 🙄

@marcelx174

Ай бұрын

@@Liam-2345 You can't read, right? Or do you just have problems with understanding?

As a German I really LOVE BRITISH ENGLISH (not American English!) because of its sound and pronounciation (I think that is one reason why I really love William Shakespeare and his plays!). England is one of my favourite countries and I would also like to visit Scotland. And I have some English relatives living in Nottingham...a cousin of my mother married a British gentleman and moved to England, I think this was BEFORE WW II started. Since several years her son and his wife nearly regularly visits us in Germany, in Northrhine-Westfalia. They (and also the other British relatives) are very nice and intelligent. But I am very disappointed that UK left EC. The British people are also our European brothers and sisters. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland...loving greetings from Germany 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

@ChristopherEggleton1975

Жыл бұрын

Spoiler alert. Academic linguists have concluded Elizabethan English not only sounded entirely different than we would read it now but also had many subtle meanings lost to time. Apparently Shakespeare's plays are actually more comedic than comes across in modern times.

they are saxons, no more words needed

The thing about sarcasm is that it is used on a different level of intimacy here, at least in my opinion. We suck at comedy, no question, however we love satire and sarcasm. From my personal experience I would say our humour is quite a lot drier and darker than the English, however we don't joke around with strangers unless we want to start a fight, so the British "disrespect" of our personal space can rub people the wrong way here. However once you are on first name basis there is no holding back in mockery and Schadenfreude. Oh and we tend to do it the opposite way of the English and over exaggerate rather than understate stuff. So e.g. a common reaction for someone dropping a tool at work would be "Lass liegen, ist kaputt." - "Leave it on the ground, its broken." Or an encouragement to throw it harder next time so that the obvious intent of breaking the floor tile may at last be accomplished.

@hmvollbanane1259

2 жыл бұрын

And about the toilet related jokes: that's a general difference, where the English speaking world tends to resort to sexual intercourse related insults and swears we use fecal related equivalents in their stead.

@a.riddlemethis795

2 жыл бұрын

This is an astute observation :)

@ratatosk8935

2 жыл бұрын

I would say: Humour by overexaggeration is a common German things - but humour by underexaggeration exists also, but ist more a northern German thing. Lesser people, lesser usage of words - lesser known in the rest of Germany, but it's existing, so I heard them say.

@BabisseDAllemagne

2 жыл бұрын

@@ratatosk8935 ironically the cultural region anglo saxons and danish northmen colonizers were from.

@BabisseDAllemagne

2 жыл бұрын

@@ratatosk8935 not to mention Kingdom of Hannover which was basically an english proxy state for quite some time before prussians dominated german lands.

I see Germans as our brothers. We are both Anglo-Saxons and that’s what’s connects us. We are very similar and we both speak similar languages in terms of certain words. We should get closer with the Germans rather than the U.S because we are so similar. I am going to Berlin in October this year and I can’t wait. Cheers to our Germanic brothers at the homeland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🍻🇩🇪

@Who_can_save_you_from_hell

Жыл бұрын

Berlin is the most ungerman city in Germany. I warned you.

@DavidW-ng5zv

Жыл бұрын

Do you consider Germany as your homeland despite being English?

@DavidW-ng5zv

Жыл бұрын

@@Who_can_save_you_from_hell I once asked a Berliner for directions to the airport, but he punched me on the tooth.

@Who_can_save_you_from_hell

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidW-ng5zv Berlin is full of German and foreign migrants. Many which cannot or want not fit in society, are artsy-fartsy or are outright damaged in mind and soul. And even the normal people are Berlinerish and not very friendly. (ok, that is not a German trait anywhere) And it is itself partial dysfunctional, even elections didn't work last times. But they want it like this, leftist and far-leftists reign for decades.

@DavidW-ng5zv

Жыл бұрын

@Your brownie points will not save you from hell. Germany is going to collapse anyway. It's become a sh*thole.

i love how the elderly man just casually remembered the phrase: “mEiNe dEuTsChKeNtNiSsE sInD eTwAs eInGeRoStEt” like that’s so impressive. Istg that’s better and more academic German than most of the Germans would speak 💀

@johannes3153

2 жыл бұрын

What? I don't know where and how you grew up but that is a completely normal German sentence. I as a young man in my 20s would phrase it the exact same way. But yes it shows that the old guy knows German quite well and probably was fluent at one point in his life and maybe still is after a little amount of practice.

@cedriczwiebel4873

2 жыл бұрын

@@johannes3153 Das Leben am Hof be like 😂

@NLSBLN

2 жыл бұрын

@@cedriczwiebel4873 Walla mein deutsch dings bisschen rostig Lan hahahah mashalla das diese andere Sprachkenntnis lol

@thequietkid7205

2 жыл бұрын

@@johannes3153 Dude ich kann diesen Satz auch sagen. Das ist nur nicht zwingend ein Satz den man mal eben so lernen würde wenn man Deutsch als Fremdsprache lernt. Gerade auch weil das Wort eingerostet mehr aus der Umgangssprache als aus dem akademischen Deutsch kommt.

@johannes3153

2 жыл бұрын

@@thequietkid7205 Jetzt widersprichst du dir selbst. Fu sagstest in deinem ersten Kommentar, das sei besseres und akademischeres Deutsch, als die meisten Deutschen sprechen. Wogegen ich mit meinem Kommentar widersprochen habe.

We Germans and the British people are real OGs in the world history. That says enough. Nevermind if bad or good, we both nations did many weird things in the past :D

We share the same DNA - I love the Germans.

@WilliamLi-nd4lz

8 күн бұрын

You dont share the same DNA with other humans?

I was born in Germany to English parents, grew up with both languages and speak both fluently. When it comes to humour, language is everything. How is an Englishman supposed to find someone like Otto Waalkes funny, even though he is absolutely hilarious. How is a German supposed to laugh at a Jethro or Billy Conolly? Otherwise, the Germans and English are not natural enemies and we have far more similarities than differences.

@yourtruebrit

2 жыл бұрын

Really cool story. I completely agree :)

@Paul-eb4jp

Жыл бұрын

I love Henning Wehn, I hope I've spelt that right.

@peecokdee6400

Жыл бұрын

Hello friend kindly inbox me I need some consultation

@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@grahamorr8763

Жыл бұрын

Otto: Egg Free Light

The elderly man was so sweet and his chosen words to speak a German sentence was excellent!

English and Germans are a perfect match... No mentality fits so well in Europe... Anglosaxons meet Saxons.... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤗❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@lissandrafreljord7913

Жыл бұрын

Not all Germans descended from the Saxons. There were other West Germanic tribes like the Franks, Frisians, Alemanni, Bavarians, Thuringians who became Germans

@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022

Жыл бұрын

@@lissandrafreljord7913 still ethnic brothers. The English exists thanks to Angles-Saxons, they created England

@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022

Жыл бұрын

@@lissandrafreljord7913 Frisian is the mother of English

@albionmyl7735

Жыл бұрын

@@lissandrafreljord7913 you are right the old Saxon area is lower Saxony and Westphalia in the Northwest

I’m always surprised when Brits attest Germans a lack of humor, since a lot of us are infatuated with British comedy. From Python to Mitchell and Webb or Ricky Gervais, I, like many others, am regularly left in tears. British humor is nunanced and self-depreciating with an oftentimes rather pessimistic / nihilistic outlook on life, which resonates a lot with the average German. Irony and sarcasm are prevalent and it can get downright dark, all of which is widespread in our daily lives as well (at least where I live). From my experience, British and German attitudes in general don’t seem to differ all too much and I found making friends rather easy.

@webMonkey_

Жыл бұрын

I agree 100%, my German friends, who now live in Australia, are more obsessed with British comedy than me.

This idea about Germans not having a sense of humour and not getting understatement is entirely due to the English people who were interviewed not knowing any German, or not well enough to understand German humour. Germans have an extremely dry sense of humour, a lot of it is absolutely deadpan, and a lot of it rests on puns in German that do not translate. I've known squaddies who lived in Germany for years and very few of them got past more than rudimentary German. For the record, I am from the UK and I always found Fawlty Towers excrutiatingly UNnfunny back in the 1970s when it was first aired. And to be pushing Germans to watch the "Don't mention the war" episode in this day and age is just brattish English behaviour. Germans of this generation don't get it because the war gets mentioned all the time in Germany.

@yourtruebrit

2 жыл бұрын

As a brit myself, We were just joking around in this video we know the Germans have humour. A lot of people in this video have been living in Germany for years. They loved the Germans. have a great easter Friday! :D

@klamin_original

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair though we Germans don't have anything like the Channel 4 or BBC panel shows in our TV landscape. And I also couldn't imagine these shows getting popular in Germany, the humor is different there. Take someone like Jimmy Carr or James Acaster, they're just too dry and punny to be popular with the masses in Germany. They could have some success, sure, as Foil, Arms and Hog are proving with their shows in Germany, but they'd never be succesful on TV as they are in the UK.

@alicemilne1444

2 жыл бұрын

@@klamin_original To be honest, as someone who grew up in the UK and has lived in Germany for decades, the only British-style panel show that had any success at all in Germany was "Genial daneben" and it never ran on ZDF or ARD, only on Sat1. Foil, Arms and Hogg are Irish, not British, by the way. Jimmy Carr and James Acaster are not my cup of tea. They tend to have a cruel streak that leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. They laugh at people, not with them.

@labelmail

2 жыл бұрын

to understand the intricacies of humour in any language requires a VERY good understanding of the language. Sure, the rough tumble kind of humour does not require an extended knowledge of the language and therefore is possible to translate. The finer points though get lost in translation. I think that is why each thinks of the other one they have no scope for understatement, sarcasm and so forth. A considerable bigger number of Germans understand English than the other way round. I think that is why Germans are able to appreciate English Humour and the native English speaker commonly think Germans dont have it. Another point to consider is the structure of the language as such - which will form the line of thought. English I perceive as less precise and structured than German, but has a MUCH broader room for interpretation and from a German view point almost to the point of underhandedness

@alicemilne1444

2 жыл бұрын

@@labelmail As someone who grew up as a native speaker of English and who has lived in Germany for more than 40 years, I can't agree with you. German is just as nuanced as English and often just as ambivalent. The only reason many Germans think English is more open to interpretation is because they are not familiar enough with it as it is a foreign language and they have not been exposed long enough to the language as is it spoken natively. It took me a good 10 years of actually living and working in Germany in various regions to begin to really understand the depth and nuances of expression in German, and this had nothing to do with grammar.

Brits are so gentle and polite. ❤❤❤❤

I love british humour, the language, the football history, many of your great actors and especially the music 🇩🇪❤️🇬🇧!

I love England and their people so much🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿I sometimes make jokes bout them but when Americans start making fun of them I'm defending them with everything I got. we Europeans need to help each other out after all. gettings from Germany 🇩🇪❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

German Humour: Dry and or Dad jokes, Politics, word play, satire, reaccount of funny encounters/ stories, "Deine Mutter Witze" and potty humour. A combination of multiple or all of these.

@cadenadelreino1442

2 жыл бұрын

Also humor in the ruhr area is very different from humor in munich for example. Ruhr area humor=yorkshire humor.

@mccorklejones9635

2 жыл бұрын

i would say especially the youth also has a strong sense for very dark humour, just take a look at the meme/sticker scene

@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger

2 жыл бұрын

@@mccorklejones9635 I think in general, the rule which applies is: The more south/east you go, the more dark the humor becomes in Germany. But usually that side is hidden from foreigners, as you don't want to make a bad impression at first, lol.

@mccorklejones9635

2 жыл бұрын

@@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger yeah could be, i can just speak for myself and my friend group living in the east, that i can literally laugh about anything no matter how dark it is

@Lebowski92

2 жыл бұрын

@@mccorklejones9635 same

Germans are very much like the English in values, history and humour.

@woodenseagull1899

5 ай бұрын

I was on the RECEIVING end of their DARK period 80+ years ago . NOT at all enthusiastic . Even the name gives me the shivers!

As a Englishman I love Germany and respect the German people as they generally have class and standards. I was passing through Cologne for one night and stopped in a bar for a beer on my own and made some great friends with the regulars and will never forget their kindness, hospitality and humour. There is definitely a cultural bond somewhere - probably from the German tribes who emigrated to Britain all that time ago. Even veterans from both world wars have said this.

@Tosse901

Жыл бұрын

I would say it's also typical for the Rheinland, here in cologne you will never be alone for long, if you are in a bar drinking your Kölsch. As it's said here: trink doch eene mit, stell dich net so aaan :) Greetings from cologne!

@Buggsy61

Жыл бұрын

@@Tosse901 kolsch is a superb beer - loved the process of marking the beer mats with each beer before paying up at the end.

That old man is so cool and charming!!

We share the most similar DNA, culture and language ❤🇩🇪

@danishcommander4dk

3 ай бұрын

You share more similar dna with the Danes

@Angelcynn_2001

3 ай бұрын

@@danishcommander4dk Anglo-Saxons came from Denmark and Germany anyway

Technically Germans and the English people were from the same Saxon blood.They were brothers one speaking Germans and the other english.They were both Germanic tribe and English language has German roots

8:43 OK that dude nailed it. Not only was the pronunciation nearly spot on. He also used surprisingly complicated words.

Love that elderly gentlemen, what a nice guy. And his german is almost perfect.

Absolutely in love with that old man. "Mein Deutsch ist ein bisschen eingerostet." Who knows what he sees in his life. He's so adorable and calm. Just love from Germany to this man.

I loved the time I spent in England. My sweet Wimpey home in Manningtree. My job in Harwich. The food 😋 the pubs, lager and lime, salt and vinegar crisps, fish & chips, the clothing, make up, furniture,... But most of all the British politeness and their sense of humour. And when I will have enough money I'll be back and visit all the places once again 🥰

As an Englishman, I can say I love the Germans. I'm from the north of England and I find the humour of my German friends is actually very similar to ours, dark and dry. I think we are very similar characters and have much more in common with each other than we realise. Afterall, where did the the Saxons come from originally?

@hfe590

Жыл бұрын

...Denmark.

@jhdix6731

Жыл бұрын

From my experience, many Northerners would feel more at home in the Ruhrgebiet than they would in London.

@svenradd1027

Жыл бұрын

Most English DNA actually came from Northern and northwest France. Brits are nowhere as "Germanic" As the Germans, Dutch or Scandinavians.. Most English DNA came from native Britons..Anglo-Saxon DNA runs 5-20% a minority of their dna

@davidemmett8191

Жыл бұрын

@@svenradd1027 No it doesnt

@svenradd1027

Жыл бұрын

@@davidemmett8191 I can link studies proving that. Is Mr bean Germanic? What about Russell Brand? Victoria Beckham? Orlando Bloom? Most Englishmen have native Briton genetics.

jürgen klopp is the best proof that the germans have a sense of humor :)

@guillermojoaquinbello448

Жыл бұрын

And Thomas Müller. 😊😊😊

@bascoaful

Жыл бұрын

ich bete zu Gott dass der Dude nicht Oliver Pocher gemeint hat

I love the Brits, I love the Germans

@GerMFnU1848Sax

11 ай бұрын

Neutrality basically. But the British and Germans are brothers (same blood) so that's great

Fun fact - germans and british are genetically the most similar peoples in Europe

@noahtylerpritchett2682

2 жыл бұрын

No, the Germans would be closer to Dutch and Danes. But the Brits, especially the English not so much the Welsh and Scots, have Related dna because of the Anglo-Saxons.

@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022

Жыл бұрын

@@noahtylerpritchett2682 you know the English and Germans share a common ancestor

@noahtylerpritchett2682

Жыл бұрын

@@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022 as I said. Have remained dna from Anglo-Saxons.

Wonderful video! Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪❤️🇬🇧

Really love this video. I'm German who lived in London for 11 years and I totally agree: Germans and Brits are very similar in many ways but especially when it comes to making business.

My husband has a German mother, we lived in Germany for 10 years, and my children were born there. Some of my most cherished memories are of my days living in Germany. 😘

@pyrointeam

2 жыл бұрын

😘

@arnodobler1096

2 жыл бұрын

😍

@sisuguillam5109

2 жыл бұрын

@@arnodobler1096 Arno! 😄

@arnodobler1096

2 жыл бұрын

@@sisuguillam5109 Hi Sisu! 😍😍 oder Susi?

@sisuguillam5109

2 жыл бұрын

@@arnodobler1096 Sisu! Aus dem finnischen! 😆

Wow, this really got me thinking about german humor :D I don't think I will be the first person to mention these names, but take Loriot, Helge Schneider and Hape Kerkeling for example. They are all entirely different but all of them make fun of german mannerisms and society. German humor is about making fun of ourselves and it makes total sense that other people won't pick up our jokes. Try translating lyrics by die Ärzte without losing the sarcastic (yes sarcastic) humor - "Junge" or "Lasse redn" for example. Or take a look at the tv series "der Tatortreiniger" and "Mord mit Aussicht". The reason why these two shows are so iconic are because of the typical northern and west german small town mannerisms. I'm so happy to see that so many of the people you interviewed view us so positiv

@yourtruebrit

2 жыл бұрын

I watched this one series and it was strange. Berlin Berlin. Have a look and tell me what you think ? Have a great easter Friday! :D

That man at 2:12 is so nice and sweet. I wish him all the best. Greetings from Hamburg!

@yourtruebrit

2 жыл бұрын

He was lovely! have a great easter Friday! :D

That old fella impressed me by his excellent German. The term "ein bischen eingerostet" in context with language is not often used by foreigners. Greetings from Nuremberg.

Absolutely floored at the authenticity and wholesomeness in this video. Such beautiful souls you found to interview. I'm a newcomer to your channel, this is the only video I have seen but just off this alone, you have won over another subscriber my good sir - Bravo! P.S. That elderly gentleman was so sweet, made me tear up at the end.

that very old guy, what a beautiful soul

To really understand the humour of another culture, you have to be immeresed to the other culture as well. Otherwise it's not really funny. Sarcasm, exaggeration, understatement, puns, irony, jokes etc. therefore often don't work in the other language/culture. Some recognise this, others consider the other people to be humourless (applies for Germans aswell as for Brits).

@grandmak.

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, you also have to be familiar with the language so you know double meanings of words etc.

@sisuguillam5109

2 жыл бұрын

@@grandmak. Grandma k.! Schönen Tag! Wünsche Dir wunderschöne Ostern!

@grandmak.

2 жыл бұрын

@@sisuguillam5109 Danke gleichfalls Sinus !

@sisuguillam5109

2 жыл бұрын

@@grandmak. 😂😁

@grandmak.

2 жыл бұрын

Sisu, lol, habe gerade den Fehler gefunden, hahaha !

It's true. English and Germans are similar a lot. When I am in the UK I feel like staying in kind of parallel universum. It's the same a lot but different in so many details. So it's simular but different in one. By the way. I love the UK and i am so sorry that they left the EU. With greetings from Germany

@svenradd1027

Жыл бұрын

Really? There is no chit chat culture in Germany .small talk is alien. Germans are much less spontaneous, predictable but also more efficient. English have much higher tendency to physical agression and being obnoxious, While Germans are more into respecting the laws and self control

@gdfggggg

Күн бұрын

The EU is a political union. The British and German people are not related to it. We are all still European.

Viel Glück für Deinen tollen Kanal. Ich habe ihn zufällig vorgeschlagen bekommen. Du hast eine sehr nette Art, mit Leuten zu sprechen. 🤩 Hab eine schöne Zeit bei uns. 👍🏻

A normal German here: About sausages: You only eat "Weiswurst" without skin. The rest of the sausages you never peel (at least what I can tell from my region in Baden-Württemberg). In regards to jokes I think this is more of an language barrier. The direct jokes which work in German language often or mostly do not work while being translated into English. The same the other way around. So it only works if the respectively German either speaks kinda almost nativ English or a English guy almost nativ German.

@dieevi7250

2 жыл бұрын

Grüße aus Bayern :) Kann nur sagen wie ich es kenne, häuten hauptsächlich Weißwurst und ein paar einzelne ander auch. Zum Beispiel die für n richtigen bayrischen Wurstsalat "schält" man auch. Die Billige Version davon hat sogar ein Haut aus Plastik und ist absolut nicht essbar, die teurere ist schon aus Darm, der "Salat" ist aber ohne einfach genießbarer. Auch da scheiden sich jedoch die Geister. Hab schon Einheimische gesehen die Weißwurst mit Haut essen. 🥲

@marekriebmann1495

2 жыл бұрын

In Norddeutschland werden in den Wintermonaten um Februar rum gerne 'Kohl- und Pinkelmarsche' gemacht. Man läuft in einer geschlossenen Gruppe (Nachbarn, Kegelklub etc.) mit einem Bollerwagen durch die Prärie, an jeder Kreuzung wird ein Schnaps getrunken. Ziel des Marschs ist oft eine Gaststätte, in der u.a. Kohl und Pinkelwurst serviert werden. Die Pinkelwurst wird auch ohne Haut gegessen!

I am so glad that others of different generations share the understanding that we were always very similar, and animosity is only for the less well intentioned in our society. Great video. Thank you.

I do think the German humor is more direct and to the point, as germans generally more to the point. For me the most German humorist is Loriot. Watch "Papa ante Portas", my wife is from Russia and she loves this movie. Mose Germans i know love british humor which is known as more dark and ironic as the german humor. I personally do love Black Adder, Fry and Lory, Yes Minister, Monty Phyton and so on. A big shut out to the widespread Charakter of our Europe's People

@onkel-ho

2 жыл бұрын

Loriot is so overrated. So absolute not funny at all.

Great Video thanks I wished there were more people like you, open for other cultures languages people and asking curiously about differences without judging them. The world would be a better and more peaceful place

I always get perfectly along with british folks. In my experience they are really similar to us. Same with Scandinavians. There is no barrier, you can directly get in Touch, have some beers and laugh your Asses off 👍

@svenradd1027

Жыл бұрын

Scandinavians and Dutch, I believe are the closest to Germans... British people are quite different..much less direct in communication, class conscious, more uncomfortable with nudism, and more wanting to stick from the group.. I saw more casual bar fights in England (London isn't england) in 2 months than in many years in Germany, NL and several months visiting different Scandinavian nations..

@acidpunker1

Жыл бұрын

An ass is a donkey. You mean "arses".

@mauno7230

Жыл бұрын

@@acidpunker1 it's both... More Common to use asses than arses Here. Not regarding your sexual preferences

What a nice old gentleman. Honestly I expected way more anger against German from WW2 from people his age. It is so refreshing to see that we can leave that behind us.

@SmallSpoonBrigade

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, that was several generations ago and the countries were both a part of the EU for quite a while. Even here in the US, the ethnic cleansing has gotten extremely lazy. The Chinese are still incredibly furious at the Japanese over WWII, I think part of that is due to immigration policies making it extremely hard for the groups to interact directly. On top of the repression of free speech in mainland China.

@PK-yf3hd

Жыл бұрын

The truth has always been that among my age group (born 1946) there never was anything but respect ,admiration and good will for the Germans. It just wasn't politic to express it. Even now any favourable sentiment is capable of deliberate misinterpretation...because the war activities colour the conversation. Put simply many are not privately convinced that our war victories were indeed victories. Enough said?

Im german and i always thought of the brits as kind of the older, cooler brother of us :)

The british people you asked are all so nice and friendly 😊 glad they have a good opinion about us germans !!!

@davidhughes4089

Жыл бұрын

I've worked with a lot of Germans as I used to work in a German owned company and think you're great. I think we both have similar humour because we don't mind being self depreciating and laughing at ourselves, whereas American humour is about making fun of someone else.

@GerMFnU1848Sax

11 ай бұрын

That's because the English came from Germany 👍

Its amazing to me, how cool all of the people were you interview. From the older gentleman to the younger girls, really cool video! =D

Wow. The oldan breaks my heart. Thank you. And greetings from north-western germany (westfalia)!

great video! the old man was lovely!

@yourtruebrit

2 жыл бұрын

Hey man Was Geht! :D

British soo polite. They will never tell anything upsetting in such situation...

@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022

11 ай бұрын

Thanks we are reserved.

i enjoyed your video a lot, greetings from Cologne 🇩🇪

germans are always on time - me laughing in swiss when i think about the german train system.

My town in Scotland is paired with another in Germany, and during our 2nd year of High school their second year equivalents in Germany had a class exodus to Scotland. They stayed local and explored during the evenings and mornings, popping in to study with us in the afternoon. We all got buddied with a German and hit it off. The excitement and pleasure of speaking about our lives and countries was something to remember. I found i had shared a lot in common with my buddy, liking the pokemon franchise and having liked dinosaurs as a kid. And I learned that despite being on a larger area basis, they shared a similar style of schooling to ours where its on larger school for an area all closest were obligated to attend when of age. It baffled me then that they had some people travelling multiple hours for high-school as I was simply 30 minutes walk from mine, and the farthest student was an hour and a half out. Even now I travel half the country to get to Uni and its shorter than some of their travel times, likely due to the trains here being faster than school busses with more direct routes. I still have 2 sets of playing cards that are German from him and his Instagram account. We haven't spoken in about 5 years i reckon now, but I still one day plan on learning more of the language and returning the gesture of coming over here just to see our land and culture.

Wow amazing video wunderbar lol. Okay, here is what I think of Germans: Extremely smart people, extremely professional, the best engineers and dentist. Also I’ve been told that German language is absolutely beautiful as you have a word for everything and a Meaning for everything. I’ve got a lot of time for Germans. A big Hello to Frankfurt and to Frankfurt FC. Lots of love to Frankfurt. My mum was living in Frankfurt long before I was born. 🙏🏻 ❤️ 🇩🇪 ❤️🇩🇪❤️🇩🇪

I love your videos, done very professionally:) Keep it up

@yourtruebrit

2 жыл бұрын

Aww thank you have a great day!! :)

The old gentleman is such a sweatheart. what a lovely person.

Not a very heartwarming comment, but since it seems there always is a big elephant in the room for Engilsh folks: Hitler wanted to make peace and even form an alliance with Britain so badly in the 1930s, because in his eyes they were as Aryan as the Germans and he saw them as a brother nation - unlike the French.

German humour is not that bad ;-) Take a look at "Loriot" films and sketches. They're hillarious. And of cause we like the english humour. I LOVE Monty Python ;-)

@yourtruebrit

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe it"s a regional thing ? :D

@imelimadame9244

2 жыл бұрын

@@yourtruebrit it is. But you live in North Italy so you need to come up North. Above the Elbe lives is a very funny bunch ...once you get to know them a bit 😉

@dagmarvandoren9364

2 жыл бұрын

Lerne deutsch. Dann kannst du lachen....ha ha hs ha

@Gorgo-22056

2 жыл бұрын

i guess a lot, if not all, of loriot´s stuff is very kanguage dependant, isnt it?

@JurgenErhard

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gorgo-22056 I wouldn't actually say so. Certainly not all. "Das schiefe Bild" is pretty much pure slapstick (except for the kicker at the end :D). Others are mixed. "Die Nudel" can largely be understood without understanding the words, I think. Someone who was/is often consider low-brow (or "lower-brow" than Loriot), Otto, on the other hand, might rely more on the words than on the gestures. Actually, he does. Which is of course related to his stuff being largely written by the "GEK-Gruppe" (Robert Gernhardt, Bernd Eilert, Pit Knorr), well-known satirists.

Old joke: what´s the difference between an Englishman and a German? The Englishman is too polite to be honest and the German is too honest to be polite. 😉

I just detected your channel truebrit. I love it. Keep posting, please. I wished my son would go and live in Germany as well.

@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Europe needs more ethnic white babies

This really brightend me up. To hear from young to old brits what they think about us germans. I really wanna travel to the GB soon :)

Cool interviews, Much Respect and love to the british People!

I loved this video. Thank you. Much love to my German cousins over there. I look forward to visiting you again soon.

Great interview partners👍🏻

seeing this, my heart is breaking a little bit... I love Britain and British people so much, have been to England, Scotland and Wales multiple times, but the recent politics abd general vibes I am getting from my favourite (ex-) European neighours are honestly so sad and concerning. Why are you separating from us? We need to stand together now.. more than ever before :(

@ChristopherEggleton1975

Жыл бұрын

if domestic politicians can blame europe how can we ever hold them accountable? we got the blame game put to bed, now we can get to work sorting out british politics.

What a sweet old man,..at the end.

Thank you so much for the Fawlty Towers reference! As a Russian, I found this episode incredibly entertaining to watch. Looking forward to finding a soul that will understand a "Don't mention the war" reference in future talks.

I think that most of German comedians and jokes are based on sarcasm so I think it’s not true at all. It’s just hard to get sarcasm if it’s an other language.

@yourtruebrit

2 жыл бұрын

They where just having a laugh, we know the brits and Germans have a great sense of humour! Have a great easter Friday! :D

@dagmarvandoren9364

2 жыл бұрын

Learn the.language

@Blanko1998

2 жыл бұрын

@@dagmarvandoren9364 I’m pretty bad at learning languages but I think by now my English is okay. I do watch a lot of English speaking KZreadr and that’s why I can understand pretty much everything. I just wrote this comment because I was in a situation where I didn’t get irony during my work and travel in Australia. My boss wanted me to do something and I struggled to understand what he said. In the end he just made a joke and I didn’t get it 😂

@Blanko1998

2 жыл бұрын

@@yourtruebrit yeah I thought so 😂 that’s probably a problem about me and maybe other Germans do that too. Even if I know it’s irony I want to explain myself 😂😂

I enjoyed that. Hello from a fellow Brit also living in Munich😊

@yourtruebrit

2 жыл бұрын

Hello fellow brit also living in Munich :D

In the UK people make jokes all the time in every situation but in the US and Germany I found that it leads to a lot of blank looks - similarly in South Africa. All my jokes stopped working when I went to university in Cape Town. I think the type of humor is different up to a point but there's also the amount by which people use it. In a lot of company in the UK you cannot say anything remotely serious without being mocked. Seriousness is looked down upon. Humour is also used to self-deprecate so you can disarm other people's envy. There's a difference between Irish and English humour too for example and I find it harder to describe but given that I'm 1/2 Irish I'm not surprised that I enjoy the Irish way of thinking about humour.

The older gentlemen spoke very good german! The people you interviewed are so lovely. A lot of positive energy. ;)

As German I love British people - not only the accent and politeness :-D I talk more English with Brits than German with my fellow Germans, so I think that says a word about two cultures living close to each other. However, Brits humor is next level! But please don't confuse southern Germans with northern Germans, because latter are cultural less beer oriented. Despite we have beer breweries in both directions. :-D I have so many Brits as friends! Love you! :D Oh and keep in mind, Germany got worse in Engineering, China ramped up now, especially in Reverse Engineering copy pasta and IT, a weak point of Germany - never ask a German about digital Systems! ;P If you visit northern Germany or live there it is a bit more cold (emotionally) than in south Germany. :D /E: Joke about WW3: Well if you invade Russia, bring winter clothing, hope this time we don't do that mistake again like in WW2.... :kek:

I'm German, and I used to study English at university, both the language as well as Cultural Studies, because I'm so in love with the language and all its British dialects, as well as their part of history. Also, if there are people in Europe who really do get English humour, it's the Germans, especially the understatement part. All the love from Germany! ❤

My wife and I have had several river cruise holidays on the Rhine, Main and Danube. (We are Brits.) I absolutely loved our time in Germany. The countryside is beautiful and everywhere is so neat and clean (unlike too much of the UK). I thought leaving the EU was an incredibly stupid thing for us to do.

@StrongKickMan

8 ай бұрын

Hope you be back soon =)

great video bro haha. sympathic people u interviewed! greetings

@yourtruebrit

2 жыл бұрын

Heyy man! How's it going! I hope your having a great trip keep me updated man! :D

After all, the Angels and Sachsen were German. So we're the Friesen and so on.

@hannofranz7973

2 жыл бұрын

Angels also Danish.

@markstedman9099

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but still Germanic in origin

@albionmyl7735

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed a great among of the english have still Anglosaxon roots... As you can see when you watch the interviewer...typical Anglosaxon like a North West German...

@JustAToeBee

2 жыл бұрын

@@hannofranz7973 actually, the Angels were a western-germanic tribe, like the english, germans and dutch are today. The Jutes that lived north of them and controlled Kent and the Isle Of Wight have been a western germanic tribe aswell. the danes actually came there from the danish islands and southern sweden after many, if not most, jutes left for england. You could say Denmark (as we know it) exists because England exists.