Which dialect do you speak?? Our area is Pfälzisch which has made learning Hochdeutsch and speaking in daily life fun and interesting 😂 Like we said, Germany is way more diverse than we ever imagined before moving here and there isn’t necessarily a “one size fits all” for Germans and there will always be exceptions to what people try to pin all Germans as.

@franhunne8929

4 жыл бұрын

Well, we are about 82 million inhabitants here, the vast majority being Germany. There is no wonder, we are a little different - 82 million all the same would be creepy!

@miriampetzoldt6913

4 жыл бұрын

Swabian

@Rsama60

4 жыл бұрын

Welchen Dialekt spreche ich? Gute Frage, ich bin Schwabe lebe aber schon seit fast 40 Jahren in der Kurpfalz. Ich spreche ein Mannheimerisch eingefärbtes Hochdeutsch. Schwäbisch spreche ich nur wenn ich in meiner Heimatstadt unter Schwaben bin.

@andistuttgart9067

4 жыл бұрын

Ich spreche nicht wirklich einen harten Dialekt. Ich bin in Mannheim geboren, haben dort bis Mitte 20 gelebt und lebe jetzt aber schon über 20 Jahre im Großraum Stuttgart. Aber ich spreche weder monnemerisch (was ein wirklich ausgeprägter Dialekt ist) noch schwäbisch. Hier und da sind natürlich ein paar einzelne Wörter des Dialekts eingestreut, aber man erkennt es nicht wirklich wo ich ursprünglich herkomme.

@teardrop-in-a-fishbowl

4 жыл бұрын

Kein Dialekt, Hochdeutsch. Aber ich kann 3 Dialekte sprechen wenn ich möchte, zurückgehend auf meine Arbeit in verschiedenen Regionen Deutschlands.

"Du bist Amerikaner. Warum bist du nicht fett?" directly to someone's face is totally rude by most Germans' standards.

@matlhthelion382

4 жыл бұрын

or an expression of uncertainty (oder der ein Ausdruck von Unsicherheit)

@BangOlafson

3 жыл бұрын

There is probably a way to get this into a conversation somehow without being rude :) But a "Hello, Oh. you are American? And why are not fat?" Is not the way :D

@Ulkomaalainen

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if you wanted to bring up that conversation at all, even in Germany normally you wouldn't, it shouldn't be when first meeting people and it should be in a roundabout way when an opportunity presents itself. Oh, and it definitely shouldn't happen if a person present actually is overweight.

@aniflowers1998

3 жыл бұрын

I think context is key here. I highly doubt the person just walked up to him and said that. They probably alredy had a conversation going

@dr.j.redacted3679

3 жыл бұрын

unless your from berlin those guys are crazy

It's not the digitalization we avoid. it's being surveilled and monitored by democratically unauthorized super-companies that are not being controlled.

@ReisskIaue

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about totalitarian regimes. They would misuse such data, too - and already had, when they were on charge.

@crappiefisher1331

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReisskIaue that's something i can't get my head around: in general americans seem to be far more wary and mistrusting when it comes to the government - big government, too much regulation and so on - were the germans in general trust their government (at least most of them). but when it comes to personal data and privacy americans don't seem to care at all and leave easy to follow trails everywhere they go in the name of convenience while germans try to protect personal stuff and data as much as they can even if that means task XYZ takes a little more time and is less convenient than simply doing it online or paying with card (for example)

@ReisskIaue

3 жыл бұрын

@@crappiefisher1331 I am not too surprised because of missing experience. There might have been the era of McCarthyism but even then the government in charge was seen as the "good guys". And nowadays the surveillance measures are only used against terrorists, so it is still okay. Personally (and as a German) I don't think this way but I can understand if an American does. If the Americans would face someday a true Stasi or Gestapo, I'm quite sure the next generation would be aware of giving their own data to big corporations or governments.

@xekon14

3 жыл бұрын

GeilerRitter Sag das mal zu den Schulen ;P

@dansattah

Жыл бұрын

@Sascha Schröder Yes, but this ensures that citizens will be reminded to cast their votes in elections (instead of having to register for every single one like in the US). The license plates ensure that criminal vehicle use is prosecuted, increasing road safety, and the social security number and tax ID ensure that an employee's pension is paid out fairly. Plus, all of this is done by *elected* parliaments and their institutions. People here are wary of card payments becasue noone elected these companies' most influential members.

You had me at "Bielefeld exist"......

About directness and friendlyness: I once was in a hotel in Germany and in the morning I went to breakfast room. Very early. A waiter looked at me from the kitchen door and the conversation was as follows: "Kaffee?" - "Tee." - "Schwarz?" - "Ja." That's all I wanted.

@supertobino

4 жыл бұрын

kruzauar ougfabbriw 😍

@emiliajojo5703

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@BangOlafson

3 жыл бұрын

Like a conversation in Northern Germany: 6 sentences, one word each :) done! :D

@Wuthahn_

3 жыл бұрын

I was sitting in a restaurant once. From across the room the waiter just pointed at me, I nodded and got a new beer.

@nein3405

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wuthahn_ perfect service :D

You are absolutely right about the directness of Germans. I used to work a lot in a binational environment and took part in many multinational conferences. When someone states his opinion on a special subject and an American (or British) would not agree, he'd start his reply with something like "Oh, I see you have some good points and views about this. I do however think we should possibly just look a little deeper in some of the details, specifically in to the point of..." and than add his own opinion. The German would go ahead with "No, That's wrong. This is how to do it: ..." Both versions however have their advantages and disandvantages. :-)

I'm 36 now, and I don't remember a time when Germans didn't complain about trains being late.

@mikelastname1220

2 жыл бұрын

Only 6 minutes late? I can sure live with that!!! Try Amtrak or our other non-existent trains here in the States.

@robfriedrich2822

2 жыл бұрын

The railway staff has 4 challenges. Spring, summer, autumn and winter and two more, as rain and snow.

@cyberfux

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 48 and i remember a time when one could set ones clock after the Deutsche BUNDESbahn... Was before the Wiedervereinigung way back in the 80s...

Regarding german waiters: It is not only efficiency, it is about not intruding and being more distant with stangers in general. When I am in a restaurant in the US, I understand that they are just trying to be nice and attentive, but honestly, most of the time they just annoy me. I want to talk to the people I'm with and not with that random stranger waiting the tables and I definitly don't want to be interrupted every few minutes. So being less attentive is in this case also simply being polite in a german way.

@richs8754

3 жыл бұрын

This is very true. On my last (short) trip to Germany 18 months ago, I found myself pretty much undisturbed in restaurants, where I could enjoy my meals in peace (although it could look like I was a right loner, being a single guy). Bar and pubs were somewhat more inclusive, but that was mainly due to the football fans present - I was over there specifically to watch some games - who I was able to chat with, in a mix of my almost non-existent German and their (in most cases) better command of English. On my last trip to the States, I was often harrassed by various waiters and waitresses offering extras and stuff, when all I wanted was to be left in peace until I asked for something. Here in the UK, we seem to be moving towards the US style of service, which isn't as popular as businesses concerned seem to think.

I'm from the U.S. and have visited Germany frequently, traveling from north to south, including driving to small towns by car. I disagree about medieval town squares and half-timbered architecture being prevalent only in Bavaria (which I've visited least) - it's all across Germany! Perhaps the point is that there is also a lot of modern architecture in terms of buildings, homes and developments. What I appreciate very much about Germany is the lack of sprawl due to intentional zoning.

@HappyBeezerStudios

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of stuff got destroyed during the war, and most of it didn't got restored the way it was before. When you need houses, you need houses, they don't have to look pretty. Especially in bigger cities with industrial centers at the time. The smaller villages and towns are often in the same state as they have been for centuries, architecture-wise. And even in the cities it's mostly the parts that were manufacturing stuff, not the living quarters. Here where I live there are streets where 150 year old houses under CHM are next to 60 year old buildings made from concrete.

@gerdforster883

4 жыл бұрын

The look of the architecture still varies quite a bit from region to region. So a historic city centre in Bavaria looks pretty different from one in Westfalia.

@obsidianwing

3 жыл бұрын

As someone living in Town with Town Center of Old timber framed - Fachwerkhäuser - there tons of small towns and Villiages everywhere in germany. Hesse has a lot

@wandilismus8726

3 жыл бұрын

Where habe you travelled. In Northern Germany we don't have those ...

@attam.9428

3 жыл бұрын

@@wandilismus8726 Have you ever been to Einbeck, Celle or Hannoversch Münden?

Ich bin im Süden von Deutschland aufgewachsen und lebe seit 10 Jahren in der Nähe von Hamburg. Selbst als Deutscher wird man hier auf stereotypische Dinge angesprochen, die im Süden anders sind (oder anders wahrgenommen werden) als im Norden. Allein daher gibt es sicherlich nicht DEN typischen Deutschen oder typisch deutsches Verhalten. Ein sehr gutes Video mit sehr wahren Aspekten!

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Sehr interessant! Ja, das ist es, was wir unter Punkt 1 zu sagen versuchen. (Auch das, was wir zuerst gesagt haben) Deutschland ist wirklich zu vielfältig, um zu sagen: "Das ist ein typischer Deutscher". Danke! 😊

@jurgenhaflinger1188

4 жыл бұрын

Ich sehe das auch so.... Grüße aus dem badischen

@CamaroMann

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Ich denke, die Neigung zum Meckern ist typisch deutsch…

@hebdomatical

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you added the Deutsch like to complain, but so do us Americans! Just about different things.

@dominikhillebrand7106

4 жыл бұрын

@@CamaroMann Ich fürchte, das gibt es auch woanders.....

The digitalization bit has to do with the fact that Germany experienced a number of dictatorship and an awareness that data can be abused.

As a political scientist and sociologist, I can tell you that the preference for cash over card payments is also rooted in German history. One must not forget that Nazi Germany and the GDR were surveillance states. There are still many Germans alive today who really experienced Big Brother. Therefore, Germans attach great importance to privacy and data protection. Anything that is only rudimentary reminiscent of surveillance leads to great resistance among the population in Germany. In 1983 the Federal Constitutional Court - the highest German court - introduced the basic right to informational self-determination. This gives everyone the right to decide for themselves whether their personal data should be disclosed and used. Germany thus has basic rights which are not explicitly mentioned in the constitution, but which have been made legally binding by the Federal Constitutional Court as a derivation of existing basic rights. Perhaps this is not necessarily easy to understand if you come from a country in whose history existing basic rights have never been abolished.

@yurifoxx3983

4 жыл бұрын

It should be mentioned, that besides cash payment also debit-card payment is quite common in Germany, especially for higher amounts of money. As far as creditcards are not everywhere accepted, you can almost everywhere pay with german debitcards. Creditcards are more common here to pay your bill in gasstations.

@paulsj9245

4 жыл бұрын

@@yurifoxx3983 When it comes to payment, you also have to look at the costs. (Small) German businesses are reluctant to accept these costs of a few % of turnover, so they may ban card payment or punish the customers for it. In one bakery chain, they charged me 15 Cent extra for a card payment below 10 €. Pre-Corona, I'd never have considered anything else than cash. To give or to take cash hardly costs anything extra at that point.

@jannetteberends8730

4 жыл бұрын

Paul SJ credit cards cost the user also money. They are not for free, besides the rent you pay when you use it.

@user-sm3xq5ob5d

4 жыл бұрын

Credit Cards were extremely expensive in the past (20 years ago) for the merchants. And they were not free of a yearly fee for the holder if you had not the right bank. So at that time you could even buy Metro tickets and newspapers in France (about $2) by credit card while in Germany only larger stores accepted them. Just because of the fee for the merchant. (IIRC 5% - 10%) In the US the cards were used for real credit because there was no way to overdraw your account. Which is a feature of German checking accounts. So no need for a _credit_ card here while in the US necessary to get a (many) consumer credit. Todays ubiquitous acceptance (ADLI and other discount groceries being the critical shops) of debit cards makes it more the custom to pay cashless. It has been a long time that I paid cash. Credit cards I use only in the US while traveling.

@paulsj9245

4 жыл бұрын

@@jannetteberends8730 My credit card (Visa) is for free, and I was talking about experience with the commonly used debit cards (Maestro, formerly "EC-Karte"). /methinks that, technically, acceptance makes no difference to the shops. @V 100 A quick search returns merchant costs of 1-3% for credit cards, 0.2 % for debit cards - more would be ruinous as it's taken from the turnover, not the revenue. Alas, there seem to be quite a few wrong myths around against card payment.

Danke für das Video🙏ihr seid sehr liebe Menschen und ein tolles Paar ❤️🍀 Ich lebe seit 50 Jahren in Deutschland 🇩🇪 und mich macht es traurig 😞 das einige Amerikaner die Deutschen schlecht machen und teilweise über die sich lustig machen. Ich kann nur sagen das die Deutschen freundlich sind und hilfsbereit und ihr Sprache nicht so ist wie dargestellt wird,ich finde die schön 👍 Das die Deutschen direkt sind finde ich Ehrlich ,im Gegensatz zu den Amerikaner ( nicht alle Amerikaner ) die sind über freundliche meinen es aber manchmal nicht so ernst einfach nur so da geredet und das finde ich schade da finde ich es besser von den Deutschen da weiß man gleich wo dran man ist ob der einen mag oder nicht. Ich habe nichts gegen die Amerikaner,mich ärgert es nur wenn sie ein Land verurteilen die sie überhaupt nicht kennen und nur aus den Fernsehen ✌️ Ich wünsche euch von ganzem Herzen alles liebe und gute,und bleibt gesund ❤️❤️❤️🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀 Liebe Grüße aus Hessen

I'm a German who has lived in the States for 35 years. Some people still see me as standoffish or even arrogant because I simply don't slip into small talk with ease and I like getting my business done "efficiently." I'm friendly but not instantly chummy. (Thank goodness for my American wife who greases the wheels with grace!) In the classroom -- I'm a professor -- I frequently have to keep myself from telling students that an answer is wrong, even if it unequivocally is, because they would be shocked and offended. But when I'm in Germany now, I do often perceive my compatriots as unnecessarily curt and even rude and wonder why they can't be a little more courteous. Can't win.

@agnes15101968

4 жыл бұрын

Sitting on the floor between two chairs, are you? :-D

The german accent when speaking englisch sounds harsh - but the american accent of americans speaking german sounds childish or lazy or drunk.

@dianawest3976

3 жыл бұрын

I love German language when sung-it makes the language so much softer and intimate!

@karstenbalamagi8463

2 жыл бұрын

@@dianawest3976 guess you never heard rammstein :D

As a general rule Data Privacy is King in Germany

@nicosteffen364

4 жыл бұрын

Really? There is no party in the Bundestag that supports your claim! Well some do, but they did not act on it yet! Vote Pirates!

@cruepox

4 жыл бұрын

@@nicosteffen364 Sure! The FDPs whole election program is wrapped around personal freedom and privacy.

@hannorasmusholtiegel6044

4 жыл бұрын

As a german u don't even realize that, but it's true

@extremchiller410

2 жыл бұрын

erklär das mal dem finazamt und der gez

Germans are great, love them :-) Gr. from The Netherlands

@gehtdichnixan3200

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha are you shure your from the netherlands ;)

@robertboender3277

4 жыл бұрын

@@gehtdichnixan3200 I'm not living in the past.

@berulan8463

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertboender3277 As the presence is the only time where you can get a decent wienerschnitzel, you choose - wisely. 🖖🏻

@ja_u

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Boender Netherlands are great. Smells like weed and hookers in every Grachten in Amsterdam 😂 Sry not sry for the stereotype which is kinda true tho

@moaggamingfan8380

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Heel bedankt! To hear that from a dutch makes me happy! I love the Netherlands and its people. But I can really understand why a lot of the dutch people don’t like Germans. They always assume that every Dutch speaks german. That is very disrespectful. At least I can order food and drinks in a restaurant and ask for directions in dutch. Tot ziens uit Moers.

I think the large street view gap has something to do with some privacy law. That's also why the few pictures we have on street view are often more than ten years old. Hope that wasn't too direct. You see, it's totally superfluous to tell you how much I like your videos bla bla bla pleasentries... If I didn't, I wouldn't take the time to write comments. Well ... now that comment was way too long and inefficient! 😂😜

@AlexJones-ue1ll

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, its about privacy laws. Google started the Street View in Germany, but soon were forced to exclude private property housing if the owner demanded it. Ofc Google didnt want to, but the government told them in no uncertain way to either comply or face a load of suits over it. So they offered it and soon were swamped with literally hundreds of thausend of preemptive requests to not show their house on Street View to a point where Google just gave up. So no Street View. And truth be told, I am glad for it.

Man, that German "comedian" is cringy. That is basically Minstrel show levels of cliche and stereotype pandering.

@mikebegonia6134

4 жыл бұрын

Is he famous?

@PPfilmemacher

4 жыл бұрын

Well tbh .... American humor is pretty cringy, lighthearted and a bit shallow Americans are also mostly the only people I know who find knock knock jokes or extreme stereo-typical stuff and also silly puns hilarious even if they are years far beyond the toddler age for example there are many Americans who Lose there shit and start laughing if they hear anyone say the name "Uranus" (in English the word is pronounced like "your anus") and they struggle often with very dry or black humor or sarcasm (especially without any resolution or wink that it was supposed to be just sarcasm)

@TrangleC

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikebegonia6134 I never saw or heard of him before this, but he apparently was famous enough to get on the Conan OBrian show. On standup comedian podcasts I heard of other German nobodys who go to the USA and tell everyone there they are huge in Germany, although nobody there ever heard of them. Probably one of those guys.

@TrangleC

4 жыл бұрын

@@PPfilmemacher Sorry, I can't agree with that. That there are knock-knock jokes and cheap puns and other forms of simple and childish humor, doesn't mean Americans somehow are limited to that. With like 90% of all the world's successful comedy, whether it being comedy movies, TV shows or standup comedians, coming out of the USA, that is a hugely ridiculous claim. I learned most of my English not in school, but by watching shows like South Park and other US comedy.

@IntyMichael

4 жыл бұрын

@@TrangleC Michael Mittermeier did shows in the US. I think you should know him. ;) As of the guy in the video, his name is Flula Borg (!), that's his business model to give the Americans the stereotypical German they expect.

What's weird is that even Hitler only talked that way during his agitated hate spewing speeches in front of large Nazi crowds. There are secretly recorded tapes of him talking to political associates during a meeting where he speaks in a calm, regular-person voice. It's kind of eerie to listen to.

@peterkoller3761

4 жыл бұрын

I listened to these recordings the other day - he is actually absolutely unrecognizable if you only know the way he talks (or barks) in his public speeches.

@louismart

4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone assume all Americans speak like Donald Trump at a rally?

@SaridenChan

4 жыл бұрын

We had this in school, that was psychological tactic from his side to heat up the masses. First shouting, than whisper to fascinate them, that they fell under his spell.

@shad6644

2 жыл бұрын

I was watching some British newsreels from WW2 and it was very harsh, staccato and choppy, similar sounding to WW2 era German (hey, both are Germanic languages). I was reading sound engineer Goeff Emerick’s book about the recording the Beatles in the early 60s and a lot of it was the limitations of microphones and recording technology because the bass/low end would drop off. Thus announcers spoke very succinct, sharp and falsetto (Or why 1930s radio announcers sound like they do).

@BasementEngineer

Жыл бұрын

OK I bite. Kindly refer us to one Hitler speech full of hate. All the ones I have seen he spoke about working for your own well being and, if you want to improve your standard of living, "you must work for that with your own two hands".

I think you do a good job of putting stereotypes in perspective, but I have a few remarks to add. You seem to imply that quaint town squares are only or primarily found in Bavaria, but they are found in many other places, as well - by way of example, I've lived in Tübingen (Württemberg), Freiburg (Baden) and Marburg (Hesse), all of which have lovely old buildings. The punctuality of German trains deteriorated rapidly after privatization - they used to be much more reliable. In my 46 years living in Germany I've never seen anyone leave money on a restaurant table as a tip - you always give it directly to the service staff.

@mikelastname1220

2 жыл бұрын

I never left a tip when I was in Germany because I saw a 15% "gratuity" was already on my check. Did I do the wrong thing? Who got the 15%? If it went to the waiter, then I've already given a tip, right?

@choedzin

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikelastname1220 In my experience, most people will round up the amount to the next full euro or so, although I don't think it's considered obligatory to give a tip in Germany. I do, because I think wait staff have a very strenuous job and don't get paid all that much (although much better than in the USA).

@mikelastname1220

2 жыл бұрын

@@choedzin But my question was about the 15% I saw on my check as a gratuity . . . a tip. 1. I wondered who got that; 2. If the tip is already on my bill then should I still leave another one. I didn't understand who got that initial 15% tip.

@choedzin

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikelastname1220 I can't be absolutely certain, but I suspect that the 15% would probably get shared equally among the wait and kitchen staff, but what you give directly stays with the specific person. I'd have to ask someone who does that sort of work to be sure, though.

when my parents went to NYC like 20 years ago and told them they were german they really got asked if they got lights and electricity there like

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

kind of like people asking us if we ride horses to school when we tell them we are from Oklahoma and that is next to Texas 😂 Both sides do that! haha

@mikelastname1220

2 жыл бұрын

It is the same for us Americans. If I visit my kinfolk in New York or Massachusetts, people I only see every 20 years maybe, they ask me if we have electricity yet and do we still have to walk to school with no shoes on. They seriously asked if we can rent video tape movies or know what CD's are. They think we are backwards. But for ANYONE to question a German about lights and electricity . . . they had to be an idiot! Most Americans think of Germans as being very advanced.

„Bielefeld exists“ I love your eastereggs ;)

This is very very on point...nice to hear that you both are on a deeper Level to notice 💛 Great Video, thank you 🌻

6:48 - the late trains started when DB wanted to join the DAX - so they saved every penny and didnt invest. we call that "kaputt-sparen"

@joachimthielker3132

3 жыл бұрын

Is' ja nicht nur DB. Kaputte Straßen, baufällige Brücken und marode Schulen. Hauptsache schwarze Null!

@inotoni6148

3 жыл бұрын

@@joachimthielker3132 Das liegt nicht nur daran. Die DB hat mal auch Gewinne gemacht, aber statt zu investieren sind sie losgegangen und überall auf der Welt kleinere Unternehmen aufgekauft. Z.B. Logistikunternehmen in GB. Eigentlich ist das gesetzeswidrig, denn die DB ist größtenteils staatlich und Staatsunternehmen sind solche Aktionen nicht erlaubt. Aber vom Verkehrsministerium sind wir ja solche Dinge schon gewohnt. Die Folgen sehen wir nach vielen Jahren immer noch. Wie man es richtig macht, sieht man in der Schweiz. Da könnte man einiges lernen.

@joachimthielker3132

3 жыл бұрын

@@inotoni6148 Die DB ist seit 1994 eine Aktiengesellschaft. So gesehen ist sie daher kein Staatsunternehmen mehr sondern "gewöhnliche" Marktteilnehmerin, auch wenn die BR Deutschland alleinige Aktionärin ist. So wie die deutsche Post, die sich ein us-amerikanisches Logistikunternehmen eingekauft hat.

@inotoni6148

3 жыл бұрын

@@joachimthielker3132 Das ist mit bekannt. Ich gebe aber nur wieder was ich in Artikeln über die Ursachen zum heutigen Zustand der Bahn gelesen habe. Vielleicht kann ich noch den Artikel finden.

Germans are honest. When they smile at you and say friendly words or welcome you, they mean it exactly so. If they don't care about you at that moment, they will not lie about that.

Thanks Donnie and Aubrey for another great video. I could watch your videos every day.

Ich gucke eure Videos sooo gerne 😊 Ich lerne so viel über Deutschland dabei wohne ich schon mein ganzes Leben hier. Ein paar Dinge wusste ich selbst noch nicht aber bei den meisten Dingen muss ich euch absolut zustimmen. Ihr macht eine sehr gute Recherchearbeit und eure Videos sind einfach professionell und ihr beide seid zudem super sympathisch. Deutschland ist mit euch ein bisschen reicher geworden. Bitte macht weiter so 👍🏻

Great video. I think I can honestly say I was aware of each misconception you mentioned and found your responses to be pretty accurate... at least from another American's perspective. I do think diverse is the perfect word to describe Germany. Although I have never had the pleasure of living in Germany for an extended period, on all the trips that we have visited we have found the country to be amazing and the people to be mostly welcoming. I always make sure to remind my family members that due to our different cultures there will be differences in our interactions with people than what we are used to back home. It's sure keeps things interesting.

I love the "Bielefeld exists" in the thought bubble xD Nice touch

I am from Germany and when she told us to Imagine and then it all was wrong I was like: No, that’s all completely true😂😂😂 And I’m from NRW😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Zu der Freundlichkeit der Amerikaner hatte ich mal eine lustige Geschichte: Als Soldat hatte ich viele Kontakte mit US-Soldaten. Bei einem Grillfest sagte mir einmal einer nach einem längeren Gespräch: "Wenn du mal in die Staaten kommst, kannst du, mein Freund, immer auf ein Bier und ein BBQ vorbeikommen, mein Haus steht dir immer offen." und gab mir seine Adresse, was mich echt freute. Ein paar Wochen später sah ich ihn auf einem Manöver und da ich noch eine Frage zu seiner Adresse hatte, ging ich zu ihm und fragte ihn nach der Hausnummer. Er schaute mich ernst an und fragte: "who are you?"....

@sarahmichael270244

4 жыл бұрын

beim 2. mal hattest du bestimmt Tarnkleidung an!🤣🤣🤣

Such great info! I love videos like this!

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Kerri 😊

😂😂😂Bielefeld exists 0:18 Die ganze Welt glaubt nicht an Bielefeld 😂😂😂

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Meine Lieblings-Conspiracy theory 😂

@janpracht6662

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Dazu gibt es in der deutschen TV Krimi-Serie "Wilsberg" eine lustige Folge über die Bielefeld-Theorie. Ecki will nach Bielefeld, fährt aber immer an der Stadt vorbei und kann sie nicht fnden. Alle Wegweiser und Straßenschilder nach Bielefeld führen ins Leere. Gibt es Bielefeld vielleicht wirklich nicht? ;-)) Kein Witz: Die Stadt Bielefeld hatte vor in paar Jahren ein Preisgeld von einer Million Euro ausgeschrieben: Für den, der den Beweis erbringt, dass Bielefeld tatsächlich nicht existiert. Das Geld ist immer noch da...

@auraluna7679

4 жыл бұрын

Ich hatte mich so darüber gefreut zu sehen das der Witz aufgegriffen wurde!

@imperatortutanchamuniii4703

4 жыл бұрын

Die Stadt Bielefeld gibt es in Wahrheit nicht! - jedenfalls nicht auf disem Planeten. Der BND und zahlreiche auländische Geheimdienste (CIA, Mossad, KGB) versuchen uns jedoch immer wieder glauben zulassen, dass es so einen Ort gibt. Die behördlichen Institutionen schrecken nicht mal davor zurück Landkarten und Google Maps zu verfälschen. Tatsächlich soll sogar die Atrappe einer Autobahnausfahrt aufgebaut worden sein um die Befölkerung in die Irre zu führen. - Haltet euch bitte fern von dort. Andernfalls ist zu befürchten, dass ihr einer Gehirnwäsche unterzogen werdet.

@MrWulf81

4 жыл бұрын

Mit Ausnahme der 330000 Leute die tatsächlich hier wohnen.

Nice video as all time.I think you´ve analyzed and described the stereotypes correctly.Also love your funny outtakes,go on with it!

10% tip is appropriate if the service was fitting the standards.

@PassportTwo

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip! 😃😉

Wait wait wait, you can find half-timbered houses and old medieval style market places all over Germany. Actually northern Germany has some of the most half-timbered towns. It's just that the big towns in the north have been bombed more than the south, but small and middle cities are just as beautifull as southern German ones. Actually the in my opinion most beautifull (for its traditional architecture) town in Germany is Quedlinburg just north from the Harz.

Very informative!

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! 😊

Very funny and informative video! Thank you. And about friendliness: a swabian saying means "nit g'motzt isch g'nug g'lobt" (not grumbled is enough complimented) - by the way i'm from Baden not Wuerttemberg(Swabia) ;-) or as a german comedian (in america!) said: "we didn't start a world war for 80 years. don't you think that's friendly enough?" Joking apart, you've had very nicely and well explained topics! felt very good to hear. Please go on and stay safe!

I also noticed the streetview thing. But we are not alone in Europe. We share the lack of streetview with Austria, Bosnia and Belarus. We could be proud of such a great company. When Google tried to start Streetview in Germany, they were already sending their camera cars around. I was filmed twice by them in Brunswick. But they never released it. I think some political movements / parties have been interested in making people afraid of losing their privacy. And they were successful. Many people banned the publication of pictures of their property. And so we are now the white spot on the map. Unknown territory. It is so stupid. My dialect? Standard German, like a "Tagesschau" speaker. That's what I thought. Until my amazing little cousin from Baden pointed out that we say "Tach" instead of "Tag" or "Schlach" instead of "Schlag". Or we say "Sach maa ..." instead of "Sag mal ...". I live in the south of Lower Saxony and my grandparents still spoke Low German (Plattdeutsch) and this was the Eastphalian style that is extinct today. Moket chaot! (Macht es gut. = Do it well. = Bye.)

@ja_u

4 жыл бұрын

Th. Kempe Macht es gut - Farewell if we wanna get all middle agey =D Ich weiß jetzt nicht was du so schlimm an Privatsphäre findest, aber ich finde es gut, dass ich das Recht am eigenen Bild, Kontrolle über meine Daten (natürlich nur in gewisser Weise, „Das Internet vergisst nie“ macht auch eine Klage sinnlos) und allgemein eine gewisse Privatsphäre bei mir liegt. Ich zahle auch gerne bar und hab kein Facebook. Unser Haus ist auch tatsächlich verpixelt, alles während ich unter 20 bin. Gleichzeitig sehe ich natürlich große Probleme in der Digitalisierung wobei ich da nicht verstehe warum Glasfaserkabel deutschlandweit meine Privatsphäre untergraben würden (das wäre ja mal ein Anfang, 3G Empfang überall, keine Ahnung, so was banales wird man doch 2020 mal hinkriegen können..)

@thkempe

4 жыл бұрын

@@ja_u "Farewell" ist mir dann auch eingefallen, aber da gab es schon Reaktionen auf den Beitrag und dann sollte man den nicht mehr bearbeiten, finde ich. Gegen Privatsphäre habe ich natürlich nichts. Aber Google hat nur gefilmt als was ohnehin jeder zu sehen bekommt, der auf der Straße vorbeifährt. Das ist meiner Meinung nach keine Privatsphäre, sondern öffentlich. Man sieht es ja am Rest der Welt, daß unsere Bedenkenträger da die krasse Außenseiterrolle spielen. Es ist einfach darum gegangen, dem "mächtigen" amerikanischen Großkonzern eins auszuwischen indem man seine Idee sabotiert. Vielleicht hast du in der Zeitung gelesen, daß sich vor ein paar Monaten ein Google-Kamerafahrzeug auf den Hof eines Anwesens verirrt hatte und der Besitzer versuchte, das Fahrzeug mit Hilfe eines herbeigerufenen Nachbarn zu blockieren und nicht mehr wegfahren zu lassen. Letztlich hatte er sogar noch den Fahrer fälschlich beschuldigt, ihn mit dem Auto angefahren zu haben. Die Fahrzeugkamera bewies allerdings, daß der Hofbesitzer gelogen hatte. Das Brisante dabei, weswegen es eine Zeitungsmeldung wert war: der Hofbesitzer war ein Abgeordneter des Bayerischen Landtags von der (keine Überraschung!) Partei der Grünen. Die Story wurde im "Münchener Merkur" veröffentlicht (18. Okt. 2019).

@reinhard8053

Жыл бұрын

Austria is not (anymore ?) in that company. The map now (2 years later) looks quite different, especially if you zoom. There are a lot of areas without streetview to be found. But that are generally mountain (or at least hills as we would call some of them) regions where there are no streets. And some areas where only very few small villages are. Most cities are completely included.

Sehr cooles Video :) Macht weiter so!

Thanks for the nice video! And thank you sooo much for mentioning the tipping. The rumor, that there is no tipping in Germany is so pervasive and soooo untrue! Yes, waiters, barkeepers, hairdressers, taxi drivers etc. maybe get payed more than in the US but it is still not that much. Many rely on the tips to bump up the pay (is that an expression or really weird to say??? 😂). Knowing gastronomy from both ends: business owner and employee, I know that tips are really appreciated and in many cases even needed. Because of weird tax and other laws it is really hard for the small, non-chain restaurants to survive even if the place is packed every night. Bars with only drinks have it a bit easier, but still... So even if the owner wants to pay really well, there are severe limits. I know many who took over their own restaurant or bar and suddenly had less money than before 😮 and you know that being a barkeeper or waiter is a really hard and underappreciated job so you want the best for your people. It`s a conundrum. So when working in service myself and Americans or frankly most other tourists came in, I caught myself thinking: damn...forget the tip. Sometimes I was positively surprised but more often not. Still you tried to make them a good evening/night but didn't really felt appreciated. But then, I can see why Americans think the service is not so good, when they are used to something else. But that really is a cultural difference, as you said. I think Germans like to be left in peace and would feel pressured if somebody would swarm around them with a big smile on the face constantly. To avoid that, waiters will come once to ask if you want anything else and if you said 'no' they will wait until you make eye contact or sth. of the sort before bothering you again. Anyway, sorry for the long diatribe. You mentioning it made me think: 'yes! Finally somebody gets it!' and I had to get all that off my chest 😂. Thank you and I really enjoyed your video!

love the Bielefeld joke😍

I love Flula. Follow him for many years. Love him explaining American idioms like: Pablo Has Skeletons in a Closet, Jennifer is a party pooper, Daddy long legs and of course his Autotunes (Thrift Shop by Macklemore Cover and Gangnam Style) And of course he was in Pitch Perfect 2 with Anna Kendrick.

I‘m German and I hate if the waiters ask interrupt my conversation just to ask if everything is alright. I usually answer „Don‘t worry I‘m neither sick nor mad“. I‘m very rude, am I not?

Now I feel a bit guilty for my past comments to be too direct … 🤪

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

It was directed at you...just kidding just kidding! 😂 It’s all good 😊

@whattheflyingfuck...

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo lol

gotta admit the "Bielefeld exists" one cracked me up a whole lot :D

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed 😊

Dialect: Düsseldorfer Platt. Punctual? No, I´m always 10 min. to early and drive my friends crazy 😂😂😂. Rude? Of course! I´ll ask you everything (ich frag Euch Löcher in den Bauch), because everything is interesting. I don´t mind, getting no answer, if it´s too personal/private. Rheinländer are relaxed: jeder Jeck ist anders/Leben und leben lassen. Ich mag Eure Videos sehr!

The Bielefeld exists insert was awesome, hahaha nice one. Welcome to the conspiracy :) Keep up the good work.

Yes,be on time!always!there's no excuse

4:23 A small shout out to Geography Now would have been nice.

Tipping, if it was good, frinedly and/or nice, give them a tip, you can also say that also the kitchen should get some! Because in some restaurants only the service gets the tip, i think thats unfair! I normally round up to the next Euro, or that above.

Example on different communication: New American neighbour, moved in a week before, assembled a new grill in his yard, had some good smelling meat on it. I, over the fence, congratulate him for the new shining modern grill. He says: "have some delicious food here, you wanna come over for dinner?" Me, thinking: "why does he invite me for dinner after the first sentence we talked to each other?i just admired his grill which doesn't mean that I'm looking for an invitation and I don't even know him". Me, saying: "thank you, that's nice, but we're just about to have dinner ourselves" (he, perhaps, thinking: "Good, he didn't follow my invitation" ???) Sometimes it seems really complicated. Would really like to know him better.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, that is a great example! In my opinion of knowing Americans, if he offered, he really meant it and would happily have you over for dinner. If he didn't want that, he probably would have just thanked you for noticing and talked about something else. I would also imagine with him moving to a new country he is probably looking for friends (speaking from experience 😂) An example of something similar is one time talking with one of our German friends. He has never been to the US and was talking about planning a trip over. I told him to let me know where he was going and I could reach out to friends and family in those areas about showing him around or giving him a free bed to sleep in at their homes. He asked me multiple times if I would really do that or if I was just kidding. Of course, I was completely serious and I was confused why he would think that was a joke. It is in our nature and culture I guess to offer up our homes and food to make a connection with people. 😊 I of course understand not feeling comfortable with staying in a stranger's home, but I would feel rude not offering to help like this.

@jannetteberends8730

4 жыл бұрын

Passport Two There are people who like to travel. They told me that it is possible to travel in the USA without ever using a (youth)hostel, when you have a starting adres. The first adres sent you to the second. And so on. I think that’s amazing.

@mikelastname1220

2 жыл бұрын

@@jannetteberends8730 Oh, yes! We have done that here. We have met people from Australia, Canada and Germany while traveling through out town and I instantly invited them to come to our farm and eat with us. After we talked for awhile and I saw what kind of people they were, and . . . found out which way they were traveling . . . .I sent them to other friends who took them in for an evening and let them sleep at their home. We have a tendency to do that here. Especially, in the south of the USA.

Howdy Donnie, I look just like you when Aubrey had said to close your eyes and imagine Germany.......lol.You both pointed out some differences in Germany and as usual yall are right on the money. This message is for the folks who have not subscribed to "Passport Two:, DO IT. If you want to learn more about Germany this is the place to be. The more I watch: "Passport Two" the more I can't wait to view the next video. Donnie, I hope that you did not mind the shoutout, I had just started to type and my fingers were clicking lol. 😂 😆 😝 🤣

@PassportTwo

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha, no, we don't mind 😊 Go and subscribe to this guy too, people ⬆️ 😃

@MagnificentGermanywithDarion

3 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Thanks so much Donnie :) :) :).

That was really interesting. I personally hate tipping, and it’s not really a thing in my country (NZ). Having said that, of course I’ll tip if I’m in a country that expects/relies upon it.

I'm Bavarian. We never smile. How could we? It's nine months winter, and three months cold. But, don't you worry, we are also a very helpful kind of people, so you will not starve from thirst or hunger, or die from an injury. There will be a spot near the fireplace where you can warm yourselves, some food and beer will always be around, and if you're injured and I really forgot what I learned in my First Aid class, I'd call you an ambulance. We are not nice to get into contact with, and we are not talkative at all. You need to show the intention to really make friendship. Dialect: Niederbairisch (lower Bavarian). You wouldn't understand a word.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, we were down in Berchtesgaden last weekend to hike and I don’t think they speaker Niederbayerisch but I definitely couldn’t understand a lot of them 😂

@joycastle.

4 жыл бұрын

I'm from the Rhineland. We smile all the time. How could we not? The weather may be crap, but we have the best beer 😉 As far as the stereotype goes, we're probably the closest to Americans in terms of "superficiality". We spend a great evening discussing with a total stranger in the pub and don't recognize them in the street the next day. Then again, we wouldn't recognize them either if we hadn't talked to them the night before, so at least both of us had a fun night and nobody loses anything. Not a dialect speaker, but I definitely have an accent from the town I grew up in, now tainted quite a bit by the accent of the Trier area where I've been living for the last 20+ years. And I don't understand a word of Niederbairisch either 😂

@melindar.fischer5106

4 жыл бұрын

A funny story: my U.S. family lived in Munich for five months. We enjoyed eating at an Italian restaurant one block away from our apartment in Munich. The funny situation was the restaurant employees and my family could not understand each other because the employees were speaking Bayrisch with their native Italian accent and my family was speaking Hochdeutsch with our native (Midwestern) U.S. accent.😂😂😂

@rileychan5380

4 жыл бұрын

Joycastle In from the Saarland.I Anime all the time.How could i not?The Werther is crap, But we have the best Beer.Not like the that thing they have in Rhineland, this water beer. (Just a joke, about Saarland and Rhineland hating each other.)

@louismart

4 жыл бұрын

Joycastle It’s true that Rheinländer can be perceived as more friendly than other German tribes. Like American friendliness, it doesn’t mean anything and please don’t rely on it. An immi in Cologne is saying that.

For example "Gretchen" in American pronunciation is hard, ugly and like a swear word. "Chen" is a diminutive. Americans get it wrong.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, great example! 😂

@ChrisTian-rm7zm

4 жыл бұрын

Is it pronounced like Grettschen?

@pixelman45

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisTian-rm7zm more like Greetchen but with german pronounciation of course. But Ch in not the same as sch

@minihamster

4 жыл бұрын

I hate the american pronounciation if Gretchen. In German it's a cute nickname for maybe a little girl. In american english it sounds like someone's agressively sneezing 🙄

@thkempe

4 жыл бұрын

​@@minihamster Someone over there must have read Goethe's Faust and assuming "Gretchen" is a name of its own. Instead it's nothing but the diminuitive form of "Margarete" (Greek, meaning "pearl").

Streetview: We had Google Street view for some time, but at some point a law was made which made it illegal to take photos of other people's houses unless they approve it in advance. So google had to delete almost all the street view from the German map. We have some pretty strict data privacy laws in place here.

Acc. to trains, the "Bahn" actually was very punctual an reliable. That changed dramatically, since the Bahn has been privatized.

Having grown up in different parts of Germany I'm familiar with some of the dialects and can usually tell somebody's origin after a few sentences. If you want small-talk with a waiter, ask them for their recommendations, with further questions about reasons or ingredients - you'd be amazed about how helpful and friendly such a bit of small-talk can become. You'll want to tip accordingly afterwards, as well ;-)

I'm from Dortmund, living in Oberschwaben/Allgäu since 50+ years. Speaking Hochdeutsch with Ruhrgebietcoloring and some swabien words. Still using "woll" as a Confirmation word when I'm with friends from Dortmund. Love your channel!!! But please

I learned a lot about friendliness and politeness in Japan. I still like German directness, but appreciate friendliness more now. In Japan I was member of a university band club, they played Jazz music. Now, I'd never played Jazz before, only classical music, so I was pretty terrible at it. But everyone was really supportive and they wanted me to play a solo part at our last concert together, so I would have a good memory. They even wrote me a solo, because I told them I couldn’t improvise if my life depended on it. I practiced every day, worked really hard, but on the day of the concert, I messed up the solo badly, it was super embarrassing. The whole day everyone told me how it was fine and they pretended they hadn't noticed at all, and it was obviously a lie, but it was kind they cared enough to pretend. So in the end it was a somewhat positive memory after all :)

@TheSailingsilver

2 жыл бұрын

In Germany I would have gotten something like "nah it wasn't too bad, and everybody makes mistakes. You won't meet any of those people again anyways and it wasn't an important concert, don't worry" which would have been more honest but a little less kind ^^

While it would again be a generalisation, I'd love to see your take on the North/South and East/West German. Having lived about a 1/3 of my life now on the emrald island I have come across a few similar misconceptions, both ways obviously ;-P

Growing up in Germany i have also been shocked by the rude approaches of the elderly . Over the years I learnt (like you) that it must be a cultural thing and that a rude comment with a grim face can be the start of lovely intense conversation because the people love to be direct and maybe even impolite just to test you if you can show some respect. Once you continue with a nice small talk and ignore their mood they are likely to be friendly very quickly . So maybe its just reversed. Americans tend to be very open in the beginning, but are likely to end the conversation abruptly as well

@rogerlynch5279

4 жыл бұрын

Not just the elders here. I had worked for a while in a hospital here in Germany and the Senior Nurse had commanded us around like a Feldwebel in the Bundeswehr and that had been a relativaly young man.

@mikelastname1220

2 жыл бұрын

@@rogerlynch5279 Feldwebel???!!! I had never heard that before for a sergeant!

😂 oh I can relate! My first year of living here in the states I had to ask my husband several times if they serious or if they making fun of me because they so “nice” or sometimes my husband told me that I sounded mean 🤨🤷‍♀️😂

im from the rhine-main area, so i speak the typical hessian dialect. but i moved to the swabian area and after over 10 years i still cant understand everything. the funny thing to this is, my mother is from croatia and her mother was from the danube-swabian minority, so my mother understands my girlfriend better than i do, cause she growing up with the swabian dialect.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

haha, that is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing that 😂

The Google Street view has some legal issues here, as we have very strict privacy laws and I recall some big concerns about burglars being enabled to plan break-ins by having easy access to pictures showing every angle and the surroundings of homes. As to tipping: it has become more prevalent, however it is usually just rounding up and you only tip employees, not members of the owner's family

@Aine197

4 жыл бұрын

Really? How am I supposed to know if somebody is an employee or related to the owner? I just round up the price when I like the meal and the service, no matter who serves me.

German here. I am actually getting severe anxiety when I am even 1 minute late to get somewhere. So much so that I always make sure to have at least a 10 minute buffer to the agreed time. If it turns out I will in fact be early, I just enjoy the area for a bit, have a drink and a snack. And then 'arrive‘ punctual.

It seems that in Germany we tip based on performance alot more. There were times when service was poor or the waiter had a bad attitude where my dad didn't tip at all. Other times he tipped extra when they went above and beyond.

I am german and I realize somehow that germans are really straight forward and directly saying things without fear of misunderstanding. I guess that can come across quite rude sometimes. But that is unintentiended. I think we try to be very honest in many ways and that it is a highvalue.What is important is, well in earlier days this was more true than now, but actually our culture has a large christian imprint. If you took a look at old buildings you could find biblical verses written on the sides of them or over the frontdoor. I think that says a lot. But of course through the centuries that changed according to other influences. I love to see the american point of view in your videos. Stay healthy! I spent quite a lot time in the area you live in, Rheinland Pfalz! I loved Trier especially. It is such a beautiful landscape! Take care!!!

I think tipping is more like a show of appreciation than a necessity here in Germany. You tip when you want to say that you have appreciated the food/service. I´ll do it any time in my favourite places, but I wouldn´t automatically do it. Oh, and take it from a person who worked as a waitress too: is actually considered impolite to leave the money or the tip on the table and leaving here. It´s more customary to directly give them to the waiter/waitress.

10:42 Cold? Yes. Rude? No. (Depending on the area)

I love my hometown dialect. I live in the Rheinhessen Area (not far off from you guys i think) but directly at the Rhein River... As for Pfälzisch, if you can read and understand the following poem, youre a propper Pfälzer... Wer kann ’n liewe Glockeklang so schreiwe, wie er klingt. Un wer kann schreiwe mit de Schrift, wie schee e Amsel singt? Des kann mit aller Müh kee Mensch, denk nor e bißche nooch. Un wie mit Glock un Vochelsang is ’s mit de Pälzer Sprooch.

@mikelastname1220

2 жыл бұрын

My computer German translator could not translate that! Ha.

While I would agree with the fact that much of the internationally as „typical German“ seen stuff like Lederhosen and Oktoberfest is basically bavarian I wouldnt say that half timbered houses and historic city centers are only to be found in Bavaria. At the same time, if you think about it it really makes sense because any bombings in WW2 which are the cause of much of the old houses being destroyed, carried out by English, American etc. allied forces were more commonly happening in the northern parts towards England rather than the very south in bavaria. Anyways great video, greetings from Cologne. p.s. thanks for not bombing the Kölner Dom (although that was solely done for orientational purposes) lmao jk Just one more thing: There are these kind of museums in many German cities and more to come, I believe they are called „Time Ride“ in which you drive through the old city in some kind of historical vehicle while wearing a VR-Headset (or augmented reality, never understood the difference haha) but those are really fun and interesting because you can see all the actual pre-war architecture in the streets.

@rolandscherer1574

4 жыл бұрын

Many bombs hit the Cologne Cathedral, but because of its Gothic architectural style it has hardly any walls where the shock wave could attack, so it was not destroyed. I well remember that the cathedral's façade had large holes from the bombardment, which were patched up with bricks. Today, of course, they have been restored. Thank God most of the old windows were stored in bunkers, so that they could be reinstalled after the war undamaged.

@mikelastname1220

2 жыл бұрын

@@rolandscherer1574 I saw the Cologne Cathedral in 1968 and it still had holes in the walls, not big, but we could see them. What a magnificent building. As a Catholic, I am SO glad that masterpiece was not bombed. War is hell!

The Bielefeld exists had me laughing on the floor XD

I agree to this video I normally go Dutch on things I pay for myself but mostly my parents

The interesting thing is: despite most American stereotypes about Germany originating in Bavaria, half-timbered houses are not really a thing there. Especially in Upper Bavaria (or southern Bavaria in general) there's basically no half-timbered houses, instead we have many town centres with facades in painted plaster and ornaments, with the roof gables typically hidden by the facade and not visible from the streets. A prime example would be the city centre of Passau, and basically every other bigger town and city in the region of the rivers Inn and Salzach, that's why that particular architectural style was named the "Inn-Salzach-Bauweise".

Postcard-Germany - Even living in a big Bavarian city I can say, only the city center or small villages are generally this picture perfect. Digitalization - INTERNET CONNECTION! I mean ... our internet speed and availability is laughable. Deutsche Bahn - don't get me started... since we have pretty good and thorough public transportation, it sometimes doesn't feel so bad, but if you're living in a village with only an s-bahn haltestelle...and the train doesn't come for whatever reason you're pretty much stranded...and it happens more often than not D:

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! We only have an S-Bahn Haltestelle and have been stranded many times...

@hansmeyer7225

4 жыл бұрын

I have a s-bahn Haltestelle you don‘t really live in a village 😂😂

@jamesreisenauer1778

2 жыл бұрын

@Hans Meyer A German village only accepts 3 bus stops and 2 taxis for the county. When there is a train station, you don’t live in a village.

XD "Bielefeld exists" in the thought bubble right as Aubrey says "everything you imagined is wrong"! XD You guys are officially naturalized, it doesn't get any more German than that, in my opinion! :-D Also: another great, insightful video, thank you very much!

Again, love your posts. But seriously, do the majority of my payments with cards, all my banking online and everything else possible - and that's a lot - online as well. So I'd assume your experience depends on where you live. Possible? Trains? Absolutely correct! Frustrating!!!! Tipping? Spot-on! But we still tip. But you're doing a great job and being completely impartial. Sharing once again. Incidentally, have friends in the States who still get their paychecks weekly and have never done online banking. So I guess, again, depends on where you live, whether here or there. Keep it up. Going to keep following you guys. Kudos.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

We definitely don't mean that ALL Germans pay strictly with cash and that it really isn't possible to do it. Also definitely understand that Germany is very diverse (like we repeat in our videos 😂) but this is definitely one thing that is very unique in Germany. One study by the Deutsches Bundesbank that I will link below if you are interested in seeing, shows that in 2017 74% of ALL transactions were made in Germany by cash and 96% of smaller payments up to 5 Euros was done in cash. So it does seem that no matter the location, a vast majority of payments are done by cash in Germany. So although not ALL Germans pay by cash, those that don't are in the overwhelming minority. And this of course isn't a right or wrong thing, just a choice of payment method 😊 We are glad you enjoy and always appreciate hearing your voice 😃 Here is the study if you are interested: www.bundesbank.de/resource/blob/737278/458ccd8a8367fe8b36bbfb501b5404c9/mL/payment-behaviour-in-germany-in-2017-data.pdf

@gabrieleboecker8058

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Thanks for the study. That is interesting. Wouldn't have thought....

Stimmt, viele von uns "KRAUTS" sind pünktlich, ich gehöre leider nicht dazu, meine Frau sagt mir immer eine halbe Stunde früher damit wir dann pünktlich sind 😉 unsere großen Städte unterscheiden sich wirklich nicht sehr von denen in der anderen Welt doch überall gibt es schöne Flecken die man sich ansehen und bewundern kann, bei uns in Norddeutschland ist viel geprägt von der holländischen Baukunst die man so im Rest von D. nicht findet

@mikelastname1220

2 жыл бұрын

Well said!!!

Actually, it's polite to come later to a party and not at the exact beginning

I've never left a tip on the table here in Germany; I always just round up the bill or tell them to keep the change. 😊

Tipping is common in Germany but depends also on the service. If I am dissatisfied (grumpy personell, starts to argue and what not) there is no tip in sight. I don't agree on 5%-10% but rather round up. Something between between 2€-5€ is ok I have watched some reviews of americans as Lidl opened in the states. I got the giggles as I heard their complaints.

You should checkout Struwwelpeter xD

a few funfacts about german engeneering and tecnology. when it comes to internet and digitalisation we are behind of other european countrys. the label " made in germany": ( i explain this in german because, my english sucks)Wir deutschen waren die ersten die die aufschrift "made in ( [ germany] hier land einfügen) für export Produckte verwenden mussten. das wurde uns nach dem Krieg durch die aliierten auferlegt. es sollte duetsche produckte brandmarken. und sie sich daruch schlechter verkaufen. Da unsere handwerksarbeit zumindest zu diesem zeitunkt so gut war ( sehr stabil und prezise) galt die aufschrift " made in germany" schon bald als qualitätsmerkmal. also fingen andere länder an diese aufchrift auch für sich zu nutzen.

@mikelastname1220

2 жыл бұрын

Correct! After the war we were very careful when buying things and my mother would look at the label. If it said "Made in Japan", she did not buy it. If it said, "Made in Germany" she would. She told me the Japanese made things were garbage and the Germans only made things of good quality. One funny story. When I was very little, my mother bought me a 'top'. You know . . . those metal things that spin around on the floor. Well, mine broke and me and my brother took a hammer and tore it all to pieces. It was made of metal. What kind of metal? We discovered it was made from American beer cans turned inside out!!! They were talking our scrap metal and making things with it!

ok Anmeldung, hm es ist zum teil Wahl basiert, zum teil um den Ausweiß abzuändern, wichtig für die Erhebung von Steuren, aber auch Zuschüssen. Allein im rahmen der Pandemic ist es wichtig das die Ämter nachprüfen können wo wehr wohnt.

to the tipping: You only tip, if the servic and food was good.

The real Plattdeutsch , from northern Germany , is no dialekt. It´s a real Language ^^

I love talking about different stereotypes and all of that, and most of then I can laugh at or live with, but for some reason the language stereotype really grinds my gears 😅

I would like to leave some comments. 1. Thanks for the interesting videos. For me as a German it is really interesting to get a mirror to face "myself". 2. The "NonTech"-Point I see a bit different. For Germans data privacy and privacy generally is really important. One example, Germany has one of the strictest data privacy law, which already almost was on the level of the GDPR. It is even a part of the german constitution called "Informationelles Selbstbestimmungsrecht". It says that it is everybodies right to be the owner of "his" data (i.e. all data about this person), which means that businessmodels like Facebook and co are "weird" to Germans thinking. That is why many people fought against Google Streetview because they dont want their houses or themselves in the Internet. This has not antitech reasons, it is because of the history of germany. Keep in mind nazi and 2d Worldwar, when Germans where observed, controlled, arrested and killed to just because they where different and didn't follow the nazitrack. Btw. the German Constitution raised out of this time and for that reason it has so many fundamental rights, just to save people of repeating history. A second reason is German GDR History. Inhabitants has been spied by their own. So have a look for Stasi or Staatssicherheit. Neighbors worked for the "Stasi" and gave them information about their neighbors, how they behave, what they are thinking and if they are a "threat for the Socialisitic/communistic dictatorship. This ended 30 years ago. Nevertheless people are still reluctant and think "keep your business for yourself". Same with "Cash". Germans like their cash because the can controle shopping habbits and don't like to make debts. 3. Germans are punctual. Please do not take the german trainservice as a "standard". It is a bad example and all germans complain about that mess. Generally if you are scheduled at 9:00 am than a meetings starts at 9:00. So I recommend not to appear at 9:05 am. You might get some confused Eyecontacts. ;) 4. Some of your examples do not really fit. To ask sb why he isn't fat, because all Americans are fat, is not polite and "usual" after german "standards" too (unless you have a friendship and they make fun ). But you are right. Germans do not fear to ask "painful" questions. 5. A big difference is, Germans don't like overwhelmingness/fake/exaggerating. In other words, maybe germans are "not so easy to impress" (no offence please). Some Americans seem to tend to that. Sometimes when I see American television, you always hear OMG, Fantastic, Awesome, Nice with an exaggerating tone... for quite lets say "fundamental" aspects. Americans are open. They want to show and say what they have, want to impress others and show how big, great, successful and so on everything is. I think this different in Germany. Germans are a more "grounded" maybe calmly, especially officials. Just to draw a picture: If you ask a guy about the new camarro with 700 Hp he will be freaking out, how fancy the car is (and he is right). A Mercedes Engineer will say, oh yes this "Kraftfahrzeug" has 700 Hp and if the customer wishes, he can reach 320Km/h on the german Autobahn. :D (just kidding, but it is a bit of thuth in it I think). But no offence, everybody is different and as you say you will recognize big differences in Germany too. Stereotypes only fit on few people, like everywhere. When you compare Landscape people and City people for example. But I think it is similar in the US. Berliner (where I come from) are seen to be rude. I don't think they are. They just are really direct and "carry their heart on their toung" (how we say in Berlin), which means we say what we think in a direct way. I like this really much. In other areas (also in Germany) people are really really nice but would put a knife in your back, when you are not watching. And those fake behaviour I don't like. I am quite sure, if you ask sb for help in Berlin (for the way or sth. different) people will help. Looking forward to your next videos. Best regards

I came across a very nice visualization of American and German culture: Peach vs. Cocolnut. Whereas it is easy to get "under the skin," of an American Peach, it is very difficult to enter the inner core. With German Coconut culture it it first hard to break the outer skin but once you're in, you stay in for life. There is some truth in that....

You showed a picture of Tuebingen (Baden Wuerttemberg), when saying that the post card image is only Bavaria.

@PassportTwo

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, that was videos and a photo from our trip to Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Bavaria).

@Warentester

3 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo my apologies.

You guys naild it.... i have bin to us a lot of times. Made a lot of friends. But we, germans, are always on the spot. You know why: the faster the work is done the faster you can get your beer with friends. I am goning to strech this .... no beer equals no germany... i know its a long run.... Same time me in us : ... wake up... get ready... "where is my donout. .". and boysgirls you got the best donoust in the world... and the best is indianapolis speedway 1 miles of. ...i am going to die for it right now Keep going

Spending time on the internet as a german girl quickly showed me that beeing direkt isn't a good idea when talling to english speaking people. So I always try to apear less "rude"/direct by adding "don't get me wrong", "I mean", "maybe" and a bunch of flowery beating around the bush in hopes of avoiding missunderstandings. But I still fail half the time xD

@mikelastname1220

2 жыл бұрын

You may not believe this, but we have the same differences right here in America. For us people living in the southern US, we think Northern US people are cold and rude. We speak with music in our voices and always try to use the "I mean", or "don't get me wrong" in all our speech. We don't want to offend. The Northeners, or Yanks as we call them, can be downright mean, rude and hateful. I hate to hear their voices when I have to call a business in New York!!!

Cool

Who is the German featured on the American talk show?

Concerning old-fashioned technology, some government agencies or businesses, expect you to FAX things!! We don't have a fax and haven't since 2004.

Weird Al Yankovic is living in Germany now?! :( Nice channel.

I'm from Upper Franconia, which is a northern district of Bavaria. If you think about southern Bavarian dialect, which is very rough and sometimes, even for Germans, hardly to understand. Frankonian dialects are very different to Bavarian ones. Most Frankonian dialects are very soft. There are no harsh sounds. You can't hear differences between T and D or P and B. Sometimes there's no spoken K-sound and you would hear a G instead of. But we have a fabulous rolling R.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

We were in southern Bavaria last weekend for some hiking and I had a very difficult time understanding people 😂 Would love to hear the rolling R you’re talking about in your part of Bavaria!

@hape3862

4 жыл бұрын

"You can't hear differences between T and D or P and B." - That's propaganda! YOU Franconians simply don't *know* the difference between "d" and "t", "p" and "b", "k" and "g" and use them the exact opposite way they should, that is not a dialect but a speech disorder - Aubrey could help you with it. ~ Greetings from Augsburg 🤪

@KaiFaber

4 жыл бұрын

@@hape3862 🤣🤣🤣 There's no disorder. Swabians just don't understand the logic behind.

@svengaefgen5909

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo have a look at the channel "Antoinette Emily" kzread.info/dron/D8i6TNQNLFq2roHgIEvxGA.html, it's quite obvious there.

@onefortexas2379

4 жыл бұрын

That’s great when living in Franconia but now that I’m here in Texas I have a terrible time distinguishing between T and D or P and B and K and G or Cs.