The word was deprived of it's original meaning. It was a purely sexual which most of the time meant "horny" about 20 years ago. Edit: Apparently 50 years 😳
About the three construction workers: they are actually the german Bundeskanzler and two of the highest german ministers (finance and economy). And Annalena is the german foreign affairs minister.
For all non-German speakers I wanna mention just in case that Hogwarts is and Gryffindor etc. are spelled one by one the same in German, but the sub-reddit kinda loves it to translate everything literally, which makes it hilarious
Nur um zu klugscheißern: The 'dor' in Gryffindor most likely is not from door, but from the italian/french d'Or (made from gold) like in pomodoro (tomato) lit. golden apple or apple made from gold. So "Greifengold" might be the more accurate translation, but definitely less funny than "Greifentür".
The "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung (AU)", better known as "yellow paper" is a document from your doctor that states that you went there and that you are on sick leave until a certain date. Normally you have to provide the yellow paper to your employer. But starting 2023 the whole process will be digitalised so the employer has to make sure he has the digital infrastructure to receive it.
And, given that we in Germany still kinda suck with everything digital, it will go horribly wrong and Most employers will go "We didn't know" eveb tho this has been known for months
Larger employers seem to have at least already processed the "trial version" = Covid online photo submission. And that actually worked as long as the employee also had the correct email address ;)
The three most powerful men, i wont call ms baerbock not less powerful than lindner. he just likes to think so.(to pick up the joke, may we call at least 2 of them "deconstruction workers"? )
"Dit passt schon" translates to "It'll be alright" - It should actually be "Das passt schon" the "Dit" is a reference to the German dialect spoken in and around Berlin where the Aquarium was located.
The Annalena meme is not about some construction workers. The construction workers on this pic are the german economy minister, chancellor and finance minister (from left to right). Annalena Baerbock is the german foreign minister. This is a political satire meme.
@@derparento4489 so is R.Habeck on the left side of the picture. whats important about that? the funny part is just those 3 who look like children and asking at a friends door.
I think we'd need a separate category on that subreddit for "German memes for Americans" where everything is written in perfect High German so that translator apps can translate it.
@@dietmarstockinger Das ist schon wirklich die eindeutigste und wortwörtlichste Übersetzung, aber in dem Kontext völliger Blödsinn, weil der Übersetzer selten mit Umgangssprache klarkommt. Ich war schon überrascht, dass "meine Eier" nicht als "my eggs" übersetzt wurde😂
The joke about the millenial workers contract is actually that everything sucks. I know that some of these would be good in america, but here the 20 days of vacation for example are the absolute legal minimum and 45 hour workweek is very very many hours
Actualy in this Case 20 days If vacation wouldnt Not be allowed as 45 hours a week are more then five days a week wich means the Minimum days of vacation would be 24
Didn't know and wouldn't have thought that only 20 days are possible in Germany. I was kind of sure the minimum was higher. It's 20 days here in Switzerland.
@@viomouse There are a lot of employers who'll always say "The law says I have to give you this much, so why should I give you more?" I have repeatedly seen Swiss people state that they wouldn't take a job where they only get 20 days paid holidays, and I am glad such people exist. I can't allow myself such demands, and such people apply the pressure to make it more likely for me to be able to refuse such "minimum paid holidays" in the future.
There is a movie called Wings of Desire. The Germany name is "Der Himmel über Berlin" that translates to the "sky above Berlin". This picture seems to be from the movie and this might be what an exotic fish saw when he was washed from the warm aquarium on to the icy cold street.
About the "Comma" and "Full stop" meme: this refers to a common habit amongst parts of the younger generation to insert the filler words "Digga" and "Alder" into any sentence a lot (often many times even in the same sentence). Maybe a bit like adding "like" to sentences in English, except these words refer to your conversational counterpart. "Alder" (properly: "Alter") just means "old (one)" and is used like "dude" or "mate". "Digga" roots in the late 80ies/early 90ies Hamburg hip hop community (which was witty and didn´t use violent or misogynistic vocabulary) and kinda merges the word "Dicker" (=fat (one), which also just means dude or mate) and an english word that despite being a racial slur against black people is used by parts of the english-speaking rap community. Thus the word "Digga" was a way to signal "hip hop" without using an inappropriate word. Today, it is part of the youth language all over Germany and is excessivly used in conversation - a fact that said teacher utilized to teach the students where to put commas and full stops :-)
Sooo today I learned that 20 days of vacation is a lot in the USA... oof. 30 is the normal amount in Germany, it's supposed to be a turn-off here. Loving these reactions though!
For the eagle thing, in Germany we often use the word 'geil' if something is nice/ awsome. Not related to the word 'horny', in that context. But it does mean that 😂😂 and 'passt schon' is more like a 'nah, it's gonna be alright../ will do'
@Blacklight I am German btw, I have no idea about etymology though and no clue what that has to do with trees or pollen lol I just meant that it does sound *related* to "geil" in the sexual context to me, not that it rly means that, but in German I could also imagine ppl saying "Der macht mich einfach an", which is sorta similar meaningwise imo
@@ymiros0953I'm also German and always thought, it had it's origin in the sexual meaning but youth culture used it as "good or awesome". It is sometimes used as the opposite of "schwul" ("gay") which was used as a synonym for "lame" "Bad" or "uncool". (And thankfully starts to die out, because it's incredibly homophobic). I Always thought they were ment as opposites: "geil" (beeing able to sexually please women) is the good one and "schwul" (Not beeing able to do it) is the opposite. Any way, geil as "awesome" Just staied and is a normal word in casual talk now.
The thing with the fish works on two levels. The text translates as "1500 exotic fish when they see the sky above Berlin". The picture is from the film "Der Himmel über Berlin" (literally "the sky above berlin", but the official English title was "Wings of Desire").
I think "as" would also work very well here instead of "when" but definitely not "like" like the translation app said :) But cool fact with the movie. I didn't know that.
@eedoo2 die wahre Bedeutung des Memes basiert auf den Vorfall vor zwei Wochen als das Riesenaquarium in dem Berliner Hotel geplatzt ist und dabei 1500 Fische gestorben sind und sie so den Berliner Himmel "gesehen haben". Das Meme hat rein gar nix mit dem Film "Der Himmel über Berlin" zu tun. Es ist eigentlich nur Zufall, dass das Bild ausgerechnet aus diesem Film stammt (vlt ist es ja auch Absicht, wer weiß), aber damit wollte die Person nur an den Vorfall in dem Berliner Hotel anspielen.
Nope it's not I guess. A few weeks ago there was an incident, where a bloody huge aquarium in a hotel lobby just bursted (it might have been the biggest one in the world but I'm not exactly sure 'bout that) and an incredible huge amount of water and exotic fish where spilled (?) through the lobby onto the street and most of them fishes died. So I assume, it's about that case. By the way the company which fabricated the tank was from America, if I've got that right
but in addition, there is the berliner slang, while berliner engineers dont have good reputation. because, of the new berline airport, which was a desaster, like this fish tank.
No joke about the Sprinter, we were driving through Germany (we're not German) and my dad was like "let's see how fast our car can really go. So we're cruising at around 200 km/h and this Sprinter just zooms past us. Don't know what kind of engines they put in these but it's kinda scary seeing something that big going that fast.
Hey Ryan, be safe in that storm! About the 'Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung'... It's the certificate of disability you are given at the doctors in Germany. On the first of January 2023 the whole system changes. Normally this certificate is printed at the docs office and you have to give/send that piece of paper (yellow note) to your employer. After 1st of Jan there will mo longer be such a printed version. The doc directly sends the certificate electronically to the health insurance and the employer can call up the information directly by using the HR administration program. After decades we (probably) will make another small step towards digitalisation. 😜
I was looking for this! It's also joking about how the employers will be totally be 'shocked' when this 'suddenly' starts next year., despite it being well known that this change would come. A while ago we did the same for the message for the health insurance (before that, you had to send your message there by yourself, too), and despite the dates being all well known, a lot of doctors weren't really prepared for it when it finally started. Turst me, I developed this software for this for one of Germany's health insurance companies. 😉
@@DualityofLife manche Ärzte machen das schon jetzt längst nicht mehr. Und das können sie auch nur solange, wie ihre Praxissoftware das anbietet. Gib dem lange genug Zeit, und die können sie einfach nicht mehr drucken.
@@RavenMethil In der Stadt ist das ja auch alles umzusetzen. Hier am Land arbeiten wir immer noch mit Schreibmaschinen teilweise, das setzt sich hier in den nächsten 10-15 Jahren nicht durch, sag ich dir.
@@DualityofLifewarten wir mal angesichts der Arbeitsmarktlage ab, wenn jemand gekündigt wird, weil er keinen gelben Schein einreicht. Das lernen Arbeitgeber dann auch schnell.
Work contract: • Work week of 40-45 hours (Monday to Friday is very common, excluding hospitals etc) • vacation days: usually 26-30 days per year excluding holidays • the C you mentioned was the € (Euro) sign
The problem is that the person made a typo. gerade = just/ now; Grad = degree... as many people say "grad" instead of "gerade" nowadays, we can see a process of changing language :D
“Today doin home office, just decided!” - I literally had the same reaction that day, I turned around and went home, because I’m not about to drop dead just to get to work.
About the "Heute Home-Office" Meme: The word "Grad" is a short for "Gerade" and means "just" in this case. So it says "Just deciced to do home office today."
@@HenryLoenwind Ok it may have been some years ago when I was working in/with an US branch of a german company. When some told me he was in the "home office" for the next day, that meant he was at the headquarters 2h drive away the next day, mostly to meet with C-Level execs. So I think home office = main headquarters in the US and ministry of interior affairs in the UK. Maybe I work my job for too long 😏
@@HenryLoenwind In the UK people talk about working from home or working remotely. You can have a room in your home that is an office, so you could say “I’ll be in my (home) office.” But you wouldn’t say “I’ll do home office today.”
The weird looking "ß" is pronounced "s" and the vovel in front of it becomes stressed and longer. "ss" is also pronounced "s" but the vovel in front of it becomes unstressed and shorter. A single "s" is a voiced "s" that would be a "z" in English. (Except when it is the last letter of a word, then it equates an English single s too.)
10:15 - that's what my mom told me yesterday to be in a "Galeria Karstadt" shopping Center in Leipzig, Germany... there also every 2nd floor's cash desks had been closed...
10:20 The interesting thing about the blocked escalator is not only that it's switched off in order to save energy, but also that the switched-off escalator is additionally blocked ... apparently the shop owners don't trust their customers to ascend or descend a non-moving escalator without falling.
@@reinhard8053 but the elevator only transports only two people, while the escalator transports many at the same time. There are also sensor controlled escalators that stop when noone is using them. The escalator steps are on a roll /Band, like at a cash register. So it only takes one motor to roll it continously while the elevator goes up down up down for each person individually. I can't imagine this to be more energy efficient
As a german I just cant stop laughing because he Sounds like He's having a stroke when he tries to pronounce german words 😂 but he is doing very well and his german is getting better and better 👍
The translation app has a lot of issues with colloquial German - who would have thought? Some people write thoese memes as they are spoken, so they drop standard German orthography and grammar. "Ick bin …" is the Berlin dialect, it sounds almost like English speakers pronounce the "Ich". "Dit" means "Das". That on the 12€ isn't a 'C' but the Euro currency symbol. But Eurocents can also be written with a ¢ (Bad resolution of the picture.) "Grad" can mean Degree (as in °C), but here it is the shortened form of "gerade (eben)" which means 'just now'. (And another translation for "Gerade" is 'straight line'.) "selbst" was translated as "selbst wenn" (even if), but here it meant "selber" = 'oneselves'. "in zwei Wochen" = "two weeks from now" (There's a change in employment laws coming next year) And yes, "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung" is a real word.
3:45: Basically the word „wie“ translates to both „like“ and „how“ in English and it translated it wrongly, it basically means like: „1.5k exotic fish and how they see the sky above Berlin“
Could also mean "as" or "when". "Erblicken" also implies that they didn't see it before So I'd translate it like "1500 exotic fish when they can suddenly see the sky above berlin"
The fish one translates roughly to: 1500 fish as they gaze upon the sky above berlin I think it is a reference to the worlds' biggest aquarium (located in berlin) bursting and flooding into the streets.
You should react to Uyen Thin. She is Vietnamese making skits about life with Germans,and they are mostly in English. Also super relatable to Germans and Austrians.
2:55 that is EXACTLY how it goes on the autobahn. If you ever see a sprinter type of Van (they are basically all refitted for craftsmen or delivery trucks .. or whatever the English description of plumber/electrician/bricklayer type of work is) just make him space, he will give zero f's anyway because he is already late no matter the time.
The meme with the "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung" means, that the german employer has to send a request to the german health insurance for getting the notification of illness from the employees. This system changes right into the new year. So if a worker isn't there, you must contact the health insurance to ask, if he is actually ill. ;-)
3:25 "1500 exotic fishes how they look at the sky of Berlin." There was an accident in a hotel in Berlin where a huge aquarium with many exotic fishes burst into pieces.
Geil is the tranladted meaning for horny, but is also often referred to as nice, cool etc. so if you see a geil, it can mean one of those and doesn't have to mean horny at all times
"Himmel über Berlin" ist the title of a famous Wim Wenders film about angels in Berlin(we use the same word "himmel" for heaven and for sky in german). the english title was "Wings of Desire"
Well, the meme about the gernan car brands on the Autobahn is sometimes for real true. The Mercedes Sprinter btw is meant their delivery car series which is common in Europe. Often these delivery car drivers drive speeds up to 160km/h (100mp/h) and often faster than normal cars.
8:13 "20 days of vacation - that's pretty good" - No, in Germany that (i.e. 4 work weeks of vacation per year) is not "pretty good" but rather the legal minimum for a full-time employment contract. Many employees have 5 or 6 weeks of vacation per year.
10:00 I actually know where this sign is. The stairs is just like 4 steps and to get to the elevator you have to walk 10m back where you came from. So no one who is not impaired uses the elevator because the escalator is turned off and that sign is for elderly people who would start panicking and shouting that the escalator is not working ^^
I thought that they block the escalator stairs with the sign because of being concerned of a possible liability risk if people would fall and get injured while using it "as normal stairs". Because the escalator stairs are much higher than the stairs of "standard" fixed stairs, there's probably a higher risk of accidents if careless clients just use it like standard stairs without concentrating on the difference in step sizes... who may perhaps then also try to sue the shop owner after falling on "these dangerous stairs". Maybe an "Achtung: Gefährliche Stufen! Benutzung auf eigene Gefahr!" - sign might have been an alternative option, I don't know.
@@malieba1443 it would be interesting in this context to know how much energy an average escalator needs per hour, compared to an average elevator which is used frequently.
@@tobyk.4911 However, the elevator is not used frequently, only by very few people with walking impairment. So you can't really compare it with an average elevator.
05:20 from the left: Minister for Economics (Robert Habeck), Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Minister for Finance (Christian Linder) asking if Annalena (Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Foreign Affairs) is coming outside for playing
An Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung is basicly a doctors note that says that you are unfit to work. Because of how the German employment system is set up (and you have to have health insurance in order to work e.g. doctor visits are free) it is used as proof that you can't work. You will still get your normal income - but your employer is able to get the money he pays you back from your insurance. Till now an employer had to hand in the doctors note at his insurance, but apparently this is about to change. (Wasn't too aware of it till now 😅)
Exactly, you had to hand in one version of the doctors note to your insurance company and one to your employer. But starting next year, the doctor will send it to your insurance company by themselves and you just have to tell your employer that you're sick so they can get a copy of the doctor's note from your insurance company.
3:33 it's '1500 exotic fish as they catch sight of the sky above Berlin'. There is a famous movie called 'The sky above Berlin', I think the picture is from this movie.
Maby you should try the DeepL translator for better translations. If something doesn't make sense this one will help a lot, because it's AI based and is therefore pretty good at keeping the meaning of a sentence, not just the words.
12:15 The "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung" that says, you are sick and do not have to work was given to the emplyee from the doc before and the emplyee had to give it to the employer within 3 days. Since 1.1.2023 the employer has to ask themselves the health care of the employee so they send it to them.
[11:30] Yes, "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung" is a real word. It is composed of "Arbeit" "Unfähigkeit" and "Bescheinigung" and there is no strict translation in english (afaik) but it is part of the German healthcare system. If you are ill, you go to your physician (free of charge) and they can certify that you are unable to work (for a limited ammount of time) by giving you a "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung". You used to have to give one of them to your imployer and one to your health ensurance within 3 days but they are changing a lot about that system lately. The ensurances get notified digitally now and apparently, now the employer also has to request it from the physician. So the closest translation of that meme would be "German employers in two weeks when they suddenly have to request the cetification of unability to work themselves."
Personally, I can relate to the "visiting Berlin vs living in Berlin" memes. I was born and raised in Berlin and moved away for uni. I love visiting because you get to do alle the exciting stuff Berlin has to offer, but I never liked living there. It's really (!) big and it can take a long time for you to get places, it's co crowded all the time and often people are in a hurry, grumpy and impolite. It's quite noisy and rents are too high. That being said, I know a lot of people who love living in Berlin and these are just my personal feelings towards Berlin :}
People in a hurry, grumpy and impolite? That`s nothing compared to Ostwestfalen! When I visit Berlin the people seem nice and welcoming. I`m from OWL region btw. xD
Komme aus Niedersachsen. Habe noch nie so unfreundliche Kassierer erlebt wie in Berlin. Das schlimme ist, dass sie ihre Unfreundlichkeit als "Berliner Schnauze" tarnen wollen (ähnlich wie in Köln). Kommt dabei aber bei weitem nicht so sympathisch rüber.
4:50 "Dit passt schon" (That will work). Says the engineer with Berlin dialect. Berlin technicians have a dubious reputation since they built the BER airport for 12 years and had to build many things several times because nothing worked and still doesn't work.
The one about the fish is them seeing the skies above. Which is great for most animals, but usually not for fish. "Passt schon" can mean both "Fits" and "Okay", depending on context. In this case, the latter is more correct. The construction workers, as others have pointed out, are the Bundeskanzler and 2 of his ministers. "Annalena" is in reference to Annalena Baerbock, the minister of foreign affairs. As for the two eagles, they are the symbols of the Bundestag and Bundesrat, respectively. The Bundestag is the german parliament and the Bundesrat is also a legislative body that doesn't really have a good analogue. It's often compared to the Hosue of Representatives, but their exact roles vary quite a bit. Also, the word "geil", while it can be translated as horny, can also be used to mean something like sick, as in "Yo, that's sick" The Spongebob meme is not 12c an hour, but 12€. Similar symbol, worlds of difference. Also, 20 days of vacation, while it is 20 days more than you are required to give in the US, is the bare minimum in Germany. High school culture doesn't really exist in Germany the way it does in the US, because Germany seperates kids into one of several school types after primary school (Also middle school and high school are the same thing here) depending on their grades. It's a completely useless system that literally noone else uses, but it's how we've always done it (though the recent years have seen efforts to reform it) The one about the escalator makes me wonder why we can't just turn it into stairs. Like, Rolltreppe literally means rolling stairs. "Grad entschieden" translates to "Just decided", though i can see why the word Grad (which can also mean degree, as in degree Celsius) would confuse the translator. The translator got confused again. It says "German employers in two weeks, when they 'suddenly' have to request doctor's notes themselves". And yes, the german word for doctor's note really is Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung. In german, compound words do not come with any dashes or the like.
10:37 the correct translation in this context is not "degree decided" but something like "decided right now" ... so it means basically "I've decided right now (spontaneously) to work at home today" (instead to go to the workplace in the employer's building)
"Kann Annalena zum spielen rauskommen" references Annalena Baerbock the German foreign minister. Construction workers or industrial workers in the snow might be some reference to the natural Gas industry.
5:12 🤣the three construction workers are, from left, Robert Habeck, Federal Minister of Economics; Chancellor Scholz and the Federal Minister of Finance Lindner. And Annalena means our incumbent Federal Foreign Minister Berbock
5:09: That are no construction workers. The guy in the middle is the Chancellor, the guy on the left the Minister of Economy and the guy to the right the Minister of Finance. And they are whether the Minister of Foreign Affairs may come outside for playing.
the three Guys - you see from left Robert Habeck (vice chancellor), Olaf Scholz (chancellor), Cristian Lindner (minister of finance), they ask for Annalena Baerbock (foreign minister) to come out to play with them.
3:17 This referes to a movie, that many have heard about but never seen: 'Der Himmel über Berlin', by Wim Wenders. English title: 'Wings of Desire' (artistically choosen, the direct translation would be 'The heaven/sky above Berlin', Note, that German has no distinction between the religous 'heaven' and the physical 'sky', it is the same word). Wikipedia has a description. Now obviously, for those unfortunate fish, the sky would be the last thing to see...
10:15 The difference is, that the escalator uses energy all the time. An elevator only when people are actually using it, otherwise it just stands still.
8:07 : When you said "12 C per hour" (in a work contract), I guess that the "C" is actually not a "C" but a "€" (a modified letter "E"), which is the currency symbol of "Euro" (just like "$“ is the symbol for Dollar). So it means "12 Euro per hour" which is (or has been ... I'm not sure what's the current number now) approximately the minimum wage. € = Euro ¢ = Cent $ = Dollar
Wait till he finds out that the Spongebob Millennials Meme is about our minimal Wage and Days of paid Vacation by Law... - 12€/h - 20 Paid days per Year (No, sick leave doesn't count into that) - Sick Leave is 100% of your Wage paid for 6 Weeks [by your Employer] , after that 70% for 1½ Years [by the Health Insurance] (After that... either, you have a private "can't work anymore Insurance" or you get into "longtime Jobless Insurance" (Harz 4 / Bürgergeld) by the Goverment)
12:35 Close-ish. It's "German employers in 2 weeks when 'all of the sudden' they are going to have request a doctors note" So I guess (not 100% on this one) that there was a legislative change so now if an employee takes ill, they aren't required to hand in a doctors note because either the employer has to request it, or the employer has to get it from the doctor? It's kind of hard to tell not knowing the exact background.
You were not that close with the pikachu face meme xD The "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung" is a certificate you get from your doctor if you are sick and cant go to work. You used to send it to your employer by mail (not e-mail) within the first or the first three days of your sickness. In 2023 that will change and you won't have to send it in yourself but your employer has to claim it from your doctor or your health insurance.. not sure how exactly that will work, just glad I won't have to send it away myself anymore :D
the "send it to your employer by mail" has changed, at least for my employer, about one or two years ago ... when I called my boss in order to inform him that I couldn't work because of COVID-19 symptoms, he told me to just send him (per Email) a photo of the Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung after I get it. So, I called my GP doctor and told him about my symptoms (and the positive PCR test result), and the next morning I got a letter from the doctor which contained the "yellow doctor's note". Then I just had to take a photo with my phone and email it to my boss.
@@tobyk.4911 I still have to send it by mail.. pretty old school.. as digitalization is in germany xD so therefore I am almost exited to see how the new system will perform
@@sorvahr8761 Die Regelung bis jetzt war auch extrem beschissen, der Betrieb konnte ein Vorzeigen der Krankmeldung am ersten Tag der Krankheit verlangen. Die Post ist dafür dann nicht schnell genug. Muss man also krank dort abgeben, oder von jemanden abgeben lassen. Die neue Regelung ist ein Segen. :)
@@spiegelboss2820 Ja da geb ich dir Recht ^^ Zum Glück reichte meinem Arbeitgeber das bisher immer wenn ich sie wenigstens am selben Tag noch losschicke. Freu mich trotzdem aufs neue System und bin gespannt wie das so wird. Vor allem bei Firmen die Jahrelang nichts digitalisiert haben und nun gezwungen sind xD
The exotic fish meme lacks a comma before “wie” that’s why it’s translating as “like”, whereas the correct …,wie would translate: 1500 exotic fish, as they see the sky…
you have a maximum of 40 hour weeks ( on average over 6 months ) then there is the minimum wage of 12.00 euro basicly in germany the spongebob contract would burn itself in germany since it would be against many workcontract related laws
I like that you liked the "Arbeitsvertag" (8:30) as is mostly what the law is guaranting anyway: *It is the current minimum wage in Germany (12EUR/hour) *the minimum statutory holiday entitlement of a 5-day week (20 days) *the maximum permissible weekly working time (for regular jobs in sales or office) (45 hours/week) *Overtime normally should be an exception "ordered" by the boss (if operationally necessary) *Companies often offer holiday bonuses, Christmas bonuses or inflation compensation (used to be more common in the past, but are no longer the norm) *"Temporary" used to be uncommon in Germany (30 years ago), but is now common in many industries (temporary employment in the same position at the same employer is limited)
Don't know if anybody explained, but "iel" is just the first letter of the German translation of IRL. Also, the "three construction workers" are important politicians in Germany, and Annalena the minister for external affairs is missing. Also "wie" means "how" or "like" and "geil" means "cool" or "horny".
The Meme about germans thinking about people from other parts of the country as savages is pretty true. I moved apartments in the south and quite a couple of eligible landlords told me that i got no chance of renting the place because i am from a particular state... then again most people won't even believe you the moment you tell them about it. Pretty sad... really.
Never heard the Apotheke one but the other ones definitely. There's no other way to say that someone has a hangover for example. Most of then I actually use when the respective situation occurs and I've never thought about it...
Bundestag is the German Parlament. Bundesrat is comparable to the US Senat - politically it is not too important though (alrhough their coat of arms is objectivley cooler)
in germany, by law, every worker has a minimum of 24 days of vacation per year. Provided you have a full-time job. However, the employer can voluntarily give more vacation days. For example, if the employee has been with the company for a long time or as a salary increase. So it can also be that you get 32 days of vacation a year. The wage is, of course, paid in full.
Next Hint: The "construction workers" are the german cancelor Olaf Scholz and two of his ministers (from social democrat and liberal party), Annalena (Last name: Baerbock) is the german foreign minister (in the US: secratary of state) from the green party; it's all about the negociations for coalition government
das ist sooo geil XD Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung = Krankenschein vom Arzt ausgestellt XD ich kann 0 Endlich, aber schaue deine Videos echt gerne ich liebe dein Format du musst mal nach Deutschland kommen und das live streamen ^^ mach weiter so
Yes, “Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung” is a word. It’s like a permission slip for not going to work (I think - correct me if I’m wrong!). In German, it’s possible to literally smack all possible words after each other to form stuff like that. Hubschrauberlandeplatzbeleuchtungswachpostenersatz Schornsteinfegerausbildungsabschlussprüfungsabnehmer*in Can we get more in the replies?
tbh, even if these 2 words exist, nobody will use it. "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinung" though will be used, even if most will prefer "AU" or "gelber Schein".
A Mercedes sprinter is a type of van (basically all types of large vans can be referred to as "Sprinters", it's a brand name that became the name for a whole category of vehicles), the point being that van drivers are absolutely insane.
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"geil" doesn't mean horny here. It's a slang for awesome/cool/badass/.., something that is exceptionally great.
like wicked or sick mean don't have to mean sth is bad
It can mean 'horny' depending on the context.
toll, uber, krass
The word was deprived of it's original meaning. It was a purely sexual which most of the time meant "horny" about 20 years ago.
Edit: Apparently 50 years 😳
@@niismo. more than 20 years ago.
The Mercedes Sprinter meme is not really about it being a Mercedes, but about it being a large delivery van.
You should add about the driver in it.
@@hijiri0794 Ah yes the Handwerker.
and it easily beeing able to keep up with them at 200kph
Not easily fromm 160 to 200 ITS A Long Time to exelerate so ITS extra Stress to Break down
@@xloltimex38 200??? more like 220+ :D:D
About the three construction workers: they are actually the german Bundeskanzler and two of the highest german ministers (finance and economy). And Annalena is the german foreign affairs minister.
Joa, ich dachte auch, dass das auf Frau Baerbock anspielen würde.
joa, I also thought that this was hinting at Mrs. Baerbock.
Kapier aber auch nicht wo das lustig ist
@@kartoffelbrei8090 Ich denke der Bezug ist, da im Hintergrund eine Frachtschiff zu sein scheint, die Debatte um die Flüssiggasterminals
The foto was taken at the official opening of the first LNG terminal in Wilhelmshafen.
@@Fyrwin So she wasn't gonna show up playing with her friends and their new 44 billion tons a year of hydrocarbon import device? hehe
For all non-German speakers I wanna mention just in case that Hogwarts is and Gryffindor etc. are spelled one by one the same in German, but the sub-reddit kinda loves it to translate everything literally, which makes it hilarious
Nur um zu klugscheißern: The 'dor' in Gryffindor most likely is not from door, but from the italian/french d'Or (made from gold) like in pomodoro (tomato) lit. golden apple or apple made from gold. So "Greifengold" might be the more accurate translation, but definitely less funny than "Greifentür".
And Harry Potter is Harald Töpfer.
@@EyMannMachHin Der Name ist literally Gryffindor weil der Charakter der das Haus gegründet hat (in Story) so hieß
@@Hendricus56 Ja schon klar, aber der Name ist ja trotzdem an was angelehnt
My favourite word is kringelig. I’ve actually started using it in real life
I love how this American guy becomes more and more german without noticing.
The plan worked all along.
We already captured the Internet. From here, we'll take over the world, without them even noticing
@@tanja_the_fox I thought we keep our master plan a secret till the final take over?
@@the_real_inquisitor you won't wake up tomorrow
@@tanja_the_fox neither will you.
@@the_real_inquisitor the German empire will rise again
The "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung (AU)", better known as "yellow paper" is a document from your doctor that states that you went there and that you are on sick leave until a certain date. Normally you have to provide the yellow paper to your employer. But starting 2023 the whole process will be digitalised so the employer has to make sure he has the digital infrastructure to receive it.
And, given that we in Germany still kinda suck with everything digital, it will go horribly wrong and Most employers will go "We didn't know" eveb tho this has been known for months
Ich (Arbeitnehmer) lese darüber zum ersten Mal. Wieder was gelernt
@@noname-xw4uk war die letzten monate im probelauf, hat nicht funktioniert, mein arzt arbeitet noch mit karteikarten, das wird lustig.
@@Takimon which is a meme by itsself.
Larger employers seem to have at least already processed the "trial version" = Covid online photo submission.
And that actually worked as long as the employee also had the correct email address ;)
Ioved it when you addressed the three most powerful persons in Germany as construction workers.
The three most powerful men, i wont call ms baerbock not less powerful than lindner. he just likes to think so.(to pick up the joke, may we call at least 2 of them "deconstruction workers"? )
@@Takimon und korrupt. Mag Lindner wegen BUBATZ
@@Takimon LOL
Following the Merkel era they essentially ARE construction workers in a way ☝️
There is a lot that needs to be fixed after 16 years of CDU.
"Dit passt schon" translates to "It'll be alright" - It should actually be "Das passt schon" the "Dit" is a reference to the German dialect spoken in and around Berlin where the Aquarium was located.
as is the Ick in the beginning
or maybe "it'll work"
Like the critical drinker says it , nah it will be fine.
For me it sounds like 'we never tried this before, no idea if it will work... Let' s hope the best'
And it finds to the bad reputation that Berlin has when it comes to accuracy and technical proficiency (our rather lack of)
The Annalena meme is not about some construction workers. The construction workers on this pic are the german economy minister, chancellor and finance minister (from left to right). Annalena Baerbock is the german foreign minister.
This is a political satire meme.
they just look like kids, asking the parents of annalena, if shes allowed to come out to play.
And it is important to mention that Annalena belongs to the "Greens" and she trys to work against global warming 😉
@@derparento4489 so is R.Habeck on the left side of the picture. whats important about that? the funny part is just those 3 who look like children and asking at a friends door.
@@derparento4489 yeah funfact, they dont fight against it, shutting down npps, building lng´s. thats how you do the opposite.
"We have three construction workers here" - I can't stop laughing, OMG!
Gotta be honest, we'd do the same if it were US politicians unless it's someone like Joe Biden or Donald Drumpf.
I think we'd need a separate category on that subreddit for "German memes for Americans" where everything is written in perfect High German so that translator apps can translate it.
Nah, that wouldn't be ich_iel anymore
Thats the hole point of this sub. If you want plain german to be written, go to r/deutschememes
Yeah, but "Grad" to "degree"? Seriously?
just look at what they do to comments with english in them :D
@@dietmarstockinger Das ist schon wirklich die eindeutigste und wortwörtlichste Übersetzung, aber in dem Kontext völliger Blödsinn, weil der Übersetzer selten mit Umgangssprache klarkommt. Ich war schon überrascht, dass "meine Eier" nicht als "my eggs" übersetzt wurde😂
The joke about the millenial workers contract is actually that everything sucks. I know that some of these would be good in america, but here the 20 days of vacation for example are the absolute legal minimum and 45 hour workweek is very very many hours
Actualy in this Case 20 days If vacation wouldnt Not be allowed as 45 hours a week are more then five days a week wich means the Minimum days of vacation would be 24
and the payment is the bare minimum that is legal. This contract sucks on all terms here in germany.
Didn't know and wouldn't have thought that only 20 days are possible in Germany. I was kind of sure the minimum was higher. It's 20 days here in Switzerland.
@@camelopardalis84 I've never heard of anyone who only has so few days, but some asses of employers might do that...
@@viomouse There are a lot of employers who'll always say "The law says I have to give you this much, so why should I give you more?"
I have repeatedly seen Swiss people state that they wouldn't take a job where they only get 20 days paid holidays, and I am glad such people exist. I can't allow myself such demands, and such people apply the pressure to make it more likely for me to be able to refuse such "minimum paid holidays" in the future.
Grad doesn't mean degree in this case but rather "just" which is actually "gerade" but coloquially gets shortened to "grad"/"grade"
came here to say this
yeah I think its a pun.
This word meaning both should be the fun part in in this meme
3:45 It translates to "1500 exotic fish, when they see the sky of Berlin"
You could also use "as" instead of "when"
And the "sky over Berlin" part is referencing a movie "Der Himmel über Berlin" (1987). The Picture is a still from that movie.
There is a movie called Wings of Desire. The Germany name is "Der Himmel über Berlin" that translates to the "sky above Berlin". This picture seems to be from the movie and this might be what an exotic fish saw when he was washed from the warm aquarium on to the icy cold street.
i thought that is some ww2 reference
@@OswaldvdS Here "Himmel" might be better translated as "Heaven".
"20 vacation days..sounds pretty good."
Me: Crying because I only have 26 days instead of 30
Falls es dich tröstet, Mindestanspruch sind immer noch 20😜
yes, same for me. at least i only work 20 hours a week.
@@niklnik1008 bei einer 5 Tage Woche ja -.- und das ist nicht lustig...
About the "Comma" and "Full stop" meme: this refers to a common habit amongst parts of the younger generation to insert the filler words "Digga" and "Alder" into any sentence a lot (often many times even in the same sentence). Maybe a bit like adding "like" to sentences in English, except these words refer to your conversational counterpart. "Alder" (properly: "Alter") just means "old (one)" and is used like "dude" or "mate". "Digga" roots in the late 80ies/early 90ies Hamburg hip hop community (which was witty and didn´t use violent or misogynistic vocabulary) and kinda merges the word "Dicker" (=fat (one), which also just means dude or mate) and an english word that despite being a racial slur against black people is used by parts of the english-speaking rap community. Thus the word "Digga" was a way to signal "hip hop" without using an inappropriate word. Today, it is part of the youth language all over Germany and is excessivly used in conversation - a fact that said teacher utilized to teach the students where to put commas and full stops :-)
Okay das war etwas das ich nicht wusste.
Yupp, and I hate it so much ...
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I understood "oda?" not Alda
and it works
"I you explain it like this Digga with an example Digga it's easy oda?"
Sooo today I learned that 20 days of vacation is a lot in the USA... oof. 30 is the normal amount in Germany, it's supposed to be a turn-off here. Loving these reactions though!
The whole contract is crap. 12€ (€ = Euro) is minimum wage. 45 h/week indicates a six day week, so, by law, you must get 24 days of vacation
@@kilsestoffel3690 yeah ik, was just pointing out that nothing about it is good cuz Ryan seemed to think that 20 vacation days were alright
I declined a job offer because it only had 24 vacation days.
@@buciallstar
Normally I would get 30 days vacation. But in my current job, I got 5 days extra because of my disability. So 35 days vacation.
i actually get, thanks to my trade union contract, 38 days payed off. but since we work a lot, i will increase that by another 14 days, at least.
For the eagle thing, in Germany we often use the word 'geil' if something is nice/ awsome. Not related to the word 'horny', in that context. But it does mean that 😂😂
and 'passt schon' is more like a 'nah, it's gonna be alright../ will do'
@@ymiros0953 originally it referred to trees during pollen/mating season, I think.
@Blacklight I am German btw, I have no idea about etymology though and no clue what that has to do with trees or pollen lol
I just meant that it does sound *related* to "geil" in the sexual context to me, not that it rly means that, but in German I could also imagine ppl saying "Der macht mich einfach an", which is sorta similar meaningwise imo
@@ymiros0953I'm also German and always thought, it had it's origin in the sexual meaning but youth culture used it as "good or awesome". It is sometimes used as the opposite of "schwul" ("gay") which was used as a synonym for "lame" "Bad" or "uncool". (And thankfully starts to die out, because it's incredibly homophobic). I Always thought they were ment as opposites: "geil" (beeing able to sexually please women) is the good one and "schwul" (Not beeing able to do it) is the opposite. Any way, geil as "awesome" Just staied and is a normal word in casual talk now.
The thing with the fish works on two levels. The text translates as "1500 exotic fish when they see the sky above Berlin". The picture is from the film "Der Himmel über Berlin" (literally "the sky above berlin", but the official English title was "Wings of Desire").
I think "as" would also work very well here instead of "when" but definitely not "like" like the translation app said :) But cool fact with the movie. I didn't know that.
@eedoo2 die wahre Bedeutung des Memes basiert auf den Vorfall vor zwei Wochen als das Riesenaquarium in dem Berliner Hotel geplatzt ist und dabei 1500 Fische gestorben sind und sie so den Berliner Himmel "gesehen haben". Das Meme hat rein gar nix mit dem Film "Der Himmel über Berlin" zu tun. Es ist eigentlich nur Zufall, dass das Bild ausgerechnet aus diesem Film stammt (vlt ist es ja auch Absicht, wer weiß), aber damit wollte die Person nur an den Vorfall in dem Berliner Hotel anspielen.
Nope it's not I guess. A few weeks ago there was an incident, where a bloody huge aquarium in a hotel lobby just bursted (it might have been the biggest one in the world but I'm not exactly sure 'bout that) and an incredible huge amount of water and exotic fish where spilled (?) through the lobby onto the street and most of them fishes died. So I assume, it's about that case. By the way the company which fabricated the tank was from America, if I've got that right
The engineer-meme is literally "Trust me, I am an engineer" just in german
but in addition, there is the berliner slang, while berliner engineers dont have good reputation. because, of the new berline airport, which was a desaster, like this fish tank.
@@BlacKi-nd4uy look up the video "Trust me, i'm an engineer !" by TheVilkaz from 10 years ago with 13,758,953 views. No need to point out the slang...
@@HenryLoenwind i would disagree here.
@@HenryLoenwind Thank you for reminding me of this masterpiece.
No joke about the Sprinter, we were driving through Germany (we're not German) and my dad was like "let's see how fast our car can really go. So we're cruising at around 200 km/h and this Sprinter just zooms past us. Don't know what kind of engines they put in these but it's kinda scary seeing something that big going that fast.
Hey Ryan, be safe in that storm!
About the 'Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung'... It's the certificate of disability you are given at the doctors in Germany. On the first of January 2023 the whole system changes. Normally this certificate is printed at the docs office and you have to give/send that piece of paper (yellow note) to your employer. After 1st of Jan there will mo longer be such a printed version. The doc directly sends the certificate electronically to the health insurance and the employer can call up the information directly by using the HR administration program.
After decades we (probably) will make another small step towards digitalisation. 😜
I was looking for this!
It's also joking about how the employers will be totally be 'shocked' when this 'suddenly' starts next year., despite it being well known that this change would come. A while ago we did the same for the message for the health insurance (before that, you had to send your message there by yourself, too), and despite the dates being all well known, a lot of doctors weren't really prepared for it when it finally started.
Turst me, I developed this software for this for one of Germany's health insurance companies. 😉
ngl das wird niemanden jucken, die werden immer noch gelbe zettel rausgeben und jeder arbeitgeber wird die annehmen, zumindest hier aufm land
@@DualityofLife manche Ärzte machen das schon jetzt längst nicht mehr. Und das können sie auch nur solange, wie ihre Praxissoftware das anbietet. Gib dem lange genug Zeit, und die können sie einfach nicht mehr drucken.
@@RavenMethil In der Stadt ist das ja auch alles umzusetzen. Hier am Land arbeiten wir immer noch mit Schreibmaschinen teilweise, das setzt sich hier in den nächsten 10-15 Jahren nicht durch, sag ich dir.
@@DualityofLifewarten wir mal angesichts der Arbeitsmarktlage ab, wenn jemand gekündigt wird, weil er keinen gelben Schein einreicht. Das lernen Arbeitgeber dann auch schnell.
5:14 "three construction workers" killed me xD
Work contract:
• Work week of 40-45 hours (Monday to Friday is very common, excluding hospitals etc)
• vacation days: usually 26-30 days per year excluding holidays
• the C you mentioned was the € (Euro) sign
I like how @10:31 it translated to "degree decided" even though he (most likely) meant "just decided"
but both translations make sense
The problem is that the person made a typo. gerade = just/ now; Grad = degree... as many people say "grad" instead of "gerade" nowadays, we can see a process of changing language :D
@@summersnowflake2865 I am that person and I ofc knew this was "Umgangssprache" but to be fair, I didn't anticipate an American reacting to it
20 days vacation and you go "that's pretty good actually"... oh you poor soul. 😆
“Today doin home office, just decided!” - I literally had the same reaction that day, I turned around and went home, because I’m not about to drop dead just to get to work.
10:35 Grad' is a shortened version of gerade so it says "Home-Office (for) today - Just decided".
About the "Heute Home-Office" Meme: The word "Grad" is a short for "Gerade" and means "just" in this case. So it says "Just deciced to do home office today."
German "home office" is a false friend too, would be translated as "working from home". So the video said "Working from home today - Just decided"
@@kuebbisch BTW, "home office" is backfeeding into English, but the meaning hasn't stabilised yet. In any case, it's an interesting word to watch.
@@HenryLoenwind Ok it may have been some years ago when I was working in/with an US branch of a german company. When some told me he was in the "home office" for the next day, that meant he was at the headquarters 2h drive away the next day, mostly to meet with C-Level execs. So I think home office = main headquarters in the US and ministry of interior affairs in the UK. Maybe I work my job for too long 😏
@@HenryLoenwind In the UK people talk about working from home or working remotely. You can have a room in your home that is an office, so you could say “I’ll be in my (home) office.” But you wouldn’t say “I’ll do home office today.”
Hilarious! 😄 Thanks for making me laugh and brightening up my day 😃
The weird looking "ß" is pronounced "s" and the vovel in front of it becomes stressed and longer.
"ss" is also pronounced "s" but the vovel in front of it becomes unstressed and shorter.
A single "s" is a voiced "s" that would be a "z" in English. (Except when it is the last letter of a word, then it equates an English single s too.)
I'd say the German "s" comes close to the English "z". "Zoom" starts pretty much the same as "Suppe".
@@SmartAndy Yeah I guess you're right, I only thought about the s ^^
10:45 "Today home-office" -> "just decided" (cause of the ice)
Damn!! How you remembered the "passt schon" and the explanation the community gave you. I applaud you!!!!! :D
10:15 - that's what my mom told me yesterday to be in a "Galeria Karstadt" shopping Center in Leipzig, Germany... there also every 2nd floor's cash desks had been closed...
10:20 The interesting thing about the blocked escalator is not only that it's switched off in order to save energy, but also that the switched-off escalator is additionally blocked ... apparently the shop owners don't trust their customers to ascend or descend a non-moving escalator without falling.
It might even be a legal necessity. The steps of an escalator are quite high and there are rules for allowed step heights.
@@reinhard8053 And for step uniformity.
I thought the joke was to use the elevator. Which takes way more energy than the escalator.
@@Kath-Erina Why should it ? Both have their counterweights and just need to lift the load. But the escalator runs all the time.
@@reinhard8053 but the elevator only transports only two people, while the escalator transports many at the same time. There are also sensor controlled escalators that stop when noone is using them. The escalator steps are on a roll /Band, like at a cash register. So it only takes one motor to roll it continously while the elevator goes up down up down for each person individually. I can't imagine this to be more energy efficient
As a german I just cant stop laughing because he Sounds like He's having a stroke when he tries to pronounce german words 😂 but he is doing very well and his german is getting better and better 👍
He sounds like he's speaking Dutch
The translation app has a lot of issues with colloquial German - who would have thought?
Some people write thoese memes as they are spoken, so they drop standard German orthography and grammar.
"Ick bin …" is the Berlin dialect, it sounds almost like English speakers pronounce the "Ich". "Dit" means "Das".
That on the 12€ isn't a 'C' but the Euro currency symbol. But Eurocents can also be written with a ¢ (Bad resolution of the picture.)
"Grad" can mean Degree (as in °C), but here it is the shortened form of "gerade (eben)" which means 'just now'. (And another translation for "Gerade" is 'straight line'.)
"selbst" was translated as "selbst wenn" (even if), but here it meant "selber" = 'oneselves'.
"in zwei Wochen" = "two weeks from now" (There's a change in employment laws coming next year)
And yes, "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung" is a real word.
3:44 It means: "1500 exotic fish like they see the sky above Berlin"
3:45:
Basically the word „wie“ translates to both „like“ and „how“ in English and it translated it wrongly, it basically means like: „1.5k exotic fish and how they see the sky above Berlin“
Could also mean "as" or "when". "Erblicken" also implies that they didn't see it before
So I'd translate it like "1500 exotic fish when they can suddenly see the sky above berlin"
I think it's more like "...as they see..."
The fish one translates roughly to: 1500 fish as they gaze upon the sky above berlin
I think it is a reference to the worlds' biggest aquarium (located in berlin) bursting and flooding into the streets.
You should react to Uyen Thin. She is Vietnamese making skits about life with Germans,and they are mostly in English. Also super relatable to Germans and Austrians.
"super relatable" she fished herself a upper mid middle class boyfriend, her shorts are really not average life representation.
2:55 that is EXACTLY how it goes on the autobahn.
If you ever see a sprinter type of Van (they are basically all refitted for craftsmen or delivery trucks .. or whatever the English description of plumber/electrician/bricklayer type of work is) just make him space, he will give zero f's anyway because he is already late no matter the time.
The meme with the "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung" means, that the german employer has to send a request to the german health insurance for getting the notification of illness from the employees. This system changes right into the new year. So if a worker isn't there, you must contact the health insurance to ask, if he is actually ill. ;-)
3:25 "1500 exotic fishes how they look at the sky of Berlin."
There was an accident in a hotel in Berlin where a huge aquarium with many exotic fishes burst into pieces.
Geil is the tranladted meaning for horny, but is also often referred to as nice, cool etc. so if you see a geil, it can mean one of those and doesn't have to mean horny at all times
"Himmel über Berlin" ist the title of a famous Wim Wenders film about angels in Berlin(we use the same word "himmel" for heaven and for sky in german). the english title was "Wings of Desire"
Well, the meme about the gernan car brands on the Autobahn is sometimes for real true. The Mercedes Sprinter btw is meant their delivery car series which is common in Europe. Often these delivery car drivers drive speeds up to 160km/h (100mp/h) and often faster than normal cars.
Fish meme: "wie" needed to be translated to "how" "as" or "when" here, not to "like".
So it means "1500 exotic fish as they see the Berlin sky."
I just love that he tries to say the German words 😊
8:13 "20 days of vacation - that's pretty good" - No, in Germany that (i.e. 4 work weeks of vacation per year) is not "pretty good" but rather the legal minimum for a full-time employment contract. Many employees have 5 or 6 weeks of vacation per year.
10:00 I actually know where this sign is. The stairs is just like 4 steps and to get to the elevator you have to walk 10m back where you came from. So no one who is not impaired uses the elevator because the escalator is turned off and that sign is for elderly people who would start panicking and shouting that the escalator is not working ^^
I thought that they block the escalator stairs with the sign because of being concerned of a possible liability risk if people would fall and get injured while using it "as normal stairs". Because the escalator stairs are much higher than the stairs of "standard" fixed stairs, there's probably a higher risk of accidents if careless clients just use it like standard stairs without concentrating on the difference in step sizes... who may perhaps then also try to sue the shop owner after falling on "these dangerous stairs".
Maybe an "Achtung: Gefährliche Stufen! Benutzung auf eigene Gefahr!" - sign might have been an alternative option, I don't know.
I thought it was a joke - because the elevator needs also electricity.
@@malieba1443 it would be interesting in this context to know how much energy an average escalator needs per hour, compared to an average elevator which is used frequently.
@@tobyk.4911 However, the elevator is not used frequently, only by very few people with walking impairment. So you can't really compare it with an average elevator.
The real joke is that it is inside of a Galeria Karstadt/Kaufhof which has just filed for its second insolvency in 2 years. So yeah for the climate ^^
I laughed hard at your try at 11:48. Thank you Ryan! Please never stop.
05:20 from the left: Minister for Economics (Robert Habeck), Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Minister for Finance (Christian Linder) asking if Annalena (Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Foreign Affairs) is coming outside for playing
8:11 Lol that was the funniest part of it.
I have never in my life seen a workplace offer as low as 20 days vacation.
An Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung is basicly a doctors note that says that you are unfit to work. Because of how the German employment system is set up (and you have to have health insurance in order to work e.g. doctor visits are free) it is used as proof that you can't work. You will still get your normal income - but your employer is able to get the money he pays you back from your insurance. Till now an employer had to hand in the doctors note at his insurance, but apparently this is about to change. (Wasn't too aware of it till now 😅)
Exactly, you had to hand in one version of the doctors note to your insurance company and one to your employer. But starting next year, the doctor will send it to your insurance company by themselves and you just have to tell your employer that you're sick so they can get a copy of the doctor's note from your insurance company.
You mean an employee had to hand it in until now, not an employer lol
3:33 it's '1500 exotic fish as they catch sight of the sky above Berlin'. There is a famous movie called 'The sky above Berlin', I think the picture is from this movie.
Maby you should try the DeepL translator for better translations.
If something doesn't make sense this one will help a lot, because it's AI based and is therefore pretty good at keeping the meaning of a sentence, not just the words.
12:15 The "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung" that says, you are sick and do not have to work was given to the emplyee from the doc before and the emplyee had to give it to the employer within 3 days.
Since 1.1.2023 the employer has to ask themselves the health care of the employee so they send it to them.
11:25 this meme means "today working from home, just decided" or something like this.
Yep. The "grad" ist just dialect for "gerade" which would mean "just right now" in that context.
[11:30] Yes, "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung" is a real word. It is composed of "Arbeit" "Unfähigkeit" and "Bescheinigung" and there is no strict translation in english (afaik) but it is part of the German healthcare system. If you are ill, you go to your physician (free of charge) and they can certify that you are unable to work (for a limited ammount of time) by giving you a "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung". You used to have to give one of them to your imployer and one to your health ensurance within 3 days but they are changing a lot about that system lately. The ensurances get notified digitally now and apparently, now the employer also has to request it from the physician.
So the closest translation of that meme would be "German employers in two weeks when they suddenly have to request the cetification of unability to work themselves."
Personally, I can relate to the "visiting Berlin vs living in Berlin" memes. I was born and raised in Berlin and moved away for uni. I love visiting because you get to do alle the exciting stuff Berlin has to offer, but I never liked living there. It's really (!) big and it can take a long time for you to get places, it's co crowded all the time and often people are in a hurry, grumpy and impolite. It's quite noisy and rents are too high. That being said, I know a lot of people who love living in Berlin and these are just my personal feelings towards Berlin :}
People in a hurry, grumpy and impolite? That`s nothing compared to Ostwestfalen! When I visit Berlin the people seem nice and welcoming. I`m from OWL region btw. xD
Komme aus Niedersachsen. Habe noch nie so unfreundliche Kassierer erlebt wie in Berlin. Das schlimme ist, dass sie ihre Unfreundlichkeit als "Berliner Schnauze" tarnen wollen (ähnlich wie in Köln). Kommt dabei aber bei weitem nicht so sympathisch rüber.
4:50 "Dit passt schon" (That will work). Says the engineer with Berlin dialect.
Berlin technicians have a dubious reputation since they built the BER airport for 12 years and had to build many things several times because nothing worked and still doesn't work.
You are very sympathetic. I think that's why so many Germans watch your videos. Keep up the good work.
In Germany u can go 300 kmh + and a BMW behind u is coming with flashing lights to overtake
The one about the fish is them seeing the skies above. Which is great for most animals, but usually not for fish.
"Passt schon" can mean both "Fits" and "Okay", depending on context. In this case, the latter is more correct.
The construction workers, as others have pointed out, are the Bundeskanzler and 2 of his ministers. "Annalena" is in reference to Annalena Baerbock, the minister of foreign affairs.
As for the two eagles, they are the symbols of the Bundestag and Bundesrat, respectively. The Bundestag is the german parliament and the Bundesrat is also a legislative body that doesn't really have a good analogue. It's often compared to the Hosue of Representatives, but their exact roles vary quite a bit. Also, the word "geil", while it can be translated as horny, can also be used to mean something like sick, as in "Yo, that's sick"
The Spongebob meme is not 12c an hour, but 12€. Similar symbol, worlds of difference. Also, 20 days of vacation, while it is 20 days more than you are required to give in the US, is the bare minimum in Germany.
High school culture doesn't really exist in Germany the way it does in the US, because Germany seperates kids into one of several school types after primary school (Also middle school and high school are the same thing here) depending on their grades. It's a completely useless system that literally noone else uses, but it's how we've always done it (though the recent years have seen efforts to reform it)
The one about the escalator makes me wonder why we can't just turn it into stairs. Like, Rolltreppe literally means rolling stairs.
"Grad entschieden" translates to "Just decided", though i can see why the word Grad (which can also mean degree, as in degree Celsius) would confuse the translator.
The translator got confused again. It says "German employers in two weeks, when they 'suddenly' have to request doctor's notes themselves". And yes, the german word for doctor's note really is Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung. In german, compound words do not come with any dashes or the like.
10:37 the correct translation in this context is not "degree decided" but something like "decided right now"
... so it means basically "I've decided right now (spontaneously) to work at home today"
(instead to go to the workplace in the employer's building)
"Kann Annalena zum spielen rauskommen" references Annalena Baerbock the German foreign minister. Construction workers or industrial workers in the snow might be some reference to the natural Gas industry.
I think the construction workers were the chancler Scholz, and the ministers Habeck and Lindner
5:12 🤣the three construction workers are, from left, Robert Habeck, Federal Minister of Economics; Chancellor Scholz and the Federal Minister of Finance Lindner. And Annalena means our incumbent Federal Foreign Minister Berbock
Hi Ryan, I hardly comment, but now I've to, 'cause your pronunciation of our "ü" is perfectly on point. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
5:09: That are no construction workers. The guy in the middle is the Chancellor, the guy on the left the Minister of Economy and the guy to the right the Minister of Finance. And they are whether the Minister of Foreign Affairs may come outside for playing.
the three Guys - you see from left Robert Habeck (vice chancellor), Olaf Scholz (chancellor), Cristian Lindner (minister of finance), they ask for Annalena Baerbock (foreign minister) to come out to play with them.
3:17 This referes to a movie, that many have heard about but never seen: 'Der Himmel über Berlin', by Wim Wenders. English title: 'Wings of Desire' (artistically choosen, the direct translation would be 'The heaven/sky above Berlin', Note, that German has no distinction between the religous 'heaven' and the physical 'sky', it is the same word). Wikipedia has a description. Now obviously, for those unfortunate fish, the sky would be the last thing to see...
In Germany you are entitled to 20 days of vacation if you have a 5 day work week, 30 are common
10:15
The difference is, that the escalator uses energy all the time. An elevator only when people are actually using it, otherwise it just stands still.
8:07 : When you said "12 C per hour" (in a work contract), I guess that the "C" is actually not a "C" but a "€" (a modified letter "E"), which is the currency symbol of "Euro" (just like "$“ is the symbol for Dollar). So it means "12 Euro per hour" which is (or has been ... I'm not sure what's the current number now) approximately the minimum wage.
€ = Euro
¢ = Cent
$ = Dollar
Can confirm, since October 1st 2022 the minimum wage is 12€ per hour. It will probably be increased in January 2024 again.
every time the elevator goes up, it uses the counterweights, so just going down uses a bit of power . it is pretty effective in energy conservation
Hey Ryan 👋🏻
Greetings from Germany. You make such lovely videos. It shows an different but authentic view on German’s ! I love it 😍
Wait till he finds out that the Spongebob Millennials Meme is about our minimal Wage and Days of paid Vacation by Law...
- 12€/h
- 20 Paid days per Year
(No, sick leave doesn't count into that)
- Sick Leave is 100% of your Wage paid for 6 Weeks [by your Employer] , after that 70% for 1½ Years [by the Health Insurance]
(After that... either, you have a private "can't work anymore Insurance" or you get into "longtime Jobless Insurance" (Harz 4 / Bürgergeld) by the Goverment)
"geil" at 6:12 actually means cool in this context
Or "dope". There are a lot of option, but google translate always takes the first one …
@@Cau_No yeah, just wanted to say "dope" as well, that would be the most appropriate translation I think.
12:35 Close-ish. It's "German employers in 2 weeks when 'all of the sudden' they are going to have request a doctors note"
So I guess (not 100% on this one) that there was a legislative change so now if an employee takes ill, they aren't required to hand in a doctors note because either the employer has to request it, or the employer has to get it from the doctor? It's kind of hard to tell not knowing the exact background.
You were not that close with the pikachu face meme xD The "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung" is a certificate you get from your doctor if you are sick and cant go to work. You used to send it to your employer by mail (not e-mail) within the first or the first three days of your sickness. In 2023 that will change and you won't have to send it in yourself but your employer has to claim it from your doctor or your health insurance.. not sure how exactly that will work, just glad I won't have to send it away myself anymore :D
the "send it to your employer by mail" has changed, at least for my employer, about one or two years ago ... when I called my boss in order to inform him that I couldn't work because of COVID-19 symptoms, he told me to just send him (per Email) a photo of the Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung after I get it.
So, I called my GP doctor and told him about my symptoms (and the positive PCR test result), and the next morning I got a letter from the doctor which contained the "yellow doctor's note". Then I just had to take a photo with my phone and email it to my boss.
@@tobyk.4911 I still have to send it by mail.. pretty old school.. as digitalization is in germany xD so therefore I am almost exited to see how the new system will perform
@@sorvahr8761 Die Regelung bis jetzt war auch extrem beschissen, der Betrieb konnte ein Vorzeigen der Krankmeldung am ersten Tag der Krankheit verlangen. Die Post ist dafür dann nicht schnell genug. Muss man also krank dort abgeben, oder von jemanden abgeben lassen. Die neue Regelung ist ein Segen. :)
@@spiegelboss2820 Ja da geb ich dir Recht ^^ Zum Glück reichte meinem Arbeitgeber das bisher immer wenn ich sie wenigstens am selben Tag noch losschicke. Freu mich trotzdem aufs neue System und bin gespannt wie das so wird. Vor allem bei Firmen die Jahrelang nichts digitalisiert haben und nun gezwungen sind xD
This won't work at all. Companies just don't care and request the Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung from you no matter what.
The exotic fish meme lacks a comma before “wie” that’s why it’s translating as “like”, whereas the correct …,wie would translate: 1500 exotic fish, as they see the sky…
you have a maximum of 40 hour weeks ( on average over 6 months ) then there is the minimum wage of 12.00 euro basicly in germany the spongebob contract would burn itself in germany since it would be against many workcontract related laws
Legal miimum is 4 weeks: If you work 5 Days a week this is 5x4=20Days. If you work 6 days a week it is 6x4=24 days.
If you get "Schwerbehinderung" you get 5 days extra
I like that you liked the "Arbeitsvertag" (8:30) as is mostly what the law is guaranting anyway:
*It is the current minimum wage in Germany (12EUR/hour)
*the minimum statutory holiday entitlement of a 5-day week (20 days)
*the maximum permissible weekly working time (for regular jobs in sales or office) (45 hours/week)
*Overtime normally should be an exception "ordered" by the boss (if operationally necessary)
*Companies often offer holiday bonuses, Christmas bonuses or inflation compensation (used to be more common in the past, but are no longer the norm)
*"Temporary" used to be uncommon in Germany (30 years ago), but is now common in many industries (temporary employment in the same position at the same employer is limited)
Don't know if anybody explained, but "iel" is just the first letter of the German translation of IRL. Also, the "three construction workers" are important politicians in Germany, and Annalena the minister for external affairs is missing. Also "wie" means "how" or "like" and "geil" means "cool" or "horny".
"Me in Real Life" = "Ich im Echten Leben"
And the line "das ist alles nur geklaut" is taken from the song by "Die Prinzen" (1993),
Thanks for the clarification 😂 I was wondering what this word salad was supposed to mean 😅
Yes, on his first iel reaction video there were plenty of comments and he acknowledged having read them in the second one.
05:26 on the picture there are three high german politicians ( scholz, lindner and habeck) and annalene baerbock is also one.
The Meme about germans thinking about people from other parts of the country as savages is pretty true. I moved apartments in the south and quite a couple of eligible landlords told me that i got no chance of renting the place because i am from a particular state... then again most people won't even believe you the moment you tell them about it. Pretty sad... really.
Sachsen?!?
Never heard the Apotheke one but the other ones definitely. There's no other way to say that someone has a hangover for example. Most of then I actually use when the respective situation occurs and I've never thought about it...
Who doesn't love Google translate?🤣
the turned off escalator: the weirdest part is: escalators running downward produce energy. it usually offsets somewhat the upward running escalator.
Bundestag is the German Parlament.
Bundesrat is comparable to the US Senat - politically it is not too important though (alrhough their coat of arms is objectivley cooler)
in germany, by law, every worker has a minimum of 24 days of vacation per year.
Provided you have a full-time job.
However, the employer can voluntarily give more vacation days.
For example, if the employee has been with the company for a long time or as a salary increase.
So it can also be that you get 32 days of vacation a year.
The wage is, of course, paid in full.
You need to do these videos live so we can help you interpret the memes. The translator doesn't give you enough context
Yepp, you just have to be live at 9 to 13 am (depends on where you live in US), so your main viewership (the germans) is able to watch you after work.
3:30 An very big Aquarium was burst in Berlin at the last days.
1:45 the ‘weird looking b’ is pronounced as an s
Also you should use deepL for the translations, would probably work a lot better
Next Hint: The "construction workers" are the german cancelor Olaf Scholz and two of his ministers (from social democrat and liberal party), Annalena (Last name: Baerbock) is the german foreign minister (in the US: secratary of state) from the green party; it's all about the negociations for coalition government
das ist sooo geil XD
Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung = Krankenschein vom Arzt ausgestellt XD
ich kann 0 Endlich, aber schaue deine Videos echt gerne
ich liebe dein Format
du musst mal nach Deutschland kommen und das live streamen ^^
mach weiter so
Those construction workers actually are politicians. Annalena is, too. And yes there is a video shortly after the tank broke.
Yes, “Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung” is a word. It’s like a permission slip for not going to work (I think - correct me if I’m wrong!). In German, it’s possible to literally smack all possible words after each other to form stuff like that.
Hubschrauberlandeplatzbeleuchtungswachpostenersatz
Schornsteinfegerausbildungsabschlussprüfungsabnehmer*in
Can we get more in the replies?
True
tbh, even if these 2 words exist, nobody will use it. "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinung" though will be used, even if most will prefer "AU" or "gelber Schein".
A Mercedes sprinter is a type of van (basically all types of large vans can be referred to as "Sprinters", it's a brand name that became the name for a whole category of vehicles), the point being that van drivers are absolutely insane.