We often stop at red lights because we are role models for the children. If there are no children at the traffic lights, people are more likely to go through the red. As soon as there are children around, everyone stops and waits for the light to turn green.
The other thing is, it is illegal to walk if the lights are red, but only when you cross the street within the marked zone. Outside of the white lining you can cross the street looking left and right to confirm no car is coming.
@@ryanwass Some do. You have to know the term "tilt and turn french door" in order to search for it. Here's even a manufacturer of such doors explaining it in English: th-cam.com/video/UbaaOIrhq8o/w-d-xo.html
Ah yes, "Passt schon" (or "Bassd scho" as people would say in my home region) roughly translates to "it's fine" or "everything's alright". Depending on context it's true meaning can actually range from "this is the most amazing dinner I've ever had!" to "my cat died, I broke my ankle and it's been raining for 3 weeks straight, but other than that things are going fine, thanks for asking :)" ...
The fish tank exploded a few days ago. It stood in a hotel lobby and caused huge devastation to everything around. The 1:7 for Germany against Brazil happened 2014 on the WC semi finals. Host of the WC was Brazil and they got humiliated like no one else before. You should watch a highlight clip of that game. As happy Argentinians are now as sad have been Brazilians 2014. They even created the phrase "Every day there's a new 1:7" or something like that.
I speak english nearly daily for more than 15 years, multiple hours a day, watch shows and movies in english, read english books, play all games (board and video) in english, had 9 years of at least 2-3h english a week in school and still I would say: "I speak a little english" if someone asks me in the streets in Germany. :D
In Germany, if you have a driver's license and you cross a street despite of the red traffic light, it might cost you said driver's license. It does not matter whether you are walking or driving or on a bike.
The guy @8:00 is actually Austrian. Technically still speaking German but a veryyyy different dialect that might even sound more aggressive than “actual” German 😂
"Austrian" is not a dialect. Austria has a bunch of dialects just like Germany does. A lot of Austrians from the east don't even understand the people from the west.
@@gavinderulo12 Ich bin ebenfalls aus Wien, verstehe aber auch Vorarlberger und wollte der Dame nur erläutern, dass es eben nicht DEN österreichischen Dialekt gibt. ☺
@@tubekulose nah die Vorarlberger sprechen eine andere Sprache. Tirol, Kärnten geht alles, aber bei Vorarlberg bin ich lost. Aber ja, Österreichisch ist natürlich kein Dialekt. Wäre in diesem Fall halt Wienerisch. Wobei junge Leute eigentlich kaum noch so sprechen.
I had such a moment in the Netherlands when I had a question about parking fees, I asked a policeman who happened to be standing there. I know a little Dutch, but my vocabulary was exhausted and I asked in English if he would speak English or German if necessary...and I was enlightened in German without accent or error and now I think I know all the details to consider when parking and parking a car in Groningen. i reacted the same way. 😂
@@MoAnWoe Unfortunately I was only there for a visit, but I live near Wilhelmshaven and grew up near Leer, which is not that far away. Therefore, I like to be a few times a year in Groningen. 😊I had to ask about parking, because I usually use P+R, but that time we stayed overnight, the hotel parking lots were full and then I was clueless. 🤣 Greetings back to Groningen! 😊
„Passt schon“ does translate to fits but not in this context. If a shoe fits you say „Der Schuh passt“ but here it means more of an „it’s alright“. But there are differences depending on the state your in. In Bavaria (especially Franconia) it can be used for literally anything. It is often used as an pretty good complement.
That stare she talked about is just because we're told to look someone in the eye when talking. It's just polite. People not looking at you while talking have something to hide...
Jaywalking in Germany is a strict talking to from the cop or worst a 5€ fee - but the REAL worst thing is the despising stares of the folks around you because "You are a bad example for the children!" (At 2AM! On a sunday! There WILL be some old german grandma staring at you like you killed a puppy!).
@@roesi1985 Scrap the "will", please; I got my driving licence more than 50 years ago - and I don't know how many thousand times I've crossed Cologne streets within sight of a traffic light without ANY legal consequences - and this summer I crossed at a red light (no cars to be seen), and a plain-clothes policeman simply gave me a talking to. Maybe those who warn here about dire consequences simply live in an unfriendly part of Germany, not in the Rhineland 😉. [...or maybe those officers acting up were simply in an extremely pissy mood.]
@@MarabuToo now imagine you have black hair and darker skin color or that you are on a bike. You'll definitely get fined, 100%. Happened to my sister and we're from Berlin.. Racism at stuff like this is real, sadly.
If you think about it. Doors and windows are actually the same. It's just easier to walk through a door hole than a window hole. So yeah, balcony or terrace doors are basically large windows and open the same. Our front doors don't.
That boarding school looks elite. It’s likely very expensive. Not many people go to private schools in Germany. Golf is also kind of a rich person sport in Germany, even more so than in some other countries, I’d say.
The timestamp on the video also showed that it was made 9h ago when Ryan recorded it, so it's likely mid-december weather. Quite possible for that time of the year, depending where in Germany she lives.
@@Ellisepha yes, so it's possible to have weather like that in Germany, but it depends on the region and what time of the year it is, If course 😅 The last years have all been way too dry and warm. The usual German weather is often called " Wohlfühltemperaturen". Translated it's like"feel good temperatures " or " feel good weather ". Not too hot or too cold, not too dry or too wet 😅
The best translation for "passt schon" in almost every context would be "it's alright". The top comment already pointed out the context in which it was used in the video. The joke is, that it's used for both positive and sometimes more negative things. Here are some examples: 1. Use it when you tip the waiter (like saying "it's alright", keep the change) 2. Use it as an answer to the questions: "How are you doing?/Wie geht's?" And several similar ones like "Are you okay/ill/sad/bored?" ("It's alright" or okay I guess; but can also mean no, it's not alright, but I don't care/no use worrying about/stop asking) 3. Another way of saying "you're welcome". ("It's alright"; it's no bother) 4. To praise literally anything from food to product to service. ("it's alright", but usually meaning "I don't have anything to complain, so that means it's really good"
...this "passt schon" guy is great 🤣 - I'm not sure but I think he is English? and he hits us exactly with his many funny "in Germany we..."-parodies 😂
"passt schon" is an expression with lots of uses. it can be used like "its fine" or "nevermind" or "im ok" it can however also mean "well obviously its bad but i dont wanna talk about it" or if a craftsman says "passt schon" he is really saying "this is absolutely bad quality and will break apart once i leave the house but it should be fine until then"
Finally someone aside from me saying russian sounds aggressive 😅 I used to date a Russian and I'll never forget one party at his dad's place where the two of them were talking nonstop and I remember leaving the room for a while and on my way back I got super anxious cause to me it sounded like they were about to start a physical fight... Turned out they were having a blast telling funny stories laughing their butts off 😂😂😂
About the brazilians praying. You gotta know that Brazil is one of most famous countries for soccer (leading with 5 world cup wins). That game where they lost 1-7 against Germany was a semi-final in a world cup. 4 goals were scored in a 6 minute span. It also marked the largest margin of victory in a world cup semi-final ever. So it was a pretty big deal 😅
The amazon package person is from Austria 😅 That's how we roll here in Austria. Btw it would be awesome if you did a video on Austria once :) Keep up the good work!!
Henning Wehn said it best: Austria is and always will be an integral part of the Fatherland. :D Dont worry its a joke, he is a German comedian living in the UK ;)
@@PropperNaughtyGeezer And why not? Salzburg is a part of Austria, these days (and Mozart is actually buried in Vienna), and as to Hitler: Germany did enable him and allowed him to rise to infamy. He was an untalented painter of postcards before he emigrated to Germany …
Again so funny 😄I love your content and have been following your videos from the start. Keep it up ! Merry Christmas to you and your family. Lots of love from Germany❤️
As a 5'11" German woman I know a lot of other women who are as tall or even taller than me (especially when I still went to school we had a lot of tall girls in my class) but when I go grocerie shopping for example I do notice that I am indeed taller than most women I see 😅 It's true that on average men and women are taller in Germany than in the US but that obviously doesn't mean everybody is always taller than you
German male average is around 1.80 I think and the average woman is around 1.66. german men are only about 2-3cm (1 inch) below the Dutch, the tallest men on earth by average. You are around the average German man, and taller than the average American man.
According to SizeGermany (2008) the last statistically representative evaluation resulted in 181.8 cm for men and 168.5 cm for women (cohorts younger than 45 in 2008). There are few countries in the world that have an average height as high or even higher (I know only the Dutch). But all evaluations of the immigrant population revealed that most groups were shorter than Germans.
@@ZenoDovahkiin It's actually 1.818 m for males and 168.5 m for females born since 1963 (SizeGermany). Beware of more recent statistics because native Germans and migrants were mixed out of political reasons. Good studies never change the ethnic composition in the course of time. It was done this way in Germany until 2000 (only persons of German descent included) and is still made this way in the whole world - except in Germany.
fellow german here to the thin with the door we have a door like that too it goes in our backyard and i think a door like that is rather rare but still you can see it pretty often sometimes
Just started, but ... Jaywalking is also a thing over here. Maybe not as much as in America. And when I cross the street at a red light, I especially try to avoid that children can see me. Another point is that here as a driver's license holder - sure, in extreme cases - you can also lose your license if you don't follow the rules as a pedestrian or cyclist. At least the driving license authorities can annoy you mightily. Just to remind you, a driver's license costs you in Germany between 1200 and 2000 €, and even for a medical-psychological examination (MPU, also known as "idiot test") you are in for around 500 happy Euros.
Regarding the golf course that was a driving range mat. Sometimes these are used either at cheaper golf courses or even at regular courses in winter so the teebox will not be destroyed.
That was not German in the "German is the most angry language"... it was Austrian. Almost the same, but not quite. Some language scientists consider German and Austrian different languages, some consider them dialects. Me as someone who lived decades in Bavaria: the Austrian/Bavarian family of dialects should really be considered different language, so more like Spanish and Portuguese... similar, You can understand most of it but different enough that You sometimes need translations
No serious linguists consider it a dialect: Austrian German (like Swiss German) is simply a different variety. There are a number of Austrian dialects in addition to that, much the same way as there are in Germany. (Not on the same scale, but would you call US English an „English dialect“'? Probably not.)
Well, in fact Austrian is not a language it's just a german dialect. As Swiss is. And even Netherlands is a german dialect. But as a smart man once said: the difference between a language and a dialect is an army and a king/government...
@@eagle1de227 well, as i pointed out, some people in the language community consider them dialects, some consider them different languages. As usually with things organic and natural there is no hard border You can draw. It's a spectrum... I myself am slightly on the language side of the arguments and the fact that in many german broadcasts people talking strong bavarian or austrian dialect get subtitles so they can be understood kinda supports that ^^. I understand both sides, though...
I'm sorry but the difference between Spanish and Portuguese is way larger than between Hochdeutsch and let's say Viennese. Sure I can pick up some words here and there when someone speaks Portuguese (reading it is much easier though) but I think it's more similar to how German and Dutch is related. It definitely depends on the place in Austria (no one understand people from Vorarlberg). But I know Germans who moved to Vienna and sure, they might have had some trouble here and there, especially when talking with older folks, but generally they do fine.
@@eagle1de227 "Austrian" is not a dialect. Austria has a bunch of dialects like Germany does. A lot of Austrians from the east don't even understand the people from the west.
Hahaha I love potatoes so much!!! A few weeks ago I held a potato party. Every guest had to bring a different Potato dish and then we sat around and ate it all. It was amazing!
In my experience as a guy living in Germany his entire life, most people cross the road also when it's red, even when cars are coming. They just wait for the right moment between two cars to cross. And children are even more likely to do it than adults, so even if adults stay put, children will cross the road with a red light. Most of the time, I am the only person to wait while a dozen of people walk past me.
Just to clear that a bit up, yes, yes it is against the law to cross the line when it is red and to make it clear again, you can lose your driving licence because of that. It is not common but it is possible.
When you cause an accident it will cost 10€. And it's possible to loose your driver's licence. But many Germans cross on red lights, specially when they know the traffic lights and no kids are around.
I tried crossing on a red light once at night, no cars, no pedastrians. When I lifted a leg to start walking a police officer from like 50 meters away shouted "Hey, it's red" at me. I got lucky though because before I stepped onto the road the light had already turned green. I kind of shrugged at him and he didn't say anything more either. Maybe he was in awe of my spontaneous traffic light magic powers.
"Passt schon" is a phrase of multiple meanings. In his case it would translate to "I am fine". In case of a repair "good enough to work. Sort of" in case of a compliment?... you are awesome, at least in Bavaria its the highest of compliments "der/die passt schon!"😆
I attended that boarding school, it's actually a castle. 😆 The golf course is a few kilometers away, not really next to the school , but they do have a tennis court just down the driveway. The town is called Neubeuern, next to Rosenheim, Bavaria. A lot of bavarian crime series are being filmed there because the town looks really nice.
i feel like germans, at least in my experience living in berlin, are super nice, maybe some older people are a bit more preserved but a lot of people are very open and extermly nice if u get to know them better
About German women being tall... When I was in the US in 2019 I was too tall for a shower and at another place I could easily look over a bathroom stall. That has never happened to me in Europe before. So maybe we're not extremely tall but definitely taller than the average American women
Actually the Aquarium that broke in Berlin was build by an american company xD The guy that fell and said "passt schon" compares to nothing happend or im just fine
It's may-have-been the largest _cylindrical_ aquarium with 1 million liters. The aquarium in Lisbon that was built for Expo 1998 has 5 Million liters. (And it's great!!)
8:25 the dude speaks with a very strong austrian accent and austrian german generally sounds a lot more agressive than regular german. The funny thing is that some germans can't even understand what he's saying bc the accent is way too strong. If you're interested in a translation: "A letter box is for letters as the name says, why do people have to put packages that are way too big for the letter box in the letterbox?" And then add like 2 curseword after every normal word and that's the sentence
A friend of mine lost her drivers license for jay walking. So I would say you don't want to get caught by police. Also people might scream at you if children are around.
Would be really nice, to have you on twitch and be able to chat with you, about german phrases, translation and more, your feedback would be much faster :)
If I remember correctly the fine some small amount along the lines 5 euros. Also there's a lot of signs at pedestrian crossings that say "Nur bei Grün der Kinder wegen", which roughly translates to "Only when green, for the children's sake", appealing to people to set an example to children, who might not have the necessary awareness in traffic yet. However I have to disagree with the woman in the video: Despite all that it's not like people never cross on red, I think just less common than in other countries.
@@TheMadmaurice I always run on red even when there are children, because children should learn that they should not blindly copy everything but think for themselves. So I educate the children more than their own parents.
The Guy with the "Passt schon" makes really funny Videos about living in as a British in Germany. He makes fun about Situations in the supermarket, the bakery, the Deutsche Bahn, how to open a beer bottle in Germany. What Harry Potter and Avengers would be, if they were made in Germany and He often plays the grumpy, old German who always watches you and is dissapointet in everything you do. Totally check liamcarps TH-cam Channel out, he is great😁 Especially the Videos how you buy stuff in a german bakery
I've lived with doors, that work like these windows my whole life and it's still a little scary every time to open one. I'm always super careful when opening them that way. Usually these types of doors lead onto a balcony/terrace or into a garden.
18:10 the beautiful thing about the the German language is, that even as a native German speaker, you can't understand a word the other person is saying. I rewatched that thrice and have no idea what he said.
"Briefkasten ist ja für Briefe, wie der Name schon sagt. Warum verf*ckt nochmal muss ich da Packen reinpämpern, die 10 mal zu groß sind für den Schlitz da."
As an austrian Its so crazy that americans don't have those doors/windows. Also make a video on switzerland or austria sometime. Germany aint the only german speaking country
@@Leader7353 First German commenting on the first German commenting on the first German commenting on the first German commenting on the first German commenting on a video about Germany.
We Germans are actually pretty different, depends in which region you are! In Bavaria we are mostly taller and more open then in other areas. In North Germany it rains really much, but we in the south have sometimes not enough rain. I don't like it that every one says the germans, the germans, as if we are all the same, but that is a general thing.
people walking or riding there bike over a red light is very common in germany, but sometimes yes, there are many people waiting at the traffic light and no cars are there. One time I ran a red light on my bike like always and afterwards i saw there was a police car right beside me but i think they didn’t see me or didn’t care. And imo rude people are common here
@@deinemutter7472 I mean, in every German video they emphasise this but in reality police doesn't really fine jaywalking and people cross the red sometimes, but far less than in my original country. When I'm in hurry and the road can be clearly seen I might jaywalk but otherwise I wait for green
@@vomm You have commented the same, when I complimented him before... Again: I'm happily married and don't want Ryan! He's just adorable and good looking 🤷♀️
Explaining directions: This one strongly reminded me of a tiny area in northeast Germany, happened multiple times there: "which way to the beach?" - "go straight for 2 miles, you'll see a supermarket on your left. But continue straight for another mile, you'll cross a bridge, but still continue straight. (... ... 5 min and 10 miles later, continuing straight at every way point 🤣) ... then you'll see the beach straight ahead". Very kind though 😅
What's with the complaints about the weather? It's never been 20 C in Jan 1 as it was this year. Never been as dry as last year. Feels like some people just don't think before they repeat the old trope of what someone once told them.
well bavaria is german, so is austria. to be save just say bairisch/boarisch wich, to be fair , will translate into english as bavarian anyway. but to say its austrian and not bavarian on the other hand is just wrong ( while also beeing correct). yes, there is a very high chance that this guy is from austria so you can narrow down the dialect to austria and not bavaria, but austrian is not a language. austrians speak bavarian dialects therefore it is bavarian. there is also an alternative name to bavarian wich is austro-bavarian, but this is a costruct of political borders other than language. but it may fit your comments
When I lived with my parents we had two of these glass doors. You could either tilt them to let air in or walk into the garden. The doors even had two more glass doors directly connected so that the entrance could be enlarged. That's how we always got our Christmas tree through the door. In my current apartment I have a single glass door as an exit to my balcony and a Window like this right next to it. From my experiance almost every household in Germany have these types of Windows/backdoors.
At the Clip at 4:22 this was at the Soccer World Cup in 2014. In the semi-final match Germany against Brazil the German Team won in the end 7 to 1 against the Brazilians which where the favorite until this. Many Viewers left the Stadion crying at the break after the first Halftime after Germanys 6:0 until then. And we at Home had a great Party sitting at the TV. 😀😆
Well for regular streets, like single lane, moderately crowded we also don't wait for every traffic light. The traffic light by my house takes up to 4 mins to turn green depending on the cycle of the traffic lights down the road, doesn't matter if there hasn't approached a car for over 30 sec, I don't wait for that except at rush hour or when children are there.
8:17 I think that rather sounds Austrian more than German, some people where I love speak like that(I am german loving in Austria) and that sounded Austrian to me
The door to my balcony can open and tilt. Very common thing. The yellow flag with the guy using binoculairs was at the football club Borussia Dortmund. I once stopped at a light when it went orange, a woman was next to me with a small child. the child wanted to stop, but the mother told her to go on. Stopping is an example to others. "passt schon" comes from tipping a waiter. you need to pay 9,50. give them 10 and say "passt schon", giving them a little tip.
About that “staring you right in the eye while in a conversation”. I would say that’s mostly because it shows some kind of respect - we want to let you know that we really listen to you and are interested in what you’re saying
Oh who made this sweet little quilt in the background? 🥰 I do a little quilts either - it’s not common in our country - only a few know this technique Love from Austria/Europe 🇦🇹
- Well, like anywhere in the world, there are short, average and tall women, but it's true that tall women exist in larger amounts here, including myself (179cm which is about 5'10) . I do have some tall girl friends, but the majority is shorter than me. - Most of us Germans really do be more reserved and keeping to themselves among strangers tbf, depends on where u are and what context it is, but it's fair to say we are in general less open towards people we don't know. - Yup, I once got in trouble for crossing at a red light with my friend cause we were late and my teacher was behind us and saw it. - I think it's just polite to look someone in the eyes when ur speaking. Shows respect, appreciation and makes them feel like they matter and you take them seriously. I hate when people are on their phones whil u talk, at least if it isn't just momentarily. - Yes, we do have door-windows that do that hahah, mostly for balconies/terraces, not as a front door though. - You were looking at the 7:1 score of the 2014 soccer worldcup. It was painful to watch even as a German, very intense match. Many Brazilians left the stadium disappointed by their team before the match even ended. - I've never been to a German bording school and the only person I know who has is my grandpa who is now over the age of 80. But I agree, it does look very fancy, definitely an expensive private school. - Yeah, the massive aquarium in Berlin bursted a few days ago and the 1million litres of water flushed out the hotel it was in, including the 1,500 fish in there. They had to evacuate the building and the fish couldn't be saved.It was the biggest freestanding cylinder-shaped aquarium in the world. - about the angry mailman guy xD I only understood half of what he said, that was not high German, sounds more like a strong Bavarian or Austrian dialect. - I hear that all the time, but do we Germans really speak such good English? I feel like there's those who do and those who don't at all, I know a bunch who speak very poor English, especially older people who didn't learn it in school. - "Passt schon" = that's fine/ alrigt/ I'm fine. (it's a slang expression, do it doesn't really mean "it fits", that is more for clothes) I enjoyed this video, thanks for making those. It's always fun seeing people react to our country and honestly makes me a little proud. Didn't think people were so interested. We are honoured. :)) Have a great day!
1:40 if you are caught ignoring the red light of the traffic light, this is a misdemeanor. it counts in the criminal record of your driver's license, which you lose if you commit too many violations. In addition, be a good role model, but we also like to drive fast, even where driving is not allowed
Close to where I live there is a road with a streetlight and infact no one crosses it till it’s green but they walk like 5 meters besides the streetlight
We don‘t cross the street on a red light because children could be around or at a window and see you do that. It is a kind of a common agreement that adults should be a rolemodel to children in terms of road safety. 4:20 was at a soccer match of Borussia Dortmund. The fans did that before the match and I don‘t know who was the other team, but it was the Champions League. At the bottom it said „Auf den Spuren des verlorenen Henkelpotts“. Henkelpott is a reference to the trophy the winner of the tournament gets. „Passt schon“ means something like „It‘s/I’m ok“.
That wasn't a tee on the golf course, that was a tee mat on a driving range. But I have also played on a golf course in Germany where there was a tee mat for beginners next to each normal tee.
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We often stop at red lights because we are role models for the children. If there are no children at the traffic lights, people are more likely to go through the red. As soon as there are children around, everyone stops and waits for the light to turn green.
The other thing is, it is illegal to walk if the lights are red, but only when you cross the street within the marked zone. Outside of the white lining you can cross the street looking left and right to confirm no car is coming.
and it's also a "Rotlichtverstoß" no matter if you're on a car, bike or you're a pedastrian
@@manufactotum6064 they must have hated you for some reason, never even knew thats something one could get fined for here 😅
@@manufactotum6064 Well didn't know that or thought about it so explicitly.
@@Notlike21 me neither until that moment….it was in bavaria, where else…..
The Amazon delivery guy, who is most likely Austrian, speaking one of the Austrian Dialects, sounded angry because he was angry.
He was not a delivery guy, though: he was the recipient, complaining about an oversized parcel having been stuffed into his too small letter box.
Not most likely, he is Austrian
Definitely from Vienna. A city of people literally incapable of being nice. Or moderate. Or not arrogant.
@@ingmargreil Ah, yeah, I overlooked that.
@@Quaralentin We just complain a lot
All balcony doors can be opened like windows. In any case, I have never seen it any other way.
Why does no one show that, that’s even crazier!
Not *all* balcony doors (mine can't be), but a lot of them, yes.
@@ryanwass Some do. You have to know the term "tilt and turn french door" in order to search for it. Here's even a manufacturer of such doors explaining it in English: th-cam.com/video/UbaaOIrhq8o/w-d-xo.html
@@bloody_albatross Yes, all of them. If your's can't be opened in two ways it's not a balcony door but your house door, maybe you've mixed that up.
@@vomm Only the smaller ones. Ours is too big, only sliding to the side.
Ah yes, "Passt schon" (or "Bassd scho" as people would say in my home region) roughly translates to "it's fine" or "everything's alright". Depending on context it's true meaning can actually range from "this is the most amazing dinner I've ever had!" to "my cat died, I broke my ankle and it's been raining for 3 weeks straight, but other than that things are going fine, thanks for asking :)" ...
very nicely put, haha :'D
Context is everything over here. prime example is the little word so, it can mean a dozen or more different things depending on the context!
@@ereinhard8820 Or "tja" :D
If someone says: "Passt schon!" it means: "No need for the ambulance!"
If someone says, that it hurts, call the ambulance!!!
The fish tank exploded a few days ago. It stood in a hotel lobby and caused huge devastation to everything around.
The 1:7 for Germany against Brazil happened 2014 on the WC semi finals. Host of the WC was Brazil and they got humiliated like no one else before. You should watch a highlight clip of that game. As happy Argentinians are now as sad have been Brazilians 2014. They even created the phrase "Every day there's a new 1:7" or something like that.
In Rocket League (car soccer) people call a 7:1 just a "brazil"
@@JimmyHeythat’s …. Just disrespectful 😭😭😂😂😂
I speak english nearly daily for more than 15 years, multiple hours a day, watch shows and movies in english, read english books, play all games (board and video) in english, had 9 years of at least 2-3h english a week in school and still I would say: "I speak a little english" if someone asks me in the streets in Germany. :D
In Germany, if you have a driver's license and you cross a street despite of the red traffic light, it might cost you said driver's license. It does not matter whether you are walking or driving or on a bike.
The guy @8:00 is actually Austrian. Technically still speaking German but a veryyyy different dialect that might even sound more aggressive than “actual” German 😂
"Austrian" is not a dialect. Austria has a bunch of dialects just like Germany does. A lot of Austrians from the east don't even understand the people from the west.
@@tubekulose I'm from Vienna and I can understand everyone except for people from Vorarlberg.
@@gavinderulo12 Ich bin ebenfalls aus Wien, verstehe aber auch Vorarlberger und wollte der Dame nur erläutern, dass es eben nicht DEN österreichischen Dialekt gibt. ☺
@@tubekulose nah die Vorarlberger sprechen eine andere Sprache. Tirol, Kärnten geht alles, aber bei Vorarlberg bin ich lost. Aber ja, Österreichisch ist natürlich kein Dialekt. Wäre in diesem Fall halt Wienerisch. Wobei junge Leute eigentlich kaum noch so sprechen.
@@gavinderulo12 , probably just them and maybe some Swiss.
I had such a moment in the Netherlands when I had a question about parking fees, I asked a policeman who happened to be standing there. I know a little Dutch, but my vocabulary was exhausted and I asked in English if he would speak English or German if necessary...and I was enlightened in German without accent or error and now I think I know all the details to consider when parking and parking a car in Groningen. i reacted the same way. 😂
In my experience Dutch people are really good with languages, especially English and German. Many people there are fluent in German.
sitting in Groningen in my student house right now, while reading your comment. Greetings to another German in this beautiful city
American living in Austria and I have to say that my Austrian husband's English vocabulary far exceeds mine!
Greating to Groningen...I'll be there around new years eve!!!!!!!!
@@MoAnWoe Unfortunately I was only there for a visit, but I live near Wilhelmshaven and grew up near Leer, which is not that far away. Therefore, I like to be a few times a year in Groningen. 😊I had to ask about parking, because I usually use P+R, but that time we stayed overnight, the hotel parking lots were full and then I was clueless. 🤣 Greetings back to Groningen! 😊
„Passt schon“ does translate to fits but not in this context. If a shoe fits you say „Der Schuh passt“ but here it means more of an „it’s alright“. But there are differences depending on the state your in. In Bavaria (especially Franconia) it can be used for literally anything. It is often used as an pretty good complement.
kann man nicht meckern
But "it fits" is a good picture. As a piece of clothing, something else can also fit.
@@robfriedrich2822 das passt aber in dem context nicht
@@hijiri0794 passt schon
Was sagen die dann im Norden? Is jut?
That stare she talked about is just because we're told to look someone in the eye when talking. It's just polite. People not looking at you while talking have something to hide...
Or they are just shy, introverted or have autism.
7:51 I think it was an Austrian guy, sometimes it's difficult even for Germans to understand their dialect 😂
Jaywalking in Germany is a strict talking to from the cop or worst a 5€ fee - but the REAL worst thing is the despising stares of the folks around you because "You are a bad example for the children!" (At 2AM! On a sunday! There WILL be some old german grandma staring at you like you killed a puppy!).
Actually, in case you have a driving license, jaywalking will give you a point in Flensburg!
@@roesi1985 Scrap the "will", please; I got my driving licence more than 50 years ago - and I don't know how many thousand times I've crossed Cologne streets within sight of a traffic light without ANY legal consequences - and this summer I crossed at a red light (no cars to be seen), and a plain-clothes policeman simply gave me a talking to.
Maybe those who warn here about dire consequences simply live in an unfriendly part of Germany, not in the Rhineland 😉. [...or maybe those officers acting up were simply in an extremely pissy mood.]
So true
5... lol it's like 15 to 30€..
@@MarabuToo now imagine you have black hair and darker skin color or that you are on a bike.
You'll definitely get fined, 100%.
Happened to my sister and we're from Berlin.. Racism at stuff like this is real, sadly.
If you think about it. Doors and windows are actually the same. It's just easier to walk through a door hole than a window hole. So yeah, balcony or terrace doors are basically large windows and open the same.
Our front doors don't.
That boarding school looks elite. It’s likely very expensive. Not many people go to private schools in Germany. Golf is also kind of a rich person sport in Germany, even more so than in some other countries, I’d say.
Passt schon is like “Yeah it’s ok, can‘t change a thing about it, so I’ll just leave it be and forget about it.” 😂
I don't know where that girl ist living but it's Not raining everyday. It's even way too dry in many regions of Germany
The timestamp on the video also showed that it was made 9h ago when Ryan recorded it, so it's likely mid-december weather. Quite possible for that time of the year, depending where in Germany she lives.
@@Ellisepha yes, so it's possible to have weather like that in Germany, but it depends on the region and what time of the year it is, If course 😅
The last years have all been way too dry and warm.
The usual German weather is often called " Wohlfühltemperaturen". Translated it's like"feel good temperatures " or " feel good weather ". Not too hot or too cold, not too dry or too wet 😅
The best translation for "passt schon" in almost every context would be "it's alright". The top comment already pointed out the context in which it was used in the video. The joke is, that it's used for both positive and sometimes more negative things.
Here are some examples:
1. Use it when you tip the waiter
(like saying "it's alright", keep the change)
2. Use it as an answer to the questions: "How are you doing?/Wie geht's?" And several similar ones like "Are you okay/ill/sad/bored?"
("It's alright" or okay I guess; but can also mean no, it's not alright, but I don't care/no use worrying about/stop asking)
3. Another way of saying "you're welcome".
("It's alright"; it's no bother)
4. To praise literally anything from food to product to service.
("it's alright", but usually meaning "I don't have anything to complain, so that means it's really good"
I agree with most of your examples, except for tipping, where it would be more appropriate to say “Passt so” or “Stimmt so” :)
...this "passt schon" guy is great 🤣 - I'm not sure but I think he is English? and he hits us exactly with his many funny "in Germany we..."-parodies 😂
Love this guy and his shorts. Also love your handle 😊 Hornochs is my favourite insult
"passt schon" is an expression with lots of uses. it can be used like "its fine" or "nevermind" or "im ok" it can however also mean "well obviously its bad but i dont wanna talk about it" or if a craftsman says "passt schon" he is really saying "this is absolutely bad quality and will break apart once i leave the house but it should be fine until then"
Finally someone aside from me saying russian sounds aggressive 😅 I used to date a Russian and I'll never forget one party at his dad's place where the two of them were talking nonstop and I remember leaving the room for a while and on my way back I got super anxious cause to me it sounded like they were about to start a physical fight... Turned out they were having a blast telling funny stories laughing their butts off 😂😂😂
8:00 thats a guy from vienna (austria) ranting about a package being shoved into the mailbox.
9:55 “passt schon” in this context means something like “it’s alright”
we do cross over red lights. sometimes. but the one rule is to bever, ever ever do it while a child is present
About the brazilians praying. You gotta know that Brazil is one of most famous countries for soccer (leading with 5 world cup wins). That game where they lost 1-7 against Germany was a semi-final in a world cup. 4 goals were scored in a 6 minute span. It also marked the largest margin of victory in a world cup semi-final ever. So it was a pretty big deal 😅
8:21 That's Austrian German by the way. The guy sounds like he's from Vienna, to be exact.
Liam is awesome! 'Passt scho(n)' is basically 'we cool bro' or 'nothing to see'
yeah that aquarium was in berlin and that happend recently
The amazon package person is from Austria 😅 That's how we roll here in Austria.
Btw it would be awesome if you did a video on Austria once :)
Keep up the good work!!
Bavarian i think. But the austrians make the world think Mozart was austrian and Hitler german.
hätte ich in eure generelle Richtung gepackt
und da kricht ma ja richtig puls bei so na Idiotie
Henning Wehn said it best: Austria is and always will be an integral part of the Fatherland. :D
Dont worry its a joke, he is a German comedian living in the UK ;)
@@mrhailstone1810 Dietmar Wischmeyer Der Österreicher
@@PropperNaughtyGeezer And why not? Salzburg is a part of Austria, these days (and Mozart is actually buried in Vienna), and as to Hitler: Germany did enable him and allowed him to rise to infamy. He was an untalented painter of postcards before he emigrated to Germany …
Again so funny 😄I love your content and have been following your videos from the start. Keep it up ! Merry Christmas to you and your family. Lots of love from Germany❤️
As a 5'11" German woman I know a lot of other women who are as tall or even taller than me (especially when I still went to school we had a lot of tall girls in my class) but when I go grocerie shopping for example I do notice that I am indeed taller than most women I see 😅 It's true that on average men and women are taller in Germany than in the US but that obviously doesn't mean everybody is always taller than you
German male average is around 1.80 I think and the average woman is around 1.66. german men are only about 2-3cm (1 inch) below the Dutch, the tallest men on earth by average.
You are around the average German man, and taller than the average American man.
I'm from Bavaria and we're short. I'm 1,59. 😁
According to SizeGermany (2008) the last statistically representative evaluation resulted in 181.8 cm for men and 168.5 cm for women (cohorts younger than 45 in 2008). There are few countries in the world that have an average height as high or even higher (I know only the Dutch). But all evaluations of the immigrant population revealed that most groups were shorter than Germans.
@@ZenoDovahkiin It's actually 1.818 m for males and 168.5 m for females born since 1963 (SizeGermany). Beware of more recent statistics because native Germans and migrants were mixed out of political reasons. Good studies never change the ethnic composition in the course of time. It was done this way in Germany until 2000 (only persons of German descent included) and is still made this way in the whole world - except in Germany.
passt schon... is an expression for the fact that a situation can no longer be changed....ergo neither the pain nor anything else ☺☺
"Passt schon" is the equivalent to "'tis but a scratch"
fellow german here to the thin with the door we have a door like that too it goes in our backyard and i think a door like that is rather rare but still you can see it pretty often sometimes
Just started, but ... Jaywalking is also a thing over here. Maybe not as much as in America.
And when I cross the street at a red light, I especially try to avoid that children can see me.
Another point is that here as a driver's license holder - sure, in extreme cases - you can also lose your license if you don't follow the rules as a pedestrian or cyclist. At least the driving license authorities can annoy you mightily. Just to remind you, a driver's license costs you in Germany between 1200 and 2000 €, and even for a medical-psychological examination (MPU, also known as "idiot test") you are in for around 500 happy Euros.
Regarding the golf course that was a driving range mat. Sometimes these are used either at cheaper golf courses or even at regular courses in winter so the teebox will not be destroyed.
That was not German in the "German is the most angry language"... it was Austrian. Almost the same, but not quite. Some language scientists consider German and Austrian different languages, some consider them dialects. Me as someone who lived decades in Bavaria: the Austrian/Bavarian family of dialects should really be considered different language, so more like Spanish and Portuguese... similar, You can understand most of it but different enough that You sometimes need translations
No serious linguists consider it a dialect: Austrian German (like Swiss German) is simply a different variety. There are a number of Austrian dialects in addition to that, much the same way as there are in Germany. (Not on the same scale, but would you call US English an „English dialect“'? Probably not.)
Well, in fact Austrian is not a language it's just a german dialect. As Swiss is. And even Netherlands is a german dialect.
But as a smart man once said: the difference between a language and a dialect is an army and a king/government...
@@eagle1de227 well, as i pointed out, some people in the language community consider them dialects, some consider them different languages. As usually with things organic and natural there is no hard border You can draw. It's a spectrum... I myself am slightly on the language side of the arguments and the fact that in many german broadcasts people talking strong bavarian or austrian dialect get subtitles so they can be understood kinda supports that ^^. I understand both sides, though...
I'm sorry but the difference between Spanish and Portuguese is way larger than between Hochdeutsch and let's say Viennese. Sure I can pick up some words here and there when someone speaks Portuguese (reading it is much easier though) but I think it's more similar to how German and Dutch is related.
It definitely depends on the place in Austria (no one understand people from Vorarlberg). But I know Germans who moved to Vienna and sure, they might have had some trouble here and there, especially when talking with older folks, but generally they do fine.
@@eagle1de227 "Austrian" is not a dialect. Austria has a bunch of dialects like Germany does. A lot of Austrians from the east don't even understand the people from the west.
Hahaha I love potatoes so much!!! A few weeks ago I held a potato party. Every guest had to bring a different Potato dish and then we sat around and ate it all. It was amazing!
My father in law used to say "What's for lunch today? Potatos and what else? "
In my experience as a guy living in Germany his entire life, most people cross the road also when it's red, even when cars are coming. They just wait for the right moment between two cars to cross. And children are even more likely to do it than adults, so even if adults stay put, children will cross the road with a red light. Most of the time, I am the only person to wait while a dozen of people walk past me.
08:05 this is not completely german, the accent is from Austria, they talk German too but in a own way
called dialect
Just to clear that a bit up, yes, yes it is against the law to cross the line when it is red and to make it clear again, you can lose your driving licence because of that. It is not common but it is possible.
9:39 "Passt schon" means "It's okay"
Not when it comes to clothing
@@vomm but it wasnt about clothing
@@KingLucasOfficial I didn't say it was about clothes.
The last „passt schon“ translates more like „it’s ok“ or something like that
Jay walking is punished with a 5 € fine - I know, because I ran straight into the arms of a police officer once🙈
me too... but I was a kid back than and I just got scolded.
When you cause an accident it will cost 10€. And it's possible to loose your driver's licence. But many Germans cross on red lights, specially when they know the traffic lights and no kids are around.
I tried crossing on a red light once at night, no cars, no pedastrians. When I lifted a leg to start walking a police officer from like 50 meters away shouted "Hey, it's red" at me. I got lucky though because before I stepped onto the road the light had already turned green. I kind of shrugged at him and he didn't say anything more either. Maybe he was in awe of my spontaneous traffic light magic powers.
"Passt schon" is a phrase of multiple meanings. In his case it would translate to "I am fine". In case of a repair "good enough to work. Sort of" in case of a compliment?... you are awesome, at least in Bavaria its the highest of compliments "der/die passt schon!"😆
I’m German and I’m in America the first time right now and now I can relate to the walking over the street thing 😂😂😂
I attended that boarding school, it's actually a castle. 😆
The golf course is a few kilometers away, not really next to the school , but they do have a tennis court just down the driveway.
The town is called Neubeuern, next to Rosenheim, Bavaria. A lot of bavarian crime series are being filmed there because the town looks really nice.
i feel like germans, at least in my experience living in berlin, are super nice, maybe some older people are a bit more preserved but a lot of people are very open and extermly nice if u get to know them better
That's surprising to hear because Berliners have a reputation with other Germans for being really rude (the infamous 'Berlin gob' ).
The Golf part was just on a driving range. On a normal Golf course it's short grass as well.
About German women being tall... When I was in the US in 2019 I was too tall for a shower and at another place I could easily look over a bathroom stall. That has never happened to me in Europe before. So maybe we're not extremely tall but definitely taller than the average American women
Bathroom stalls in the US are often simply less private than in Germany.
3:30 every balcony door over here does that
"Passt schon" here translates to "it's alright"
3:40 yea we have that too. I think nearly every backyear door, or door to balcon can do this. ^^
Actually the Aquarium that broke in Berlin was build by an american company xD The guy that fell and said "passt schon" compares to nothing happend or im just fine
It's may-have-been the largest _cylindrical_ aquarium with 1 million liters. The aquarium in Lisbon that was built for Expo 1998 has 5 Million liters. (And it's great!!)
8:25 the dude speaks with a very strong austrian accent and austrian german generally sounds a lot more agressive than regular german. The funny thing is that some germans can't even understand what he's saying bc the accent is way too strong. If you're interested in a translation: "A letter box is for letters as the name says, why do people have to put packages that are way too big for the letter box in the letterbox?" And then add like 2 curseword after every normal word and that's the sentence
It sounds like he's from Vienna. I actually think Germans usually find Austrian accents to be more cute and less aggressive.
Definitiv NICHT bayrisch!
3:00 And that's why we're called "German Potatoes"
A friend of mine lost her drivers license for jay walking. So I would say you don't want to get caught by police. Also people might scream at you if children are around.
you have to check out more from liamcarps!! He does such good TikToks about Germany!!
True, all doors in our house except the main entrance door, can be tilted like the windows.
Would be really nice, to have you on twitch and be able to chat with you, about german phrases, translation and more, your feedback would be much faster :)
I might install twitch for that
@@morfrikel7472 First day in the internet? Twitch is a web app you don't have to install it
True! It'd be fun to exchange in a live chat :D
@@vomm no shit, but like instagram the app is just far more convinient
We got these Kipp Fenster (tilt window) because when we kipp we dont have to clean up the window sill 😁
1:58 no you can't get arrested for that but you can get a fine
If I remember correctly the fine some small amount along the lines 5 euros. Also there's a lot of signs at pedestrian crossings that say "Nur bei Grün der Kinder wegen", which roughly translates to "Only when green, for the children's sake", appealing to people to set an example to children, who might not have the necessary awareness in traffic yet.
However I have to disagree with the woman in the video: Despite all that it's not like people never cross on red, I think just less common than in other countries.
@@TheMadmaurice I always run on red even when there are children, because children should learn that they should not blindly copy everything but think for themselves. So I educate the children more than their own parents.
I Love your Channel. Im happy I found it. Greetings from BaWü
The Guy with the "Passt schon" makes really funny Videos about living in as a British in Germany. He makes fun about Situations in the supermarket, the bakery, the Deutsche Bahn, how to open a beer bottle in Germany. What Harry Potter and Avengers would be, if they were made in Germany and He often plays the grumpy, old German who always watches you and is dissapointet in everything you do.
Totally check liamcarps TH-cam Channel out, he is great😁 Especially the Videos how you buy stuff in a german bakery
I've lived with doors, that work like these windows my whole life and it's still a little scary every time to open one. I'm always super careful when opening them that way. Usually these types of doors lead onto a balcony/terrace or into a garden.
I would Love If your Videos were Just a Bit longer ☺️
18:10 the beautiful thing about the the German language is, that even as a native German speaker, you can't understand a word the other person is saying.
I rewatched that thrice and have no idea what he said.
"Briefkasten ist ja für Briefe, wie der Name schon sagt. Warum verf*ckt nochmal muss ich da Packen reinpämpern, die 10 mal zu groß sind für den Schlitz da."
As an austrian Its so crazy that americans don't have those doors/windows. Also make a video on switzerland or austria sometime. Germany aint the only german speaking country
@pegamini wdym? They do speak german.
"passt schon" translates more like... "It's fine" or something like that. I would really recommend watching more videos of Liam, he is amazing XD
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10:12 no, it means something like I‘m okay, but in a more badass way, as you said. Its hard to explain😅
We Germans are actually pretty different, depends in which region you are! In Bavaria we are mostly taller and more open then in other areas. In North Germany it rains really much, but we in the south have sometimes not enough rain. I don't like it that every one says the germans, the germans, as if we are all the same, but that is a general thing.
Germans to the north of Bavaria (except Saxony) in Central, West and North Germany are even taller than Bavarians.
Das Video hat mein Tag verbessert danke :D
people walking or riding there bike over a red light is very common in germany, but sometimes yes, there are many people waiting at the traffic light and no cars are there. One time I ran a red light on my bike like always and afterwards i saw there was a police car right beside me but i think they didn’t see me or didn’t care. And imo rude people are common here
Not very common but happens. Personally I value my life over saving 20 seconds (especially when hard to see in junctions /corners)
Ok I maybe exaggerated, didn‘t really have a comparison.
@@deinemutter7472 I mean, in every German video they emphasise this but in reality police doesn't really fine jaywalking and people cross the red sometimes, but far less than in my original country. When I'm in hurry and the road can be clearly seen I might jaywalk but otherwise I wait for green
The mailman was from Austria .
You look quite a bit like the model she showed, maybe you're German 😅👍?
You‘ve started a conspiracy theory now
He already has a girlfriend your attempts to pick him up are in vain he even has a baby
@@vomm Not every compliment or observation has to be a pickup line...
@@vomm You have commented the same, when I complimented him before...
Again: I'm happily married and don't want Ryan! He's just adorable and good looking 🤷♀️
@@cjane_world Then why are you hitting on him in every video? It's not wrong if you're into him but he's happy with someone else.
Explaining directions: This one strongly reminded me of a tiny area in northeast Germany, happened multiple times there: "which way to the beach?" - "go straight for 2 miles, you'll see a supermarket on your left. But continue straight for another mile, you'll cross a bridge, but still continue straight. (... ... 5 min and 10 miles later, continuing straight at every way point 🤣) ... then you'll see the beach straight ahead". Very kind though 😅
That was not a russian accent, it was an austrian accent.
He never mentioned that.
What's with the complaints about the weather? It's never been 20 C in Jan 1 as it was this year. Never been as dry as last year. Feels like some people just don't think before they repeat the old trope of what someone once told them.
The raging guy speaks bavarian not german ✌🏼🤣
nope austrian
well bavaria is german, so is austria. to be save just say bairisch/boarisch wich, to be fair , will translate into english as bavarian anyway.
but to say its austrian and not bavarian on the other hand is just wrong ( while also beeing correct). yes, there is a very high chance that this guy is from austria so you can narrow down the dialect to austria and not bavaria, but austrian is not a language. austrians speak bavarian dialects therefore it is bavarian.
there is also an alternative name to bavarian wich is austro-bavarian, but this is a costruct of political borders other than language. but it may fit your comments
@@novakhin1642 trotzdem isses kein Deutsch
@@novakhin1642 why is Viennese (which this is) a term then?
When I lived with my parents we had two of these glass doors. You could either tilt them to let air in or walk into the garden. The doors even had two more glass doors directly connected so that the entrance could be enlarged. That's how we always got our Christmas tree through the door. In my current apartment I have a single glass door as an exit to my balcony and a Window like this right next to it. From my experiance almost every household in Germany have these types of Windows/backdoors.
At the Clip at 4:22 this was at the Soccer World Cup in 2014. In the semi-final match Germany against Brazil the German Team won in the end 7 to 1 against the Brazilians which where the favorite until this. Many Viewers left the Stadion crying at the break after the first Halftime after Germanys 6:0 until then.
And we at Home had a great Party sitting at the TV. 😀😆
Well for regular streets, like single lane, moderately crowded we also don't wait for every traffic light. The traffic light by my house takes up to 4 mins to turn green depending on the cycle of the traffic lights down the road, doesn't matter if there hasn't approached a car for over 30 sec, I don't wait for that except at rush hour or when children are there.
8:17 I think that rather sounds Austrian more than German, some people where I love speak like that(I am german loving in Austria) and that sounded Austrian to me
If a door does the weird vertical half-open thing, that's a window. A tall window that doubles as a door. A windoor.
OMG! Your"Passt schon!" at 10:20 was so spot on... 😲I appove! 😄You get a ⬛🟥🟨flag for that.
The aquarium was great! It burst on Monday!
The door to my balcony can open and tilt. Very common thing. The yellow flag with the guy using binoculairs was at the football club Borussia Dortmund. I once stopped at a light when it went orange, a woman was next to me with a small child. the child wanted to stop, but the mother told her to go on. Stopping is an example to others. "passt schon" comes from tipping a waiter. you need to pay 9,50. give them 10 and say "passt schon", giving them a little tip.
Das mit dem Briefkasten war der Hammer hahaha 😂
9:39 This is so true! I always say: "Passt schon" or "Geht schon"
I love my language 💖German💅
About that “staring you right in the eye while in a conversation”. I would say that’s mostly because it shows some kind of respect - we want to let you know that we really listen to you and are interested in what you’re saying
That with the door we have that too, just for our balcony
Oh who made this sweet little quilt in the background? 🥰
I do a little quilts either - it’s not common in our country - only a few know this technique
Love from Austria/Europe 🇦🇹
- Well, like anywhere in the world, there are short, average and tall women, but it's true that tall women exist in larger amounts here, including myself (179cm which is about 5'10) . I do have some tall girl friends, but the majority is shorter than me.
- Most of us Germans really do be more reserved and keeping to themselves among strangers tbf, depends on where u are and what context it is, but it's fair to say we are in general less open towards people we don't know.
- Yup, I once got in trouble for crossing at a red light with my friend cause we were late and my teacher was behind us and saw it.
- I think it's just polite to look someone in the eyes when ur speaking. Shows respect, appreciation and makes them feel like they matter and you take them seriously. I hate when people are on their phones whil u talk, at least if it isn't just momentarily.
- Yes, we do have door-windows that do that hahah, mostly for balconies/terraces, not as a front door though.
- You were looking at the 7:1 score of the 2014 soccer worldcup. It was painful to watch even as a German, very intense match. Many Brazilians left the stadium disappointed by their team before the match even ended.
- I've never been to a German bording school and the only person I know who has is my grandpa who is now over the age of 80. But I agree, it does look very fancy, definitely an expensive private school.
- Yeah, the massive aquarium in Berlin bursted a few days ago and the 1million litres of water flushed out the hotel it was in, including the 1,500 fish in there. They had to evacuate the building and the fish couldn't be saved.It was the biggest freestanding cylinder-shaped aquarium in the world.
- about the angry mailman guy xD I only understood half of what he said, that was not high German, sounds more like a strong Bavarian or Austrian dialect.
- I hear that all the time, but do we Germans really speak such good English? I feel like there's those who do and those who don't at all, I know a bunch who speak very poor English, especially older people who didn't learn it in school.
- "Passt schon" = that's fine/ alrigt/ I'm fine. (it's a slang expression, do it doesn't really mean "it fits", that is more for clothes)
I enjoyed this video, thanks for making those. It's always fun seeing people react to our country and honestly makes me a little proud. Didn't think people were so interested. We are honoured. :)) Have a great day!
1:40 if you are caught ignoring the red light of the traffic light, this is a misdemeanor. it counts in the criminal record of your driver's license, which you lose if you commit too many violations. In addition, be a good role model, but we also like to drive fast, even where driving is not allowed
😂 Ryan shocked about glass doors to balcony or garden
Close to where I live there is a road with a streetlight and infact no one crosses it till it’s green but they walk like 5 meters besides the streetlight
We don‘t cross the street on a red light because children could be around or at a window and see you do that. It is a kind of a common agreement that adults should be a rolemodel to children in terms of road safety.
4:20 was at a soccer match of Borussia Dortmund. The fans did that before the match and I don‘t know who was the other team, but it was the Champions League. At the bottom it said „Auf den Spuren des verlorenen Henkelpotts“. Henkelpott is a reference to the trophy the winner of the tournament gets.
„Passt schon“ means something like „It‘s/I’m ok“.
That wasn't a tee on the golf course, that was a tee mat on a driving range.
But I have also played on a golf course in Germany where there was a tee mat for beginners next to each normal tee.