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I think Rachel would make a very nice school English teacher haha
I can admit, Rachel is a very good German speaker. It is nice to see, that so much people are interested in German language.
She is amazing!
Millions interested German language, please do some HW.
@@jparsit Thank you, I will do this
I’m from UK and also can’t usually wait for her videos. Ive been trying to learn the language for 3 years
She is really easy to like and love :)
Somewhat different accent than the Meet the Germans series, less "posh" maybe as you mentioned, but lovelier indeed ;)
Yes, truly lovely!
'In home office' - you really are German 😂🤣😂
Love your videos. Keep up the great work.
Kenrp11 haha I can’t believe I said this, after telling everybody in Germany how strange it sounds 😂 yep, definitely turning German!
There are a lott of words in Germany sound like English but is a German Composita or a missunderstanding. And sometimes the Marketing guys find it cool to invennt a word. So example is the word Handy means cell Phone.. but as a German Sound English
Germans are extremely kind if you’re trying to speak German. I took German in high school and then spent a few months there after school. 25 years later I was there for work. The home office was supposed to book me at the airport hotel but they got it wrong. Found myself at the front desk with someone that didn’t speak English and my German was all but forgotten. Yeow. We made it through the experience nicely. Kudos to the young man who was so patient that day. I found it like that everywhere.
Vielen Dank! Ich lerne immer so viel über Deutschland und die Deutschen - dabei bin ich selbst Deutsche, aber der vorgehaltene Spiegel lässt mich nachdenken und reflektieren, was sinnvoll ist ;-)
Dani K das freut mich :)
@@RachelStewart04 Rachel, danke für das Video. Ich als Deutscher finde es genauso komisch, dass Deutschland in Sachen Technik und Innovation so hinterher hinkt in einigen Bereichen. Oft ist es schon schwierig die richtigen Öffnungszeiten einiger Geschäfte im Netz zu finden, oder vernünftige Webseiten mancher Unternehmen :/
I agree
Being American, we think that you are perfect for those who want to visit Germany and are curious about things to understand and enjoy about native Germans. We never miss a cast of your Meet the Germans.
M W I appreciate that, thank you!
About the learning German process (Brazilian here, who already spoke English). When I moved to Germany I had a A2.1 level, but my listening and speaking war sooo weak that I got back to A1.2. I went from A1.2 to C1 in 7 months. By then I was able to speak to everyone about mostly everything. I was attending job interviews in German, I did a marketing course in German (economy, math, marketing and communication, market research, etc...). In the opposite scenario, I have a friend who was already living in Germany for a year by the time I got there. I left 16 months later, and she was still in B1.2, and could not speak in the same level I could. All that to say that people are different, the learning process is different. She was shy about talking to people in German, but I was throwing my German knowledge around every chance I could 😅😅 So tip: don't be shy 😉
Hey Rachel! I study in Scotland and I'm doing my masters dissertation on the (slow) digital transformation of Germany after watching your video on it!
Teson oh wow!! Good luck and please let us know what you find out 😃
such a charming lady... we are happy to have her here in ALEMANYA
Thank you Rachel for this charming hour! I’m german and watch your videos to learn English, but I have to slow down the speed to 0.75 then it is perfect.
Paul Buning this is an excellent tip, which I have passed on to my mother-in-law 😂
Thank you for the great series!
35:00 love that you edit your videos yourself! I do appreciate all the cuts and little bits you put into each one.
im glad you liked my question! and some very thoughtful answers
Love the videos! Great work Rachel!
Great Show Rachel! Loved every minute of it. Thanks
rachel this live stream was lovely! really enjoyed it!
Can’t wait for your next video! 👏👏👏 Alex from Seattle
Hello, Rachel! I'm from Brazil. I like to watch your videos. You are very funny and your videos are creative and interesting.
Diego Rodrigues thanks Diego!
About Quark: My gf is german and she was struggling to find quark in London 5 years ago but nowadays it's very easy 😁
Up quark or down quark?
@@st0ox the strange one, nobody has ever seen them yet.
@@st0ox It depends on how you spin your quark in the oven.
@@minhucovu6321 Nobody expects the strange quark
charming
Sorry I missed the livestream, Rachel, but I hope you do another one soon! You do a really amazing job and are very personable, coming across as very natural and friendly, despite also being very professional. Love your videos! I've lived in Ludwigshafen am Rhein since 9/11 and have a German wife, who I met here during my year abroad in Germany during my degree in chemistry and German, so a kind of similar experience to yours, but the other way around.
Ty Rachel I watched the replay and really enjoyed it. Zwischen uns not everyone in Munich is disappointed that Oktoberfest is cancelled this year. But there is 2021 to look forward to! Keep well
Dear Rachel,
i am living in Germany since 1986. I follow your awesome series "Meet the Germans" with enthusiasn.
I have to admit that i am completely shocked about the fact you started learning German 10 years ago... This is an unbelievable achievement. I was convinced one of your parents is a German.
Du bist der Hammer.
Liebe Grüße
I mean, hey, not to sound arrogant but after 10 years it should be a given thing to be able to speak a language, even with a proper german accent. (when you really want to learn the language).
But nevertheless, her german is native-german level, no question.
@@diving_element3126 I disagree in a way with your opinion.
It is an extraordinary good sound. I know many people who live much longer than 10 years in "foreign" contries and there is no problem recognizing the origin ... russian, turkish, british .. american people. Maybe she is a good musician but for sure she is an extraordinary talent in sounds. Her sound is ... logical ... Hochdeutsch mit kölner Klang ... but she has also abilities to sound "Fränkisch", "Bayrisch", "Schwäbisch" as you can see and hear in the "bread-video".
Her abilities in "Deutsch" are really and mentionable good.
@@gwideaa but thats the thing, they kinda do not invest time to properly study the language, sure, maybe they did not have the abilitys but I guess a lot of them never had a book in their hand for studying the grammer
@@diving_element3126 If you work as a trucker, carpenter, brick-layer ... you work hard for hours ...
Well if I did this, I didn´t read a grammar book after work.
Rachel Stewart is extremly good in german ... she has a little (cologne) accent ... Kir sche ... istead of Kir che ... and that is remarkable good and remarkable in much other topics. So she is extraordinary.
Des wos de konn, konn so schnoi ned a jeda ... (bavarian)
Well, sadly I missed the live stream. Anyway, it is really a pleasure to follow your videos and I appreciate your manners which are very intimate. As an ex Nurnberger, I like to keep up with news about Germany, especially from you. Greetings from Turkey. Thanks a lot Rachel.
I really enjoy your positive energy Rachel. Love the series.
Love iiitttt! You're doing a great job Rachel. @DW don't ever change the host for this series!
Just discovered your MtG vids and find them very enjoyable to watch. You're very professional as well as very charming. DW was quite wise to hire you. Best wishes from an American living in Poland.
Great opportunity to listen and interact with you spontanouesly.
Great show. Stay safe and enjoy the bike rides along the rhine in the sun we do not have so often in March and April usually.
By far sunniest month in the past if you check the PV or solar power produced and hours of sunshine.
Really enjoy your videos. Don’t know much about Germany so learning lots from you videos
I love your videos! They make my days!
Natalia Roush ❤️
I am a German and I completely get into my regional accent when I am in my hometown or I call my mom or my grandmother. But otherwise I nearly have no accent at all 😂
And I'm sitting here: [chuckles in Hanoverian]
Haha, same here!
Just want to say thanks for your lovely videos!
shahla badel you are welcome!
You said "lüften" pretty perfectly now.
Marilena T. 🥳
Where does she say that? :)
@@soundsdreams towards the end. ☺
thanks
Oh I visited Cologne, is a beautiful city and people surprised me! They were very kind when I asked them for addresses in English
Just discovered your videos and I have really enjoyed them.
Loved this, got to see most of it live
Regarding your upcoming story about politics and WWII, might I suggest you come to Nürnberg. The Dokumentationszentrum Reichsparteitagsgelände is not only a terrific source of information but also a great backdrop to shoot in. Also, it would be an opportunity to meet. Look forward to seeing more new content.
Rob Williams good idea, thank you!
We want more live sessions!
Happy to know about you & your experiences. Thank you so much to you for sharing us so many information about Germany. :) Keep your smart work , Rachel
Thank you! Will do! 😊
I really love the series , very much informative..
I loved "Bob der Streuner"
And your German is amazing!
Heyy! Watching this from Ghana, i love your series, great job!
And i love Germany!
Quite late to the party as I stumbled only recently over the "Meet the Germans" videos. Watching them teaches me so much! It helps seeing the so-called-normal as cultural influence that can be different from every other perspective. Thus it teaches the Germans maybe even more than people from outside Germany. By the way, congratulations for being able to speak German with such a tiny bit of accent! This shows a lot of endurance. You are really outstanding. Especially as somebody from a country who's native language is the lingua franca of the modern world. Again, congratulations and thank you!
Eine sehr sympathische junge Frau...😊
Great Video!
Thanks Rachel, I find your program interesting and funny. Just talking about German small talk, I felt very identified with the subject of that video, it was funny and confirmed what I've experienced with my husband's relatives. Questions like: "What is the area of your apartment? Wie viele Einwohner gibt es in deiner Heimat?" and so many more, are very common here. I'm living in Germany for near 6 months and it's still a challenge to adjust. Liebe Grüße!
Its sad that i missed this live! I usually watch all your shows but how did I miss this!! waiting for the next live....
I missed this. I hope you do another soon.
Secret Guy we will :)
As someone of German descent who has tried to learn German and visited many times, I LOVE this program, thanks and keep going!!! I wonder how open the people you are to be interviewed, some seem like they are walking away as they talk, some quite eager.
I learned a good few German small talks from you. Thank you very much
Your videos are informative and entertaining! Thank you! I'm learning German on DW and it's the best. One day I hope to visit Germany.
Thank you! We'd be glad to welcome you 🙂
Erasmus is truly a great thing. In 1993/94 I was studying in London and it was the best time of my life. That was really the experience of a lifetime even it sounds too cliche. Sorry how this worked out with the Brexit.
Stefan St. Erasmus really is a wonderful opportunity ☺️
ich bin ein Brit und hasse brexit
Great series very well presented by the incredibly charming and articulate Rachel Stewart! Definitely one of the best things on TH-cam
@JOHN APPLEBY Thanks John!
Cheers from Costa Rica, I'm a "Meet the Germans" fan, can't wait for the next one.
Coco Castillo gracias 😀
I did not expect to what this whole video, but it was so interesting! As a Canadian living in Munich I found our similar experiences so cool... Germans love asking about facts for sure, they also love looking at maps :D haha
Please so this again! I'm quite sad I missed this. But keep up the great work, I think your videos are very well done and I always look forward to new ones
She's a wonderful presenter! And I enjoy this show very much!
Es ist echt perfektes Sprachtraining deine Videos zu gucken, weil man dein Englisch finde ich super versteht.👍🏻
Hi Rachel!
Please do another livestream soon. I missed this one but enjoyed watching the archive.
Maybe you can launch meet the Germans on Instagram with a celebatory livestream. 🙂
strohwit that does sound good 😃
@@RachelStewart04Please announce the launch here on TH-cam. 🙂
Hi Rachel. Unfortunately I missed the live stream but managed to watch the recorded version soon after - Loved it - great all round content!! I'm an Australian with German heritage & several rellies still in Germany (mostly around Berlin & Cologne). I've visited Germany many times & like you LOVE the country, despite what seems to be some quirky/strange customs to us from the english-speaking world. Like you, most of their customs work well and once you get used to them, I find I mostly prefer their method than what we use back in Australia. I love the mature attitude towards the acceptance of alcohol - being able to walk the street with a beer in your hand without getting fined and because of this relaxed attitude, I'm often amazed how few alcohol-fuelled violence there appears to be. It seems Germans mostly have a some drinks, get happy & go home. The lack of access to credit/debit card acceptance across Germany (and their love of cash) was at first inconvenient (& somewhat surprising) given their uptake for other technology, however it is slowly getting better with supermarkets at least now all accepting credit cards - restaurants are another matter.....
Their fanaticism over their garbage recycling is amazing (& quite stressful for first timers), but once you get used to it, makes sense. We in Australia have just introduced bottle refund collection machines, allowing us to collect our glass, plastic & metal containers and cash them in for a refund - and it's very popular over here now. The unusual (mostly written) request for males to sit while going to the toilet (urinating) again seemed quite over the top but I now find that I do this at home.....
In short, it is a great country & by far my favourite O/S destination. Love Berlin and Cologne, also big fans of Binz, Trier, Berchtesgaden, Nuremburg, Dresden and Magdeburg. My wife and I have contemplated moving over their for 6 month stints when we retire.
Anyway, keep up the great video tutorials. Can't wait for the next one...
bundiboo thank you! Yes it’s such an interesting process going somewhere new, finding something completely bizarre and then slowly coming round to it and accepting it as normal/correct 😋
Rachel, tks so much for your Videos. I have been learning German for one year, through your videos, I feel German language more interesting!😃😃😃
Emma LIN thank you, and good luck with the German!
Hi, I really like watching your videos, great fun and very interesting, I am half german and go to Munich about 5 times a year,
I love her presentation skills...I just have one request
Can we please have this Q&A session every week? ;)
ajin patra haha you might run out of questions!!
🧐 I never realized that „Quark“ was such a special thing. 🙃
@hanniwe Yep, don't mess with Quark 😊
Even Protons and Neutrons are made out of Quark(s)
The "only one beer on tap" thing is usually due to contracts the pubs have with one brewery. In return for the pub's loyalty the brewery might pay some of the furniture and or deliver the beer at a lower price.
Best host of them all!
Niklas Weins ❤️
I have made many times to Germany and was with the military for 3 years. I have learned so much from your programs. I have found the Germans are one of the most gracious people especially putting up with my inability to speak even the poorest German. Keep up the great work.
I think we Germans ask often how many people live in one´s city because there are at least some stereotypes about urban/rural people. And to know which "type" someone is helps to "classify" them. It might not be perfect but it works partly.
Nice getting to know you a little bit :)
Loved to hear about Czech beer :)
Hello. Greetings from India. I am watching your videos since it's inception. I must say I learned the basics of the language and fell in love with it. I realised that there is a certain connection between english and german after you start learning the language. You and your videos have motivated me further to pursue this language and I hope to be better like you at some point.
Soham Dutta indeed, both are strongly influenced by Latin. So, many European languages have a lot in common.
English and German are cousins, going back to common Germanic roots. Latin had a lot more influence on English though as had French.
Thank you for sharing your experience! Big love from China;)
"Lüften" sounded very good! You were very lucky only paying 5€ for crossing on red light, the police was nice to you! I paid ~120€ and got two points! I was on my bike and turned right on red light, staying on the bike lane. I didn't even cross the street!
TheSwedishRider oh wow!! 😬
I doubt that 120€ fine. It is way too high.
@@VolkerBruggemann You doubt that I know how much I paid? Crossing red light is minimum 90€ and I had to pay additional "Bearbeitungsgebühr". www.bussgeldkatalog.org/rote-ampel/
German dialects: My großer opa would insist on speaking to me in Plattdeutsch as he said it was like English. I had to get my Tante to translate to Hochdeutsch, even my cousins couldn't understand the Hamburg dialect. On my first solo outing to Hanover, only 30km away, I was told I might understand the locals.
In Cambridge I over heard two foreign language students talking and could follow nothing but it sounded as if I should. I asked them what language they spoke "Swiss German". That was a surprise to me as the easiest speaker of German for me to understand was my Tante and she was Swiss German.
Rachel, you are very entertaining. Love your channel. Your German is superb.
Your "Lüften" sounds flawless.
I can relate to your comment about how learning a language organically, (that is learning it without any prior knowledge of it while living in the country) often works out better than when you‘ve studied it formally. I am a 56 year old lady who lives in Adelaide, Australia. When I was 16 years old, I spent a year in Norway as an exchange student. I knew absolutely no Norwegian when I got there, but over time with some wonderful help from the families I was staying with, I learnt to speak fluent conversational Norwegian. I remember feeling so pleased with myself that everyone was so impressed that I could speak Norwegian well. My background is actually German, my father came to Australia from Germany (Bavaria) after the war. However he didn‘t and wouldn‘t teach us children German. As I‘ve gotten older I‘ve been interested in exploring my German background more. So I went back to uni and learnt German for 3 years to B2 level. I then applied to attend a language school in Stuttgart at the beginning of 2019. I had expected to be able to speak fluent German almost from the time I stepped off the plane. It just didn‘t work that way. 😪 Even after the 6 weeks at the language school I still couldn‘t speak it fluently. ☹️ I think the host lady I stayed with in Stuttgart thought I‘d be better at speaking it too as I had been learning it at uni. I think that pressure actually makes it worse. 😕
I reconnected with some long lost relatives in Bavaria, and I was hoping to be able to speak to them in fluent German, and I think they thought I‘d be able to speak better German too, but I couldn‘t. 😕 However with them, luckily it didn‘t matter as we were just so excited to see each other after nearly 4 decades. 😃🎉
I sort of wish there was some organic way for me to learn German, but at my age I think it‘s probably a bit too hard to find a job, or a way) to live in Germany so I can learn it while I live there. 😏 (I think I‘ve left my learning of German a bit late 😕)
Thank you for this detailed insight into your life: Stay curious and keep learning! 😊
Your german, from what I’ve noticed so far, is really good. Your pronunciation and tone is much better than most brits have.
Regarding the one beer per pub: This is because a lot of pubs have contracts with a brewery. They can only sell their beers. 30 years ago, the big breweries actually owned a lot of the buildings where the pub was in.
I'm a German, living in the UK, and I find your videos very entertaining!
Since your favorite beer is Czech, why do you think that your beer choice could cause disagreement? Czech beer is clearly the best beer!
New approach to know more about German language culture and traditions way of life, etc. thank you for infotainment videos which are fresh breath of air, full of positive vibes, exhilarating entertaining ways to learn everything about German people. Lots of love to Germany and a lot of appreciations to you.
I love the fact that you met your husband during your Erasmus, that is the most precious thing!
Hello Rachel!
Greetings from Paraguay.
Thank you!
You are a very good ambassador to your Country. I am german and i try to watch every Episode. You should do an Episode about Germany in general and the difference each State has.
I LOVE your "potluck approach" to German grammar! I've been here for three years and der, die, das is still such a pain in the butt. I've decided that my German is sweetly flawed and I'm ok with that.
No matter what you do, never ask about the gender of Nutella :D
Hi and greetings from Salt Lake City Utah
Hey Rachel I love you videos, I am from Belize
David Friesen thanks David!
I ve worked for Thomas Cook once up on a time ... My colleagues from the UK ( Newcastle, Leeds, Glasgow) spoke their " dialects" on the phone as well .
It took me quite a while to understand them.
I thought all English native speakers would be able to speak " received pronunciation" but it isn t.
Rachel you speak very clear and accurate ( English and German) ... thats how it should be.
'I was scared someone would ask me a question at the checkout... '
Well I am sure you dicovered by now that was an unfounded worry. German grocery shopping is a notouriously efficieant airfair with no place for smalltalk xD
22:42 I love those! I really came as a surprise to me that they aren't available in many countries.
You can make a zoom webinar or meeting for interaction for the questions for some coming international student, please
By the way
Big fan😇😇
23:25 most loved flips is Smoki in Serbia, favourite crisp, kids and adults love it, beside chips, and sometimes eat it with yogurt (instead of cornflakes) 😉
Ljupka N ah interesting, I’ll have to try them with yoghurt!
Go to the swiss border, the mix of dialects there (Schaffhausen - CH, Villingen-Schwenningen and all the villages close to Blumberg all have different dialects)
Like all your videos, but the one about asparagus was the best, your humour is even funnier when said in a poem and especially this topic is suitable for a poem
Jo553Nas thank you! I really did enjoy making that one.
Der Stil Deiner Videos ist sehr ansprechend und sehr unterhaltsam, insbesondere auch für mich als Deutschen.
Ich komme aus Indien und ich habe mit einer Deutsche Familie als mieter gewohnt. Ich habe bayerische Deutsch auch gelernt. Außerdem habe ich ein Praktika bei BMW in ein komplett deutsche Abteilung gemacht und ich habe weiter Deutsch gelernt. Ich finde deine Videos ganz super und ich möchte meine English von deine Videos bessern. Danke
Hello from Rio de Janeiro, love your videos, and I am interested in the German´s culture
The question about the cows in Argentina has an easy answer: about as many as grains of sand on German beaches! :)
The beer is not sooo much a question of loyalty to one brand, rather with the system/tradition. The typical bar or restaurant has a supplier contract with a single (frequently local) brewery or distributor, so on tap they only have that brand's beer (multiple varieties though). You can often get several national brands in bottles too, and often the brewery has a collaboration with another and so you can get Altbier (from Düsseldorf) on tap pretty much across the country. There are also specialty beer pubs that have a variety on tap, but those are indeed specialty pubs. When going out, Germans mostly drink their preferred beer (the beer drinkers ARE loyal to their brand!), so for most pubs it makes little sense to offer more variety. But that's changing a bit.
Regarding smalltalk, I think the main difference is that Germans like to actually discuss issues; instead of just superficial conversation we like to probe the depths of a topic, which can lead to quite an argument sometimes :)
This was great, you should do a second one sometime!
I mean... IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE GOING ANYWHERE CURRENTLY, ARE WE!? (Im i doing the english sarcasm thing right? haha!)
Absolutely love your vids Rachel, Greetings from Spain! Germany is the very first place i want to travel again once this whole situation is over :(
Gabriel 😂 we will!! And I hope you get to travel here soon.
hi your voice is so sweat
and clear i am from india
God bless from Australia 🇦🇺