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You can actually say "Have a great birthday on the weekend", you just shouldn't congratulate early or wish an early "happy birthday", if the distinction makes sense!?
Great video, you are soo german already! 😊 Some more german habits: • Smalltalk/complaining about the weather 😄 • tell strangers what they did wrong in a particular moment • bake a cake for colleagues when it is/was your own birthday 😊
@@DianaVerry The counting is due to militarry reasons, back in the days, because over distance looking at it, it is not that critical for misunderstandigs.
I'm German and I can say it's definitely not totally normal to wear sandals with socks. It's also considered a fashion faux pas most of the time. Probably not too much in Berlin because everyone can wear what they want basically but doesn't really apply to Germany as a whole
I think there is a big difference with wearing Birkenstocks with socks indoors as "Hausschuhe" or outside; I think indoors this is ok, but outside is a little more weird.
Ein interessanter Punkt ist, dass Du Sonntag (wie in Deutschland üblich) als Ende der Woche bezeichnest!
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"Have a good birthday" is not a faux pas, because it's not congratulatory, but just a wish. "Have a nice vacation"-like. "Happy birthday!", before the actual birthday, *that* is the faux pas. In German, you'd say "Feier schön!", and on Monday, you'd go "Alles Gute nachträglich!" Yes, we Germans can be "nachtragend". ;-)
This is my second year in a small city in Bavaria and it killed me that our Weihnachtsmarkt was cancelled, I was really looking forward to it almost since january when it ended :p
Hi Diana ! Thank you for placing the mirror in front of us germans so we can better identify what makes up our own culture, that's pretty cool and helps us a lot in seeing the cultural background of others who might live next door to us, and thus seeing that german culture should not be the scale or rule for the rest of the world. I found this was also a very nice experience in my job when I had a lot of contact with colleagues and customers from i.e. north america, asia or other european countries. For example, when you exchange business cards with a chinese person, he will always give it to you with both hands, and you better do it the same way, when you take it or present your own. Also it would be considered quite impolite if you just put the card in your pocket, but not to read it carefully first. I found this quite nice meanwhile, and like a lot when I notice that my business partner appreciates this showing of respect. Keep on doing such videos, thanks for your work !
Here's a thought: You're carrying a cloth shopping bag anyway when you go to the store. Why not stuff the bag with the empty bottles and collect the deposit back yourself? You'll empty the bag at the store and then fill it with whatever you purchase.
@@DianaVerry because we dont give a damn! i think a lot of germans would aaaalways consider practicability to be more important than fashionabilty :D we just love ourselves a good breeze of wind in our birki-socks. if we were fashionable we would not walk around in these ugly windbreaker jackets with jack wolfskin fleece beanies (>.
Ooooh... strategies at the cashier. Cashiers in Germany are the worst. But if you find yourself strategizing what to put first or where the perishable stuff should go at the cashier... Every time i come back from vacation, the first stressful experience is stocking up on food - specifically when i reach the cashier.
Just because you might use a credit card doesnt mean you need "credit" or cant afford the item. If you pay the amount within the 30 days there are no fees. Also many cc have excellent points systems and reward systems , at least in North America. Times have changed a lot and now ALDI and LIDL , et al. all take credit cards with NO problems the last few years in Germany. YOu can use a debit card, credit card or cash. By the way also in their USA stores ALdi and LIdl also accept credit cards now too. // ALso, the taking of other peoples' packages is standard in New York City where I live and has been standard for decades. We help each other German style as you call it by taking each others packages , no problem. It may be a Canadian thing to not take each others packages but at least in Greater NY it s standard. Also my parents llived in central New Jersey and it was standard to take each others packages even in a rural or suburban setting. // Enjoyed your 21 points of becoming Germanized, Quite true but comical as well. Gruss. R.
I´m that much used to the deposit system that I´ve already forgotten that this is not standard everywhere. It´s actually a very good thing, even if not every german would agree. But it really helps to keep the environment clean. Even if you leave some bottles on the street, it would not take a long time till someone picks them up. And it´s also helpfull for the homeless to make some money with it. Today it´s such a normal thing not to throw the bottles into the trash bucket but place them next to it so others are not forced to grab into the trash buckets when collecting the bottles.
You can avoid all the bottles, if you use a soda stream. I am living in a flat on the 5th floor and there is no elevator. It is heavy to carry all bottles upstairs. And when they are empty the bottles must back downstairs again. That is a stupid system, so I bought a soda stream, and I am using the water which is in the house. Sometimes I mix it with fruit sirup.
Pfand or Deposit for beer is 8 Cent. For water, sparkling water, schorle and soda it's 25 Cents. If you have beer with "Bügel" (flip top bottle) it's 15 Cent.
Hi miss verry In Bavaria the people like a "radler" that is a beer with lemon soda Radler means when someone rides a bicycle, it is not too much alcohol and you feel energised. Regards Mr Michael Carmichael
Very interessting ! you got some good points there. And it's so funny to see that you are seeing the positive parts of all german habbits. It shows you are a positive person BUT this things are just formal habbits that people do unconsciously. Not very positive at all its just "normal" to do it. And a few things you have experienced are also not really GERMAN but more typical for BERLIN. And Berlin ist not a typical german city at all.
The No Happy early birthday thing exists in russia as well, my mum grew up in a small village in siberia, and wishing someone a happy early birthday was a big no-go, an insult even
Idea for another video, since I’m considering moving to Germany. Where do you go shopping for basic things since the stores are different? Clothing in particular. The US (and I’m sure Canada too) is very chain-based. I wouldn’t know where to go for jeans, leggings, socks, underwear, etc. And look nice. Size conversions? Learning your metric measurements?
Stores are everywhere. Store employees will happily counsel you on size and stuff. Food stores: Aldi, Lidl. Clothes: C & A, H & M, Woolworth. DIY/home improvement/construction: Hornbach, Obi. Electronics: Mediamarkt. Furniture/kitchenware/bed sheets and stuff: Ikea. These are stores you should find everywhere in Germany. But right now I would think twice. Jobs aren't plenty, right now, in Germany.
I knew that finger counting difference already from the movie 'Inglourious Bastards' when they realized Michael Fassbender wasn't really a German since he was counting the Anglo-Saxon way with his fingers 😁
Hi Diana, nice collections of German habits. It seems you have arrived better now than in the years before. It takes years rather than weeks to get used to a foreign culture. You still seem to like it. That's nice.
I find it extremely impolite not to greet the other people in a Wartezimner of a doctor. So I was a bit shocked to hear that it is not common in Canada, because I learned, that Canadian people are sooo polite!
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Yes, fresh air is so important. I cannot sleep, when the the air is warm and stuffy. Lüften! When I wake up in the morning and the air is totally consumed-lüften! When I come back in the evening and the window was closed the whole day-lüften! Up to now I did not know that other countries see that different?
The tap water in Berlin is fine, so no need to buy water in bottles. It is also more healthy to drink tap water than water from plastic bottles, as this bottles emit unhealthy chemicals (plasticizers). If you like sparkling water, a Soda Stream can also spare you be carrying the heavy water from the shop. If the Berlin water is to chalky for your taste, a water filter can fix this. sodastream.de www.brita.de
A tiny hint for your plastic water bottle deposit and when ya too lazy to carry it all back 😀 Go to rewe.de and order once in a month or so your food there and your water boxes and other drinks. The delivery guy brings it right to your door, no matter if it's Erdgeschoss or 7th floor and he takes your deposit with him and charges it against your bill. I know that it's available in and around Berlin.
Weihnachtsmärkte, die man gesehen haben sollte: Berlin Spandau, Berlin Charlottenburg, Potsdam, Rostock, Oldenburg oder in einem kleinen ostfriesischen Hafen mit geschmückten Fischkuttern. 🎄
Accepting packages for someone you do know can get you into trouble, because if the person you give the package is not the person he pretends to be, you may have to pay for the damage. So if you do not know the neighbour, better ask him to show you his ID to prove that he really is the correct receiver of the package.
@@whattheflyingfuck... Ich weiß! Pfandflaschen sammeln hat mir und meinen beiden Kindern während meiner Weiterbildung über die Runden geholfen, deswegen ist für mich Pfand sehr wertvoll!
Its very important to check the receipt after you have been through the false rushing of the cashiers at say a Aldi or Lidl in Germany. There is no real need to be i n such a huge race to check someone out but its German style. But be very careful to check the receipt right away when you pull your load over to the side because I have found many ! mistakes in the false rushing and its best to get your refund right away then and there! Sometimes the mistakes are even large ! I notice most Germs don't check the receipts for mistakes but I always do. You have to outfox the false rushers with the cashiering ! lol Gruss. R.
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the Birkenstock with socks thing is definitely a faux-pas in Germany, too. But I'd say it's either people who don't have a single clue when it comes to "fashion" whatsoever or it's people who actually will do it on purpose just to show they don't give a fuck
oh most people still find it umcomfortaple to have to get the package from the neightbor especially when you live in a small village where the deliver comes via a borowed worker from a privat company it can happen that your neightbor suddenly is the trashcan or the the woods so yeah
aaah, die bekannte Tütentüte! Die befindet sich wohl tatsächlich in jedem Haushalt. Pfand, rausstellen ist eine gute Option für Obdachlose oder Personen mit wenig Geld, klar. Allerdings könnte ich mir das selber gar nicht erst leisten. Ich mach das schon mal wenn sich eine Flasche eingeschlichen hat mit 15ct Pfand die man gewöhnlich nur in Supermärkten zurückgeben kann und da lauf ich nicht für eine Flasche hin. Aber alles an Pfand? Allein was du da im Video in der Hand hälst ist 1€ wert. Jetzt kommt es natürlich drauf an ob und wieviel Flaschen man überhaupt hat, bei dir hört es sich aber nach einigen an. Aber dieses Unverständnis dafür ist vermutlich einfach deutsch, wer weiß, vielleicht kommst du da auch noch an. Bis dahin freuen sich die Flaschensammler.
Napoleon Bonaparte about German weather: "Six months of winter, and six months without summer - and that is what they call their homeland!" 😂 So, yes, go out if there finally is some sun!
Sehr schöne Zusammenstellung! Ich bin nur verwundert, dass man sich in kanadischen Wartezimmern nicht grüßt. Warum nicht? In Deutschland werden die Leute auch schon immer unhöflicher. Wenn man in einer Behörde wartet, kann man sich auch nicht darauf verlassen, dass Neuankömmlinge grüßen. Und wenn man spazieren geht und einem jemand entgegen kommt, sind es hauptsächlich ältere Leute, die einen grüßen. Warum darf man eigentlich in Kanada sein Bier nicht auf der Parkbank trinken? Welcher Gedanke steht da hinter? Darf man wenigstens nichtalkoholische Getränke trinken? Beim Bezahlen im Supermarkt: bedeutet debit card die ECkarte? ECkarten sind hier spätestens seit Corona das gängigste Zahlungsmittel, häufiger als Bargeld. Meine Kreditkarte habe ich schon seit Jahren nicht mehr benutzt. Ich brauchte sie hauptsächlich, um im Internet einen Flug zu buchen.
Der Gedanke hinter dem Verbot, in der Öffentlichkeit Alkohol zu trinken, ist wohl, dass man sich erhofft, dann auch weniger Betrunkene in der Öffentlichkeit zu haben, die Unruhe stiften könnten. Zwar ist das nur ein indirekter Zusammenhang, aber es scheint wohl zu funktionieren (nicht zu 100% natürlich, aber macht nen deutlichen Unterschied)
@@silkwesir1444 gibt es wirklich deutlich weniger Alkoholprobleme in den USA als in Deutschland? Immerhin lernen deutsche Jugendliche sehr viel früher den Umgang mit Alkohol....
You can wish someone a nice birthday already on friday, but the people don´t want that you say "congratulation to your birthday" before it is the day of the birthday. That comes from the bible. You live only when it is God´s will and you don´t know if it is so. So you wait until the day comes and when it is God´s will that you are still alive, you can be happy and celebrate the day. Wenn der Herr will und wir leben, so werden wir auch dieses oder jenes tun. (Jakobus 4; 15) Long time ago for example someone who wrote in a letter that he wants to meet someone in springtime, he wrote at the end of the letter the letters "s.c.j." ( „sub conditione jacobaea“) that means under the condition of Jakobus - if it is God´s will and we are still alive (so Gott will und wir leben)
i see i am not the only german trying to find out how german i really am? :D (spoiler: very german! 17/20 haha) the most german things i do is... - love beer - complain about the lack of efficiency in a variety of things including german burocracy :D - having a close look on the kilogram/prize proportions in the supermarket - think about solidarity a lot
Hey sweetie, lovely video, i had a lot of fun watching you. Some very interesting points. I guess you are very close to become a German, specially a Berlinerin 🍻 Becoming a Berlinerin means to be prepared with an Allwetterjacke for every season.😎 I've you don't like to bring the bottles back, use your partner just yell until he goes, the same with the garbage 🗣️📢 And last but not least, just stop smiling so much, be more grumpy. 🤫 Following these three very easy tips ...... just kidding 🤭😉 Thanks a lot, have a nice Sunday evening and a wonderful week. Stay safe and take care🍀
Diana, be assured that even most of us Germans are judgmental when seeing someone wearing socks in sandals or more specific Birkenstocks. Most of us Germans do find this weird too. But you're right there is still a certain number of my fellow Germans around that even today do their best to manifest this stereotype of Germans like to wear socks in sandals.
"happy early birthday"? is that correct? Shouldn't it be either "early happy birthday" or "happy birthday early", but not with the "early" in the middle...
So does that mean i am not a real German, even though i was born here XD because i don't own a pair of Birkenstock Sandals and I do find it weird when people wear Socks in their sandals, also i don't open the windows all the time, i never went for the weekend somewhere else in europe, i do think its nice when the sun is out in winter, but i still might rather stay in my apartement, because when that happens on a sunday, its mostly my only free day of the week and i do not wanna have to get dressed. If you are a true german, you might start drinking tab water, so you dont have all these plastic bottles in your house, don't have to buy new ones and bring the old ones back. I would say Germans are very particular about recycling, we were always seperating paper, plastik, bio and the rest from each other and i have even seen some older folks argue with younger ones who did'nt do it correctly. THank you for sharing your views on German culture though.
actually i dont know anyone who likes wine shorle grape shorle yes wine no exept that one guy of asian origin but i guess he waters it down to be able to drink a glass more he also only drink s radler and mixery please dont assume just because in your friend circle its quite common that this is a generell german thing
I read much of Goethe, I believe most of Schiller and then some literature in German. I was never able to read Hesse. Or Thomas Mann. Drives me crazy. In any language.
@@a0flj0 Goethe uund Schiller waren "abgehoben", vor allem Goethe. Sie dachten, Sie gehoeren zu einer anderen besser en Klasse als "das Volk". Heine war Moderner, beinahe ein Humanist(I'm Sinne Carl Rogers'). Hesse's "Siddhartha" ist Wunder voll! Als wuerde der Erhabene selbst Sprechen.Viel Glueck beim Lesen und geistigen Durchdringen. Berthold Brecht noch zu erwaehnen...
Hi Diana, I was a bit surprised that you pickted the word 'genau' I was expecting 'doch' But nevertheless i hope you will not be completely germanized and you will be and stay one of the many expats and foreigners living here to colour our multikulti nation. Berlin seems to be the perfect place to be for you. Greez from Frankfurt. Take care and stay healthy
@@DianaVerry But why do you not use a credit card in Germany? Most of the big supermarkt-chains (Edeka, Rewe, Penny, Lidl) and many restaurants accept it.When you call a taxi by phone at Taxizentrale you can also pay by credit card (when you stop a taxi on the street, better ask before!). When you order things in the Internet, nearly every serious trade-company (atlasformen.de, paul-schrader.de or whatever) will let you pay by credit card.
@@janpracht6662 Why use a credit card when you can pay cash? I online use a credit card for online shopping, especially for foreign online shops, e.g. from the UK or the USA.
Still can't get over the socks with Birkenstocks 😂 is it that Germans are grossed out by bare feet? Like should I not wear sandals in the summer with no socks? 😬
Sure, some people are grossed out by bare feet, but I don't think that is the reason. You will see plenty of people wearing sandals with no socks in the summer as well.
And something else: You live in Berlin, and you say that people are very direct. You must know that people in Berlin are very direct. Very very very direct!!! Much more than anybody else in the world. We call it the "Berliner Schnauze". Ask somebody.
@@torontoash45 normaly you won't recognise if they're at home. Little children or dogs may be different and, of course, as you said, people are different.
The video you recently did about Berlin shows much more that you became German than everything you said here. These things are important but only superficial or little steps. When you said that "if you don't like a city with many different people interacting we don't want you here." That's when I thought: Typisch Berlinerin.
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You can drink the water in Germany from the tap. Then you don't have to buy plastic waterbottles. ;-)
Where is this not the case?
I mean in 3. world countries, but this should be normal in 1. world countries.
und so zu antworten ist Nummer 21 :D
@@happygimp0 Water in the US tastes like chlorine.
you can everywhere can't you? (from the UK)
@@cybilm133 Yeah, as i said third world countries.
You're no longer shocked when a colleague opens the office windows in January and leaves them open for an hour.
Haha very true!
Surprised, no. P***ed off, hell yeah.
Hanover Green , 1st it about the Corona ,2nd the winter time is almost coming to an end , zhe people
needs a fresh and clean air to breathe ..
@@binghellwagner7623 Annnnddd....you've completely missed the point... Have a good one!
Im looking into going to school in Germany and came across your videos!! 😊 im from Canada too but the west coast
You can actually say "Have a great birthday on the weekend", you just shouldn't congratulate early or wish an early "happy birthday", if the distinction makes sense!?
Thisisanya - an old tradition which
I adapted ..
Great video, you are soo german already! 😊 Some more german habits:
• Smalltalk/complaining about the weather 😄
• tell strangers what they did wrong in a particular moment
• bake a cake for colleagues when it is/was your own birthday
😊
Oh true true! 😅 thanks for sharing!
@@DianaVerry The counting is due to militarry reasons, back in the days, because over distance looking at it, it is not that critical for misunderstandigs.
I'm German and I can say it's definitely not totally normal to wear sandals with socks. It's also considered a fashion faux pas most of the time. Probably not too much in Berlin because everyone can wear what they want basically but doesn't really apply to Germany as a whole
I think there is a big difference with wearing Birkenstocks with socks indoors as "Hausschuhe" or outside; I think indoors this is ok, but outside is a little more weird.
@@melindamuller4466 that's it 👍
I had so much fun, thanks! Daumen hoch. Stay heahlty.
I would actually say the stuffy air issue is a problem in newer buildings (and not older) as everything is so well insulated these days!
Ein interessanter Punkt ist, dass Du Sonntag (wie in Deutschland üblich) als Ende der Woche bezeichnest!
"Have a good birthday" is not a faux pas, because it's not congratulatory, but just a wish. "Have a nice vacation"-like. "Happy birthday!", before the actual birthday, *that* is the faux pas. In German, you'd say "Feier schön!", and on Monday, you'd go "Alles Gute nachträglich!" Yes, we Germans can be "nachtragend". ;-)
This is my second year in a small city in Bavaria and it killed me that our Weihnachtsmarkt was cancelled, I was really looking forward to it almost since january when it ended :p
Yes, all shops are closed in Germany at sunday except allmost every bakery is open in the early morning hours (only). Find it out. 😉
The best!
Hi Diana ! Thank you for placing the mirror in front of us germans so we can better identify what makes up our own culture, that's pretty cool and helps us a lot in seeing the cultural background of others who might live next door to us, and thus seeing that german culture should not be the scale or rule for the rest of the world. I found this was also a very nice experience in my job when I had a lot of contact with colleagues and customers from i.e. north america, asia or other european countries. For example, when you exchange business cards with a chinese person, he will always give it to you with both hands, and you better do it the same way, when you take it or present your own. Also it would be considered quite impolite if you just put the card in your pocket, but not to read it carefully first. I found this quite nice meanwhile, and like a lot when I notice that my business partner appreciates this showing of respect.
Keep on doing such videos, thanks for your work !
Here's a thought: You're carrying a cloth shopping bag anyway when you go to the store. Why not stuff the bag with the empty bottles and collect the deposit back yourself? You'll empty the bag at the store and then fill it with whatever you purchase.
Great Video! You definitely pointed out some unique aspects of German culture!
Well, I think Birkenstock with socks is a Fauxpas in Germany as well :)
Aber nur mit kurzer Hose ;-)
@@jbsmarklinmodellbahn1728 natürlich ;)
Haha but they do it! 😅
@@DianaVerry Some do it, the same as some guys wear man-buns.
For me both is more like hipster culture.
@@DianaVerry because we dont give a damn! i think a lot of germans would aaaalways consider practicability to be more important than fashionabilty :D we just love ourselves a good breeze of wind in our birki-socks.
if we were fashionable we would not walk around in these ugly windbreaker jackets with jack wolfskin fleece beanies (>.
I would say one of the biggest signs is actually speaking the language. Whe are we going to get a video with you speaking German, girl?
Ja wirklich
Ooooh... strategies at the cashier. Cashiers in Germany are the worst. But if you find yourself strategizing what to put first or where the perishable stuff should go at the cashier...
Every time i come back from vacation, the first stressful experience is stocking up on food - specifically when i reach the cashier.
Just because you might use a credit card doesnt mean you need "credit" or cant afford the item. If you pay the amount within the 30 days there are no fees. Also many cc have excellent points systems and reward systems , at least in North America. Times have changed a lot and now ALDI and LIDL , et al. all take credit cards with NO problems the last few years in Germany. YOu can use a debit card, credit card or cash. By the way also in their USA stores ALdi and LIdl also accept credit cards now too. // ALso, the taking of other peoples' packages is standard in New York City where I live and has been standard for decades. We help each other German style as you call it by taking each others packages , no problem. It may be a Canadian thing to not take each others packages but at least in Greater NY it s standard. Also my parents llived in central New Jersey and it was standard to take each others packages even in a rural or suburban setting. // Enjoyed your 21 points of becoming Germanized, Quite true but comical as well. Gruss. R.
I´m that much used to the deposit system that I´ve already forgotten that this is not standard everywhere. It´s actually a very good thing, even if not every german would agree. But it really helps to keep the environment clean. Even if you leave some bottles on the street, it would not take a long time till someone picks them up. And it´s also helpfull for the homeless to make some money with it. Today it´s such a normal thing not to throw the bottles into the trash bucket but place them next to it so others are not forced to grab into the trash buckets when collecting the bottles.
You can avoid all the bottles, if you use a soda stream. I am living in a flat on the 5th floor and there is no elevator. It is heavy to carry all bottles upstairs. And when they are empty the bottles must back downstairs again. That is a stupid system, so I bought a soda stream, and I am using the water which is in the house. Sometimes I mix it with fruit sirup.
Fun video! Socks in birkenstock is absolutely a fauxpas here too and we do judge people who do it 🤣
Nr. 21: Apreciating the usage of "Doch!".
Pfand or Deposit for beer is 8 Cent. For water, sparkling water, schorle and soda it's 25 Cents. If you have beer with "Bügel" (flip top bottle) it's 15 Cent.
Hi miss verry
In Bavaria the people like a "radler" that is a beer with lemon soda
Radler means when someone rides a bicycle, it is not too much alcohol and you feel energised.
Regards
Mr Michael Carmichael
Very interessting ! you got some good points there. And it's so funny to see that you are seeing the positive parts of all german habbits. It shows you are a positive person BUT this things are just formal habbits that people do unconsciously. Not very positive at all its just "normal" to do it. And a few things you have experienced are also not really GERMAN but more typical for BERLIN. And Berlin ist not a typical german city at all.
The No Happy early birthday thing exists in russia as well, my mum grew up in a small village in siberia, and wishing someone a happy early birthday was a big no-go, an insult even
Birki's have the best and most comfortable ankle boots. In Berlin you can usually get deals on them.
Idea for another video, since I’m considering moving to Germany. Where do you go shopping for basic things since the stores are different? Clothing in particular. The US (and I’m sure Canada too) is very chain-based. I wouldn’t know where to go for jeans, leggings, socks, underwear, etc. And look nice. Size conversions? Learning your metric measurements?
Stores are everywhere. Store employees will happily counsel you on size and stuff. Food stores: Aldi, Lidl. Clothes: C & A, H & M, Woolworth. DIY/home improvement/construction: Hornbach, Obi. Electronics: Mediamarkt. Furniture/kitchenware/bed sheets and stuff: Ikea. These are stores you should find everywhere in Germany.
But right now I would think twice. Jobs aren't plenty, right now, in Germany.
21. If you go to nude Sauna or beach and don‘t mind at all.
Awesome and really funny video. Thanks
Ganz schlechter Versuch.
I knew that finger counting difference already from the movie 'Inglourious Bastards' when they realized Michael Fassbender wasn't really a German since he was counting the Anglo-Saxon way with his fingers 😁
Hi Diana, nice collections of German habits. It seems you have arrived better now than in the years before. It takes years rather than weeks to get used to a foreign culture. You still seem to like it. That's nice.
Definitely do! Thanks for watching 😊❤️
What, too long ? Nothing wrong with becoming German. Schönen Wochenstart weiter so. Segne dich, bleib gesund. ☀️🎄😊
Great video! :)
You know you become a German, if you begin to blame other Germans for their accent and local habit's :-)))
I find it extremely impolite not to greet the other people in a Wartezimner of a doctor. So I was a bit shocked to hear that it is not common in Canada, because I learned, that Canadian people are sooo polite!
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Yes, fresh air is so important. I cannot sleep, when the the air is warm and stuffy. Lüften! When I wake up in the morning and the air is totally consumed-lüften! When I come back in the evening and the window was closed the whole day-lüften! Up to now I did not know that other countries see that different?
The tap water in Berlin is fine, so no need to buy water in bottles. It is also more healthy to drink tap water than water from plastic bottles, as this bottles emit unhealthy chemicals (plasticizers). If you like sparkling water, a Soda Stream can also spare you be carrying the heavy water from the shop. If the Berlin water is to chalky for your taste, a water filter can fix this.
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@rynn Italians respect the Gernans, but do not love them. Germans love the Italians but do not (really) respect them.
A tiny hint for your plastic water bottle deposit and when ya too lazy to carry it all back 😀 Go to rewe.de and order once in a month or so your food there and your water boxes and other drinks. The delivery guy brings it right to your door, no matter if it's Erdgeschoss or 7th floor and he takes your deposit with him and charges it against your bill. I know that it's available in and around Berlin.
Do all Germans dislike German Nazi jokes or some Germans find it funny ( in private sure )...?
Weihnachtsmärkte, die man gesehen haben sollte: Berlin Spandau, Berlin Charlottenburg, Potsdam, Rostock, Oldenburg oder in einem kleinen ostfriesischen Hafen mit geschmückten Fischkuttern. 🎄
Accepting packages for someone you do know can get you into trouble, because if the person you give the package is not the person he pretends to be, you may have to pay for the damage. So if you do not know the neighbour, better ask him to show you his ID to prove that he really is the correct receiver of the package.
Yes, of course 😊 they usually come with the slip
damn I'm becoming one even though I'll arrive in Berlin for the first time within the next month!!
Du musst ja reich sein, wenn du deinen Pfandflaschen einfach weg gibst!
Neee, in Berlin lässt man Pfandflaschen mittlerweile draussen stehen, damit die Obdachlosen nicht immer durch den Müll wühlen müssen.
@@whattheflyingfuck... Ich weiß! Pfandflaschen sammeln hat mir und meinen beiden Kindern während meiner Weiterbildung über die Runden geholfen, deswegen ist für mich Pfand sehr wertvoll!
@@kessas.489 Ja, lieb von ihr das zu spenden, nicht wahr?
@@whattheflyingfuck... Kann man ja auch aufheben für schlechte Zeiten...
statt dass der staat den obdachlosen hilft... wieso tun die eigentlich nichts gegen obdachlose
I love that flag in the background
Thank you! 😊
I wear sandals with socks, because when it is getting warmer during the day, I just have to loose the socks.
Hold up, hold up! Number 18? Birkenstocks+socks? I'm german born and raised and i will very much judge you on that!
Its very important to check the receipt after you have been through the false rushing of the cashiers at say a Aldi or Lidl in Germany. There is no real need to be i n such a huge race to check someone out but its German style. But be very careful to check the receipt right away when you pull your load over to the side because I have found many ! mistakes in the false rushing and its best to get your refund right away then and there! Sometimes the mistakes are even large ! I notice most Germs don't check the receipts for mistakes but I always do. You have to outfox the false rushers with the cashiering ! lol Gruss. R.
I’m moving to Germany, it’s good to know my socks and Birkenstocks will be excepted. I’m from the US and even my own family judges me.
Okay. Now your week ends on sunday and starts mondays also very german/european.
No.18 because of german "Käsefüße".👃
10:09 "when you start to have a method and a strategy to get in and out very quickly, that's how you know" ...you're in a pandemic...
Might be. But in Germany they do it when there's no pandemic too. For Germans, efficiency is a moral issue.
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the Birkenstock with socks thing is definitely a faux-pas in Germany, too. But I'd say it's either people who don't have a single clue when it comes to "fashion" whatsoever or it's people who actually will do it on purpose just to show they don't give a fuck
oh most people still find it umcomfortaple to have to get the package from the neightbor
especially when you live in a small village where the deliver comes via a borowed worker from a privat company it can happen that your neightbor suddenly is the trashcan or the the woods
so yeah
aaah, die bekannte Tütentüte! Die befindet sich wohl tatsächlich in jedem Haushalt.
Pfand, rausstellen ist eine gute Option für Obdachlose oder Personen mit wenig Geld, klar. Allerdings könnte ich mir das selber gar nicht erst leisten. Ich mach das schon mal wenn sich eine Flasche eingeschlichen hat mit 15ct Pfand die man gewöhnlich nur in Supermärkten zurückgeben kann und da lauf ich nicht für eine Flasche hin. Aber alles an Pfand? Allein was du da im Video in der Hand hälst ist 1€ wert. Jetzt kommt es natürlich drauf an ob und wieviel Flaschen man überhaupt hat, bei dir hört es sich aber nach einigen an.
Aber dieses Unverständnis dafür ist vermutlich einfach deutsch, wer weiß, vielleicht kommst du da auch noch an. Bis dahin freuen sich die Flaschensammler.
"Ganz genau!"
"Jaja" is the opposite 😎😂
My military sergeant used to say "Jaja" means "Kiss my ass" (in German of course) :-D
@@UlliStein "Si Si" too it´s harder
@rynn Yes you could say that.
but pls don't forget: "Genau" often means the same as "I understand" as Charlie Harper said in Two and a half Men.
Agreeing w/out attention 😏😎
interesting, even though I will probably never leave the US, its interesting
You should!
Napoleon Bonaparte about German weather: "Six months of winter, and six months without summer - and that is what they call their homeland!" 😂 So, yes, go out if there finally is some sun!
Heinrich Heine sagte: Der deutsche Sommer ist ein grün angestrichener Winter.
Sehr schöne Zusammenstellung!
Ich bin nur verwundert, dass man sich in kanadischen Wartezimmern nicht grüßt. Warum nicht?
In Deutschland werden die Leute auch schon immer unhöflicher. Wenn man in einer Behörde wartet, kann man sich auch nicht darauf verlassen, dass Neuankömmlinge grüßen. Und wenn man spazieren geht und einem jemand entgegen kommt, sind es hauptsächlich ältere Leute, die einen grüßen.
Warum darf man eigentlich in Kanada sein Bier nicht auf der Parkbank trinken? Welcher Gedanke steht da hinter? Darf man wenigstens nichtalkoholische Getränke trinken?
Beim Bezahlen im Supermarkt: bedeutet debit card die ECkarte?
ECkarten sind hier spätestens seit Corona das gängigste Zahlungsmittel, häufiger als Bargeld.
Meine Kreditkarte habe ich schon seit Jahren nicht mehr benutzt. Ich brauchte sie hauptsächlich, um im Internet einen Flug zu buchen.
Der Gedanke hinter dem Verbot, in der Öffentlichkeit Alkohol zu trinken, ist wohl, dass man sich erhofft, dann auch weniger Betrunkene in der Öffentlichkeit zu haben, die Unruhe stiften könnten. Zwar ist das nur ein indirekter Zusammenhang, aber es scheint wohl zu funktionieren (nicht zu 100% natürlich, aber macht nen deutlichen Unterschied)
@@silkwesir1444 gibt es wirklich deutlich weniger Alkoholprobleme in den USA als in Deutschland? Immerhin lernen deutsche Jugendliche sehr viel früher den Umgang mit Alkohol....
EC Karte ist gleich Debit Karte. Im Bankerdeutsch ist es immer die DEBIT KARTE.
@@zeldazyklus7044 ok, danke. Hatte ich vorher noch nie gehört.
Thanks for the video. 20 interesting facts. Entertaining and insightful.
Thanks Berni, glad you enjoyed it! 😊
and very true. For me as a German, it tells much about the Canadian and American society.
You can wish someone a nice birthday already on friday, but the people don´t want that you say "congratulation to your birthday" before it is the day of the birthday.
That comes from the bible. You live only when it is God´s will and you don´t know if it is so.
So you wait until the day comes and when it is God´s will that you are still alive, you can be happy and celebrate the day.
Wenn der Herr will und wir leben, so werden wir auch dieses oder jenes tun. (Jakobus 4; 15)
Long time ago for example someone who wrote in a letter that he wants to meet someone in springtime, he wrote at the end of the letter the letters "s.c.j." ( „sub conditione jacobaea“) that means under the condition of Jakobus - if it is God´s will and we are still alive (so Gott will und wir leben)
i see i am not the only german trying to find out how german i really am? :D (spoiler: very german! 17/20 haha)
the most german things i do is...
- love beer
- complain about the lack of efficiency in a variety of things including german burocracy :D
- having a close look on the kilogram/prize proportions in the supermarket
- think about solidarity a lot
👍 #1 for this Vid
An important sign that you are becoming a german is when people start calling you Horst (that is what happened to me!).
I am really a strange German ... I like more Rhabarber Schorle than Apfel- or Wein Schorle 😁
Hey sweetie,
lovely video, i had a lot of fun watching you.
Some very interesting points. I guess you are very close to become a German, specially a Berlinerin 🍻
Becoming a Berlinerin means to be prepared with an Allwetterjacke for every season.😎
I've you don't like to bring the bottles back, use your partner just yell until he goes, the same with the garbage
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And last but not least, just stop smiling so much, be more grumpy.
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Following these three very easy tips ...... just kidding 🤭😉
Thanks a lot, have a nice Sunday evening and a wonderful week.
Stay safe and take care🍀
Ahaha 😂😂 I cant stop smiling!
have a good Sunday too!
Und du hast immer Kleingeld bei dir, wenn du unterwegs bist, um aufs Klo gehen zu können
@rynn Schreib das nochmal, das ist sehr wichtig. Aber als Antwort und nicht als Ant wort einer Antwort.
i still judge people wearing birkenstock with socks!! lol XD although i have been living here for 4 years
i do too, i'm german
At first I heard INSPECTING packages and I was like WAS?
Wait you can live to long in germany ?
Great observer!
Hehe thanks Martin!😊
Diana, be assured that even most of us Germans are judgmental when seeing someone wearing socks in sandals or more specific Birkenstocks. Most of us Germans do find this weird too. But you're right there is still a certain number of my fellow Germans around that even today do their best to manifest this stereotype of Germans like to wear socks in sandals.
Hausschuhe! You didn't mentioned Hausschuhe :D Yeah, I'm late... sorry :D
is it possible to move to germany right now in that covid time?
This was very interesting. Maybe I am not whole German :-D :-D Who knows.
Ahaha 😅😅 thanks for watching!
"happy early birthday"? is that correct? Shouldn't it be either "early happy birthday" or "happy birthday early", but not with the "early" in the middle...
Why not party like an earl?
it is standard in North America to congratulate for your upcoming birthday many weeks out. very un german ! R
How good is your German after this 4 Years ?
So does that mean i am not a real German, even though i was born here XD because i don't own a pair of Birkenstock Sandals and I do find it weird when people wear Socks in their sandals, also i don't open the windows all the time, i never went for the weekend somewhere else in europe, i do think its nice when the sun is out in winter, but i still might rather stay in my apartement, because when that happens on a sunday, its mostly my only free day of the week and i do not wanna have to get dressed. If you are a true german, you might start drinking tab water, so you dont have all these plastic bottles in your house, don't have to buy new ones and bring the old ones back. I would say Germans are very particular about recycling, we were always seperating paper, plastik, bio and the rest from each other and i have even seen some older folks argue with younger ones who did'nt do it correctly. THank you for sharing your views on German culture though.
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What about the nice little "doch" ? I think "doch" is much more german than "genau".
But I think the most Germans put their number one thumb up, not to the side, but you are getting there.
15:45 Dresden 😍
what if I begin counting with my pinkie, what country am I from?
actually i dont know anyone who likes wine shorle
grape shorle yes wine no
exept that one guy of asian origin but i guess he waters it down to be able to drink a glass more he also only drink s radler and mixery
please dont assume just because in your friend circle its quite common that this is a generell german thing
I wanna settle in Germany , living In India literally sucks ... What are the requirements for becoming German citizens..
"For some reason Germans love to wear socks with their Birkenstocks" actually made me laugh out loud. 😁
To be fair, here in Berlin all the Americans do it
I wear Crocs without socks :-)
You know you become German when you read Heinrich Heine and Hermann HESSE in German.
I read much of Goethe, I believe most of Schiller and then some literature in German. I was never able to read Hesse. Or Thomas Mann. Drives me crazy. In any language.
@@a0flj0 Goethe uund Schiller waren "abgehoben", vor allem Goethe. Sie dachten, Sie gehoeren zu einer anderen besser en Klasse als "das Volk". Heine war Moderner, beinahe ein Humanist(I'm Sinne Carl Rogers'). Hesse's "Siddhartha" ist Wunder voll! Als wuerde der Erhabene selbst Sprechen.Viel Glueck beim Lesen und geistigen Durchdringen. Berthold Brecht noch zu erwaehnen...
Hi Diana,
I was a bit surprised that you pickted the word 'genau'
I was expecting 'doch'
But nevertheless i hope you will not be completely germanized and you will be and stay one of the many expats and foreigners living here to colour our multikulti nation. Berlin seems to be the perfect place to be for you.
Greez from Frankfurt. Take care and stay healthy
Thanks so much Paolo! 😊
Hallo Zusammen 😅🤗
Du bist einfach so unglaublich sympathisch❤ 🇩🇪😊
Liebe deine Videos 😊
aww vielen dank Sophie! ❤
@@DianaVerry But why do you not use a credit card in Germany? Most of the big supermarkt-chains (Edeka, Rewe, Penny, Lidl) and many restaurants accept it.When you call a taxi by phone at Taxizentrale you can also pay by credit card (when you stop a taxi on the street, better ask before!). When you order things in the Internet, nearly every serious trade-company (atlasformen.de, paul-schrader.de or whatever) will let you pay by credit card.
@@janpracht6662 Why use a credit card when you can pay cash? I online use a credit card for online shopping, especially for foreign online shops, e.g. from the UK or the USA.
21- is to go and buy anything with out greeting , only say what you want and pay .
22- less smiling , more seroius faces
My shortest yt comment: exactly.
Nr. 1: Klingt so, als ob du meine Kollegin kennst...
I don't know if you are saying "so yeah!" or "so ja!". We might have another sign here :)
Haha 😅didn’t even realize it!
Saying "JA" has become very popular in america also in the last years, or it has always been but i just recently started to noticed it more and more.
One sign you are becoming German is when you start speaking German.
Still can't get over the socks with Birkenstocks 😂 is it that Germans are grossed out by bare feet? Like should I not wear sandals in the summer with no socks? 😬
Sure, some people are grossed out by bare feet, but I don't think that is the reason. You will see plenty of people wearing sandals with no socks in the summer as well.
@@silkwesir1444 good to know! I am glad I won't be weird wearing sandals with no socks this summer 😀
Ahaha! Definitely something you need to get used to
@@V100-e5q But if it's raining, you have far colder feets, because of the wet socks. So it could be not the best strategy to wear socks in sandals. 😉
@@V100-e5q No I don't and I don't want to. I like walking in the rain.
Very nice habit to leave your pfand/deposit for someone in need :-)
Bremen Deselldorf Köln Hanover Stuttgart Frankfurt
Wo ist denn Deselldorf?
And something else: You live in Berlin, and you say that people are very direct. You must know that people in Berlin are very direct. Very very very direct!!! Much more than anybody else in the world. We call it the "Berliner Schnauze". Ask somebody.
how are Germans as neighbors? In NorthAmerica many can be noisy i know it is a difficult question to answer , because everyone is different
@@torontoash45 normaly you won't recognise if they're at home. Little children or dogs may be different and, of course, as you said, people are different.
The video you recently did about Berlin shows much more that you became German than everything you said here. These things are important but only superficial or little steps. When you said that "if you don't like a city with many different people interacting we don't want you here." That's when I thought: Typisch Berlinerin.
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nice weekend!
21 - When you goose-step off to the bank.