Germans React to Most Popular GERMAN MEMES
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- We got Germans to react to the most common German stereotypes, from German efficiency to the famous lack of speed limit, to the oftentimes weird German food.
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0:00 Intro
0:39 Meme 1
1:36 Meme 2
3:00 Meme 3
3:48 Meme 4
4:23 Meme 5
5:28 Meme 6
6:29 Meme 7
7:05 Meme 8
7:45 Meme 9
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CREW:
Marina Iakovleva (directing)
/ youtubermarina
Bryce Humphrey (video/audio)
/ bryce.h.88
Oleh Voitovych (editing)
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CAST:
Kat: / katarina.vic
Josephine: / josephine_buettner
Leon: / leonnoelmerse
Ferdinand: / iamferdiw
Sebastian: / sebastiankowollik
Pauline: / paulinshen
Adrian: / ady__joe
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As a German I need to emphasize 1 thing: we do have humor and take it very seriously, it's not a laughing matter!
Lol
Efficient humor
Hahaha yeah it's no joke.
LOL
LOL
As a German all I have to say about this video is da kann man nicht meckern.
Really good is: "Da kannste nichts falsch machen" - "You can't do something wrong by buying this." if something is really cheap(except for prostitutes).
@@NachoMan154 Das hätte ich aber auch ohne die Übersetzung ins englische verstanden. 😉
When it comes to eating, the best compliment is: "Kann man essen".
Nicht schlecht, Herr Specht!
Ned gschimpft is globt gnua!
I think 2:00 is a good example of german humor. When he said "it's not funny" the other two immediately started laughing because they instantly understood the irony of it, when sebastian said it. Others wouldnt have laughed because they didn't catch it as a joke. It's those very small things/nuances when it comes to german humor. Much is hidden behind sarcasm, irony or metaphers
I think that meme reinforces the stereotype that Germans are a pessimistic bunch, because they are good with expressing the negatives by complaining, but when it is time to give compliments, the best they can do is give a neutral remark, expressed in double negatives, of course. Lol. Never a directly positive remark. It's like the joy of life was sucked out of them. No wonder, Germans find American optimism and friendliness quite alien and almost too fake to be true.
Truuuuuue
I also find an aspect of German humour to be accents. Especially the Saxony or Swabian accents or the accent from Berlin.
Dit is halt janz nett.
@@francookie9353 Meanwhile in Switzerland:🪚🦻👁👄👁
True. Sarcasm and irony, the best forms of humor 😈👍
I think this misconception about Germany lacking humor all goes back to how German humor works. We are masters of word play, irony and sarcasm. One gets lost in translation, the other one just goes over most peoples' heads. Just because we didn't say "just kidding" in the end, doesn't mean it wasn't a joke.
Oh and there is of course this one additional thing: for Germans, making a joke is serious business. It has to make sense to be considered good. It must be witty, grounded in truth and needs to have a decent punchline. Otherwise you're just wasting my time with unfunny nonsense.
YES! This exactly! (Although I am Austrian, sooo...)
I also think different people enjoy different kinds of jokes - I for one like longer, story-like jokes that make sense, as well as jokes where you need to pay attention to get the joke. I found out that many others don't find those funny - especially the latter ones. Wonder why...
Yeah I realized that a lot of people I've met from other countries simply don't catch my irony
@@b.k.5667 this!!
@@b.k.5667and then the German speaking countries get called “unfriendly” 😅
German jokes need to be efficient
5:24 "Don't judge us. We are efficient." - I lost it. 🤣🤣
To be fair though a better English translation could‘ve been *floor grinder rental* it’s shorter and easier. The ability to mix words together into one and for others to intuitively understand what you mean is more useful in other various areas than in this case.
@@Simon-sw4ov jep but it´s partly because the rental choose to take the long words, you could also say: Bodenschleiferverleih^^
@@ladlb8062 true dat
The work I find very amusing because although Germans take work very seriously and are generally quite good workers, having worked with Germans for a long time from the outside, it seems they are constantly on vacation.
Because who works hard need time to relax 😉😂
i mean you are not wrong, we have to squeeze our one and a half months of vacation somewere. There is allways someone on vacation in a company .
Well consider it this way, the companies have to do efficient planning on hours and workload so they can abide by vacation and overtime laws.
Exactly! Since we have a lot of days to take off (about 30 days per year) and are legally entitled to that and because our social System is pretty good we can take off days as much as we need it when sick, many Germans often don't work.
I for example wouldn't want to work in the USA where people are afraid to be sick because they might not get paid while sick or loose their jobs or would not be able to pay for their enormous medical bills. Which might be the reason why Americans die ten years earlier than Europeans for example. Which is true. Just google it
Yes, we take our work seriously but we also are able to have a good work-life balance. I think this image is just outdated.
Yeah, well. We got our stuff done 9-5-5 where Asia does 9-9-6 work culture. We do a 35 to 40 h work week. We earn 26 to 30 days off per year. Still getting as much or more work done than anybody else on more time.
I think germans will love chinese. Gloves are 'hand covers'. Owls are 'cat headed eagles' lol
My native language is German and learning Mandarin is so fun for me, discovering the inner logic of it. They are both the hardest languages to learn for a reason.
The owl part is great, I'm sure many people thought along those lines 😄 And foxes are cat-dogs.
I read "love CHEESE" xD
my favorite is business goose (for a penguin) xD
2:55 Not wasting stuff should be an example to follow, not something to laugh about.
3:47 Everybody dreams about it.
4:24 I'm not german. And it makes sense.
7:03 So as this.
Way to ruin every joke...
@@leobe2104 you did the same with your comment. And now I do it too. Germans love to point out the negatives. If you disagree, try to say something positive about Limpi43's comment or my.
Toast Hawaii was a real big thing in Germany in the 1950s. The point is: It consists of ham and cheese decorated with a tropical fruit. With the "Wirtschaftswunder" after World War II it was suddenly possible to afford a piece of bread with ham AND cheese (no longer ham OR cheese). With the pineapple (or peach) on top it became kind of exotic, too (in the 1950s it was quite uncommon).
That’s why I never heard of it lol. I come from the former eastern part and I have never encountered toast Hawaii.
I've got to try both versions. Sounds actually good.
Still delecious,dont care about the Comments
My Grandfather would give us money. But before he gave it to us, he made us say words in German. He was doing that to teach us how to speak German. I still remember some German words but I would like to be able to speak the whole language. When I was in High school we had an exchange student from Germany who taught us a bunch of bad words in German. When we would play football everybody wanted this guy on their team. This guy was insane. He would punch your lights out on the football field. Just for fun.
Sounds German
We have many immigrant workers in Germany and that's how we know that there are no "real" swear words in the German language. Most top tier insults are loan words from those who gratiously taugh us to swear properly.
@@Lord0of0Minnegard True german doesn't have many good swears but what kind of immigrant swears are you talking about?
@@Rico-oz4ct an immigrant kid taught my buddy an arabic swear that apparently translates to "may your wife give birth to a rusty washing machine". I'm 100% certain that he made it up, but saying stuff like that in German is definitely more fun than just saying "shit" in a couple varieties.
@@MrZerodayz Don’t say shit say SCHEIßE! Simple as that 😅
We also have the hawaii toast in Finland..and yeah the "tube/toothpaste" thing hit home pretty hard too!! haha
Not to mention pizza hawaii.
Same for the Netherlands. Not really the toast, but the toastie. Grilled cheese with ham and pineapple. But few people really like it. I guess you would eat it if you like pineapple on pizza. But for me personally it is a no. And we do the tube paste thing too. Like come on...
By the way, Salmari has found it's way in Dutch liquor stores. And we love it! We also have our own version. But the Finnish one has the extra bite.
@@Fuzz82 ou really, that's so cool! What is the Dutch version called? You better get "minttu" over there too, there's nothing than beats hot chocolate with minttu.. But be careful it's very "false" hehe
@@alexsulonen It is called Dropshot.
@@Fuzz82 Aright, have to check if I can get it somewhere, would be cool to compare the two 👍
Hey everyone! This is a slightly different style video than the usual DBB theme, but hope you like it and let me know if you want to see more cultures reacting to memes! 🤓
It looks interesting, keep making more of these videos.
Happy to see you mix it up Marina.
Meme reactions are great! Please do more. ;)
i can already see - japan, china, usa, brasil.... coming along :)
Please react to bleach thousand year blood war anime.
2:29 I learned something similar from an old gentleman, who loved food and eating but was hard pushed for a compliment:
"Der Hunger treibt's rein".
😂
Der Hunger treibts rein, der Ekel runter 😄
XD OMG yes definitely something I said before but more jokingly yk
Actually in Japanese glove are called similar to German „Handschuhe“ if i remember correctly they translate in to „arm shoes“ or „wrist socks“
In Korean, the word for part-time job is 아르바이트 (areubaiteu), which I'm pretty sure comes from Japanese アルバイト (arubaito), which in turn comes from German Arbeit (work).
No, in Japanese it is 手袋 tebukuro, which translates to "hand-bags"
a Scot once told me that "yeah, not too bad" is the best compliment you can get from them. Relate that to the Westphalian superlative "schon nicht schlecht."
"Constructive feedback" is priceless :D
it's funny how they all pronounce their names the English way. I've never heard anyone from any other country mispronounce their own name to accommodate English speakers 😅
Yea same think in Austria, I don't get it why are they doing this 🙈
It's beyond cringy ,I can't imagine it in Serbia
@@djukicdanilo4932
It's their way of being polite 🤷🏻♀️
So at least for me I learnt it like that in school
@@SRBOMBONICA86 we learn that in English class, to pronounce our names in English
This is a great video, I was even laughing about things I have noticed as an American that has spent some time in Deutschland.
Happy Thursday, Marina! I definitely want to see more of this. I enjoyed it
Hi Marina and team, that was a great idea! It was really cool, interesting and fun.
Hey German crew, congratulations! You rocked, I really enjoyed watching.
Pauline, Katarina and Josephine: You're wonderful♥️
The (beer-)flower-boxes
are even more funny
when you know
the beer foam is often named Blume (means: flower)
In Österreich sagen wir Schaumkrone 😊✌🏻
Sagt man das in Deutschland auch??
@@kerstinbernleithner3565 Für den Süden, kann ich sagen: Ja!
Whoever made the last meme about Germans not having humour, hasn't watched their stand up comedy, especially science comedy, and whatever Lord of the lost are doing for their video clips and lives.
1:40 it isn't even dramatisation. We actually have that many words for the end part of the bread. Every small region has it's own name.
This was great! Really enjoyed it.
Please make more meme-related videos!
Yes please
^^ here in Berlin you would hear sometimes "nicht gemeckert ist Lob genug" and that would literally mean that it is enough praise when no one is complaining about it/that/anything... XD
"Net gschimpft is globt gnuar" > "Nicht geschimpft ist genug gelobt." would be the bavarian equivalent.
@@AR-GuidesAndMore Wurde uns schon wieda vo de Preißn geklaut
Would be cool to see at least one East German in there. I'd say even 30 years after the re-unification there are still tangible differences in mentality between east and west. Nothing worldchanging, but still. Also, East Germans are still looked down on a bit by the West Germans, so it would be cool to see them in videos like this. Doesn't even need to be brought up, just have them in there among all the westerners
Edit: Studid me, my attention must have been diverted for exactly that second where the girl from Suhl introduced herself, Suhl being ofc in Thüringen. All good!
Suhl ist doch in Thüringen, nicht?
@@frolleinpunkt Oh, den Anfang, wo die Städte eingeblendet werden, da muss ich die letzte irgendwie übersehen haben!!! Mein Fehler!
Nah wech mit die Ossis
Funny thing is we can't laugh about this Germany is efficient meme from all our heart because we immediately think of all the things which are not improved enough. Like "haha yeah but there are..."
It is really funny when they are sometimes trying to explain why the joke is funny to each other
The second meme with the bread: It means the end part of the bread has many names. Where i live we call it "Knust"
Where I live we call it "Ränftl" :D
Here we call the bread end part "Knapp" or "Kniffte".
Kante 🤷
Knäpchen
Kanten 😅
I loved it 😂❤ Austrian with a German mum here!
2. hand german 🤣
6:32 my guy was so hyped about the mettbrötchen 😭😭 love it
I do the toothpaste thingy as well and i'm not German. It just seems stupid to me to go and buy another one in the supermarket and waste money, gas and most importantly time instead of squeezing the few last bits that i have already paid for.
The ''handshoe'' is hilarious. This highly descriptive mentality for words although it seems uncreative it is very practical when it comes to teaching very young kids words and maybe helpful even for foreigners with little knowledge of the german language. I mean why make up a new word when u can combine two existing ones?
And even if someone combines two words to a new word we will always understand it xD
To be fair: it is ridiculous sometimes 🤭
We also have cool words like "Nacktschnecke" (naked snail), meaning slug. Or "Schildkröte" (shield toad) for turtle.
I paid for the full speadometer, I am gonna use it to the full.
4:24 is why Germans would absolutely win at Scrabble, if it was going for the longest word.
And then there's me, immediately confirming a stereotype, thinking that the flowerboxes on the outside of the balcony go against the code for many rental places here and how you have to hang them on the inner side of the wall. Something about insurance and liability if one were to fall and injure a person walking below. Which I think is absolutely reasonable but god damn if we don't have regulations for everything.
as german, the last one really got me rolling under my desk laughing...
@4:22😭🤣🤣🤣🤣i knew the subject of long words would definitely come up 🤣As someone's who's at B1 level studying German, Goddamn those words are long 🤣 The good thing is how easy it becomes simply breaking down complex words into smaller pieces 🤷♂️ zum Beispiel: der Fuß- Foot, das Boden- Floor, Schlaf-grinding, die Maschinen - Machines, -verleih - Rental
Da kann man nicht meckern 🤗
I hope it's okay to correct you. It's "der Boden" and "Schlaf" means the sleep. Also Fußboden is a word, but the others not so much if that was your intention. It's really nice you took the time to learn some German, makes German people happy! 🤗
Fußbodenheizung
@@ps-cx9hz Vielen Dank 👍 yes, it's very okay. Thanks so much for the correction 👌 u're right: that was the intention.
@@soundofnellody262 Ja,das stimmt 👍
i use a beer case as a Skateboard holder. fits perfectly
Now I know a 6 pack with a few flowers would be better than a bouquet Have to know what beer is best
@7:10 yes, we do call them Handschoenen as well!;)
🤣🤣🤣🤣 we want more
Your translation to English is actually German(ish) using English words. In English the sign would read "Floor Polisher Rentals" or "Rent this floor polisher"... and it would be a sign in the window of a hardware store that sells everything from nails to table saws.
Wow I learned so much.
The flag one had me wheeze laughing.
I like Katarina's sweater - and also it suits you very well :-)
3:15 Haha, we did that too at home.
Same.
5:23 Danke! Er hats gesagt! :)
I actually took a picture of that exact shop (Fussbodenschleifmaschinenverleih) for my London colleagues. It's in Hamburg, right?!
A lot of this also in Switzerland, and also in the Italian part😁 But driving fast not really, also because we don't have a lot of straight roads. And Beer: I don't like it, at all! They tell me: "You are the one Swiss person who doesn't like beer"🤣
6:32
METTBROT ALTAA
i felt that
"How can you make it pass the emission test? simple, skip the test" - German efficiency
Meme 1: Hawaiitoast or Toast Hawaii is actually really juicy and delicious. I recommend toasting the toast first.
Meme 2: The famous Brotkante or whatever one of the 218 names you want to use xD
Meme 4: THIS is how it SHOULD BE
Meme 5: The Speedometer ends at 250 km/h, which is 155 mph. A LOT of german cars are limited to this speed.
Meme 6: Yes, just yes. Although I have to say that this is not really 1 word, but 3 combined into one. That would be a rental shop for grinding machines which are designed for the floor.
Meme 7: I get it, but the real deal also exists.
Meme 8: This triggers every American xD
Meme 9: Makes sense xD
Meme 10: OOF
Work-focussed? I don't know. I live in Germany, and when I compare myself to my US cousins, I have far far more days off than they do. None of them can afford to take three weeks off work and travel to Germany. The utmost they manage might be a week or so. When I travel to the US, I never go there for under two weeks to make the cost of flying worthwhile. Also, mothers and fathers in Germany can take time off work when they have a new baby. And we have quite a lot of paid sick-leave. So I would say these days Americans are much more work-focussed, while Germans are still living off their reputation of being work-focussed.
yet, when Germans are at work (and not on vacation) they are focused and maybe so much chitchatting with colleagues or doing private things than in other countries. Often they are focused to get their work to finish the workday on time. Having a punctual end of their work day is often very important for them and have spare time after that, then hanging around at work more than necessary.
You just compared quality with quantity. Only because you working longer/more does not mean that you work better.
Germans are work-focused, they get their work done quickly and efficiently so they can go have a life, Americans are work-fetishizing, they always have to appear busy and hardworking and never take time off but very little actually gets done in all that time working.
what Ferdinand ist talking about is called a tuben boy
I liked this👌
that was hilarious 🤣🤣
The red thing on the Toast Hawaii is not a cherry tomato, it‘s a glacé (candied) cherry :)
The Fußbodenschleifmaschienenverleih is NOT a scam - a friend of minne lives just two streets away from this exact store^^.
"We're so German right now, we're discussing about the logic of the meme..." :D
I actually live 200m from the Fußbodenschleifmaschinenverleih. It shut down some time ago :/
This was funny. 2 Thumbs up
1:24 🤣🤣🤣
On the Handschuhe - no other language has that (7:11) part: we the Dutch call them handschoenen which is the perfect literal translation of Handschuhe.
But to be fair dutch and german have similar roots.
In the 80s as a teen I ate so often Toast Hawaii... but without the Hawaii part since I never liked pineapple and I substituted the ham for salami. I also love Mettbrötchen but having tasted at least 30 versions in 30 different cities I came to the conclusion that I only really like it from one specific butcher in my city - I guess they use a secret ingredient/seasoning nobody else uses and also it's way finer than elsewhere, I guess they put it through the meat grinder at least twice.
Tatar ist geiler. Aber halt teuer.
Dutch also has handschoenen for gloves.
Oberfinanzdirektionssteuerrückzahlungsfachangestellter. 🤣
0:32 from Suiii
Nicht gemeckert ist genug gelobt - Not complained is enough praise!
Now, when I think about it, „Handsocken“ or „handsocks“ would make way more sense then „Handschuhe“ or „handshoes“.🤔
Sooo...I'm german and always thought we were hard working, but my east asian friends disagree 😅🙈
i would say when we work we do it thoroughly and give it our full potential, but when we chill we chill thoroughly to and dont let others bother us. I would say the german motto would be work hard/smart, party hard/smart.
German Scrabble would require so many letter chips, it would have to be packed in a crate.
There is a Hawaii Toast Song by Alexander Marcus.
It's umm yeah... a little crazy... I can't really describe it... Just watch it haha
1:23 w mainly call it scherzerl
4:30 Yeah, that's weird.
I'm agree with him 8:18 .If the meme 7:42 was about Italians in the opposite sense, the Germans would have laughed like hyenas
So Italian flag: Green = Humour, White = Humour, Red = Humour, Blue = Work?
@@lissandrafreljord7913 yes
@@elisabettazuppardi1469 That must mean French flag: Blue = Work, White = Humour (some Brit gonna say cowardice), Red = Humour. Those mangia baguette senza bidet.
100% true, just the thought about this imaginary meme made me laugh. But isnt it the same with north and south italian themself to ?
@@emcotec1463 You Germans have a weird sense of humor.Yes it is, but we make different jokes.
0:32 aint no way the subtitles said josephine lives in seoul
Der toast Hawaii is genauso schändlich wie pizza Hawaii
I find it funny how u say some word's from German with a English accent because u spoke to anyone there in English 😄
Leon is absolutely right. Mettbrötchen are the best.
Oh, das Hackschnittchen!
Eating a Mettbrötchen while watching the Video
Josephine from Suhl. Subtitles say you are from Seoul. 😄
Als stolzer Deutscher habe ich viel gelacht 🤣
I know this shop. It is in Stuttgart
what I don't get however is why we call it Handschuhe and not Handsocken, it's literally same material and function as a sock but for hands, I am having an existential crisis over this now
I've seen a version of the last meme where instead of 'humour' it said 'winning a world war'. Being into dark humour, I find it funnier
Big like for the pineapple toast
If my German Family says that food ist delicious we Just say "geht ohne Prügel runter" wich basically means: "goes down without a beating" (a "Prügel" can also refer to a most often blunt weapon)
Ich hab für den ganzen Tacho gezahlt also wird der ganze Tacho genutzt!
I paid for the whole speedometer, so I use the whole spedometer!
"You look like an alcoholic, but everyone is in Germany, so it’s alright."😂
5:20 "Don't judge us, we're efficient."
What does "Übermorgen" translate into? If it's not a short phrase of lass than 2 words, for a very commonly used word, it's not efficient.
But instead, you got a word to throw someone out of a window. (I forgot the word, but it does exist)
Wir haben ein Wort für "jemanden aus dem Fenster schmeißen"? o.O Das ist mir neu.
@@kathrinw.2035 Nein, statt ein Wort für "Übermorgen" zu haben, hat Englisch ein Wort für, wenn man jemanden aus dem Fenster wirft. Immerhin kann man ja grammatisch "the day after tomorrow" nicht verkürzen.
@@KittenKatja Ahh, I see. I thought you were talking about German, I'm sorry.
If we call gloves "Handschuhe" , we should call shoes "Fußschuhe"!
The word "Fußbodenschleifmaschinenverleig" is not made out of "Fuß" "boden" [etc.] its set together by "Fußboden" (floor) "Schleifmaschine[n]" (grinding machine[s]) and "Verleih" (Rental)
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i think complaining is actually the reason for most of the developments we have in technology: if you find nothing to complain about how will you make it better?
If there was nothing to complain about when carrying a heavy object, why would ppl invent a wheel?
makes sense were famous for technology
1:23 so what, the Inuit have 18 words for different kinds of snow....
@lilgennaro95
Es ging dabei wohl eher nicht um das Brot sondern um 100 verschiedene Namen für den Anschnitt/Kanten/Renftla/Scherzl/Gnaerzla/Knorzen/Kipfla/Knäuschen etc.etc
Alleine die tatsache dass man nichts zum meckern findet ist schon ein kritik punkt
dont touch us we are efficient. :DDDD Selten sowas wahres gehört.
"Don't judge us" ;) also" verurteilt uns nicht"
To mention some differences between eastern and western Part of germany would be nice:)
that's not a cherry tomato on the toast hawaii, that's just a cherry, that's it
0:30 Welches Frankfurt???