Nah first of all a true german knows when to order wich beer in a bottle can or barrle You should also know wich glass to use for a sertain type of beer How u open a beer isnt that important because we like to help a pal out and that is the reason why we know so many ways 😂
If you are invited to a garden party and want to bring a salad, you will usually bring a salad made according to usual kitchen rules from untreated raw products and not ready-made boxes with preserved mayonnaise products.
And less conservative people in Germany would think of a classic garden salad or Italian/Greek salad in the first hand. In academic context nowadays it is uncommon to bring anything containing meat to a party. Also, mayonnaise is getting less popular because even Germans figured out that a Mediterranean diet is much healthier. But it still is true that in a more conservative, lesser educated and more rural context those stereotypes still reflect reality.
And no video about germans/Germany would be "complete" if we didnt have a german correcting someone ;) Complaining isnt the right word, "rant" or "grumble" fits way better. Complaining is "beschweren". You're welcome ^^
@@LA_3000 No, the one correcting was me ;) And you said that it means "complains" and thats not correct. To complain ist "sich beschweren" aber wir sagen "net g'schimpf isch g'nug g'lobt", und schimpfen ist eben "rant" oder "grumble". Das war das, was ich berichtigt hab (und das auch noch nicht mal sonderlich ernst gemeint sondern vielmehr mit einem Augenzwinkern)
Vor mittlerweile 40 Jahren habe ich ,zusammen mit jungen amerikanischen Soldaten , in einer Kaserne, in Norddeutschland gedient. Die waren im Schnitt 20 Jahre alt und das erste mal im Ausland. Auf einer Party gab es deutsches Bier und die Jungs sind an unserem Kronkorken verzweifelt,weil ,das gibt es auch in Amerika,aber als Drehverschluss. Am ende des Abends war mein Feuerzeug durch und ich ihr Held. 😅😅
Wobei wir Deutschen da aber ja echt so gut wie Alles nutzen;).Feuerzeug,Schraubenzieher,Hammer,Messerschaft,Gabel,Löffel,Tischkanten,Holzscheite,.....😊Wie sagt man so schön?Wer kann kann😂
@@sr5974 Es ist halt einfach so. Wenn man es mit dem Feuerzeug raus hat... und das sollte man ja ab 13 Jahren bzw allerspätestens 15 Jahren wissen wie das geht.. Ab da geht halt einfach alles
@@laserbratwurst2764 Guten Morgen.Naja,alles wohl nicht unbedingt.Ich hatte auch schon Feuerzeuge die so weiches Plastik hatten das man sich eher das Feuerzeug ruinierte,die Flasche aber noch immer zu war:).Aber für gewöhnlich ist es ja nicht schwer.
7:40 Invitation in Germany means that the inviter treats the invitees. When you throw a birthday party and invite guests, you entertain them with food. At work you invite them also -- and you don't have to invite them to your home -- for your party (at work, that is) and everybody is happy with a piece of cake. When your colleagues really like you, they may give you a birthday present, but they will not invite you. Invitation, by the way, is a word that US Americans seem to not understand. They might invite you for dinner and go to a restaurant and expect that you pay your own food... 😕 If a German invites you, the German pays.
I wonder if you might be the one who did not understand. Americans do not make you pay for your own meal - the whole of the bill plus obligatory tip is divided evenly between the participants. Unless someone says it is their treat (which then means they treat you, not you have to cover them). You do not pay just for yourself, letting the bill be split up by the waiter so that everybody pays for their own dish and drinks is too time consuming. And that means, it takes longer to get the next paying customer to a table, and the turnover is very important to American restaurants.
@@franhunne8929 The problem here is the word invitation. In Germany, and at least most of Europe, the the one who invites pays. There is no split bill, or separate bill...
@@franhunne8929 Wow, so even worse?! If I do not have much money and just take a drink and a small side dish to eat, I still have to pay the evenly part? No thanks, I would not like to be invited to such a meal/party whatever.
@@zorrothebughe meant: If you in invite someone Else ,you have to Cover the Bill of the other person you just invited. If you get an invitation, you dont have to pay Anything. Im german, so i should know
@@donsealion you may have missed the part where I replied to franhunne8929 and not the op McGhinch. I'm totally aware that in Germany the one who invites takes care of the bill "Wer die Musik bestellt, bezahlt.". franhunne said the meal is evenly split, so you do not pay just your part. Who orders a lot profits and who orders just a glass of water is fricked.
@@dwightd.eisenhower3729Guten Abend, aber keine deutsche Bierflasche, das wird blutig! Nachtrag die Königsdisziplin ist mit einer Bildzeitung das Bier zu öffnen, das lernt man auf dem Bau in der Ausbildung!
@@scarz5507 Guten Abend und nein mit einer Gurke habe ich es noch nicht versucht! Ich mag Gurken nicht und daher hatte ich dazu keine Gelegenheit da ich keine Gurken kaufe ! Ich wünsche noch ein schönes Rest Wochenende!
BTW we say Mahlzeit already in the morning when people are late for work and we want to annoy them and remind them that they are too late and it’s nearly noon. Even a quarter past 8 am 😂
And we don't just use Mahlzeit at work, but everywhere between 11:00 and 13:00 when we have to talk to others. Instead of Grüß Gott or hello, we say Mahlzeit. Even in the pharmacy or at the doctor's. At least here in the wild southwest of Germany.
To drive on bicycle on the boardwalk is just dangerous, as a user of the boardwalk by feet u wont run into a bicyclist if u leave ur house so its understandable that the people remind u to follow the rules of because a bicycleist belongs to a cycleway or simply the street. Drive safe and take care about others, how about that!??😊❤
I think ventilation is a must in Germany because, firstly, our houses are extremely well insulated and the windows and doors close really tightly. Secondly, we don't have AC to ensure air exchange. So if you don't ventilate, the oxygen in the house is used up quite quickly. In addition, moisture starts to condense on windows and walls and then mold forms. That's why it's a must in many rental contracts. I personally have to either close the door and open the window to sleep or, if it's very hot or very cold outside, the other way round, close the window and open the door to the rest of the house because otherwise I feel like I'm suffocating in my sleep. That's probably nonsense, but that's the way it is
3:25 It might surprise you that opening "all" windows (or at least two to produce an airstream) for a few seconds is actually the most energy efficient/saving method to air the room - in contrast to open up one window just a little bit but for a longer amount of time. You want the CO2 go away and O2 go in without cooling the house (i.e. the walls etc.) down. As long as the walls keep warm, that tiny bit of energy that was actually in the air is neglectible.
The most part of heat is not in the air, its in the Matter all in the Apartment. Means if you open the windows very short you replace 100% of the air but loose only a bit of the energy
yepp. It doesn't stop there. The moisty air inside is (over time) way harder to heat than the air outside. The whole reason of "Lüften" is, to get rid of the moist in the first place, drying the house a little bit and prevent molding.
@@iPhonesuechtler yepp, 'cause wood doesn't store temperatures, it just keeps them from spreading. But, works perfectly fine with office buildings, 'cause concrete stores heat and cold for some time. It's just not needed anymore - these buildigings come with complex AC systems.
@@christianklasen640 genau! LOL, Grüße aus Deutschland. Flaschen öffnen war das erste, was ich damals als Lehrling auf der Baustelle gelernt habe. Exactly! LOL, greetings from Germany. Opening bottles was the first thing I learned back then as an apprentice on the building site.
Impact air makes especially in winter time sense. You open the windows for about 5-10 minutes and replace the old air with fresh air. And then you close the windows again. This way you loose way less heat in your home as if you open just one window just a bit. But you also have to take in consideration that nearly all homes in Germany are especially isolated and build out of stone and concrete. Modern homes are nearly airtight so they often have(need) an electronic ventilation system. These electronic ventilation systems have also integrated air change and heat recovery systems. The old air is pumped through some kind of radiator to recycle the heat and use it again to heat the house.
What's more, cold air is dryer than warm air, because there's not much water vapor in it, so by that air exchange in winter, you also reduce moisture and thus prevent mold from growing on your walls. That's especially important in older buildings. I have no experience with these modern homes and all their sophisticated ventilation systems, but I think I wouldn't like one because these sure need regular expensive inspection and maintenance, which a window definitely doesn't.
They are wrong about Mahlzeit only being used in the Office. In the early 90s there was this Movie "kleines Arschloch" the Protagonist always entered a room saying Mahlzeit! Church, school, doctors Office. It popularized it as a General greeting. So yes, German can greet everyone every where like that. It's Just not as common as saying it during meal Times. Also i like how in Germany you have to bake cake for your birthday. It means you're getting cake for everyone elses birthday instead of being expected to bring it.
Also be aware that "Mahlzeit!" as a greeting is informal with a working-class vibe. While it's not rude, it would sound weird in more formal situations.
As a German, I refer to the German virtue of being prepared, which means that I of course have a bottle opener on my key ring and therefore don't have to rely on other tools. But that doesn't mean I couldn't open a beer bottle with any other object 😉
I have carried a bottle opener on my key ring for the last few months, it's just a waste of space to me, I barely use it, because I always got a lighter on me. And even then you always got other bottles, your teeth or any sharp edge to open your beer.
@@Nagtloper431 Which Herrenhäuser has a twist cap??? An thats the best German Beer I live right next to the production plant so right out of the Barrel lol
@@Th3Sh8dow 😄granted, might have been a while ago they did that. Nothing wrong with Herrenhäuser per se. Not quite my cup of, err, beer though. You live right next to the plant? Well, „Bier braucht Heimat“!
Fertigsalate sind nicht typisch Deutsch, wir haben eine Jahrtausende alte Ess/Koch Kultur. Bei Familienfesten oder Grillabenden bringt man selbstgemachte Salate und kein Fertigfraß, und wir benutzten keine Mayo, sondern Schmand, Saure sahne oder Creme Fresh , wenn überhaupt. Salate mit Mayo kam aus Amerika. *Das musste gesagt werden* 🤔🧐🤣
So ist das wer fertig Salat bringt geht nachhause wem soll dann so ne kleine Portion reichen da kann jeder mal drann riechen dann ist es weg da braucht man schon ne ganze Schüssel nudel oder Fleisch oder was auch immer Salat
Kartoffelsalat wird in Norddeutschland aber traditionell mit Mayonnaise gemacht und zwar am besten mit selbstgemachter. Und das kommt nicht aus USA, sondern ursprünglich aus Spanien und Frankreich
6:59 If you say you're bringing a salad, you're usually talking about what kind. But above all, it would be a total no go to bring a salad from the pack. We expect a little more love than just going to the supermarket. Plus, store-bought salads just don't taste that good.
Hah! Same here! By the time my wife recognized, I opened a window, it's time to end the "Stoßlüften" anyway. Makes totally sense to me, to just open and forget the windows once in a while... ;o) ;o) ;o)
At home, there is not a problem with "Lüften" for me, but at work it is. I work as portier at a big, old place in Vienna. Everyone wants to open the windows in the seminar rooms - but unless they have a professor with them, they always forget to close the outer windows (there are inner and outer windows). Then comes some rain and a storm and many windows are destroyed. Old windows, very expennsive to replace. It drives me nuts, because it is a part of my job to watch out for this.
@@jokervienna6433 I once worked in an office building with an undersized AC. There were rumors about the AC working absolutely fine, as long as all the f*g windows are closed. But... One cann't just tell a german to keep the windows shut! ;o) I've known this building 5 years in a row never ever being adjusted at some proper air conditions! :D
The good thing about colleagues is, that outside Germany they are able to collaborate in this: usually a guy takes the initiative and goes around (or opens a chat in teams) and asks everyone to contribute. 😉 But if course the Germans know how this works either. But They normally do it only to special occasions like marriage or birth of a child.
For your understanding: When you do Stoßlüften -even in the Winter, you don't loose that much heat, because if you're heating -the walls heat up (because they aren't made out of wood they can save more :) ) And since Stoßlüften is really just a few minutes, the warmth comes back pretty quick as soon as the windows are closed again👌🏼
yeah, we got about 10 windows in our flat, opening each for only 5 minutes takes you nearly one hour to complete the first airing - 4 times a day you work 3 and a half hours just at the windows, that is a full day each week!
I travel to Germany often. So the bottle opener being literally anything is like a little party trick at home. They place a bottle in front of me and when they go grab their opener, I open the bottle with whatever I can find. The reactions are always quite funny
Ich habe noch nie jemanden abgepackten Salat aus der Kühltheke zu einer Party mitbringen gesehen. 😂 Normalerweise machen wir die Salate selbst. Ob Kartoffelsalat, Nudelsalat, Rohkostsalat, oder ausgefallene Salatkreationen, da sind wir schon ziemlich eigen und erwarten auch Komplimente und das Fragen nach dem Rezept. 🙈
classmates asked for my swiss-army-knife to open some bottles - they returned it with bite-marks from the bottletops in its handle. I had to show those amateurs where the bottle-opener on my knife was and they were afraid I might open one of the blades - also used the saw to cut some cake and I had to remove the raisins from the knife's mechanics: never lent your tools to "strangers", without showing them exactly how to use all available features...
One thing this Rachel sadly also adapted is to talk about her collegues as "Kolleg * innen" 4:38. It's artificial language of virtue signalling. Not surprised however as she works with Deutsche Welle. Public radio/TV seems to push it in an attempt to let normal people get used to it.
You can also ventilate in winter because cold air heats up faster than warm air cools down. This is due to the density; cold air has a higher density and can therefore absorb heat more quickly.
You might want to check that statement. Even if there was a significant difference between the amount of energy needed for heating up vs. the amount of energy freed by cooling down (spoiler: There is not. The specific heat capacity is the same in both directions and the slight difference in mass is negligible) it would work the other way around. Since cold air is more dense and therefore has (insignificantly) more mass per volume, you would need more energy to heat it, than to cool the same volume of air.
@05:05 Mahlzeit is easy to translate into English: Mahl = meal, Zeit = time, so it means "meal time", you wish someone to have a nice meal. But it's also used as a a greeding around moon. @05:30 that's not true! you can use it also on the streets, not only in the office. Especially when someone is eating.
The reason for the Lüften is very easy to explain. Our modern Low Energy Houses are so dense, that there is No airflow between inside and Outside. So you have to "Lüften", otherwise the old CO2 high and humidity Air will stay in the House. Humidity in particular can then lead to mold. Therefore many contracts have special parts for the "Lüften". Because mold is one of the biggest problems in the new dense Low Energy Houses. Of cause a britain does not know it. Their Houses are so dense like a barn from early years of 1300.
Ich empfehle den Kanal von Dorfdäpp (ja, der schreibt sich so). Der hat einige Videos über Bieröffner gepostet. Vor den 90ern war es übrigens viel einfacher, wenn du Geburtstag hattest. Einfach ne Kiste Bier mitbringen und die Kollegen waren glücklich.
At 10:00 they're showing something typical German without even mentioning it: Those glass bowls! Every German household has them. Nobody bought them (ever!), they are just there... I don't even know where to buy them, never seen them in a shop... They are not meant to be bought or sold, those bowls are some kind of cosmic entity. And even if you break them (if that's even possible, I never tryed), they just somehow reappear. If some German would be mad enough to weaponize those bowls, every enemy would get shred by broken glass and we would NEVER run out of ammo. Fortunately we didn't have (or at least didn't use) them "back then". Imagine a Tiger II with a 360mm glass bowl cannon. I tell you: Those bowls...they are everywhere. And they are forever. Take em, smash em, grab a new one, repeat. And mankind will drown in a flood of shards...
Most of the harsh things may be typical and normal for the citizens of Berlin, not for most other Germans... As a rural Bavarian I would die every day if people would treat others like she described.
Mahlkeit or Ciao, Tschüß etc. we don't use that in northen Germany. "Moin" is enough. Salat without Mayonnaise prepared is normal, even in Aldi or Lidl you can by it.
I learned about "Mahlzeit" the same way as you, with context clues. Never knew the greeting existed before doing my first internship at 14. Was definitely confused.
I am a German. And I love it to be a German. I think I am a typical German. But it is not "forbidden" to open a bottle with a bottle opener. Nobody is iritated when you use a bottle opener.
good video, In fact, almost everything was right. which is not quite right (Mahlzeit ) that is a greeting from 12 a.m. until 4 p.m., since before (good morning = guten Morgen = moin) afterwards (good evening= guten Abend = nabend) and potato salad is, depending on the region, with (vinegar and oil) or (mayonese) and not always with mayonese. Intermittent ventilation is an absolute must to avoid mold formation and to have fresh air (usually about 2 minutes on and off again) And when it's your birthday it's the rule that you bring food for everyone else, not necessarily just cake, some people make breakfast or pizza or a barbecue. I hope I was able to explain a little more about what it's like in Germany. Best regards (Schöne Grüße) Ich finde es interessant das sich die Amerikaner so für Deutschland interessieren 😊 Ps. Der echte Deutsche kann eine Bierflasche mit fast alles öffnen. The real German can open a beer bottle with almost anything. But it is disrespectful to use the table because you could damage it.
These days, the birthday part is trickier because many companies are also prohibited from sharing personal information about their employees, such as birthdays. So many people don't know who's birthday it is.
That compliment-thing, we are quit the opposite of some us-americans, who tends to exaggerate. For example, if something is quite ok or just interesting, I almost always hear from american tourists words like awesome, amazing, unbelievable, I'm shocked or something like that. But after all, I have to admit we could just tell how is it, if something is really good instead to understate things with sayings like "not bad".
When it's someone's birthday, there are the following options: 1. Office jobs = The "birthday child" brings cake. Reason: most people rarely invite their colleagues home for a party. 2. Skilled trades: There are two options here: 1. The birthday child buys breakfast for the colleagues, then everyone eats breakfast together. 2. The birthday child brings a case of beer. Most people don't care if there's a colleague there who doesn't drink beer. If you're lucky, you'll be asked if you'd like to drink something else. In many industries, it's also common to do the same when you go on vacation.
They forget to mention the probably most common salad ever existing: the "Kabelsalat" (literally translates to "cable salad" and refers to a tangled mess of wires or cables).
Usually, when people use a bottle to open a beer, they use a closed bottle...a friend of mine refined his method to the point of ooening a beer with an empty beer bottle...
3:20 deswegen ja Stoßlüften. Man öffnet alle Fenster komplett dafür aber nur kurz (ca 2-5min) wenn man dann das Fenster schließt sollte es innerhalb von 1-2min wieder warm sein. Wenn es natürlich draußen -10°C hat dann natürlich nicht so lange. Aber wenn man richtig Stoßlüftet dann ist es innerhalb kurz zeit wieder warm im Raum
from Munich: - stoßlüften is just a minute, also in Winter. - sunbathing is nice, a specially at a street coffee on the most important street of the town - Mayonnaise, is not as much in bavaria - bottle opening, does not work by turning like US. my style of, i learned from my father who was a farmer and used the stove in the kitchen.
In Germany, most houses are made of stone. Modern windows are often installed, but the facade is not insulated. This means that the coldest surface in the room is the outside wall, usually in a corner. In the bedroom in particular, the humidity can reach up to 80% at night due to breathing and sweating. The humidity can condense on the cold wall and cause mold. So the moist air has to get out. The best way to do this is to open the windows wide on two sides of the apartment for a few minutes. Even in winter, you only lose a little heat because the floor, ceiling and walls cannot cool down so quickly. If you close the window again after 5 minutes, the apartment will be warm again within a few seconds. Many people make the mistake of leaving windows in the tilt position all day, with the window only slightly open. But this is counterproductive. Firstly, there is hardly any air exchange, so the moisture remains. Secondly, the floors, ceiling and walls cool down. This causes the mold to grow even more and requires even more heating energy.
The saying "MAHLZEIT" has a whole different origin! It comes from the work in mines. It's a term in mining. So when they came up the mining shaft at the end of shift or for lunch breaks you'd greet your comrades with "Mahlzeit". It's a blessing one shift gave the other shift when they changed shift. I don't want to say every other explanation is wrong. But it had a whole different meaning. The word "MAHLZEIT" carries the comradery, respect, brotherhood, sweat and tears and even death of the brave man in mining.
1:55 Stosslüften - I'd say, it's related to our climate and the way we're building houses. See... Germany has usually moderate temperatures and rather moist weather. But, there can be times with very cold or hot weather over a couple of weeks in a row. So, all germans aim to have a home as insulated as possible!!! (helps saving money for heating too). In short: our walls, doors and windows, all of our buildings, they just can't breath. These are perfect conditions for getting mold into the buildings. So, if you wanna prevent your home or office from getting very unhealthy in the long term, you have to do something! The easiest way to prevent molding is the unpleasent "Stosslüften". 7:32 Birthday cakes in the office - The roots of it go back to having a birthday party. If you're inviting to a party the usual deal is: you're providing the food (cake), they bring the presents, right? The office is kinda special... Your colleagues see themselves like kinda part time friends(?), so they expect you to invite them and bring a cake. If you, by any chance, happen to work in a true friends envirionment, they WILL bring you a present! But, let's be honest... They are cormorants!!! They just see the opportunity to grab some free cake! ;o) Let's face it: you don't mess with a huge crowd of vultures, do you? Just bring in the cake and hope, they don't eat you alive!!! :o) :o) :o) 8:50 and 11:25 Noise and rules - Germany has arguably the densest population of Europe. So, to have a smooth daily life, you have to stick to the rules. If you're making trouble, you don't just annoy ONE neighbour, you're gonna annoy dozens of them at once. But, it doesn't stop there - having a dense population also means, we have a lot more of troubleshooters to deal with than evrybody else. That's, why we make sure, you'll stick to the rules!!! ;o) I'd say, it isn't a german thing... if you look at verry high populated countries all over the world, you'll see the same. Just grab some examples from south east asia and compare them with us. I'll give you that: You wouldn't need these rules, if you literaly have to grab your phone to yell at the far, far away next neighbour in the first place. 12:30 Bottle opening - See, I'm a german, I don't even use the word opener, I just don't need to! I say opening. :o) Don't make a video trying to open beers without an opener in a lot of different ways. There're already videos of germans that took the challenge before. You just can't win anymore. :-P
the birthday cake situation is kind of a neat way to avoid the buzz and hustle of a birthday at the workplace. Either bring a cake and thus signal that you wish to celebrate to an extend or, don't and get away with a mostly normal day
There is a book "10.000 Möglichkeiten, eine Flasche Bier zu öffnen". I know at least 10.001 ways to open a beer. If you know how it works, you can use nearly anything, it´s even possible with sheet of paper!
well, there's also use for bottle openers - and they were often used in germany, "but": mostly in the household, but not outside. outside you don't normally have always a bottle opener (well, i do, but i don't have always my keys in my near - and then, people using that one wrong, 'cause they don't look at it and see that's disigned differently), so, there's literally "everything" used what could hemp open bottles... Knifes, forks, spoons, lighters, folding rulers, a beer crate, other beer bottles... and that's just a "tiny bit" what could be used.
Hallo, du wurdest mir auf der Startseite angezeigt und dein Video hat mein Interesse geweckt. Jetzt hier mal einfach ein deutsches Kommentar zu dem Thema Salat. Selbst gemachte ist immer besser vor allem beim Grillen und beim Grillen gibt’s halt auch immer Bier glaube mir alles ist ein Flaschenöffner Geldscheine Zange Hammer Küchenrolle mein Handy 😅Blatt Papier richtige gefaltet natürlich aber auf jeden Fall geiles Action Video hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Ich lasse auf jeden Fall Daumen nach oben da 😂❤
12:02: Riding your bicycle on the pavement (unless you're a child under 10!) is not only illegal, it is dangerous for the pedestrians. Take that from someone who has been run over by cyclists on pavements, from behind, six times so far.
You are sooo right! ❤❤❤ I wouldn't complain because it's illegal but because it's dangerous, especially when the pavement is so narrow. To ride there with your bike is just egoistic and careless.
P. S.: Awww.. I love the term "German Sunflower", that shows you really had a good, hard reflection about it. But it's true, on building sites we also would look for a sunny spot to have our break at. I have never thought of it as a pecularity of the Germans though and you spotting that from nothing is a) impressive and b) semi-concerning.. 👀😅
everything that is cut into small pieces and mixed in a bowl, often with a dressing is a salad. no need for lettuce or mayonnaise. a fruit salad doesn't have either for example.
Yea open a bottle with with a newspaper, always fun to see poeple watching me how to do that. ^^ 14:24 Yea sure my quest for you is, Open a bottle with any kind of paper no matter the size or collor of the paper. Newspaper is the softest paper and the most fun. The german sunflower, i did not know thats a thing but yea, i kinda do that.
"the german sunflower" is clear. We don't have so much sun hours, especially here in northern germany. So we suck in es many as we can. 😁 Hamburg has the highest number of convertible cars in germany.
12:05 the rules that were broken: she drove on the sidewalk (not on a dedicated bike lane. If there is non the stvo (Straßenverkehrsordnung) says that you have to drive on the street) and she drove on the wrong side (we drive on the right side, not the left). The stvo has multiple pages with rules regarding bikes and where and how you are allowed to drive them. There are also signs that tell you if you are allowed to ride on the sidewalk. There are two signs, both round with a blue background and white lines. One shows pedestrians above bikes with a horizontal dividing line between them wich tells you that it is a mixed sidewalk and one has them side by side with a vertical dividing line telling you that there is a dedicated bike lane that you have to use (there are exceptions in the stvo). Usually bike lanes have light gray pavement while the sidewalk is a different color
"Salat" has in German a broader Meaning than just classic Salads to eat: It also means like something is mixed together (and/or shreddered). So this means Kabelsalat/Cable Salad means, many mixed up Cables lying around like a Mess.
Salad: There are regional differences. In Bavaria almost noone would consider Mayo as a valid ingredient of a salad. Potatoe Salad contains mostly vinegar mixed with vegetable broth and rapeseed oil, salt, onions and pepper. Meat salad is made of regensburg sausage - Sauce is the Same as in potatoe salad except the broth. If you add noodles and perhaps some vegetables you have a noodle salad. Lamb's lettuce with oyster mushrooms is best when served lukewarm (as well as potatoe salad) and instead of rapeseed oil often rendered bacon is used. Happy cooking :P
I have another idea of a typical german thing: Knitting in public life. That has to do a bit with "how to behave" in public or in public transportation - trains or busses. Normally germans don't communticate in public. Using cellphones in a bus seems to be disturbing. And even make contakt in a train to other persons is - sometimes nice - but normally uncommon. And you can show that: Reading a book means: You don't want to talk. When i use public transport, that's "spare time" for me - so i read books or i'm knitting socks or hooking something. For me, that signals: I'm doing something. I'm occupied. I don't want to communicate. But often the signal is the opposite: Others want to speak with you! Worst case was a person from eastern germany, saying: "Bei uns wärst Du jetzt erschlagen worden" (We would have beaten you to death). All other people said "Finde ich super" or want to start a conversation about knitting. That's interesting because normally i avoid conversation in public and public transport - even if i'm accompanied by friends or family. And most germans behave the same. So this are two topics: Communication in public and knitting in public.
"how do you like my new hair?" "Not bad" also typical for us, not only for food. Kinda it is not the greatest thing i've ever seen/eaten, but also, it is not bad. And sorry for bad english... every german in english chats 🙂
3:20 @Huggs Das Stoßlüften wird nicht im ganzen Haus gemacht, sondern nur dort, wo es entweder hohe Feuchtigkeit gibt (Badezimmer) oder wo ein Sauerstoffmangel entstehen kann, wo sich also Personen lange aufhalten. Stoßlüften soll kurz (wie ein Stoß) sein, damit der Raum nicht zu sehr auskühlt. Shock ventilation is not carried out throughout the house, but only where there is either high humidity (bathroom) or where there may be a lack of oxygen, i.e. where people spend long periods of time. Shock ventilation should be brief (like a shock) so that the room does not cool down too much.
The classic is that if you drive 160 in the left line it comes an "sprinter" that drive to 10 cm on you and give you signals to drive faster or change the line
7:00 @Huggs "Salat": Streng genommen ist die Verwendung von 'Salat' für die grüne gemüseähnliche Pflanze merkwürdig und die hier im Video aufgetischten 'Salate' sind der Bedeutung nach richtig. Denn das Wort „Salat“ stammt von französisch salade, italienisch insalata, von lateinisch sallita und bedeutet ursprünglich „eingesalzen“. Salate sind also gemäß dem Wortsinn mit Salz haltbar gemachte Speisen! "Salat": strictly speaking, the use of 'lettuce' for the green vegetable plant (lettuce) is odd, and the 'Salate' served up here in the video are correct in meaning. This is because the word 'salad' comes from French salade, Italian insalata, from Latin sallita and originally meant 'salted'. According to the literal meaning, 'Salate' are foods preserved with salt!
If you dont take care of the air circulation it might cause mold. This is why its so important. But I dont know why it is such a problem here in Germany. I lived in a place with mold problems and all I could do is to move out.
Traffic rules are not necessarily the case everywhere and at all times, at least in our city it has long been common practice for cyclists and pedestrians to be allowed to use the same paths. And red pedestrian lights are often ignored when there is no traffic, unless there are children in sight.
The problem is driving on the wrong side, not that she used the path for people. You have to use the right side. Except if there is a path for bikes on one side that has a lane for both ways. But if the sidewalk is wide enough many people use it with their bikes too. But it's not allowed if u wanna be correct. But normally it isn't a big problem if there is enough space and you don't ride to fast.
@@YesNo-vm4qoand that's the main problem. Most cyclists in our town don't care if the sidewalk is too narrow or if there are pedestrians. And most times they are waaay too fast. That's why I am complaining.
You only bring sweets (often done by mechanics because you can snack on the side) or cake on your birthday if you like your coworkers. Also a tradition in germany is to bring food for your coworkers once after you join a company. We often just pay for a round of döner or hotdogs (if we work the late shift) or pay for mettbrötchen as breakfast (mostly on fridays because you can strech the break a little especially if you also invite the boss)
Stoßlüften is best in winter. You exchange the air quickly. This way the walls and furniture don't cool down and the can be heated again pretty quickly as it has a low thermal capacity. If you were to just open your windows only slightly, then it will take a long time to get the room full of fresh air and walls/furniture cool down. Then it takes like ages to reheat the high thermal capacity things. Not to mention not opening the windows, WE NEED FRESH AIR!
12:02 Older people in particular do this because people in Germany used to be more polite and formal. Younger people had to say the formal "sie" to older people and not "du".
Man trinkt mit den Kollegen gerne auch ein Bier nach Feierabend . Das hat man als geburtstagskind natürlich auch schön gekühlt dabei. Aber auch typisch deutsch sind Socken tragen in sandalen. 😂😂😂 Das Video ist ganz ok finde ich. Ich hab dich vorsichtshalber mal abonniert. Liebe Grüße aus Nettetal / Deutschland
I also learned from my aunt how to open a bottle (Lemonade)with a lighter. Since then I always have a lighter, even though I don't smoke. Opening the table edge and some railings has also been successfully mastered.
To open a bottle of beer, you can use almost anything if you can put on a lever. But the ultimate challenge is to open your beer with a sheet of paper. This would probably also impress most Germans.
7:19 Also ich mag keine Mayo in meinem Salat. Ich komme aus Bayern und da wird der Kartoffelsalat mit Brühe gemacht. Nudel- und Blattsalate mit Essig-Öl.
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You are allowed to use a Flaschenöffner but to be considered a real german you should also be capable of using everything else.
Die wahre kunst ist ein aluminium fass ohne zapfhahn anzuzapfen😂😂
EVERYTHING!!! Sonst hast du kein Bier verdient
@@GG_420Hammer und Messer
Nah first of all a true german knows when to order wich beer in a bottle can or barrle
You should also know wich glass to use for a sertain type of beer
How u open a beer isnt that important because we like to help a pal out and that is the reason why we know so many ways 😂
I did it with paper .
If you are invited to a garden party and want to bring a salad, you will usually bring a salad made according to usual kitchen rules from untreated raw products and not ready-made boxes with preserved mayonnaise products.
So ähnlich habe ich auch gerade kommentiert. Gekaufter Kartoffelsalat ist ein No No!
Übrigens No Go sagen nur deutsche lol
Manchmal füll ich den gekauften "salat" um...
@@peterschippers4927😂
And less conservative people in Germany would think of a classic garden salad or Italian/Greek salad in the first hand.
In academic context nowadays it is uncommon to bring anything containing meat to a party.
Also, mayonnaise is getting less popular because even Germans figured out that a Mediterranean diet is much healthier.
But it still is true that in a more conservative, lesser educated and more rural context those stereotypes still reflect reality.
@@peterschippers4927dich würde ich nie wieder einladen 😂
In Schwaben sagt man: „nicht geschimpft ist genug gelobt“
means if no one complains it is praised enough 😄
And no video about germans/Germany would be "complete" if we didnt have a german correcting someone ;) Complaining isnt the right word, "rant" or "grumble" fits way better. Complaining is "beschweren". You're welcome ^^
@@DevilzzFA Then translate it again, I didn't correct anyone but added a saying that is very regional ;)
@@LA_3000 No, the one correcting was me ;) And you said that it means "complains" and thats not correct.
To complain ist "sich beschweren" aber wir sagen "net g'schimpf isch g'nug g'lobt", und schimpfen ist eben "rant" oder "grumble". Das war das, was ich berichtigt hab (und das auch noch nicht mal sonderlich ernst gemeint sondern vielmehr mit einem Augenzwinkern)
I think it's universal and not focussed to any regions in Germany.
Gibts auch in Franken "Nicht geschumpfen ist schon des Lobes genug."
Vor mittlerweile 40 Jahren habe ich ,zusammen mit jungen amerikanischen Soldaten , in einer Kaserne, in Norddeutschland gedient. Die waren im Schnitt 20 Jahre alt und das erste mal im Ausland. Auf einer Party gab es deutsches Bier und die Jungs sind an unserem Kronkorken verzweifelt,weil ,das gibt es auch in Amerika,aber als Drehverschluss. Am ende des Abends war mein Feuerzeug durch und ich ihr Held. 😅😅
Flaschenöffner ? Ist an meinem Schlüsselbund dran , mein Feuerzeug wird dazu nicht benutzt
Das nenn ich deutsch💪🏻😃@@michaelbuttner4262
Wobei wir Deutschen da aber ja echt so gut wie Alles nutzen;).Feuerzeug,Schraubenzieher,Hammer,Messerschaft,Gabel,Löffel,Tischkanten,Holzscheite,.....😊Wie sagt man so schön?Wer kann kann😂
@@sr5974 Es ist halt einfach so. Wenn man es mit dem Feuerzeug raus hat... und das sollte man ja ab 13 Jahren bzw allerspätestens 15 Jahren wissen wie das geht.. Ab da geht halt einfach alles
@@laserbratwurst2764 Guten Morgen.Naja,alles wohl nicht unbedingt.Ich hatte auch schon Feuerzeuge die so weiches Plastik hatten das man sich eher das Feuerzeug ruinierte,die Flasche aber noch immer zu war:).Aber für gewöhnlich ist es ja nicht schwer.
7:40 Invitation in Germany means that the inviter treats the invitees. When you throw a birthday party and invite guests, you entertain them with food. At work you invite them also -- and you don't have to invite them to your home -- for your party (at work, that is) and everybody is happy with a piece of cake. When your colleagues really like you, they may give you a birthday present, but they will not invite you.
Invitation, by the way, is a word that US Americans seem to not understand. They might invite you for dinner and go to a restaurant and expect that you pay your own food... 😕 If a German invites you, the German pays.
I wonder if you might be the one who did not understand. Americans do not make you pay for your own meal - the whole of the bill plus obligatory tip is divided evenly between the participants. Unless someone says it is their treat (which then means they treat you, not you have to cover them). You do not pay just for yourself, letting the bill be split up by the waiter so that everybody pays for their own dish and drinks is too time consuming. And that means, it takes longer to get the next paying customer to a table, and the turnover is very important to American restaurants.
@@franhunne8929 The problem here is the word invitation. In Germany, and at least most of Europe, the the one who invites pays. There is no split bill, or separate bill...
@@franhunne8929 Wow, so even worse?! If I do not have much money and just take a drink and a small side dish to eat, I still have to pay the evenly part? No thanks, I would not like to be invited to such a meal/party whatever.
@@zorrothebughe meant:
If you in invite someone Else ,you have to Cover the Bill of the other person you just invited. If you get an invitation, you dont have to pay Anything.
Im german, so i should know
@@donsealion you may have missed the part where I replied to franhunne8929 and not the op McGhinch. I'm totally aware that in Germany the one who invites takes care of the bill "Wer die Musik bestellt, bezahlt.".
franhunne said the meal is evenly split, so you do not pay just your part. Who orders a lot profits and who orders just a glass of water is fricked.
There even is a saying in Germany: "God knows all. The neighbours know more."
so true
I come from Germany myself but what you said is used very little tbh
Never heard that one but I love it 😂😅
@@Harry_CryptIch schätze, du kommst aus der Stadt und nicht vom Dorf? Auf dem Land ist das nämlich schon ein gängiger bzw. bekannter Spruch 😊
@@Jussel92 stadt rand aber nah dran mein freund 😉
Huh, huh, German sunflowers, how cute. That's the proof you are a nice guy.
13:20 Du kannst die Flasche auch mit den Zähnen öffnen, ist aber unhöflich wenn Du die Zähne des Nachbarn benutzt. 🤪
The “advanced beer drinkers” open the bottle in the eye socket.😂
@@dwightd.eisenhower3729Guten Abend, aber keine deutsche Bierflasche, das wird blutig! Nachtrag die Königsdisziplin ist mit einer Bildzeitung das Bier zu öffnen, das lernt man auf dem Bau in der Ausbildung!
@@kayerwinbichlmaier6674 hast du es mal mit einer gurke versucht 😂? Es geht wenn Mann will
@@scarz5507 Guten Abend und nein mit einer Gurke habe ich es noch nicht versucht! Ich mag Gurken nicht und daher hatte ich dazu keine Gelegenheit da ich keine Gurken kaufe ! Ich wünsche noch ein schönes Rest Wochenende!
Newspaper!😅 Greetings from Germany
BTW we say Mahlzeit already in the morning when people are late for work and we want to annoy them and remind them that they are too late and it’s nearly noon. Even a quarter past 8 am 😂
Oh yes... 🤣
And we don't just use Mahlzeit at work, but everywhere between 11:00 and 13:00 when we have to talk to others. Instead of Grüß Gott or hello, we say Mahlzeit. Even in the pharmacy or at the doctor's. At least here in the wild southwest of Germany.
And in northern Germany we say "Moin" (morning) at every time of day
isso, schön den Zuspätkommern das noch unter die Nase reiben xD
To drive on bicycle on the boardwalk is just dangerous, as a user of the boardwalk by feet u wont run into a bicyclist if u leave ur house so its understandable that the people remind u to follow the rules of because a bicycleist belongs to a cycleway or simply the street. Drive safe and take care about others, how about that!??😊❤
I think ventilation is a must in Germany because, firstly, our houses are extremely well insulated and the windows and doors close really tightly. Secondly, we don't have AC to ensure air exchange. So if you don't ventilate, the oxygen in the house is used up quite quickly. In addition, moisture starts to condense on windows and walls and then mold forms. That's why it's a must in many rental contracts. I personally have to either close the door and open the window to sleep or, if it's very hot or very cold outside, the other way round, close the window and open the door to the rest of the house because otherwise I feel like I'm suffocating in my sleep. That's probably nonsense, but that's the way it is
3:25 It might surprise you that opening "all" windows (or at least two to produce an airstream) for a few seconds is actually the most energy efficient/saving method to air the room - in contrast to open up one window just a little bit but for a longer amount of time. You want the CO2 go away and O2 go in without cooling the house (i.e. the walls etc.) down. As long as the walls keep warm, that tiny bit of energy that was actually in the air is neglectible.
You are completely right, plus lowering the humidity to prevent mold especially in winter.
You are right. But a few seconds wouldn't help. At least 5 minutes. 😊
Does not work with American paper houses though
@@313ay8 That's exactly how it is. Drywall walls do not store the heat, in contrast to brick walls.
The most part of heat is not in the air, its in the Matter all in the Apartment. Means if you open the windows very short you replace 100% of the air but loose only a bit of the energy
yepp. It doesn't stop there. The moisty air inside is (over time) way harder to heat than the air outside. The whole reason of "Lüften" is, to get rid of the moist in the first place, drying the house a little bit and prevent molding.
Doesn’t work with most American houses!
@@iPhonesuechtler yepp, 'cause wood doesn't store temperatures, it just keeps them from spreading. But, works perfectly fine with office buildings, 'cause concrete stores heat and cold for some time. It's just not needed anymore - these buildigings come with complex AC systems.
You can also open beer bottles with a newspaper.
A little tip: folding helps.
You can also open a beer bottle with everything, if you are a german 😂
@@christianklasen640 I can‘t and I’m German 😂
@@muschelpuster1987Da musste wohl nochmal ran. Btw. Ich kann’s auch nicht 😂
@@christianklasen640 genau! LOL, Grüße aus Deutschland. Flaschen öffnen war das erste, was ich damals als Lehrling auf der Baustelle gelernt habe.
Exactly! LOL, greetings from Germany. Opening bottles was the first thing I learned back then as an apprentice on the building site.
Ich kann’s auch nicht, aber da ich sowieso kein Bier trinke, ist das zum Glück auch nicht nötig. 😆
Impact air makes especially in winter time sense. You open the windows for about 5-10 minutes and replace the old air with fresh air. And then you close the windows again. This way you loose way less heat in your home as if you open just one window just a bit. But you also have to take in consideration that nearly all homes in Germany are especially isolated and build out of stone and concrete. Modern homes are nearly airtight so they often have(need) an electronic ventilation system. These electronic ventilation systems have also integrated air change and heat recovery systems. The old air is pumped through some kind of radiator to recycle the heat and use it again to heat the house.
What's more, cold air is dryer than warm air, because there's not much water vapor in it, so by that air exchange in winter, you also reduce moisture and thus prevent mold from growing on your walls. That's especially important in older buildings. I have no experience with these modern homes and all their sophisticated ventilation systems, but I think I wouldn't like one because these sure need regular expensive inspection and maintenance, which a window definitely doesn't.
They are wrong about Mahlzeit only being used in the Office. In the early 90s there was this Movie "kleines Arschloch" the Protagonist always entered a room saying Mahlzeit! Church, school, doctors Office. It popularized it as a General greeting. So yes, German can greet everyone every where like that. It's Just not as common as saying it during meal Times.
Also i like how in Germany you have to bake cake for your birthday. It means you're getting cake for everyone elses birthday instead of being expected to bring it.
Also be aware that "Mahlzeit!" as a greeting is informal with a working-class vibe. While it's not rude, it would sound weird in more formal situations.
jepp..Mahlzeit ..immer ..überall..I recommend to everyone ... join the Movie... you will learn a lot about the dark side of German Soul..
Never let Rachel meet the infamous "Kabelsalat" ...
like an English traffic-jam we also know of Menschen-auflauf
As a German, I refer to the German virtue of being prepared, which means that I of course have a bottle opener on my key ring and therefore don't have to rely on other tools. But that doesn't mean I couldn't open a beer bottle with any other object 😉
I have carried a bottle opener on my key ring for the last few months, it's just a waste of space to me, I barely use it, because I always got a lighter on me. And even then you always got other bottles, your teeth or any sharp edge to open your beer.
They forgot to mention, for clarification, that German beer bottles do not have twist off caps.
Some actually do (or did, anyway). But that’s not proper beer then but something like Herrenhäuser.
Crailsheimer Engelbräu.
@@Nagtloper431 Which Herrenhäuser has a twist cap??? An thats the best German Beer I live right next to the production plant so right out of the Barrel lol
@@Th3Sh8dow 😄granted, might have been a while ago they did that. Nothing wrong with Herrenhäuser per se. Not quite my cup of, err, beer though. You live right next to the plant? Well, „Bier braucht Heimat“!
@@Nagtloper431 Yes Lecker Bierchen direkt vom Band :)
Fertigsalate sind nicht typisch Deutsch, wir haben eine Jahrtausende alte Ess/Koch Kultur. Bei Familienfesten oder Grillabenden bringt man selbstgemachte Salate und kein Fertigfraß, und wir benutzten keine Mayo, sondern Schmand, Saure sahne oder Creme Fresh , wenn überhaupt. Salate mit Mayo kam aus Amerika. *Das musste gesagt werden* 🤔🧐🤣
Wer ohne Salat kommt, bekommt nix zu essen. 🌝
so isses
So ist das wer fertig Salat bringt geht nachhause wem soll dann so ne kleine Portion reichen da kann jeder mal drann riechen dann ist es weg da braucht man schon ne ganze Schüssel nudel oder Fleisch oder was auch immer Salat
Kartoffelsalat wird in Norddeutschland aber traditionell mit Mayonnaise gemacht und zwar am besten mit selbstgemachter. Und das kommt nicht aus USA, sondern ursprünglich aus Spanien und Frankreich
6:59 If you say you're bringing a salad, you're usually talking about what kind. But above all, it would be a total no go to bring a salad from the pack. We expect a little more love than just going to the supermarket. Plus, store-bought salads just don't taste that good.
My wife loves ‚Lüften‘. But she often forget to close the windows. So we share the job. She opens the windows everytime and I close it 😂
Hah! Same here! By the time my wife recognized, I opened a window, it's time to end the "Stoßlüften" anyway. Makes totally sense to me, to just open and forget the windows once in a while... ;o) ;o) ;o)
At home, there is not a problem with "Lüften" for me, but at work it is. I work as portier at a big, old place in Vienna. Everyone wants to open the windows in the seminar rooms - but unless they have a professor with them, they always forget to close the outer windows (there are inner and outer windows). Then comes some rain and a storm and many windows are destroyed. Old windows, very expennsive to replace. It drives me nuts, because it is a part of my job to watch out for this.
@@jokervienna6433 I once worked in an office building with an undersized AC. There were rumors about the AC working absolutely fine, as long as all the f*g windows are closed. But... One cann't just tell a german to keep the windows shut! ;o) I've known this building 5 years in a row never ever being adjusted at some proper air conditions! :D
I never close my Windows, Even in Winter, I never Start the heating. I am not a weichei 🤪🤪
As a german myself, I had a great time watching your video and especially listening to your comments!
Naja ist einfacher mit jedem ein Stück Kuchen zu genießen als sich sorgen machen zu müssen 40 kuchen nach hause zu kriegen😅
The good thing about colleagues is, that outside Germany they are able to collaborate in this: usually a guy takes the initiative and goes around (or opens a chat in teams) and asks everyone to contribute. 😉
But if course the Germans know how this works either. But They normally do it only to special occasions like marriage or birth of a child.
For your understanding: When you do Stoßlüften -even in the Winter, you don't loose that much heat, because if you're heating -the walls heat up (because they aren't made out of wood they can save more :) )
And since Stoßlüften is really just a few minutes, the warmth comes back pretty quick as soon as the windows are closed again👌🏼
yeah, we got about 10 windows in our flat, opening each for only 5 minutes takes you nearly one hour to complete the first airing - 4 times a day you work 3 and a half hours just at the windows, that is a full day each week!
I travel to Germany often. So the bottle opener being literally anything is like a little party trick at home. They place a bottle in front of me and when they go grab their opener, I open the bottle with whatever I can find. The reactions are always quite funny
Ich habe noch nie jemanden abgepackten Salat aus der Kühltheke zu einer Party mitbringen gesehen. 😂 Normalerweise machen wir die Salate selbst. Ob Kartoffelsalat, Nudelsalat, Rohkostsalat, oder ausgefallene Salatkreationen, da sind wir schon ziemlich eigen und erwarten auch Komplimente und das Fragen nach dem Rezept. 🙈
14:00 I, German, learned to open bottles with a knife from a Texan in the 1970s -- maybe US Americans have forgotten that skill.
Or maybe he had German ancestors. In Texas they even have a dialect called Texas-German and even I can understand that partly. 😆
@@Hey.Joe. Well he never bragged about German ancestry, but his last name hints England.
classmates asked for my swiss-army-knife to open some bottles - they returned it with bite-marks from the bottletops in its handle. I had to show those amateurs where the bottle-opener on my knife was and they were afraid I might open one of the blades - also used the saw to cut some cake and I had to remove the raisins from the knife's mechanics: never lent your tools to "strangers", without showing them exactly how to use all available features...
@@LisaBeta-42 Oh no! I can feel your pain. Never happened to my Swiss-Army-pocketknife or Leatherman-Tool.
One thing this Rachel sadly also adapted is to talk about her collegues as "Kolleg * innen" 4:38.
It's artificial language of virtue signalling. Not surprised however as she works with Deutsche Welle.
Public radio/TV seems to push it in an attempt to let normal people get used to it.
I love the Stoßlüften😅🤩👍🏼 every morning and after a huge Rain are the Air so clean ☔🌬️🥰
When you’re going 20 over the speed limit and the BMW behind you is still complaining that you’re to slow. That’s Germany
You can also ventilate in winter because cold air heats up faster than warm air cools down. This is due to the density; cold air has a higher density and can therefore absorb heat more quickly.
You might want to check that statement. Even if there was a significant difference between the amount of energy needed for heating up vs. the amount of energy freed by cooling down (spoiler: There is not. The specific heat capacity is the same in both directions and the slight difference in mass is negligible) it would work the other way around. Since cold air is more dense and therefore has (insignificantly) more mass per volume, you would need more energy to heat it, than to cool the same volume of air.
@05:05 Mahlzeit is easy to translate into English: Mahl = meal, Zeit = time, so it means "meal time", you wish someone to have a nice meal. But it's also used as a a greeding around moon.
@05:30 that's not true! you can use it also on the streets, not only in the office. Especially when someone is eating.
Those 8 things are not only in Germany but a lot of European countries like here in Belgium
I love your "German sunflowers". :D
The reason for the Lüften is very easy to explain. Our modern Low Energy Houses are so dense, that there is No airflow between inside and Outside. So you have to "Lüften", otherwise the old CO2 high and humidity Air will stay in the House. Humidity in particular can then lead to mold. Therefore many contracts have special parts for the "Lüften". Because mold is one of the biggest problems in the new dense Low Energy Houses. Of cause a britain does not know it. Their Houses are so dense like a barn from early years of 1300.
Liam Carpenter sets a very high bar for YT videoes about beer opening in Germany 🤩
I recomend his Valentine's Edition
ruclips.net/user/shorts2yNgwwpfWJ4?si=Bc1OYaULgWYdQu08
It has nothing to do with opening a beer but with salad and cake
@@donpromillo141 Sorry. I thought opening a beer with flowers was cool
If you have 10 coworkers you like,that means you bring something 10 f****ing times!In Germany, only once.😂
it´s more efficient!
We love to complain.
That's why "can't complain" is an actual compliment 😅
That. 😀
I will wait for the video. 100 ways to open your beer 🤣
Ich empfehle den Kanal von Dorfdäpp (ja, der schreibt sich so). Der hat einige Videos über Bieröffner gepostet.
Vor den 90ern war es übrigens viel einfacher, wenn du Geburtstag hattest. Einfach ne Kiste Bier mitbringen und die Kollegen waren glücklich.
At 10:00 they're showing something typical German without even mentioning it: Those glass bowls! Every German household has them. Nobody bought them (ever!), they are just there... I don't even know where to buy them, never seen them in a shop... They are not meant to be bought or sold, those bowls are some kind of cosmic entity. And even if you break them (if that's even possible, I never tryed), they just somehow reappear. If some German would be mad enough to weaponize those bowls, every enemy would get shred by broken glass and we would NEVER run out of ammo. Fortunately we didn't have (or at least didn't use) them "back then". Imagine a Tiger II with a 360mm glass bowl cannon.
I tell you: Those bowls...they are everywhere. And they are forever. Take em, smash em, grab a new one, repeat. And mankind will drown in a flood of shards...
Most of the harsh things may be typical and normal for the citizens of Berlin, not for most other Germans... As a rural Bavarian I would die every day if people would treat others like she described.
Mahlkeit or Ciao, Tschüß etc. we don't use that in northen Germany. "Moin" is enough.
Salat without Mayonnaise prepared is normal, even in Aldi or Lidl you can by it.
Very good Video Idea, get drunk with your buddies and use everything except a bottle opener.
A bottle opener is one of the few Tools i struggle with to open bottles
I learned about "Mahlzeit" the same way as you, with context clues. Never knew the greeting existed before doing my first internship at 14. Was definitely confused.
I am a German. And I love it to be a German. I think I am a typical German. But it is not "forbidden" to open a bottle with a bottle opener. Nobody is iritated when you use a bottle opener.
good video,
In fact, almost everything was right.
which is not quite right (Mahlzeit ) that is a greeting from 12 a.m. until 4 p.m., since before (good morning = guten Morgen = moin)
afterwards (good evening= guten Abend = nabend)
and potato salad is, depending on the region, with (vinegar and oil) or (mayonese) and not always with mayonese.
Intermittent ventilation is an absolute must to avoid mold formation and to have fresh air (usually about 2 minutes on and off again)
And when it's your birthday it's the rule that you bring food for everyone else, not necessarily just cake, some people make breakfast or pizza or a barbecue.
I hope I was able to explain a little more about what it's like in Germany.
Best regards (Schöne Grüße)
Ich finde es interessant das sich die Amerikaner so für Deutschland interessieren 😊
Ps. Der echte Deutsche kann eine Bierflasche mit fast alles öffnen.
The real German can open a beer bottle with almost anything.
But it is disrespectful to use the table because you could damage it.
These days, the birthday part is trickier because many companies are also prohibited from sharing personal information about their employees, such as birthdays. So many people don't know who's birthday it is.
A beer drinker doesn't deserve his beer if he hasn't found a way to open his bottle after at least five minutes without a beer opener
That compliment-thing, we are quit the opposite of some us-americans, who tends to exaggerate. For example, if something is quite ok or just interesting, I almost always hear from american tourists words like awesome, amazing, unbelievable, I'm shocked or something like that.
But after all, I have to admit we could just tell how is it, if something is really good instead to understate things with sayings like "not bad".
When it's someone's birthday, there are the following options: 1. Office jobs = The "birthday child" brings cake. Reason: most people rarely invite their colleagues home for a party. 2. Skilled trades: There are two options here: 1. The birthday child buys breakfast for the colleagues, then everyone eats breakfast together. 2. The birthday child brings a case of beer. Most people don't care if there's a colleague there who doesn't drink beer. If you're lucky, you'll be asked if you'd like to drink something else. In many industries, it's also common to do the same when you go on vacation.
They forget to mention the probably most common salad ever existing: the "Kabelsalat" (literally translates to "cable salad" and refers to a tangled mess of wires or cables).
Don't forget the "tonband" salad!!! 🙂
Usually, when people use a bottle to open a beer, they use a closed bottle...a friend of mine refined his method to the point of ooening a beer with an empty beer bottle...
3:20 deswegen ja Stoßlüften. Man öffnet alle Fenster komplett dafür aber nur kurz (ca 2-5min) wenn man dann das Fenster schließt sollte es innerhalb von 1-2min wieder warm sein. Wenn es natürlich draußen -10°C hat dann natürlich nicht so lange.
Aber wenn man richtig Stoßlüftet dann ist es innerhalb kurz zeit wieder warm im Raum
In Hamburg we just say "Moin" regardless of the time of the day 😊 and "Tschüss" as a goodbye
Oh and I just love your sunflower comment 🥰
An einer Passauer Schule wurde das Wort "Tschüss" dagegen verboten.
@@petracastro6021 Im Ernst? Weshalb?? Respektlos, anstößig, NS-Jargon?? Ich bin verwirrt...
from Munich: - stoßlüften is just a minute, also in Winter. - sunbathing is nice, a specially at a street coffee on the most important street of the town - Mayonnaise, is not as much in bavaria - bottle opening, does not work by turning like US. my style of, i learned from my father who was a farmer and used the stove in the kitchen.
In Germany, most houses are made of stone. Modern windows are often installed, but the facade is not insulated. This means that the coldest surface in the room is the outside wall, usually in a corner. In the bedroom in particular, the humidity can reach up to 80% at night due to breathing and sweating. The humidity can condense on the cold wall and cause mold. So the moist air has to get out. The best way to do this is to open the windows wide on two sides of the apartment for a few minutes. Even in winter, you only lose a little heat because the floor, ceiling and walls cannot cool down so quickly. If you close the window again after 5 minutes, the apartment will be warm again within a few seconds.
Many people make the mistake of leaving windows in the tilt position all day, with the window only slightly open. But this is counterproductive. Firstly, there is hardly any air exchange, so the moisture remains. Secondly, the floors, ceiling and walls cool down. This causes the mold to grow even more and requires even more heating energy.
My Talking (meine Rede)😂 Viele verstehen das eben leider nicht
The saying "MAHLZEIT" has a whole different origin! It comes from the work in mines. It's a term in mining. So when they came up the mining shaft at the end of shift or for lunch breaks you'd greet your comrades with "Mahlzeit". It's a blessing one shift gave the other shift when they changed shift. I don't want to say every other explanation is wrong. But it had a whole different meaning. The word "MAHLZEIT" carries the comradery, respect, brotherhood, sweat and tears and even death of the brave man in mining.
1:55 Stosslüften - I'd say, it's related to our climate and the way we're building houses. See... Germany has usually moderate temperatures and rather moist weather. But, there can be times with very cold or hot weather over a couple of weeks in a row. So, all germans aim to have a home as insulated as possible!!! (helps saving money for heating too). In short: our walls, doors and windows, all of our buildings, they just can't breath. These are perfect conditions for getting mold into the buildings. So, if you wanna prevent your home or office from getting very unhealthy in the long term, you have to do something! The easiest way to prevent molding is the unpleasent "Stosslüften".
7:32 Birthday cakes in the office - The roots of it go back to having a birthday party. If you're inviting to a party the usual deal is: you're providing the food (cake), they bring the presents, right? The office is kinda special... Your colleagues see themselves like kinda part time friends(?), so they expect you to invite them and bring a cake. If you, by any chance, happen to work in a true friends envirionment, they WILL bring you a present! But, let's be honest... They are cormorants!!! They just see the opportunity to grab some free cake! ;o) Let's face it: you don't mess with a huge crowd of vultures, do you? Just bring in the cake and hope, they don't eat you alive!!! :o) :o) :o)
8:50 and 11:25 Noise and rules - Germany has arguably the densest population of Europe. So, to have a smooth daily life, you have to stick to the rules. If you're making trouble, you don't just annoy ONE neighbour, you're gonna annoy dozens of them at once. But, it doesn't stop there - having a dense population also means, we have a lot more of troubleshooters to deal with than evrybody else. That's, why we make sure, you'll stick to the rules!!! ;o) I'd say, it isn't a german thing... if you look at verry high populated countries all over the world, you'll see the same. Just grab some examples from south east asia and compare them with us. I'll give you that: You wouldn't need these rules, if you literaly have to grab your phone to yell at the far, far away next neighbour in the first place.
12:30 Bottle opening - See, I'm a german, I don't even use the word opener, I just don't need to! I say opening. :o) Don't make a video trying to open beers without an opener in a lot of different ways. There're already videos of germans that took the challenge before. You just can't win anymore. :-P
the birthday cake situation is kind of a neat way to avoid the buzz and hustle of a birthday at the workplace. Either bring a cake and thus signal that you wish to celebrate to an extend or, don't and get away with a mostly normal day
There is a book "10.000 Möglichkeiten, eine Flasche Bier zu öffnen". I know at least 10.001 ways to open a beer. If you know how it works, you can use nearly anything, it´s even possible with sheet of paper!
well, there's also use for bottle openers - and they were often used in germany, "but": mostly in the household, but not outside. outside you don't normally have always a bottle opener (well, i do, but i don't have always my keys in my near - and then, people using that one wrong, 'cause they don't look at it and see that's disigned differently), so, there's literally "everything" used what could hemp open bottles... Knifes, forks, spoons, lighters, folding rulers, a beer crate, other beer bottles... and that's just a "tiny bit" what could be used.
Du willst Bierflaschen öffnen und auch austrinken?😅
Im English and very rarely do you see young people with bottle openers, we all use lighters, walls, tables etc...
Hallo, du wurdest mir auf der Startseite angezeigt und dein Video hat mein Interesse geweckt. Jetzt hier mal einfach ein deutsches Kommentar zu dem Thema Salat. Selbst gemachte ist immer besser vor allem beim Grillen und beim Grillen gibt’s halt auch immer Bier glaube mir alles ist ein Flaschenöffner Geldscheine Zange Hammer Küchenrolle mein Handy 😅Blatt Papier richtige gefaltet natürlich aber auf jeden Fall geiles Action Video hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Ich lasse auf jeden Fall Daumen nach oben da 😂❤
Achso und Kevin heißt eigentlich Kelvin 😂👀
12:02: Riding your bicycle on the pavement (unless you're a child under 10!) is not only illegal, it is dangerous for the pedestrians. Take that from someone who has been run over by cyclists on pavements, from behind, six times so far.
You are sooo right! ❤❤❤
I wouldn't complain because it's illegal but because it's dangerous, especially when the pavement is so narrow.
To ride there with your bike is just egoistic and careless.
"Inf0H3ld" should be read "InfoHeld", which can be translated as "Info Hero".
I think in most European countries it's you who bring the cake to the office for your birthday.
Same in NZ
No you don't let of the heat out in winter as it's only three minutes and makes it even better as through the difference between warm and cold
Concerning "not bad" there is also "ich hab' schon schlechteres gegessen" 😁
Ich habe so gelacht über die Reaktionen von Sean Huggins !
Sean du einfach ein netter Mensch.
Use a sheet of paper to open a bottle, skill Level 9/10
but it must be a sheet from a newspaper; not more than 40g/m² !!! ;)
skill lvl 10/10: you use only your thumb and index finger, it takes some practise but it works👌
P. S.: Awww.. I love the term "German Sunflower", that shows you really had a good, hard reflection about it. But it's true, on building sites we also would look for a sunny spot to have our break at.
I have never thought of it as a pecularity of the Germans though and you spotting that from nothing is a) impressive and b) semi-concerning.. 👀😅
everything that is cut into small pieces and mixed in a bowl, often with a dressing is a salad. no need for lettuce or mayonnaise. a fruit salad doesn't have either for example.
Wir sagen ja auch "Kabelsalat" und "Buchstabensalat". Und dann gibt es noch die Redensart "Da haben wir den Salat..."
Yea open a bottle with with a newspaper, always fun to see poeple watching me how to do that. ^^
14:24 Yea sure my quest for you is, Open a bottle with any kind of paper no matter the size or collor of the paper. Newspaper is the softest paper and the most fun.
The german sunflower, i did not know thats a thing but yea, i kinda do that.
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3:00 because, this prevents mold. if you leave your window all the time on "kipp" in the winter, mold will be a problem.
"the german sunflower" is clear. We don't have so much sun hours, especially here in northern germany. So we suck in es many as we can. 😁
Hamburg has the highest number of convertible cars in germany.
12:05 the rules that were broken: she drove on the sidewalk (not on a dedicated bike lane. If there is non the stvo (Straßenverkehrsordnung) says that you have to drive on the street) and she drove on the wrong side (we drive on the right side, not the left). The stvo has multiple pages with rules regarding bikes and where and how you are allowed to drive them. There are also signs that tell you if you are allowed to ride on the sidewalk. There are two signs, both round with a blue background and white lines. One shows pedestrians above bikes with a horizontal dividing line between them wich tells you that it is a mixed sidewalk and one has them side by side with a vertical dividing line telling you that there is a dedicated bike lane that you have to use (there are exceptions in the stvo). Usually bike lanes have light gray pavement while the sidewalk is a different color
"Salat" has in German a broader Meaning than just classic Salads to eat: It also means like something is mixed together (and/or shreddered). So this means Kabelsalat/Cable Salad means, many mixed up Cables lying around like a Mess.
Salad: There are regional differences. In Bavaria almost noone would consider Mayo as a valid ingredient of a salad. Potatoe Salad contains mostly vinegar mixed with vegetable broth and rapeseed oil, salt, onions and pepper. Meat salad is made of regensburg sausage - Sauce is the Same as in potatoe salad except the broth. If you add noodles and perhaps some vegetables you have a noodle salad. Lamb's lettuce with oyster mushrooms is best when served lukewarm (as well as potatoe salad) and instead of rapeseed oil often rendered bacon is used.
Happy cooking :P
I have another idea of a typical german thing:
Knitting in public life.
That has to do a bit with "how to behave" in public or in public transportation - trains or busses.
Normally germans don't communticate in public.
Using cellphones in a bus seems to be disturbing. And even make contakt in a train to other persons is - sometimes nice - but normally uncommon. And you can show that: Reading a book means: You don't want to talk.
When i use public transport, that's "spare time" for me - so i read books or i'm knitting socks or hooking something.
For me, that signals: I'm doing something. I'm occupied. I don't want to communicate.
But often the signal is the opposite: Others want to speak with you!
Worst case was a person from eastern germany, saying: "Bei uns wärst Du jetzt erschlagen worden" (We would have beaten you to death). All other people said "Finde ich super" or want to start a conversation about knitting.
That's interesting because normally i avoid conversation in public and public transport - even if i'm accompanied by friends or family. And most germans behave the same.
So this are two topics:
Communication in public and knitting in public.
"how do you like my new hair?" "Not bad" also typical for us, not only for food. Kinda it is not the greatest thing i've ever seen/eaten, but also, it is not bad. And sorry for bad english... every german in english chats 🙂
My father told me:
A thirsty man can open everything.
We need no bottle opener in germany 😂
Mayo in Salad is only common in North Germany. An original potatoe salad should be with oil and vinegar 😉
3:20 @Huggs
Das Stoßlüften wird nicht im ganzen Haus gemacht, sondern nur dort, wo es entweder hohe Feuchtigkeit gibt (Badezimmer) oder wo ein Sauerstoffmangel entstehen kann, wo sich also Personen lange aufhalten. Stoßlüften soll kurz (wie ein Stoß) sein, damit der Raum nicht zu sehr auskühlt.
Shock ventilation is not carried out throughout the house, but only where there is either high humidity (bathroom) or where there may be a lack of oxygen, i.e. where people spend long periods of time. Shock ventilation should be brief (like a shock) so that the room does not cool down too much.
The classic is that if you drive 160 in the left line it comes an "sprinter" that drive to 10 cm on you and give you signals to drive faster or change the line
7:00 @Huggs
"Salat": Streng genommen ist die Verwendung von 'Salat' für die grüne gemüseähnliche Pflanze merkwürdig und die hier im Video aufgetischten 'Salate' sind der Bedeutung nach richtig. Denn das Wort „Salat“ stammt von französisch salade, italienisch insalata, von lateinisch sallita und bedeutet ursprünglich „eingesalzen“.
Salate sind also gemäß dem Wortsinn mit Salz haltbar gemachte Speisen!
"Salat": strictly speaking, the use of 'lettuce' for the green vegetable plant (lettuce) is odd, and the 'Salate' served up here in the video are correct in meaning. This is because the word 'salad' comes from French salade, Italian insalata, from Latin sallita and originally meant 'salted'.
According to the literal meaning, 'Salate' are foods preserved with salt!
I've already opened a beer with a newspaper.😅 You have to fold them hard.😂 Greetings from Germany
If you dont take care of the air circulation it might cause mold. This is why its so important. But I dont know why it is such a problem here in Germany. I lived in a place with mold problems and all I could do is to move out.
Traffic rules are not necessarily the case everywhere and at all times, at least in our city it has long been common practice for cyclists and pedestrians to be allowed to use the same paths.
And red pedestrian lights are often ignored when there is no traffic, unless there are children in sight.
The problem is driving on the wrong side, not that she used the path for people. You have to use the right side. Except if there is a path for bikes on one side that has a lane for both ways. But if the sidewalk is wide enough many people use it with their bikes too. But it's not allowed if u wanna be correct. But normally it isn't a big problem if there is enough space and you don't ride to fast.
@@YesNo-vm4qoand that's the main problem. Most cyclists in our town don't care if the sidewalk is too narrow or if there are pedestrians. And most times they are waaay too fast.
That's why I am complaining.
You only bring sweets (often done by mechanics because you can snack on the side) or cake on your birthday if you like your coworkers. Also a tradition in germany is to bring food for your coworkers once after you join a company. We often just pay for a round of döner or hotdogs (if we work the late shift) or pay for mettbrötchen as breakfast (mostly on fridays because you can strech the break a little especially if you also invite the boss)
Stoßlüften is best in winter. You exchange the air quickly. This way the walls and furniture don't cool down and the can be heated again pretty quickly as it has a low thermal capacity.
If you were to just open your windows only slightly, then it will take a long time to get the room full of fresh air and walls/furniture cool down. Then it takes like ages to reheat the high thermal capacity things.
Not to mention not opening the windows, WE NEED FRESH AIR!
German bottle opening final stage: ruclips.net/video/np-Bw4S7oDQ/видео.html
12:02 Older people in particular do this because people in Germany used to be more polite and formal. Younger people had to say the formal "sie" to older people and not "du".
Man trinkt mit den Kollegen gerne auch ein Bier nach Feierabend . Das hat man als geburtstagskind natürlich auch schön gekühlt dabei.
Aber auch typisch deutsch sind Socken tragen in sandalen. 😂😂😂
Das Video ist ganz ok finde ich. Ich hab dich vorsichtshalber mal abonniert.
Liebe Grüße aus Nettetal / Deutschland
How should people learn the language if you use gender neutral language? I don't get it.
I also learned from my aunt how to open a bottle (Lemonade)with a lighter. Since then I always have a lighter, even though I don't smoke. Opening the table edge and some railings has also been successfully mastered.
To open a bottle of beer, you can use almost anything if you can put on a lever. But the ultimate challenge is to open your beer with a sheet of paper. This would probably also impress most Germans.
7:19 Also ich mag keine Mayo in meinem Salat. Ich komme aus Bayern und da wird der Kartoffelsalat mit Brühe gemacht. Nudel- und Blattsalate mit Essig-Öl.