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We Germans show our patriotism by watching all the reaction videos about Germany and seeing how people react to how great we are - its like a quiet version of patriotism :D
That is a good way of saying it!
so true! :-)
@@drwarcloud666 Me neither 😂
I'm Austrian, but we are quite similar in culture and behavior.
I’m not German, but I’m completely in love with Germany and wish I was German. So I’m also watching videos of people reacting to how great Germany is. Also on top of all the other greatness you gave the world Rammstein.
Greetings from 🇬🇧.
Yeah, but if we do it loud, we would be nazis straight away.
Yes, there are stereotypes about the school types. Since Hauptschule (which I'd translate as Main/Basic school) takes less years to get a degree and isn't as hard as the others, it's considered the lowest kind of school with the most worthless degree that won't get you hired for anything but blue collar work. Realschule is considered kind of a neutral in between kind of degree, but won't be enough for universities or most high level white collar work without upgrading your degree with additional schooling afterwards. A Gymnasium degree opens many doors for you, but takes more years and effort to get. So basically, Hauptschule kids are considered to be too stupid for better schools and Gymnasium kids are considered elitist snobs. Take this with a grain of salt of course, since it's just my personal regional experience (south west Germany).
Same in the Augsburg area. Even worse, we think that going to school in Baden-Württemberg is even easier than in Bavaria.
Yes yes yes still but it's not like you can't get a degree if you went to a hauptschule... i went to a hauptschule was always considered a stupid kid by others but i'm a civil engineer now... just to clarify
Same stereotypes here in Franconia. Had to deal with these back in the day after finishing Hauptschule (my circle of friends call it "Survival Training"), I wasn't even hired for Warehouse or Car Mechanics Vocation Training. Had to go back to school while working and get Abitur in evening classes, so someone would hire me.
Gymnasiasts are snobs. Lg berufskollegschüler😂
Let me add the stereotype that Gymnasium kids are considered autistic in manual trades. A person that has got his certificate to be allowed for studying at a university is usually considered to not be able to differ between a wrench and a screwdriver.
Edit: I just need to add. I have been a gymnasium kid and I studied which makes me confirm that stereotype to a large degree in my friends circles back then. I was no exception until a certain point in life.
I remember the loving call of those kind of people as "Zauberlehrlinge" - "Wizzard apprentices".
This is so far the best video on Germany I have seen on RUclips by far. It is giving a lot of context, history and details. It is also really refreshing to see a video being labeled "about Germany" that is actually about Germany and not Bavaria. It is even culturally aware enough to be pointing out that this is a stereotype image. 👍 Great seeing you reacting to this awesome video.
I'm from the Brandeburg and there is actually an interesting school-concept called "Gesamtschule", where the best parts of gymnasium and realschule are combined. Some people leaving school after class 10 and starting their apprenticeships, some stay to make their Abitur, the grade you will need to study. They need 13 instead of 13 years to reach that.
It's actually a great system, but much more expensive compares to others.
The video is so fast paced and packed with information I'm willing to forgive all the (painful) spelling mistakes.
The one thing I cannot let slip though: Cuckoo clocks have been made in the Black Forest region of Baden-Wuerttemberg, the state with the strong ties to its neighbour Switzerland (also a famous clockmaking nation). Bavaria had nothing to do with it.
depends on if you talk about Bavaria the state or Bavaria the area. There is still a swabian minority in the state Bavaria. But sure. you're mostly correct.
@@muetze4032 No, it doesn't depend on Bavaria as a state vs as the area. No part of the black forest - where cuckoo clocks are build - lies in bavaria. Cuckoo clocks are not a "swabian thing" but a "black forest thing".
I dunno, I can forgive his pronounciation, because you can't expect someone to perfectly pronounce languages they don't speak - especially not if they make videos on every country of the world.... but there's not that much written text in the video, so why not spell 'Wirtschaftswunder' instead of 'Wieschaftswunder'?
They did it with the Netherlands too, where the 'Waddeneilanden' became the 'Waldeneilanden'.
too much stuff to investigate the facts ^^ Charlemagne is indeed from Frankia, which today is part of Bavaria. The name of the Country France has its root in this Area. Through Charlemagne and his "Frankenreich".
@@muetze4032 the black forest is not in the swabian part of badenwürttemberg, but in the badisch part... swabians are württemberg.
Reinheitsgebot means you cannot add other stuff. BUT you can engineer the heck out of it nonetheless. You can change the type of yeast, which gives vastly different results. You can change the duration of any part of the process and get different results, mostly the processing of malt plays a huge role. OR change the type of other ingredients. There are varieties of hops available for beers, and the amount of one thing compared to the Rest can also be important. You see: lots of ways to tweek only 4 ingredients. Kinda like with flour, eggs and butter: you can make pancakes, cakes, cupcakes, Donuts and a whooe lot of other stuff and everything tastes different with different textures.
I mean, two guys in Germany managed to brew a beer with 56 volume percent alcohol in it while still keeping to the Reinheitsgebot.
EDITED for 'volume percent'.
@@cayreet5992 I think you got the number twisted :D you get about 0,2 Promille from ONE Beer
@@chocojack7101 Look up 'Schorschbock.' They had a competition with a Scottish brewery about who could put the most alcohol in a beer. 56 volume percent was the highest they could get. So, yes, no promille, but I'm German and didn't remember what the word was. It's volume percent.
@@cayreet5992 Ja, Volumenprozent und Promille sind nicht das gleiche :)
@@cayreet5992 yea, Schorschbräu from Middle Franconia. Schorsch himself said that he didn’t know it was possible and that every time he sets a new record he’s just as surprised himself .
as a german i feel i learned more in this video than i learned at school
Ich auch lol
Ging mir auch so:)
There are a few factual errors, typos and mistranslations tho
ich auch(obwohl wir das Thema grad in Geschichte haben).
Some missinformation were present.
18:45: "Namibia" is a counry in Africa. its been a german colony until 1915
Vergangenheitsbewältigung does _not_ translate to "a lingering sense of guilt". A more acurate translation would be "overcoming of the past".
The generations of germans that are alive today have nothing to do with what happened in WW2 and the newer generations didn't even experience the post war germany anymore. So, for the vast majority of germans, there is no sense of guilt.
However, there is a sense of responsibility. And that's pretty much what Vergangenheitsbewältigung means. It is also a term that is used for people who experienced a mental trauma. It is about coming back to your feet, to accept that it happened it is part of your history, but that it doesn't define you and that it's in your responsibility to not let it happen again.
That's why there are so many memorials scattered throughout germany, why there are so many documentaries, why children learn about WW 2 _extensively_ in school and visit concentration camps. It's a part of history that we, for the most part, overcame, but have not forgotton.
Interestingly, holocaust deniers in Germany call it "Schuldkult" which translates to "shame culture". This word is often used by right-wing people to claim, that our lack of nationalism makes us "weak" and "unmanly", and well as spreading hate toward Israel. You see, Ryan, even though, most of us have "overcome"-as FeatherPaw put it quite accurately-our past (without forgetting or denying it), but there are still some people with that mindset. Unfortunately, these days that's somewhat of an upward curve, but that applies to many places worldwide.
@@MeisterOghrin shame culture or guilt culture?
@@soundofnellody262 Oh, yes, "guilt" is the right term here. Thanks for bringing that up! 👍🏻
still stupid to have to feel guild for something that happened before you were born ... its over and nobody should talk about it anymore
@@MetalGuitarTimo Yeah, guilt doesn't bring us anywhere. But forgetting isn't helpful either. By teaching about it, we can try to prevent something like that from happening again.
While the statement about tornadoes is technically true, they are nowhere close to America in terms of severeness. There are reportedly only around 40 tornadoes per year (America has around 1100). And those that do exist, are much weaker than their American counterparts.
What comes on top of it is that you don't really see the severeness in Germany because of how we build our houses as they don't fly away after a windblow
@@luke9127 true. German houses are, on average, much sturdier built.
Yup. I apparently live literally right inside the "tornado alley" of Germany, yet I have never encountered a tornado in my life, and until this video I thought they didn't even exist in Germany. The word tornado must have a very loose definition. We might have some strong winds in some times in the year, but no full blown tonadoes
@@DonDadda45 Check the "Liste von Tornados in Europa" on Wikipedia for an extensive list of bigger tornadoes in Germany. There are quite a few and relatively strong ones. Though in the last few decades, F3 is the highest category (America has F5 on the regular).
@@m.h.6470 You are right. I actually remember some of these events near me, they just weren't really reported as Tornados, rather they were just called extremely strong winds.
For people wondering how there are so many different dialects ... remember germany was seperated in many different principalitys not so long ago ~ 100 years ago ... also they blend into each other which is quite interesting
Love your content , keep on doing your stuff. Much Love from Germany.
Here in Germany we have a saying: "If you have nothing to be proud of yourself, you still have your national pride". It kind of discribes how we feel towards fanatic nationalism and such...
damn, thats smart
@@TJansonable Even long before WW2, one of our greatest philosophers Schopenhauer wrote:
“The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud; otherwise he would not have recourse to those which he shares with so many millions of his fellowmen. The man who is endowed with important personal qualities will be only too ready to see clearly in what respects his own nation falls short, since their failings will be constantly before his eyes. But every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud adopts, as a last resource, pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and glad to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”
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@@asator2746 yeah but who in germany has national pride? Regional pride is way more common.
its more sad honestly the national pride thing, like a depressed person that hates itself.
16:30 We Germans have learned the hard way that national pride goes hand in hand with national arrogance. Unfortunately, we've screwed up so much that it's harder to be proud of our history. It's a shame that other countries can't do the same. Great Britain, France, USA or Italy don't to have a clean record either. But they suppress this completely.
I mean, the French wouldn’t be French without being arrogant 😜 . And yes, Italy is kinda like Japan in that they don’t talk about the past , or if they do, they are quick to point out that fascism originated from a Roman tradition and has some positive sides.
@@Mike8827 we are not arrogant 🧐
As a person who migrated to Germany and has been living here for some good 7 years. There is no country that is more careful about national pride than Germany. Arrogance can lead to people becoming blind of their own country's shortcomings.
I have to be often careful here in Germany around other migrants because they have a strong national pride of their home country. Just me visiting Greece was a reason for some of my Turk friends to get angry with me. What I often find is that migrants living in Germany habe a stronger national pride than the ones in their own country. I've been to Turkey many times, for the most part they're a lot more accepting of criticisms directed at their country than the Turks here in Germany. Edit: I don't wanna give the Turks a bad name, they're genuinely some of the kindest people you will meet. The same applies for my home country migrants, Nepal and Indians as well.
We doesn't learn something. Germany have decided to go full into Neurotizism in every regard of national "pride" to not dealing properly with the events of World War 2 and the Nazi Partys Government psychologically. In psychologically regards we are still fucked up, because we hadn't restored normality in looking on ourselves, what means to have confidence and pride in looking on ourselves and our history, taking world war 2 and Nazi Regime as what it is, part of our history and part of our failures. The still ongoing modus operandi instead is focussing on this event solely and make it the center point of how to act (prevent all that can lead to a new Auschwitz) and see ourselves (Monster that is proudly aware and happy to be caged in). This isn't healthy and enlighted in any regard, it's the equivalent of a guy or better this guys child who isn't able to move on with life after realizing he has killed someone and now constantly hurting and locking up themselves unable to overcome his neurotics. We simply interchanged national fanatism (and we are far beyond to see this in its historical context because all is meant to broken down on the metaphysical categories of absolute evil) with fanatical national skepticizism/ hatred instead.
There is no strength in this. Mayby other Nations should more conscious about the atrocities they have done, especially when to go to teach others about morals instead of pretend there was never any bad in there histories (this isn't right and also neurotic, too) but a nearly religious guilt especially for something no living member of society was part of is corroding the peoples souls. People who lightheartly say there is only bad in "national pride" (yeah but pride is only the word you choose, you also can call it confidence) often don't take into consideration that this is the ground of national solidarity and coherence and the basic need for self-assertion. In our case this only functions because germany wasn't challenged by greater outer or inner threats in the last decades. With warmongering neighbours like Russia or France like in the 19th century the lack of unity, inner strength or self confidence would have left the country vulnerable or willing to become conquered, enslaved or abused.
The First German National Movement rised when the german dukedoms are finally subdued by napoleon forcing them under foreign sovereignity with napoleon forcing the german people than to fight in his armies against the left over powers that oppose him. Germany at these point was often invaded by france or other foreign powers because of its position in middle europe. The sentence of "Deutschland über alles" (Germany over everything) of the Deutschlandlied is composed with the addition "Wenn es zum Schutz und Trutze" (When it comes to protection and defiance) "brüderlich zusammenhält" (holds togeher brotherly) what is meaning that the enacting of founding a national state is to make germany a safe haven for the german people to protect them from the constantly ongoing outer aggressions also meaning to bring the german lands together unified, because the un-unified state of germany at the begin of the 1800s causing its weakness to protects themselves against a national super power like the post-revolutionary france. It was always meant that germany unified could withstand all atrocities the world would throw at it.
Without any sense of pride or self confidence and the will for being their own nation how would you consider it possible that the Ukrainians are fighting these brave war against a overwhelming russian invasion, that is caling them Nazis and going this far to deny that a Ukrainian nation ever existed. If there wasn't any national self confidence the Ukrains have capitulated month ago because the war would be pointless for them.
@@Mike8827 some of the most vocal anti-fascists I know are Italian 🙂
But the problem is... while fascism was and is horrible, it did indeed also bring some positive things, things most of Europe did retain, eventho nobody wants to know those originated with fascism and nazism. But not wanting to know about that is a problem, it makes it very easy to claim many political parties which are outright neo-fascists are not at all like the fascists from the past.
To name one most people are totally unaware of.. payed time off for vacation as most European countries know this today was very much introduced by the nazis, and actually, the same for a couple related things.
People seem to fear learning or hearing about this, but people really should know about this, as it helps a lot for understanding how those movements could garner such broad public support at the time, and may again be able to do so. Don't fear saying fascists and nazis also did some good things, things we kept around, but do fear people who want to suppress that knowledge, because they cause failure to learn from the past, and that is THE way to ensure the past will be repeated.
If there is one thing to learn from that is that providing things like public healthcare, education, payed leave, etc, but also pride in where one comes from, will 'buy' support, and ensuring those are in place makes for a very good start to prevent both fascism and communism getting a strong foodhold in a country.
By the way, you sound so cool when you try to speak german. I think it’s so fascinating how the tone of your voice can change depending on wich language you speak. That’s a phenomenon I witnessed for a while now by different people.
15:40 yes, there are exactly this kind of stereotypes
There are stereotypes about Hauptschul pupils. This type of school is the lowest one of the three. If your child has always good grades (like A in your country) it will most likely attend the Gymnasium at age 10 and go to university afterwards. Hauptschule is for kids with lesser good grades. The education there focuses more on practical things. When you graduate from Hauptschule you will most likely do an apprenticeship in any kind of profession, which takes about 3 years of vocational apprenticeship at your company/employer and school. After that you are examined mechanic, craftsmen, nurse, office administrator whatever.... This form of education is also highly regarded here in Germany. When you are "ungelernt" (unlearned - without a completed appretice ship) you will always regarded as a unskilled worker and earn less money.
Yes, but I think the stereotypes have improved, at least in my time in the school and region. You can also catch up on a higher school-leaving certificate after completing Hauptschule or go to a secondary school (real-schule)/gynassium.
Yes and it is important to now that you always have the choice to go the other ways. With great grades you can study with a Hauptschule degree.
Yes there is a divide - something like a social divide between going to a Gymnasium or Hauptschule.
Most people with money send their kids to the best school - and it's more difficult to fit in if you don't have much money.
I didn't and met some people who were reluctant to send their kid to a gymnasium - not because she wasn't smart enough. But it's not impossible or that much of a stigma depending on where you live. If you're in a bigger city or not that rich region its better mixed - also with immigrants. The education in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg is regarded as better - they have the hardest degree of all regions.
I changed the location - from Saxony to Baden-Württemberg - that's a completely different culture and language (dialect - they different ways pronouncing the same word and some words are completely different)
But even if you only have the lowest possible degree, after doing an apprenticeship - you can get study at a FH (Fachhochschule) - a university that's more focused on the job training and less higher education.
right so far, but most apprenticeships now want taht you did realschule at least. But ther are may was to get a better graduation, wich training schools, technicall schools, Fachoberschule etc.
The German texts are full of spelling mistakes, so watch out (Saurbraten = Sauerbraten, Mehrdrutig = Mehrdeutig, Backfiefengesicht = Backpfeifengesicht, etc.). So don't order a "Saurbraten". 😉
@Enjoy life - Meine Auszeit agreed. I just wanted to highlight that one needs to be cautious about the German in the video. Their videos are well made, which can lead to the impression that everything must be correct. Not sure what "mit Germans" means...
@Enjoy life - Meine Auszeit got it. Couldn't have guessed that.
👍 also WirTschaftswunder
Naja, er hat's immerhin versucht ;)
This video was awesome! So dense with information! Well done!
11:18 It's because of the travel speed. This increased over the last 80 years by a tremendous amount.
My great grandmother has been sent as a maid to a farmer at the age of 14 to a village less than 10 miles away. She was treated well but she finally tried to drown herself in the village pond due to homesickness, because this was further afar as everything she experienced before. After that incident she returned home. 😆
Close communities and slow travel speed facilitated that local languages.
And of course our region had it's own dialect back than. I remember that sometimes I hardly understood what she said to me. That dialect already faded away when I grew up.
If you wanna learn more about Germany's history you should check out the animated history of germany part 2 and part 1, in that order
100% Deiner Meinung!
@@firefly3196 ja 👍
I think Lower Saxony is called like this because it is next to the Netherlands (which means "low-laying country"). It has nothing to do with the North or the South, but with altitude.
You are completely right, it's the altitude. But the vicinity to the Netherlands (Niederlande in German) isn't the "reason" for Niedersachsen (Lower or "Nether" Saxony)'s name, in fact, both are named that way for the same reason.
Not the altitude (Breitengrad) but the elevation.
@@Baccatube79
altitude = Höhe,
latitude = Breitengrad,
longitude = Längengrad
@@hape3862 true, but it's still the elevation
@@Baccatube79 You are right. Altitude is for objects like air planes. Elevation is for places like cities. My bad. But altitude still isn't Breitengrad. 😉
11:13
Im living in that part of Germany where some people (included myself) are speaking the sorbian language. It´s really nice that they find out about us ´cause often we´re forgotten when it comes to other languages in between Germany. Sorbian sounds as well as Polish or Czech (accept of the writing there are very similar words in those languages). We have so much traditions additionally to all the other German stuff that is known. And we´re really trying to preserve the language and the traditions! (Kind of difficult ´cause the people who are fluently speaking the language are getting old and dying)
Thanks Ryan for making this reactions. I really like your channel!!
He made a mistake at 8:30 We don't have bears anymore. One time a bear came over from Austria, and we first gave him a name (Bruno) and then we shot him.
Cuckoo clocks are from The Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, not from Bavaria. That’s what really irritated me about the Disney World depiction in Florida, where they had Oktoberfest and cuckoo clocks at the same place, and the woman selling the clocks wore Lederhosen, although these come from completely different cultures.
And Austrians..like in Tirol or so. Long time ago.
Actually, our modern depiction of Dirndls and Lederhosen goes back to the brothers Moritz and Julius Wallach from Bielefeld...
Exactly, cuckoo clocks are from the black forest in Baden-Württemberg. I came to the comments to look for this comment 🙈🤣
Sauerbraten is originally made from horse meat (this is the ancient version of "recycling your old car"), good luck finding real sauerbraten in the US.
Sauerbraten means sour roast. Like mentioned it used to be horse meat for quite a time and you can find it in some areas in Germany but most of the time it is beef nowadays. It's a roast of meat pickled/marinated for several days or even a few weeks in vinegar and/or wine, herbs and spices. The taste and consistency is between beef steak and pulled beef with BBQ sauce. There are preferences to eat it in somewhat firm pieces or tender that it falls apart by looking at it.
Here in Rhineland area we add sweetness to complement the sourness but the sour taste is king. It is a heavy meal with thick gravy, potato side dishes like boiled/steamed potatoes, potato dumplings or fritters/pancakes and vegetables like red cabbage or peas and carrots. Other regions prefer other side dishes like Spätzle (german noodles). That makes it a typical winter meal but can be eaten all year long. A classical sunday roast and holiday feast.
Actually Sauerbraten is only horse if it's from the Rheinland. Every other Sauerbraten isn't,
Wow, such a great video. Love it
Here in Hamburg (Northern Germany) there's Gymnasium (total 12 years of school) and Stadtteilschule (total 13 years of school). Stadtteilschulkinder are considered "more stupid", since they need more time to learn everything. Gymnasium is for the "smarter ones".
About the different lighting in Berlin:
The lamps in East Berlin will still exist in 2022, a total of 17,000 pieces. The East Berlin lamps, which have a rather yellowish glow, are sodium vapor lamps from the 1960s. Starting this year, the replacement for LED lamps will begin. 1. Because some of the old lamps are broken and 2. also consume more electricity.
But hopefully orange light? (And directed to the ground.) This blue light is bad for the environment, insects etc... "Lichtverschmutzung"
They replaced the lighting in my street, I hate it, it's way to bright and blue.
And too near to our house, nearly touches it... 🙄
I actually like some darkness... (It's a small village, but nowhere is darkness...)
@@t.a.yeah. I think most new LED streetlights already are better than the old ones when it comes to light pollution since they're directed downwards. I think orange lights aren't actually "better" than white LED lights, they just used to be orange because those orange light bulbs were the cheapest to run. When itcomes to road safety the orange is actually worse
@@t.a.yeah. Here in my Hometown (Hamburg) it´s not the bright and blue light. In Berlin i don´t know.
Some private facilities in my area have installed LEDs close to the street and it's a pain to drive, especially when it's raining I can't see anything.
Our old Sodium gas streetlamps are way better. They are bright enough to see and dim enough to not blind the drivers. BTW, they are about as efficient as LED.... ~120lm/W. For decades they where the most efficient light source, that's why they where used so much.
The warm yellow glow of sodium vapor made streets look like a Thomas Kinkade painting. They have been replaced with prison yard lighting.
Regarding the finger counting: We usually start to count with the thumb, but with the inside of the hand pointing to ourselves - like a thumbs-up. You can't miss the thumb like that. Then we continue with the index finger and so on.
Also it's a inglorious bastards reference
The German way is the same as American Sign Language ASL
When counting Four you don‘t use the thumb though 😅
@@Riaxandra I definitely do! Maybe when I just show a four I might not use the thumb, but when I count to four I start with it, so it’s still there when I reach four.
@@Sellerieknolle76 Amazing! I do not such because my pinkie will move with the ringfinger XD So after three the thumb goes inwards :)
Ima just add right here that Gymnasium is the hardest and longest kind of school, so you get respected the most when you went to that kind of school.
5:50 "tornado alley" lol I'm german and I've literally only seen a ternado once in my life. It was during my visit in poland.
I live in northern Germany and I actually had to turn on German subtitles once because the person on TV had such deep Bavarian dialect that I didn't even get the sense of what that person was saying! 🫣
Joa mei, die boarische Mundart is nur ebbs fia Eingeweihte 😏
That's because you Prussians lost the ability to understand German in it's entirety :P
I feel the same way about all German dialects outside the Oberfelz. Been living here 7 years and I really only understand Oberfeltzer. I read it fine enough but hearing it leaves me very confused 😅
I mean, that's true for every part of Germany except bavaria. They are the only people on earth, who understand bavarian
Ich lebe in Bayern
At 15:45 Yes, it exists, but its exactly the other way round. Hauptschule is the place, where you are forced to go if you don't show academic promise by age 10. Realschule is the middleground, and Gymnasium/Hochschule is the place for the smart kids. If you excel at the lower levels, you CAN switch schools however, and because Gymnasium is 3 years longer, people from Realschule with good grades tend to continue with Gymnasium; like I did. If I remember correctly, like 90% of my class from Realschule continued to Gymnasium, and kind of expected by now.
You seem to have so many questions haha the thought to schedule a loooong call with you to try to answer some of them keeps getting up while watching your vids
Im from Mecklenburg Vorpommern in Germany and Like to watch your Videos haha
There are no bears in Germany. There was one, a few years ago, his name was Bruno, he was in the news for weeks. But there are wolves in the wild, mainly in Eastgermany.
Frei nach Olaf Schubert : in Ostdeutschland sind nach dem Wegzug der Frauen nur noch zwei Spezies übrig : der Mann, und der Wolf 🐺
We had a few Wolf cases here in Westerwald lately.They attack sheeps.Althou it's rare,but we do have Wolfs around....
Dont forget Bruno!
I live in Niedersachsen (near Hannover) and we have a lots of wolfs hear .... in the lüneburger heide and the Harz
When I was a child in north lower saxony I saw wolves in the wood nearby. It was totally naturally for me like I heart in red riding hood (?) Rotkäppchen.
7:30 "How come different beers with the same ingredients?" Through different quantities, temperatures, filtration, processes and the origin and quality of the ingredients!
Greetings from Portugal !
Yeah, basically the same way you get different kind of wines....
@@swanpride the process is more variable like the wine. And beer have two stuffs, wine just only the grave! So the Production of Beer is more tech
15:44 yeah it exists, we the Gymnasiasten(Gymnasium) are the ones who get the best "Allgemeinbildung"(we get taught about everything a bunch), Realschule gets taught mostly about everything in Gymnasium just not that fast and doesn't go into topics that deep as Gymnasium and Hauptschule or Gesamtschule gets taught about basics in German English and Maths and then how to do the job they are good in
at 7:09 Sauerbraten: please keep in mind, that original made Sauerbraten is made from horsemeat! Yes. Horse.
Regarding being proud of our country and guilt on the other hand: in my opinion Rammstein did a great job to show this struggle in their Musik Video „Deutschland“ (visually and lyrics combined). Also in every single scene of this video you see a lot of German history. But it is also a very controversial song. 😉
Hah so true. It shows greatly how I feel about Germany and also the reason why I'm not living there anymore.
the various reaction videos to that song - and video - are worth the trip down a rabbit hole.
What he forgot about the 3 different schools: If you go to the lowest or middel (Hauptschule / Realschule), you can still make it to the highest (Gymnasium) if you do good. And there is also a school called "Gesamtschule", which is a school that combines the Hauptschule and Realschule.
Gesamtschule can also include Gymnasium.
I made my Zentralabitur at one.
and there is also the FOS/BOS. Went to the Realschule first and then got my abi at a FOS
... und ja, es gibt Stereotypen. Ob Hauptschule oder Gymnasium macht nen großen Unterschied im Inhalt, der im Unterricht behandelt wird. Hauptschüler werden deswegen schonmal als dümmer abgestempelt.
PS: Wrote it in german, because I think anyone can use the translate button :)
@@Markus-xj1bxauch dauerhaft als dümmer abgestempelt.
Ich hatte eine relativ aufmüpfige Phase in der 5. und 6. Klasse und habe mich wenig um die Schule gekümmert. Resultat davon war die Hauptschule.
Als es dann mal klick gemacht hat, habe ich mich wieder hochgearbeitet und zwanzig Jahre später stehe ich mit einem guten Job da und kann von mir behaupten, dass ich was in meinem Leben erreicht haben.
Ehemalige Klassenkameraden die damals das Gymnasium besucht haben, reden allerdings teils immer noch mit mir so als wäre ich der minderbemittelte Versager.
Auch die, die am Ende weitaus wenig erreicht haben als ich.
Dieses Schubladendenken durch die verschiedenen Schulformen, hat sich bei vielen also massiv gefestigt und die ein oder andere Kellnerin in meiner Heimatstadt, redet in nem privaten Gespräch immer noch so über einen als wäre man der Versager weil man damals nicht aufs Gymnasium gekommen ist.
It's sort of similar to taking electives in a US high school. The smart kids take AP calculus and computer science, the less talented ones take shop classes.
😄 Da habe ich als Deutsche auch noch einiges gelernt (kann leider kein Englisch, habe mit Übersetzer geschaut) Danke, tolles Video 👋
12:35 ❤️ Rothenburg ob der Tauber ❤️ Just came back from there.... ❤️
Of course, there are stereotypes in schooling. That is also the most frequently voiced criticism. If the parents are academics, the child will also attend the Gymnasium. A child from a working-class family is more likely to go to the Hauptschule or Realschule. In the past, the recommendation of further education was obligatory. Social background often played a role here.
It's getting better and better with children from families with a lower "level" of education also getting into the Gymnasium. It's not like you won't get the chance getting your Abitur on the Gymnasium when your parents are foreigners working in housekeeping or a similar job (I don't want to categorize to be clear).
It is a big problem with people coming from other countries, getting a well paid job because their education certificates might not be "accepted" in Germany (and I think that's true for the most countries).
Back to the main point. A daughter of parents that are doctors or teachers is probably going to do work in a similar job and a son of a garbage collector and a production worker will probably end up in a job for that you don't have to go to university as well.
It's mostly based on the education parents can provide. Kids from immigrants often are better at learning languages because they often learn 2-3 languages in their first 6 years of life through their parents while still attending kindergarten. The video said it very well: after 4-6 years of all kids going to the same school they are split up in "better or worse (at school)". But the most important part are these first 4-6 years of school because that's the foundation for their further education. Some parents can provide additional education in these years, others can't (and to say the least: this additional input outside of school is needed for most kids).
@@sebastian_h Thank you for your addition!
@@sebastian_h Sadly germanys education inequality is trough the roof and is that for ages, without any noteworthy improvement. You will find only arround 6% children on a gymnasium where the parents have the lowest educational level. We are reproducing inequality from one generation to the next. This problem is massive.
Ich musste auf die Hauptschule weil wir arm waren und meine Mutter Harz 4 bezogen hat. (Jetzt nicht mehr) uns geht es jetzt besser geld technisch aber meine Schulzeit und Noten haben wegen der diskimierung gelitten. Ich hätte easy auf die realschule gehen können und das hat mir meine Mutter leider erst vor kurzem gesagt und da war ich sehr traurig drüber weil ich in der realschule wahrscheinlich mehr Motivation gehabt hätte und meine Zukunft jetzt nicht so beschissen aussehen würde. Naja die Zeit kann man leider nicht zurück drehen.
I remember when (somewhere in the late 1990s) certain genres of music were called Gymnasiastenmusik. Like the indie rock stuff of "Hamburger Schule" bands like Die Sterne, Blumfeld etc.
"Wow I didn't know that!" probably the most frequently used sentence when Americans react to other countries😂🙊
American?? You mean every country on earth?? You would be surprised how many people across th world are ignorant about other countries including all of europe, as a canadian who has travel alot ive seen that, most people just focus in themselves thats why europe is a very small continent and you got that union that basically makes your countries one big federal state in many ways, most european know nothing about latín america other than stereotypes africa asia etc...
@@francoisdaureville323The education system in the US is pretty bad and self-centered. So... it makes sense.
@@SatieSatie being ignorsnt about other countries isnt an american thing most people in general are ignorant europeans only know countries in europe because they are small and the european unión makes their travel easy thats all north america alone is bigger than all of europe, and nobody here has a pretty unión thats makes travel basically like crossing one yard to another
5:09 we also have that sign in Spain! It means that all restrictions are gone but you still got to follow the "general" speed limit which changes regarding what type of road you are in. For example autopistas or autovias which are the equivalent of autobahn use 120 km/h, while other smaller ones go on 90km/h then smaller ones 70 or 50 and inside cities or in dirt paths it's around 30 or 40
I've been to Cologne cathedral once and went up the spires. Just one enclosed spiraling staircase with an open air platform on top. I suffer from acrophobia (fear of heights) and I felt _the call of void_ as soon as I looked down... The platform is maybe a 3mx3m circle around the spire. It _is_ cramped up there.
I just immediately started crying and went rushing back to the downway
Might not simply jump , but just let myself tip over and fall down, it was that bad of a mental intrusion my fear had
About schools: you need Hauptschule to start a vocational training to become a certified graftsman. But many people with Abitur (degree after Gymnnasium, needed for university) do a vocational training and become graftsmen too. Graftsmen have several degrees as well, first is "Geselle" which allows you to work as a graftsman, the highest beeing the "master" which allows you to start your own company and is highly respected in our society. Masters can earn more money than academics.
That is the biggest difference. Graftsmen are not "failing school" and do "blue collar jobs" but are highly respected and highly trained. Same with workers. They get trained their whole life and the salary differes widely between untrained (Arbeiter) and skilled worker (Facharbeiter).
And that is the real secret of german success. Highly skilled and respected workforce and the ability for everyone to get to the top. In America, that is a dream, in Germany it is reality for many.
From the perspective of a teacher I should say that there are not only stereotypes about pupils - it’s the same about teachers. I worked at a “Gymnasium” and also at a combined “Hauptschule” and “Realschule”, which is called “RealschulePlus” with an expansion for medical specialisation (“Fachoberschule Gesundheit”). When I started working there about 10 years ago, I get the nickname “The Professor” because I was a teacher for the “Gymnasium”. The other teachers expected a less expertise in education but a high expertise in technical knowledge. Many parents also expected something like that. The time before at the “Gymnasium” the other teachers told me about the low level teaching in a “Realschule”. But today that are only stereotypes. The pupils are more mixed up every year, the level of difference drops every year. Many differences from the past got lost.
But there is still an idea with the different types of school and it effects the teaching. At the “Gymnasium” the teaching is focused on theoretical things and abstract thinking - a preparing for university. At the “Hauptschule” the focus is on practical work with many practical exercises like constructing, cooking, nursing and so on. In the “Realschule” the focus is on themes like administration, advising or salesmanship. But it’s just a thing of focus. You do everything at every type of school, but with a focus more on this or that.
Is there a real difference in level of performance today? Yes, it is. But is there is a real difference in behaviour as the stereotypes often say? No, not anymore. All classes have their own problems based on the background of your pupils. And that often means that the parents are the problems not the kids. Also you will see all type of backgrounds in every type of school but with typical appearance in this types. The parents with to high expectations and a to high workload for their children is a typical problem at a “Gymnasium”. Parents who don’t care about their children are more often at a “Hauptschule”. These stereotypes are not the whole truth. But this stereotypes give ideas to people, that pupils form the “Hauptschule” are retards and form “Gymnasium” are nerds. That’s all crap! I’m working for so many years with pupils from all schools. You have nerds and retards in every class, there are always good and bad people in all classes. And the only difference here is in the head of the people. That’s a truth of 2022. It might be different in memory of other times, but I’m speaking for today.
8:08 It's called "Windräder" in german and it's not what it sounds like. Its turbines basicly catching the wind and turning it into energy.
Stereotypes for people going to those different schools? Of course! Here we go: 😜
Gymnasium = Ravenclaw
Realschule = Gryffindor / Slytherin
Hauptschule = Hufflepuff
There is also Gesamtschule. Everyone can go there and work towards their aspired school graduation
I really apreciate your video starts where you show and comment on the comment that gave you the intent for the new video :)
Stay like you are!
If you are interested in the History in general. There are 2 possibilities which are quite conclusive on a fact AND feelings perspective.
1. The Music Video of Rammstein - Deutschland
2. The Analysis of the above Music Video in english by "Three Arrows".
The fun part about both is the cast of the personification of Germany as a black woman(party because of the national colours B-R-G)
And be aware: Dieser Kommentarbereich ist nun Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland!
Greetings from Hannover!
Edit: My 2 possibilites for you are not focussing on a particular epoch of the german history.
Yes or the music video German History 1 by DJ Happy Vibes (european sound award winner)😅
Grüsse aus den Niederlanden. G E K O L O N I S E E R D
"Is this gluten free?"
"No, it cost money"
11:16 All villages in my region speak a similar dialect, but because of the long history of most of them (like every village is about 1000 years old) they kinda split into their own version of it.
For example the town next to mine like a mile away has a dialect that is so different with some words that people refer to it as a different dialect "wallhäuser Plattdeutsch"
The town of Wallhausen has a population of 1500 and I'm pretty sure that things like that happened all over Germany
I find German history incredibly fascinating because the Germans and Germany were always there, but at the same time not and always different like a shapeshifter.
Oversimplified:
Rejects Roman annexation - Teutons defeat Rome, are often slapped in the face, but Rome generally fails to subdue them
Create an empire that wasn't really an empire but somehow lived for 1000 years - very special and unique
The Kingdom of Prussia and hundreds of German States gangsta! Before being defeated by one of history's greatest generals.
defeat the French, unites into a new empire
Get a colonial empire
Fight Europe alone and almost won..
Is treated badly
Comeback as Villian, fights the whole world again and only lost because of own mistakes
Gets divided again
Reunites again and is not allowed to be strong again.
Also a few German inventions:
- Incandescent lamps (Heinrich Göbel 1854)
- The Telephone (Johann Philip Reis 1859)
- The dynamo and tram (Werner von Siemens 1866)
- The 35 mm camera (Oskar Barnack 1925)
- Nuclear fission and atomic bomb (Otto Hahn - emigrated to the Americans during Nazi Germany, of course.. Are they lucky that we exist - 1938)
- The ship chart (Jürgen Dethloff and Helmut Gröttrub 1969)
- Periodic Table (Julius Luther Meyer 1864)
- Jeans (Levi Strauss 1873)
- The recorder, player - with which the first films were possible (Emil Berliner 1887)
- The Aspirin - Which all great athletes felt used to relieve pain, And which saved countless lives (Felix Hoffmann, Klausi Alder.. 1879)
- Spark plug (Robert Bosch 1902)
- Thermos flask (Reinhold Burger 1903)
- the toothpaste (Ottomar Heinsius von Mayenburg)
- The coffee filter (Melitta Bentz)
- Cassette recorder (Fritz Pfleumer 1928)
- Teabag (Adolf Rambold 1929)
- The jet engines - Essential for all jets and rockets + First war rockets V1, V2 of the Nazis (Hans von Ohain 1929)
- First rocket (general)
- The helicopter (Heinrich Focke 1936)
- The first car (Carl Benz - With honorary Schnauzer - 1886)
- Calculator (Konrad Zuse 1941)
- First 3D film (during the Nazi period)
- Fanta (Yes the Fanta.. Also during the Nazi era)
- The typewriter (Peter Mitterhofer - 1869)
- NASA (actually the US buys thousands of German engineers to build NASA because they can't do it themselves)
Well, as you saw, we changed world with our inventions many times. Where we would be today without the German thinkers art.
Germany the land of poets and thinkers - that's how it is known.
The problem is that many Germans are not proud of their country and blood, unfortunately also because they were brought up that way. Because if you say anything to that effect, you will be called a Nazi. The problem is that many people don't have the right deep historical knowledge that people need to understand the world and and that only Hitler himself and his party were Nazis. Almost no German was a Nazi during the Nazi era. Also, any historian will tell you that the Allies, primarily the USA, created Nazi Germany and WWII because of the unfair Versailles Treaty. Germans were so depressed that it is unimaginable for us. They were seen as evil around the world as they were blamed for everything in World War I. And when you have 3 kids at home, no job, money is worthless and no food and water you will follow anyone who fixes it. Because that's what the Nazis did in the beginning - they fixed everything and gave the Germans hope again. No German at the time could have known that Hitler was so crazy.
It's not as easy as we always think. Even in the Wehrmacht, only a few liked the Nazis. They were German soldiers dying for the country. the general German soldier, like my grandfather, had nothing to do with the Nazis and the Holocaust. You must consider this one army fought against the rest of the world. And if we are honest: what kind of "peace" could the general German soldier expect? What could have they expect after all the Nazi crimes and everyone thought that all German were evil Nazis. What "Peace" could they expect. These soldiers fought for their lives and German people against a planet. If even many of Hitler's own generals like Rommel (legend) or Stauffenberg knew that he was not quite right in the head. Then the normal people knew that even more. Many were manipulated and could do nothing about it. The Nazis were a small parasite not the Germans. Calling all German soldiers Nazis is like calling all American soldiers democrats because they were in power.
We should be prouder of ourselves, after all, Germany has repeatedly fought against the entire world, one time under a bad regime. We made this modern world possible and maintain a reputation for perfection and quality. The hard-working German with perfection in his blood! Or rather, we once had this reputation. Today there is no longer a country of poets and thinkers. We are still occupied by the USA. And people are manipulated and have no prospects. A dark age.
What I also find very interesting is that the Germanic people spread very far and are therefore the ancestors of many other people. Therefore, historians are not entirely sure how German the Germanic peoples were, but since they were the first to speak German and also create English, they were already German. In addition, the Germans were also the ancestors of the Vikings means Germanic mythology is almost identical to Norse mythology. Actually the same.
It's actually funny you said that you are a little German.. Because as we all should know.. "Americans" are basically Europeans.. Wich were many many Germans back then that were moving to America. So many Germans that German was so close to being the main language.
13:30 Mehrdrutig isn't a word, at least not in German. Mehrdeutig, however is. Mehr = more, deutig from deuten, to interpret something oder Bedeutung = meaning. So, words with several meaning. Words with several "DRUTEN" is not a phrase that makes sense in any way. Drutig might be related to Druids, but that is something else entirely. 😉
14:39 Wierschaftswunder also isn't.
Typical American sloppiness...
They definitely should remake some of the older episodes. Geography Now evolved so much over the years; you won't find nearly as many obvious mistakes in their videos nowadays.
5:37 The Alpine foothills / Prealps begin from the river Danube (more south than shown). What he shows is rather the border between the "Deutschen Mittelgebirgsschwelle" and "Süddeutsche Schichtstufenland" (Southern German Scarplands). Both together are the "Deutsche Mittelgebirge". Unfortunately both, "Deutschen Mittelgebirgsschwelle" and "Deutsche Mittelgebirge" translated with Central Uplands. I think that's where the irritation comes from.
Yes stereotypes on the different schools exist. Gymnasium kids are mostly the smart nerds and kids at the Hauptschule are considered the dumb kids that smoke and take drugs.
6:27 yes. thats why we also have many "Zyklone" here (cyclones)
Yes, there are definitely stereotypes, just not like you said it... 😂
Hauptschule (5 years) is a kind of base level education. With a Hauptschule Graduation you'll be able to get simple, low paying artisanal Jobs.
Realschule (6 years) is geared towards getting a solid education with already some advanced information in maths and sciences. With a Realschule graduation you'll be able to get a higher-paying good apprenticeship and get a higher middle-class job.
Gymnasium (8-9 years, depending on type) won't give you big muscles. It's the best education and geared towards higher linguistics, mathematics and sciences. You'll earn advanced levels of knowledge in all of those fields there. Students of Gymnasiums are able to study in universities and get high-paying middle- and upper-class jobs.
It's also required to learn a 2nd foreign language (normally the 1st is English and the 2nd is French or Spanish), so that you are prepared for challenging jobs with international contacts.
There are also special types of Gymnasiums with special branches for economy, maths, technology, psychology, music and more.
Combined with the Grundschule (basically a primary school) of 4 years you'll normally be in school between 9 to 13 years.
Once you're enrolled in one type of school, you can still change schools, so nothing is set in stones (obviously you'll have to be good or bad enough).
To round everything up, there are also private schools that have really different approaches to learning, the most known example would be the Walldorfschule.
However those students still have to do the normal Hauptschule, Realschule or Gymnasium graduation to prove that they're as good as everyone else and for having standardized degrees.
There are also special Gymnasium-like schools that will further educate you in a specific field. Those will make it possible to attend university in this specific field, but not others (unlike Gymnasium).
At last, there are also special needs schools for mentally and/or physically disabled children, geared towards teaching them basic life skills so that they can be as independent as possible.
All of those schools listed here are completely free (apart from the privat one of course), and you'll also be able to study in universities for free as well (apart from a small once-a-year fee of 100-250€)
So, I think our school system, if not the best, is still thought through pretty good.
He wrote nearly every German word wrong.
Most notably Backpfeifengesicht and Wirtschaftswunder. 😭
1:25 dont forget little Luxemburg, bro forgets Lichte stein😂😂
15:47 it is the opposite. Gymnasium is the highest type of school in Germany. Then there is Realschule in the middle and at the bottom there is Hauptschule or sometimes even special school.
"the famous Gymnasium of Aristotle took place. Therefore, the name is later resorted to when referring to schools that serve "aesthetic" education (i.e., higher education)."
Funny was on a car testing trip in southern Germany one of my Australian colleagues raised a hand showing five fingers in greeting to let the waiter know five of us had arrived for diner. In no time the waiter delivered 5x one liter glass of beer, and gave out the day menus. He had taken the gesture as ordering 5 beers, not as intended to signal 5 people for diner.
Oh, thats an interesting one. Never thought about it, but of cause. In Germany the hand-signals are used for the amounts of drinks you order. Especially at bars or very traditional restaurants. You don't really show the waiter how many people you are, because you search your table on your own. You just go in, look around if there is an empty table for enough people, sit down and waint until the waiter notices you. So there is not really a code for signalling "5 people for dinner". If the place is crowded, it is ecen socially accepted to ask people "ist hier noch frei" (is here still some space) and sit at their table together with them. I find all of it kinda awkward myself and much more prefer the model of other countries, where the waiter places you.
so...why you should show the waiter that there are 5 of you, when you already seated? that doesn't sounds logical to me!
@@Roth2775 DID NOT SAY SEATED!
We had just walked in the door...
@@helmuthschultes9243 nobody in germany brings you drings while you not at a table or the bar!
@@Roth2775 AGAIN YOU MAKE ASSUMPTIONS. No way was it suggested that drinks were given to us standing in the doorway. The reference "no time" is not meaning no time instantly, it is a normal expression for only very short time, and neither were the day menues given while we were in the doorway.
THE GESTURE FOR FIVE WAS MADE ENTERING AS A GROUP.
WE PROCEEDED TO SIT AS A GROUP, AT AVAILABLE FREE/UNOCCUPIED TABLE.
During a short time span while we were seated, the waiter poured the five beers, and delivered those to the table where we had sat down. Then handed us the 'day menues' to choose our meals.
The whole issue was the misunderstanding that the gesture for five was intended to let the waiter know five were attending for dinner, NOT to order beers.
Rheinischer Sauerbraten (there are also different recipes for this); I did this in America for my host family once. Was fun! - you need chuck tender, vinegar (the meat goes in there for a week/10 days and you also add a handfull of raisins, some (6-10) cloves; juniper berries - 10; 2/3 bay leaves.
As said that needs to stay in the vinegar (I use 7 herbs vinegar - others use raspberry vinegar) for atleast 7 days (can up to 12) days - filled up with wtaer so the meat stay surfaced.
You then take the meat out (keep the vinegar we need that for the sauce, later on)
and then you need a BIG cooking pot. You roast the meat all around, take it out, throw in some small cut onions, small cut carrots as well. those are also roasted, then the meat goes back in. You then want some of the vinegar as a base for the sauce (try not to get any of the spices - but the raisins), let that cook a few minztes and then you add beet syrup (the sauce is supposed to be sweet/sour) and some what we call "Zuckercoleur) whic is actually a brown sugar color to gve the sauce a nice dark touch.
Then just let it stew for 1/2 hours, take out the meat, cut it in slices and add them back in the sauce (depending on how thick you like your sauce you can thicken it up). It's the best to let the meat rest overnight and warm it up the next day. It usually goes with fermeented red cabbage ( cut and cooked - I use apple jiuce and cinnamon to make it tasty) and either potatoes or Knödel XD
For me it's totally a winter dish.
I use chuck tender, the original meatused was actually horse (when my daughters were small I had to stop using it, they did not want to eat "pony") and some people also use gingerbread in the sauce - I prefer mine uncooked, thank you so much!
and yes, you should definetly try out our Rhineland"Karneval"
and... people are problaby kill me, but try in Cologne XD
(I am from Cologne - and I think we do it best!)
Best be there between "Wieverdaach" (womens day - it's always a thursday, but it chnges yearly) to Veilchendienstag (violet tuesday). High points are Thursday, Sunday and "Rosenmontag"(rose monday) when there is a HUGE parade in Cologen (and also in Düsseldorf, Mainz and uncounted smaller towns)
Karneval ends on "Aschermittwoch" (ashen wednesday) and then the lent before easter starts.
Hello Ryan, would love to see a reaction of Geography Now - Austria. Greets from Austria
12:24 Thats the Rotweiler Carneval and its just the best my father lives in Rotweil and these days are my favourite days of the year
I'm actualy sorry for every one who can't see it atleast once in there lives
In my opinion most Germans differentiate between nationalism and being proud of achievements by Germans or Germany. So showing everyday you love Germany for no reason is mostly not well established, but on the other hand when it comes to i.e classic music, literature, sports, especially during sporting competitions like the soccer world championship, you can see german flags everywhere. But you rarely see a German flag in a concert hall when the orchestra plays Beethoven‘s fifth. 😉
15:28 - Yeah those stereotypes do exist, Hauptschule students are considered dumber than students from realschule or gymnasium. And otherway around happens too, like Hauptschüler (students from Hauptschule are called that way) think that gymnasiasten (students from Gymnasium called like that) are snobs/smartasses and so on.
Actually most of germans including me, dont think the schoolsystem is fair. The schoolsystem definatly isnt the best, even thought i think that its still better than the US. I guess there is always room for improvement in any system
16:30 - To be honest, watching your and other americans reaction videos of germany, my national pride is growing. I see germany different than i saw it a few years ago. I actually wanted to move to america, recent events got me re-thinking. I am Father of 2 Kids and a very sick wife, and germany offers me what america simply couldn't. Every day i feel more home than i ever did. Thank you for that, because you and other americans (some living here in germany like Nalf) helped me realize that.
18:30 - Namibia is a country in western part of Southafrica
German student here!
About the diffrent German schools, ofcourse there are stereotypes.
Hauptschule: wich basically takes you 9 years to graduate, so at the average when you get into school at the age of 6 you graduate at the age of 15, depending on when your birthday is.
The stereotype among students on a 'Gesamtschule' where 'Hauptschule' and 'Realschule' are mixed, the 'Hauptschule' students are considered to be the slower ones, or people who are just not that good in school or just practically good and not on paper.
Realschule: Takes you 10 years to graduate so then you are around the age of 16-17, are considered 'smart ones' among the students, either they are good on paper, or they are just as much as good in practical studies.
Gymnasium: there people go that want to go to university and study, so they are obviously considered 'nerds' (in kind of good way) or 'extremely smart'.
One thing that is also good to mention is that after you graduated from the 'low educated school' (Hauptschule) you can go and retake the 'middle educated school' (Realschule) so that you can have a society's standard of graduation, after you have that you can also go to a 'high educated school' (gymnasium) and graduate there, and then you move on to university and study.
15:40 The opposite, but yes.
Gymnasium is the Egghead school.
Hauptschule is the "dumb prols" school.
We also have "Sonderschule" (Special School) for the mentally impaired.
There is an amazing history series from German TV called "Die Deutschen", which is on RUclips, too.
It covers the past 1000 years of our history and you should absolutely watch it (it's a documentary series though, so 40 minute videos).
But only 4 of its 10 episodes have subtitles in English (on YT anyways). They cover the time from about 1800 to I think 1914. Anyways, here they are:
ruclips.net/video/f59SOxNmcyU/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/J28wQLd2lus/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/Tyeu2Z_p9sM/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/geB2Uvkionc/видео.html
we Schleswig-Holsteiners are happy to be different from Bavarians, tbh xD
I think that all north german‘s „hate“ the bavarians. Im from Niedersachsen (lower saxony).
@@taekwondomenik we dont hate bavarians, but they are like "weird", its like in Saxony. We blame them for all things that go wrong, so literally anything they do. And thats imo the same with as with Bavaria
We may do, but i dont xd
Btw, you should check out German Political Parties EXPLAINED by Lucas Bender :)
we Palatines are happy to be different from all others 😉
Local dialects in Germany come from us being a bunch of clans banded together. Get a map of the German area before the holy Roman empire and you'll be confused.
7:50 There are tons of different types of hops alone, which you can also blend. Think of it like wine, cheese, whiskey, tea work.
Regarding the hochdeutsch and the different "types of German" I always compare hochdeutsch to being like American English, like it's pretty easy to understand and you mostly pronounce the words how you write them (compared to other dialects), it kind of sounds easy and "clean". Other "types of German" are more like dialects, like English, Scottish, Irish, Australian, etc. accents. Usually you can still understand them, depending on where you're from, but it can get quite hard for some of them (like a heavy Irish accent compared to like the American accent that you speak, which is quite easy to understand). I don't know if that makes sense but that's always my way of explaining it...
Um 'English' is a dialect? AHAHAHA. Yeah, good one, Americans
@@lysanatt😂
i think that is a very good explanation!
Accent?? I don'[t have an accent! What'chou talkin' 'bout, Willis??
The Reinheitsgebot says you can ONLY use these ingredients to make beer. Everything else is not seen as beer, Corona for example.
Not to mention the crazy stuff they sell in Belgium, strawberry beer and such ... artificially flavored, untasty crap. This must not be sold in German as "beer" but only as "beer-like flavored beverage". I appreciate that.
To be correct: the Reinheitsgebot of these days says, that in the end product must be only the mentioned 4 ingredients. You can add other things while brewing, as long as you pull them out again before selling.
That's for example why you can have German beer without alcohol (the chemical to pull out the alcohol is added and then removed).
By the way: the original Reinheitsgebot only consists of 3 ingredients, because when it was written, no one knows about yeast. The needed yeast got into the beer by air by accident.
9:32 it wouldnt be confused for 2, as you always start counting with the thumb
1=thumb,
2=thumb, pointing,
3=thumb, pointing, middle
4=thumb, pointing, middle, index
5=thumb, pointing, middle, index, pinky
I love to see you reacting on Bulgarian history ;)
That guy should really check the spelling in his videos before getting them out there! There were mistakes in about half the German words 😱
03:10 good point. And our history is long and rich with events. Probably should watch something about "the Varusschlacht"(varus's battle? Idk if that's the correct English translation but im lazy so here we go).
12:05 that's cologne, I was born here. Our carnival is well known and is also called the fifth season of the year. It is fun, most of the time
Damn Ryan that Guy is talking so fast this actually is hard for a German to follow him.. wow
Anyways, great content as usual :)
It's just so funny that Neuwerk island would be (briefly) mentioned in any foreign language video, because it is so small. My family used to have a lot of vacantions on this small little island. And it was amazing!
15:33 yes is the short answer.
though before i go into the longer answer, a bit more history. the three schools had different roots.
the Hauptschule (main school) used to be Volksschule (peoples school). it was to be open for everyone and therefore was seen as mostly for the commoners. it's graduates would mostly go into simple jobs like farming or industry.
the Realschule (real school) used to be Mittelschule (middle school). it used to be for the Mittelstand (middle class) of people that wanted to give their children a better education than the Volksschule offered or just to segregate their children from the "poor". their graduates would go into a bit more influential positions like economy, military and bureaucracy.
the Gymnasium (same translated, but it's highschool) used to be Hochschule (high school). it was mostly for nobility and wealthy or influential families. it's graduates would often have easier access into high positions of most sectors like politics and economy.
therefore the "new" system after ww2 was just an refurnished version of the old system. a lot of classist mistreatment still persists from this old system, and therefore especially the Hauptschule and its students sometimes get unjustly treated like everyone there is stupid and poor.
there is a lot of interesting history behind this topic, but i shall stop here and thank you for reading. ^^
Realschule came around in the early 20th century when the need for white-collar workers rose. They needed more theoretical courses than the Volksschule normally offered, but wouldn't need all the Gymnasium could teach them. As most people in middle class do white-collar work rather than blue-collar work or the high-paying jobs you need to study for, most of them will go to Realschule.
Sauerbraten is a dish that is usually only served for special events or for example on Christmas. I eat it once a year and I love it. You have to marinade the meat for at least 3 days to get the best flavour and soft consistency. I personally like it most with „Spätzle“ (these would be sth like little noodles made of eggs and flour, you have to look it up I can’t explain it). So I Hope you can try it too one day😊. Other than that, I’ve watched all of your reaction videos so far. It’s very nice seeing someone react to things that are totally normal to me. It also makes me appreciate things here more (bc we Germans LOVE to get annoyed about everything in our country, you could rlly say it’s a love-hate relationship for most people)
By the way, I come from the city you saw at the beginning with the highest church tower in the world. Little fun fact: we not only love to brag about our church tower in Ulm but also that Albert Einstein was born here and that we celebrate our constitution which restricted the powers of the upper classes (the „Patrizier“) every year since 1397 a.d. now.
In kölschen Kneipen gibt es das ganze Jahr rheinischen Sauerbraten
Also the signals for the railways are still divided in western and eastern germany 30 years after reunion.
Hey Ryan,
Like you already read, there are different kind of stereotypes when it come to the school system. What was missing in the video you saw though was the fact that there is an additional school where you can send your kids after the Grundschule. This School is the Gesamtschule to break up with the stereotypes and integrate different society levels in one schoolsystem. In this School the Hauptschule, Realschule and Gymnasium kids are visiting the same school. Only difference than is the time when they finish/ leave the school and which degree they get than. You can either for example finish the Gesamtschule at 9th/10th class and start a vocational training or the so called Fachabitur and study with that in field you specialized. At that time you have the Hauptschuldegree or the Realschuldegree according to you grades.
Or when you degree is good enough you can decide to continue until class 12/13 and finish with the Gymnasium degree and afterwards study or even decide than to for example run through a vocational training.
And all this is happening within the Gesamtschule without switching the school and separating the kids. With this schoolsystem the stereotypes are less strong because everyone visits the same school.
This School system is getting more and more popularity and has also most of the time a slightly different evaluation system to reach to every kid visiting this school.
11:31 Plattdeusch has many similarities with the English language.
A few examples:
Appel - apple
Plante - plant
Schipp -ship
dat -that
de - the
salten - salt
sitten - sit
yes, the Low German dialect in northern Germany, especially in Lower Saxony, is the forerunner of Old English
2:11 Tägermoos has had a special status since 1831: although it belongs to Switzerland, Tägermoos is a district of the German city of Constance. Certain administrative tasks in Tägermoos are carried out by Constance.
Minute 1:52 Lower Saxony is more at sea level than Saxony, which is located at higher altitude. Hence the name "Lower Saxony". By the way: In the Middle Ages, the Saxons originally lived in the area of today's Lower Saxony. Due to dynastic shifts in the late Middle Ages, a completely different area is called "Saxony" today.
Minute 6:23 Most tornadoes in Germany always pass over uninhabited areas. That's why we usually don't even notice these storms. So it's no comparison to Tornado Alley in the U.S., where cities are regularly threatened.
Minute 12:41 Small correction: Cuckoo clocks are from the Black Forest, NOT from Bavaria!
And Minute 17:06 "Mein Kampf" is not banned in Germany, only the reprint was banned until 2015 and the book is only available in an annotated version. Not in the original.
If you like, I can briefly summarize the German history:
Germany as a modern nation-state has only existed since 1871. But before that, of course, there is also a German history, which is relatively complex.
In the 9th century, divided the Frankish Empire of Charlemagne among his descendants. The western part of the empire later became France. And in the 10th century, the East Frankish Empire developed into a federal clan state, which, however, was the only country in Europe to have an emperor at its head (following the example of Charlemagne and the Roman emperors of antiquity).
The first emperor of this East Frankish empire was Otto the Great. The year 962, in which he was crowned, is considered to be the founding year of the "Holy Roman Empire" (this name only emerges later in time). The emperors of this HRE considered themselves successors of Charlemagne and the Romans, although their population was mostly German-speaking.
The Holy Roman Empire was so called from the 13th century onwards. And in the 15th century, the addition of "German nation" to HRE was added to this name. Nevertheless, despite having a common language (with strong different dialects!) in the Reich, people did not really consider themselves Germans for all these centuries. People felt and thought much more regionally and saw themselves as Bavarians, Saxons, Swabians, etc. This remained the case until the 18th century.
The 17th century saw the worst war of all: the Thirty Years' War (1618 - 1648) between Catholic and Protestant princes within the HRE. However, Sweden and France intervened in this war. This war cost the lives of a third of the population.
In the 18th century, new ideas of the state emerged and the Enlightenment made republican ideas and ideas of nationalities more and more popular. But finally Napoleon came! In 1806 the HRE went under ... But the common struggle against Napoleon united the Germans for the first time and brought them to see themselves as a common people. Unfortunately, after defeating Napoleon at the Congress of Vienna, the kings and princes of Europe decided that Germany should rather be a loose confederation of states.
Because then every little prince can continue to have his own small dominion. For the princes, a united Germany would have meant that they would have to renounce sovereignty. BUT in doing so, the wishes and zeitgeist of the population, which wanted a united Germany, were ignored. In 1848 there was a revolution and for the first time a parliament was elected in Frankfurt to draw up a constitution for the whole of Germany. UNFORTUNATELY, the revolution was crushed after all. But despite this, certain symbols (such as the black-red-gold flag) and national songs and first democratic experiences with parliamentarism and elections were preserved, which was to be an advantage later ...
In 1871 the time had come: But this time it was the Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck who united the German states with "blood and iron" in three wars (1864, 1866 and 1870/71). After all, from 1871 onwards there was finally a pan-German state! Even if the parliament didn't have that much say in it and the Kaiser and Chancellor (Bismarck) had quite a lot of power over the parliament in Berlin. But it was a start...
In November 1918, when the First World War ended, the Kaiser was overthrown in the November Revolution and the first democratic republic on German soil was proclaimed. This republic, whose constitution was written in Weimar (hence the Weimar Republic), lived only 14 years ... Then came Hitler. Hitler destroyed the republic and established the Nazi dictatorship.
In 1939, Germany began World War II. On April 30, 1945, Hitler killed himself before falling into the hands of the Soviets. On 7 May, Germany surrendered unconditionally. In Germany, 8 May 1945 is called "the zero hour".
The name "Zero Hour" is based on the fact that the Germans were relieved that the war was over, and some Nazi opponents who had to keep their mouths shut for years were certainly even more relieved. But at the same time, the Germans were also afraid of the victors and their possible revenge.
On the one hand, the approaching Cold War made reconciliation with the Western powers more likely, because the Soviet Union was now the new find. But the Cold War also meant that Germany would now be divided if a new German state was founded. Which happened in 1949 ...
We all know the rest: the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. And on October 3, with the consent of the four victors of the World War, the reunification of Germany took place. I'd say the rest after that we know from the news. The rest we have all experienced ourselves. I don't have to tell you anything more.
Hi Ryan, i like your contend a lot. Greetings from Germany. You let me think more positiv about people in USA.
there are some but not really strong stereotypes about the different schooling systems ... why?
well ... someone coming from a Haupt- or Realschule while 16 years old will start vocational training (Lehre) or in a trade job and instantly earn money
and ... IT IS NOT MINIMUM WAGE!
so these individuals accumulate money from early on, can afford cars ... houses ...& families eventually in their lives
student that go to study at our free(!) universities, are perhaps getting a medical doctor, will study up to 30 years of age if specializing or promoting, maybe even longer ...
only then they start to make decent money ... in comparison to the other student they will make more, but not that crazy more money as in the US, because our health care system is functioning
so compared to each other and over their lifetimes a medical doctor will not make much more money than a good plumber ... in Germany, that is
that's why everyone is encouraged to do what they WANT ... they will be able to make enough money ... whatever school or job they choose
As long as they apply themselves and climb up the respective career ladder. A plumber for example only makes the "big money" if he becomes a "Meister", and reaching that level takes quite an investment in time and money. But yeah, there are people who have an university degree but earn very little (because their degree is in a field not particularly sought after), and others who don't have one but earn quite a lot (because they are really good in what they do and have the certifications to proof it). Usually the best combination is to do both...first do a "Ausbildung" and then maybe go to university in the same field (in which case you don't necessarily need an abitur).
Agreed, it would have been a great starting point for the channel.
There's also a Australia episode 😉
i live in the very south part of germany. when it comes to dialects it´s actually so crazy around here that sometimes u drive to a city that is maybe 50 km away, and u end up having a hard time understanding what people say
Bei uns hat man schon Probleme das Nachbardorf zu verstehen. Die haben nochmal ihren ganz eigenen Dialekt (komme aus dem südlichsten Mittelfranken, bei uns spricht man einen Mix auf fränkisch, schwäbisch und oberbayerisch, aber in dem Dorf isses einfach nochmal krasser)
The division between East and West Berlin is no longer clearly visible at night. LED lights are now used in all areas of public lighting. Since 2016, the state of Berlin has been procuring LED luminaires almost without exception. The orange high-pressure sodium lamps so typical of East Berlin are becoming increasingly rare.
There are absolutely stereotypes about other kids from other types of schools. Since kids visiting a Gymnasium usually end up with a higher school degree and therefore are most likely to enter the college and university system they‘re considered the nerds whereas they themselves look down on the other 2 types of school and most times can‘t even distinguish the two because they are just the „lower“ school types.
Pupils from the Gymnasium also have stereotypes about pupils visiting a Haupt- or Realschule to be prone to criminal behaviour and violence.
That being said though there is a discussion going on that we have to many Gymnasiums and therefore devalue the worth of the „lesser“ degrees.
Gymnasium is considered to be the entry ticket into university but maaaaany pupils finishing the Gymnasium never start a college education but enter the job-market with a higher degree and as a consequence push away people with „lesser“ degrees from jobs for which you don‘t need a Gymnasium degree.
So we kinda really have to make a change and educate people to value the „lesser“ degrees much more for what they are.
But what most foreign people dont get to hear is that you can always learn and get your higher degree even after you got to work or got your lower degree. You have to visit an evening school or vocational school in order to do that or if you want a degree after the "Realschule" you can go to the "Gymnasium" to make your additional two years of school.
There are some videos from history simplified and similar channels about German history. It's a huge thing. I suggest a look onto the "Rammstein - Deutschland" video, but this perhaps a bit later because there is a lot of history packaged into and maybe difficult to understand. On the other hand, you will find a lot of people who will explain everything of it. Nonetheless, it's great.
There is a wall in the minds even today, not just in lights. We have our own stereotypes about people from different regions in the country, like the US will have as well.
When he talks about "Tornados" - we have some "Windhosen" from time to time, but most of the time they are quite harmless in comparement with the american ones. Extreme weather was a total rarity in the past - one of the reasons why many people were not prepared when a flood hit some villages. At the moment we have a heavy draught. Means that many of the rivers are extreme low on level. You can find some fascinating videos when looking for: "rhine low water" or "Rhein Niedrigwasser"
About bread: we like it, around 2 from three meals have to do with it. It differs from the American bread, less sugar and the types as well. Cheese is another great thing even if it's not mentioned. Beside of beer there is a large variety of whine, too.
There is a quote from Arthur Schopenhauer (German Philosopher):
The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud; otherwise he would not have recourse to those which he shares with so many millions of his fellowmen. The man who is endowed with important personal qualities will be only too ready to see clearly in what respects his own nation falls short, since their failings will be constantly before his eyes. But every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud adopts, as a last resource, pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and glad to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer
Don't get me wrong about it, it's not forbidden, and as long as you keep it somewhat low, most people have no great problem with patriotism or loving the country. But this is a thing, we learn a lot about history in classes and the Third Reich is a part of it (if you ask some, they seem to be sleeping when all the rest was told, because they only remember this). Flags are rare - unless on greater soccer championships, than many put them on there cars and you will find the fragments of it on the autobahn because it did not withstand the fast driving.
I want to add: It is not forbidden to own some of the nazi stuff, but there are some laws around them. So it's more to collectors or people with questionable mindset. There is a Turkish-German Comedian "Serdar Somunco" who read from "Mein Kampf" public. He clears some of the misconceptions. For example it is forbidden to read all the book to an audition without making a break. As if this would be possible. But it's forbidden to show those symbols.
Over all, its about "Meinungsfreiheit" so "freedom of opinion" not of speech. This is the 5th article in the Grundgesetz - the German constitution. And the first Article is "The dignity of man is inviolable. To respect and protect them is the obligation of all state power". So it's more important. And denying facts is nothing about opinions, so it's not secured by the 5th Article.
i wish everybody would present history with that kind of humor. It was really funny to see the history of our coutry i that way
Hauptschule is 9 or 10 years (depending on the State), you can make a Training after that. Realschule is for 10 years, and you can make also a training (but you can do “better” jobs). Gymnasium is 12 or 13 years and you can do anything like studying, training etc. But today we have a lot of Gesamtschulen, where all forms included and you can make every graduation (depends on your marks). I work as a teacher on a vocational school, here you can do every graduation too, but with different focus (economically, health, pedagogy, technology…). Also you can do a school education and a training in a dual system (work and go to school 2 times a week, or work and go 5 weeks to school, work, go 5 weeks to school…). There are a lot of different ways to take your grad. I was on Realschule, made a training, after that, I go to Highschool and made my Abitur and started studying. And now, I help children with social problems to get their graduation.
Sry, my English isn’t the best, but I hope you understand ❤