So what do you think? Should I do a series of videos about German History? All the way from the Germanic Tribes during the Roman Empire, until Modern Germany?
Fun fact: Bismarck didn't really care about unifying Germany, at least not simply for the sake of unifying Germany. He wanted Prussia to be strong, and since it looked like Germany was going to be united at some point anyway in one way or another, he preferred to control the circumstances in which it happened to ensure Prussia remains the dominant power in Germany, and to keep it as a monarchy. Modern day Germany being a republic and Prussia not existing is already enough to make Bismarck spin in his grave. He couldn't care less at this point if it broke apart or not.
11:45 "There are almost no Cultural differences between the Bundesländer" Oh that's how we Germans would say "There are no cultural differences between Amercans and Britains"
Ich wohne relativ weit südlich des Aldiäquators und fühle mich jetzt angegriffen. Wieso "Aldi Süd" und einfach nur "Aldi"? Willst du implizieren Aldi Nord sei der wahre Aldi. Na dann schau dir mal das Logo von (ausländischen Niederlassungen wie) Hofer und anderen an und sag mir mal ob es meistens eher nach Aldi Süd oder Nord aussieht. 😤
@@dinolino3313 es gibt schon unterschiede in traditionen und sprache und auch manche clichés stimmen aber es ist jetzt nicht so stark mehr wie es vllt noch zur zeiten des heiligen römischen reiches war
Fun fact: Saarland was independant briefly after WW2. They even participated in the Olympic games and won a single gold medal as the independant nation of "La Sarre"
I read a great book about it recently! It's called "The shortest history of Germany" by James Hawes. I highly recommend it if you like German history! I might use it as reference for the videos I make on it.
@@sehabel make germany HRE again 🤣 live there too there is too much on the federal Level and too less on the county Level even with general federalisation compared to France.
@@CodPlayerNo77 While I don't say that it balances out you have to take into consideration that Berlin has also the role of capital city which adds to their spending. So I don't think it's bad if Berlin gets compensated a little with federal money. But yeah, the spending has been too high.
Ich sehe diese Karte öfter, dass plötzlich Baden-Württemberg was fehlt und Bayern größer ist. Keine Ahnung wo die herkommt, wundert mich immer wieder, aber Zufall wird's nicht sein
Just to clear up the confusion at 12:57: "Hochdeutsch"/"Standarddeutsch" = Standard German (NOT High German, that's always just a bad literal translation) "Niederdeutsch", "Plattdeutsch" (Low German) are a group of dialects spoken in the North. "Oberdeutsch" (Upper German, part of the High German dialects) are dialects spoken in the South. High and Low or Upper and Lower don't refer to North and South but rather to the altitude of the areas. (cf. the Low Countries Netherlands and Belgium or Niederländisch/Niederdeutsch).
I would say that ,,Plattdeutsch" is the dialect of each region of germany. We here in the Saarland call ,,our language" Plattdeutsch too, even if we aren't in the north.
Hochdeutsch or high German is not the same as standard German. Standard German is based on the high German dialects (combining the southern German Oberdeutschen Dialekte and the middle German Mitteldeutschen Dialekte) and therefor often just called Hochdeutsch. Plattdeutsch or Niederdeutsch is the supergroup for all lowland German dialects and is actually classified as its own language, however is going extinct as people in the North adapted too much of the middle and southern dialects.
The meaning of Hochdeutsch nowadays is Standarddeutsch. "Plattdütsch" or just "Platt" is weird. It's something between a dialect and a whole language near Dutch, English and the Scandinavian languages. Don't look at Plattdeutsch as the opposite of Hochdeutsch, look at it as the Lingua Franca of Northern Europe, that everybody KIND OF understands (because of its ipact on English) but nobody speaks ; -) "Wat" (what) and "Dat" (that) instead of "was" und "das" are the main differeces between Northern and Southern German. Also "...st..." is pronounced "...st...." in the north, while it's pronouced "...sht..." in the South of Germany
So there's Low German/Low Saxon (Niederdeutsch/Niedersächsisch, also called Platt or Plattdeutsch) which is a seperate language from German (High German of which Standard German ist a variety). But there are also central German dialects that are often called Platt or Plattdeutsch but which don't belong to Niederdeutsch. Central German varieties, just like varieties from the south, participated in the high german consonant shift but to varying degrees (thus in Colognian German you say Pääd "horse" but also Peffer "pepper" while in Holstein Low German these are Peerd and Peper). A few more examples to ilustrate this: Standard German - Colognian German - Low German - English: Rippe - Repp - Ribb - rib reiben - rieve - wrieven - to rub Dorf - Dörp - Dörp - village Kupfer - Koffer/Kuffer - Kopper - copper Pfad - Patt - Padd - path tragen - drage - dregen (also rare dragen) - to carry Tag - Daach - Dach - day Dach - Daach - Dack - roof Sterz - Stätz - Steert (also Stiert) - tail erzählen - verzälle - vertellen - to tell Zeit - Zick - Tiet - time reißen - rieße - wrieten - to tear suchen - sööke - söken (also seuken) - to search schlafen - schlaafe - slapen/slopen - sleep
"Cultural differences in Germany aren't that big" Bruh when I (living in Cologne) visited my friend in Berlin last week we fought about how to say the time. Not even mentioning the Berliner/Pfannkuchen/Krapfen debate.
Und wir Mecklenburger können mit eurem Karneval und dem sogannten Bier (Kölsch) leider gar nix anfangen... Aber wir mögen die Rheinländer trotzdem, die sind halt viel gemütlicher als wir.
Welcome to Schleswig Holstein, Where up is down, down is up, Northsea is to the west and the Eastsea (Balticsea) is... wait... IT IS IN IT´s CORRECT PLACE?! CHANGE THE NAAAME
@@Drache191200 Also interesting maybe is, the the Bavarians say, they would go down to us, because of down from the hills. If we got to Bavaria, we wolud say, we go down to them, because of seeing it down from north to south... By the way - I'm just a neighbour of S-H, living in M-V. Still wandering, why a northern german state would include Brandenburg and NRW...
Tbh i have heard more extremely hateful stereotypes against basically anyone. The East is too unreligious, the Bavarians are primitive peasents, the Saarländer have to much incest, Saxon sounds horrific all such bullshit that disunites our country.
@@pomeranianproductions647 My Grandma once flipped out when she heard heard her daughter, my aunt, dated a guy from the neighboring village... the fucking neighboring village. And the funny thing is, she herself wasn't even from anywhere near that general area.
And for the others this becomes annoying sometimes, as I don‘t like to hear a stereotype that has nothing to do with my own region, we are not all bavarians 🤣
The different types of potato salad alone are proof of this and often a reason for argument. Everyone claims that their potato salad is the only true and correct one. :-P
@@zyanego3170 sorry you are wrong. These two names for the city where both used for the city, because germans and poles lived in this area togther (sometimes more, sometimes less peacefull) Today you should call it gdansk, if you are not refering to a historical context. :)
Ultimate Bruh-Moment as a German: I was standing next to two dudes in Berlin and was wondering what language they speak. Needed like 10min to realise 'fml this is the Bavarian accent'..... wellp I'm sorry but I can't understand anyone from the south...
I'm not a native German speaker, but the Bavarian accent almost sounds like a different language to me... and Swiss German does sound like a separate language.
13:03 I guess you are talking about the local "minority" of sorbs in Lusatia? They're a really interesting bunch of people. :) They have their own kind of religion with their own habits, clothes and even their own language! During my entire childhood I lived in Lusatia. So if you are interested about the sorbs and their history, I could tell you a thing or two about them! :)
I am from Baden-Württemberg, and I think we would do pretty well. It's funny because many of us already think we should be independent, but the other Bundesländer would never accept that :D
@@IAmGlutton4Life Not really. There were the kingdom of Württemberg, the grand duchy of Baden and the territories of the Hohenzollern. Baden-Württemberg as it is today was founded in 1952, but the people from Baden were forced to do that, even though they voted against it. By now most people don't want to split BW again, but the conflict is still apparent today.
@@benni_thien Let's cooperate XD How does the "south german alliance" sound? I think Austria would like that too, we could build a new middle european superpower.
Fun fact: Saarland was independant briefly after WW2. They even participated in the Olympic games and won a single gold medal as the independant nation of "La Sarre"
The "Plattdeutsch" is spoken in the lower countries, the "Hochdeutsch" was developed in the southern, higer reagions. The naming is based on the topography.
Plattdeutsch is basically not spoken anywhere except in a few northern regions. In the south they have their own dialects and even those (for example Austro-Bavarian and Swabian) are all still classified as High German, though they are a group that is not classified as Standard German
@@davidbilgic3108 No. In Hannover they speak Standard German. "High German" is just a confusing translation of "Hochdeutsch", which means Standard German. Oberdeutsch (Upper German), which is spoken in the south, is called High German as well in English. That's the confusion.
@@randomdude2026 All I know is that you can have two or more sentences made up of 100% low german words that's also 100% valid Norwegian (although the pronunciation or spelling might differ a little bit) due to the Hansea trade.
Baden-Württemberg is seperated in two. Baden and Württemberg (and Hohenzollern but I wont count that since its very small). The people in Baden dont like the Swabians (Württemberg). In the national anthem of Baden people often dont sing "Frisch auf frisch auf" (fresh on fresh on) but rather sing "Der Schwab muss raus!" (The Swabian has to Go!). So its possible that Baden Württemberg could Break into two.
Very well done, this video must‘ve really been a lot of work with all that hand drawing, I wonder how long it took you to produce this. You deserve way more attention.
3:25 fun fact : Saarland is often used in German media as a reference size for areas for example " the oil polluted an area 4 times as big as the Saarland"...
High German is spoken in the south and “flat” German is spoken in the north. The standard German dialect is high German (as in transcending all States). The regional dialects are also split in roughly two (yes), but flat German is spoken in the north due to its flat land and low elevation. Confusingly high German is also the dialect of south Germany because of its high elevation and mountains. Btw high German and high German are two separate dialects. Still cool video.
I was close to come and hit you when you said Bremen could join Lower Saxony, but when you said you think there are no cultural differences I knew you just had no idea… still left a like
Naja, es ist halt ziemlich unsinnig, dass Bremen ein eigenes Parlament hat (bzw. Bürgerschaft oder wie nennt ihr das?). Bremen sollte Teil Niedersachsens werden und der Kampf um den Status als Hauptstadt wird ausgetragen durch Hin- und Rückspiel zwischen dem SV Werner Bremen und Hannover 96. Als Herausforderer wird Bremen zuerst das Heimspiel haben. Ole Werder macht das schon. ;) Grüße aus Kiel :)
@@jannikmeissner Im Sinne eines "schlanken Staates" werden keine Extrawürste mehr verteilt ;) Wir können auch Niedersachsen, fcking Hamburg, Schleswigholstein und von mir aus auch MV zum Bundesland "Norddeutschland" zusammenfassen. Also tragen SV Werder, HSV / FC St. Pauli als Union (lol), KSV Holstein, Hannover 96 und Hansa Rohrstock die Norddeutsche Meisterschaft unter sich aus und wer in dieser Miniliga letzter wird, muss neue Hauptstadt werden und der Korruption Herr werden. Deal? :D
I would like to see an in deep explanation of the heiliges römisches Reich in Germany. It still get's me confused and I'd like to get more information. A few notes: - You forgot Bremerhaven a couple of times in the maps. It's a part of Bremen as you mentioned later. - There's a bigger difference in language that you might assume. As you mentioned there's plattdeutsch in the north (which differs in between states and even from one village to the next in terms of pronunciation and grammar), hochdeutsch as the main language - and Frisian in Schleswig-Holstein. But one might also mention Bayrisch in Bayern, Danish in Schleswig-Holstein, Sorbisch in Saxony and Brandenburg, and one of the smallest groups called "Saterländisch" (Saterland Frisian) in Lower-Saxony (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saterland_Frisian). Probably still no reason for independence. - Those independent movements in Saxony and Brandenburg you mentioned at 13:05 actually have to do with language. It's an area where a slavic minority called Sorbs are living. They do have a very distinct culture. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbs) Interesting video, thanks!
Love the way you say Flachenlander :) not sure i could made a video in English or another European language... nice resume a bit out of plausibility, but a fun one
I am German, and the German States have all very different cultures actually. Also the States hate each other in a friendly way, so I think it would have some conflicts maybe
There is a lot of difference in language and culture beyond Germany: The catholic south and the middle east is far more conservative than the north. In the south the Christ child comes at Christmas, in the north the Santa Claus. The austro-bavarian language (which is spoken in the south east of bavaria and nearly whole austria) differs more from standard german than norwegian from danish. It has a lot of grammatical perculiarities and even whole letters (like the standard german "ü") don't even exist.
@@SuperLuigi315 Kommt natürlich wieder drauf an, in welcher Region du bist. In meiner Gegend sagt man Übahapts und nicht Ibahapts, oder auch Übafahrn und nicht Ibafahrn, oder Übrigns und nicht Ibrigns. Und das ist meines Wissens im größeren Teil Oberbayerns so. Es gibt sicher Gegenden, wo ü wie i ausgesprochen wird. Das ü ist auch sicherlich seltener anzutreffen, als in anderen Dialekten oder im Hochdeutschen, aber das Boarisch generell kein ü hat, ist falsch.
for a cultural difference, i can tell you one. the rhineland and saarland regions are very french compared to the rest of germany, as a result of that region going back and forth for millenia
Just a minor correction: Nearly everyone in Germany speaks Hochdeutsch/high German. Only with their own dialect. Low-German is only spoken sometimes in the northern regions
A possible split that would sort of make sense would be a "Greater Prussia" federal republic of Northern Germany, a Rhineland state and Bavaria independent because it (roughly of course) corresponds to the main cultural areas in Germany, but i don't see this happen anytime soon.
13:04 this not really independence movment is from a eth ic german slavic minority. They are since long part of Germany and speaks German but they are ethnic slavic but they are not polnish of Czech. They are part of Germany even if they have a slavic culture. This are maybe arround 20.000 of them lifing in this area
10:44 I am from Germany and what I can say about that is that there are hugh cultural differences in both northern and southern Germany. Look, I am from Hamburg and we Hamburger and Schleswig-Holsteiner are more like high german-speaking danish people than like westfalians, westfalians themselves are very different to the east germans who’re more like poles. In southern Germany, Bavarians are often called „northern Austrians“ because they’re so similar. Badener and Saarländer are very equal to the Elsass-french-people. Saxons are pretty much their own kind of weird people. Then there is the difference between the accents. Let’s translate the sentence „Hello, my little boy, how are you?“ into the Hamburg accent and then into the „accent“ they speak in Lower Saxony. A Hamburger would say: „Moin, meen lütten Jung, wie gaddat dir?“ A Niedersachse would say: „Hallo, mein kleiner Junge, wie geht es dir?“ You got this? And, well, in the south it’s even more extreme than in the north and, again, the people of Cologne, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt have the weirdest accents.
Absurd. After the population movements at the end of WW2 Germany is more united than ever before. Regionalism is becoming a thing of the past, only sustained by the old people who still speak with strong accents.
Im not old but im for regionalism, since it gives more opportunities and would help the economy. Smaller independent countries are leaving more freedoms to the people like the German speaking countries Switzerland, Austria or Liechtenstein show
Nice Video just one thing low German is mostly spoken in Northern Germany. Its "low" because it is flatter. Baden Württemberg and Bavaria would be great together I come from Ba-Wü and the dialects and the mindset of these two states are very near to each other. So work, hard get paid and save some money. (WE SAY: Schaffa Schaffa Hàusle baue = Work Work build a house) So I'm sorry for my bad English but im just good in understanding and not writing.
More interesting would the following question be: What would Switzerland look like, if Lombardia (IT) Vorarlberg (AT) and Baden-Württemberg (DE) would join as Switzerland as additional cantons. (those area States are regularly discussing to join Switzerland)
So what do you think? Should I do a series of videos about German History? All the way from the Germanic Tribes during the Roman Empire, until Modern Germany?
Yes, Yes and Yes
Yep
General Knowledge wooooooow
Yeeeeeeeeeeeees
That would be amazing.
This is what the ghost of Otto von Bismarck sees in his Nightmares.
And his prussian home was mostly polish and russian now... oh, wait, that is reality.
Lmao
😪 rest in peace
What most of Europe sees in dreams
Bismarck was against German unification, he just knew that there was no way around it
What if all German states became independent
Bismarck *spinning in his grave*
YES! Can Agree with that
"Try spinning, it's good trick!"
Let's use it to gain clean energy!
meanwhile in Austria: Now is our chance of a millenia, get ready take Bavaria !
Fun fact: Bismarck didn't really care about unifying Germany, at least not simply for the sake of unifying Germany. He wanted Prussia to be strong, and since it looked like Germany was going to be united at some point anyway in one way or another, he preferred to control the circumstances in which it happened to ensure Prussia remains the dominant power in Germany, and to keep it as a monarchy. Modern day Germany being a republic and Prussia not existing is already enough to make Bismarck spin in his grave. He couldn't care less at this point if it broke apart or not.
11:45 "There are almost no Cultural differences between the Bundesländer" Oh that's how we Germans would say "There are no cultural differences between Amercans and Britains"
Or between west coast and east coast and northern and southern US states. :-P
@@MarpoLoco well that's true, so. /s
I immediately thought, "You tell a Bavarian that there's no difference between him/her and a Berliner. See where that gets you."
So true
bavaria is like another country compared to everyone, even to badenwürttenberg
"Flackenlander"
"Stattstaten"
"Baden wurtembörg"
Love it when non germans try to pronounce german words
Auch wie er "st" als "st" und nicht "scht" ausspricht xD
@@garbon1450 jaaaaaa
"Flackenlander" höhert sich an wie eine V-Waffe ausem 2. Weltkrieg haha
Er hätte es sich wenigstens mal mit Google Translate anhören können....
nonconformist 234 ist halt die Arroganz der englischen Muttersprachler...
200 Years Ago...
“What if Every German State United?”
Hahahahhahaha
OriginalHumor and it happened 😨
@@zytr0x108 and Luxembourg
That's what exactly on Bismarck head on 19th century.
Lol that’s so crazy that won’t happen
a moment of silence for every federal map that forgot Bremerhaven.
We have only 110k civilians ... i don't mind the maps to forget us :D
Ach groß Niedersachsen ist das
Greetings from Bremerhaven :D
@@hchskxnbcj Warum denn nur das kleine Großniedersachsen? Wir nehmen Hamburg SH und Mecklemburg gleich mit :D
Bremen isn't a city-state. 😉
You forgot the 17th state: Mallorca
Gustav Peter Der König von Mallorca ist schließlich Deutscher
Gustav Peter lol so ist das
Und das Österreich 🙂
lol
F for Spain
We all know there is only one way to divide Germany:
Aldi & Aldi Süd
Aldi-Nord & Aldi-Süd
Aldi Nord & Aldi
Ich wohne relativ weit südlich des Aldiäquators und fühle mich jetzt angegriffen. Wieso "Aldi Süd" und einfach nur "Aldi"? Willst du implizieren Aldi Nord sei der wahre Aldi. Na dann schau dir mal das Logo von (ausländischen Niederlassungen wie) Hofer und anderen an und sag mir mal ob es meistens eher nach Aldi Süd oder Nord aussieht. 😤
Was geht sie das an? LASST DIE ALDI KRIEGE BEGINNEN!!!
@@aoelp Nein. Aber Aldi Süd hat das Süd extra im Logo. Aldi Nord hat nur Aldi im Logo und wird deswegen Aldi genannt, nicht Aldi Nord.
Ach ja, der schöne Plattdeutsch-sprechende Süden😌
@LUL LUWL
Aber ansonsten unterscheidet sich die Kultur eigentlich nicht...
@@dinolino3313 es gibt schon unterschiede in traditionen und sprache und auch manche clichés stimmen aber es ist jetzt nicht so stark mehr wie es vllt noch zur zeiten des heiligen römischen reiches war
@@dinolino3313 und dann gibts da noch so sachen wie die kleine Rivalität zwischen uns schwaben und den badensern :D
@@sgt_weed
Dangge, ich leb doch selber under die Besadza...
Dino Lino Hust Hust Dirndl Hust Hust
Saarland be like: "finally we independant"
Other states around: " oh, you have coal... how much was your military forces again?"
"3"
"3 000?"
" *3* "
Bruh^^
Fun fact: Saarland was independant briefly after WW2. They even participated in the Olympic games and won a single gold medal as the independant nation of "La Sarre"
Did i hear free real astate
i would like but i don't want to ruin your 400 likes
@@TheSchuetzeP Both world wars but both times they rejoined Germany at the cost of France
the only aceptable dividing is into aldi-north-germany and aldi-south-germany
I would really enjoy a German history series! I’ve been wanting to learn more about Holy Roman History since it’s so complicated
I read a great book about it recently! It's called "The shortest history of Germany" by James Hawes. I highly recommend it if you like German history! I might use it as reference for the videos I make on it.
It's VERY complicated. I live in Germany, and even small towns like Rottweil were independent. There were many rebellions
We did many wars, its very complicated, we also started 2 wws
We are just great at wars
@@sehabel make germany HRE again 🤣 live there too there is too much on the federal Level and too less on the county Level even with general federalisation compared to France.
@@Randomguydrm Don't forget the thirty years war. Self annihilation at it's best.
Me: **reads title**
"Oh no, can you hear them? They are coming! The Bavarians are coming!"
Off course we will come
Griaß di!
@@xenon9030 Griaß di
@@nemesis002 Servus alle midnand! Bin fro a bar von eich zu seing!
Liebste Grüße ausm Süden gehn raus haha
In germany every City has its own type of culture.
and its own type of accent :D
every household has its own type of culture
@@awsome013 no, dialect
@@patrick7336 no,accent.
Dialects are dying out in germany.
@@Slithermotion Are not. I live in BW and have a really hard time understand some people. Granted, most of them over 40, but still.
As a German I would predict one thing: Berlin would be bankrupt very fast. lmao
god damn us Berliners would get triggered lol .
@@fantasticfox175 Yet Berlin basically always had a budget deficit, which has to be stabilized by federation money.
Bremen would go bankrupt even faster. It basically is already!
Germany is the only country which GDP would ne Higher without the Capital.
@@CodPlayerNo77 While I don't say that it balances out you have to take into consideration that Berlin has also the role of capital city which adds to their spending. So I don't think it's bad if Berlin gets compensated a little with federal money. But yeah, the spending has been too high.
11:23 you want to splitt Germany between Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd??😲 You monster xd
Exactly
Only logical division to be honest.
Aldi Süd for the win
@@sgt_weed it also wins over in the usa. Trader Joes is Aldi North.
In Sachsen ist Aldi Nord
Wie bei 3:41 Bayern einfach einen Teil von Baden-Würtenberg annektiert xD
Keine ehre xD
Ist wohl der fränkisch geprägter Teil von BaWü :D
@@masterjuli26 die augsburger sehen sich als Schwaben also wenn dann würde ich den schwäbischen Teil von Bayern als Tausch nehmen
Ich sehe diese Karte öfter, dass plötzlich Baden-Württemberg was fehlt und Bayern größer ist.
Keine Ahnung wo die herkommt, wundert mich immer wieder, aber Zufall wird's nicht sein
und das heißt?
Just to clear up the confusion at 12:57:
"Hochdeutsch"/"Standarddeutsch" = Standard German (NOT High German, that's always just a bad literal translation)
"Niederdeutsch", "Plattdeutsch" (Low German) are a group of dialects spoken in the North.
"Oberdeutsch" (Upper German, part of the High German dialects) are dialects spoken in the South.
High and Low or Upper and Lower don't refer to North and South but rather to the altitude of the areas. (cf. the Low Countries Netherlands and Belgium or Niederländisch/Niederdeutsch).
I would say that ,,Plattdeutsch" is the dialect of each region of germany. We here in the Saarland call ,,our language" Plattdeutsch too, even if we aren't in the north.
Hochdeutsch or high German is not the same as standard German. Standard German is based on the high German dialects (combining the southern German Oberdeutschen Dialekte and the middle German Mitteldeutschen Dialekte) and therefor often just called Hochdeutsch. Plattdeutsch or Niederdeutsch is the supergroup for all lowland German dialects and is actually classified as its own language, however is going extinct as people in the North adapted too much of the middle and southern dialects.
The meaning of Hochdeutsch nowadays is Standarddeutsch. "Plattdütsch" or just "Platt" is weird. It's something between a dialect and a whole language near Dutch, English and the Scandinavian languages. Don't look at Plattdeutsch as the opposite of Hochdeutsch, look at it as the Lingua Franca of Northern Europe, that everybody KIND OF understands (because of its ipact on English) but nobody speaks ; -)
"Wat" (what) and "Dat" (that) instead of "was" und "das" are the main differeces between Northern and Southern German. Also "...st..." is pronounced "...st...." in the north, while it's pronouced "...sht..." in the South of Germany
So there's Low German/Low Saxon (Niederdeutsch/Niedersächsisch, also called Platt or Plattdeutsch) which is a seperate language from German (High German of which Standard German ist a variety). But there are also central German dialects that are often called Platt or Plattdeutsch but which don't belong to Niederdeutsch. Central German varieties, just like varieties from the south, participated in the high german consonant shift but to varying degrees (thus in Colognian German you say Pääd "horse" but also Peffer "pepper" while in Holstein Low German these are Peerd and Peper). A few more examples to ilustrate this:
Standard German - Colognian German - Low German - English:
Rippe - Repp - Ribb - rib
reiben - rieve - wrieven - to rub
Dorf - Dörp - Dörp - village
Kupfer - Koffer/Kuffer - Kopper - copper
Pfad - Patt - Padd - path
tragen - drage - dregen (also rare dragen) - to carry
Tag - Daach - Dach - day
Dach - Daach - Dack - roof
Sterz - Stätz - Steert (also Stiert) - tail
erzählen - verzälle - vertellen - to tell
Zeit - Zick - Tiet - time
reißen - rieße - wrieten - to tear
suchen - sööke - söken (also seuken) - to search
schlafen - schlaafe - slapen/slopen - sleep
thanks
"I don't really think religion should be a criterion for divinding a land"
*Balkan war noises in the distance*
*glares in middle east and caucasus*
A F R I C A
Paul Atreidis making his speech in the distance
Germany: **gets split**
Bavaria on B-W: *Zugriff*
Mal ganz im ernst 😂 bw und bayern würden eher den rest von Deutschland einnehmen
@@marcelcarlito844 alles außer den osten😅den braucht koaner
@@taskfootball10 ha ja wir baden bayern und schwabe sind die besten
Ach, der Aufwand lohnt sich nicht, mir henn so scho älles... :D
Carsten Stahl. :D
You really tried your best, pronouncing these names 😅
Best wishes from Germany 💪🏻
Collin 6667 Fläggenlander wer kennt‘s nicht 😂Ist aber nicht schlimm er kann ja kein Deutsch.
Habe immer gelacht wenn er badem Württemberg ausgesprochen hat
Hühnerfutter ! Same ( komme aus Baden-Württemberg)😉
Ich bin kein Deutscher aber es war ganz schrecklich, er zu hören xD
Oh look a german telling a joke
Ulm deserves to be its own state, it will rise again
This post was made by: Ulm Gang
EUIV for life
_It's ULM TIME_
Ulm
Einstein is from ULM 🙃
"Cultural differences in Germany aren't that big"
Bruh when I (living in Cologne) visited my friend in Berlin last week we fought about how to say the time.
Not even mentioning the Berliner/Pfannkuchen/Krapfen debate.
Warst du bei ostberlinern? Dreiviertel nach 10 xD
Und wir Mecklenburger können mit eurem Karneval und dem sogannten Bier (Kölsch) leider gar nix anfangen... Aber wir mögen die Rheinländer trotzdem, die sind halt viel gemütlicher als wir.
@@ratatosk8935 Ich als gebürtiger Sauerländer kann mit diesem sogenannten Bier auch nicht viel anfangen aber die Leute hier sind halt super.
Krapfen
Can we agree on "Frikadelle"?
11:57 Small correction. The danish minority is actually in Southern Schleswig which is in the north of the state Schleswig-Holstein.
Welcome to Schleswig Holstein, Where up is down, down is up, Northsea is to the west and the Eastsea (Balticsea) is... wait... IT IS IN IT´s CORRECT PLACE?! CHANGE THE NAAAME
@@Drache191200
It's all relative :-P.
@@Drache191200 Also interesting maybe is, the the Bavarians say, they would go down to us, because of down from the hills. If we got to Bavaria, we wolud say, we go down to them, because of seeing it down from north to south... By the way - I'm just a neighbour of S-H, living in M-V. Still wandering, why a northern german state would include Brandenburg and NRW...
@@ratatosk8935 Because it is East Germany, just like Mecklenburg-Vorpommern too!
about the cultural difference part: most of germany's stereotypes actually come from Bavaria, e.g. the Oktoberfest
Tbh i have heard more extremely hateful stereotypes against basically anyone. The East is too unreligious, the Bavarians are primitive peasents, the Saarländer have to much incest, Saxon sounds horrific all such bullshit that disunites our country.
@@pomeranianproductions647 My Grandma once flipped out when she heard heard her daughter, my aunt, dated a guy from the neighboring village... the fucking neighboring village. And the funny thing is, she herself wasn't even from anywhere near that general area.
And for the others this becomes annoying sometimes, as I don‘t like to hear a stereotype that has nothing to do with my own region, we are not all bavarians 🤣
@@lemasander4932 Franke oder Schwabe?
@@withoutOntos weder noch 😅 Nordlicht
„Lusatia” is an area where Sorbs - an aboriginal Slavic nation - live. Sorbs themselves might be quite interesting topic for next video.
Good idea!
@@General.Knowledge if you’d need any help with that, just let me know.
Hier in der Lausitz sind die Sorben eine Minderheit. Leider sterben diese aber so langsam aus. Eher wird es sein, das wir Schlesier unabhängig werden.
These are Serbs lost on their way to Balkans ;)
@Pax Sarmatica Du solltest auch mal über Grenzen hinweg sehen können. Die Schlesier in Polen haben solche Bestrebungen. ;)
There are a Lot of culture diffrents in germany
The different types of potato salad alone are proof of this and often a reason for argument. Everyone claims that their potato salad is the only true and correct one. :-P
yes, Türkisch und Deutsch
tomika2700 Davon war hier nicht die Rede!
Bayern und alle anderen. LOL
@@siralfred3433 BRD -> Bayern und Rest Deutschland, so war das doch oder?
Everyone speaks high German .. there are Dialekts but everyone can speak high German to communicate
Aus Erfahrung kann ich dir wiedersprechen! 😂
Imo ist das oftmals abhängig vom Bildungsgrad und ob man in Deutschland bisschen rumkommt oder nur in seiner kleinen Ecke lebt ^^'
@@Densema Ja aber 98% waren wohl in der Schule und haben dort Lesen und Schreiben gelernt
Da hat jmd die Sachsen vergessen😂
sag das den Bayern vom Land... oder den Thüringern vom Land oder den Sachsen vom Land oder jedem älteren Deutschen vom Land
Hesse & Thuringa: exist
General Knowledge: new number who dis?
3:47 Bavaria is presented a little too huge, a chunk of Baden-Würtemberg has been stolen
I love how you pronounce Stadtstaaten and Flächenstaaten😂
Completely wrong but awesome.
3:40
Scheint als sei die königlich-bayerische Armee mal wieder in Baden-Württemberg eingefallen
Natürlich, wir brauchen mehr Fläche :P
@@fabian5832 like als Berliner 😉 auch weil ich mir sicher sein kann dass Bayern nicht einfallen wird
ich bin hin und hergerissen; einerseits will ich den bayern nichts geben, andererseits ist das schwäbisches gebiet
JA JA JA! HEIL DER KÖNIG FÜR BAYERN!
ICH BIN MIT BAYERN, MEIN LIEBINGSTAAT IN DEUTSCHLAND!
What if german states became independent
Polish corridor: *oof*
Danzig: *oof*
Bohemia: *oof*
Mallorca : *OOF*
*Gdańsk not Danzig
@@VestanPL It's Danzig!
@@zyanego3170 No Gdańsk is in Poland so now the whole world is obliged to pronounce that in polish version
@@VestanPL No It's still Danzig
Gdansk ist a copied word
@@zyanego3170 sorry you are wrong. These two names for the city where both used for the city, because germans and poles lived in this area togther (sometimes more, sometimes less peacefull) Today you should call it gdansk, if you are not refering to a historical context. :)
Ultimate Bruh-Moment as a German:
I was standing next to two dudes in Berlin and was wondering what language they speak. Needed like 10min to realise 'fml this is the Bavarian accent'..... wellp I'm sorry but I can't understand anyone from the south...
I'm not a native German speaker, but the Bavarian accent almost sounds like a different language to me... and Swiss German does sound like a separate language.
"I don't think Religion should really be a criteria for deviding a land" (12:30) Who else can hear the UK laughing in the background? 😂
And Palestine
@@archstanton6102 The US and Israel are the ones laughing there
Not to mention Bosnia-Herzegovina...
Or Bavaria
@@TheGogeta222 What do you mean?
What sort of weird annexation move has bavaria pulled at 3:40 ?
Dommi1405 The wrong one. Bavaria wants Austria and South Tyrol. ^^
Conquest of Stuttgart, July 2020
It’s the franconian part of Baden-Württemberg, but idk why it’s added to bavaria
@@-blackspell-2062 Franken soll wieder auferstehen
@@kiliwami4086
Die Franken sind die Kurden in Bayern :-P.
What if every Japanese prefecture became independent
so u could invade them, huh?
Oh, supreme leader master Kim Jong-un, i didn't expect you... I'm here to serve your country, your Korea.
It would be the sengoku jidai part 2 eleteric boogaloo
Štefan Solčianský I actually rhought exactly the same lol!
what if koreas united
11:53 The south doesnt speak Low German. Low German is spoken in the north of the north and has some similarities to Dutch
Germany : all states becomes independant
Austria : free real estate
Høh ?!
Dreams.
Austria should join Germany and it could be a Bundesland, too.
Just a joke.
2039 than u should beter join ...
Austria is Germany.
@@mikailaydenizteyukjk230 No Not really ,even Bayern ist very different
Austria should form a new state with Bayern, I think,..there was a proposal for that just after WW2 ...
3:40
Errrr…….
Bavaria seems a bit... _large_ in this image
Greater Bavaria
Its the largest state of germany with about 71000km2
@@marczieske695 Yes, but in this picture this large state got territory whis makes it *larger* than it already was.😅
Schlimme Vorstellung
Well shit, I think the plans of our great and glorious leader Horst Seehofer got leaked somehow .....
13:03 I guess you are talking about the local "minority" of sorbs in Lusatia? They're a really interesting bunch of people. :) They have their own kind of religion with their own habits, clothes and even their own language!
During my entire childhood I lived in Lusatia. So if you are interested about the sorbs and their history, I could tell you a thing or two about them! :)
More interesting video: what if every Holy Roman Empire State was independent
You: What if every german state becomes independent:
Bismarck: Say sike right now
Lmao
Im from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern .. I never knew how difficult it has to be spelled in english xD
great video!
Selbst als Deutsche hab Schwierigkeiten XD. Aber OK. Ich kann auch regiesor aussprechen
German history is my personal favourite, I'd love to see you make videos about it!
I would like to see Videos About German history but i didnt know that the Singles states have such a big GDP
I am from Baden-Württemberg, and I think we would do pretty well. It's funny because many of us already think we should be independent, but the other Bundesländer would never accept that :D
@@sehabel didn't you guys have an independent Kingdom before
Marc Schulz I just want to add:
Bavaria would accept your independence since we also want our freedom from the Northern States. 😂
@@IAmGlutton4Life Not really. There were the kingdom of Württemberg, the grand duchy of Baden and the territories of the Hohenzollern. Baden-Württemberg as it is today was founded in 1952, but the people from Baden were forced to do that, even though they voted against it. By now most people don't want to split BW again, but the conflict is still apparent today.
@@benni_thien Let's cooperate XD
How does the "south german alliance" sound?
I think Austria would like that too, we could build a new middle european superpower.
Fun fact: Saarland was independant briefly after WW2. They even participated in the Olympic games and won a single gold medal as the independant nation of "La Sarre"
General Knowledge:
Hannover is big enough to be a significant capital.
Me, a local from Hannover:
Wait what?!
Well once the German duke of Hanover became King of England so there is that.
Hannover is bigger than Bern, Tallinn or Bratislava, and only slightly smaller than Helsinki, Oslo or Dublin.
From foreigner perspective your city is big believe in that.
The "Plattdeutsch" is spoken in the lower countries, the "Hochdeutsch" was developed in the southern, higer reagions.
The naming is based on the topography.
So Trier and Luxenburg are in flat areas, got it.
*What if Spain's Autonomous communities were independent?*
@@summerfish9320 I know it's simply impossible, but it would be funny to watch a video about it.
*Anarchy*
There would be war i guess
@@marcelcarlito844 no doubt
O hell no, it would be disaster
3:41 Bavaria is kinda too big in this map and has land thats actually in B-W
German states: _become independent_
Bavaria: "Initiate occupation!"
--> Germany is now called Bavaria
:o this will be the fuel of my nightmares now, thanks a lot xD
11:58
Low german is spoken in the north and high german in the south...
Not really, in Hannover they speak High German
Plattdeutsch is basically not spoken anywhere except in a few northern regions. In the south they have their own dialects and even those (for example Austro-Bavarian and Swabian) are all still classified as High German, though they are a group that is not classified as Standard German
@@davidbilgic3108 No. In Hannover they speak Standard German. "High German" is just a confusing translation of "Hochdeutsch", which means Standard German. Oberdeutsch (Upper German), which is spoken in the south, is called High German as well in English. That's the confusion.
@@randomdude2026 All I know is that you can have two or more sentences made up of 100% low german words that's also 100% valid Norwegian (although the pronunciation or spelling might differ a little bit) due to the Hansea trade.
@@davidbilgic3108 Hannover is not North
My dad say everything under Elbe is Bavaria don't go there, to many snobs
I like that you tried to pronounce the German names xD. It was pretty funny for me
What if italy was divided north and south?
I would actually love to see Italy separated into City States as it was before
The north would have a raise in economy and the south would suffer from bad economy.
@Großösterreichisches Reich i am from south :P
Every Württemberger right now: I want my swabia back
Baden-Württemberg is seperated in two. Baden and Württemberg (and Hohenzollern but I wont count that since its very small). The people in Baden dont like the Swabians (Württemberg). In the national anthem of Baden people often dont sing "Frisch auf frisch auf" (fresh on fresh on) but rather sing "Der Schwab muss raus!" (The Swabian has to Go!). So its possible that Baden Württemberg could Break into two.
not only people from Baden don't like Swabians it's also the other side around
Very well done, this video must‘ve really been a lot of work with all that hand drawing, I wonder how long it took you to produce this. You deserve way more attention.
Germany:* gets split in 16 own countries *
Austria:ANSCHLUSSTIME
"North Wine Westphalia."
Cute.
Lol
3:25 fun fact : Saarland is often used in German media as a reference size for areas for example " the oil polluted an area 4 times as big as the Saarland"...
Das Saarland entspricht ca. 1 1/2 Fußballfeldern
Great episode, thank you for your videos and keep on going
Thank you for watching! :)
In Germany we say: „Otto von Bismarck dreht sich im Grab um“
High German is spoken in the south and “flat” German is spoken in the north. The standard German dialect is high German (as in transcending all States). The regional dialects are also split in roughly two (yes), but flat German is spoken in the north due to its flat land and low elevation. Confusingly high German is also the dialect of south Germany because of its high elevation and mountains. Btw high German and high German are two separate dialects.
Still cool video.
I think i found a Perfect quote for this Video:
*_"hey ive Seen this one before!"_*
3:32 Saarland isn't only a german federal state but also a measure for areal comparison: "XYZ has the size of three and a half Saarland." :D
1 Saarland = 359.900,5 Fußballfelder
I was close to come and hit you when you said Bremen could join Lower Saxony, but when you said you think there are no cultural differences I knew you just had no idea… still left a like
Naja, es ist halt ziemlich unsinnig, dass Bremen ein eigenes Parlament hat (bzw. Bürgerschaft oder wie nennt ihr das?). Bremen sollte Teil Niedersachsens werden und der Kampf um den Status als Hauptstadt wird ausgetragen durch Hin- und Rückspiel zwischen dem SV Werner Bremen und Hannover 96. Als Herausforderer wird Bremen zuerst das Heimspiel haben. Ole Werder macht das schon. ;)
Grüße aus Kiel :)
@@pobelix5803 Aber können wir Bremer wirklich ertragen nicht mehr unsere Extra-Würste zu bekommen? Ich glaube nicht ;)
@@jannikmeissner Im Sinne eines "schlanken Staates" werden keine Extrawürste mehr verteilt ;) Wir können auch Niedersachsen, fcking Hamburg, Schleswigholstein und von mir aus auch MV zum Bundesland "Norddeutschland" zusammenfassen. Also tragen SV Werder, HSV / FC St. Pauli als Union (lol), KSV Holstein, Hannover 96 und Hansa Rohrstock die Norddeutsche Meisterschaft unter sich aus und wer in dieser Miniliga letzter wird, muss neue Hauptstadt werden und der Korruption Herr werden. Deal? :D
I would like to see an in deep explanation of the heiliges römisches Reich in Germany. It still get's me confused and I'd like to get more information.
A few notes:
- You forgot Bremerhaven a couple of times in the maps. It's a part of Bremen as you mentioned later.
- There's a bigger difference in language that you might assume. As you mentioned there's plattdeutsch in the north (which differs in between states and even from one village to the next in terms of pronunciation and grammar), hochdeutsch as the main language - and Frisian in Schleswig-Holstein. But one might also mention Bayrisch in Bayern, Danish in Schleswig-Holstein, Sorbisch in Saxony and Brandenburg, and one of the smallest groups called "Saterländisch" (Saterland Frisian) in Lower-Saxony (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saterland_Frisian). Probably still no reason for independence.
- Those independent movements in Saxony and Brandenburg you mentioned at 13:05 actually have to do with language. It's an area where a slavic minority called Sorbs are living. They do have a very distinct culture. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbs)
Interesting video, thanks!
Love the way you say Flachenlander :) not sure i could made a video in English or another European language... nice resume a bit out of plausibility, but a fun one
I am German, and the German States have all very different cultures actually. Also the States hate each other in a friendly way, so I think it would have some conflicts maybe
"Also the States hate each other in a friendly way"
try Speaking bairish in berlin.
aber das Saarland hat doch eine Flagge, war ja auch mal Selbstständig
Das Stimmt. Vielleicht Weiss er es einfach nicht. Frohe 100 Jahre Saarland btw xd
Ja stimmt, das habe ich als erste gedacht
There is a lot of difference in language and culture beyond Germany:
The catholic south and the middle east is far more conservative than the north. In the south the Christ child comes at Christmas, in the north the Santa Claus.
The austro-bavarian language (which is spoken in the south east of bavaria and nearly whole austria) differs more from standard german than norwegian from danish. It has a lot of grammatical perculiarities and even whole letters (like the standard german "ü") don't even exist.
Bavarian is *rly* bizarre and Wikipedia doesn’t rly do justice trying to explain it, tbh.
As a bavarian, I have to debunk your claim, that we dont have the letter ü.
@@MMadesen Welches boarische Wort hod a "Ü"?
München > Minga
müssen > miasn
überhaupt > ibahaput
Pfütze > Wåsserlogga
@@SuperLuigi315 Kommt natürlich wieder drauf an, in welcher Region du bist. In meiner Gegend sagt man
Übahapts und nicht Ibahapts, oder auch Übafahrn und nicht Ibafahrn, oder Übrigns und nicht Ibrigns. Und das ist meines Wissens im größeren Teil Oberbayerns so. Es gibt sicher Gegenden, wo ü wie i ausgesprochen wird. Das ü ist auch sicherlich seltener anzutreffen, als in anderen Dialekten oder im Hochdeutschen, aber das Boarisch generell kein ü hat, ist falsch.
Bro you only have 100K subs? WTF YOUR STUFF IS AMAZING???
Germany: splittet
France: why do I hear boss music?
Brandenburg: laughs in Prussian
for a cultural difference, i can tell you one. the rhineland and saarland regions are very french compared to the rest of germany, as a result of that region going back and forth for millenia
Me: A NEW VIDEO!
Me again: AWESOME!
(You can o so do similray videos with other conutries)
Well of you have discord you should join his and suggest any ideas you have
Link in the description
The moment when Saxony is better than every east german state in any aspect
*happy Green-White noises*
Edit: Me at 8:37 HAAA!
Not that hard tbh with cities Like Leipzig and Dresden and the european version of silicon valley
They're even better in the amount of Nazi's lmao
The moment when Hesse isn't mentioned once in this video.😭
Don't be such a snob like some Bavarians.
@@nuke1863 thanks ^^ you took the comment seriously xD
Very cool video!! Could you do the same one but about Spain 🇪🇸? It would be really interesting!
With the energy there ist to note that Schleswig-Holstein produces 110%-120% renewable, so at that point, were is bad to not have that much coal?
Bavaria would easily have one of the coolest national flags imo
I prefer Bremen. Die Speckflagge ist besser.
While it may be economically possible to split up germany, let's first recover from the last divide.
Just a minor correction: Nearly everyone in Germany speaks Hochdeutsch/high German. Only with their own dialect. Low-German is only spoken sometimes in the northern regions
3:40 Looks like Bavaria took a big bite out of Baden-Württemberg...
A possible split that would sort of make sense would be a "Greater Prussia" federal republic of Northern Germany, a Rhineland state and Bavaria independent because it (roughly of course) corresponds to the main cultural areas in Germany, but i don't see this happen anytime soon.
France, Poland and Austria: it's Free real state
Before watching this video i never knew Germany was THIS rich
Weird flex but okay im still whipping that mercedes
unfortunately, the distribution of the money is the complete opposite of being equal
13:04 this not really independence movment is from a eth ic german slavic minority. They are since long part of Germany and speaks German but they are ethnic slavic but they are not polnish of Czech. They are part of Germany even if they have a slavic culture. This are maybe arround 20.000 of them lifing in this area
Germanoslavs
@@themorebike880 yes you can say so just they are ethnic germans and ethnic slavs witch are not in heritage with Poles and Czechs
@@Cykler770 basically like they mixed in with each other
@@themorebike880 yes in there slavic identity they are northern slavic and western slavic mix images.app.goo.gl/gueqiLSzdyUneUYP9
10:44 I am from Germany and what I can say about that is that there are hugh cultural differences in both northern and southern Germany. Look, I am from Hamburg and we Hamburger and Schleswig-Holsteiner are more like high german-speaking danish people than like westfalians, westfalians themselves are very different to the east germans who’re more like poles. In southern Germany, Bavarians are often called „northern Austrians“ because they’re so similar. Badener and Saarländer are very equal to the Elsass-french-people. Saxons are pretty much their own kind of weird people. Then there is the difference between the accents. Let’s translate the sentence „Hello, my little boy, how are you?“ into the Hamburg accent and then into the „accent“ they speak in Lower Saxony.
A Hamburger would say: „Moin, meen lütten Jung, wie gaddat dir?“
A Niedersachse would say: „Hallo, mein kleiner Junge, wie geht es dir?“
You got this? And, well, in the south it’s even more extreme than in the north and, again, the people of Cologne, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt have the weirdest accents.
„northern Austrians“ Bayern ist Bayern. Österreich (Schluchtenscheißer) haben auch nicht viel mit Bayern zu tun.
I'm really interested in the HRE and how the German states evolved so I'd love a video series about that :)
3:47 Bavaria doesn't look like this
You may not like it, but this is what bavaria at *peak performance* looks like.
Absurd. After the population movements at the end of WW2 Germany is more united than ever before. Regionalism is becoming a thing of the past, only sustained by the old people who still speak with strong accents.
Im not old but im for regionalism, since it gives more opportunities and would help the economy. Smaller independent countries are leaving more freedoms to the people like the German speaking countries Switzerland, Austria or Liechtenstein show
You forgot the 17. state of Germany. It's named Mallorca. 😂
und Österreich
amazing video and research
4:40 Wait, Nuclear is in grey as for coal ?? It is cleaner than wind turbines by CO2/kWh and by Deaths/kWh
I'm from Germany and I can say there are many Cultural differences. For example we from Bavaria have a very alpin culture.
do Italy, Spain and France next
If Bavaria gets independent, they would work with austria.
Austria is more like the lost brother of Bavaria.
Nice Video just one thing low German is mostly spoken in Northern Germany. Its "low" because it is flatter.
Baden Württemberg and Bavaria would be great together I come from Ba-Wü and the dialects and the mindset of these two states are very near to each other. So work, hard get paid and save some money. (WE SAY: Schaffa Schaffa Hàusle baue = Work Work build a house)
So I'm sorry for my bad English but im just good in understanding and not writing.
More interesting would the following question be:
What would Switzerland look like, if Lombardia (IT) Vorarlberg (AT) and Baden-Württemberg (DE) would join as Switzerland as additional cantons.
(those area States are regularly discussing to join Switzerland)
Pretty sure they aren’t. Who told you that Bullshit?