German CULTURE SHOCKS from an American Teen!
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- Here are some more German culture shocks that I experienced living in Germany! If you would like to see my first ever culture shock video here is the link!
• German CULTURE SHOCKS ...
There are so many ways that Germany is different from the United States, including how people dress, act, pay for things, interact with others, etc. I think that these culture shocks are what make traveling so fun and impactful, so hopefully you enjoy this video and learn a bit more about either American or German culture!
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My name is Montana Showalter, and I was a participant of the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange program in 2019-2020. I started my RUclips channel while living in Germany and continue to make videos on German vs American culture. I love finding aspects of German culture in the US as well as producing videos in German as practice! In the future I hope to live abroad again :)
Im Hintergrund “Alles hat ein Ende nur die Wurst hat zwei” 😂😂
Hahahahah geil hab ich gar nicht gemerkt😂😂
"Alles hat ein ende nur die Wurst hat 2 komm auf Tour vorbei TikTak TikTak boom!"
~Bushido
Me, german, wearing an old, black shirt and grey sweatpants: _yeah, we are fashionable_
A man of culture
"Wer (draußen) Jogginghose trägt, hat die Kontrolle über sein Leben verloren!" - Frei nach Karl Lagerfeld
@@KosmoKool und er hat Recht
@@KosmoKool ja und wer auch nur einmal ein deutsches Interview von lagerfeld gesehen hat der weiß dass der Spruch nur ein Witz von ihm war und dass er der Meinung war das die beste Kleidung sie ist in der du sich wohlfühlst.
Einmal mehr als nur die Bild Überschrift lesen wäre angebracht.
@@xxxLUKRASsxxx ich habe 2 Biographien über den Mann gelesen. Vielleicht solltest du mehr als ein pro7 Interview schauen
Most US americans think that the Autobahn is a specific road while in reality it's just the german word for a highway.
I think you mean “interstate”, the multi lane big roads most similar to the autobahn; the “highway” could also mean a major single lane road, e.g. a Bundesstraße.
@@tommay6590 No I mean highway - which is the literal and official translation of Autobahn.
@@HH-hd7nd I have no idea what you mean with “official” but literally??? That would be “Hoch or e Weg” . Legally Highway is a common law term, meaning a road open to everyone. Again I think you mean interstates, or official “interstate highways” in the US.
@@tommay6590 Again, no. Open up a dictionary, type in "Autobahn" and look what the translation is. It's "highway" and not interstate. Other possible translations are motorway or freeway, but NOT interstate.
Interstate refers to roads that are part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. All types of roads can be part of this network, regardless of the actual road design.
There is no equivalent to interstates in Europe; the closest would possibly be the "Europastraßen" - roads that are part of the International E-road network; but Europastraßen are not limited to Germany and have nothing to do with the Autobahn.
100% true 😂
Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung is formal German. In everyday life we say Tempolimit.
Btw: Thank you for sharing your impressions of Germany. I am always surprised how differently Germans and Americans deal with certain things, although we also have lot in common.
Ok ich hab noch nie Tempo Limit gesagt
Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung is the official word you would find e.g. in the StVO. Tempolimit is IMHO a rather new buzzword that the media and news likes to use, e.g. when the question whether they should introduce a general tempolimit on the Autobahn yet again in politics. If you are talking about a specific Tempolimit in everyday use, e.g. you are on the passenger seat and think the driver might have missed the sign, for "Careful, there's a speed limit of 70 km/h here" you would usually say "Vorsicht, hier ist Tempo 70" or even shorter "Vorsicht, hier ist 70".
@@chrisrudolf9839 Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung is the official word & more classic language
Tempo Limit ist more the modern word - and the standard nowadays, in Media & normal slang
And all of the 2 by 2 abbreviations like mofa and shumi (that’s 3 by 2...)
Let's try:
- If there is a traffic sign it shows a "Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung" - lasting for a distance.
- If you talk about "Tempolimit" what happens then should remind you of discussions about the American 2nd amendment in the US. It says a general limit all over the country. There are already Tempolimits in Germany (if not further restrichted by signs): In Villages you are restricted to 50km/h - 31miles, normal streets outside of villages 100km/h - 62miles. Only on the Autobahn you don't have a general limit.
Since Corona, I think cards are used a lot more in stores, though.
Ja wird Zeit
@@dominikkkkkkkkkkkkk Niemals! Nur Bares ist Wahres, ich hoffe in Deutschland bleiben wir beim guten, alten Bargeld, nicht wie in Schweden, wo nahezu 100% mit Karte gezahlt wird...
@@Sansen01 Dann soll eben beides überall akzeptiert werden. Bargeld kostet uns auch sehr viel Geld und ist auch nur bedrucktes Papier.
Bargeld bedeutet Freiheit, denn so kann der Staat nicht kontrollieren was wir wann und wo kaufen.
At the beginning, I used my debit card a lot until I realised that Sparkasse charges 33 cents for each transaction. I've gone back to cash.
I feel like saying things in English just feel less serious in German. When we cuss in English (e.g. saying fuck) we do it mostly for less serious problems. If my house burned down or sth I'd probably say sth like "Scheiße" but not just fuck. It's not only cussing though, I also often tell my German friends "I love you" in English in a more casual way but if I'd had a partner and I wanted to tell them that in a more serious way, I'd say "Ich liebe dich".
Yea our whole generation speaks 2 languages and I love it
Also yes english cuss words are less bad here 😂
I'd say it's more about the way you pronounce it that gives the word a stronger or lesser meaning. Yelling FUCK from the top of your lungs sure as hell wouldn't be considered any less serious than yelling SCHEISSE.
Ich denke die jüngeren Generationen im deutschsprachigen Raum benutzen viel mehr Anglizismen/ englische Begriffe als Leute in vielen anderen europäischen Ländern (außer England/ Irland natürlich)
The reason I used to and still cuss in english most of the time is that I just dont like the sound of german cuss words.
I prefer the french "Scheisse" - "merde". (To us) it sounds much nicer and most people don't know what it means.
the part with the "Apotheken" is mostly correct. yes you have to go to a "Apotheke" to get your medicine, but they also sell a lot of "over the counter" (i think thats the proper term in the US) medicine.. so if you want a simple painkiller like aspirin, ibuprofen or simple cold medicines like cough syrup, wick medinait (nightquil in the US i think) and similar stuff you can get it easily there without prescription and without any explanations why you want it as well...
the reason why "we" sell medicines only in "Apotheken" is because the people who sell that stuff have to have knowledge about the things they sell. their job is it to tell you about possible side effects, tell you about the proper dosage and also tell you if the medicine you buy might have any influence on other medicine you might be taking like don't mix medicine A with medicine B because of....
Most medicine in Germany is labeled as "apothekenpflichtig", i.e. only "Apotheken" are allowed to sell them. The thought behind this is that their staff have a solid knowledge in pharmaceutics and can give advice to their customers.
Another label is "verschreibungspflichtig". These are drugs that can only be obtained with a prescription from a doctor.
I really hope those "Apotheken" are open on Sundays.
@@WhiteRussianBC Usually not. But they take turns in providing emergency services during the usual closing hours. At any Apotheke you will find a sign with the address of the nearest one that is open during the night or on Sunday.
@@WhiteRussianBC yeah in case you have a case of lethal headache or cold.. we don'T want people to die from that.. also yes, there are emergency apothecaries on sundays... but i never needed to get medicine on sunday in my life... just like i was always able to do my groceries before sunday..
@@WhiteRussianBC an american tries to talk health care with a german or european.. how cute.. 🤣 do some research and then come back... hilarious xD but hey thanks for feeding into the american stereotype.. 😂
anyways: i am happy for you that even in the US insurances at least pay for some medications without huge co-pays 😂😂😂
lol there might be a few things americans *might* be able to boast about, but health care? lol you have to be careful before you make me laugh so hard that i end up dying...
im 27 years old and the strongest painkiller (outside hospital) ive ever taken is an aspirin
it genuinely shocked me in my early teens how much painkillers are used in the US
And now there's an epidemic of drug abuse... may be related lol.
Yes, painkillers can lead to an addiction really fast. One shouldn't take then too often
Me adult teeth (Weisheitszähne) needed to be removed and that was the biggest pain I've ever expirienced. After the treatment they gave me Iboprofen 1000mg and Fuck, I was a fucking Zombie the whole time!
@@apusupa738 Und jetzt wenn ich schmerzen habe und zum arzt gehe bekomme ich nichts was wirklich wirkt. Totally scheisse! Ich verstehe natuerlich warum Aerzte nichts starkes verschreiben aber mein Koerper wird nicht Suechtig!
@@pilotlars es wird wahrscheinlich Leute geben, die so süchtig sind, dass sie Schmerzen vortäuschen/ sich absichtlich verletzen, um die stärkeren Medikamente zu bekommen. Sucht kann einen ziemlich benebeln (starke Medikamente machen auch in gewisser Weise high). Vll ist das der Grund? Oder das Risiko, süchtig zu werden, ist halt echt zu groß.
The last point with the clothing I found really interesting. Could you please make a video especially about fashion differences? Maybe pick out 3 different outfits you used to wear in Germany and 3 ones from the US. That would be so interesting!
the one thing I'm aware of is that it's a lot more common in the US to wear sports clothes than in Germany. There's even a name for this fashion style: athleisure.
6:50 putting the grocerys on the conveyer belt faster then the cashier scans them was something I "trained" since I was a kid. helping to empty the cart was a fun activity as a kid. I'm still speedy now 🤣.
Teach me! I’m still so slow at this and I panic every time I have to do large grocery shopping.
@@timefliesaway999 Setup:
One hand over the cart and one hand over the belt.
Technique :
With the first hand take out something from the cart put it in your second hand and put down the item while simultaneously grabbing a new one with the other hand. By doing this you don't need to move your whole body which is slow but you just do fast hand movement.
Tip :
Focus on the cart. The position you grab something changes while the position you put something down doesn't. If you are to slow and the belt is moving faster than you can put something down don't try to move forward, leave a gap.
When the position to put something down moves father back then you are faster than the cashier congratulations.
everybody raise your hand, if you even put things onto the counter in the order you want to pack them - heavy stuff first and such.. that's probably as german as it gets. besides writing your shopping list in the order of items stacked at your route throughout the market.. ;)
*raises hand*, because its smart, it saves time and makes packing much easier. also i love playing tetris, with the stuff i bought^^.
Is there another way to do it? Everything else is just more work. And I am lazy. So being as efficient as possible makes my life easier :D Oh, and yes to both. The order on my list matches the pickup point in the market and I put the big and heavy stuff first and chips always at last :)
My thoughts...
Germans don't have time 🤣
@@littlescully3637 for sure none to spend in queues at the grocery store.. ;)
I went grocery shopping with my friends lately and they would just pack things somehow! Without order! It was terrible. 😂😂
Cussing is the same in Denmark. Using English cuss words is not considered nearly as bad as cussing in Danish. Also about using cash, at least for some people it's a question of privacy. If you payvwith card or some electronic method of payment the authoritises can easyly discover where and for what, you spent yor money.
you are right with both the cussing and the cash.. for many germans paying cash is also about privacy.. when using cards organizations just get to much information.. not only what you bought, but they are able to create whole movement profiles if they want to like: oh at 9:33 a.m he bought a coffee at starbucks at this place in street XYZ, 2 hours later he bought a sandwich in the employee cafeteria of the intel headquarters, at 5 p.m. they bought another coffee at the starbucks place... with these 3 purchases they already know where i work, when i probably leave the house and when i am back on my way home again... a few more daily purchases and they can have a perfect movement profile
germans are not very found of that idea, partly because of our past (nazi germany) and the way such data might be abused if the government turns evil again: "oh the data indicates this dude might be gay, let's send some "police" to check it out...."
we say "gottverdammte Scheisse"
@@crappiefisher1331 yeah. I like the reference to Hungary and Polen btw
@@stefanb2416 Schietkram
Hi Montana, speaking of culture shocks maybe an idea for a future video: After staying for some time in Germany with your host family, did you develop into some of the German or European habits? Maybe you didn't notice yourself in the beginning but were told by your parents or friends when coming back to the US that on specific situations you are behaving or acting differently then they do. Would for sure be an interesting topic.
Apotheke: I don't see why it's harder to get prescription-free drugs in an Apotheke. Just tell them what you want. If it's prescription-free, they'll give it to you. Or tell them what you want them for (e.g. "I have a headache") And they will tell you the options they can sell. It's the closest you can get to customer service in germany ;) Sure, you can't get Ibuprofen 600 without an prescription. You'll need to see a doctor for that. Which is no problem, since there's public healthcare in germany, mandatory even. And maybe that's why we don't have an opioid crisis.
My adult teeth (Weisheitszähne) needed to be removed and that was the biggest pain I've ever expirienced. After the treatment they gave me Iboprofen 1000mg and Fuck, I was a fucking Zombie the whole time! Only laying on my bed admiring the wallpainting.
@@MadMusicNerd I've had a similar experience. After the operation my tooth got sore. The probably was the worst pain I had. The next day I went back to the clinic and they put an ointment on there and it quickly got better.
Getting anything beyond ibuprofen is pretty hard in Germany. Maybe except for Codein which (while being prescription only) is given out by some doctors in case of a bad cough.
And you perfectly described why we have those shops, to stop people from buying stuff out of convenience
As someone who works in a German Supermarket (not a Discounter) I am not timed, however I still go decently fast, so the customer can clear the checkout area in their time. If i would go slow and they would be in a hurry i would just waste their time. If you are not, just take your time and that's fine. If the next customer just has a single item or two I might already scan them and let them pay while you are still packing, but you don't have to feel rushed because of that. It's again about respecting their time and they won't need the packing space since they just got an item or two. It's different for Discounters, however they usually have a designated area for packing your stuff right after the register, so you are expected to just put stuff back in your cart/basket and then go there to put it in your bags.
In US supermarkets the cashiers and other employees are not allowed to sit and must stand while working. In Europe I see stools for supermarket cashiers.
@@jimjungle1397 I mean, that ist true, but i never claimed that it's different and it isn't even relevant regarding my comment
@@IvanTKlasnic It was just a difference I've seen, talking about supermarkets.
Lidl and Aldi staff get a good rate of pay but each job is timed. Staff are expected to always be working effectively and that includes clearing a checkout queue quickly.
Cussing… I think that maybe Americans don’t cuss less, you just use substitute words, like “dang” or “friggin” “oh my gosh”.
So you pretend not to cuss, but you do really.
Even the word "cuss" is a substitute. It's kind of adorable.
@@tuschman168 I wasn’t sure about that, but I did suspect it. ^^
... I hate though how that US puritan mindset has invaded German media. The whole idea of bleeping out swearing or apologizing for (for example) athletes using "strong language" comes from the anglosphere and is just ridiculous.
@@Sp4mMe
Is this a thing on German TV now? I wouldn’t have noticed, I don’t have a TV set anymore. ^^
@@3.k Ha. I don't either, but I do watch the occasional stream of something. So, yes. I wouldn't be able to judge at what stage we are (dunno, maybe there's some indepth study about it somewhere) but it feels like that mindset has taken over TV productions over the last decade.
In my school it was actually kind of forbidden to wear jogging trousers since it made the students look like they don't care about what was happening :D Granted, it didn't stop all stundents from wearing jogging trousers but it was actually written down in our school rules :D
Apotheken: It isnt that you need a reason to get medication. The cashiers and especially the pharmacist just make sure that you dont run into problems by combining medication that shouldnt be combined, that you know how to use the medication and that you get the medication you need. Thats especially true with prescribed and or custome medicine.
Cashiers: I am one at Lidl. We are that fast because its part of the concept. By having faster cashiers you need less cashiers, less registers and less space. So you have lower costs and can provide lower prices to customers. If you bring a bag and try to fill it while at the check out, youve already lost and youre holding up traffic :D Just toss the stuff into your cart like everyone else and youre good to go. At Aldi they seem to have a boot camp where the cashiers learn how to scan fast and stack items for the customer. Also we can scan slower but only for people who cant go faster, if youre young and agile, speed up or get to EDEKA :D
Autobahn: The best regulation is about the straightness of the autobahn. Basicly its not to allowed to be straight but has to have a certain radius, thats makes it easier to stay away and judge distances and speed differences. Really important stuff if youre overtaking someone thats over 62mph slower than you.
Also before driving on the Autobahn learn six things.
1. The gaspedal wants to be pressed and an engine is build to rev, please accelerate with determination and not like you just happen to become faster.
2. The rear view mirror is your friend. Checked it regular and often so youre not surprised by cars overtaking you.
3. Keep your distances, dont end up in another ones wreckage.
4. Rettungsgasse
5. Rettungsgasse
6. Rettungsgasse. Just google it, its important, safes lifes and is even easier than enjoing a cold beer on a sunny summer afternoon.
7:57 Meistens benutze ich das Wort Tempolimit und nur ganz selten das Wort Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung. Holy shit mir fällt beim schreiben gerade auf wie lang das ist.
Übertreiben wir es doch mal. Machen wir einfach Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungsaufhebungsschild oder elektronische Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungsanzeigetafel da raus. :D
@@hamster1412 Das ist nochmal ein ganz anderes Kaliber 😂
@@hamster1412
Oder noch einfacher:
Elektronische Schilderbrücke
Automatische Schilderbrücke
Nebenher ein schönes Beispiel für Montanas ersten Punkt: englische Schimpfwörter im Deutschen 😏.
@@wtsalive8210 Es geht ja darum ein abstruses Wort zu schaffen was zwar einen Sinn hat aber nicht im alltäglichen genutzt wird. So was wie Kugelschreiberminenrückholfeder. Stahlseilspannungsvorrichtung oder Universalschraubenaufnahmeset. Wörter die halt einfach nur bescheuert sind. :D
i love how she made me laugh and made this videos feels like 2 direction conversation, and im not american or germany but this is so hilarious and enjoyable
At around 6:51 you mentioned the fast paced cashiers in Stores like Lidl or Aldi and you wondered why they scan the Items that fast. The reason for the fast scanning is basically that these cashiers are monitored on their scans per minute specifically in Lidl and Aldi stores, because they want their stores to be as timely efficient as possible to generate more Money. I was actually directly told that by a cashier in an Aldi store.
Thank you for the new video, Monatana! 👍
As a German you often think that cashiers are so slow in Germany :-)
Not at Lidl, They are trained to be fast.
@@wolfgangpreier9160 all discounters train their employees to work as fast as they can. You often times hear it also about ALDI in US or so, but I don't think that there is a high difference.
@@petergrabner624 Then Billa and Spar are no discounters, even when they are most of the times actually cheaper then Lidl or Hofer, just Penny is so cheap with so little quality, i rather drive to hungary to a tesco. Thats ok, we got the time.
But that's not because they are going to slow. Right? Most of the time it's because someone in front of you and that someone could be talking to that cashier and slowing them down exactly when you are in a hurry.
@@florentinenice9146 exactly
Loved the video, and I think it would be interesting if you could talk more about the differences in fashion between the US and Germany 😊
“Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung” is the official term, while “Tempolimit” is rather colloquial, but also a catchier word that is used by the media whenever they’re talking about the topic.
I've never ever heard anybody speaking of "Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung". :-) That's probably reserved to law texts, authorities etc.
@@denisb6718
I thought the same. Then I searched the internet for it, and I found that the StVO (Straßenverkehrsordnung) uses “zulässige Höchstgeschwindigkeit” and “Geschwindigkeitsbeschränkung.” 😀
@@denisb6718 Greetings from Mr. Nobody.
Exactly. It's legalese vs everyday language.
That's quite interesting. I would never use the term "Tempolimit". I would go for "Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung". But maybe it depends on the region?
Well done Video. Best regards from hannover, the capitol of lower saxony, germany
A short Clip from your 'Aldi in US - Video' was in a report in german MDR-TV last week.
I started to cuss in english, because back in the day my parents forbade me to swear (in german). I also love some polish, russian, italian and slovenian swear words. 😂
Have a nice Sunday.
A lot of smaller stores (family owned) don't have a card terminal. Don't expect a local bakery, butcher, café or sometimes even restaurants (though restaurants will usually have a sign if it's cash only) to be able to process card payments. Even if they do offer card payments, it's usually debit card only (no credit card).
We even use tempolimit more often than geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung. The latter you only hear in driving schools :-) mostly we even just say "tempo 50"
7:32 And there is another limitation: A car must fulfil certain requirements if you want to use it in road traffic. According to the "Straßenverkehrsordnung" (road traffic regulations), it is forbidden to use a formula one racing car in road traffic.
unfortunately, the employees in the grocery HAVE to do this work so fast as they are told to scan a certain number of articles per minute as part of their daily working condition. There are small differences between several chains but all in all it´s really stressfull for everyone (often enough for germans as well), just to make the store even more profit.
Before scanner checkouts got common, Aldi cashiers were famous to remember all prices by heart, and typing them at a flying pace.
Ich hab vor 20 Jahren bei Aldi gearbeitet, die einzigen Preise die wir kennen mussten waren für Obst/Gemüse und Aktionsartikel. Jeder andere Artikel im Laden hatte ein 3 Stellige Nummer, die wurde in die Kasse eingetippt, nicht der Preis! Das waren damals über 900 Artikel , ich bekam einen dicken Katalog mit Fotos und den Nummern, die ich lernen musste bevor ich auch nur in die Nähe der Kasse durfte.
Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung is just more formal than Tempolimit, but we defenetly use both
'Tempolimit' is more commonly used than 'Geschwinigkeitsbegrenzung' however 'Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung' is more formal
I know your fingers hurt from typing sooo many letters there 😂
I love your videos and rn i'm trying to learn german on my own til later for schoool.
I'm used to saying Tempolimit or in a more colloquial setting we like to just say "Tempo" [30,50,70,100,120,130]
Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung is the more formal, legal name
I am shocked: What would a young girl need such a bag of medication for?
I live in the Netherlands and many of my Dutch friends haven't held cash in months. It's really mainly Germany that loves cash
There are sections of the Autobahn in Germany that indeed do not have speed limits but there are many other highways and roads in and around the towns/villages that have a speed limit and usually a camera will take your picture and send you a ticket in the mail as opposed to being pulled over.
yes! I never realized how common camera-tickets are in Germany!
I remember times (omg i'm so old) where cashiers especially @Aldi be proven all 3 Month upon her knowledge of prices (no pricetags on the goods) and the speed they TYPE in it into the cashbox.
Damn, how dirty must the US be, if you think Germany is clean?
Rubbish is picked up more frequently.
One of the cleanest cities I've been to is Seattle. Was in the mid 90s though...
Hey Montana,
I just wanted to let you and others know that you CAN take your time at the Kassenband or the cash register. Germans are used to "get in and get out" but you will be treated with kindness if you need more time. I love your channel, please keep up the work :)
Tempolimit is more used in daily speech, Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen is a word more official/formal :)
btw most people I know here in northern Germany just say speedlimit ( yes for us germans it is a single word ;-) ) Tempolimit they normally use when a party here wants a general speed limit on our Autobahn and that is a controverse discussed topic here.
Thank you for that entertaining video and I hope you have a warm welcome being back here in good old Germany soon!
I use both, Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung and Tempo-Limit. They can be used interchangeably, but I believe that I see and hear Tempo-Limit more in general discussions about introducing a general tempo limit on our highways and Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung more in most other cases and especially in official documents like speeding tickets. Also, both words are somewhat cumbersome, so I actually use neither very often. I'd say things like "Hier ist 60."
I think that Tempolimit is definetly more popular than Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung, because it's obviously much shorter :D
FYI: Dollar coins exist in the US. They are still produced and available from the US Mint, however since 2011 there are no longer minted for general circulation. They are still legal tender should you have some (although many cashiers have likely never seen them).
7:55
"Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung" is very formal and used by police, or when you get a ticket. In a conversation you use "Tempolimit" or just "Geschwindigkeit".
For example when you ask 'Welche Geschwindigkeit ist hier?' you mean 'what speed limit is here?'
Or you just say (and this is the most used form) 'Hier ist 120', (just the number of the speed limit), what means 'The speed limit here is 120'
danke!
Die Richtgeschwindigkeit beträgt auf dt. Autobahnen 130 km/h. Ein generelles Speedlimit gibt es hier nicht.
@@blade7826 Es gibt in Deutschland generell keine Geschwindigkeitsbeschränkung auf allen Straße mit zwei Fahrspuren in jeder Richtung und auf Straßen, deren Fahrbahnen für die unterschiedlichen Richtungen durch bauliche Maßnahmen getrennt sind (§3 StVO).
Bearbeitung: Paragraph der StVO hinzugefügt.
Das Wort aus der StVO (Straßenverkehrsordnung) §3 lautet: Geschwindigkeitsbeschränkung. Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung ist eine Einrichtungen in Fahrzeugen, die eine höhere Geschwindigkeit nicht zulassen, entweder durch eine Tempomateinstellung oder durch einen Begrenzer, der eine höhere Geschwindigkeit -- meistens 25 km/h -- nicht zulässt.
We also use tempo limit instead of Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung
Yes,the word "Tempolimit" is probably used as much if not more than "Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung"
The speed of the Lidl cashier goes me also on the biscuit
Im germany you really can say both: tempo limit AND geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung :)
70% of the autobahn in Germany are no tempo limit. And tempo limit is important in case of constructions, danger and noise regulation.
"Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung" is the official technical term.
"Tempolimit" is how you would call it in a normal conversation.
It is like "Handy" which is officially a Mobiles Funkfernsprechgerät.
So, we have long official words, but for practical purposes we use shorter words...
In Aldi they scan it so fast, because they have to scan ~55 products per minute. But thats not in every supermarket
Bloody Bastard with a thicc london accent is my favorite saying
I personally use Tempolimit instead of Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung for the simple reason that it's easier to pronounce 😂
If the supermarket check out is too fast for you just take your time, they will wait lol
Hm, if you compare cash vs card, you‘ll find that cash has lot of pros:
- it doesn‘t take energy to pay, which makes it more robust and environment-friendly, too
- you don‘t need a company that handles the transaction and takes its share for that service, so it‘s cheaper for me as customer
- it‘s anonymous - I don‘t want more people to know what I bought than necessary
I'm in favor of paying cash myself. But be careful with the energy argument. Cash has to be produced and is transported regularly. The stores don't keep that money. Just considering the act of paying at the checkout is shortsighted.
Das mit der Energie ist Quatsch, Bargeld muss auch erstmal hergestellt werden und wird ständig von A nach B transportiert, das kostet sehr viel Geld, nur ist unser Geldsystem so aufgebaut, dass diese ganzen Gebühren die durch Bargeld entstehen eben die Bank zahlt bzw. die Händler. Bargeld ist also nicht umweltfreundlicher. Allgemein könnte das Zahlen mit Karte viel viel billiger sein als das Bargeldsystem, nur wollen das die Deutschen nicht. In Deutschland ist Innovation unerwünscht.
The superiority of cash can currently be seen in the flooding areas, when suddenly there is no electricity or internet….
@@tommay6590 Ich glaube die haben gerade andere Probleme. Und deswegen sollte man weiterhin bargeldloses Bezahlen ausbremsen?
@@dominikkkkkkkkkkkkk nein man sollte es nur als Ergänzung und nicht als Ersatz verstehen. Das gilt für vieles was in den letzten Jahren so “digitalisiert” wurde. Leider sieht man erst im Katastrophenfall wie wichtig analog ist.
Tempo limit is the casual expression. It's widely used though.
i usually say tempo limit if its just with friends
7:48
You can totally use "tempo limit". It's a bit more in formal and I would say it's weirder to say "Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung" in the every day life...
Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung ist das schwer auszusprechende deutsche Wort, aber jeder sagt einfach „Tempo-Limit“, was das gleiche heißt, aber leichter auszusprechen ist. Tempo ist das lateinische Lehnwort für Geschwindigkeit, genauso wie Limit für Grenze oder Begrenzung steht (kommt auch aus dem Lateinischen: limes, limitis)
Tempolimit is shorter and easier to say. I am from Berlin, lived in Frankfurt, and cologne, and often visit friends in Dresden, also by times in Hamburg, or frankonia. That's six states, and everyone I know says "Tempolimit" in daily life. I just read "Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung", when I get a formal speeding ticket. 😅
good to know 😂!
I am a native German living in Germany and I don't say "Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung". While driving I simply see a limiting sign and I think to myself "Oh, da ist ein 100er Schild" (Oh, there's a 100 sign), things like these ...
"Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen" or "Lichtzeichenanlage" are words used in administration offices pointing out their intellectual and legal meaning. You get a letter from the administration telling you that you were photographed while you were driving too fast and they use these 30 letter words ... ;-)
The Autobahn is a VERY well designed road system. Like our interstate system, but better. Our interstate system is based on the Autobahn, but not as well implemented.
Living in medium sized city (113k) I never use coins or cash in general, only for parking and I have 1€ in my car for the shopping cart at the grocery stores.
"Alles hat ein Ende nur die Wurst hat Zwei!"
Devinitiv Tempo-Limit!!! Grüße :D
You should have mentioned the difference between over-the-counter medicine and prescription medication.
you're right! hopefully people see this comment
over-the-counter means that you can grab the medicine and check out without providing reason for your purchase whereas prescription medication required a doctor or someone to write a note to the pharmacy requesting the medication!
I would definitely use Tempolimit in regular conversation but in a letter from the police they would never use that and rather use Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung.
Tempolimit is used. "Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung" definitely is not used in everyday language, more of a formal word. Same as "Zollgliedermessstab", we just say "Zollstock" (interestingly enough despite we all use the metric system, "Zoll" = inch).
That's why we say 'Meterstab' instead of 'Zollstock'. At least were I live ..
I’d say nobody would use Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung in a conversation or so, we definitely would use Tempolimit. But do u know about the Richtgeschwindigkeit on German Autobahnen ? Even there where’s no Tempolimit there’s always the Richtgeschwindigkeit of 130 km/h like a orientation how fast to drive 😅
Yes, and if you drive faster and have an accident that could have been prevented if you had driven 130 km/h, then you have to pay for the Damage yourself. Otherwise, the insurance will pay. (As long as you're still alive, though)
@@theunseenseelie3490 Rly ? Wusste ich gar nicht haha
She would get a second culture shock, if she visited my hometown, Berlin. 😂😂😂
What would you say the major differences are in Berlin and for instance southern Germany where Montana lived?
@@rickycoker5830 😂 First thing, I thought, way money.
For example is the average income in the city state Berlin less, than half as high, as in Munich, the capital of Bavaria.
I don't know, where exactly she lives. Is it in Bavaria?
But even if not, Bavaria is the richest state of Germany, and Baden-Würtemberg, the second southern state, is the second richest state of the federation of sixteen.
But can you tell me, in which state she lives? - And if in Bavaria, then wheater in the Bavarian, or in the frankonian part, which is even also different in itself.
Beside the money, which makes a huge difference to lifestyle, and what kinds of Germany I meet, when I am abroad, also to the image of Germany abroad, since it's usually southerners, who can afford going abroad, and travelling a lot, while the other Germans usually just visit the country neighboring their state, or, like the way poorer north, and east Germans, who stick to holidays within Germany, which, as not many foreigners seem to know, don't only got mountains, but also beaches, since it's attached to the Baltic sea, which we call the eastern sea, and Atlantic Ocean, which we call the northern sea.
Which brings us to another difference. Both southern states also have a northern part of the Alps in them, which ain't just hilly, but mountainy, with the highest mountain being 2962 meters tall, let's say 3000.
Berlin is located in the north German flatlands. The only "mountain" we got, we call the "devils mountain", and is artificially built, made of war debris, which we got plenty of, since, you know, some of our ancestors went full total war, and stuff. 😅 So we made a "mountain" out of what we cleaned up after, and that's our only one. It's just 120 meters tall. I bet, southerners would not even call it a mountain. We even got buildings, taller, than that, in Berlin, nowadays, but still didn't change its name to "devils hill". So let's see it as a bad joke, with reference to darker times. 😛
Beside that, in short, the architecture, a lot. - Not only in the western part, while Berlin was the capital of the Prussian kingdom, once, and Munich, for example of the Bavarian kingdom, while Baden-Würtemberg, it's neighbor, was two kingdoms,,United into one state, now. So each of us got little differences in architecture, as well, also influenced by different religion, as the north always was protestant, and the south chatolic. Our churches are built differently, less fancy, just simple, as we don't wanna flex in front of god, or the period, but just serve, or something. - Except of in the eastern part. They are atheists, now, since the Soviets occupied east Berlin, and east Germany, and saw religion as dangerous, and got rid of it. And even thirty years after unification, and hundreds of years after the religious wars, in which the chatolics tried to rechatolize the north by war, and failed, it's still like that.
So also belief, and religion is different.
You even hear that in the language.
They greet By saying "greet god", down there. We just say "hello/good day", for example.
Also diversity. We got, like 14% of people with foreign origin here in Berlin, second after Frankfurt in central Germany. The south ain't close to as diverse, than that. And by the split history of the town, you see soviet architecture in the east, and Prussian architecture, mixed with modern western architecture in the west. So you can travel to eastern Europe, by just taking the metro, or something. You even still see the split from space, at night, as both sides still use their original street light colour, which is different. West is rather white, east yellowish.
Beside that, language, since we speak a different dialect, up here, but while they rather still speak it in east Berlin, but with a little different tonation, than in west, which might not be a surprise, after a split By a line on the map, for 45 years, and a split By a wall with manned shooting towers, automatic machine guns, sharp dogs, and minefields, which literally killed people, trying to cross it. Decades even made the people from east and west sound different, a little. But when speaking the local dialect, we can still understand each other, but not the, Bavarians, and other way around. - To communicate with each other, we use the high German, we all learned in school, with a local accent.
Also we dress differently, have a different life style, and I got the feeling, they got more people with black hair, in the south. - Which might be, cause it was part of the Italian Roman imperious, till 1500 years ago, and, while we mixed with Slavic people, up here, in the north, and west Slavic is even S protected language, here, as we got native Slavs, which they ain't got down there, and is a different culture, agai, they ain't got, they probably mixed with Italians, in the past. I mean, we didn't kill them all, when we conquered west Rome, took over, United our new kingdoms in France, and Italy to the first German imperium (Reich), we called the holy Roman emporium by German nation, then, and was the only one, we had, which really lasted for a thousand years, but just took on the Christian religion, firstly in francs, to make it easier, to rule over Christians, and...ruled them. So I would not be surprised, if them Italians stayed, after being conquered, and kept on mixing, bringing more black hair into the south.
Usually Germans are brown haired.
Just about eight percent got blond hair. Most you meet have fake blond hair, as even here it's fashion, to dire the hair blonde. 😜
The Scandinavians, which are a different ethnic, Vikings, not Germanic, they got 80% natural blondes.
Anyways. What else is different? The night life, as we mostly party to techno, while being one of the two techno capitals of Germany, beside Frankfurt.
Everybody here says, fuck folks music. But they seem to like it. - You might see them enjoying it at the October fest, which is a Bavarian thing, and ain't happening over here in Berlin.
They got one liter beer mugs, we got half a liter beer glasses, drink different beer, have a different cuisine, over all. That white sausage, bretzels, and sweet mustard stuff, for example, is a Bavarian thing. Here we got curry sausage, meatballs, we call buletten, and other stuff.
Also politics are different.
Berlin is more leftist, and green in general. Except of the forgiveness some reason more far right Eastern outskirts, or economically liberal southern Berliner rich peoples areas.
They are more Christian democratic, and conservative in the south.
Also the drug policy is different.
We got areas for the dealers to sell stuff, where police don't bother them, to keep stuff more under control, than letting it slide into the underground. Also it's OK to have up to 15 Gramm's of weed on oneself for own use, as long it's in a single bag. If it's in different bags, police would assume, you would be up to sell it illegally, and take it from you.
In Bavaria they got zero tolerance policy, which means, you get problems with the po-po, if you even got half of a gram in a joint you are about to smoke, or some, while police would just smile, and move on, here, when they see you lighting one up, and don't look, like, you move cocaine...outside of the special zones for dealing. 😂😂😂😂
There the state gov set the rule, that police, no matter, how small an amount is, have to go after one.
Here, in the north, in berlin, the local state gov set it up, so police should not have to spend time on going after small amounts of drugs, or such, and can just leave one alone, minding more important stuff.
Long time ago, that I was in Bavaria, last time, but I don't remember having seen people openly selling drugs in parks, or in specific streets down there, but here there are areas, in which you can see stuff, like that, and the mayor ain't just OK with that, but announced, which areas are meant for it, while anyone, who would do it anywhere else, would be gone after, for sure.
And indeed that brought more peace, more control, and stuff, than the no tolerance policy to Bavaria, in which people still do shit, but just hidden, of the mayor, we had before this one.
Yeah, maybe I forgot some, but is that different enough for you, already? 😄😄😄😄
Ah, and since we got less money here, and berlin state is big in depths, while rich ass Bavaria is shitting money, our roads are more fucked up, if you leave representative tourist and gov areas, their roads are a dream I enjoy any time I drive through Bavaria, even while I would not wanna live there. - But driving through it is really nice, through the landscape, and roads as much in shape, to barely having speed limits.
While here usually even if there could be no speed limit, there are usually signs, that the road is too fucked up, and one should just drive 120, or even 80, which is annoying while travelling longer distances. 😄
And Berlin is more dirty. Still some foreighners, like from America, Africa, or Asia, for example, say, it's cleaner, and the air smells better, than where they come from, but till stuff is cleaned up, it needs more time, as gov is more poor, than in the south, and can spend less money on cleaning up, which brings me to another point, but which is like accepted, and part of Berlin, grafitti. Grafitti are everywhere. On houses, trains, any damn trash can, even. Everywhere, in Berlin. In Bavaria, I don't remember having seen barely that much, and many of graffiti.
@@rickycoker5830 Also, while we usually keep multi ethnic, and multinational circles, the Bavarians here in Berlin seem to usually stick together.
IDK, why they leave their homestate, when they still just wanna be around Bavarians, but probably, cause life is cheaper here, who knows? 😄
@@LilBigBriggi thanks for the info fella. learned more by your comment than I've ever known. and you're right in saying most americans associate Germany with octoberfest, dirndls, and the sound of music.(even tho that's Austria, I believe) And I would say most of us are aware of the east/west divide that Berlin was under, "tear down these walls mr. gorbachov" also surprising that the capitol of your country is lacking in infrastructure and repairs money. grafitti is a pet peeve but art on walls is great. also berlins policy on pot seems more sensible than bavaria. the religious divide I had no idea but makes sense cause half of your city was under communist rule so long.
as for montana i'm about 98% sure she lived in a small town in bavaria but can't remember precisely where. thanks again guy. great help and quite informative.
@@rickycoker5830 Nice, thanks for telling me that. 🙂
I gotta go to sleep, and then back to work, but I can maybe say a little more, also regarding you being surprised, of the state of Berlin, in comparison to its country. In Berlin we call our city state "poor, but sexy". And it ain't the poorest town in the world, for sure, but some call it the poorest capital, as it's, if I remember it right, the only capital I'm the world, with a lower average GDP, than the one of its country. 😃
East Berlin was the capital of east Germany. But the totally By a wall surrounded west Berlin was not the capital of the west German federation, we still have, today, since unification wasn't the creation of some new, but just the integration of, what we call, "the new states", nowaday, the socialistic east German Soviet puppet state, which collapsed in 1990(, it still existed after tearing down the Berlin wall, which wasn't the only wall, cause there was another wall at the border between west, and east Germany), while the rest of the soviet union followed in 1992, if I remember it right.
And the Soviets also wanted to get west Berlin, which was one reason for the wall, totally surrounding it, in the first place. - They thought, it would crush the spirit of the west Berliners, make them wanna join the east. They even tried to starve them to make them, by making a land blockade. - Then the Americans made the air bride, and supplied west Germany by air, by the very bombers, which have bombed other towns to the ground, in the war. - Which didn't happen that extremely with Berlin, as the Soviets wanted to take it, and not just bomb it to dust. Stalin wanted to show, what they are capable off. Which was also a reason for him demanding of his troops to conquer the parliament building, which wasn't even used under the Nazi regime, at Mai first, the day of the worker, the symbol of the soviet union, e.g., since it considered itself as a worker nation. But they didn't make it, thanks to frensh ss, which could not give up, or try to get back to France, as they knew, they would be executed, so they just tried to not give that to him, and the parliament building was conquered at may second. 😂😂😂 Aye, humans, and their games. I mean, you are fighting for nothing, but just not giving your enemy that day... . Kinda fucked up, and funny, at the same time, I find. Anyways. A lot of stuff could be rebuilt here, cause the town was not bombed to dust, but conquered from house to house, which needed, like a month, I think.
Frankfurt, where the banks are, today, with the nickname "Mainhattan", due it's skyscrapers, was bombed to dust from the air, so, like, everything you see,,there, was built after the war. - I think, even the historical center is just a rebuild.
Which brings us to the topic, again. Why is Berlin to "underdeveloped"? - Well, when split, the capital of west Germany,,the federation, we still got, which is also the reason for us not having a constitution, which every state has, but while the federation just got a basic law, which stands over the state constitutions..., was Bonn. 😄
West Berlin was surrounded,even Mexican standoffs between American, and Soviet tanks happened, when the Soviets tried to take it, as well, but the Americans, who promised, that west Berlin will remain "free" (...inside the wall, for sure 😂😅😅😅), also showed up, every time, and since no-one gave exact orders,,and no-one wanted to do the first shot, which would start world war three, and probably also give west berlin to no-one, since it would just be rubber, then, like Europe, and all major cities in Russia, and the USA, since it would also have been a nuclear war.... . 😅 - It remained free.
BUT imagine the tension. - And think of you as a banker, or TV channel, or car manufacturer, or man, or woman, of any business. Would you go to west Berlin, jnder the constant threat of a soviet overtake, and while getting supply was difficult, first by blockade, then, while just three interstates, and rail ways existed, through east Germany, to the rest of west Germany, also blocked to east Germany, like above earth tunnels through a foreign country, which also was a German one? 😅
Well, most decided, not to, so the TV channels set foot in cologne, the banks in Frankfurt, BMW is Bavarian, anyways, and so in, and fourth.
It gets better, nowadays, and many start-ups come here for the, in comparison to other millions cities/metropolitans of Germany, cheaper rents.
But still, the big fishes either are located elsewhere, or at least got their headquarters elsewhere.
The service, and tourist sectors are still the biggest in Berlin.
Some people come here as academics, and work as barceepers. - Which is like a klishee for Berlin.
But people who come here, don't come for the money. They come for the life, they can live here, and the freedom, to just mind their own business,,and do their thing.
To Bavaria people usually go for the money, and except the many rules, and social pressure, in connection with the income, and career perspective, which is possible there.
On another hand, we got many artists here in Berlin, and many move here, every year it's difficult to get judged for something, here, and people are open to explore whatever. So anyone can do anything, here, except of expecting big money. 😅😄
But I would rather choose a free life, and all the social, and activity possibilities from Berlin, over a conservative, but money wealthy life. I'd rather live, where money ain't the most important, than, where it kinda is. - The Bavarians even voted to leave the federation, just cause of money. They said, they are the richest, pay more into the federal budget, than everybody else, which would be unfair, and they could also be a country,,just by themselves, again, like before, and do good. - But just 15% voted for leaving, so they stayed in the federation. Still they always brag about paying more, than the others, and flexing with how strong their economy is. 😄
Anyways, that companies went elsewhere, and artists went to Berlin, probably also kinda shaped the town a little.
But maybe you understand the different state of development, better, now. - Especially, while the Soviets wanted to punish the Germans got the war, and let the east German puppet state pay for it, sending big portions of all productions to Russia,,e.g., while the Americans, and western occupators, later allies, rather shifted their policy,,fast, in the upcoming cold war, and helped rebuilding west germany, to get a strong ally,,literally at the frontline, which the Berlin, and the inner German wall were, against the soviet Warsaw pack, which was the enemy of the NATO.
So when integrated into west Germany, east Germany, and east Berlin were underdeveloped, in addition to the special state of the, before, totally from west Germany cut off west Berlin.
And all of that is 30, and a half years ago, now, and getting better, and better, but still...how can I say,,reality? 😄
Also we still pay an extra "solidarity tax" in west Germany, to help rebuilding east Germany, even thirty years after "unification". But even, while still being underdeveloped, gov says,,it might be enough, the (east German) new states are strong enough, now, to go the rest of the way,,by themselves. So in some years that extrs tax will maybe get canceled, for west Germans.
That kaliningrad, which was east Prussia before, is part of Russia, surrounded by the European Union, is also,,beside other reasons, because rebuilding east Germany was so expensive, and needed all focus. - Gov didn't think, they could also afford rebuilding east Prussia, at the same time. - Beside that Germany needed the vote of the four occupation nations(, Poland also had a part,,once, but gave it up at the upcoming cold war,,as it was cut off the Warsaw pact, straight within the western territory, so it had no vote, anymore), for it. And, I think it was UK, correct me, if I am wrong, who would not have given a positive vote, in case Germany would also get east Prussia back, while believing,,it would get too strong again, and still shitting it's pants due the trauma of the last war, or something. 😅
So east Prussia is still Russia, nowadays. - It's poorest part, I think, while not being connected with the main land. - Maybe almost, like west Berlin to west Germany, once, but with no Americans supplying it from an air bride, in which the transporters landed in minute tact, beside some planes dropping supplies in parashoots.
If you consider all of that..., does the state of Berlin still surprise you? 😄
The move of the capital from Bonn to here just happened after unification, and was probably a rather symbolic for uniting the country, than, cause the city was so economically strong, and powerful, or something, I guess.😃
As an italian I was surprised when I met germans who came in Italy because they cussed very few and didn't have blasphemous words so... It has levels
Lol i use both, Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung and Tempolimit
Clothing style: I just went to a big city, Bonn. And if I took your description of "German" style to what I saw, uh-oh. The young girls wore a lot of leggings. What I did not see was short pants on men or a lot of "active wear" (Adidas style). But occasionally I did see it. Generally I'd say you were in a region which has more of a conservative tint to it. Bigger cities with a more mixed population show a more diverse style (better: ways, it is a no-style to me) then more rural areas.
I studied Dutch as an American student in Belgium. Swiss German sounds a lot like Dutch.
The difference between the German Autobahn and the Highway in the US
Germany: if it is possible drive on the right lane, use the middle lane (or left lane) for overtaking
US: you can overtake on every lane
Germany: dont drive on the right lanes faster than on the middle lane or left lane
US: no one cares
I'm very jealous and would like someone packed my groceries, as well. All the stuff from US they trying to adopt to our life, but not this very convenient service. I would appreciate it
Which part of Germany are you studying? Really depends a lot on where you are how clean the area is and how people treat others.
About Apotheken, we have Drugstores and the Apotheke. You get over the counter stuff in former and you mostly go to the Apotheke for prescription drugs because they are controlled substances.
f.e. Ibu up to 400mg is over the counter while Ibu over 600mg you only get if you have a prescription from the doctor.
I often wear Active wear at home...
Apotheke and Pills: Sounds funny the way you tell it. As a German in Germany if I am not well I just visit my doctor (Remember: no copay) ask him what to do. If he thinks I need a prescription, I will take it and more often than not one of the next buildings will be a Apotheke. I will enter, hand over my prescription, pay something like 5 Euro and take my pills with me. No need to keep a bag of different pills at home or go on a private shopping spree
Hi Montana, with regard to drugs that are difficult to obtain, you can clearly see the differences in the medical care system between Germany and the USA. In Germany everyone has health insurance, so it is common to see a doctor for any ailments and find out the cause. The German doctors have absolutely no desire to eliminate the additional problems caused by wrong medication. Those who do not have health insurance in the USA take painkillers, which of course are easier to obtain, until they no longer work at all. They are different systems.
tempolimit is definitely used! like everyone says tempolimit instead of geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung i mean tf it’s so long haha
i was born in germany and in stores they are even for me to fast xD
Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung is the official word & more classic language
Tempo Limit ist more the modern word - and the standard nowadays, in Media & normal slang
thank you! would you hear tempolimit on the news, or would they use the more formal term?
@@MontanaShowalter Tempo Limit
7:59 I use both.
every time I used painkillers in the past, the pain would double.
So, I tend to suck it up, and focus the pain to a person I do not like.
Works most of times ;-)
Tempolimit is the most commonly used word.
Regarding coins: that was my culture shock in the US: I often rode my bike, and I can't count the occasions when I would stop at a stoplight and pick up half a dollar worth of coins that somebody had dumped there cleaning out their pockets. Not just pennies and nickels, but dimes and quarters too.
I like the tradition of the penny plate (leave one or take one) in the small shops. Is that still around?
Montana, very good observations that almost all also apply to where I live-Denmark. Except for the funny fact that Germans use cash so much - not at all the case here, "all" use payment cards (especially youngs) and creditcards of some kind - used intensely also via mobile payment systems of some kind. Thums HIGH up :-)
I think we neither use Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen nor Tempolimit. It's more like: " Hier sind 60" 😅
Hi Montana,
Wenn Du bei Aldi/Lidl versuchst beim Einladen der gescannten Artikel in den Einkaufswagen mit der Geschwindigkeit der Kassiererin mitzuhalten wirst Du regelmäßig scheitern..! Man kann die einfach nicht schlagen! Mir ist es jedenfalls noch nicht gelungen. Ich meine übrigens den Großeinkauf, also einen vollen Einkaufswagen voll, den ich seit Corona so alle 2-3 Wochen mache. Wenn man nur einige wenige Artikel auf dem Laufband hat kann man es evtl. eher schaffen mit der Kassiererin mitzuhalten!
P.S.: Die Kassierer/innen bei Aldi/Lidl etc. kennen offenbar kein Tempolimit..!!
(..und haben offensichtlich kein Erbarmen mit uns armen Kunden, die immer wieder vergeblich versuchen Schritt zu halten mit deren Scangeschwindigkeit.)
einfach alles wieder in den Korb werfen und danach ordentlich einpacken.
@@dominikkkkkkkkkkkkk Ja, klar, aber dennoch ist die Kassiererin schneller, "Blonder"...
Nobody besides "Beamte" uses the term "Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung/en" at least in the normal daily language. If you're not an official regulatory person or a judge or old or something you rather would say "Tempolimit" or something else.
😂 its modern fashion!
Tempolimit is also okay, but you usually say Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung.
The Autobahn is actually really safe, because you're not just aloud to drive as fast as your car can go, it's actually that you can drive as fast as you can considering the other people on the road, so you have to like adjust your speed to the other drivers. And also Tempolimit just means Speed limit, but yeah if you think about it, it sounds pretty weird.
Yeah but you usually are aloud to drive up to 80-100 kmh, just in some sections you don't have that kind of speed limit