@@buvvins6687 Yes, but essen means to eat and das Essen means food, so while the name comes from somewhere else, the untraines eye will mistake it to mean food (and therefore, it is justified to misinterpret the name that way in my eyes). And I took some liberty because eating, intestine, farting made more sense to me at time of translation than food-intestine-farting (though I changed my opinion now)
@@buvvins6687 TIL, I'd have pointed to Esse (fire place) due to the similarity and the fact that much of the steel production ended up being around there
I would disagree with you on the "todays germany culture comes from bavaria" thing. as far as i know it is only the view of americans, that the bavarian culture is like the "german culture" because bavaria was the american military sector after ww2 and they only knew about it.
I agree. This was the most annoying thing in the entire clip ... saying that the German culture comes from Bavaria. Bavarian culture has more in common with the Austrian culture. If you learn even the basic things about Germany you will see that most of the German culture comes from the North. And if we talk about culture then maybe Thuringia, although small and ignored by some is maybe one of the most important land. That is because of the city of Weimar which, when it comes to German classic, is definitely the cultural capital of Germany :) This small town was the city were people like Goethe, Schiller and Nietzsche lived and created. Weimar also hosted for some years people like Arthur Schopenhauer, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Thomas Mann etc.
Dani Ghibu No Austria is a part of Germany as all german states are, and german culture doesnt come from the south nor the north it comes from all german states, if you say it comes from prussia, you are denying mozart, beethoven, the wiener classic, you deny the habsburger the wittelsbacher and all other german things that dint come from prussia, and thats the thing, there is not THE german culture or language, every german country has its own. But many stereotypes come from Bavaria as it is the biggest by area and is favored by many tourists exspecially asian and american. So these people think of weißwurscht, lederhosn und dirndl, brezn, and mountains and lakes.
MoreImbaThanYou Why because you think they speak high german, as a BRD german you may only know the austrian high german, but they normally speak dialect exept for Vienna, so understanding people there is sometimes even hard for bavarians, as Tyrol or Kärnten have totaly different languages than upper austrians who are of bavarian descent
I actually looked at it, he almost has a million Subs and plays (religiously) Minecraft. This must be the biggest demographic shift between 1st and 2nd channels.
The difference in language in various parts of Germany is very significant, I often quarrel with friends from other regions about which term is the better or "more correct" one :D
It is. "Viertel 11" could logically mean two things: "There is a quarter hour left till 11" or "Of the hour leading up to 11 a quarter hour has passed". The only reason one of those interpretations is correct and the other is not is convention. It is a problem not present in "halb 11" as those two states are identical there.
There's another thing about Bremen. Because Bremerhaven is not completely Bremerhaven, the real harbour is a part of the City Bremen. So the State Bremen is made of Bremen and Bremerhaven, but the city Bremen has an exclave in Bremerhaven ^^
Not even that, at least according to Wikipedia. They say that the name evolved from Astnithi, Astnide, Astnidum, Astanidum, Asbidi, Asnid, Assinde, Asnida, Assindia, Essendia, Esnede, Essende, Essend to finally Essen.
The reason why people from Hanover or northern Germany in general supposedly speak the "best" German is because historically they didn't speak German at all. Instead they spoke Saxon, (also called Low German) and had to learn to speak German like a foreign language. So they learned to speak it exactly as it was written, resulting in a pronunciation very close to the written form. Nowadays almost everyone in northern Germany speaks Standard German, and the number of people who still know to speak Saxon has decreased, but it is still actively spoken by some, especially in rural areas, and some younger people have begun to pick it up again, too.
In the eastern regions of the Netherlands they speak a low Saxon too. Most Dutch can understand German speakers and vica versa. Sadly the standard Dutch became so common that most dialects were close to extinction but they are starting to grow again. Even the Low Frankish speaking Dutch parts are picking up their dialects again.
The standard German was first implemented in Hannover a few 100 years ago. There is even some old dialect from Hannover left in standard German: the word ending "-ig" is pronounced as "-ich". Most people don't even know that this 'rule' exists, so they just pronounce it like they feel it should be - which often depends on regional accents.
Also Martin Lutter translated the bible in the region of southern lower saxony/ saxony anhalt. He wrote it in his mother tongue which is the "Hochdeutsch/high German" we know today and because the bible was brought to every part in Germany he is the reason why every region writes Hochdeutsch but speaks his dialect.
@@faultier1158 Here in Schleswig-Holstein we also sometimes pronounce the "-ig" ending like an "ich". It mostly depends on the context (formal or not) and the lazyness of the speaker. And the "ä" is sometimes pronounced like a long "e".
Baden-Württemberg IS a combination out of the two old states Baden and Württemberg, the weird thing with the three states only existed for a short time, because of the different occupation zones.
I might be a little late to the party, but this is not entirely correct. Yes, historically there were two states Baden and Württemberg, but from 1850 to 1945 there were also the Hohenzollerschen Lande, a Prussian enclave, between them. So for more than a century before the foundation of Baden-Württemberg, there were actually three states on the area of the modern state.
Bavaria is not where German culture comes from every region has their own cultures. To take the example of North Rhine-Westphalia, you have rheinish, westphalian and lippe-culture as the overarching cultures. Inside of these, you have different sub-cultures again, which also often split up into different sub-cultures. Same goes of course for Bavaria, where you have the Franks, Swabians and what not. And these cultures can actually be split because of borders, like Westphalian (North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony) and Swabian culture (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg).
Henning85 he also said die that the prussians and austrians have less culture and were militaristic. He then sid that Bavaria instead focused on culture and science compared to them and developed german culture (which is absolute bullshit, especially the science part....)
Yeah, that's bs. Especially Austria is well known for its high culture. Bavaria not so much... it has a more provincial charme which is what the Americans liked about it.
the americans ruled or occupied for a brief period bayern-southern germany including bavaria- that is their kitsch and sterotype of being german, the UK and france occupied different areas around hannover,colgne,north rhein westafalia etc, each region in germany is totally different too the other...
There's nothing "weird" in Sorbian slavic language being spoken in Germany - it's widely accepted that most of Brandenburg, Saxony and Western Pomerania was populated by Slavic-speaking people which gradually switched to German and mixed with Germans losing their Slavic identity. Sorbian people are just those who still identify themselves as Slavs, although the use of their language is declining very fast. However you might also know that names of Berlin, Leipzig and quite a few smaller towns like Teterow, Mirow, Görlitz, Schkeuditz most likely are Slavic in origin and some of them (names) even do make real sense in modern Slavic languages.
I'd be more precise and say West-Slavic, just to make clear that the tribes where indeed closer to Germany than to the greater Slavic area (by territory AND of course culture).
You know, it's actually quite funny, that there are people who say "Germany was never multicultural" and then the name of our Capital is just taken from a slavic language.
Germans and West Slavs were very similar in many aspects. Medieval Arab visitors couldn't keep them apart. Also Germanic and Celtic people. It wasn't like Germans vs Turks or Arabs.
Well, in 14th century the language and ethnicity didn't matter that much. Catholics had one common language - Latin, and if you speak Latin and you are Catholic, no one gives a damn if you are Polish, German, Irish as long as you accept the power of Bohemian Crown.
No, sure. My point was that in Middle Centuries people cared less about ethnicity and it was common thing to have people of various language groups to be part of the same kingdom / duchy / county / whatever. Take Switzerland as an example.
It depends on the quality or kind of skin. And on your personal likings (my dad eats all the peeled of skin I would have given our dog because he likes the taste). There are white sausages called "Wollwurst" (wool sausage) and they are common in Munich and surroundings. You definitely eat this skin/peel from these sausages. The sweet mustard is obligatory!
Well... since a "Wollwurst" doesn't have a skin/peel at all it's kinda hard to eat that. Also, "Weißwurst" (literally "white sausage") is a very specific kind of sausage and does not refer to any other sausages of the same color. Their skin is invariably pig's small intestine and regardless of quality you only eat the skin if you're a culinary masochist.
@@ingwerschorle_ Did you just call Kennedy "some politician"? :P Yeah, I know about that, it was kind of why I made the joke, I was referencing the comment Kennedy made. But just so you know, that's an urban legend, what JFK said was not a mistake at all and "Ich bin ein Berliner" is a correct way to say you're from Berlin.
@@Nabium sorry, I really didn't know who it was :D also I do consider Hamburger the better way of saying you're from Hamburg (even after living there for quite some time)
@@ingwerschorle_ you know there is a little bit of arguinig about the name because some a calling them Berliner other people call the Krapfen, they are called Pfannenkuchen in Berlin etc. many words for one dish and Pfannen kuchen is also another dish in like Hamburg
@@Brownie69571 a little bit? It's a german civil war! As far as I know, what you say mostly depends on geographical location, east of berlin it's Pfannkuchen/Pfannekuchen, in the north it's Berliner and Krapfen in the south
Само Левски! .I think he means that tge largest city in Germany isn't 5:Times larger than the second one like it's happens in the United kingdom and France
Werbekball Baden-Württemberg is weird, too, but for different reasons. Like, I'd argue that some parts of it don't even speak actual German. Also BW is the only Bundesland that has a green Ministerpresident.
BaWü also has not that strong cultural connection to them as (southern) Bavaria and Austria have with each other, even when there is some transition in the borderareas.
Regarding the "earth apple", it's possibly inspired by France where it's called "pomme de terre", literally apple of the earth, or earth apple. We use it in Norway too, we call it jord epple (often abbreviated to jorple), but we also use potato (or potet in Norwegian). Weirdly, in Norwegian we call fries / chips "pommes frites", which literally means fried apples, but the pommes part is from pommes de terre. It's also a French/Belgian cuisine, discovered by the Americans who stayed there during the WW1, adopting the name "French fries". Well.. That was a whole lot of useless fact, but I kinda feel like the people who watch you like stuff like that xD
stygn "Pommes Frites" is also used in Germany. But mostly people will just use "Pommes". And usually the French origin of the word is completely lost to German accent.
The name "earth apple" could just come from people not knowing what it is and just calling it an apple. There are other fruits/vegetables that have a name with apple in it. e.g Apfelsine which means China apple and is an Orange.
In dutch it's called 'aardappel', but I live in the Netherlands (Venlo) on the border with Germany (NordRhein Westfalen) and in our dialect we call it 'petat'. The west of the Netherlands commonly uses the word 'patat' for 'pommes frites' while in my dialect we just say 'friet'. I know...confusing.
But the word 'terre' in French means both 'earth', 'land' and 'soil' (while the French word 'sol' doesn't mean 'soil' in English, but 'ground'). When we say 'pomme de terre', we think about the soil, not the earth :) In French, England = Angleterre (land of the Angles, in reference to that Germanic tribe that invaded Britain with the Saxons).
I don't want to be that guy, but Cuba never gave that island to East Germany, they have just renamed it after some german communist. It was media's and common misunderstanding that led to that theory and assumption. Also I'm fun at parties, call me...
They Called it "Ernst Thälmann" and also they called a Beach on this Island "Strand 'Deutsche Demokratische Republik'" (beach german democratic republic). (Neues Deutschland 1972-06-20 page 2)
yeah this guy probably doesnt know how to eat it properly. Peel it completely and disregard the skin. if you do it properly its coming off without any of the sausage stuck to it. Eat süßen senf (sweet mustard) with it. the brand for the mustard that i can recommend is händlmeyers. Guten Appetit
Besides the Erdapfel term in Bavaria and Austria there is also another slightly different name for potato. In some parts of south-western Germany they call them "Grundbirne" which translates to ground-pear :D
yoshiiinblack Interesting, I thought all people east of Tyrol would say Erdapfel. I am from Vorarlberg and we say "Grompierrö", also another slightly different term originating from Grundbirne.
its pomme de terre in france too. But you should maybe look into the words for "bun" around germany. i think your p oint might be getting even clearer with that example
"Grumbeere" - ground pear - is another regional word for potatoes. And then we have "Tüften" in parts of Eastern Germany. I'm sure there are even more that I can't think of at the moment.
Dudeee... It is so hard to not loose it while listening to you as you are so hectical even though your words make sense. You keep jumping from one point to another and shove three more sentences into a sentence you just started before getting to the point
how about austria joins germany and we have another state? =P just kidding, but i wouldn't mind, if austria would join germany and vienna would be the new capital, just because its in very good shape.... and i find it way more beautiful then berlin...
I am german and i am fascinated of how well you know this country, the culture, fun facts and history.... props man. And btw, the thing you said with the influence of the neighbouring countries is only true to a certain extend. And i have never heard of dutch influence in germany. Its just frisian what you mean i guess. And you could turn things around too, cause in the eastern french region you have clear german influence, the cities are german built, just like in west poland. and you have german influence in southern denmark too... But i am really amazed of how interested you are in geography man. Keep it up :D
There is a certain Dutch influence, in a way that the culture at the coast is somewhat similar, and the lower German language (plattdüütsch, not the Frisian Languages) share a stunning similarity with the Dutch language, like, if you're able to understand platt, you will be able to understand Dutch quite good, too. But yea, it's just that's inevitable that neighbouring cultures will influence each other :D
I think there is a little dutch influence on the border of germany. for example I live near Nijmegen (NL) and Kleve and Kranenburg (GER) are really close by. A lot of people go to germany to do some shopping. and in those cities a lot of germans understand some dutch because a lot of dutch people also live there. i think that´s just how it works at the borders of countries. Fun fact a lot of germans couldn´t ride a bike untill 1945 when they discovered a bike was faster than running.
Well I girl from Munster I know told me that the differences between Munster and Utrecht (random Dutch city) smaller than the differences between some German regions. But I don't know, I love Germans anyway
while learning dutch i found many things adapted from the dutch language. E.g. in germany we say something like 'ai ai ai' when we show very small kids how to pet an animal - where the actual dutch word for stroking (streicheln) is 'aaien'. Or there are many lakes called 'meer' in northern germany. I found out the basic of dutch, fries, gronings, platt and also parts of german is the language they spoke in the Hanse - which was from 12th to 17th century the most powerful trade association in the world.
I'm from the Saarland. Saarland actually WAS independent til 1957 and then rejoined Germany. Back then it was a rich region. If they kept independency back then we might still be a rich small country today like Luxemburg. However, today the Saarland is one of the poorest states in Germany.
Walter Ross no it was not a french colony. It was a country with own constitution, currency, flag, anthem, olympic team and an own football team which played Germany at the qualification for the worldcup 1954 (and luckily lost which made the "Miracle of Bern" possible). If the Saarland won there they would have played at the World cup instead of Germany and we would only have 3 stars on our jersey now. ^^
I will probably come back and watch from where I stopped today, the information seems sound and valuable, but right now I am simply too distracted by how many words you manage between breaths, and how long you can talk without breathing!
Both countries originate from an older bavaria, so technically austria is bavarian. Also the north of bavaria is not culturally bavarian, but franconian.
Yeah, my question was just meant rhetorical. I know quite a lot about Bavaria and it´s history since i´m bavarian myself and studying history right now and Bavaria once owned many parts of Austria till the 19th century.
Frankenmuth, Michigan is called "Little Bavaria". They are very proud of their Bavarian heritage. The downtown area has Bavarian style buildings. They have a glockenspiel that shows the Piped Piper of Hamlin and host an Oktoberfest every year.
What is wrong with you? White Bavarian sausages are the best! I just ate them today! And that's coming from a German from Frankfurt, which is considered to have the best sausage.
Well earth-apple is not a german or bavarian concept. I think the Idea to call them that comes from the french word "Pomme de terre" apple of the earth.
No, we used "Äbiera" in Tauberfranken, which actually is not Swabia. "Grumbiera" said my grandmother, but she was from german ukraine, originally emigrated from Baden or Palatinate.
Rumours that the island was given to the GDR at the time, that is to say that after reunification it now belonged to the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, have no basis whatsoever, according to a uniform statement by both the Foreign Office and the Cuban embassy in Germany: "This was a symbolic act that had nothing to do with ownership";.
The Cuban island was *not* given to the GDR, it was just *named* Thälmann Island, or Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann. Everybody at the time only talked about the island being renamed, not changing hands.
Can you pls make a video about the Dutch provinces and can make clear when someone's from Holland or from the Netherlands I'm from Zwolle, the capital of Overijssel and whenever I'm in a other country they say, oh that guy from Holland and then I'm triggered
I think it doesn’t really matter. It’s like when people say Britain, UK, and England. Or USA, US, or just America. Like you can be from Netherlands or Holland but when people say that, they are really using it interchangeably. No one gets angry when Germany is allied Almania by French, because we understand that’s their name for Germany. I think same is for Netherlands, when people say Holland, they are just using language other than the native Dutch. If some language calls you Hollish or Netherlander, that’s the name for you as you call yourself Dutch. So the whole name difference is not that important. It’s just what people call you and they are right to do so, it doesn’t mean it’s wrong. I can call Laos with S even if the natives call it Lao, because we speak different language, essentially.
Nizte Nitze it's not about pronounciation it's about making clear the difference of the 2 Holland's an the other 10 where the other half of the country live
Allemange is french for the tribe of the Allemannen. Finland calls us Germans Saksa after Saxons. I can partly understand your frustration, but it's not that of a big deal either... Holländer! (of course its a joke)
Haha - I love seeing a video about Germany, where you very clearyl showed the place I live (Boxhagener Platz in Berlin Friedrichshain (east)). However, you got one thing wrong: Berlin is by far the biggest city (3.5 mil / Hamburg 1.8 mil). And from my perspective, your view on Germany is weird ;) but that is probably because I am German and although i have lived in various other countries, I still know way more about German history and geography than most (also because I did study history and have an interest in both topics...). Overall, I really like your videos and although they might not always be 100% right, you learn a lot of weird fun facts! (I still can't get over the border thing in the Bodensee...)
Ohh beim Boxhagener Platz war damals das Hotel in dem ich war als ich das erste mal in Berlin war. :D Nächste Woche komm ich wieder.. nach 5 Jahren. :)
When-ever I watch your videos, I love to go on google street view and have a look at the country you're looking at. But damn those German street view laws :(
Nabium Bing actually has a rotatable detailed tilted aerial view for most German cities and you do get Google Street View in larger cities as shown in the video. We capitalise privacy-because it's a noun. ;-)
The street view in German cities is full of censored houses. You don't really get the same experience I admire the dedication to privacy - it's probably a better choice, for all I know - but it still disrupts my fascination in spending hours street view and have a look at other countries. In my country privacy is more concerned with what goes on inside the walls of a home. What happens outside of it, is more considered the public sphere. I'm worried if one gets too sensitive on these issues, one might just end up as a hysterical little pussy. But I'm not sure. Might be you've made a better choice, for all I know. I have no idea. Just, seems a little worrying, I'd be worried if it was my country, at least.
Love this video. Im from Germany and I didnt know that Baden_Würtemberg was supposed to be 3 states up until now. Even in a vid about my home country I learn something new :D thanks for being so awesome
Before even watching the video the best state is Hesse because I'm from Hesse. We've "Ebbelwoi" a special wine made out of apples instead of grapes. The best Alcoholic beverage of the world
Omg, your continuity in this video is a mess, as if there isn't any concept. It is very hard to follow your presentation, because you keep hopping between the topics. Just somehow finish the threads you opened. E.g. name the previous counties which joined into Baden-Wurttemberg, and tell why. Please better sort it: a few whole stories are worth more than a soup of snatches. Make a concept for the video and stick with it when talking. But I strongly trust you that you are very keen on Germany and you want to share your enthusiasm. There's already very good information snippets packed. Good luck for neater presentations and see you later.
I believe the only other territory that joined Baden-Wuerttemberg was the Prussian exclave of Hohenzollern. In the 19th century, the modern B-W comprised the Grand Duchy of Baden, the Kingdom of Wuerttemberg, and the two principaliites of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The two Hohenzollerns were annexed to Prussia in 1850, whence they became an exclave Prussian province. After the second world war, as the presenter partly explained, this area was reorganized as Wuerttemberg-Baden, Baden, and Wuerttemberg-Hohenzollern. The three states were merged into Baden-Wuerttemberg in 1952.
The City of Essen isn't called Essen because it means "Food" or "Eating". Essen is an extremely heavy industrial city, and the word "Esse" is german for "Chimney" and "Essen" is the plural of that word. So it is named after the Chimneys that you could see from a very large distance.
Although the German states are however artificially made, there are still "conflicts", I don't know how to call it properly. For example Baden-Württemberg, people from Baden and Württemberg still mock each other and lay emphasis on their region. Another thing is that old borders still exist. For example the city of Villingen-Schwenningen. In terms of football, Villingen is located in the South Baden Football Association and Schwenningen in the Württemberg Football Association, so they hardly ever play against each other.
the term of "hamburger" comes from a german immigrant who solda so called "Hamburg sandwich" on the streets of new York. and´s yes, a hamburfer IS a sandwich
With Baden wüttenberg you weren't completely right. It where two states Baden and Wüttenberg which got split into 3 states by the US military. Wüttenberg Baden, and Baden and Wüttenberg-Hohenzoller which than merged into Baden Wüttenberg. I've to admit that I also had to look it up even as a German
The French also call their potato pomme de terre (Erdapfel in German) - so that's not THAT weird... One additional thing: Your content would be much more enjoyable, if you would try to end your sentences, instead of beginning a new one in the middle of the first. It is sometimes hard to follow your line of thought.
Have you written a script beforehand? Because this feels very chaotic and confusing. Also you are talking way too fast (at least for me to follow) It's exhausting after a while. I don't mean to be mean! I want to help you getting better at this. There is some interesting stuff in your video (as far as I've watched). But I can't take it all in, because you are jumping between maps, and panning back and forth. Calm down a little more, please :D One way would be to do an episode for each Bundesland. So you can concentrate on this one and you don't have to rush through the information to get it all covered. Because there is more to Saarland then just their historical decision to be part of Germany. Even though Saarland is handled like the unwanted child especially by the Palatinate region.
Hey, loved the video, as always. Maybe you could do a video on Monaco, since it often seems to be forgotten when people talk about European city states. I just think it is an interesting country with all the glamour and small size and racing and being on the French riviera.
You drop way too much information that is just simply not true. Sorry, but you just missunderstand so much stuff about how german history and regional differences work and why, and thereby you are working with way to many clichees.
Would've been better to explain the whole thing with burgers and that they got invented by german refugees from Hamburg in the US who just called them how they were named back then.
Prussia and East Prussia were absorbed by Poland as part of the settlement of World War II. With that ended German militarism and imperialism, as I see it.
The Saar Zone was occupied by France but at the same time removed from the French occupation zone. Living conditions were better there than in the occupation zone for making the separation from Germany more popular. France tried to establish a state under French control and being economically part of her. Only political parties supportive of the French plans were allowed. But there was no way to remove the Saar Zone from Germany according to international law because the occupation powers had decided that Germany was to be treated as an entity and the future borders were to be regulated by peace treaty when a German government was reestablished. That means that France couldn't remove the Saar Zone from Germany. The Saar Zone was never independent. But in the case France had managed to get a positive votum for an independent Saar state from the Saar Zone population she would have established that state as a fait accompli and later denied any return to Germany. That didn't ultimately work because France had to grant German political parties the right to campaign against the Saar statute. Of course the plebiscite didn't include the choice to reunite with Germany. Just to leave it like it was or the improved Saar statute. The German parties convinced the majority of the Saar Zone population that rejection of the proposal would ultimately result in the return to (West) Germany.
"who calls a potato an earth apple?!"
France: *looks away nervously*
Austria 😅
And that’s on pomme de terre 😌
In dutch its Aardappel witch litterly means earth appel :P
@@mikezum7918 ja, dat klopt 😂
In Afrikaans it is an 'Aardappel' - an earth apple 😅I think it is the same in Dutch
the clue with the Ernst Thälmann-Island is, that the gift wasn't really the island itself, it was the renaming of it (Ernst Thälmann-Insel)
Interesting presentation. Thank you.
Hamburg:Has been destroyed 3 times and is still the richest state in Germany.
Moscow: *Pathetic*
French calls it a _pomme de terre,_ and Dutch, an _aardappel,_ too, an "earth apple".
The way french say potato also means earth apple
There's this joke: now, have you ever met a person from Berlin that works somewhere?
Right in the end I can't sit through this due to your speedy gonzales way of talking
Thanks. Im from Germany. Verry nice.
You are missing Alsace-Lorraine.
Kennst du das Verdauungsdreieck?
Essen - Darmstadt - Pforzheim
Höhöhö
I dont speak german so
Ja?
@@swag_8884 Literal translation: Eating - intestine city - (slightly misread as Furzheim) fart home... the digestion triangle
@@buvvins6687 Yes, but essen means to eat and das Essen means food, so while the name comes from somewhere else, the untraines eye will mistake it to mean food (and therefore, it is justified to misinterpret the name that way in my eyes).
And I took some liberty because eating, intestine, farting made more sense to me at time of translation than food-intestine-farting (though I changed my opinion now)
@@buvvins6687 TIL, I'd have pointed to Esse (fire place) due to the similarity and the fact that much of the steel production ended up being around there
How to make a video go viral in Germany: Be a native English speaker and make a video about Germany.
Done!
Leon Krug So true :D
Just watching this to hear you slaughter the pronunciation of Schleswig Holstein.
*IF* the gema gestapo doesn't block access to it
this is viral?
What a load of crap.
U forgot Mallorca is the inofficial 17th Bundesland ;)
erwinruff01 what?
bruder muss los
Ha
Austria is Nr. 17
@@tobeytransport2802 Mallorca is full of german tourists
I would disagree with you on the "todays germany culture comes from bavaria" thing. as far as i know it is only the view of americans, that the bavarian culture is like the "german culture" because bavaria was the american military sector after ww2 and they only knew about it.
Yes, it's like saying the american culture comes from Texas
As far as I am concerned, I concider Austria more to be part of germany than Bavaria.
I agree. This was the most annoying thing in the entire clip ... saying that the German culture comes from Bavaria. Bavarian culture has more in common with the Austrian culture. If you learn even the basic things about Germany you will see that most of the German culture comes from the North. And if we talk about culture then maybe Thuringia, although small and ignored by some is maybe one of the most important land. That is because of the city of Weimar which, when it comes to German classic, is definitely the cultural capital of Germany :) This small town was the city were people like Goethe, Schiller and Nietzsche lived and created. Weimar also hosted for some years people like Arthur Schopenhauer, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Thomas Mann etc.
Dani Ghibu No Austria is a part of Germany as all german states are, and german culture doesnt come from the south nor the north it comes from all german states, if you say it comes from prussia, you are denying mozart, beethoven, the wiener classic, you deny the habsburger the wittelsbacher and all other german things that dint come from prussia, and thats the thing, there is not THE german culture or language, every german country has its own. But many stereotypes come from Bavaria as it is the biggest by area and is favored by many tourists exspecially asian and american. So these people think of weißwurscht, lederhosn und dirndl, brezn, and mountains and lakes.
MoreImbaThanYou Why because you think they speak high german, as a BRD german you may only know the austrian high german, but they normally speak dialect exept for Vienna, so understanding people there is sometimes even hard for bavarians, as Tyrol or Kärnten have totaly different languages than upper austrians who are of bavarian descent
I love how every time I hear "second channel" I remember I have no idea what is your main channel about
Minecraft
same
I actually looked at it, he almost has a million Subs and plays (religiously) Minecraft. This must be the biggest demographic shift between 1st and 2nd channels.
I actually started with his minecraft/main channel, but now watch 2cat more
He's a Minecraft RUclipsr that isn't cringy
end my suffering please
in most parts of germany,culture isn´t influenced by bavaria at all. It´s a mainly American stereotype because it was theyr military sector after ww2.
Yup, in fact, it's rather the opposite and most germans are pretty annoyed with the bavarian stereotype.
Yeah, just another America moment
The difference in language in various parts of Germany is very significant, I often quarrel with friends from other regions about which term is the better or "more correct" one :D
I respect almost all language oddities. Except "Viertel 11" and similar. That's just plain stupid.
Bär Honigfeld It's efficient, logical and you get used to it. "Halb elf", "Viertel elf", "Dreiviertel elf".
No, it is not. "viertel elf" and "dreiviertel elf" could just as well be exchanged. It is deeply arbitrary.
It's not arbitrary at all. Just try it yourself and you'll see.
It is. "Viertel 11" could logically mean two things: "There is a quarter hour left till 11" or "Of the hour leading up to 11 a quarter hour has passed". The only reason one of those interpretations is correct and the other is not is convention. It is a problem not present in "halb 11" as those two states are identical there.
There's another thing about Bremen. Because Bremerhaven is not completely Bremerhaven, the real harbour is a part of the City Bremen. So the State Bremen is made of Bremen and Bremerhaven, but the city Bremen has an exclave in Bremerhaven ^^
Ateblade true dat! And funny dat!
Yeah, the whole Bremen/Bremerhaven situation is pretty weird.
Also the city name means sth. like „Bremen’s harbor“ in English.
The city of Essen has nothing to do with eating, "Essen" in this case is the plural of "Esse", a forge in a smithy.
hamburger essen.
Not even that, at least according to Wikipedia. They say that the name evolved from Astnithi, Astnide, Astnidum, Astanidum, Asbidi, Asnid, Assinde, Asnida, Assindia, Essendia, Esnede, Essende, Essend to finally Essen.
The etymology is relatively uncertain, but “Essen” likely evolved from a Celtic or Roman place name
I bet it's safe to say that town names generally aren't simply the plural form of some common word.
Baden = bathing, according to google translate.
The reason why people from Hanover or northern Germany in general supposedly speak the "best" German is because historically they didn't speak German at all. Instead they spoke Saxon, (also called Low German) and had to learn to speak German like a foreign language. So they learned to speak it exactly as it was written, resulting in a pronunciation very close to the written form.
Nowadays almost everyone in northern Germany speaks Standard German, and the number of people who still know to speak Saxon has decreased, but it is still actively spoken by some, especially in rural areas, and some younger people have begun to pick it up again, too.
In the eastern regions of the Netherlands they speak a low Saxon too. Most Dutch can understand German speakers and vica versa.
Sadly the standard Dutch became so common that most dialects were close to extinction but they are starting to grow again. Even the Low Frankish speaking Dutch parts are picking up their dialects again.
Freek Mulder That is nice to hear.
The standard German was first implemented in Hannover a few 100 years ago. There is even some old dialect from Hannover left in standard German: the word ending "-ig" is pronounced as "-ich". Most people don't even know that this 'rule' exists, so they just pronounce it like they feel it should be - which often depends on regional accents.
Also Martin Lutter translated the bible in the region of southern lower saxony/ saxony anhalt. He wrote it in his mother tongue which is the "Hochdeutsch/high German" we know today and because the bible was brought to every part in Germany he is the reason why every region writes Hochdeutsch but speaks his dialect.
@@faultier1158 Here in Schleswig-Holstein we also sometimes pronounce the "-ig" ending like an "ich".
It mostly depends on the context (formal or not) and the lazyness of the speaker.
And the "ä" is sometimes pronounced like a long "e".
Baden-Württemberg IS a combination out of the two old states Baden and Württemberg, the weird thing with the three states only existed for a short time, because of the different occupation zones.
I might be a little late to the party, but this is not entirely correct. Yes, historically there were two states Baden and Württemberg, but from 1850 to 1945 there were also the Hohenzollerschen Lande, a Prussian enclave, between them. So for more than a century before the foundation of Baden-Württemberg, there were actually three states on the area of the modern state.
Grosherzogtum von Baden wenn ich das schon seh. Grüße aus Württemberg. Peace✌️
The historic land of Hohenzollern, which was an exclave of Prussia, was the third state.
@@davidk3223 baden>würtenberg
@@gamerdrache6076 über Württemberg lacht die Sonne, über Baden die ganze Welt
I’m a German and I actually know everything about our states, but I just like how you explain things so I’m watching it anyway
Bavaria is not where German culture comes from every region has their own cultures. To take the example of North Rhine-Westphalia, you have rheinish, westphalian and lippe-culture as the overarching cultures. Inside of these, you have different sub-cultures again, which also often split up into different sub-cultures. Same goes of course for Bavaria, where you have the Franks, Swabians and what not. And these cultures can actually be split because of borders, like Westphalian (North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony) and Swabian culture (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg).
He was referring to the popular image of Germany in foreign media. That's indeed been heavily influenced by Bavarian culture.
Henning85 he also said die that the prussians and austrians have less culture and were militaristic. He then sid that Bavaria instead focused on culture and science compared to them and developed german culture (which is absolute bullshit, especially the science part....)
Yeah, that's bs. Especially Austria is well known for its high culture. Bavaria not so much... it has a more provincial charme which is what the Americans liked about it.
the americans ruled or occupied for a brief period bayern-southern germany including bavaria- that is their kitsch and sterotype of being german, the UK and france occupied different areas around hannover,colgne,north rhein westafalia etc, each region in germany is totally different too the other...
and also well know for not being that focused at there military
Bavaria is NOT basically Austria. Austria is basically Bavaria.
Ananas Please don't start to argue about that. Let's just hate the Prussians. Scheiß Saupreißn.
Austria is a lot less well off than Bavaria.
true
That's a historical fact!
Freaking prussia had to have war with Austria. If this war didnt happen. There would be "the united states of germany".
There's nothing "weird" in Sorbian slavic language being spoken in Germany - it's widely accepted that most of Brandenburg, Saxony and Western Pomerania was populated by Slavic-speaking people which gradually switched to German and mixed with Germans losing their Slavic identity. Sorbian people are just those who still identify themselves as Slavs, although the use of their language is declining very fast. However you might also know that names of Berlin, Leipzig and quite a few smaller towns like Teterow, Mirow, Görlitz, Schkeuditz most likely are Slavic in origin and some of them (names) even do make real sense in modern Slavic languages.
I'd be more precise and say West-Slavic, just to make clear that the tribes where indeed closer to Germany than to the greater Slavic area (by territory AND of course culture).
You know, it's actually quite funny, that there are people who say "Germany was never multicultural" and then the name of our Capital is just taken from a slavic language.
Germans and West Slavs were very similar in many aspects. Medieval Arab visitors couldn't keep them apart. Also Germanic and Celtic people. It wasn't like Germans vs Turks or Arabs.
Well, in 14th century the language and ethnicity didn't matter that much. Catholics had one common language - Latin, and if you speak Latin and you are Catholic, no one gives a damn if you are Polish, German, Irish as long as you accept the power of Bohemian Crown.
No, sure. My point was that in Middle Centuries people cared less about ethnicity and it was common thing to have people of various language groups to be part of the same kingdom / duchy / county / whatever. Take Switzerland as an example.
bout the white sausage, thing is you almost have to eat it with sweet mustard, and don't know if you know this, but you don't actually eat the peel.
Quote from a hungry US American friend: "This is so chewy!" - Me: "You really couldn't wait for me to give you the crash course, could you?"
Mad truth ^^^^
It depends on the quality or kind of skin. And on your personal likings (my dad eats all the peeled of skin I would have given our dog because he likes the taste). There are white sausages called "Wollwurst" (wool sausage) and they are common in Munich and surroundings. You definitely eat this skin/peel from these sausages. The sweet mustard is obligatory!
Well... since a "Wollwurst" doesn't have a skin/peel at all it's kinda hard to eat that.
Also, "Weißwurst" (literally "white sausage") is a very specific kind of sausage and does not refer to any other sausages of the same color. Their skin is invariably pig's small intestine and regardless of quality you only eat the skin if you're a culinary masochist.
Jan Gretza ha, wos wuisd song?
I'm a hamburger!
I wish I was from Hamburg, I would go around saying that all the time.
Some politician once said "I'm a Berliner", which is kinda the same thing, as a Berliner is a bun with marmalade in the middle (very approximated)
@@ingwerschorle_ Did you just call Kennedy "some politician"? :P Yeah, I know about that, it was kind of why I made the joke, I was referencing the comment Kennedy made. But just so you know, that's an urban legend, what JFK said was not a mistake at all and "Ich bin ein Berliner" is a correct way to say you're from Berlin.
@@Nabium sorry, I really didn't know who it was :D also I do consider Hamburger the better way of saying you're from Hamburg (even after living there for quite some time)
@@ingwerschorle_ you know there is a little bit of arguinig about the name because some a calling them Berliner other people call the Krapfen, they are called Pfannenkuchen in Berlin etc. many words for one dish and Pfannen kuchen is also another dish in like Hamburg
@@Brownie69571 a little bit? It's a german civil war! As far as I know, what you say mostly depends on geographical location, east of berlin it's Pfannkuchen/Pfannekuchen, in the north it's Berliner and Krapfen in the south
Berlin is 3.6 million and Hamburg is 1.8 million, no no big difference
Само Левски! .I think he means that tge largest city in Germany isn't 5:Times larger than the second one like it's happens in the United kingdom and France
The Metro Populations are a lot closer in size.
Earth Apple from french: pomme-de-terre.
or Dutch : Aardappel
or in true bavarian: erdöpfi
bavarians and austrians are weird...
especially if you, like me, come from northern germany
Joshua El-Samalouti what about Baden Württemberg? Doch you count it as Bavaria or just neglect its existence?
Werbekball Baden-Württemberg is weird, too, but for different reasons. Like, I'd argue that some parts of it don't even speak actual German. Also BW is the only Bundesland that has a green Ministerpresident.
BaWü also has not that strong cultural connection to them as (southern) Bavaria and Austria have with each other, even when there is some transition in the borderareas.
they're a little weird, but not as weird as bavarians and austrians :)
I come From Franconia and Bavarians Are Very Weird People
Regarding the "earth apple", it's possibly inspired by France where it's called "pomme de terre", literally apple of the earth, or earth apple. We use it in Norway too, we call it jord epple (often abbreviated to jorple), but we also use potato (or potet in Norwegian). Weirdly, in Norwegian we call fries / chips "pommes frites", which literally means fried apples, but the pommes part is from pommes de terre. It's also a French/Belgian cuisine, discovered by the Americans who stayed there during the WW1, adopting the name "French fries".
Well.. That was a whole lot of useless fact, but I kinda feel like the people who watch you like stuff like that xD
stygn "Pommes Frites" is also used in Germany. But mostly people will just use "Pommes". And usually the French origin of the word is completely lost to German accent.
The name "earth apple" could just come from people not knowing what it is and just calling it an apple. There are other fruits/vegetables that have a name with apple in it. e.g Apfelsine which means China apple and is an Orange.
In dutch it's called 'aardappel', but I live in the Netherlands (Venlo) on the border with Germany (NordRhein Westfalen) and in our dialect we call it 'petat'. The west of the Netherlands commonly uses the word 'patat' for 'pommes frites' while in my dialect we just say 'friet'. I know...confusing.
Around cologne you (well, some people) also kinda say "Erdäpfel", just that they abbreviate it to "Erpel"
But the word 'terre' in French means both 'earth', 'land' and 'soil' (while the French word 'sol' doesn't mean 'soil' in English, but 'ground'). When we say 'pomme de terre', we think about the soil, not the earth :)
In French, England = Angleterre (land of the Angles, in reference to that Germanic tribe that invaded Britain with the Saxons).
The city of Eating (Essen) also is next to the city of There-Mouth (Dortmund).
And the city of kingscastle (königsberg) was founded by There-mouther businessmen :D
Martin H
Just say the names of the city in german, they dont have a translation.
Martin H do they have a city of drinking? (Trinken)
Or the holy name of a city Darmstadt, which literally means "intestine-city"? lol
KomradeAyy-Too true-I have a friend who lived in Leichlingen: Leich (corpse) + ling (diminutive) + en (plural ending) = “Dead Babies,” right?
Watch it in 0,75x because he's just talking way too fast.
I don't want to be that guy, but Cuba never gave that island to East Germany, they have just renamed it after some german communist. It was media's and common misunderstanding that led to that theory and assumption.
Also I'm fun at parties, call me...
They Called it "Ernst Thälmann" and also they called a Beach on this Island "Strand 'Deutsche Demokratische Republik'" (beach german democratic republic). (Neues Deutschland 1972-06-20 page 2)
Well now if I ever visit Germany I'm going to have to try white sausage just because you said not to...
your loss!
If you do, try it with sweet mustard and don't eat the skin. You have to peel it.
Yeah, you really need to peel it. That's how it's supposed to be eaten.
yeah this guy probably doesnt know how to eat it properly.
Peel it completely and disregard the skin. if you do it properly its coming off without any of the sausage stuck to it.
Eat süßen senf (sweet mustard) with it. the brand for the mustard that i can recommend is händlmeyers.
Guten Appetit
Also eat it with Pretzels! That's the typical Bavarian breakfast: white sausage, sweet mustard, pretzels and weiss beer
Hamburg - "It's a very famous pork city".
Does that mean it's free of Muslims? Lol.
People from Bad Wildbad are missing out on a golden opportunity if they don't say their town name in the same way as James Bond introduces himself.
haha, perfect!
Yes, there are a lot of bad cities there
I am from Bad. Wildbad.
Bad Wildbad is 10 min away from my place
it's like 20km from me or so
It's quite amazing how you can see the difference between east and west Berlin by the colour of their street lamps on ariel photos.
Well the communist/kapitalist breakup is litteraly the same
actually you cant see it any more that clear! Its old footage
What neighbouring country do you think Germany should invade next? Leave your opinions below!
Russia
Besides the Erdapfel term in Bavaria and Austria there is also another slightly different name for potato. In some parts of south-western Germany they call them "Grundbirne" which translates to ground-pear :D
haha, even better!
My family is from Burgenland, which is in the east of Austria and they call them "Grumpl", which aso comes from "Grundbirne".
yoshiiinblack Interesting, I thought all people east of Tyrol would say Erdapfel.
I am from Vorarlberg and we say "Grompierrö", also another slightly different term originating from Grundbirne.
In Palatinate it is Grumbeer, which come also from Grundbirne.
Grumbier (Saarland). Aber auch schon Gromber gehört.
I'm from Baden Württemberg
I au :)
I am from Youngsville!
Me too
saaame
Bremerhaven :D
We use 'earthapple' in the Netherlands as well
its pomme de terre in france too. But you should maybe look into the words for "bun" around germany. i think your p oint might be getting even clearer with that example
Predator Pinsir We in Austria too
same in swiss german :)
Apple used to mean fruit in the past. So earthapple was just earthfruit, which makes sense since it grows under ground
"Grumbeere" - ground pear - is another regional word for potatoes. And then we have "Tüften" in parts of Eastern Germany. I'm sure there are even more that I can't think of at the moment.
"Bad wildbad" must be a very bad city
Davi Gurgel Bad actually means spa.
Haha actually bad Wildbad is extremely beautiful und really good for downhill biking
basically means "Bath Wildbath" . sounds weird :D
hans maier oh, it makes a lot more sense now. Thank you
Schnick Yeah! :D
Dudeee... It is so hard to not loose it while listening to you as you are so hectical even though your words make sense. You keep jumping from one point to another and shove three more sentences into a sentence you just started before getting to the point
Could you please make the same with Austrias states?
how about austria joins germany and we have another state? =P just kidding, but i wouldn't mind, if austria would join germany and vienna would be the new capital, just because its in very good shape.... and i find it way more beautiful then berlin...
After WWII Austria had to make an agreement with the allies that they would never unify with Germany again, so I'm sorry to overrule your plan :P
Lictus My comment was a respond to David Feuer :D
I'm also Austrian and would really like to see a video like this about my home country.
I am an Hamburger :)
You can call me a Hamburger ^^
littleblackbird2010 I am a Berliner^^
I’m a Madchen. (Ignore my ignorant American spelling)
Thats okay, please excuse my harsh and agressive german spelling! :)
I'm a Hamburger eating a Hamburger. A Berliner eating a Berliner. At least in words, cannibalism is allowed. Barbaric
Thats as barbararic as as a barber eating rhabarber
I am german and i am fascinated of how well you know this country, the culture, fun facts and history.... props man.
And btw, the thing you said with the influence of the neighbouring countries is only true to a certain extend. And i have never heard of dutch influence in germany. Its just frisian what you mean i guess. And you could turn things around too, cause in the eastern french region you have clear german influence, the cities are german built, just like in west poland. and you have german influence in southern denmark too... But i am really amazed of how interested you are in geography man. Keep it up :D
There is a certain Dutch influence, in a way that the culture at the coast is somewhat similar, and the lower German language (plattdüütsch, not the Frisian Languages) share a stunning similarity with the Dutch language, like, if you're able to understand platt, you will be able to understand Dutch quite good, too. But yea, it's just that's inevitable that neighbouring cultures will influence each other :D
I think there is a little dutch influence on the border of germany. for example I live near Nijmegen (NL) and Kleve and Kranenburg (GER) are really close by. A lot of people go to germany to do some shopping. and in those cities a lot of germans understand some dutch because a lot of dutch people also live there. i think that´s just how it works at the borders of countries.
Fun fact a lot of germans couldn´t ride a bike untill 1945 when they discovered a bike was faster than running.
There is certainly influence...most notable in the food.
Well I girl from Munster I know told me that the differences between Munster and Utrecht (random Dutch city) smaller than the differences between some German regions. But I don't know, I love Germans anyway
while learning dutch i found many things adapted from the dutch language. E.g. in germany we say something like 'ai ai ai' when we show very small kids how to pet an animal - where the actual dutch word for stroking (streicheln) is 'aaien'. Or there are many lakes called 'meer' in northern germany.
I found out the basic of dutch, fries, gronings, platt and also parts of german is the language they spoke in the Hanse - which was from 12th to 17th century the most powerful trade association in the world.
I am from Wuppertal :))) The City with the magic trains (Schwebebahn) I LOVE WUPPERTAL!
Wuppertal is indeed beautiful.
Die vorm aussterben bedrohte stadt die kurz vorm bankrott steht
I'm from the Saarland.
Saarland actually WAS independent til 1957 and then rejoined Germany. Back then it was a rich region. If they kept independency back then we might still be a rich small country today like Luxemburg.
However, today the Saarland is one of the poorest states in Germany.
that is mostly because coal is not used anymore.
It was a colony occupied by France.
thibault caron yes but Luxemburg also developed its prosperity through coal and is still rich today.
Walter Ross no it was not a french colony. It was a country with own constitution, currency, flag, anthem, olympic team and an own football team which played Germany at the qualification for the worldcup 1954 (and luckily lost which made the "Miracle of Bern" possible). If the Saarland won there they would have played at the World cup instead of Germany and we would only have 3 stars on our jersey now. ^^
JLKanne that's dope. Didn't know that. I was convinced that west Germany was a one piece deal. So why on earth did they join Germany?
I will probably come back and watch from where I stopped today, the information seems sound and valuable, but right now I am simply too distracted by how many words you manage between breaths, and how long you can talk without breathing!
FAR too frenetic & jumpy !!! Calm down man !!! had to leave after a few minutes ... also repetitive
Well is Bavaria ausrtian or is Austria bavarian?
sebi_ad_portas Both LUL
Both countries originate from an older bavaria, so technically austria is bavarian.
Also the north of bavaria is not culturally bavarian, but franconian.
Yeah, my question was just meant rhetorical. I know quite a lot about Bavaria and it´s history since i´m bavarian myself and studying history right now and Bavaria once owned many parts of Austria till the 19th century.
nice
but atleast if someone is actually interested, he now knows I guess
Frankenmuth, Michigan is called "Little Bavaria". They are very proud of their Bavarian heritage. The downtown area has Bavarian style buildings. They have a glockenspiel that shows the Piped Piper of Hamlin and host an Oktoberfest every year.
What is wrong with you? White Bavarian sausages are the best! I just ate them today! And that's coming from a German from Frankfurt, which is considered to have the best sausage.
He probably ate the peel
I think so too.
A white sausage eaten in a region north of the Danube river? The world will go down in fierce and fire!
I wish this guy spoke at a normal speed. Was there any reason to speak this quickly and disjointedly?
I assume he's got ADHD with a serious caffeine/meth/crack addiction.
he speaks normally to me
@@donaldinho62 HAHAHHAAH
I could not enjoy or follow this video because he rambled a lot and kept changing the screen randomly and zooming in and out. Horrible video.
No, it was very easy to follow.
Don’t watch it then.
Well earth-apple is not a german or bavarian concept. I think the Idea to call them that comes from the french word "Pomme de terre" apple of the earth.
Actually we used to call them Earth pears in Swabia.
not Ground Pears?
No, we used "Äbiera" in Tauberfranken, which actually is not Swabia. "Grumbiera" said my grandmother, but she was from german ukraine, originally emigrated from Baden or Palatinate.
Vorarlberg (Austria, near Swabia): "Grumpra", "Grumpara", but also "Bodebiera".
white sausage is so good with sweet mustard !
Mit den vier Vitaminen B,A,S und F!
Dude, that's not broken German, it's crippled German... 😂🤣😂🤣
White sausage is amazing. Fight me.
SiriWesen White sausage is shit!
I like Weißwurst (white sausage) with süßen Senf (sweet mustard) and a big, salty brezel. Mmmmm…
@@torillatavataan6862 you are shit
Rumours that the island was given to the GDR at the time, that is to say that after reunification it now belonged to the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, have no basis whatsoever, according to a uniform statement by both the Foreign Office and the Cuban embassy in Germany: "This was a symbolic act that had nothing to do with ownership";.
germany has actually 17 states
Mallorca ?
yes
and one colony called greece
You could make a joke that Greece is the federally owned land he was looking for.
Eragon Shur'tugal We don't want poor Greece.
But we want Malleeeeeeee!
The Cuban island was *not* given to the GDR, it was just *named* Thälmann Island, or Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann.
Everybody at the time only talked about the island being renamed, not changing hands.
And the ddr gave him a teddy real story and the isle think was symbolic so germany got scammed a teddy
Can you pls make a video about the Dutch provinces and can make clear when someone's from Holland or from the Netherlands I'm from Zwolle, the capital of Overijssel and whenever I'm in a other country they say, oh that guy from Holland and then I'm triggered
you've probably already seen the cgpgrey video about that thats where I learned the difference :D greetings from germany
I think it doesn’t really matter. It’s like when people say Britain, UK, and England. Or USA, US, or just America.
Like you can be from Netherlands or Holland but when people say that, they are really using it interchangeably.
No one gets angry when Germany is allied Almania by French, because we understand that’s their name for Germany. I think same is for Netherlands, when people say Holland, they are just using language other than the native Dutch. If some language calls you Hollish or Netherlander, that’s the name for you as you call yourself Dutch.
So the whole name difference is not that important. It’s just what people call you and they are right to do so, it doesn’t mean it’s wrong. I can call Laos with S even if the natives call it Lao, because we speak different language, essentially.
Nizte Nitze I'm pretty sure l'Allemagne is French for Germany, but Almania might be a French dialect (or from a different language altogether)
Nizte Nitze it's not about pronounciation it's about making clear the difference of the 2 Holland's an the other 10 where the other half of the country live
Allemange is french for the tribe of the Allemannen. Finland calls us Germans Saksa after Saxons. I can partly understand your frustration, but it's not that of a big deal either... Holländer!
(of course its a joke)
white sausage is great, and i am not even bavarian
"I have a girlfriend that lives in Germany." feels like unfortunate phrasing :) Where do your other girlfriends live?
They are currently not in germany
Bavaria?
He doesn't have a girlfriend. Could you imagine?
Maybe he meant a friend, who is a girl
Haha - I love seeing a video about Germany, where you very clearyl showed the place I live (Boxhagener Platz in Berlin Friedrichshain (east)). However, you got one thing wrong: Berlin is by far the biggest city (3.5 mil / Hamburg 1.8 mil). And from my perspective, your view on Germany is weird ;) but that is probably because I am German and although i have lived in various other countries, I still know way more about German history and geography than most (also because I did study history and have an interest in both topics...).
Overall, I really like your videos and although they might not always be 100% right, you learn a lot of weird fun facts! (I still can't get over the border thing in the Bodensee...)
Ohh beim Boxhagener Platz war damals das Hotel in dem ich war als ich das erste mal in Berlin war. :D
Nächste Woche komm ich wieder.. nach 5 Jahren. :)
Oh wow that is great and Hello gorgeous how are you doing and i hope you are enjoying yourself on here?
When-ever I watch your videos, I love to go on google street view and have a look at the country you're looking at.
But damn those German street view laws :(
Nabium Bing actually has a rotatable detailed tilted aerial view for most German cities and you do get Google Street View in larger cities as shown in the video.
We capitalise privacy-because it's a noun. ;-)
The street view in German cities is full of censored houses. You don't really get the same experience
I admire the dedication to privacy - it's probably a better choice, for all I know - but it still disrupts my fascination in spending hours street view and have a look at other countries.
In my country privacy is more concerned with what goes on inside the walls of a home. What happens outside of it, is more considered the public sphere. I'm worried if one gets too sensitive on these issues, one might just end up as a hysterical little pussy.
But I'm not sure. Might be you've made a better choice, for all I know. I have no idea. Just, seems a little worrying, I'd be worried if it was my country, at least.
We made Google censor our house as well... actually almost everyone I know has.
Love this video. Im from Germany and I didnt know that Baden_Würtemberg was supposed to be 3 states up until now. Even in a vid about my home country I learn something new :D thanks for being so awesome
Danti o bisschen in Geschichte aufpassen und du hättest es gewusst ;)
Danti o Wie kann man das nicht wissen?
7-8klasse bruh
Enno Das kommt eigentlich bei der Nachkriegszeit allgemein.
Enno Nachkriegszeit wird nicht unterrichtet?
Why? Why do you jump from one theme to another and then back again? It is confusing in all your vids. Have you ever made a scenario?
Lukas Tucek second channel, don’t care
Before even watching the video the best state is Hesse because I'm from Hesse. We've "Ebbelwoi" a special wine made out of apples instead of grapes. The best Alcoholic beverage of the world
I tried ebbelwoi - it tastes exactly like cider to me, just a little worse haha
This is true
ibx2cat WORSE?! FIGHT ME! 😂😡
Potato in dutch is also translated earth apple (aardappel)
same for French: pomme de terre = apple of the/from the earth
Also in the southwest of germany
and austria. i saw it on a menu in a restaurant.
Omg, your continuity in this video is a mess, as if there isn't any concept. It is very hard to follow your presentation, because you keep hopping between the topics. Just somehow finish the threads you opened. E.g. name the previous counties which joined into Baden-Wurttemberg, and tell why. Please better sort it: a few whole stories are worth more than a soup of snatches. Make a concept for the video and stick with it when talking.
But I strongly trust you that you are very keen on Germany and you want to share your enthusiasm. There's already very good information snippets packed. Good luck for neater presentations and see you later.
I believe the only other territory that joined Baden-Wuerttemberg was the Prussian exclave of Hohenzollern. In the 19th century, the modern B-W comprised the Grand Duchy of Baden, the Kingdom of Wuerttemberg, and the two principaliites of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The two Hohenzollerns were annexed to Prussia in 1850, whence they became an exclave Prussian province. After the second world war, as the presenter partly explained, this area was reorganized as Wuerttemberg-Baden, Baden, and Wuerttemberg-Hohenzollern. The three states were merged into Baden-Wuerttemberg in 1952.
White sausage is the best don’t you dare to discredit it !
David N Weißwurstäquator^^
I think you're trying to trick other people. Don't trust him! Haha
ibx2cat I don't know how yoi can hate it, a good cooked white sausagr is the best.
True, what's your issue with white sausage!? :D
But black sausage is bigger!
Good vid, but plese try to be big more structured. So much jumping and it may not be your "fault", but bit hectic, but it was ok:)
The City of Essen isn't called Essen because it means "Food" or "Eating". Essen is an extremely heavy industrial city, and the word "Esse" is german for "Chimney" and "Essen" is the plural of that word. So it is named after the Chimneys that you could see from a very large distance.
4:30 True that! I mean... Saarland is like the german equivalent of Alabama so yeah...
what an annoying looong intro and soooo much drivel between the usefull information
I love the old German states
Especially the duchy of berg/Grand duchy of Berg
Although the German states are however artificially made, there are still "conflicts", I don't know how to call it properly.
For example Baden-Württemberg, people from Baden and Württemberg still mock each other and lay emphasis on their region. Another thing is that old borders still exist. For example the city of Villingen-Schwenningen. In terms of football, Villingen is located in the South Baden Football Association and Schwenningen in the Württemberg Football Association, so they hardly ever play against each other.
Dann kommt der Waldshuter
the term of "hamburger" comes from a german immigrant who solda so called "Hamburg sandwich" on the streets of new York. and´s yes, a hamburfer IS a sandwich
Greetings from Hamburg Deutschland🇩🇪
With Baden wüttenberg you weren't completely right. It where two states Baden and Wüttenberg which got split into 3 states by the US military. Wüttenberg Baden, and Baden and Wüttenberg-Hohenzoller which than merged into Baden Wüttenberg.
I've to admit that I also had to look it up even as a German
Wtf Weißwurst is the best
RIP to Prussia, silesia, Pommera, Eupen-Malmedie, Memel-Land etc
Funfact one tiny part of silesia still exist in saxony today.
The French also call their potato pomme de terre (Erdapfel in German) - so that's not THAT weird...
One additional thing: Your content would be much more enjoyable, if you would try to end your sentences, instead of beginning a new one in the middle of the first. It is sometimes hard to follow your line of thought.
The narrator speaks too fast and the video is too jumpy.
I stopped watching after 3 minutes.
A slower pace would have made more sense.
Make a vid about Finland pls ^_^
Sub titles would be good,hearing imparied, but thanks for not playing background music
Earth apple? what a unique language.
Jacob cakob It's the same in french.
Dewey Dezimal I saw other comments about that
Jacob cakob in Dutch: aardappel :)
Jacob cakob The Real Question Is Who WOULDN'T Call It An Earth Apple? I Do.
rate eightx yeah who wouldn't
Have you written a script beforehand? Because this feels very chaotic and confusing. Also you are talking way too fast (at least for me to follow) It's exhausting after a while. I don't mean to be mean! I want to help you getting better at this. There is some interesting stuff in your video (as far as I've watched). But I can't take it all in, because you are jumping between maps, and panning back and forth. Calm down a little more, please :D
One way would be to do an episode for each Bundesland. So you can concentrate on this one and you don't have to rush through the information to get it all covered. Because there is more to Saarland then just their historical decision to be part of Germany. Even though Saarland is handled like the unwanted child especially by the Palatinate region.
Hey, loved the video, as always. Maybe you could do a video on Monaco, since it often seems to be forgotten when people talk about European city states. I just think it is an interesting country with all the glamour and small size and racing and being on the French riviera.
You drop way too much information that is just simply not true. Sorry, but you just missunderstand so much stuff about how german history and regional differences work and why, and thereby you are working with way to many clichees.
Do Brazil next
Would've been better to explain the whole thing with burgers and that they got invented by german refugees from Hamburg in the US who just called them how they were named back then.
if youd go to Munich advice me! you can stay at my place and we can explore the city on bikes!
PM me then, because I live in Munich as well. XD
Oh let's do a city tour together then
what a beautiful finding :P
prussia is missing
Prussia and East Prussia were absorbed by Poland as part of the settlement of World War II. With that ended German militarism and imperialism, as I see it.
The problem with germany is the states have too much autonomy and Prussia shuld belong to Germany
You forgot to mention that Saarland was an independent country once!
Only for 10 years, until the people voted to join back germany.
No, it was a French colony.
@@walterross9057 Nö.
The Saar Zone was occupied by France but at the same time removed from the French occupation zone. Living conditions were better there than in the occupation zone for making the separation from Germany more popular. France tried to establish a state under French control and being economically part of her. Only political parties supportive of the French plans were allowed. But there was no way to remove the Saar Zone from Germany according to international law because the occupation powers had decided that Germany was to be treated as an entity and the future borders were to be regulated by peace treaty when a German government was reestablished. That means that France couldn't remove the Saar Zone from Germany. The Saar Zone was never independent. But in the case France had managed to get a positive votum for an independent Saar state from the Saar Zone population she would have established that state as a fait accompli and later denied any return to Germany. That didn't ultimately work because France had to grant German political parties the right to campaign against the Saar statute. Of course the plebiscite didn't include the choice to reunite with Germany. Just to leave it like it was or the improved Saar statute. The German parties convinced the majority of the Saar Zone population that rejection of the proposal would ultimately result in the return to (West) Germany.
You forgot East and West Prussia, Silesia, Posen and Pomerania...
Schöne Grüße aus Deutschland :)
Minne Alan Ja Gel Ich Bin Auch Deutschland