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Everything you wanted to know about Germans, answered with blunt humor and plenty of cultural context. From why German houses have shutters and square pillows to tipping, sparkling water, data privacy, and why people knock instead of clap, this fast-paced commentary digs into the everyday habits that make life in Germany feel so different.
The video also touches on German English, shy guys, warm beer, toilets with a shelf, tall people, late trains, Easter traditions, and how World War II is taught in school. Along the way, it explores German privacy culture, free education, high taxes, religion, and the stereotype of Germans staring, while keeping the tone light, sarcastic, and observational.
If you’re curious about German culture, life in Germany, expat questions, or a funny “why do Germans…” explainer, this is packed with searchable topics and real-world references. Great for viewers looking for German stereotypes, cultural differences, language quirks, travel curiosity, and humorous social commentary about Germany.
The video also touches on German English, shy guys, warm beer, toilets with a shelf, tall people, late trains, Easter traditions, and how World War II is taught in school. Along the way, it explores German privacy culture, free education, high taxes, religion, and the stereotype of Germans staring, while keeping the tone light, sarcastic, and observational.
If you’re curious about German culture, life in Germany, expat questions, or a funny “why do Germans…” explainer, this is packed with searchable topics and real-world references. Great for viewers looking for German stereotypes, cultural differences, language quirks, travel curiosity, and humorous social commentary about Germany.
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00:00welcome back today I am going to answer the most asked questions about Germans
00:06these weird people living in the middle of Europe nearly everything about them
00:10is weird their clothing their food their language even their music and they're
00:16never smiling and always staring what's up with that maybe you'll find out now
00:22let's jump right into it how do Germans say Cheers five letters post next why do
00:31German houses have shutters well to keep the light out stupid but seriously in
00:39Germany in summer it's getting bright in the morning at 4 a.m. so if you want to
00:44sleep in in darkness you need shutters and of course the second reason is to
00:49make it more difficult for burglars breaking into your house when you're
00:53on holiday do Germans tip in a restaurant Germans do tip yeah but it's not an
01:00obligatory thing like in the US for example if you are satisfied with the
01:04service you usually leave a tip but there's no rules to that so usually you
01:10just round up the number so if you pay 27 euro you just give 30 but there's no
01:15fixed percentages people are expecting to get so if you give 10% that's already a
01:21very high tip in Germany and if you give more that that's crazy why do German
01:27toilets have a shelf two reasons one it's also called the examination shelf so it
01:34enables you to have a better look at what has come out you know see if
01:40everything's alright should you see the doctor eat better whatever you know and
01:44two it's splash protection for the butt okay are Germans friendly no they may be
01:54polite but friendly come to Berlin once in a good mood you'll leave depressed and
02:01it's not because your serotonin levels have been depleted if you know what I mean
02:05next why do Germans speak good English it is pretty easy for Germans to learn
02:11English because English and German derived from the same language hundreds of
02:16years ago it has been the same language so English and German have a lot of
02:20things in common so for us Germans it is actually like that if you would try to
02:25simplify German English would come out it has very similar structure grammar but in a
02:31very simplified form and also German TV sucks German movies suck TV shows it's
02:38horrible it's basically unwatchable there's very few good ones and many young
02:43people like myself we like to watch the movies in their original language
02:47English because the dubbed versions are also not the yellow from the egg and it's
02:53better to see the original voice actor anyway right why are German guys so shy we
03:01are not shy we just talk when we have something to say you know we hate small
03:06talk jibber jabber we don't want to do that do Germans drink warm beer no only
03:15psychopaths drink warm beer the beer is always cooled it's in the fridge but
03:19sometimes you don't have a cool beer available and then some people drink it
03:23warm which I think is disgusting and whatever you do never ever put ice cubes in the
03:31beer even if it's warm better to drink it warm yeah why are German pillows
03:37square I don't know I never questioned this why pillars are square why balls are
03:44round why is the sky blue I had to look up what they meant by that so apparently
03:51German beds have square pillows whereas pillows in other countries are rectangular and
03:59apparently foreigners think German pillows are not very comfy they're too big they're
04:04too soft how can a pillow be too soft you know that's what a pillow is for it needs
04:09to be soft squishy but the real reason is I guess is that Germans like to sleep
04:15partially with their shoulders on the pillow not just with their head it's just
04:20more comfy does that make sense why do Germans drink sparkling water isn't that obvious because
04:28it tastes better who doesn't like bubbles or maybe it was just a very good marketing strategy of
04:36German water companies to sell you water more expensive why is data privacy so important in
04:43Germany if you didn't know Germans are obsessed with online privacy in social media most Germans
04:50don't even use their real names and we are always very careful who we give our data to to many
04:56foreigners
04:56this sounds crazy they say we're paranoid but if you look at not too distant history and what other
05:02countries are doing in the world at the moment it's not paranoid it's pretty irrational Germans just
05:08don't want everyone else to know what they're up to may be offline or online it's no one else's
05:14business it's as simple as that and because of that Germany always ranks highest when it comes to
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06:44know what this question is about german students instead of giving applause with their hands they
06:49knock but why is that this is not a very new thing for german students they have been doing this
06:56for
06:56hundreds of years but unfortunately why they do it is lost in history so there can only be assumptions
07:03why they do it and some people think it's because when they're writing down something and they don't
07:09have two hands free to clap they just knock with the other hand another theory is that the academics
07:15back in the day did want to differentiate themselves from the normal peasant people in the world so
07:21instead of applauding they knock how do germans say porsche
07:30sounds so ridiculous i am driving a porsche not porsche or posh porsche
07:38why are germans so smart are they if i look at our politicians i don't see any those smart germans
07:46you're
07:47talking about must be hiding under a rock somewhere but if you mean that we know how to multiply know
07:52what's two plus three and stuff know where the countries are in the world yeah it's because of
07:57free education how do germans write the date it's pretty easy you start with the day then the month
08:05then the year logic right are germans tall according to the statistics germans are on average 172.87
08:15centimeters tall which makes them place 13 in the world so i guess germans are relatively tall compared
08:23to the rest of the world next why are german trains always late you hear that deutsche ban you're ruining
08:32our reputation in the world i'm sending this to the government wait the deutsche ban belongs to the
08:40government god damn it i don't know how this myth got out in this world but germans and efficiency
08:49that's a myth how do germans celebrate easter by hunting for the easter bunny and steal his eggs
08:57even though easter is a religious holiday i don't think most germans know that and they just think
09:03they have to look for eggs in the grass and eat chocolate all day why are german doctors so bad
09:11oh germany losing another reputation huh i'm not sure if this is a german thing i think most countries
09:18have shitty doctors but if you ask me it's because most doctors in germany more than 50 are over the
09:26age of
09:2660 so they're pretty old they're about to retire and i think they just don't give a shit anymore
09:33and also because they are sold they often stick to methods or knowledge that is not up to date anymore
09:42you know are germans vikings unfortunately germans are not vikings they come from scandinavia although i've
09:51been to malmy once in sweden and i was looking more viking than anyone there i met that was pretty
09:59weird maybe i should do some viking videos why are german taxes so high i ask myself that question
10:10every day though i think it's because germany is a welfare state there's free education great
10:15infrastructure and if you're unemployed you don't have to worry about sleeping under the bridge
10:20and starving to death the government will take care of you and those things come at a price of high
10:26taxes i guess how do germans feel about world war ii i think i forgot some sausages in the car
10:36yeah
10:36i'll be right back why are german guys so attractive oh thank you next how do germans teach you world
10:45war
10:45two oh god damn it all right um teachers usually say this we lost yeah it sucks but we learn
10:56from it
10:56and do it better next time no this question is actually way too complex to answer quickly but
11:05they teach it pretty objectively so just stating the facts and everything but the teachers also
11:12put a little bit of guilt on top so that we feel guilty as students for being german but it's
11:20weird you
11:20know the generation today has nothing to do with the people who were part of the war you know but
11:27we still have to have a bad conscience how do germans say germany well we say deutschland
11:34not satisfied do germans speak dutch no germans do not speak dutch automatically although german and
11:43dutch are pretty similar languages so when we read something in dutch or hear someone speaking in dutch
11:49we understand maybe 50 percent of everything maybe even more are germans religious
11:57i would say if they're old like 60 plus it's very likely that they are religious but if they're young
12:04it's very unlikely and if we look at the statistics actually less than 50 percent of all germans are
12:10member of a religion so they're all going to hell why do germans stare
12:23it's because germans are very curious people we always want to know what's going on around us
12:29what the neighbor is doing what you are doing on the street and no one ever told us that it's
12:36impolite
12:37that's how it is all righty that were all the questions for today if you have any more please
12:43drop them in the comments below i'll try to answer them and see you in the next video cheers