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Thank you for saying "Dankeschön" to the busdriver, I appreciate it much. These days people are too busy with themselves and forget to be polite and friendly towards each other. Grüße aus Hannover ✌🏼

Dein Deutsch ist sensationell! Outstanding as you may call it in Englisch! Never shy away from making and posting videos auf deutsch!

dein deutsch ist richtig richtig gut! und dein kleiner akzent klingt sehr niedlich. :) as a former Düsseldorfer, I especially appreciate the way you pronounce Düsseldorf like a real Düsseldorfer.

Sick-Note: Some companies accept staying home for up to three days without a sick-note. All others must accept at least 3 days for the note to arrive. So I would call my employer that I can not come today, then call my doctor for an appointment. If I am unable to leave the house, maybe the doctor makes home-visitations or he calls me in maybe the next day and give me the sick-note for the time back, which I can send to my company via (snail)mail, e-mail or maybe a friend, coworker or neighbor. If I end up in hospital totally beaten up, I hope that they will accept the paperwork any time soon...

Most of the other points have been well-covered; some additions: "Limonade" should in theory be lemon-based (although it could be from Limone/Limette). However, we use the word to cover all fruit-based fizzy drinks. There is Orangenlimonade, your example would be Erdbeerlimonade, and, hold on to your seat: Zitronenlimonade. When it's freshly made I would make sure to ask before ordering, because it is indeed ambiguous. When entering a doctor's waiting room, I give a perfunctory "hello", but heaven beware, I'm not about to start a conversation. On the bus, when I'm exiting at the front and the driver opens the door just for me, he gets a quiet "danke schön". None have ever complained. I wouldn't shout it from the back, though, don't want to scare the other passengers with any surprising cheerfulness 😂 Don't stop, however; people will think you're crazy, but inside their heads some of them will smile and think "I would never do that, but it's nice".

Concerning Tapete: I live in a house that is 113 years old and also was damaged in WW2 since a bomb detonated next to it. The flat is great with high ceilings but not one wall is straight in any sense. So it is the easiest thing to use "Rauhfasertapete" since it covers or distracts from uneven spots. And you can paint it several times. edit: spelling

1. Leichtathletik vs Schwerathletik (and Rasenkraftsport): because in the 1800s in the same sports club there used to be some people who did running and jumping but also pushing/throwing with light objects (discs, javelins, bowls) and then there were people who did similar sports with heavier objects (imagine trees or lifting stones). The latter activities became codified as the weight lifting of today (with wrestling subsummized into "Schwerathletik", execued indoors ) or stayed outside as "Rasenkraftsport" with lots of non-olypic disciplines. 2. Because it was originally wedding festivities taking place in October. Later on, the now annual festivities were moved earlier in the calendar to the end of September because of the weather. 3. Rauhfaser is very practical, because you can paint over it several times without the need of new wallpapers. E.g. we had a couch in a brownish-beige color and a matching Rauhfasertapete in a very, very light beige tint. But then we bought a new dark purple couch. So we just painted the walpaper in two different lilac shades. 4. Because we are indoors. We always greet when we are indoors (or at least should). E.g. on the staircase in multi-family home, or in the bakery/butcher's/small shops, because there are people behind the counter waiting to be of service to us. Public transport like malls and big/self-service shops are not considered indoors. Though I'd always greet people in a train compartment or people in the same row. 5. You call your physician and/or go there the first/next day. 6. No clue.

Here's one answer: The Oktoberfest goes back to die wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese, which was on October 12th 1810. Originally, the Oktoberfest was a horse race on October 17th of that year. So it was in October. Towards the end of the 19th century, the event was moved forward to start in the middle of September in order to benefit from the better weather in that period but it kept its name, Oktoberfest.

The doctors note on the first day is due to the fact that there are unlimited sick days in Germany. And of course, there are a few who took advantage of that. We used to call it the "Monday sickness" or the "football match sickness". The the rules had to be made stricter. Some people would literally call in sick at least once a months on Fridays to get themselves a long weekend ;)

Docters note: Call your "Hausarzt" and tell him you are to sick to work and to sick to go to him. He will send you a Krankschreibung for some days and ask you to see him if you feel better or he even will make a "Hausbesuch".

I love your energy. Shining , friendly and positive energy .

Doctor's note: If I'm really sick, I call my Hausarzt, and his office prints my Krankmeldung without the doctor seeing me. This has to be at my employer's office on day 3 of my illness. If I am too poorly to pick it up myself, my husband will get it for me, or the doctor's office will send it via mail. Next, I make a scan and email the scan to my boss. The paper Krankmeldung follows with snail mail: however fast snail mail is able to bring it to my house first, and then to the company I work for. If this does not work out within 3 days - that's not my fault.

Leichathletik is track and field as you say, but no weightlifting etc. (literally Schwerathletik, although the term is not often used) - there is a good description on the German wikipedia page. Oktoberfest was first celebrated in honour of the mariage of Kronprinz Ludwig von Bayern und Prinzessin Therese (Oct 12th 1810), hence the name. But since the weather in Munich is not all that stable and warm in October, celebration have since shifted to start in September. Rauhfaser can be painted over multiple times and still has a texture. You won't even see a bad paint job or (more importantly) an uneven wall because of the structure (created by the wood chips). See, on drywall it should be easy to get a smooth and even wall surface. On a stone or concrete wall that's finished with plaster that's a bit harder to do, so walls are not always perfectly smooth.

Es ist ein Gebot der Höflichkeit (Etikette), dass derjenige, der zu einer Gruppe hinzukommt, die anderen grüßt. Das gilt eben auch im Wartezimmer. Ausnahme sind Theater- und sonstige Veranstaltungen, wo man natürlich nicht grüßen muss.

#1 It's called Leichtathletik because it is not Schwerathletik, which is mainly "Kraftsport" (Weightlifting, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding and so on), but also some strength-oriented combat sports (wrestling, boxing, ...). #2 The first Oktoberfest was around the wedding of crown prince Ludwig I of Bavaria with Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen at October 12th in 1810, with festivities starting at least a week before and ending a week after. The festivities were repeated every following year (except 1813 because of the Napoleonic wars, 1854 and 1873 because of Cholera, 1866 because of the Prussian-German war and 1870 because of the Franco-Prussian war) and became bigger every year after 1870. The duration was extended, and because of the better weather it started now in September (utilizing the "Altweibersommer" = Indian Summer). #3 This type of wallpaper is known as "Raufaser-Tapete". It was invented in 1864 and is thought to be painted after applying it (or as part of a renovation) - it makes it easier to remove old paint and put new paint on the wall. Since many old walls have already bumbs and notches, the structure of the wallpaper integrates and hides such unevennesses without the need of replastering. #4 Germans greet people they share a (small) room with for some time. A bus does - as a rule - not fulfill that criteria. ;) #5 Good employers will not expect the doctor's note before the third sick day. Unfortunately many "modern" enterprises, especially some so-called startups, are not good in employing people (one of the reasons they have high labour turnover). But if you have a family doctor / a physician you regulary visit, they will often be willing to give you a short-term note after a consultation by phone and making an appointment as soon as you are able to come - in some cases they could even visit you at home, but that is nowadays only an exception, while in former times it was the rule. #6 Lemonade is simply not a thing in Germany. We never had enough lemons to develop a lemonade culture. Actually there was once a lemon trader in my town. As she died the most valuable part of her inheritance were the dozen or so crates of not-so-fresh lemons in her house. (That was long ago, however. ;) )

Wood chip wallpaper tends to be inexpensive compared to patterned wallpaper, and also looks inoffensive enough that landlords will accept it if your apartment lease states that you must apply new wallpaper before you move out.

In italian too we call it "atletica leggera", which means light athletics, although not many people know the reason, because the opposite, weightlifting, is now called "sollevamento pesi" and no more "atletica pesante" (heavy athletics).

"Rauhfaser" breaks the light and makes the room light more fuzzy, which again makes it appear bigger. Also it hides small errors like smudges and pin holes. Get a needle role and roll the old tapestry thoroughly then spray it with water and give it 30 minutes to soak in... after this you can pull down the tapestry just like that. In many cases it comes off on its own ;) If you are sick 1 day you do not need a doctors note by law no matter what you company states. But you need to inform your company about you being out sick. If you are sick for longer you need a doctors note, but you have a week time to present it to the office, enough time to send it with the postal service. Many companies accept E-Mail notes providing the original note after the sick leave. If you are sick more than 1 day, you are expected to see a doctor anyway, to make sure that you recover asap and can get back to work asap. Anything else would be considered lazy leave instead of sick leave ;)

My longtime employer did not really care when he got a sick note if it covered the time I missed. So I usually called in to inform my colleagues, then went back into bed and in the next days visited my doctor who dated the sick note so it would cover the correct time period. Worked for the last 40 years perfectly that way.

Never thought about this. Lemonade is really only made from lemons? Sure, it explanes the name.

I am from Austria - and I have lived in towns and also in the countryside ... I have learned that in town people are confused if you greet - while outside in the country it is absolutely normal ... it might even confuse others if you don`t greet others - even unknown people

Leichtathletik (running, jumping, throwing) is named in contrast to Schwerathletik (pulling and pushing heavy"=schwer" weights or wrestling) as it depends more on agility and stamina than power and force. Also people doing it, are typically more light weighted than the people doing power lifting. Exception confirms the average rule as we say. The greeting in bus is the same in France as in Canada and I found it quite polite and nice, but indeed it is very unusual in Germany. You can say "Guten Tag" when you pass through the drivers's door but normally nothing if leaving or using other doors. I think it has to do with the fact that it is seen as public space, while doctor's is seen more as a private area like a flat. It fits to the general habit to be more decent (or you might say unfriendly) in public, but open up under friends. But I have no final answer here. For the lemonade you have to ask for "Zitronenlimo" oder "weiße Limo". Here in Austria we also often have "Soda Zitrone" which is much less sweet than German Zitronenlimo as the latter normally contains lot's of suger.

On the occasion of the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese on October 12, 1810, numerous private and public celebrations took place in Munich, including a horse race on October 17. The Oktoberfest dates back to this.

Rough wallpaper is very easy to dissolve. Simply make holes in the wallpaper (there are special rollers for this in the hardware store), spray with water and wait one to two hours so that the glue dissolves. Here in the country it is also common to tell the bus driver Chiao.

7:18 ungeschriebenes Gesetz in Deutschland - wer einen Raum, (eine Wohnung, Büro, Werkstatt oder Haus) betritt, in dem sich bereits Menschen befinden, grüsst beim Hereinkommen.....ich finds ok

Every conpanie can ask for the doctors note on the first day because they pay you the first 6 weeks it is called Lohnfortzahlung and after 6 weeks your Krankenkasse takes over. You are selfemployed and you had to choose if you want a healt insurence with or without Krankengeld. It changes your amount you pay for the insurence.

Hallo Jenna, kurze Info über mich. Ich arbeite in der Hauptverwaltung für die Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) und möchte gerne den ersten Teil deiner 4. Frage beantworten. Ich habe dazu u.a. Busfahrer:innen und Gruppenleitungen von Busfahrer:innen befragt. Es ist in vielen Verkehrsgesellschaften in Deutschland nicht gängig, dass sich Fahrgäst:innen nach Abschluss der Fahrt bei Busfahrer:innen verabschieden. Es wird vermutet, dass vermieden werden soll die Busfahrer:in abzulenken. Das ist vor allem dann der Fall, wenn sich tatsächlich jede Fahrgast:in beim Busfahrer verabschieden würde. Auch beim Ein- und Aussteigen von Fahrgästen benötigt die Busfahrer:in volle Konzentration. Die Türen müssen überwacht werden damit keine Fahrgast:in eingeklemmt wird. Zeitgleich muss auch weiterhin der aktuelle Verkehr beobachtet werden, damit eine zeitnahe Abfahrt von der Haltestelle ermöglicht werden kann. Das ist besonders in großen Städten bzw. auf stark befahrenden Straßen erforderlich. Zusätzlich muss die Busfahrer:in auch die Informationen des Leitsystems im Blick behalten und auf aktuelle Verkehrsmeldungen achtgeben. Eine Busfaher:in sagte mir, der einzige sinnvolle Zeitpunkt sich als Fahrgast zu verabschieden, ist wenn der Bus an der Endhaltestelle zum Stehen kommt und diese sich in einer ruhigen Verkehrszone befindet. Dann darf der Busfaher:in gerne eine erholsame Pause gewünscht werden. Meiner Einschätzung nach werden die Kolleg:innen von der RBVG Düsseldorf das sehr ähnlich handhaben. Viele Grüße

Weil Du so wunderbar Deutsch sprichst, hier meine Antwort zur "Rauhfasertapete" auf Deutsch.. Diese Tapete reguliert die Raumfeuchtigkeit besser als alle anderen Tapeten, weil sie mehr Wasser aus der Atemluft aufnehmen und es später wieder abgeben kann als jede andere Papiertapete. Im Gegensatz zu anderen Papiertapeten besteht sie aus mehreren Schichten, zwischen denen die kleinen Holzstückchen eingearbeitet sind. Diese Holzstückchen können neben dem Papier selbst eine Menge Wasserdampf aufnehmen und wieder abgeben. Wenn man diese Tapeten mit einer guten Wandfarbe streicht, bleibt die Wasserdampfdurchlässigkeit erhalten und Du hast jederzeit ein angenehmes Raumlima.

Why Raufaser wallpaper? Two easy reasons: If you paint directly on the wall it is a mess ans massive complicated to clean the wall when you are finalley leave the appartment. It is difficult to paint over a darker color and the wall gets thicker and thicker. And the wallpaper protects the wall to be destroyed or damaged too massively. And second: If the wall is already damaged, the wood in the wallpaper gives it a structure, that maskes this liitle damages already in the wall. Furthermore you can put more layers of paint on it without changing it every time as long the color is not massively brighter than before or too many layers are on it. And then you can change it easier asnd faster than any other way to clean a wall. That is what it was developed for. So you are wrong. It saves a lot of time and effort unlessy you are the one who wants/have to change it ;) .

My whole apartment is plastered with Raufasertapete 🤣 I guess many people use it because it is really "forgiving" if your walls aren't even. Also, it is easier to put it up because you don't have to pay attention to patterns or something.

‘lemonade’ is just another english word that Germans got/use wrong, just like “moderator” (aka ‘host’) or the well known “handy” (aka ‘mobile phone’). It‘s probably just too similar to “Limonade” and so it’s used in the same general way as the German “Limonade”.

The 16-day-long festival called Oktoberfest has that name because it *ends* the first weekend in October.

Doctor's note: I just called my doctor's office and said that I could barely make it to the bathroom. They told me to just send someone over to pick up the doctor's note for me.

Leichtathletik VS Schwerathletik: Since the beginning of the sports movement in germany they started to seperate the "light" from the "heavy" disciplines, where the "heavy" sector was more about weight-lifting and other similar disciplines, wheras the light disciplines use either only the body itself or minor weights to throw

lololol non-lemonade lemonade haha it's the same in the Czech Republic. Berries in sparkleing water haha I was surprised and a little dissapointed at first, but now I actually miss it! lololol

There is thus rule in Germany that you have to say hello when you enter a room. Every room! If you don’t do it, everybody thinks you are arrogant…and have bad manners… 🙂

As for #4 (the bus), many people here do that with the bus driver (including myself). However they usually are more subdued.

Lustiges Video! :)

Woodchip-wallpaper: I think this has a history that comes from older times, where no wall was flat and even. The chaotic texture of this wallpaper is good to hide imperfections to the eye. Imperfections in the cement behind it and imperfections in the paint before it. The effect is similar to the good old "Leimfarbe" (thick jelly style paint, which was given a texture with special tools). Maybe today with mirror-flat walls this is unnecessary, but some like it because this is how a wall must look like...

6: Strictly speaking the french invented the word and yes, it included limon (i.e. lemon). However, as often found with borrowed words, the meaning was broadened to include other things. In this case anything fruity. To be fair though, most lemonades do contain a bit of citric acid, to make the sweetness more palatable. So in that sense, there is still a lemon aspect to it.

Hi, would you tell which song it is in the beginning?

Pleaseee make more videos auf deutsch, your German is so good for me as a beginner to understand

Ich finde es richtig gut.

Fun fact about greetings outdoor. First it depends a lot on where you actually are. Pretty complicated but it works. Now the fun fact: Englischer Garten munich 19thcentury: it was asked for, to only greet people that you really know. The Argument: this is a place of leisure, and if you are always greeting (lifting the Hat, bow, correct adress etc.) you will never have leisure. I feel a little of this is part of contemporary culture. I like it.

In GER we commonly use "Leichtathletik" and "Schwerathletik". Schwerathletik is based on muscles (bodybuilding, weight lifting, and others), Leichtathletik describes speed and athleticism (running, jumping, throwing).

I'm German and lived in the UK for a while where I also noticed that people greet the bus driver when they enter the bus and say thank you when they step off. I liked it and did the same of course as otherwise people around me probably would have considered me to be rude. I wouldn't though do the same in Germany. There is one specific reason for that: buses look different here and over there. In the UK (and this is in the Bristol-Bath-Somerset area where I lived, but I guess it's the same in other areas) most buses had only one door. So you step on at the front and leave at the front. Both times you pass the driver. It makes sense that you acknowledge him with a hello and thank you. In Germany we have and had always two doors, sometimes now even three. We should step on at the front and show our ticket, but that wasn't always so and since corona it's not really like that any more. So we mostly step on in the middle or at the back. Where we also leave the bus again. In most buses you are not even allowed to leave at the front. So we don't come near the driver - why should we shout through the whole bus "THANK YOU!!!" when we leave at the back of the bus? So we don't do that. I think the different construction of the buses led to different customs.

It's even weirder... Oktoberfest (oct... = 8) is in September (sept... = 7), the ninth month

I have no idea why people don´t thank the bus driver here in Germany. I don´t do it everytime, but often, and sometimes feel weird about it. When I visited Australia, people frequently did and I loved it. It didn´t feel weird at all and I thought "*that* is how to treat someone who just took you to where you wanted to go" :-)

Jenna, you know that Germans love long words, precision, and clubs („Vereine“) - Leichtathletik is an example for this. The dilemma: how to name a Verein that deals with field athletics exclusively? The German answer: Leichtathletikverein. Btw. - I say Hallo both at the Doctor‘s, to the bus driver and (most often) to co-passengers. But not everyone „bekommt die Zähne auseinander“ and answers accordingly. On the other hand - it was so annoying hiking in the mountains in the US or Canada and having - exhausted as I felt after miles and miles of hiking - to use my last breath for that „Hi, how are you doing?“

Da du ja in Düsseldoof wohnst, könntest du auch noch fragen, warum es frisches Altbier geben kann. Darauf ein leckeres Kölsch👋

Athletik umfass Licht- und Schwerathletik. Schwerathletik sind die Sportarten in denen die reine Muskelkraft im Vordergrund steht, z.B. Gewichtheben. Das andere ist dann Leichtathletik.

A lot of people gave here some good answers, so I don't have to write the same things again. I just say hi, lovely video.

In all of my jobs in the last 10 years (3 ) we had the graceperiod solution...nur being still sick after 3 days it is a good idea going to the doctors

"Beim Busfahrer bedanken" is something I never experienced In Germany but sometimes in the Postbus in Switzerland, including answers by the driver. It was confusing at first but I liked in.

Lemonade without lemons is like a sugary "soda" soft drink that hasn't anything in it that could be named "soda" anyway and is also not really "soft"... It's just not American usage, but in the UK or Ireland any soda can be called lemonade.

so about the "raufasertapete", its used here in germany because it hides many of the flaws in the wall. if you just want to paint your wall you have to have a very smoth wall. In the US you could just swap out the dry wall if there is any damage, here you have to fix every little unevenness. If you put up a plain wall paper it hides some of the flaws and "Raufaser" hides even more, in most cases you don´t even have to take the old wallpapers down.

You are speaking german really really well!!!!!!!!! 😆

Your German is excellent 👍

concerning the doctors note. As of the 1st of June the remote over the phone doctors note is not a thing anymore. But for your employer it's only important that the doctors note includes the date you first missed work. I do believe doctors can back date the notes 2 or three days. because many doctors are at least closed one day a week (for either private insured only or house visits) so you wouldn't be able to go that day to get a notice. So you can go the next day and your note would read something like that. Start of sickness: date X1 Diagnosed on: Date X2 Expected recovery: Date X5. Date of the diagnosis and the start of the "arbeitsunfähigkeit" therefore don't necessarily need to be on the same day. And doctors tend to prefer you not come in when actively throwing up or having diarrhea because of combination and other patients and staff. Best is call or write an email to your doctor how to proceed in those cases.

Überall eine Scheibe Zitrone reinzumachen, ist für mich genauso unverständlich wie das Glas mit crashed ice bis zum Rand zu füllen

Wir haben Tapeten, weil es wohl unseren Frauen gefällt. (Warum auch immer!?) In Kassel gibt es übrigens das Deutsche Tapetenmuseum. Klingt zwar öde, ist aber sehr interessant. (Im Moment wegen Neubau geschlossen.)

Lemonade: Frag vielleicht nach einem Zitronenwasser?

Germans do not just usually say hi when entering such waiting room but when entering a room with other people in it in general, in my experience. Just to counter the awkwardness I guess but I also find it sometimes "unangenehm" greeting people while being sick.

I did a quick research on wikipedia, and it turns out, there is also a thing called Schwerathletik. Schwerathletik is anything that is focused on really muscular stuff, like bodybuilding or weightlifting. So, Leichtathletik is called leicht, because you are not doing stuff, for which you need big muscles, lifting big things, but instead you need a lot of endurance and a type of strength, that does not focus on heavy stuff.

Hallo! Your German is awesome, it's even much better! Don't be shy to speak in Videos! Your Accent is really nice and a makes you Friendlier. I like your Cheerful nature! Greetings from Brandenburg

I actually talk to the bus driver and wish them a nice day when getting off the bus.

There's one guy who came to Germany as a refugee I think a few years ago, and he doesn't thank the bus drivers, but calls "Tschüss" for everybody to hear, which makes me always roll my eyes and think "Why do you annoy the driver?" XD But I also don't like when employees at a store start a conversation, and I'm just thinking that others might feel the same. My brother works as a bus driver, and even there I wouldn't dare to call this loudly. I say "hi" when I enter at the front door, and wave into his back mirror when I leave, that's it.

Bzgl. Krankschreibungen: In vielen Firmen braucht man erst ab dem 3. Tag eine Krankschreibung. Wer dann so lange krank ist, sollte tatsächlich zum Arzt gehen. Das hat außerdem eine arbeitsrechtliche Relevanz. Dein Arbeitgeber ist verpflichtet, dir 42 Krankheitstage lang den vollen Lohn auszuzahlen, danach übernimmt die Krankenkasse die Lohnfortzahlung. 3 Tage mehr für die Firma würden in meinem Fall die Firma 750€ kosten. Außerdem: wenn ich bei meiner Hausärztin anrufe und sage "ich hab Magen-Darm, brauche eine Krankschreibung," bekomme ich die in der Regel so - ohne Untersuchung für drei Tage. Ich werde aber gefragt, ob ich die Ärztin selbst sprechen will. Wenn nicht, werde ich darauf hingewiesen, dass ich sofort kommen soll, wenn es mir schlechter geht. Brauche ich eine Verlängerung, muss ich die Praxis aufsuchen. Das ist ja auch vernünftig. Sie weiß, dass ich mich nur krankschreiben lasse, wenn ich auch krank bin. Es kann sein, dass sie es bei den Blaumachern auch anders handhabt.

Thanking the bus driver might be comparable to applauding after your plane has landed. This is only allowed in case you are a "Pauschalreisender" and >60 years old. The people in the bus simply get confused as you don't belong to either group.

Omgoodness I know right about the greetings at the Drs?!!?!! I really do not like it!! I’m like, hey this is private, now is not the time! And I also say thank you, it’s friendly. And that wallpaper grrrr lol! Now I have to go and read the comments - I want to know all the answers, these were the questions I have had and didn’t ever ask!

It's funny, in Italian it's also called "atletica leggera", literally light athletic :D

You have clearly some Rhine-Land accent which sounds very cute and beside of that, your German is pretty good.

The first Oktoberfest was in october, it was held because of the marriage of the later king Ludwig I

"... I don`t want wallpaper, I just want a wall... make me my wall and I paint it white ... that`s all I need" = that`s exactly what I like, want and do either ... and I`m a German ... apart from the white color which I don't like on walls at all, because for me there is no more boring color than white on the walls in an apartment, but tastes differ I'm not typically German because I don't need and want wallpaper on the walls and because I have furniture in the rooms and photos or pictures on the walls, you don't see much of any wallpaper anyway. I don't need curtains for the windows either, because sunlight should come into the apartment through the windows, so I don't hang anything in front of them and to keep curios eyes away from the always curious neighbors I have roller blinds that I can then lower if needed. The "Raufasertapete" is so popular in Germany because nearly anyone can stick it to the wall relatively quickly and easily. You can and should then paint this special wallpaper with any color of your choice. Wallpaper made of other materials or patterned wallpaper is much more difficult to use for the non-professionals. If you want to tear off wallpaper, especially "Rauhfasertapete", you should first moisten the respective area with warm water and a little washing-up liquid in it - there are special larger sponges for this work available in DIY stores - and let it take effect for a short period of time, then removing the old wallpaper using a spatula to lift them up and then slowly peeling them off by hand is much easier because the wallpaper is then soaked and can be removed more easily and usually in larger pieces. As an alternative to water, there are also special liquids available in DIY stores for this purpose, which actually often work more effective, but noone knows why I guess, neither do I. As soon as you notice that the wallpaper is drying again while tearing it off, moisten it again and again in between. In this way, you tear off the entire wallpaper on one wall step by step, the wall itself is always only worked on in smaller areas.

That was your problem with the lemonade: you thought the american/canadian way, but here it's the european way to have some lemonade. 'Sprite' or 'Fanta' are also lemonade, made of lemon flavour (Sprite) or orange flavour (Fanta) and both are sparkling.

One should never be ashamed of questions, some of which have already been answered very well. I found an addition to athletics, in the Greek origin "light" does not mean effort, but natural movement sequences that humans already do, such as the long jump, discus throw and high jump?!? Mhmm, except in physical education, I would never have thought of voluntarily performing the necessary movements of the latter two. Heavy Athletics are wrestling, weightlifting, etc. With regard to woodchip it should also be mentioned that in addition to being painted over several times, the thing can also be torn off. This is definitely recommended if you decide to paint your room completely black. The next tenants will be happy. Bus drivers are not greeted, but patients in the waiting room are. I suspect a logical background. Germans only greet strangers in very specific situations anyway. Bus drivers are not one of them, a waiting room situation is a different caliber. You meet fellow sufferers in the waiting room and you greet them out of solidarity, possibly also with the question of who was there last. Originally, lemonade also meant a drink made from citrus fruits. The definition includes at least 7% sugar, the fruit juice content is 15% for lemonades made from pome fruit or grape juice, 3% for lemonades made from citrus juices, 5% for lemonades made from other fruit juices.

leichtathletik is like light and heavy weight in Boxing. Leichtathletik is mostly field sports, while "heavy weight" is more strength oriented (powerlifting, bodybuilding...) If you feel to sick to go to the doctors you can call them an they will come home to you in Germany

Here in England people over 60 get free medication! I have 3 different meds for cardiovascular (had a heart bypass in 2013), 1 med for enlarged (benign) prostate, 1 med to control cholesterol (because I can't tolerate statins), and 1 blood thinner to prevent blood clots in the brain if I get afib. I don't pay anything. I've never checked how much these would cost on the open market, but we're probably talking about several hundred pounds a month. People under the age of 60 have to pay £9.35 per medication, unless they are unemployed or on very low wages. That's per medication, so if the doctor writes a prescription for 2 items, then it's £18.70 bitte schön.

With regards to calling in sick: if you have to bring a doctors' note from day one, you screwed up one time too many. Normally you have a grace period, if you don't it's because there's reason to believe you're abusing it.

it is usual to call the doctor. if you are to sick to get to the doctor, your "Hausarzt" comes to your house. Er macht Hausbesuche. and since Corona you just call the doctor and get the note that you are sick,scann this and email this to the boss. the date mentioned on this paper from the doctor must be from the first day of sickness, but have to arrived in your company at the 3. day of sickness.

AFAIK, a doctor can backdate a sick note by a maximum of two days. So you don't have to go on the first day.

Cause it´s not heavy athletics!!😂 Leichtathletik is the same at Track and Fields. When you go out next to the driver you can do that, but not when you go out in the back!😉 Sometimes the "Hausarzt" comes to your home and look for you!

The whole getting a doctors note is insane! When I'm sick, it's because I'm sick. Then I'll stay in bed all day to get better. I won't be able to travel (plus sit and wait) in my doctors office. I don't know why this rule exist, but it's crazy! I get it, if you're sick for a longer period of time.

I had to laugh out loud at the "holding a barf bag at the doctor and saying hello" ! Concerning the lemonade: My smaller brother had a children book, where the children sold "lemonade with lemon" and "lemonade without lemon";when the adults complained, that lemonade without lemon is obviously no lemonade, the answer was that "Hundekuchen" also doesn't contain "Hund". Since then, "Hundekuchen ohne Hund" is my usual way of commenting these sort of issues....

Ich versteh die Frage mit der Tapete nicht. Man kann die Wände doch nicht nackig lassen oder den Putz streichen. Wie soll das den aussehen und wie soll man die Farbe wieder runter bekommen? Und Raufaser ist nun mal schnell und einfach zu kleben weil man nicht auf Muster achten muss. Ausserdem kann man sie mehrfach überstreichen und muss nicht jedesmal neu tapezieren.

Most of your questions I needed to look into wikipedia, but there I found the answers for every question in 1 minute. 5. we have a different health care system and culture then in the us (no idea about canada and paid sick leave, etc.). When I feel sick .. i tell it my firm and when I think it will go alone I stay at home for 1-3 days. At the 4th day I go work or to the doctor ... at this point I was never that ill that i couldn't walk to the doctor by myself. A former boss of mine told me to go home when he realized I was coughing and sniffling too much .. because HE didn't want to got sick too. In the US you can't leave the work that easy .. because you got no money for these days .. and the doctor bill could be very high. TLDR: Germans goes earlier to the doctor and that's why they can speak without "Stückchen".

Saying thank you when leaving the bus sounds nice to me, but you are right, I have never seen a german doing this. BUT! the germans are the tribe, who clapp their hands for the pilot after landing.

How cute, a "Rheinisch" dialect is showing through in your German 🙂 Pro tip: Try to say "Video" like a German; it is quite jarring to hear your impressive German and then you pronounce a word like you would in English". We even pronounce English loan words such as "computer" in a slightly more German way. You don't have to overdo it. Also, come to think of it, we would default to the British pronunciation, so "Kompjuta" rather than "Kampjudr". So "Wie-dee-o", not "Widde-yo". I hope my Germanised pronunciation guide is not roo confusing. English version: cohmpyootah, not comepyoodrr V-deh-oh (v day oh?), not viddyo I hadn't noticed you saying "computer" wrong, that part was just for illustrative purposes.

For me wallpapers are kind of old fashioned. Nobody has them anymore unless they live in old houses or are old themselves.

I know it have nothing to do with the video but can your kid speak Both language's and when what speaks he most of time und liebe Grüße aus der Pfalz

Hey Jenna, Rauhfaser isn't really comparible to wallpaper. It is used as a base layer over concrete walls and ceilings. This gives a little "insulation" and texture to the walls. As someone commented, if you do it right, it is fairly easy to remove (steam or warm water). I once had an appartment that had a vinyl coated wallpaper. That was lots of fun to get rid of. In the US you have different construction and the drywall has a plaster on it. Regarding the doctor's note, it's very unusual to have to have note from day 1. You usuallly only need one from the 3rd day. The exception is sometimes Friday or Monday for obvious reasons.

Leichtathleten - the heavy athletes are the ladies at the Russian Bolshoi Ballet. +wink+ +smirk+ The last heavy atlete were show as Major Iceberg in the movie "the 5th element". Oktoberfest is called so, so that all the tourists are late and the Germans can drink the beer alone. And in the tents is then also more place. But there are much better events in Germany... Rough wallpaper (woodchips included wallpaper): This wallpaper is easier to work with and easier to remove. And on rough walls the structure of the wallpaper hides the fact that the wall is uneven. (not kidding) There is a sign next to the driver that tells you "don't talk to the driver while (s)he is driving". No, just kidding... The sign tells you "don't mention the war!"... or was it "remember the first rule of the fight club"? No, honestly: Germans are not that polite and they are not used to your politeness. But please stay that way. May things change sometimes. I greet everyone in the pedestrian zone with a little smile and a nod and a quiet hello and meanwhile there are people who greet back. Sick leave can be called in because a company has experienced workers abusing the easy solution. But you can also call the doctor and get a retroactive sick note the next day. In Deutschlang lemons were not common for a very long time and there were only available citrons. And Germany does not have such a great lemonade culture like the nations were lemons were easy to get for decades. That is why we developed Oktoberfest and Beergardens and Radler. And that is why young adults can get a beer when they are 16.

You don't need a doctor's notice when you're sick for the first two days of your sickness, that means, you have some time and can wait with that, until you're doing a bit better. Also, after two days have passed, you don't have to immediately hand in your doctor's notice, you can also hand it in later. If you're sick for only two days, you don't need that at all.

Anlässlich der Hochzeit von Kronprinz Ludwig von Bayern und Prinzessin Therese am 12. Oktober 1810 fanden in München zahlreiche private und öffentliche Feiern statt, darunter ein Pferderennen am 17. Oktober. Auf dieses geht das Oktoberfest zurück. Kronprinz Ludwig (1786-1868), later King Ludwig I (reign: 1825-1848), married Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen on 12 October 1810. The citizens of Munich were invited to attend the festivities held on the fields in front of the city gates to celebrate the royal event. The fields were named Theresienwiese ("Theresa's Meadow") in honour of the Crown Princess, and have kept that name ever since, although the locals have abbreviated the name simply to Wiesn.[3] Horse races, in the tradition of the 15th-century Scharlachrennen (Scarlet Race at Karlstor), were held on 18 October to honor the newlyweds. Now I wonder if the German or English article is correct! The Wiesn usually ends on the Sunday of the first weekend fully in October. You either call your Hausarzt/family doctor or 116117 (medizinischer Notdienst)!

It´s called "Leichtathletik" because they are not only specialised to only one but multiple disciplines. Of course they are all athletes and are very well trained. But mostly if they compare one of their abilities or disciplines to athletes who are only doing this "one" discipline for life then they often cannot bring the same results. Otherwise the "Schwerathlet" who is specialised and trained much much harder (because he has the time and does not have to train on other abilities) on one discipline should do one of the other in which he is not trained he will of course fail against a "Leichtathlet". Simply said the "Leichtathlet" is an allrounder for a lot of disciplines but is not able to train as "hard" as a "Schwerathlet" on only one discipline. But compared to us (normal people) a "Leichtathlet" is also much more powerfull in all his disciplines. To your point with the doctors note: It is mostoly very easy to get a note if you don´t overdo it and you try to get a note every month or so. If you feel ill, like you vomited the hole night and do not feel fit as usual it allways has to be for a reason. And most of the german employers then say to you: "Stay at home and get well instead of working while you maybe develop a caught or whatever and risk to infect your coworkers". Most employers realized that is it cheaper for them that one person is missing for the one or the rest of the week instead of much more infected workers. Of course if you overdo it and you require a note frequently than not only the doctor but also the employers are getting curious and try to figure out where is the problem, what are the reasons of you getting sick so often and so on. And if this continues without a plausible reason then of course everyone involved are starting to get suspicous. But first of all you and mostly all should have something what we called a "Vetrauensvorschuss". If not then your employer is in my opinion questionable... I know it is a lot text but I hope this can help you clarify some questions of yours.

I have the answer for all of your unanswered questions: Ist so, weil ist so ;D Basic stuff which you learn at the army if you serve ;)

Schwerathletik: Ringen, Gewichtheben,... Leichtathletik: Leicht, Sprung, Wurf, Mehrkampf

Boxen, Gewichtheben, Ringen, Bodybuilding usw gehören zur Schwerathletik. sports that require more power in the muscles than in the brain.

Wallpaper: I think that must be a regional or generational thing. We haven‘t had wallpapers in over 10 years. They are too much of a bother. Just use Putz and Paint and it looks way better. The wood chip thing is about esthetics, I think. But that‘s debatable. I know my parents liked it, when I was younger… Doctors office waiting room: I‘m with you on that