Thanks so much for watching!! Are you a sparkling water fan? What's your favorite kind of Saftschorle?😁👏🌟

In germany we don't say "ouch" when we fall on an icy road at 7am. We say "Ab 6 Uhr besteht eine Räum- und Streupflicht: Ich werde Sie verklagen!" In germany we don't say "Würdest du dich mit dem anziehen bitte etwas beeilen?". We say "Hammersbald?" In germany we don't say "will you marry me". We say "hat ja auch steuerliche Vorteile und wenn mal Kinder da sind, macht es die Behördengänge nicht ganz so kompliziert" In germany we don't say "what an idiot". We say "Bundesminister für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur" And I think all that is beautiful^^

"tja" - a German reaction to the apocalypse, Dawn of the Gods, nuclear war, an alien attack or no bread in the house Germany and Love: In German, we don't say "I love you", we say "welche Hälfte vom Brötchen willst du? Nee, ist mir egal, nimm du zuerst" and that means more than even a translation could ever describe, but it's approximately "here are both halves of my entire heart", how beautiful is that

Funny story: My sister had some exchange students from India in her class once and one time they said "I didn't expect there to be so many Slums in Germany!". They were refering to a Schrebergartensiedlung 😂

My Top 5 from the video: 1. German bread and complaining about the bread outside of Germany 2. Radler/Alsterwasser, Spezi, Schorle (and sparkling water - essentially sparkling everything) 3. Waldmeister as flavor! 4. Grünkohlzeit, Spargelzeit (and Erdbeerzeit with families picking their own strawberries) 5. Pedestrians waiting at the red light (and admonishing strangers for not waiting at the red light) and "So!" as a honorable mention!

Things not mentioned that I feel are typical German: 1. Seeing speed limits as attack on our freedom. Also: All speeding and parking tickets are "Abzocke" 2. Having a big breakfast at the weekend with "Brötchen" and a soft boiled egg. 3. "Feierabend" - the strict distinction between work life and private life. Nobody would even consider going to the pub with colleagues after work like in the UK. 4. That may just be my environment but: Talking at parties in excruciating detail about how to finance a house (and in the past: "Bausparverträge") 5. Security and stability is more important than anything. Combined with pessimism regardless how well we are doing.

Nobody mentioned Strandkoerbe and Spaghettieis.

What I also think is typical German is "Bummeln" that does mean walking around the city watching people, doing "schaufenster-shopping" and just enjoying ones company.. so you do not buy something, you just look and walk around.. I don't know how to explain it differently but there is also no word in other languages for that.. :) everybody does it though!

8:28 - Dirndl and Oktoberfest are NOT typical German! They are typical Bavarian. But they are absolutely untypical for the other 15 states. Noboby would wear a Dirndl in Nordrhein-Westfalen for example, except for carnival perhaps, as a costume. And there is only one original Oktoberfest, which is in the city of Munich. There are many similar fairs, like the Cannstatter Wasen in Stuttgart, but they are not called Oktoberfest. And they may also vary in date. They can be at any time from april to october.

Ich möchte noch Zuckertüten zur Schuleinführung und "Dinner for one" an Silvester gucken anführen.

Rushing at the checkout of a grocery store. It’s like a battle with the cashiers. I hate it. But also if they’re not fast enough people behind you get very impatient.

"Teilchen" heißen bei uns "Stückchen", auf gut badisch "süße Stückle". Ihr wisst ja: "Baden-Württemberg. Wir können alles. Außer hochdeutsch."

In the north of germany there are more "Laugenstangen" instead of "Bretzeln".

31 "correcting people if their wrong" - not "their": they're!!! 😁 ... and yes, I'm German... 😜

Oktoberfest is typically Bavarian because in in other parts of Germany we don't have it.

About the Kleingarten: there is a Kleingartenverordnung (of course there is :D), that regulates what can and can't be done in those small gardens. You have to know that those gardens did serve some various functions. You have to grow a certain amount of fruit and vegetables in there because they are coming from a time when they were meant to feed you and your family. Also everything has to be in order and look good because these gardens are always located in small or big groups, almost like a small village of gardens. (Kleingartensiedlung). Those "garden villages" were meant to serve a recreational purpose for those who had a garden and for those who just came to take a look and almost use it as a park to walk through. Yes, these regulations have mostly fallen out of time but knowing where they come from, explains the typical German love for their Kleingärten because they were a necessity.

I'd say typical German: - Rules - Being on time - Recycling - Quiet Sundays - Bratwurst - Curry wurst - Big on grilled meats - Salami - Bread., Bread and more yummy bread - Kaffee und Kuchen - definitely! - Being direct - Sparkling water -including flavoured eg. Schorle, - Beer - Festivals - Autobahn

bread is definitely a huuuge thing in Germany but I would also mention "brötchen"!! Beeing on time or too early is also so true and talking about politics as well. Also "Kaffee und Kuchen" in the afternoon is a must. Nice and funny video :)

"Correcting other people" is really typical german: So Stephan: DIN means "Deutsches Institut für Normung" , "Deutsche Industrie Norm" is very historical ;-)

Great video! Some additional suggestions: 1) Great trust in established NGOs, such as TÜV or Stiftung Warentest. If TÜV contradicted the Pope, I am pretty sure German Catholics would side with TÜV. 2) Being angsty about new technologies. 3) Not sure if that counts, but a Polish friend maintains that "jein" is the most useful German word. 4) The police being "your friend and helper". That creed is so German that it's almost untranslatable.

Most typical German thing I missed in your video is: Vereine!!! In Germany you have a Verein (club) for everything. Not only sports club but also to support each other with tax declaration (Steuerhilfeverein). Or Kaninchenzüchterverein (rabbit breeding club). Every club has not only a board but also a Vereinssatzung (articles of association) and can be registered at the local district court as e.V. (Eingetragener Verein = registerd club). Approximately 50% of the German population is a registered member in at least one of more than 600,000 clubs. This is as typical German as the Gartenzwerge IMHO. Taking off shoes in the house: Yes, I know this but it is not so consistent over all families. I thought it was more a typical japanese thing. Bretzeln: Stefan is right that it used to be something more in the south. It changed though about 15 to 20 years ago and now also here in Bonn you get Laugengebäck in every Bakery.

There is also this phenomenon to knock on the table to say goodbye to the whole group sitting there. So smart.

Grünkohl isn’t raw and also not steamed. It is cooked with meat and sausages over hours and eaten with potatoes and mustard. There is also a lot of lard in it. It is definitely not a healthy vegetable, in fact it is so fatty and filling, you need a lot of alcohol to wash it down. But it’s delicious, anyway. As far as I know, Grünkohl is only known in northern Germany. My family in law comes from Hessen and have never eaten Grünkohl until I met them.

I heard that people from the netherlands think typical german is building a big sandcastle at the beach.

In Austria we have Radler too. Usually it's made out of beer and fanta, or orange lemonade. but we also drink it with coke or with Raspberry lemonade, called a kracherl. And we drink beer a lot too. yes, and us Austrians are very punctual, too. But Dirndl und Lederhosen are a Styrian thing. That are our national clothes in Styria/Steiermark. Spezi is very well-known in Austria as well. Many people drink it.

For me, "typical German" is the monoculture of directness and the correcting culture. You two are absolutely adorable!!

I'd say whats definitely typically German is all the points about accuracy: being punctual and precise, bureaucracy, DIN-norms, rules for everything, not crossing on red (except Berlin lol), correct recycling, even the directness of speech, and so on. Of course there's always exceptions, but I feel like that's generelly typically German. What's not typically German (and might even offend some people): basically everything that's typically Bavarian. Bayerische Trachten are traditionally worn in Bavaria, not all of Germany, duh. And Oktoberfest and pretzels is also quite bavarian. Although these things have been adapted here and there, I wouldn't say they're typical. I feel like some points are not so much "typically German" as they're just untypical for North Americans, but actually done in a lot of the rest of the world. (correct me if I'm wrong but, just for example, the taking off the shoes thing? I feel like more cultures do that) Also Kaffee und Kuchen is definitely a yes and its the best thing.

I loved this video!! Made my morning ❤️

I think this is my favorite video yet and I am so amused by all of these things that I followed while I spent 6 months there studying that I never did before/have not continued since I left...like the tissues! I don’t even remember using them much but I bought those little packets while I was there and they always stayed in my purse.

The Brezel Bubble definitely exists also in Swabia. There are different origin stories and the Brezel is strong at their roots.

Wow, I love this. So relatable. ❤ This entire list was fantastic! 👏 🇩🇪 Thanks Dana and Stefan. 💞 I have heard the bread statement from my German husband, made me laugh when Stefan said it the exact same way. 😄

Mezzo Mix is the answer of the Coca Cola company to the German habit of mixing Cola with Fanta. There were other German brands before the Coca Cola company. At restaurants, however it’s actually mixed. Mezzo Mix does not taste exactly like Cola and Fanta mixed.

"Grünkohl" is particularly popular in North-West Germany - Oldenburg, East Frisia, Bremen - many small villages had even cultivated their own variants of the plants and it used to be an essential part of peoples' diets in those regions.

oh and the thing with reserving the pool chair is SO true lol

Being early is just as rude as being late. Of course, one can wait outside if one is early, that doesn't work when one is late. So being early is ok, if one waits without bothering others.

I am with Stefan on the bread ..the best ..and on the .. Putzlappen .. Love your videos.. thanks for sharing. :)

I'm from the Cologne region and "Laugenstangen" are more typical around here than "Brezeln". My Mom would get me one every morning from the bakery down the road. The "Laugenstange" was my "Pausenbrot" for school.

That was a really nice video :D I think "Aufschnitt" is also typical German. (Big sausages cut in thin slices). Oh, and regarding the "Coffee and Cake"-Tradition: Here in Saxony, on Sundays we often use special (and expensive) dishes and cups of Meißen Porcelain for the "Kaffeetrinken". (or "Gaffee un Guchn" as we say)

Czech pivo... good. German bier... also very good. Which is better? More sampling needed.

I'm from Cologne either but live at the Nordsee now and Grünkohl mit Pinkel (Mettwurst) is as typical for the north as the pretzels are typical for the south. And I miss getting 'Teilchen' from the bakery up here I think Polterabend(e) are very germanic either even though I know danish people do them too

The food and drink things are not typically german but very regional. Grünkohl (Kale) is very popular in middle and nothern Gernany, but almost unknown in Bavaria. And there are regions in Germany, where wine is the thing and not beer.

Rules, so many rules, always got to have rules... FOLLOW THE RULES!

This is amazing! I am American but have quite a lot of German ancestry. And I relate to so many of these that my grandparents did all my childhood and I have carries on!

Zum Thema Pünktlichkeit gibt`s ein Sprichwort: 5 Minuten vor der Zeit ist die wahre Pünktlichkeit. Zum Thema bezahlen: Nur Bares ist Wahres.

Most of these "typical german" things are also quite common in Austria. Not sure about Switzerland.

Hey Dana, greetings from Poland. For me and many people here a very typical German thing is 'Ordnung muss sein' , so there are rules for everything... ;) Also most sellers on the border have a cute gnome collection in case a German would come by... ;)

Loved the expression "Brezel bubble". Greetings from a Bavarian living abroad... (Frankfurt)

Stefan is right about pretzels also being a thing in Baden-Württemberg. I remember when I was a child, children used to get free mini-pretzels at the bakery when they were shopping with their parents (just as you got a little piece of sausage at the butcher's). Also the logo of our local bakery was a pretzel. So pretzels are probably the most iconic thing associated with bakeries, also here in Baden-Württemberg. But we actually do have "Teilchen" here in the south, too. We call it "Süßstückle". It's like a donut, "Amerikaner", chocolate croissant, Nussschnecke, etc. Everything sweet you can eat with coffee, but that isn't a cake.

Wow, Stephanˋs English has improved a looot👏🏼

Grünkohl, ist prima im Winter! Im Norden heißt Radler "Alsterwasser" (nach dem Fluß in Hamburg).

Just one thing: when you mentioned the socked sandals, for me, it's typical Japanese as my mind went directly thinking about a charming Geisha.

In Baden-Württemberg it‘s all about pretzels, Top. Even starting with the little ones. The pefect snack when you are out and about for little kid‘s hands. A must-have product for every bakery....

Stefan, don't you remember the Nougatbrezeln from Merzenich? So the Brezel shape can be seen all over Cologne. And if you mean pretzel as Laugengebäck even in the Cologne area you can buy Brezeln, Laugenstangen and Laugenbrötchen everywhere :)

I think you can make a distinction between "typically Deutsch" and "stereotypical Deutsch" and some things are both :-P

Yeah, they are pretty accurate haha I didn't realize the directness/correcting thing as being typical german, that was just normal for me. That explains A LOT of interactions I had over the years with people from other places lol

As a German who has lived in the UK for 35 years, I had a lot of fun watching this! Typical things to add to your list might be 'Dosenmilch' (condensed milk) in coffee, net curtains and shaking hands. ;-)

The longer I think about it the more the heavy use of Waldmeister seems to be typical. Many other things are either cliches (socks in sandals) or at least typical for Scandinavia and/or Austria as well. But Waldmeister is for us what licorice is for scandinavians (they combine it with chocolate and ice cream for instance). Schorle, definitely, and I found that this is a most welcome idea whenever you "export" it. Then: bread and how much we like it. Not crossing the street until we "have green" (I swear I even saw this at 2.00 am while it was raining). Being a little bit earlier than just in time is very important and most of all polite for us. Correcting and being straightforward as well as keeping eye contact, still in fashion, yes 😉 There is something special about the weather talk here: if you complain about the weather and for instance want snow in winter instead of rain there will be always someone who reacts as if you have super power to make it happen: "Please, no snow, I have to drive a lot tomorrow!". Give it a try, it's funny 😄 What I missed is the Nikolaus Stiefel. I think it's unique and often heard that people who come here from other countries really wondered about the idea of putting candy in a shoe.

"Ja! Und jetzt, gibts 'n' Kaffe!" (This, in our Scwaebischer-dialekt!) Between 3 and 4 in the afternoon, Mom and Oma made coffee (mostly on the weekends, because Mom and Dad worked during the week) there would be coffee and pastries, or slices of cake or plum-cake, otherwise known as "Zwetschkenkuchen", which naturally, was HOME-MADE! 😋😋😋 How I miss that!

Bei 'Teilchen' musste ich laut lachen, Stephan. Ich denke ich komme aus der selben Ecke wie Du und ich habe das von Kind auf gelernt,..."...geh mal Teilchen kaufen..". :)

Bread with everything seems common to a lot of countries. Italy was first to come to mind, but France too. Seltzer and juice I have seen served to kids in Israel a good amount.

In der Schweiz gibt es das Klischee, das Deutsche im Zug zu laut miteinander sprechen und so die Ruhe stören 😀 Der in der Schweiz lebende deutsche Comedian Kaya Yanar hat daraus eine wunderbare Nummer in seinem Programm "Der Reiz der Schweiz" gemacht.

Though living distant country, South Korea, I have often watched this channel for understanding America and Germany culture and studying English^^ There would be weird or incorrect or impolite expression obviously because my English is not high, wanna understand me^^ This channel is very attractive for me and wanna send my gratitude for making this channel ❤ this channel is very attractive for me who intereste

The "So" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 my mother in law does this so exaggerated!!!!

Thanks for the cool video and the regional corrections by Stefan! Regarding bread and meals: You forgot Abendbrot! With "Schnitten" where I am from (East Germany). And Brezeln are not a thing there, even if you can buy them. Everywhere in Germany, you have different cakes, different bread ... and for breakfast, as someone already mentioned: Brötchen! (Where I am from, "Semmeln".) I live in France and I miss all of that very much. One confusing example I love: Berliner (doughnuts filled with jam). Where I am from, they are called "Pfannkuchen" and what would be a "Pfannkuchen" (pancake) is an "Eierkuchen". In the south they might be called "Krapfen", there are probably more names. Waldmeister - every time I rave about Berliner Weiße in front of my french partner, I am struggling because I never know how to translate Waldmeister! xD Favourite small talk topics of Germans, also good for "meckern": 1. the weater 2. Deutsche Bahn 3. Und, was hast du am Wochenende gemacht?

Pretzels are a mountain thing, I would say. Lederhosen too. Only the Dirndl is everywhere in Austria as a traditional dress.

Talking about politics with your family and friends is important in my opinion to see who's going to betray you when the war breaks.

I'm from Baden-Württemberg and we love pretzels as well!

Pretzels are definitely also a thing in Baden-Württemberg, and Alsace even.

When I first heard you asking "What is typical German?" I thought "Bratwurst". But after your list, I'll go with the bread!

I think Brezeln are most at home in southern Germany. Also there are big differences between the Bavarian and Swabian version (A Swabian one needs to have thin, crispy "arms" and a thicker, soft upper part, while Bavarian have a more consistent diameter all around).

I think your list was pretty good. My tops picks would be (listed in alphabetical order) 1. Beer 2. Bread & Pretzels 3. Christmas Markets 4. Directness 5. Mechanics (The best) /Automobiles 6. Organized 7. Punctuality 8. Sauerkraut 9. Sausages 10. Strict Rules/Regulations Some of the other things either I don't think of as being "typically German", or at least not German specifically. Like Americans also reserve pool chairs with a towel, and I think of the Japanese first regarding taking off shoes, and house shoes/slippers when coming inside, and English first for garden gnomes. Others I think of as being more regional as opposed to connected to all of Germany, like lederhosen & dirndls are Bavarian, and cuckoo clocks are from the Black forest, etc.

Can confirm on the pretzel being a southern Germany thing. I am originally from Stuttgart, and Brezeln are a huge thing, especially Butterbrezeln. Although, truth to be told, nowadays with industrial baking, the quality has deteriorated hugely compared to 35 years ago. Not sure if this is the same in Munich. What you can observe though, is that you get some kind of pretzel everywhere. Writing about this, I also just remembered that a reason why this is not a general thing in Germany is that not everybody like the taste introduced by the brine (Laugenbrezeln... the stuff that makes the surface of the Laugenbrezeln brown).

In The Netherlands it's like when you want to start a conversation with somebody you do not know, like you're in line or something, so always start with "The weather is nice today" or the other way around

Im Saarland heißen die "Teilchen" Kaffeestückchen :)

I wouldn't say Pretzels are only typical Bavarian. In Rheinhessen (part of Rheinland-Pfalz), where I'm from, "Brezeln mit Spundekäs'" is a typical appetiser or party snack. It's big or small pretzels with a homemade Dip/Spread made out of Cream Cheese and Quark (+Seasoning). You could compare it to Obazda, but with a different, though also delicious, taste. :)

Being of German descent I can see serval of this in my grandparents generation. Especially the “time to go” and the Kaffee und Kuchen in the afternoon. My maternal grandmother also made Kolaches (she had a Czech grandmother) some times instead of Kuchen.

Put out your shoe in a house is also typical in Kanada and Skandinavia. I think it's normal everywhere where you have a lot of mud in winter.

28 Brezel. I think the Brezel-Bubble is everywhere in the south. Baden-Württemberg maybe even more than Bayern. And the area is stretching far above the north of the boundaries of this two Bundesländer.

"Teilchen" are called "Plunder" at my place. And they are delicious ^^.

There is actually a thing called the Brezelgrenze, like the Prezel-Border, which goes along with the border of the two most southern german dialects, right through Hesse and Rheinland-Pfalz. South of the Border you will find Prezels everywhere, while further in the north they are rare.. In former East Germany they are almost nowhere to be found.

Are the instagram videos only live?

Quite a list you got there. Quite precise what you listed there. Pretzels are a Southern thing, it's almost impossible to get a decent pretzel in the North. I know because I lieved in Hamburg and in Munich. I also regret that Oktoberfest/Dirnd/Lederhosen are considered "German" when in fact these are just Bavarian items, but the Bavarian brand is globally strong. Better than no brand at all.

Spezi is also called "Kalter Kaffee" (cold coffee) sometimes. My Grandmother ordered it at a restaurant - but they didn't know it, so she got coffee, cold of course :-D

The pocket tissues are a thing of the "being preparedness", because they are just handy to have at any time they may be needed.

They mostly all are typical, for me theee number one thing is the "bread" and "complaining about the bread" in other countries, I already did that a lot 😅

OMG, I want to hear more of Stefan speaking German !

Many of these are true for Austria as well (f.e. washing your car on the weekend).

I was surprised, that "going to Sauna without clothes" or going to FKK seems to be seen as typical German.

Well my family definitely doesn't wash the car every saturday 😂😂

I think two-part drinks like Radler, Weinschorle (Wine and sparkling water (or lemonaid if you're a savage)), Saftschorle, and Cola-Mix (coke with orange soda) are one of the most german things. Also at least where I live (Swabia) Teilchen are called "Süße Stückchen".

Okay, okay, my last one that I've notice my husband especially do.... when he is complaining about someone and wants to put them down, he pokes his forehead as if they have no brains(my theory)!!!! He doesn't even realize he does it! ALSO, Jack wolfskin!! We try to play spot the Germans when we are hiking in the California Sequoia Park!

i used to wash my car every Saturday morning in Chicago and Florida as well.

Soft boiled eggs!! And just regular Salzkartoffeln. As I went to America, they always gave me weird look as I mentioned either one of them

I wouldn’t say that Bayern is a Bretzelbubble because I live near Frankfurt and since I was little, there has always been Bretzels everywhere. The best ones were those 🥨 🥨 that came directly out of these special ovens, where the raw Pretzels are inserted on the one side on a transportationlane and fall out at the other side as perfect baked warm Pretzels. Yummie, they taste so good if they’re still warm, and you will find Pretzels all across Hessen. If you would say to me, let’s eat Teilchen, I would have known right away what you’re meaning. These little sweet pieces of bakery products that are mostly made out of yeast-dough. I think British people would call them Teacake, but in the U.S. I don’t know if they use this term. My Grandmother called them Stückchen so I (and I think hessisch people also) do. It’s very similar to the word Teilchen. But when I asked an bavarian fellow student at lunchtime if we want to go to buy some Stückchen, she looked at me in a really asking way because she had never heard that term which surprised me a lot and she asked “ein paar Stückchen wovon denn?”. And I said “just Stückchen, from the bakery, don’t you know them?” Which, she denied. Because the term is so normal to me I found it so shocking in a funny way( for the whole day) that she couldn’t do anything with the word Stückchen.

Oh and yes!!! That car wash thing!!! Aaaaalways Saturday, also in Switzerland 😆😆😂

We had Lederhosen as children (sent from Germany to Canada by oma) back in the 1950s in Canada as did all my nieces and nephews since then. We were mercilessly teased when we wore them in the 50s but not my nieces and nephews. Dirndls less so, none of my nieces or sisters wore one of them! My mom was from the Ruhr and my father from Kolberg so we had NO Bayern Blut!! As for standing in line we Canadians are very good at it! Fruit flavoured sparkling water is available here! And an English friend of mine used to order a "Shandy" which is (for him) a lager with Sprite/7Up or lime juice also called Lager n'Lime!

I think we're quite bad at standing in a line. Especially at cheese and meat counters in the supermarket (it's the worst right before public holidays), usually there is no line at all or not just one line but either several lines for no reason (eg 3 lines, one salesperson) or a bunch of people standing there completely random with people cutting the 'line' from every side or a mix of everything (some people waiting in a line, others just standing right in front of the cheese they want instead of standing in the line, a random bulk of people standing somewhere in the middle of the counter, people cutting line, some 'taking' the salesperson from the cheese counter to the meat counter even though they're supposed to be seperate counters and because of that the other customers had to wait in 'line' two times, ...)

Not only complaining about the weather... Complaining about everything. Hard work and being there im time (deutsche Bahn ist an exclusion dir this xD)

Well Bretzeln is not as common in other parts of germany that is true. But Laugengebäck as a whole is a very german baked good. I don't remember seeing it in foreign countries I visited. In northern germany we more often have the Laugenstangen or Kastanien like little buns made out of Laugenteig. But here around Hamburg Franzbrötchen are very typical baked good. Not so much in the south. And they are delicious (i love cinamon a lot). "Grünkohl und pinkel" is typical in northern germany. It's not for everyone but it is basically steamed cabbage with a special kind of sausage (Grützwurst aka Pinkel). And boiled potatoes as a side dish are very common. But the taste of cabbage is something not a lot of people like, especially when not grown up with the taste of it.

"Mett", at least in northern Germany, should also be mentioned.