My German Habits SIX Months Later (Exchange Student)🇩🇪

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German habits I have SIX months later! Today I’m talking about all of the little German things and habits that I still do because they are just so ingrained into me! From language to culture to classic German punctuality- it just goes to show how much an exchange year can do for you!

I apologize if the quality of this video is worse than normal - I tried to film outside on a very overcast day and my camera was just NOT helping me out.


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[jorgschimmer]

Yes. Please keep the „ Tschüss“ in the end.

[tumbler]

"This cake tasted good!"
"No, it doesn't."
"DOCH, it does!"

[christianc]

Yes Germany has ruined your love for small talk.
Congratulations, You are really germanzised!

[thunderfox]

"Doch" actually mean "yes, it is" or "yes, it does". Like when you're arguing and someone says: "The cake doesn't taste good" you could say: "Doch" / "yes, it does!"

[marajade]

"Doch" only works if someone made a negative statement before:
"This is not the right way". - "Doch."
"This is the right way." - "Nein." ("doch" would not work here!)

[markusw]

Don't stop saying "tschüss"! Spread it in the US. ;)
I will try to say it the next time when I'm there. :)

[therealdoctom]

The secret behind Germans being on time is that they just skip small talk and leave on time...

[lphaetaamma]

the example you said about "doch" is actually wrong. "doch" only means "you're wrong I'm right" if the last sentence of your oponent contained a "no" or "not", because doch is the conter to a "no".
like:
"This cake does not taste good."
-"Doch"

or

"This cake tastes good."
-"no it doesn't"
"Doch, it does"

[lenas]

Ich weiß nicht warum aber du hast irgendwas an dir, das dich total sympathisch macht ^^

[jo]

Always so cool watching you talk about our culture oversees - opens the eyes on one or then other topic - greetings from Bavaria! :)

[capsaiciiin]

"It basically means u'r wrong I'm right"

True that, loved it :D

[HotelPapa]

One thing on being on time: Don't be early when you are invited to someone's home. Up to 15 minutes late is ok, never early. Reason being, many people (certainly I) have a hard time being ready with everything, and interrupting the final preparations gets kinda awkward.

[LeonardNeis]

In germany, very young children often tend to repeat the dialogue "Nein! Doch!! Nein!! Doch!!!", just for fun reasons i guess. But somehow every child does this once in a while because it is just such a perfect bounce back to "no"😁 can also be concidered rude

[hartmutbohn]

"Punctuality is the politeness of kings", as the saying goes.

[bencecent]

Omg yes we need a translation for doch its sooo useful. This word can mean so many things.
(Before you said the word i knew it already)

[clemenskeuer]

Fun fact: „Tschüs“ was first used in Hamburg back in 1815. Hamburg was then occupied for some years by Napoleons troups and the citizen of Hamburg turned the french „Adieu“ into „Adjüs“ and then into „Tschüs“. It trickled down into the rest of Germany during the last 20 to 30 years.

[Qumafi]

Montana: Tschüß! – Another girl to yet another girl: What was that funny sound? – The latter girl: Oh, that's Montana, she does that all the time.

[toyfabrik]

Little mistake at 5:18
If somebody says "This cake tastes disgusting" (Dieser Kuchen schmeckt widerlich) you cannot reply "doch" if you happen to disagree. In that scenario a simple "Nein" would be in order.
It only works the other way round: "This cake does NOT taste disgusting" --> Here you could say "doch" in case you do not agree, to indicate that you think it does taste disgusting.

"Tschüß" by the way is just a mutilated version of the French "Adieu"

[usagiyojimbo]

Tschüss is an abbrevation and bastardisation of the portugese "a dios". It derives from northern gemany, where the big ports, like Hamburg, are.

[tendency]

doch is more like "but" or "anyways" or "although" not so much like "no" (only in cases like "stimmt nicht!" <>"Doch! (stimmt!)" etc. <3