How much do I know about Germany?

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[YoutubeCommentar]

Triggered by Ryan not reading the information given after the question is answered ;).

[myeramimclerie]

"There's plenty more for me to learn"
Well, you can start with that by reading the explanations given after you answered a question 🙃

[madaladin]

We have 92 Islands! The three biggest Islands are Rügen, Usedom and Fehmann and are located in the Baltic Sea. Followed by Sylt, Föhr and Pellworm, the three biggest german islands in the North Sea. And they are really beautiful by the way :)

[mark]

I appreciate how you kept it real by posting this without learning the answers in advance 😂

[MtheHell]

Just a little hint for the pronounciation of "i" & "e" combinations in German. As an English speaker, just look to the second letter of the combination: If it is spelled "ie", you pronounce it like the english "e". If it's spelled "ei", pronounce it like the english "i". It's that simple ;)

[christophschroer]

Bonn was the official capital of Germany until 1990, since then Berlin has been the capital of Germany. The seat of government also moved from Bonn to Berlin. However, some ministries are still located in Bonn. That is why Bonn is also called the federal city and Berlin the federal capital.

The Museum Island is an island in the river Spree, which houses several museums. By the way, Germany has a lot of islands. Most in the North Sea, some also in the Baltic Sea.

[fresetu]

Woche means week, not work. Example for Brückentag: Thursday is a holiday. Many will then also take Friday off so that they can have, what amounts to, an extended weekend. The Brückentag (Bridgeday) bridges the public holiday with the workfree weekend by taking that one day between the two off as well.

[jodufrak]

There are so many islands in germany you'd be surprised. Watch a Video about Rügen, Sylt, Usedom or in general the "Ostfriesische Inseln". Would love to see your reaction 💪🏻

[Kiyuja]

In Berlin we have a place called Museumsinsel (museum island) its named that way because its sorrounded by the river Spree. Its Europes most famous museum complex and is titled a "World Heritage Site" by UNESCO. There is plenty going on there beyond museums.
Also Bonn used to be the capital city of Germany before Berlin got selected

[DJRaffa]

10:30 for the "Brückentag", it's basically our word for "we are bridging the gap between X and Y"
we have quite a few public holiday's on Thursdays. And then the Friday is a normal work day, so we "bridge" it with taking a day off (paid leave etc).
This means that we get a consecutive 4 days off, with just 1 day of paid leave being used up.

[Anne-sikb]

i am not unsubscribing. For me it is super entertaining to see you learn about my country and for a couple of minutes to see it through a foreigners eyes. It gives me perspective (and tbh i didn't know all of the answers either :D so no shame in that)

[Hardwareandi]

As far as I know Stuttgart only applied to be the new German capital after WWII, but never actually was the capital. What am I missing?

[sebastiank.]

Don't be sad. We're here with you to learn more about Germany.

We will support u with likes 👍👍👍👍to motivate you more to continue such German tests.

[Zerberus]

The government coalition names (mostly) come from the colours of the different parties for example "Ampel" means traffic light in German and the coalition's colours are red yellow and green. The country name ones just are the same colours like in the flag of that country

[bastischmidt]

i admit these are absolutely no easy questions for foreigners

[APCLZ]

Some of these were really hard, i am impressed, that you tried to derive the meanings of some words. But next time, you should probably read the description at the end like you did for the last question... there were a few things in there that answered your immediate questions when you got a question wrong ;)

[kaddy]

Don't worry too much Ryan, a lot of this wasn't really possible without proper knowledge of language, history or geography. So it's fine. You made the best out of the knowledge you had and your answers weren't a bad choice at all 😉

[willewiking]

10:28 of course one needs a word for that :) In sweden we call it “klämdag” literally translates to “squeeze day” because it’s squeezed in between two holidays

[saiyasha]

The Museums island in berlin is a river Island in the river Spree that runs through berlin. (just because it's not super big, doesn't mean it isn't an island ;) It has most of Berlins museums on it

[ariane]

In the heart of Berlin, nestled between the Spree and the Spree Canal, is the world-famous Museum Island. Every year millions of visitors come to visit the five museums on the Spreeinsel. The spectrum of the collections ranges from prehistory to art of the 19th century. Not only the collections themselves are worth seeing - the ensemble of historical buildings on the Museum Island is one of the most beautiful things Berlin has to offer.
So you can see. It's really an Island.