5 German Habits 🇩🇪 Americans Are Now Adopting

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After moving to Germany and living in Germany for the past 2 years now, we have started to adopt certain German habits that we had never done before when we lived in the US! Let us know which one of these "German habits" you also do in your daily lives! 😊

00:00 - Anfang/Intro
1:48 - Habit #1
3:31 - Habit #2
6:53 - Habit #3
8:11 - Habit #4
9:41 - Habit #5
11:07 - Which do you prefer?
11:45 - Bloopers

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[JDoors]

"There is no such thing as bad weather, there is only wrong clothing." My goodness, that's been my motto forever. I am in the Midwest where it gets very cold in the Winter and I am extremely impatient with people complaining about the cold. "Oh, that's a nice JACKET you have on, did you ever consider buying a COAT?" There are people living in Antarctica, you CAN dress for the cold! :D

[m.s.]

Sparkling Water when outside/ on a trip/ in a restaurant, but at home just flat tab water right from the sink.

[uwekall]

What 'felt' fastest for me was downhill on the A4 up to 130 km/h in a 2CV built in the late 60's :-) .

[trevorsymonds]

The fastest I have driven on the autobahn was one Sunday morning and I managed to get up to 263 (GPS Speed) in my was in the left lane with my palms sweating and was seriously concentrating....then I looked in the rearview mirror and a Porsche 911 Turbo was behind me flashing his lights.... when I move over he went past me at about 320km/hour or more....it was like I was standing still :(
That day I learned that no matter how fast you are driving there is always someone faster!

[jbmcdoogle]

After living in Prague for 17 years I got back to the US using lift for elevator, and saying pardon (pronounced completely different from what you think) instead of excuse me and of course removing my shoes at someone's front door. That changed fairly quickly though. I also use my left blinker to indicate that I want to pass and still use Czech words when speaking, especially to my dog. My neighbors have no clue what's happening when I give Sam commands in Czech. 😁

[AlBfR]

My favorite Allwetterjacken are those with multiple jackets in one. where you have a fleece jacket on the inside and a waterproof windbreaker on the outside, of which you can each one wear by it‘s own or connect them together with a zipper. And of course they have to have multiple pockets everywhere on the outside and on the inside. 🙂
In German „Also“ is often unconsciously used as a starter in front of a presentation to get all of the necessary attention of the audience. And it‘s a bad habit that is difficult to get rid of, once you‘re doing presentations at your workplace. And I‘m guilty of using it. 😉

[kilikoe]

I love the titles in rhymes! Great fun each time.
Sparkling or flat water, depending in mood or temperature.

[laurentschmidt]

The fastest I ever drove was 190 km/h - during my driving lesson. My driving instructor said "You'll do it anyway, so I feel better you do it while I'm still sitting beside you". His favorite place for doing that was the A6 between Homburg/Saar and K-Town-West - at that time the 130 zone only started at Einsiedlerhof - which is essentially straight with only a few bends that can be negotiated at high speeds. It did the trick, too as I never felt the urge to repeat that experience - I feel comfortable at 130 for cruising and up to 160 for overtaking.

[Laserfrankie]

About the Autobahn: When I do long distances, I usually don't go faster than 140 km/h on the speedo, I even use cruise control then as much as possible. You simply don't gain much time by going faster, no matter what you do, you only spend more money on fuel. I have to admit, though, that it took me some time and some getting older to finally realize that 😂 I wasn't always that sensible when I was younger 😉 However, when I drive shorter distances (100 km or less), I usually still go a lot faster and sometimes as fast as possible for a bit of fun, depending on the traffic situation. Luckily, I live in an area where the local Autobahn is very often quite empty. I would never go very fast when there is a lot of traffic, but I appreciate that I'm allowed to do it responsibly when the traffic situation allows it. The fun about driving fast on the Autobahn is not so much about being able to max your car all the time anyway - that is far too stressful - but to enjoy the feeling of acceleration every now and then when the road is empty. Also, I won't drive very fast when I have passengers on board - except they explicitly ask me to do so. Last but not least my number one safety tip for driving on the Autobahn: always drive with your low beams on, no matter the weather or if it's day or night. It's a lot harder for other drivers to overlook you in the mirror when you drive with your headlights on.

[TheSwedishRider]

Good to know that the bottle thing is now wide spread. It's a relatively new thing I first learned about moving to Berlin from a smaller city 10 years ago. It wasn't common in my hometown back then.

[furzkram]

Speed: 250 km/h. But you can't keep that for more than a minute or two before some other vehicle gets in the way, or the end of the unlimited stretch has been reached.

[karstenbalamagi]

Sparkling water of course, still is just for washing...

[dorotheahoppmann]

My friends from Syria incorporated ACH SO into their ever day arab conversations

[butenbremer]

Danke, dass Ihr das Thema mit den Pfandflaschen adressiert habt, das habe ich noch nie auf einem Expat-Channel gesehen! Respekt für Eure Beobachtungsgabe. Es ist würdelos für den Flaschensammler, in den Mülleimer greifen zu müssen, um an das Gut zu kommen. Manche Städte haben Vorrichtungen an Mülleimern angebracht, in die man die Pfandflaschen einfach hineinstellen kann, dann müssen sie nicht einmal mehr auf den Boden gestellt werden.

[jorundahl]

We have the same recykling here in Norway 🙂 The recykling automat for bottles is a norwegian invention and it is now 50 year since they starting in Norway 🙂

[HansJoachimMaier]

And you like Spezi. Welcome to Germany ;) Fastest I was driving myself was around 250 km/h

[mijp]

Sparkling, I like the taste and the feel. And it als feels a little colder.

[ferropetra]

There is one exception for the weather thing. No hiking in the woods in heavy winds or storm.

[Marten_Zeug]

9:33 Here in Hamburg, if you're at the Harbour, a lot of people greet each other with "moin!"