5 ''VERY GERMAN'' THINGS THAT GERMANS DO🇩🇪 Typical German habits noticed by a New Zealander

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[klarasee]

I never realized that I‘d find it rude if nobody said „Gesundheit!“, but now that I think about it, you are so right! In most situations I would definitely think it‘s very rude. And it hardly ever happens here.

Fun story: Just last week when I was grocery shopping, I gave someone a coin that he had left in the shopping cart. He replied that he left it there on purpose, because it had already been in the cart when he took it. So he thanked me, but he did not want to take the coin from me, because it was not his. And what did I do? I put it back into the cart. Just because it was not mine, too. Obviously it‘s true, (some) Germans are very honest. I think we want to live in a society where we can trust (and rely on) each other, so we make sure that all others can trust (and rely on) us.
Not all Germans are like this, of course, but maybe you are right and it still is "typical German".

[SiqueScarface]

2:15 Some Germans will say "Thank you" after sneezing, even if no one wished "Gesundheit" to them, which intentionally causes some awkward moment where the others realize that they forgot to wish good health.

[verenaneugirg]

I recently found a „Pfandbeleg“ on the floor in a supermarket and when i returned it saying it wasn‘t mine to cash in, the cashier opened a draw with a little box in it and said: we get a lot of these! We collect them and around christmasstime we cash them in and give it to the homeless. I asked: wich one (we have 3 in the inner city area)
The Cashier nodded (totally understanding my problem) and said: of course we devide it equally between the 3 men 😂Even as a german this felt like a particulary german conversation to me 😅

[klangfarbeblau]

As a German I once was on a ride in a train and someone sneezed very loud and a few times from the other side of the train compartenment, far away and near my seat someone screamed totally loud "GESUNDHEIT". Then the whole train was in laughter.

[amerubix]

German understatement speaking foreign languages: When it comes to perfection, the glass is always half empty for a German. And when we're asked if we can speak English, in our minds we are still sitting in school and are afraid of failing the test. 😅

[jkb]

Learning to open beer bottles with anything usually starts around drinking age, mostly beginning with lighters. Once you work it out, you can use anything.

[Christina-Maria_von_Gusinski]

Wir sagen, wir sprechen nur ein bisschen Englisch, damit niemand ein Englisch auf Muttersprachlerniveau erwartet. Denn dann würden wir uns blamieren, wenn wir erst behaupten, etwas zu können und es sich im Anschluss als unperfekt herausstellt. Wir lieben Perfektion und wir können es nicht leiden, wenn Leute lügen oder Aufschneider sind (also Leute, die behaupten, besser in etwas zu sein als sie es in Wirklichkeit sind).

Ich habe immer einen Flaschenöffner bei mir, wenn ich das Haus verlasse, denn das mit den Bierflaschen kann ich absolut nicht. Es liegt nicht automatisch in der deutschen DNS. 😀 Und oft freuen sich andere Leute über meinen Flaschenöffner, die das ebenfalls nicht können.

[serginho]

Yes, Germans underestimate their English skills. English is not my first but after living in Canada for over 20 years I consider my English close to advanced. Then a couple of years ago I spent almost a month in Munich. On my first day I went to a corner bakery early in the morning and these 2 cute old ladies were the only ones working behind the counter. They were easily 70 y.o. Then I asked if they spoke english and they said “Ja, a bit”. I spoke simple sentences and a bit slower than usual. Well, it turned out that their English was as good as mine. “Would you like some milk in your coffee?” Or “would you have 5 cents by any chance this way I will give you €1 back?” I left thinking they were making fun of me but after a few days I realized that it’s a natural answer from Germans no matter how well they speak. I think they are so perfectionist that they really think they don’t speak enough English because they are not native speakers.

[juwen]

When an american learns 5 words of a foreign language, many of them would say 'I speak ... (german, for example)". And they show this little knowledge very proud. That would never happened with a german, cause we really don't like to do stuff, which we are not accomplished in and able to show a decent result. That's why we like to lower the expatations so as not to disappoint anyone.
Greetings from Berlin 😎

[wtsalive]

Wieder ein tolles Video, bei dem ich öfters schmunzeln mußte…besonders bei dem Thema Flaschen öffnen.
Mir war garnicht bewußt, daß wir soviel Dinge machen, die so typisch Deutsch sind.
Auf einen 2. oder sogar 3. Teil würde ich mich sehr freuen

[qsxzmxf]

Me, as a German, was very astonished by our unique behavior. It was very funny! Thanks for agood lough in a positive way.

[JimWorthey]

As a child in the USA--say 1950--I learned to say "Gesundheit, " but only when I began to learn German (1964) did I learn that it was an everyday feminine noun meaning "health." In my county now (in Maryland USA) there was a rule that boxes must be flattened for recycling, then the rule was rescinded. I assume that the government realized that people may have arthritis or just lack box-flattening skills. A big theme today is to have a society that includes all kinds of people. I'm an old guy but try to put out recyclables that are as clean and neat as possible, with some help from my son. Then our boxes and bottles etc are accepted as being good enough. Some materials are excluded, then the whole batch is not taken. Besten Dank für ein interessantes Video.

[michelbeauloye]

In French, we maybe do not say "Gesundheit" as much as the Germans, but whenever somebody we know fairly well sneezes, we wisch this person "To your hope" with a "A vos souhaits" or "A tes souhaits". I believe it is something similar to "God bless you", which I have heard in English speaking Canada.

[sarafrljak]

Thats funny because sometimes someone sneezes three times in a row and I'll be saying three times Gesundheit 😂

[hgk]

I am German. Someone asked me who wrote the opera La Boheme. I said Puccini. He answered Gesundheit !

[RogerHJorg]

Saying "Gsundheit" (without the first "e") is an almost instinctive reaction as well in Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Austria. Whether one knows the sneezing person or not doesn't matter.

[tasminoben]

Ja! Ein Pappkarton muss richtig platt werden, bevor er in den Container kann! Nicht nur einfach nur platt, ich muss ihn auch mehrmals falten und wieder platt reden! Erst dann bin ich so richtig befriedigt! Lach! Danke für das Video! Und einen schönen zweiten Advent!❤😂

[pismi]

Ich habe mich in allen Dingen wieder gefunden. Das war lustig!
Gerne einen zweiten Teil 😊

[DMiNChAn]

1:50 Back in my 5th-8th grade we had a very strict and (at the time already) rather old biology teacher who was completely *opposed* to the very idea to say "Gesundheit" to anyone. She actually expected us, as her students, to apologize whenever we "dared to interrupt" her lesson with a sneeze. To this day I often find myself saying "Sorry" after sneezing without realizing that I just did until people look at me weird and ask if everything is okay. Just your regular school trauma or something along those lines, I guess 😂

[barbsmart]

Kia ora!
I wonder what the uniquely Kiwi traits are.
I find the rangatahi, the young people are really respectful and extremely helpful towards older people.
I am not particularly old, but when I got some grey hairs I noticed the helpfulness a lot.
The Maori people react naturally and instantly when helping or giving to others.
Before I had a dog to look after, I would take a bus down the line for my weekends in a woolshed by a river & native bush.
I would take a bus into the city carrying 2 or 3 bags, a coat, reading glasses, bus ticket, phone, sunglasses etc. During covid, wearing a mask and having my long hair flying everywhere at the bus stop was a new experience and quite a struggle.
While practising my new skill of catching buses on time I learned some unexpected things.
One time I found I left my bag at the bus stop in town so quickly drove back and from a distance saw my bag still there, in full view of hundreds of people. I also lost my reading glasses once and found them a month or two later at my bus stop.
The tikanga ways of the Maori are very beautiful.
I thought you could put together some uniquely Kiwi stuff. The first things I think of is our sweet as thing here, but that's similar to the she'll be right thing that the Aussie's probably started. So then I thought of Chur Bro. Kiwis don't just call people "mate" like the Aussies, we are more into the whanau family thing, so everyone is "Bro", as per the family connectedness concept.
I also thought about the "giving back" concept when I was watching the St Andrews kids in Christchurch who performed 'Stairway to Heaven" which went viral this week. Check it out, Sister... you must be so proud of our little country.
If you did a little research you could do a podcast about Christchurch. Not just about the school kids going viral, but about resilient people going through the earthquake & shootings (Aussie white supremecist) in our once innocent peace-loving nation.
Very interesting podcast, Antoinette. Keep warm, mate!

Tena koutou:
Come on people. Give back today and click "subscribe".
People out here in the world are learning some awesome stuff about Germans. The recycling and honesty...Chur Bro! We are not as good at recycling or handing back coins... but we have other precious things to share. Giving back to help raise someone else up is a kind and simple step for ourselves, for our growth (mana).