What Germans think about the French | Easy German 337

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Camera: Janusz Hamerski
Edit: Manuel Salmann
Translation: Ben Eve

[unmecvrai]

I'm French, I was in love with a German many years. It has been the greatest experience of my life. Thanks Germany, thanks friendship, thanks love, thanks schnitzel.

[xHoodiekid]

The most German thing was when the first female being interviewed replied with “In regards to what?” German precision 😂

[icfsz]

If France and Germany can be friends, so any other two country in the world can be. They have so many conflicts and differences in their history and culture.

[juanjosemg]

Who else come from easy french to see the continuation of this loving story lol

[andybt]

It was interesting to see how the Germans were very hesitant to make any claims that would be considered clichés or generalizations about the French, and multiple times said it only applied to some of them, whereas the French seemed to make those generalized statements without worry in the other video.

[cyrilbouchet]

Ich bin Franzose und hab' 4 Jahre in Deutschland, Frankfurt am Main, gelebt.
Ich hatte keinen Kulturschock wirklich. Wir haben ja ziemlich viele Ähnlichkeiten oder die Unterschiede sind nicht so krass.
Als erstes finde ich die deutschen nicht besonders pünktlicher, ordentlicher oder sauberer (Frankfurt ist dreckiger als Paris ohne Witz), dennoch nehmen sie viel mehr Rücksicht auf die Fahrräder und Fussgänger. Deutschland ist definitiv multikultureller als Frankreich, von daher scheinen die meisten damit mehr umgehen zu können (Sprachbarriere, toleranter, usw.).
Die Deutschen sind direkter und pragmatischer. Sie meckern genauso viel wie die Franzosen aber in der privaten Sphäre, nicht öffentlich. Aber klar sie haben nicht diese Protest- und Demonstrationskultur.
Allgemein ist die Erziehung in Deutschland lockerer und die Kinder wertgeschätzt. Die Beziehungen sind generell weniger angespannt (schwieriger Hintergrund in Frankreich mit gelbwesten und sozialrechten).
Als zurückhaltender Mensch fiel es mir ziemlich schwer, mit den deutschen ins Gespräch zu kommen und das Eis zu brechen, sie stehen nicht auf smalltalk, was anders ist in Frankreich (insbesondere in Südfrankreich).

[alexanderchenf]

Even both sides’ points of focus are different. The French interviewees focused more on sex and romance. Germans focused more on politics. The French talked more on impressions and intuitions. The German focused more on details and on the social structure that shaped the culture.

[sarahsophia]

Interesting that they mentionned the way we are auto-sufficient in France in terms of culture and food and a lot of other things. As a French I never saw it that way but they are very right ! France is like a world on its own compared to a lot of other countries that receive much more foreign influences. Thank you for this lovely video !

[johnfrancis]

it's pretty sad how germans have so many nice things to say about France whereas french say a lot of negative stereotypes on Germany

[misubi]

The Germans seemed to admire the French in some ways whereas the French were generally dismissive of the Germans seriousness and food. How French of them.

[Leonidas-xxyw]

i'm french and i think the franco-german friendship is the greatest thing ever. I think french children should learn the german language, and german children should learn the french language. It is so weird to speak english between us ^^

[marcobollo]

As a French I like Germany. People should communicate more with each other. Individuals are the same in all countries. Unfortunately, most of the time it is the medias that have a harmful influence on people, distorting reality and spreading often false stereotypes.

[eliaaas]

Germany and France <3 It's a hate-love relationship but in the end it's love!

[laughlyon]

An American living in Lyon for 8 years with a German mother from Altenberge. Absolutely loved this. Thank you!

[hugoviant]

What I (a French) like the most about Germany :
- their ability to be serious when it is required
- their Castles
- their cars and rigor engineering overalls

We might have fought many times by the past (and not only world wars), but it has reinforced our respect for you.

Vive la France 🇨🇵🤝🏻🇩🇪 Es lebe Deutschland

[camillebannier]

Respekt für unsere deutschen Freunde aus Frankreich !! Es lebe die deutsch-französische Freundschaft

[yohanestjandrawidjaja]

I lived in France for 5 years and now in Germany, and it’s fun to watch these two videos and say “true true true!!!” as I experience the two cultures first hand as a foreigner. 😆😆

[jamesr]

During my first visit to France (I was living in Germany for one year and I am American), the first thing a French man told me is: in German there are two verbs: leben and wohnen. Die Deutsche wohnen in Deutschland, aber die Franzosen leben in Frankreich.

[yuhanghu]

je suis un étudiant chinois qui regarde cette vidéo allemande avec un sous-titre anglais en France😂

[mariamghalbane]

On peut déjà noter la différence entre les deux rien qu’en regardant les deux vidéos. On remarque que les allemands ont pris la question beaucoup plus sérieusement, leurs réponses sont très réfléchies et moins clichées.