This is what the German citizenship test should REALLY look like | Meet the Germans
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- Опубліковано 26 лют 2019
- Forget memorizing the German constitution and all the state capitals. If you want to become a German citizen, this is what you really need to know. Is Rachel Stewart up to the challenge of the alternative Einbürgerungstest?
Rachel is on a mission to investigate the quirks and idiosyncrasies of daily life in Germany. Every two weeks she explores a new topic - from beer to nudity to complicated grammar - and heads out to get some tips from the Germans themselves.
Rachel moved from the UK to Germany in 2016. As a relative newcomer she casts a fresh eye over German clichés and shares her experiences of settling into German life. You'll find more from Meet the Germans on UA-cam or at dw.com/MeettheGermans.
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It's like a game in Germany: Who is faster, the cashier or the customer?
😂
Cashier, but some customers even try to be faster, haha seen some yet.
Cashier. The bank always wins.
It actually depends on the supermarket you go... For example, Aldi and Netto are way worse than Edeka (they are cheaper though)
If you are at Aldi, you can be as fast as you want, the cashier will only max out at the speed of light.
The supermarket scene is so true! I always prepare before hand and even arrange things so they get scanned in the order I want it. Tetris game level -- German!
Planning is key!
I started studying for Master's here in Munich. I put things in order too. Large flat things on the bottom, so they should be first in the line. Then the drinks to the side. Then the vegetables and the fruits and finally the bread. It's such a mental work to be in a queue :D
Omg a scanning order! That’s genius. Been here for 4 months now, sweet tip XD
Dito! Ich dachte ich wäre die Einzige, die das macht :D
A few tips: you want to have stable, heavy stuff scanned first (like tin cans, cardboard packages, water bottles), so you can put stuff that you don't want to be crushed on top (vegetables, bread, chips, pudding, eggs). Put everything that's frozen together, this helps maintaining them cold and you have an easier time finding them at home to put them back into the freezer. Same goes for stuff that goes into the fridge.
Extra points at the pedestrian crossing situation for ticking:
"Make absolutely sure there are no cars. Then triple check no children or Police can see you. Then cross swiftly, lower your head and be ashamed. Notice the light turned green half way through your crossing"
Denk an die Kinder!
You can cross at red lights, even when children are around. But make sure their parents are present, so that they can use you to school them. :)
@Kamuschi Kasaki
LMAO
@@paulplus3830 genau das ist mir passiert.
Extra points for the condition - are you trying to reach a train or bus? If yes, GO
Sorry, you failed before you started.
You had to run to be on time. Big faux pas.
But I made it!! :D
👍😁
fünf Minuten vor der Zeit, ist des Deutschen Pünktlichkeit
10min early.... to everything! I am sure it is also frowned upon if you're on life support! No dawdling!!!!
@@RachelStewart04 can you make be a video about relationships between German and garlic..
I'm German and when I saw her ticking the answers I was like "What is she doing?" 😂
I'd do that as well and I'm also German 🤷♀️
As long as thereis no nice, orderly box to make an X I'd tick it, I guess ... like on an Einkaufszettel for example
I got totally confused as well 🤔
An X is more like a no while a tick is like a yes. But when there are circles or boxes I make an X
Don't such tests usually come with instructions at the beginning on how to mark the _correct_ answers? 😁
When it's almost my turn to buy my groceries my heart rate increases and I start to sweat
Who needs to do sports? Go grocery shopping.
Recycling wasn't among the three virtues? Well, guess she didn't make it.
How about "Never leave your kitchen behind"?
Germans don't tick
Thats true ?
@@emrahyesilagac2373 official stuff gets a cross as mark but tics are known as well just not used on official cheats :-)
Never ticked in my life
Only clocks.
@@carojung189 Only if there has to be marked wrong and right, then wrong is a cross and right is a tick.
It's 3am, no cars on the road everywhere but we still wait for the lights to turn green
Red Unicorn I actually get offended by people who don’t
@@Ryo-um9rl lmao. Like why should i wait when CLEARY no car is on sight? It´s truly absurd
AnimeVideoEditor cause it’s the law
In the Netherlands, alot of traffic lights are disabled at night.
Where is this coming from? I always cross the road when no car or kid is in sight... I would never cross a redlight in the car though... that's just wrong :D
"OK, last one: Turn over the page and stare at it for one minute without crying."
I nearly died 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I didn't get that one 😅
@@v.a.21 german grammar is the bane of the language :)
@@v.a.21Most of the words on that page were just the rouhgly one dozen different variations of saying "the" in the german language. It drives english speakers crazy.
@@TheJgMeyer I'm currently studying German language at the moment (I was bored during the lockdown. Yeah, I know. What was I thinking? Hahahah) and yes, it takes a lot of memorisation and analytical approach when I came to deal with the different words for "the"...and they haven't even mentioned about conjugated verbs, etc.
@@TheJgMeyer Yes but it's not interchangeable variations, it's one specific for each combination of grammatical gender, number and case, though for some it's the same word.
I love German honesty 😊 you can easily know who likes you and who does not.
I love brutally honest people, easy to read
is it -my experience is otherwise- when it comes to their own self interest they can be as dishonest as anyone else. Germans are just like every other human being. All cultures have honest and dishonest people.
@A Stein not sure about that- they can be dishonest as well like anyone when it comes to protecting their own interests
But they are German. Do they like anyone? And, if they do, dare they show it?
John M you are no german, you are just guessing as it seems.
Only reasons I watch these videos:
Rachel Stewart
Rachel Stewart
Rachel Stewart
Great content and format
Me too! She's a real beauty!
Don't forget Rachael Stewart
This is really the best show about life in Germany there is. Had to laugh so loud, when the physical test was at its climax
I hate it when the cashier starts scanning the next customers items before i could even put my wallet away and put my purchases in my backpack
me too and I'm well prepared and trained since I was a kid. The cashiers aren't good from the view of their boss if the time between customers takes too long. In some shop chains there is some sort of competition to be the fastest cashier. That's a small part of getting food so cheap in comparison to neighbour states like France or Switzerland.
I'm a German and I give you a hint. Don't pay before you have put your stuff in your bag! If the cashier is way to fast, it is not your problem. The cashier would surely not be happy about it, but who cares. 🤷♂️
But you also don't want to stay in the queue for a long time so they have to go fast...
@@mariellche3144 Is your name Marielle?
@@Der_Kleine_Mann It's Mariellche, why?
An educational video for the Brexit refugees? Interesting!
Meanwhile it's November and they still dont need such a video... DW was kinda early to publish this
@@DanNick.Daniel jan 2020 now....but dont waste time. :D
@@rivenoak u sure about that 🤨🤨🤨
@@DanNick.Daniel GE in 3 weeks should bring some decisions.
@@rivenoak October 31st should have brought the final Brexit...
Germans aren't all that bad, call me odd but I actually find their bluntness refreshing. As for "grumbling", there's plenty of that in Britain at the moment .. and they said there's no common ground to be found with the mainland 😏
This is very true. And a good grumble can be very cathartic :)
Most things here are in order.
This is sometimes really annoying, but mostly helpful and we wouldnt want to miss it
There is lots of common ground: Brits have just spent most of their history trying to deny it.
"not all that bad", that's considered a compliment here in Germany :D Thank You!
Supermarkt thingg is for real, they are so quick and dont give you time To assemble your things.
I wish they were more friendlier 😛
The trick is to also talk about the family, the kids and your annoying boss and maybe discuss politics while you pack your bag and pay.
Only if you shop at cheap places like Aldi or Netto. Other supermarkets are much nicer and don't rush you.
This is german variant of ninjutsu
There should be an investigator testing the cashiers wether they are doped or not.
I've given up. I decided to start using a shopping kart, not because I buy much stuff, but because it's quicker to load under stress
To get new socks in the German army is as hard as to get a new submarine. It's the same process.
Interesting choice of name bro/sis...yes no is clear 😵😀
The worst thing about this is that some organisations handle it like this. More reasonable ones at least simplify the processes for different value categories.
But since we are talking about something managed by the state i am honestly afraid that you might not even be exaggerating.
OMG I'd definitely fail that lightning fast super-market game! No wonder Germany has so many great football goalies!
Well if we didnt do the ppl would never get home. Especially on days that are gree the next day cause of the panic shopping :D
Best explanation ever 😂😂😂
I cant help smiling watching this. I love German disciplines and I am Chinese.
Me too. Although I'm a native 😅
Are you from the ROC? To my knowledge UA-cam is blocked by the communist party in mainland china.
lin lee are u from real china or fake mainland china?
@@theodorkorner1497 mainland Chinese are allowed to travel abroad, dear sir.
@@chima6291 Right, don't thought about that.
if they take their own tech and use it there they still get blocked. they have to use different devices to get aound the block @@chima6291
As a foreigner living in Germany, I agree.
3.1415926 lies!
For a German, living in Germany, I agree too
@@diewilden80gerhattehattefa74 😂
2:03 Oh, so that explains ALDI...
PENNY too
I've been to both - German and US Aldi.
The US cashiers are super slow when compared to the german ones.
Yes it sure does. In England Aldi and Lidl both have this system.
I am ashamed how accurate this is.
Still funny tho
The supermarket scene was hilarious. Reminds me of Saturday morning at Aldi XD
So well made. And so awkwardly funny. It takes British humour to put some fun in a UA-cam clip about German Einbürgerung. Thank you so much for making and sharing.
The older women in the shops in Germany can be appallingly rude...it wouldn't kill them to crack a smile :-D
Why would she wants to put in jeopardy her eagled focus sharm with a stupid smile
Some old lady yelled at me for taking too long just the other day, it was a travel agency though.
I love all of these videos with you, they're extremely well made and so funny! Keep them coming!
Strange how, as a German, I am getting addicted to her videos. Supermarket scene: how true, how true! I am still working on a technique of unfolding my bags and Klappboxen in under three seconds. And I hate it when there is somebody in front of me with only two items because that means that the cashier is already checking my stuff while I am still unloading my trolley. If there were a checkpoint for “more than ten items only”, I’d definitely go there.
For proper revision I would sincerely recommend the book "Wie man Deutscher wird" by Adam Fletcher, The back half is even in english for those of you who lack competency in the perfectly natural and logical concepts that make up german grammar.
I've met him. He gave a talk about his "make me German" book. Nice guy.
"the perfectly natural and logical concepts that make up German grammar": a door is a "she", a car is a "he", and a girl is an "it". We assume that you actually know that a girl (Maedchen") is actually a "she". Or, is that a news flash for you?
@@TFlexxx all fruit is female, except apples.
@@TFlexxx Boys are also 'it's as you put it. That is 'ein Überbleibsel' from when children weren't considered as people with their own identities, just like in most nations throughout much of history.
I'm not saying I'm a fan, just attempting to provide a little insight. Though these days no one would call a child "es" (it), but refer to them with gendered pronuns when discussling them in the third person.
With the shopping thing, there is a better way to do and it has none of the stress:
self checkout, you get to go at your own pace and you won’t have any groceries flying across the room :)
But not all the shops have self check and sometimes is so slow
Sorry Rachel, Tatort doesn't air in 8:15, but on 20:15 ;)
In the northern part of germany you only drink "Ostfrisentee" wich is black Tee with Milk and rock candy
No we don't drink that in the real north.. You're talking about north-west Germany. Don't mix it up please xD
Weil Ostfriesen sind keine Norddeutschen!
@@carlakolumna8620 jup hast recht.
Carla Kolumna ääämmmmm etwas Norddeutschensolitarität wenn ich bitten darf, der Norden muss nehmen wen er kriegen kann ... alle 12 Leute aus Ostfriesland eingeschlossen.
@@carlakolumna8620 Ich weiß dass ihr Fischköpfe :p da oben in SH meint alles südlich von Bremem ist Süddeutschland, aber spätestens alles was an der Küste liegt ist zweifellos Nordeutschland und es gibt ja sogar die ostfriesischen Inseln. Und eigentlich zählt auch ganz Niedersachen dazu (man kann evtl. Süd-Niedersachsen ausklammern).
@@lal12 nene Leute, ich kenne welche aus Ostfriesland die behaupten, sie wären der echte Norden. Seit dem kommt mir das gar nicht in die Tüte :D
Ist seid Nordwesten, der wahre Norden ist Schleswig-Holstein :P
10 weeks?? That's for sure german engineering here it'd like 10 years
I lived in Germany for more than a decade and loved it, their sense of order creates a feeling of security. They have a good sense of community too which is lacking in large parts of the UK.
Thumbs up! Thanks for the Meet the German episodes. It' been a truly rewarding experience with all it's educative provram in terms of culture, language, tradtions, innovations, foods, sports, hacks, weird things, innovations, creativity, technology, health, music and history.
Awesome clip! I enjoyed the supermarket scene
Brilliant! You nailed it with this one!
Missed you. Glad you are doing more.
Meet the Germans...
...before the Germans meet you.
Is that a threat?
I dont know, ask the Germans
@@SuperLusername It is.
I love it when I see the cashier already scanning the next customers stuff while the previous customer is still packing and standing in the way.. this will stress out the customer who now is already behind the cashier by a few products and if that customer wont catch up with the cashier by the end of his "turn" he will have brought eternal shame on himself.
At 2:25, when she turns the page over and sees the list of basically all the different ways to say "the" in German, I suddenly had a flashback to my school days back in the seventies and the lists of German prepositions that rules when to use what German version of "the": Aus, ausser, bei, gegenüber, mit, nach, seit, von, zu. And durch, für, gegen, ohne, um. And more. I can't believe I still remember at least part of those lists we had to learn by heart, so long ago. :-)
Tea with milk is VERY common in Ostfriesland. Also the only region in Germany that reaaally knows its stuff about tea.
word... I'm not even in Ostfriesland.. it's totally a thing north of the carnival line.
Oh my , that one about the Supermarket and the cashier is soooo true lol
Toast is absolutely common for breakfast.
There used to be a lot more space at the checkout and by earlier I mean 10 to 15 years ago. So about 15 years ago, the first discounters started to dismantle the loading zone. And it wasn't just a loading zone, there was even a beam in between that you could flip over. So if one person was still packing, the cashier could flip the beam and carry on. I don't know why it was removed either. It doesn't bring much more space and only stress for everyone involved. Some say it was done to reduce the stress on cashiers, but that's clearly not the case. They often still have a time pressure that they may even be warned if they are too slow.
At this point also the lie of the free market, because I can't shop anywhere else anyway if all the companies are copying this bad thing and in some areas there is only one supermarket or even only one discounter.
I'm a 20 year old German and I'm stressed out every time I have to bag my groceries and pay. This was so accurate :)
Imagine the state of expats who have never experienced this before! Why this mad rush. Cashier doesn’t even wait for you to collect ur items and starts billing the next person. I literally cringe when it’s my turn.
@@devshreebhardwaj3096 They are timed. Especially ALDI (but pretty much all German supermarkets) want to be as efficient as possible. There is research by EDEKA saying paying process must at all times be shorter than 6 seconds or the customer might get angry.
So wunderbar, wie sie uns erfasst. Herrlich!
Things must have changed a lot since 1996 when I left Germany. The supermarket cashiers were not in a race against the clock then. Some would even help customers in unexpected ways, such as breaking the seal on a bottle for a frail senior citizen, or even being offered an open purse by a customer for the cashier to take out the correct amount due and put any change due back into the purse. As a 'courtesy' German by virtue of marriage, I appreciated the total honesty of the Germans in general. It was usually tempered with kind concern to help me understand how things were done in German society.
I love this so much !!! German culture learned in the British sarcastic way, amazing!!!
Haha checkout counters are very fast unless it is Edeka imho.
If you dont like Tatort then you havent watched Tatort Münster yet...
I actually don't think I have seen a Münster one... is it really better?!
@@RachelStewart04 Totally. Its the only kind of Tatort that i enjoy cause the characters are just that glorious...
@@user-on5zm2we8q Der Beste
@@user-on5zm2we8q Ok I will give it a chance. This had better be good!! :P
@@RachelStewart04 it's very sarcastic and the protagonist are so different. I can't describe how special it is. But beware, the first Tatort movies from Münster are the best.
Does anyone like Tatort? We have to pay for it but I don't know anyone who watches it. The only people I know who still watch TV are over 65.
Also you do not run somewhere to be on time. You are an hour early and hover around, walking around the block and when you are 10 minutes early you turn around again at the door to wait for another 5 minutes and then you are perfectly 5 minutes early xD
I like it
A nice ritual for Sunday evenings.
And i can understand that if you don't watch Zdf and Ard you dont want to pay GEZ.
I watch a lot of stuff from them especially on youtube so i am ok paying it
You never have been in Berlin. We also cross the street when there is a red light ;)
the big cities are rogue
You rebel, you!
WHAT?!?!?!!! WHAT ARE YOU ?!
PS: you are not a german person !
Dont take it seriously pls xD
@@Taida7221 I used to do that, but Berlin changed me. :D
Philipp Blum
Bist du 68er rebel oder wieso so undiszipliniert?
😂😂😂
Haha the supermarket test was awesome 😂😂
Some advice: have a cart, put all the items into it, pay, move a bit away from the checkout and then take all your time packing from the cart 😊👍
Great episode.
imma give you an insider tip: if you have items the cashier needs to weigh on the scale (ie. vegetables or fruit) put them at the end, giving you a time window to pack the items the cashier scanned super fast.
If you by any chance thought the scene with packing your shopping items was a bit overacted -> you are wrong! It is exactly like that. Try to keep up with the cashier (you'll fail) but TRY (especially at Aldi)
All your videos are hilarious and very true. Love it :)
1:46 LOL LOL SO TRUE!! And they forgot the Nutella for breakfast with Brotchen!
2:24 brought serious flashbacks of my German classes in highschool.
Funny enough, though i can't remember the grammar rules on when to use the articles, I remember them.
der die das die
dem die das die
dem der dem den
des der des der
It's weird what random knowledge sticks in your mind for 20 years
Hahaha, I love that comment!
Unfortunately I think that that's not the way to learn languages.
Because I think you should want to come to the point where you can at least begin to have some kind of conversation with people and understand some written and spoken language and that you can reach faster by learning new words, expressions and phrases instead of just concentrating on these Artikel for many frustrating hours...
The supermarket scene is hilarious. I can totally relate.
I really love the description... plan way ahead of time before moving to Germany.
ohh man what a true supermarket experience :D
@1:50 now Australian Aldi makes sense to me😂😂😂
Laughed out loud at the THE chart hahaha I have definitely been there!
So painful... have you mastered it yet??
@@RachelStewart04 of course not. It's not actually possible.
Is it necessary to cross roads only at zebra crossing? Like what do you do if you want to cross road urgently, but there is no zebra crossing nearby? And is it really necessary to look at signals on empty road?
The tea with milk may not belong on everyone’s breakfast table (I prefer coffee in the mornings as well) but it certainly is also a thing here. I always drink black tea with milk and I can’t understand people that don’t. I know it may be depending on where you live because I am from the north and out “culture” is pretty similar to the British in that point. But my whole family and friends as well drink their black tea with milk and some as well to breakfast.
I do understand though that this is supposed to be over exaggerated and stereotypical but I just wanted to make that clear.
I recognized me at the supermarket part, but more efficiently :D
Well, supermarkets didn't used to be like that 20 years ago. Thanks to Aldi and the other discounters who made the short checkouts popular. I dislike that so much to hurry every time. And I'm confused when I visit other countries, that I do not have to hurry like we do in Germany.
As a German in the UK, I need a reverse video 🤣 This video is fab, @RachelStewart04 is a genius! Thanks for this, it's all so very true 🤣
i can relate to the article crying challenge lol
Lol the supermarket scene is is so funny.
Yay, I love this video!
Being on time for a test means you've got to be there 15 minutes early. Showing up at the last second just won't do.
this will be a video which shows up in 5 years in my feed
German adjective endings make me cry much harder than just the articles
Really funny, especially the physical supermarket test. But did you know, that you can get extra points, if you combine this test with our favourite discipline - order - and pack your bag orderly, meaning the heavy stuff goes below so that the bananas are not crushed by the cans and so on ... ? ;-)
PS: Look in the commentaries below. A guy named Mickey calls it tetris game level German. Yes, one more has been Germanized. Or shall I say ordernized? ;-)
I love articles(is the called an article in Englisch? It would make sense.)
Der, die das,... So beautiful:3
Amazing entertaining Video! Greetings from germany👍
Johannes Gülker thanks!
Thank goodness I live in South Africa, in a small friendly town! I was longing to visit the Black Forest, but don’t think I will ever want to visit Germany although my Mom's family is German. You reminded me that they can be brutally honnest and have a strict sense of "humor". But very friendly and I love the culture and food!
This damn thing of giving air to the room is sooo true. My wife every damn Morning leaves the windows open for at least half an hour, the same if outside is -20C° !
Im dutch. We did the citizenship test of holland here my entire class filled with only white people failed including our teacher
This is the second time I have watched this video. The first one was funny for me, but now it is better, also because I understand more things now. Thank you for making me laugh.
You’d be surprised how similar Poland is, also I’ve been living in uk for some time now and still don’t get the tea with milk
It is not a supermarket test, but a discounter test. In supermarkets it works more like slow motion.
The supermarket scene was legendary. And true. And makes the good affordable.
I laughed out loud in the ubahn when the page got turned over and I saw all the artikel :D
This is brilliant
I love this series...
Had a good laugh, thank you 😄
So i assume in america you set up camp near the register and take a nap until you are ready to go?
Half serious question, because all the european countries i visited did not have any significant difference in "register culture" except for no cash ones in belgium for example.
If you want to be a better german, then try putting your groceries on the conveyor belt at the supermarket in the order you want to pack them in your bag. Also while waiting at the register, mind your banknotes and coins so you don't have to fiddle in your purse endlessly when you need to pay
The best thing dw has ever produced in their lifetime
In the part of germany where I live confessing your love to pretzels should be neccesary too.
Absolut opposite the customer service versus Canada..where you have to pack the items for the client , don't rush , other way they call the manager for bad service...and there are supermarkets where they carry your staff to your car....poor German cashier...what hard time they have to work
Haha tick marks at the end... the number of forms I sent in that looked a mess because of that 🤪
Well done again Rachel! 😎
Incredible. Simply incredible :)
I plan ahead when I am at the supermarket line. Arrange things ahead, keep my cash/ card handy and all pumped up!!
I wait for the crosswalk because in the U.S. motorist yield for no pedestrian. If I'm going to be crippled so someone can get home 15 seconds faster I might as well make sure they'll be liable.
Germans in supermarkets also have the habit of waiting until the cashier has registered all the shopping items before they put it in their shoppingbags so that in the end it's all piled up in the way of the next customer. What happens then is that usually the cashier carries on with the following customer's shopping so that this all ends up getting mixed up with the previous customer's shopping.
you failed the test!!