Cultural Differences between the UK & Germany | Easy German 282
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Host of this episode: Carina Schmid (www.carisafari.de)
Camera: Janusz Hamerski
Edit: Janusz Hamerski / Carina Schmid
Translation: Ben Eve
I always thought the cultural differences could be summed up by the following saying: ‘The English are too polite to be honest and the Germans are too honest to be polite’. 😉
Atta boy!!
@@val-schaeffer1117 Thanks God!!
@@val-schaeffer1117 Would you explain, please?
Absolutely superb!! Hadn’t heard that one before, but I love it. 👍🏼
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So funny about the “How are you”? greeting. I was recently in Florida at a marina, when a group of German tourists approached and I said hello with a pause and then the obligatory “how are you”? They walked away and I overheard one say why did he ask me that?
"How are you" always confuses me. When I was in Ireland abroad they all greeted each other with "how are you" when I answered how I was they looked confused and I wondered why they would even bother asking if "good" is already considered too much of an answer. 😂
In Egypt we say too much how are you?😂😂 but of course in Arabic (كيف حالك )
I see it so friendly to ask about health with a big smile😊😊 really it is so fresh to spread smile everywhere
Always be positive
@@ayahassan2712 the thing is. They didn't smile. They didn't care for my answer xD
@@Freaky0Nina yeah I understand you 😇
@@ayahassan2712 but it's nice that in your culture people care. I wish that was the case in germany :)
Ich bin Holländerin und habe drei Jahre in England gewohnt. Dort habe ich auch realisiert wie direkt ich bin. Mit unsere book club haben wir eine Speziallabend nicht über ein Buch aber über Brexit geredet und ich hatte erwartet zu hören wer in die Gruppe für oder gegen gewählt hatte. Aber niemand wollte das sagen. Das hat mich sehr frustriert. So ein Club funktioniert doch nur wann Leute persönlich wagen zu sein? Ich glaube das wir Holländer viel mehr als die Deutsche Leute sind. Direkt, offen und effizient - aber mit Fahrräder!
So I don't know German at all, but I'm guessing from this you attended a book club while in England (you've lived there for a few years) which made you realize how direct you are, and there was an issue over Brexit one night and there was some kind of upset caused by your directness.
How wrong was I, haha?
@@palepilgrim1174 Not much. There was no upset. Sandra "directness" was her wanting to know who was in favour of Brexit and who wasn't. But nobody wanted to tell, maybe to avoid upset 😄
@@volkerwendt3061 Ah okay. Thank you! I also wonder if perhaps the reason I find a lot of Sandra's German to be understandable is because she's spent such a time in England and English has perhaps affected her German.
aber mit Fahrräder 😂😂😂
We have to continue living here with our "friends" who voted for it - there has to be some way to not start a fight and one is to not talk about it.
My first time ever in england, I said to an old lady at a buro change, “I want to exchange my 10 dollars to a pound sterling” the lady replied, “please”. So I repeated plus the please and everyone happy 😊
please, thank you and sorry are the three magical words, never forget them.
We say (I’m not fully English but still) mind your Ps and Qs.
@Mario i don't think you fully understood the comment, she didn't demand it, she added the word "please" without asking to repeat anything and the guy in the comment understood it was appreciated so he used it every time onwards. No need to get offended, nor violent with slaps. It takes all sorts to make a world.
Mario maybe that woman just replied please instead of: yes, of course, sure. I assume there were no expectations from her side
@Mario It's actually in American culture too. It's an English language thing. Although it's expected more in the UK to say please after asking for something. Pulp Fiction comes to mind "A please would be nice Mr Wolf"
@Tim Webb Mr Noisy the British children's Mr Men book literally teaches this entire lesson and it's still hilarious. They won't serve him bread or meat until he says please and stops shouting haha
I am English and lived in Berlin for 6 months as an aupair. I was shocked to realise how polite the English are and how much we say sorry. Germans are more direct which is both positive and negative. I also noticed that Germans are a bit more private and if they had an appointment they would just say they have an appointment. Where as English people would say 'i have a hospital appointment' and probably then proceed to talk about it. The school system and routine for nursery and kindergarten are very different too. For example, German children wear slippers at nursery and English children wear outdoor shoes inside. It would be great to see a video about the two different school systems
Sasha B it’s the same with America, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, those of us who are Anglophones, tend to be more open like that.🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦 🇳🇿 🇦🇺 💪👏👏👏💪👍
@Micheal Koch Im English and most of WW2 was anti-German propagander So so many lies have been told about it Es tut mir leid
i went to school in north england and we wore slippers/pumps inside during primary school. A big shock for my feet when we started secondary and i was expected to wear proper school shoes all day! honeslty just left them under my chair for most lessons :P
Brits are politely passive-aggressive a lot of the time, not just "polite". TBH I'll take a direct, no-bullshit German conversation over a British one filled with veiled microaggressions.
@@Roman888 "Microaggressions" LOL
As a Canadian born to German parents, I found this episode hit the mark for me as well. I grew up German in Canada - so the differences were not as evident. I never really understood why my brother and I are so direct. I do now. Thank you. I am 56 and learned German at home, German school (Saturdays) and later University (as a minor). Because I haven't spoken much German since University, I thought I would go on-line and brush up on during the Covid 19 lock down. I find your show lovely! Thanks you!
Peg
Good luck on your studies Peg!
You look fantastic for 56 Peg... truly amazing! You've got great genes. Best of luck with your continued learning. 🙂👋🇬🇧
So interesting, that describes my situation as well! I’m also a Canadian with German parents who emigrated after WW 2. Although I resented Saturday German school as a child, I’m so grateful now that it gave me the foundation to read, write and speak German better. And we only spoke German at home until I started school, at which time my teacher asked my parents to please start speaking English with me at home. I love this channel as it helps me review and enhance my understanding of German and I’m hoping to travel to Germany sometime soon to put it into practice! Easy German, thanks so much for your excellent and informative videos.
Wohne seit 18 Jahren in London (mein Schüler Ian ist im Hintergrund bei dieser Episode), und vielleicht finde ich, dass der größte Unterschied im Humor besteht. Deutsche haben ja den Ruf, keinen Sinn für Humor zu haben, aber eigentlich lachen wir sehr viel, bloß wird in Deutschland Spaß und Ernst strenger getrennt. Also, bei der Arbeit, oder einer Diskussion über Politik bleiben wir ernst, und wenn es lustig wird, werden Witze erzählt, oder ist Karneval, so "Humorzeit, jetzt!". Die Briten bringen ihren Humor in jedes Gespräch und jede Situation, auch wenn man über Brexit oder den Tod der Großmutter oder die Verkaufszahlen im letzten Quartal spricht. Meine Mutter nervt es, dass ich jetzt auch so anglisiert bin.
Gute Beobachtung!
I think that it's really good that English have such a nice attitude towards humour. It helps you stay friendly and positive in almost every situation. So, we have to learn from them. 🙂
Danke für deinen Beitrag! Das hört sich ziemlich treffend an. Ich bevorzuge persönlich den britischen Humor um ein Vielfaches. Der Alltag braucht doch jeden Tag Humor, und gezwungener Humor wie an Karneval finde ich ganz furchtbar 😂
Liebe Grüße,
Cari
Bur noch zwei Tage, du überlebst es schon! :)
@@MirimeIsiliel It's more like a need, to be honest.
I get the whole formality thing in hospital. It's a professional relationship: you're there to recover, not relate your life story.
I like the German directness and surely it's just a character trait (like British politeness) that in time you'd just get used to? A little bit like visiting France and being verbally abused by a restaurant waiter every two or three months? It's par for the course, to be expected and eventually, water off a ducks back.
That aside, I think Britain and northern Germany are very similar culturally.
I've visited France many times, but never received waiter service as slow as that!
The southeast of the UK is an extremely high-context culture, like the entire South of the United States and the Tokyo region of Japan. Everything always has multiple layers of meanings and what you say is definitely NOT what you necessarily mean. Meanings are often hinted at instead of explicitly stated. Germany, in contrast, and especially the Berlin area is very low-context and what you see and hear is what you get. You never have to second-guess what the intended meaning is.
Thank you for this explanation.
@@cerenademe9433 You're very welcome. I learned about it from a book called "English in Global Contexts" and the topic is immensely important for global communication strategies.
Thanks. I had to go look it up because I had never heard of the term before and I found this, which might be of some help to people: www.eidam-und-partner.de/files/downloads/eidam_and_partner_cross-cultural_values_of_germany.pdf
In the UK, this is very true in informal speech, and can be quite confusing for non-native UK speakers. When someone says something quite different from what they actually mean, natives will understand the true meaning from the context and/or facial clues and/or tone of voice and/or the fact that the expression used is actually informal code for something else. Non-natives are likely to be confused. It's less of an issue in formal speech.
Maybe you meant the North-East of the USA, not the South. The South is poorer.
These comparison videos always create unhappiness on one side or the other. My experience FWIW is that you shouldn't complain too hard about any other culture because later on when you start thinking about your own you begin to see the less beautiful sides of it. There are kind people everywhere and selfish people and it is not really the culture that matters that much but the people that you are lucky/unlucky enough to meet. The best people of my culture are awesome in their special way .... but the worst are awful...and I think that goes for all cultures. I think ultimately the world needs for the awesome people of every nation - the kindest, smartest, bravest ones - to get over their differences and work together.
Great answer 👍💯🇵🇹
Nach meiner Erfahrung wenn man in Deutschland fragt, " wie geht´s?" dann antwortet man, sagt man auch nicht wie es ihm wirklich geht. Stattdessen sagt man " Mir geht´s gut" oder ähnliches nur um höfflich und freundlich zu sein, so dass die Koversation weiter gehen kann.
Oder man sagt kurz..."naja. Muss."
Der unterschied liegt darin, dass es in den englisch-sprachigen Ländern als Begrüßung benutzt wird. Zum Beispiel auch wenn du einfach nur an einem Kollegen in deiner Firma vorbei gehst^^ Der gefragte sagt dann IM VORBEIGEHEN good thanks und das war's dann auch wieder. Ich fand das am Anfang einfach so seltsam...
@@kimmbioplotter6841 Ich fand es früher auch komisch, aber man gewöhnt sich dran. Es ist einfach eine Floskel, und wenn man nett sein will antwortet man "thanks I'm fine, and how are you?". Als Deutscher nimmt man alles immer sehr WÖRTLICH, und das muss man sich ein bisschen abgewöhnen wenn man mit Nicht-Deutschsprachigen kommuniziert.
There's a big difference between the people of London and everyone else in the UK.
Well they’re in london, you can’t expect them to magically have interviewees from every part of the country
@@petedavid5127 Pete I'm from London too. All the people who slag off London haven't been there, or when they visit and still criticise, they are full of prejudice and ignorant.
@@petedavid5127 Disagree completely...
'The people of London' for a start are 60% non English and fervently committed to non 'integration'.
@@petedavid5127 People from the south west or the north are nothing like Londoners, we have enough of them where I'm from Devon and they are so up themselves because they are from the capital city they also like to be the loudest in the room😂
Lesson one from a German who lived in the UK for a long time: British people are to polite to tell you, if something isn't ok😂😂
Us New Zealanders often find the English too direct, haha!
Being direct certainly simplifies things. The English often try to avoid being too blunt and tactless. They will also use humour and irony to achieve the same thing. The problem can be that even among the English someone will be rather dry with their remarks and the person they’re speaking to can’t be sure if what they’re hearing is a joke, an insult or straightforward honesty. One of the ways you can see British unease with saying what they really think is how often they’ll say things like - well, if I’m honest - to be honest - honestly I think’ . . . etc.
Not my experience unfortuantely, quite the contrary 🤔😬
Endlich meinen Traum erfüllt, in einer Easy German Episode zu sein ;o) danke Cari und Janusz!
Und euer wunderschöner Hund auch 😃
@@derbiervampir3516 ich bin der Mann mit dem braunen Hund und trage den roten Hut. Cari interviewt meine Frau Caroline die bei der Bank arbeitet. Ich mache nur einen kurzen Auftritt!
I lived in both countries as a Hungarian and I must say I struggled in England as we are direct too and I find this very practical!! I’m so tired of saying sorry it’s now automatic and sadly does not mean much...
I loved that Germans are soo clean as well, we definitely have more similarities. Having said that I was surprised to read that Germans are private.. I certainly never noticed that, they are much more open then English I think.
The interactions between these two cultures is one of mutual respect.
I always think that Germans and British people would do some good pub crawls together, I would love to spend some time with German people and learn more
Individually I think most English are like that with everyone. I’ve noticed they only become loud when they socialise in groups. Very surprising to a Russian who has worked in both a London and Frankfurt.
@@oktfg That is very true about us not getting loud until we are in a group. It is almost as if we save up our energy to unleash at once when we are with the lads
I remember when I lived in the UK as a German, it was SO weird to me that, when you're driving a car and the street is really narrow, you'll have to say "thank you" with a hand sign to the person who made way, EVEN if the obstacle was on their side.
In Germany you'd probably only say "thank you" with a hand sign when the other person made way, even though you were supposed to do so.
It was so annoying, because the streets there were so narrow all the time, so you were basically concentrating more on the "thanking" than on the driving process.
Also, crossings. In the morning at 7:30, I always had to go by a crossing, where it was super crowded. Instead of just going one after another, like: north, east, south, west, north, east, south etc, people would half-climb out of their window or their roof window and be like :" Oh no youuu go, please, you go first" and the other person was like "oh no, I couldn't, please, you go first" it resulted in nobody using the street!!!!
Whenever they told me to go first I was just like "Dankeschön und tschüss" and drove off
You both wave because one is "thanks" the other is "you're welcome".
Vielleicht bist Du einfach unfreundlich.
Germans are rude, similar to Russians. That’s why they don’t get on with each other.
@@rosscooper4638 So, you've been to Berlin?
The cute doggo lying at the end of the bar I really like. Glad you included it. Very cool!
I absolutely LOVED this episode. I worked for a car manufacturing company in Germany during my degree - my German colleagues used to get so annoyed when they rang England to discuss business and their English colleagues would start by asking about the weather!!!
I found the Germans terribly direct!!; one day I wore a more daring skirt and I was told in no uncertain terms that this style didn’t suit me!! I also had a kind colleague offer (really genuinely) to ‘measure my fat’ so that he could work out a diet for me (I just wasnt used to this sort of thing AT ALL! ... I was absolutely mortified)
Being admonished for crossing the road on red (even though there were no cars at all) was difficult. No shopping on Saturday afternoon or Sundays ... and no nice queuing - once an old lady levered me out of her way, so she could be served first - with her umbrella!! .... oh yes ... another one was going to a public swimming pool/sauna ... AND EVERYONE BEING NAKED .... NAKED??!!!!! I could go on and on!!
An Englishman even he is alone forms an orderly queue of one! Lol
Ah yeah the old issue about the old folks and queuing. To be honest it's almost only our old people who do that and it is generally seen as very impolite by everyone else.
Don't get me wrong, it isn't a common thing that happens often yet when it happens it's often with them. There is a bit of misguided entitlement going on there because they think (because they're older) they can demand respect and better treatment yet when you call them out they act either really offended or back down humbled.
But generally speaking our older generation is very polite and humble, atleast in the part of Germany where I life and I think it's because they lived through the war and the post war rebuilding which where hard times for them (obviously).
I have one question: Why are brits always complaining about the queuing in Germany? They always claim that people would constantly push ahead and stuff, but I never experience that and I lived almost all my life in Germany and even in Berlin, the rudest city in Germany, I'd say. People are always waiting patiently in the line and nobody is ever pushing. Even in the supermarket they normally wait patiently when it takes longer.
If you complain about people not being able to queue in Germany, please never go to Italy! There they really don't know what a line is, they would push ahead and elbow their way ahead or are falling over each other when entering a buss for example. When you occupy the bathroom and they need to go, they'd bang against the door, rattle the handle and scream that they need to go. 😅
By the way: The behaviour of your colleagues would be considered very rude in Germany , too. I'd feel very shocked and upset as well...
Ich kann jedem empfehlen....diese Videos immer zu schauen.Denn es hat mir viele beigebracht.Ich verstand nur Bahnhof als ich angefangen habe...mir die Videos zu gucken...aber im Laufe der Zeit merkte ich dass ich mich wirklich verbessert habe
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Und wie lange hat es gedauert bis du alles klar verstehen angefangen hast?
Das ist sehr interessant. Danke Sie, dass sie sehr interessante Sendung vorbereitet haben.
7:46 I woke up in a German hospital after a road accident to the words (in English with a strong German accent): "You are in intensive care, do you want to urinate?" Absolutely not what we'd expect in Britain - something like "You've been in an accident. You're alright. Would you like a drink or to use the pee bottle?"
Haha!
That would scare you into a coma lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmao
But maybe that person’s English just wasn’t good enough to express more...
I just moved a couple of months ago from Germany to England, and I really love the British mentality.
That's so cool, happy that you're here and enjoying your time mate. Much love and best wishes to you Henning from here in Leicester, England 🙂👋🇬🇧
Die Episoden mit den Vergleichen zwischen Deutschland, Kanada, den U.S.A. und England fand ich ganz interessant. Könntet ihr vieleicht eine Episode zwischen die Kulturelle Unterschiede Frankreichs und Deutschlands drehen? Danke im Voraus! Weiter mit den tollen Videos Easy German! Wir schätzen euch!
Dankeschön😁, ihr seid toll!💙👌🏻
man bekam damals fast jeden Tag Videos von euch sozusagen....aber Hey! Wir schätzen was ihr treibt und werden immer bei euch bleiben
Ich habe auch 2 Monate in Brighton gelebt. Sehr tolles video, trifft alles auf den Punkt. Ich liebe beide Länder und würde am liebsten beide passports haben
Ich danke euch für dieses Video! Sehr toll für mich
Oaa bitte bitte noch mehr Kulturschock Videos, wo du und Janozsh über eure Erfahrungen erzählt. Ihr macht das immer so detailiert mit spezifischen Beispielen, das ist super super interessant! 🥰
Janusz*
Ich finde es sehr interressant, was Ben uber das Krankenhaus dachte. Ich bin Krankenpflerge in Schottland, und meine Patienten sind krank! und traurig, und sie haben keine Familie mit ihnen. Wir sind so beschäftigt und wir mussen oft schnell sein, aber ich will immer freundlich und zugänglich sein.
(Ja mein Deutsch ist sehr schlecht und so langsam, aber ich versuche!)
esse é o melhor canal de aprendizado do idioma alemão.
I love the one about the emails, its soo true, just to tell someone to "be there in 10 minuets" requires approximately 2 paragraphs of small talk and the one paragraph with some hidden cryptographic message in telling you "10 minuets"
Macht ein Video mit dem Thema - kulturelle Unterschiede und ähnlichkeiten zwischen Indien und deutschland
Tolles Video! Dankeschön.
Das war sehr gutes Video. Herzlichen Dank.
Easy German, ALL your episodes are always so interesting!!!! Keep up with great ideas 😘
Hugo: *hat ein Jahr in Deutschland gelebt und spricht jetzt perfekt Deutsch, versteht 100% dessen, was ihn sein Gegenüber fragt, hat quasi keinen Akzent und lässt nebenbei noch mit größter Leichtigkeit umgangssprachliche Wörter einfließen*
Ich: *lebt seit fast einem Jahr in Frankreich*
Auch ich: « ...Baguette?»
I feel u xD
Ouais le français c'est très difficile 🤣
D'accord, mais heureusement il n'y a pas de cas en français !
Omg tolles video viele liebe von Nepal heute hab ich alles verstanden und jetzt finde ich Deutsch sprache n' bisschen einfach als vor so glücklich bin wirklich groß fan von Easy German ❤ ich empfehle dieses video zu alles
I have been in Germany for a year now. I met very nice people at my work and in a hostel(WG) where I used to live. One observation is at work sometimes there are heated debates and people talking straight forward to each other .. definitely not cursing but being straight forward (coming from India and a few years of USA work experience, this is a bit shocking), but on the next day, everyone is smiling at each other as if nothing happened. I believe Germans are straight forward but at the same time, they don't get hung to the feelings.
Ich sehe sehr gern ihre Sendung. Vielen Dank!
Love your vlogs!
Das Video ist sehr super! Ich gratuliere Ihnen! :) danke schon :)
A cutomer from Birmingham has visited me in Bremen. We went out for a couple of beers. The beer was served on the table. When the waiter served the second beer he made two strokes (lines) on the beermat. It was literally our bill. My cutomer was confused by the confident of the waiter.
It's been more than a year since I watch this video in those first days learning German. It did brought back the memory!
You have a great channel! i wish you make an episode about doctors life in germany
I'm a Brit and HATE the pointless 'How are you?' greeting. You feel compelled to answer 'Good, thanks!' with a big smile even if you're losing a limb to frostbite or have just been bitten by a rabid dog. I would much rather we just said 'Hello' and kept the 'How are you?'s for times we really care.
Very practical and true information ...
A great video. I am English and have just moved to Germany to be closer to my partner and for a new job. The job is in an English speaking environment, surrounded by British and American people, but obviously outside of that is....Germany! I do feel a difference. Only slight and mainly around the "friendliness". I am not saying Germans (in NRW where I am) are impolite or unfriendly, but there seems to be less of a need to say sorry, thank you and excuse me while milling around supermarkets etc. My partner (who is German) gets annoyed by that and makes sure we say hi to people we pass when out for a countryside walk! Love it!!
bitte mehr videos wie dieses
As an American who has traveled through out Germany and the UK, I find Germans are indeed more direct and I must say it is refreshing.
When in Germany I understand some German English speakers better than the British, as the Brits talk so very fast - hard for an American to understand. I have met some Germans that speak better English than I do. Great video - keep up the good work.
@Im wearing tights that I borrowed from your mum. Stop being sectarian, lowland Scots are English. the anglosaxon kingdom of northumberland went all the way to Edinburgh. my family are crofters from edinbain on the isle of skye and they are completely different to people from the lowlands.. also dont forget how the low lands scots have historically discriminated against the gaelic people. you say that Scotland is more friendly than England, but hate crime statics prove otherwise. there are more hate crime convictions in Scotland than England and wales put together and scotland only has 5 million people. compared to 60 million in england and wales. also over the last 20 years the uk has received 8 million immigrants, very few have settled in scotland, so what do you base the claim that scotland is more welcoming than england? your pathetic.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Northumbria
Being Brit with both German and English ancestry in part, I can relate to that.
@Im wearing tights that I borrowed from your mum. hahaha can you elaborate on the Scots similarities to the Germans? I've never heard anything like that before
@Im wearing tights that I borrowed from your mum.
I totally agree that Scots are friendlier on average than the English. But I would put that down to Scots living in smaller cities and towns. Anthropologists like Desmond Morris have talked about how people''s behaviour changes depending on how many people they encounter in one day. I.e. if you live in a city or in a small town.
Scotland is brilliant though, don't get me wrong.
@HaiLsKuNkY
Great contribution.
People try to create this extreme dichotomy between the English and Scots ignoring the fact we have clear recorded shared Anglo-Saxon, Brythonic and Viking ancestry.
The Scots did just as well if not better out the British empire, being in a union as the English did.
Neue Video gefällt mir sehr, mag ich beide Kulturen
I'm an American married to a German. When she disagrees about something, she always starts her sentence with "No..." and then proceeds to give her opinion. Whereas, in the States, specifically California, you would always start with telling the other person, "Yes, but..." It gets me every-time :)
Germans and Americans also drive on the wrong side of the road.
Good observation.
9:55 When he said "Tut mir leid" for bad weather in England 😂
Als Engländerin habe ich auch dieses Problem mit "How are you?" oder am schwierigsten ist "You alright?" ich glaube, dass wir eigentlich alle damit ziemlich unbequem sind aber sagen es noch :D ich DENKE, dass wenn man "you alright?" fragt, ist es nur eine informelle Begrüßung und braucht keine Antwort, aber mit "How are you?" erwartet man eine kurze, positive Antwort (aber nicht zu positive - etwas wie "not bad, thanks" oder "ok, thanks. You?" wäre typisch, glaube ich). Aber in meinem eigenen Land verstehe ich nicht wirklich alle die Höflichkeitsregeln und es wäre vielleicht besser, wenn wir alle ein bisschen direkter wären. Dennoch finde ich diesen kulturellen Unterschieden wirklich faszinierend. Tolles Video, wie immer, danke!
Gut gemacht!!!
I have never been in europe but I must say that both cultures Are wonderful
Biggest shock for me was the distance people kept while waiting in line. I'm used to a personal space of at least 50cm if not 100cm. In Germany, the personal space is about -5cm. They stand so close sometimes, they are literally pressed against you. And if you move forward a bit, they'll move too, and stay pressed against you. Though, things are different now with Corona. :)
Oh yes, and dogs in restaurants and shops.
true that!
Hmm, have you US american background or a british one? Cause when you are american. Don`t forget that everything is a "little" bit bigger in america, like the size of the country itself. And when you compare the numbers of citizens of both countries. Germany is about the half of Texas for example with 80 Million people and the US has about 350 Million but with much more space in land.
Ich bin 1998 nach Berlin gekommen, und habe zuerst in Ostberlin gelebt. Als ich dann mit meiner damaligen Freundin unterwegs - Einkaufen und so - war, musste ich mich immer wieder fragen, warum all die Leute so verärgert sind. "Warum schreien sie alle?" Die Freundin lebte in den USA, und hat daher meine Schockzustände nachvollziehen können. Sie meinte so ist es halt in Berlin, vor allem im Osten.
Aber auch von anderen Deutschen, die in Berlin lebten, aber keine Berliner sind, habe ich mitbekommen, dass auch sie öfter von der Berliner Schnauze vollkommen empört sind.
Lovely video, thank you
I was recently in the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Leipzig and all the staff were very friendly and helpful. second day, they even called me John.
Sehr gut!
Dankeschön.
Macht mal bitte mehr Videos in England und auch in Istanbul. Ich habe vielen Jahren in Deutschland und in der Türkei gelebt wegen verschiedenen Gründen (Bildung, Familie, etc). Und jetzt lebe ich seit einem Jahr in England (und mache Master's). Es gibt zum Beispiel verschiede Lebensarten in diesen drei Ländern. Nach meiner Erfahrung kann ich behaupten dass viele Deutschlernende in Istanbul leben. Viel Erfolg beim Video drehen (das macht ihr auch ja ganz super)!
Ich kann die kleinen Bücher von Hans Dieter Gelfert empfehlen, z. B. “Max und Monty”, ein Vergleich des englischen und deutschen Humors. Er ist Professor für Anglistik.
I have to admit, the idea of living in a country where everyone just says what they mean and doesn't waste time waffling before getting to the point is hugely appealing! Also where people don't ask how you are if they don't actually want to know...
I've moved to Germany 2 years ago from England and there are so many cultural shocks! Yes Germans are definitely more direct and kind of disrespectful/unfriendly in my opinion. It's also more difficult to get in Germany in my opinion compared to England. There are many differences and similarities but I'm kinda used to Germany now so it's not too bad anymore.
Farima Sultani Germans are rude and disrespectful? I have heard that Russians are very rude people.
@@tadashiokazaki951 I don't mean all of them just a number of them. Also if you compare the way British people communicate compared to Germans British people would seem very polite and respectful. That was even mentioned in this video. That was all I was trying to say. I personally know nothing about Russians so I can't say anything about them.
Farima Sultani where do you live in Germany? Is it easy to make a living or save money in Germany?
@@tadashiokazaki951 I live in Nordrhein-Westfalen. I would say it depends on erfasst qualifications you have. If you have an Ausbildung or Studium it will definitely be easier to get a job and be paid more. However you can also find good jobs without having those qualifications because you get trained on the job. I would say it honestly depends on the person and every their interests and priorities are.
Where do you live in Germany?
Farima Sultani I don't live in Germany I live in San Francisco for over 25 years now. Germany is too cold for me but I would like to visit one day. Are you from India?
I love English Fish and Chips with a pint of bier
heeeeee
There are almost no German fish and chip shops. There is the 'Nordsee' chain of shops but they are exceedingly rare.
Chips in Germany are 'pommes'.
Hallo, Ich habe in Deutschland zwei und halb Jahre gelebt und ich fand die Deutsche ganz berühigend. Ich fand sie überhaupt nicht unhöflich. Es wurde nie auf mich geschriehen, wenn ich einen Fehler machen würde aber ganz rühig noch mal erklärt, wie es richtig gemacht wird. Ich muss sagen den Aufenthalt in Deutschland war ganz schön für mich.
Ben ist so süß und lustig 🤩 noch sein Lächeln,deswegen war das Video sehr interessant)) ich freue mich,dass auf in anderen Videos ihn sehen.Ich hoffe,dass ich richtig geschrieben habe
I am planning to move to Germany from Iran for the studying purpose. Thank you for your great videos both for picking up German and being familiar with your culture. Danke 🌺🌺💗💗
Sind Sie jetzt in Deutschland?
Go to england, I went from Germany to Englnd best decision of my life!
Kamil M. Can you please tell me what makes you think that? (No sarcasm intended, i’m really curious) 😂
@@pra7640 yes😁 after one year I got or maybe noticed your notifiction.weird!
@@pra7640 yes😁 after one year I got or maybe noticed your notifiction.weird!
Liebe Leute von EASY GERMAN: Einfach nett und nützlich, was ihr macht ! Eure Beiträge fördern die Verständigung der Menschen innerhalb Europas mehr als es viele andere erheblich aufwändigere Projekte vermögen. Ich bin 70 Jahre alt, zwar Deutscher, aber auch schon immer mit ganzem Herzen Europäer gewesen. Mein Kulturschock - wenn ich das überhaupt so nennen kann - fiel 1968 beim ersten Aufenthalt in Großbritannien äußerst positiv aus und das ist auch so geblieben. Ausgesprochen schade, ja sogar sehr traurig, dass GB jetzt die EU verlässt. Es ist ein schwerer Fehler und ich hoffe, dass sich dieser irgendwann reparieren lässt !
In Canada lunch break depends on the person. Legally it's one hour, but some choose to eat at their desk and take phone calls. Some leave work so they can't get pestered while on break.
Manchester, Northern Quarter 6:27 🙌 erkannte meine Heimatstadt sofort!
Yes, you can tell in which city you are visiting, when you heard the announcement for the approaching trams on the platform in the U-Bahn station. In Berlin, you heard "Halt zurueck!" In Hamburg, you heard "Zurueckhalten". In Hannover, you heard, "Bitte, halten Sie zurueck"...
Hallo Leute , freut mich sehr , dass ich diese Video gesehen habe . seit einem Jahr bin ich in Deutschland . Ich könnte sehr gut Englisch sprechen aber nachdem ich Deutsch lernen geanfangt habe , könnte ich nicht wieder Englisch sprechen !!
Danke schön
Cari is so kind. 😊💐👊
Super video 🙂
Wunderbares Video
Easy german ist super
eating "al Desko" LOL never heard that before but it's brilliant
It's got to be a London office thing, hasn't it, but great!
ich wohne in Deutchland seit September 2018(Bevor habe ich im Russland gewohnt) und die erste Kulturschock war mit Leute-Hier sind sie sehr freundlich und höflich. Und zweiter schock war,dass hier die große Wahl von Lebensmitteln für Vegan (oder Laktosefreiessen) ist.
Es ist seltsam das speziell Leute aus dem russischen Raum die Deutschen als freundlich empfinden. Es muss aber etwas dran sein, weil es würde niemand sagen wenn er keinen Vergleich oder eine Erfahrung darüber hätte. Da muss ich aber sagen, ich würde nicht wissen wollen wie unfreundlich es in Russland ist.
@@liketohike1589 I also have a Russian background and everyone from Germany I've met has been very respectful. Londoners are polite, but often come off as snobbish and not genuinely friendly. And in Russia it's all-around terrible
Ich habe eine Blindarm Operation in Österreich gehabt und der Unterschied war unglaublich! In Ambulanz gab es niemand ausser ich aber in England ist es total voll und du musst normalerweise mindestens ein paar Stunden warten! Das Krankenhaus war total sauber und ruhig und nicht chaotisch wie ein Englische Krankenhaus, und ich muss sagen die Krankenpflege war ganz freundlich aber manchmal ein bisschen direkt!
YOUR PRODUCTIONS ARE PERFECT AND EXHIBIT GREAT CARE AND EFFORT... as a classic old school American I would like to consider myself the perfect compliment of non-diplomatic straightforward German and customary kindness and social manners of the British ... in Germany it would be kiel ... in the UK it would be Cornwall ( surfing ) ALOHA
I still cant believe the stereotype of Germans being direct is real, I'm so happy to hear that. One of my biggest gripes about the USA is how indirect and inefficient in conversation people are but there's nothing you can really do about it.
Maybe because conversations aren't meant to be "efficient." We talk just to talk. We're standing in line somewhere, we're bored, so we chat with one another. It doesn't matter if we'll never see them again, it was a nice conversation with strangers to brighten your day. We're just far more relaxed about the whole thing and don't feel the need to have a stick up our asses about talking to each other.
"inefficient in conversation"
What a weirdly mechanical expectation. What is your idea of a conversation? An act that should planned in advance so that people ensure they're getting the most accurate information? Or a spontaneous act of socializing with someone? Btw you'll find plenty of "inefficient" conversations in Germany too.. I've had a number of total strangers strike up totally random "inefficient" conversations here and it really brightens up your day..
Hallo Cari! Es waere super, wenn Sie ueber Kulturunterschiede zwischen Russen und Deutschen bei uns in Moskau eine Episode drehen wuerden. Kommen Sie endlich nach Russland.)
Ich muss zugeben , dass sie auch in Nischni Novgorod kommen sollen :)))
Ja wir wollen unbedingt nach Russland kommen. Hoffentlich diesen Sommer :)
@@EasyGerman sagen sie bitte bescheid , wenn sie fahren und kommen sie bitte in Nischni Novgorod :))))
Ich schäme mich für Russland...
@@imstuning6362 ehrlich gesagt , ich auch , aber ich möchte sie treffen
Vielen dank
I lieb Cari weil i Ihr sehr verstehe👍🏾
I lived in Würzburg for 5 months, while I was in Erasmus. The Kulturshock I experienced was that the bus drivers were extremely rude! Specially the old people.
I can imagine! We have just been in the UK and I was shocked by how nice bus drivers can be 😂
Because the patrons get in the way of the bus driver doing his work ;)
I was part of an international Master degree of which I spent half of the time in Würzburg and the other half in Australia. The culture shock I experienced was saying "thank you" to the bus driver when you were leaving the bus. Maybe that's also the reason why the drivers were much friendlier in comparison to the german ones :D
I thank the bus drivers in Germany, I don't care if they think it's weird. I always try to mind my polite midwestern upbringing no matter where I am.
In Spain, in the south I had really bad experiences with the bus drivers as well, extremely rude.
Ihr seid toll! Jetzt verstehe ich langsam das nicht mit der Stadt, wo ich wohne, zu tun hat. Und auch nicht mit mir persönlich. Ich habe sehr viel darunter gelitten. Jetzt macht schon 5 Jahre hier in DE. Aber die Gewohnheitsphase war krasse. Hab sehr viel geheult
Ich komme aus Belarus, aber ich habe Deutschland besucht. Ich bin überzeugt, dass die Deutschen irrsinnig freundlich sind, weil unsere Menschen nicht so nett sind. Z.B. in den deutschen Geschäften sind die Deutschen total höflich. Und das freut mich.
Weißrussland.
@@mehrheitler Das ist wirklich der offizielle Name des Landes...
@@heinrich.hitzinger Das ist wirklich nicht der deutsche Name des Landes. Es gibt nichts falsch mit der direkten Übersetzung: бела (bela) = weiß, Русь (Rusi) = Russ + Land, das ist komplett wirkende Situation für die deutsche (und jede andere) Sprache, die keine Ursache gibt, das aufzugeben und die dumme Transkription stattdessen zu benutzen.
@@Dk-wu6gr Also gibt es auch keinen Grund, Deutsch zu lernen? Wir alle würden Englisch verstehen.
@@Dk-wu6gr Wladimir.
Mein Deutsch is noch nicht sehr gut aber Das Video hat mir sehr gefallen und Ich habe viel gelernt über die deutsche kultur. vielen Dank.
*und ich habe viel über die deutsche Kultur gelernt
Oh yes, thank you. That was English structure.
Interessant
The englishs are closer to northwest Germans(Hannover,Hamburg)
But the Southwest german they are much more closer to the Frenchs.
No, they don't!
@@walterross9057 Yes, they are
@@r.mcdichnich1979 My father's family is from there and i live there. In the last centuries most contacts with France were unfriendly to say the least. Even the once frequent foreign words from French disappeared. Apart from that cultural contacts were always very superficial. Now Germany is americanized. But French influence just volatilized.
Don't forget the English are actually 'Anglo-Saxon', therefore originally Germanic from North West Europe.
@@r.mcdichnich1979 I was raised in and around Hamburg (Lübeck & Travemünde) and they are completley different cultures, I dont know what you think is similar but it is surely NOT as similar as described above
Ich liebe dieses Format... und bin waschechter Deutscher :)
Hugo spricht perfelt Deutsch, dass nach einem Jahr. Klopse etc. vermisse ich in England. Das comfort food haengt mir zum Halse raus.
When I first came to Germany, my work colleagues told another colleague that I am too polite.
I also learned quite fast that I had to become very direct. One lady who invited me to her home asked me if I would like some coffee. I answered in my British way of replying: "No dear, it is okay thanks." expecting her to offer me a coffee at least a second or a third time, saying: "It is no trouble at all, or are you sure I can´t make you a coffee?". 2 hours later when my tongue was hanging out with thirst, I was happy when she asked me again to which I replied: "Ja, bitte! ein großer Pott voll". To which she soon re-appeared with a huge pot of coffee which was very strong and not like the U.K.`s instant coffee. That was how I learned to become very direct and straightforward in my interaction with people in Germany.
Vor 4 Jahren habe ich einen sehr guten Freund in Wales besucht. Er ist Waliser. Ich war doch sehr überrascht, wie direkt die Menschen dort sein können. Damals stand der Brexit Entscheid noch aus. Alle Menschen in Museen oder Restaurants oder auf der Straße, die mitbekamen, dass ich aus Deutschland komme, begannen sofort über die EU, Deutschland und Großbritannien zu reden. Insofern sind Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten immer sehr relativ. Cool wären mehr Videos über Gemeinsamkeiten. Ansonsten rockt euer Kanal total und ich empfehle ihn allen, die deutsch lernen. Wirke auch gerne mal in einem Video mit.
Ben is back :)
In which other episodes is Ben?
The nurse thing is so right 😂 when I dislocated my finger in Germany i went to Krankenhaus and had the same experience 😂😆
Ich habe zwar nie im Vereinigten Königreich gelebt, war dort aber schon auf Urlaub. Die Londoner waren sehr nett und höflich und kein einziger Mensch war nicht mindestens ein bisschen Unfreundlich.
Was mich aber auf Dauer etwas genervt hat war die Tatsache, dass ich dauernd von den Engländern gefragt wurde, aus welchem Bundesstaat (USA) ich komme (wegen meiner Aussprache), dabei bin ich in Deutschland geboren und aufgewachsen.
Bin in ca.3 Wochen wieder in England und bin schon total exited dieses tolle Volk wieder zu sehen.
Haha, ja das kommt wahrscheinlich daher, dass viele außerhalb UK amerikanisches Englisch lernen und amerikanische Filme schauen?
Wohin fährst du in England?
@@EasyGerman Ich fahre wieder nach London - meine absolute Lieblingsstadt :)
Und ja, ich habe amerikanisches Englisch gelernt und gucke viele amerikanische Filme (original) etc.
I'm really surprised at how well and authentic the English native speakers were able to speak German in this video. That's very unusual - they sounded like experts to me with excellent pronunciation. Traditionally, the Scots and Welsh have been better at speaking German than the English. Maybe the Internet has played a part here? I'm a Scot who lives in Vienna and still struggles with the Vienna dialect. My standard German is averagely usable. Great video!
What about people from the North of England? I suspect they're better at speaking German too than those from the South. What do you think?
@@nicholasthorn1539 Yes, it's often true that educated Geordies can speak as good German as the Scots do. I often have more trouble understanding someone speaking English with a native Geordie accent than I do with someone from Geordieland speaking Standard German even as a second language.
@@tronkel1 interesting, so next time I meet a Scot or Geordie whose accent I as a southern Englishman can't understand, I'll try talking to them in German