@@voyance4elle Not the new ones (I think) - in Paderborn is instead of an electrifing plastic piece of nothing but a slide with blinded windows... an actual nicely climbing net... pyramide? much better then it used to be.
Those are american playgrounds imported to germany. All plastic and soft mats as a floor. Instead of metal and wood constructions to climb and rindenmulch as a ground
It is delusional to think you can make your dreams come to in Cyprus rather than Germany. There may be some truth in what he said, but that guy has some other problems. Problems that are unrelated to the place he lives. Edit: Oooooohhhhh!!! Now I get it! This guy is an entrepreneur. Marketing and web design. Why Cyprus? Taxes. Basically he doesn´t want to contribute to society like everybody else. That has nothing to do with anything he said.
Of course it is that. Its always that. I wish we could make those loopholes unprofitable for these people, but until then i will take comfort in the fact that they are at least no longer in germany.
I mean the guy claims real freedom in Cyprus of all places. It's almost like he forgot half of the country is occupied by Turkey who is covering up their committed atrocities in the region to this day. TBF you can shoot animals for money there so he got some freedom going for him
As a German, I have seen a funicular like this maybe once or twice in 37 Years. So no, they are not everywhere. And I never say "Danke" when i want to reject something. It feels wrong to me. I would say "Nein, danke." / "No, thanks.". But yes, there are a lot of people who do that.
"Doch" is basically used to oppose a negative question. E.g. if someone says something like "You don't have beer, do you?" You'd simply answer "Doch", meaning "Yes I have." I think the guy in the Tiktok explained it wrong.
@@Sierraone1 yeah, but only if the initial sentence is negated (like "You don't have beer, do you?"), otherwise it doesn't make sense. The tik tok guy got that one wrong. You can't answer DOCH to "You are allergic to shellfish, right?", but you could to "You can't eat shellfish, right?"
@@itsapenguinmachine7046 i was thinking exactly that. It doesnt work on positive sentences. "The fridge is empty" "doch" doesnt work. But it works for "The fridge is not filled" "doch".
@@TheMadLex But with the right emphasis you can interpret it as a hesitant consent. Schönes Wetter heute, oder? -Doch doch… Nice weather, right? Well yes, nice enough…
We have less accidents in Germany because your drivers license takes 700 to 2000 bucks, 26 hours of theory classes, 12-20 hours of practical driving with an instructor, which include highway and night hours. We also have less accidents because EVERY motoring vehicle that you want to take on a public road is tested for its safety and technical soundness every TWO YEARS. It has nothing to do with the driving age. If we have less accidents with drunk drivers I don't know, too lazy to compare the stats.
Exactly, it's the same with many other things, like police or teachers, or machines in factorys and overall more and better inspections in the industry, we have way higher standards
Danke means thank you but in the context of getting something offered it is more contextual. Either based on a nod or a headshake/other gestures or the emphasis. Yo mostly thank the other person for the offer.
I love the word doch. As a kid with siblings it is probably the word you speak most. When your sibling says something what you think it is not right(something like : you are too small for that) , you say endless "nein" and your sibling response with "doch". When no adult stops you, it can go for hours 😂
Statement „Danke“ means „no“ Generally „Danke“ means „thanks“ or „thank you“ and is used that way, but when you are at a restaurant and the waiter asks if you want something else and you say „Danke“ it usually means „no, thanks“, because most Germans do either a headshake with it or some kind of hand gesture. Saying „Danke“ just means that you thank them for asking and you have to watch every motion that they do and not just the words, otherwise you will be quite confused. 😊
The guy who emigrated to Cyprus to live his dreams. Well, his dreams may be in a gray area of legality. There are many companies registered in Cyprus and Malta whose business model is, let's say, questionable. 😉 Oh and this type of elevators are not common in Germany, never seen in 50 years.
That's a thing with the German laws. You are free to express yourself and follow your dream, but this ends wherever it starts to impede on someone else's freedoms. So the laws look by default way more strict and harsh when it comes e.g. to starting a business. That is since there are restrictions to prevent you from failing on the cost of someone else. Of course this is restricting and sometimes it is really hard to get something up am running due to those restrictions. But, as far as I'm concerned, it's actually not a bad thing, so the rate of failing businesses is smaller and less people risk to ruin themselves following an unprofitable Schnappsidee. But yes, it's sometimes a pain doing the paperwork-dance 😃
You can get your drivers licence at age 17 in Germany but you have to drive with an accompaning adult until you reach age 18. Your parents, your older siblings, your neighbours or anyone approved by your legal guardians could be an accompaning adult. Love your vids. ☺️
Tbh... I think all germans have mostly bad things to say about germany, we complain all the time about everything. That is until we talk to an American or about America. Because then suddenly it's all not that bad anymore. "At least I don't live in AMERICA bro". That's kind of the light at the end of the tunnel for us. The last thread that keeps us from jumping ship. Knowing it could be much worse 😂
Yeah. That's pretty much the big sad part about that. You can consider your self real lucky to live in Germany because most other places are way worse. No matter if it's the US, China, Nigeria, Chile or even some other European countries. But that doesn't mean that Germany is this kind of perfect Paradise Place as many Americans or even some Germans like to depict it. Its not at all. Germany may do some things better than many other countries but it does some things way worse than anywhere else. Most people are just blinded with stereotypes and unnecessary examples like bee, bread, meat, old cities, castles and other shit. Its a little bit paradox but u can be very happy and unhappy at the same time by living here. The Scandinavian Countries, especially Finland, are a way better place to live. I say that as a german that lives here for 31 years now.
For one thing, it's not. What is the case is that Germans think they complain more than others which is not true. It is like that almost everywhere. And besides that: Complaining a lot is one of the reasons why Germans are doing so well, because only through open criticism things change and improve.
@@vomm Yes, people complain a lot in other countries too. But as I understand it, there it is usually seen as rude to do so. Less so in Germany. Which fits very well if you are a hacker/programmer, because then complaining is seen as the polite thing to do. You can't learn anything from praise. When someone points out your mistakes though, you can fix it. ;)
"Doch" is actually quite a complex one. I once wrote a word document for a German learning friend about the uses of "doch" with explanations and examples for formal and informal German. Before looking into it, I would have never thought it could be so hard to explain, but the longer you think about it, the more crazy it gets. 🙈
I actually don't get how people can live without this word. This word is the holy grail of words. Yeah it really difficult to explain to someone who is not speaking or learning German.
It's just a short word for "no, in the opposite" or "no, that's not the case at all" when responding to a negated assumption. You don't need essays to explain it... Of course you can now respond with "Doch" 😅
But all the other ways of using it, except for the one mentioned in the video, have straightforward English translations, don't they? So I don't see how it was such a problem.
I am German and I must say I have never seen Funiculars ( 12:33 ). I had to google the translation and I never heard the german word either. It might be a Bavarian thing but not sure. I love when I see these videos and react with "We have that??" Or "We do that??". Despite that, great content! I really enjoy your Videos! And if you ever come to Germany, as an advice, Don't just check out one Region/State. Visiting Bavaria is just so different from visiting Hamburg or Saxony. I could imagine that you might like Wiesbaden or Trier!
Dresden has one, but not in addition to short stairs but as an element of public transport, climbing a steep part of the right bank of the Elbe. It's right next to the bridge Blaues Wunder. Oh, and it's about 130 years old.
You only say "doch" when someone negated something beforehand. So the example with the shellfish allergy wouldn't be answered with it, but you'd say "no, I eat crabs every day" instead. So if he said "You aren't eating shellfish, because you're allergic, right?" then the answer would be "doch".
But not the oldest german university. Because the Karls university in Prague was founded in 1348 and the founder was Karl IV., roman-german king (1346) and later emperor of the HRR since 1355.
Ich selbst als Heidelberg-Leipziger halte mich bei diesem Thema ein wenig zurück, da sich beide Städte drüber streiten, welche Uni älter ist^^ habe gerade eben noch einmal nachgeschaut und tatsächlich ist Heidelberg älter, let's goo!
When you see a "Budweiser" in Europe its most likely the Chech Lager from the town of Budějovický. Its a good beer in contrast to the american Budweiser.
About the "Danke" part It means "thank you", but usually if you are offered something and just say "danke" people use it as a short for "no, thank you". While you could say "Bitte" or "Ja, Bitte" which would be "yes, please" when offered something.
I never thought about it that way, but i mean ususally people also do some some kind of little gesture to signify intent with it (like shaking your head a lil bit) ...but i guess thats also subjektive
@@Conartist666 Well, while of course there usually is a gesture as well, I have yet to hear someone say "Danke" to agree with a waiter asking if you want another drink. I think it is largely understood that you only say "Danke" if you don't want another one. But there is a chance that it is a regional thing, it is definitely like that in the South of Germany as far as I can tell.
Funiculars are kinda very specific. You only see them at some places where you have a mountain or hill. But the other two things at the end of the video are absolutely true.
You can also always start your driving lessons at 17 and even take your driving test. But you are not allowed to use it until you turn 18 (unless you use that accompanied driving exemption mentioned above)
Another reason why there is less alcohol on streets: When you are caught with alcohol in your body while driving and being younger than 21/during the first 2 years of having a drivers licence, you can easily loose it or pay a massive amount for additional stuff you have to do
I think you really should get into Calvin & Habs. They're doing great skits on German-American differences. Their German lullaby shorts had me cry laughing.
Well, as a rule of thumb, if a name of a region or city has "-burg" in it or starts with "Burg-" there is or used to be a castle (or what was thought to be the nearest thing to a castle at the time). Sometimes, there were multiple, each build upon the ruins/foundations of the older one. Similar things with something having "-brook" meaning the is/was a spring or stream nearby. There are tons of names like that which was one of the things that helped when estimating the numbers of castles that once where but are gone by now. Fun fact: so far the city of Hamburg has still not found their origin point. They found stone foundations dating back around an estimated 800-900 years, but not the wooden ones that were the first "Burg" build to defend against the pesky Danish that liked to come invade and pillage at that time. Yeah so castles can vanish and only the name remains.
not kidding😂 I’m studying German and yesterday I had to read a 20 page long essay about the meaning and the usage of the word „doch“ - and the essay was in english btw💀😂
11:58 He got the meaning of "doch" wrong. It is only used to negate a negative. So "doch" is not a proper answer to "I thought you were allergic to shellfish". A direct translation would be "yes I am!", "yes it is!" or a myriad other things in that vein. So "Yes it is!", "No it isn't", "Yes it is!"... usually devolves into "Nein!", "Doch!", "Nein!"... in Germany
The thing with the legal prostitution is underestimated imho (and its an exception they offer their services in a shop-window... in deed this is only in Hamburg in a special street, closed for children). Prostitutes are registered, health-tested, pay tax and get insurances in return. They can officially rent an appartment, offer their services on websites (with age restriction) etc. And - as it's a legal service - if the customer does not pay - guess what - they can sue him.. which if you think about it takes a lot of power away from pimps, "club-owners" etc. Result is, that in deed the "business" is much more controlled and less involved with criminality, than in countries, where there still is prostitution anyway, but it must be hidden and the workers can't ask police or healthcare for help, when needed... at least from what I see from the outside.
doch, in most cases, means "yes, it is", "yes, i do" or "yes, i am" when the opposite is stated. for example, if someone said "you're not an american!" then you could say "doch" and it would translate to "yes, i am"
3:19 The beer she mentions is a 'Radler', which is beer mixed with lemonade, so it's definitely sweeter then the average beer. Although most people would hardly argue whether 'Radler' is real beer or not, because it's so 'soft'.
Nah its not a beer because its doesnt follow the "Reinheitsgebot". Beer can be soft or hard, doesnt matter. What matters is what you put inside. And well.... besides the water in it lemonade fails all criteria for beer :D
On the point of german sounding angry. In casual conversation it really doesn't. Mark twain famously argued that german was too soft. (And too complicated) He wrote a hillarious essay on that titled: "The awful german language" And it makes sense because back then german was very differently chronographed as a language. Since na*is weren't a thing in twains time and there was a shitton of german poetry he percieved the language as not that hard. I would even argue that this cultural bias applies to russian as well to a degree. (Also if you want to know how english sounds to non english speakers Listen to: prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano, who made a point that people will listen to every crap if it sounds english and proceded to make the Charts with his Song. ) Edit: Tf is this half train elevator thingy, i have been to a few german cities and never in my entire life have i seen or heard from that? ....i want more of those, they look cool
Regarding prostitution: Many brothels are "apartment-brothels", meaning just a normal apartment with some red neon signs in the windows. And in some regions you'll notice camper trailers or vans beside the road, some even painted pink to indicate what's going on there.
RYAN, when are you FINALLY going to take a trip to Germany? It's one thing to watch videos and talk about Germany, but nothing beats ACTUALLY traveling there!!! Take that next step!👍🏻
we all germans know that the first thing that comes to your mind when visiting germany is: beer, lederhosen, bratwurst. no we dont wear lederhosen or something like that everyday 😂 not everyone thinks that, i was just saying it here ;) and at 8:24 nope „Danke“ means thanks or thank you it doesnt mean „no“
In my middleschool I was going to a school which was right behind a castle. It was even named "Schloss Schule" (Castle school), we had always a view at the back of the castle and we needed to go past it to get to the bus station. To be honest, there are sometimes moments when I forget that this is also a real castle, cause it was so common at this time in my life..
The thing with "Danke" is, that the "nein" is implicated. Normally it would say "Nein, danke" or "Danke, nein". "Doch" also is sort of a filler word: "Du hast dir doch gestern den Film angesehen." ("You watched the movie yesterday, right?")
12:31 Me who was born in Leipzig but live in Heidelberg cannot exactly agree with all points, the "Bergbahn" is a very famous tourist attractation in Heidelberg where you can drive up to the "Königsstuhl" (a little mountain of ca. 600 meters) and that is not typical for every city in Germany but the point with the castles (also to see the "Heidelberger Schloss" in the vid) is absolutely true, these things are EVERYWHERE...And of course the milka bars you can buy them as well everywhere. I'm sorry for my terrible english!
My family in Germany thinks it's freaking hilarious that Americans won't let a 16 year old have a beer every now and then, but you'll entrust that same kid to drive something as expensive as an automobile. It just seems backwards to a German. As a teenager, I had so much more freedom in Germany despite the fact that I couldn't drive. When I moved to the states as an older teenager I felt like I had regressed to a young child because of the way adults treated me. I absolutely hated it!
As an German/American growing up in Germany most of my time, i find it entertaining to watch these reaction videos. it reminds of alot of things that i have forgotten lol.
Ryan, they have between 5 to 6 thousand different beers in Germany. Chances are very high you might find one you like. Danke indeed means thank you, but it can be used also to say, No thank you. So in cases like restaurants, bars etc when people ask if you want something and you say Danke, it means No thank you.
"Doch" can actually be translated as "but/though" and is also commonly used in that sense, however it's also used to say "yes" in a kind of way you would say it to really prove your point after someone denied what you just said. For example: "Billy Talent are better than Green Day" - "No, they're not" - "Doch, they are" Or after questions like "haven't/didn't you..."
the castles i can confirm are EVRYWHERE. i live in around a small sub-urban village, and the local park where everyone likes to take a stroll around got a damn castle smack-dab in the middle of the park. and yes, Kindergarten is something the Americans borrowed from the German vocabulary, it literally means "children garden".
German beer culture is everywhere, and when people at the age of 14 are allowed to drink beer with their parents and alone with 16, they get a feeling for it and dont end up as an Alcoholic the other day. (Drinks with a high amount of Alcohol like Wodka are legaol at the age of 18). A reason why there are less car accidents in Germany even tho we most of the time dont have any speed limits on the highways is because German drivers license tests are way stricter and harder than Americans are, also more expensive
The beer the lady presented is a "Radler" from the brewery "Diestelhäuser". "Radler" is the name of a mixture of beer and lemonade like Sprite, so this has about half alcohol but some sweetness instead. Good choice, anyway. And, btw., in northern Germany they do not call it "Radler", they call it "Alsterwasser". But typically both expressions are understood everywhere.
Lot's of German people UNDERSTAND English but don't WANT to speak it because we think that it's disrespectful to German people not to talk German to us. If you are a tourist, it's OK, we don't expect tourists to learn our language but if you are a foreigner who wants to live in Germany you have to speak German to be accepted.
As somebody who was born and raised in Mannheim and is also currently living here: Soccer games in Mannheim including the team Waldhof Mannheim are not soccer games one should compare to other soccer games in Germany. There are living lots of hooligans in Mannheim who visit the Waldhof games not for watching soccer but for roughing people up, lighting things up and indulging in general vandalism. Most people from Mannheim are more into ice hockey or handball than into soccer. For the Waldhof fans (the non Hooligangs), the situation in Mannheim is quite frustrating, because the actual Waldhof soccer team has to pay a lot of fines for the damage the hooligans are creating... Waldhof games have up to three times more police supervising the games than any other team in Germany. I don't take my kids into Luisenpark anymore when there is a soccer game. The park is just next to the soccer field and some years ago when we went, we were told it's better for our own safety not to leave the park. - When we finally got out the street was full of ambulances and police cars and injured, bleeding people were filling the sidelines. It was really horrible. - However I've been to a bunch of soccer games from other teams in my life and they were ALL completely safe!
Ich als Heidelberger finde tatsächlich das Planetarium am Besten, aber die Waldhof Fans machen auch gut Stimmung 😂auch gegen Sandhofen im Handball zu spielen macht sau viel Spaß, ehrlich.
Well less accidents... not espescially because of the higher driving age, but rather because of the really extensive (and expensive) driving schools and testing process.
Plural of Kind is actually Kinder. "Kinders" looks and sounds really odd, like some kind of double plural. Btw. the best translation for "doch" is "no, quite the opposite actually". You can elaborate afterwards, but you don't have to, it does work as a one word answer.
The Beer the woman is holding in 03:24 is called a "Radler". a Radler is always beer mixed with some lemonade, which makes it sweeter and less bitter. But because it's mixed, most germans don't really call it beer, its only lemonade for us xD
@@annikaParnda Jaa. bin gebürtige Hessin und konnte es gar nicht fassen, als ich gesehen habe, dass es Bembel with Care einfach in Berlin zu kaufen gibt :D und das beste ist einfach, dass das hier fast keiner kennt und deswegen immer volle Paletten da sind xD (Schon iwie funny, dass wir darüber schreiben 15 min. nachdem ich für den Geburtstag von meinem Freund ne Palette Bembel bestellt habe :D)
Based on his over-the-top-look with the hair gel and not at all fitting white shirt, I hope you are right and this is sarcasm... Or he got caught doing something illegal, got rightfully punished in Germany, fled to Cyprus and will probably get punished there as well because.... that's how states with a law system work ;) True, different law system but Cyprus is not a lawless place where you can do what you want as implied by this clip. Therefore: Yeah, probably sarcasm but if not... oh dear what a .
@@demonmurasame733 He kinda gives me those "I am a victim, because I had to wear a mask for 2 years, people don't like my firecrackers and if I spew bs I'm being held accountable, also Christian Lindner is my hero" vibes
He could have been completely serious though. And there's more than just a little truth if he was talking about being independent or self employed in a field that is not typical german (like tax consultant). There's a reason why so many younger influencers (speaking of youtuber and streamer) who didn't make it REALLY big in a really short time moved to Madeira and similar places. It's really hard to live your dreams in Germany when your dream goes beyond being a good employee, start a family and raise children.
Regarding the "awesome toilet paper"... yeah, you can get good quality toilet paper in cheap shops... but maybe it's that good and comfortable, because at least one layer has to go to the archives after use. Bureacracy is everything in good old Germany :)
@@melaniewolf5855 we have one right in the neighborhood at Baden-Baden and i think there's one in Karlsruhe as well. There's about 40 of them in Germany. Of course you need to have mountains or at least hills for these. Sorry northern germans !
@@eagle1de227 lol I am from BAVARIA I live in the Fichtelmountains...but i lived in the metropolarea of Munich for 12 years...never seen that Amd thank you for the information!
"Doch" is a nifty little word that acts like a double negative. For example "It's not cold outside, is it?" "Doch!" - essentially means "the statement negating that it is cold outside, is wrong, it is not not cold outside". And "doch" expresses that in a single syllable. One of the very few words I miss when I speak and write English. In general German is far more formally ridgid with its double negatives than english. For example something like "I ain't done nothing" if you are not familiar with how double negatives are kinda ignored in English often, would be an admission of guilt if understood with the logic of the German language. Here on youtube there are two videos somewhat intresting in that regard "Why Germans Can Say Things No One Else Can" and a TedX from Vienna titled "How learning German taught me the link between maths and poetry".
Hi, it's cool you create so regularly videos. It would be cool if you would react more often to videos about the life in Germany for example from "my merry messy life" than on tiktoks or reddits. you will learn a lot more about us in this videos.
Radler isn't really a type of beer, it's beer mixed with lemon flavoured soda. The guy ranting about freedom is probably tax evading from the way he talks and him moving to cyprus.... i can't really take him serious. No we dont have Wonder Bread TM as far as i know, but we have untoasted sandwich slices, I don't know how close they are to this thing
4:21 HAHA laughing so hard, he finally get it that the german word "Kinder" means "kids/childreen" in English and it literally means "kids-garden" to Kindergarten...having also some Kinder-Schokolade from Ferrero there :D
Hello, can you please make another video about Rammstein (Deutschland and Amerika). But the music video with english subtitles. I'm very interested about your thoughts about it. Greets from Germany :)
@@freshmaurice Sure do When my Dog died i blasted STEH AUF the entire day xD in my opinion better than some Rammstein songs simply because Lindemanns voice is just so perfect for this kind of Music. They were a fucking strong duo
You usually buy here Toilet Paper with several layers of paper so that it doesn't tear when you are using it. Most ppl I know buy 3 Layered Toilet Paper some 4 with special smells
Honestly wondering what kinds of dreams and passions that one angry guy has, that he's apparently not allowed to follow here in Germany. He mentioned creativity, but there's lots of people following their creative passion both in the classic arts and the new media fields. Don't really get what he's talking about. Must be something very specific he was trying to do, which was probably not allowed for a reason then?
I looked him up and he's apparently a digital entrepreneur and youtuber. Apparently he founded some online business in Indonesia and was probably not happy with all the regulations he had to follow when he returned to Germany + realised that you pay less taxes in Cyprus. I also woulnd't be surprised if he's exaggerating for clicks since he has a handful of tiktoks shitting on Germany.
beers....thats a topic i dont know hw many hundred brands we have but theres plenty. And yes we have beers that dont taste bitter. Though the one she is talking about Radler is actually a beer MIX (mixed with lemonade usually sprite) and thats what makes it sweet. my favorite is real munich made paulaner. Thats a beer so rich in taste you dont nptice any bitterness
The fact that you think sparkling water tastes like weird beer says a lot more about American beer than about German water lol!!! This so exactly the reason why Germans always say American beer tastes watered dwon lol 😂😂😂
5:39 i am German and I can say Germany is pretty depressing especially in the winter but still it's a great country but pretty similar to the USA and i love the USA .
@@AntiProElite Geschmackssache kann man immer sagen. Aber es ist interessanter zu sagen was besser und was schlecht ist und die Argumente des jeweils anderen zu verstehen aber ich kann Objektiv sagen ich als sommerkind geboren am 4. Juli dass ich den Sommer deutlich angenehmer finde als im Winter. Aber nur meine Meinung
@@diesegeties8918 na aber wenn du sagst das es deine Meinung ist, dann ist es ja subjektiv. Man kann beiden Jahreszeiten Positives und Negatives abgewinnen. Also Januar Kind bevorzuge ich die kühle klare Luft, Schnee, Regen und Kuscheldecken. Ich hasse schwitzen :D
Hey Ryan, love your content! :) How am i supposed to send you packages from Germany? Do you have any PostBox or something? Would like to see you testing some weird german candys, chocolate and weird stuff haha :D :D
Within my German (and mostly Catholic) family, and all my different aunts and uncles I used to have as a kid, my only Jewish uncle was the nicest person of them all!
Your videos make me want to visit the states just to figure out what it really is to be there 😂 😅 It is really smth on my life to do list! You are also verry verry welcome to visit germany! Pls make some UA-cam stuff about your journey! I am so curios about your reaction ❤
There is a famous scene from an older French comedy movie with Louis de Funés. One of his skits was dialogue where two people repeatedly said "Non! - Si. - Oh?", or in German: "Nein! - Doch. - Ohh." (English: "No way! - For sure. - Wow…") In a similar way like "Dinner for One", they are a part of German culture by now: Fr: ua-cam.com/video/GioEH34fhxE/v-deo.html De: ua-cam.com/video/WJlZLG9UXSY/v-deo.html Also, Funiculars (dt: Zahnradbahnen), just like Paternoster lifts are still around some places in Germany and Europe, but even here they are rarities.
The best part, for some reason it's often not mentioned, of that scene is that the person played by Louis de Funes is only feigning his ignorance, which makes it all the more funnier, as the longer it goes on, the more obvious it becomes, yet he still insists. :D
Getting along without knowing German depends on where in Germany you are. I could get well along with people in Northern Germany speaking Swedish. In southern Germany I was totally lost. Almost like two different languages!
😂😂🤣🤣👍👍 DOCH! - you described the literal sense of it perfectly at 12:03 (I couldn't have done that so well! Not necessarily in combination with "idiot" however, instead often smart-alecky or opinionated 😉)
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You can tell the one lady isn't German because she called Radler beer. It's not. By law. That's how strict Germans are about beer 😂🍺
Danke für diesen wichtigen Kommentar! 🍻
She should have filled out a disclaimer form and got a stamp.
To all the Americans, Radler is 1/2 beer with lemon soda, kinda like Sprite or 7up
It's a Biermischgetränk xD
Wie beleidigt man Bier vier mal in einem Satz mit vier Worten?
"Ein kleines Alkoholfreies Radler".
The german word for child is "Kind" and for children is "Kinder".
So, no matter how kind your child is, german children are Kinder. 😀
oof. That one came from underneath😂
LOL! Nice one! 😀
@@Jiroto nope, from reddit
Da gibt es so viele schöne Wortspiele ... Egal wie dicht Du bist, Goethe war Dichter 😅 ...
@@tanja_the_fox 😂 I love you
The most boring playgrounds for children in Germany are the ones near McDonalds.
So true.
@@voyance4elle Not the new ones (I think) - in Paderborn is instead of an electrifing plastic piece of nothing but a slide with blinded windows... an actual nicely climbing net... pyramide? much better then it used to be.
Those are american playgrounds imported to germany. All plastic and soft mats as a floor. Instead of metal and wood constructions to climb and rindenmulch as a ground
It is delusional to think you can make your dreams come to in Cyprus rather than Germany. There may be some truth in what he said, but that guy has some other problems. Problems that are unrelated to the place he lives.
Edit: Oooooohhhhh!!! Now I get it! This guy is an entrepreneur. Marketing and web design. Why Cyprus? Taxes. Basically he doesn´t want to contribute to society like everybody else. That has nothing to do with anything he said.
Of course it is that. Its always that. I wish we could make those loopholes unprofitable for these people, but until then i will take comfort in the fact that they are at least no longer in germany.
definitely for taxes, this guy gives of massive neoliberal/cryptobro/investment scam vibes.
"Marketing and Web design" - you just know that dude is a narcisstic asshole
I mean the guy claims real freedom in Cyprus of all places. It's almost like he forgot half of the country is occupied by Turkey who is covering up their committed atrocities in the region to this day.
TBF you can shoot animals for money there so he got some freedom going for him
I guess his corrupt father moved to cpyrus some years ago and he grew up in his big money money scam bubble. Disgusting person.
As a German, I have seen a funicular like this maybe once or twice in 37 Years. So no, they are not everywhere. And I never say "Danke" when i want to reject something. It feels wrong to me. I would say "Nein, danke." / "No, thanks.". But yes, there are a lot of people who do that.
I am also german and the only time I saw those were in Salzburg / Austria i have never seen it in a german place
I didn't even know about them until this TikTok 🤣
Never seen one either and I can't imagine a place where they are placed. Maybe big airports? 😅
So far, this video was the very first time I ever saw something like this. Had no idea they exist somewhere 🤣
@@meyerdigitalfilm I think, Heidelberg is one of this Standseilbahn.
@@isala9127 It would have to be a place with a lot of hills - so cut out the whole of Northern Germany 😂
"Doch" is basically used to oppose a negative question. E.g. if someone says something like "You don't have beer, do you?" You'd simply answer "Doch", meaning "Yes I have." I think the guy in the Tiktok explained it wrong.
doch basically means "On the contrary".
thanke you, you got it right
@@Sierraone1 yeah, but only if the initial sentence is negated (like "You don't have beer, do you?"), otherwise it doesn't make sense. The tik tok guy got that one wrong. You can't answer DOCH to "You are allergic to shellfish, right?", but you could to "You can't eat shellfish, right?"
@@itsapenguinmachine7046 i was thinking exactly that. It doesnt work on positive sentences. "The fridge is empty" "doch" doesnt work. But it works for "The fridge is not filled" "doch".
@@TheMadLex But with the right emphasis you can interpret it as a hesitant consent.
Schönes Wetter heute, oder? -Doch doch…
Nice weather, right? Well yes, nice enough…
We have less accidents in Germany because your drivers license takes 700 to 2000 bucks, 26 hours of theory classes, 12-20 hours of practical driving with an instructor, which include highway and night hours. We also have less accidents because EVERY motoring vehicle that you want to take on a public road is tested for its safety and technical soundness every TWO YEARS.
It has nothing to do with the driving age. If we have less accidents with drunk drivers I don't know, too lazy to compare the stats.
Exactly, it's the same with many other things, like police or teachers, or machines in factorys and overall more and better inspections in the industry, we have way higher standards
I think the license has gotten more expensive tbh smh
Danke means thank you but in the context of getting something offered it is more contextual. Either based on a nod or a headshake/other gestures or the emphasis.
Yo mostly thank the other person for the offer.
I dont think anybody pays as little as 700 nowadays, the range is from 1500 - 3500 now
I love the word doch. As a kid with siblings it is probably the word you speak most. When your sibling says something what you think it is not right(something like : you are too small for that) , you say endless "nein" and your sibling response with "doch". When no adult stops you, it can go for hours 😂
"nein"
"doch"
"NEIN!"
"DOCH!"
"NA-AIINN!!"
"DO-OOCH!!"
Nein!
Doch!
Aaah!
@@frankj10000 Google Übersetzer 😂
@@frankj10000 Haha, exactly what I was thinking :D
@@elab.1413 😂😂😂
Statement „Danke“ means „no“
Generally „Danke“ means „thanks“ or „thank you“ and is used that way, but when you are at a restaurant and the waiter asks if you want something else and you say „Danke“ it usually means „no, thanks“, because most Germans do either a headshake with it or some kind of hand gesture. Saying „Danke“ just means that you thank them for asking and you have to watch every motion that they do and not just the words, otherwise you will be quite confused. 😊
Yes, perfectly explained👍
exactly, but I dont know why this should be german thing, people do that in a lot of countries.
Danke is short for "nein, danke" in that case. Also "bitte" can mean "yes" by the same logic, as it can be short for "ja, bitte" ("yes, please").
danke = thanks; i knew it! Danke
So much better explained as in the video and without an blood pressure about 200. ^^ Well so it feel to me.
The guy who emigrated to Cyprus to live his dreams. Well, his dreams may be in a gray area of legality. There are many companies registered in Cyprus and Malta whose business model is, let's say, questionable. 😉 Oh and this type of elevators are not common in Germany, never seen in 50 years.
I don't think he's German, with that name: Ricardo Gorski... But who knows...
WE use these (Elevators/ Kabelbahnen) in Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Baden_Baden. They use to Transport People Up a Hill.
@@martinaklee-webster1276 Ok, i am from Bavaria, never seen here.
That's a thing with the German laws. You are free to express yourself and follow your dream, but this ends wherever it starts to impede on someone else's freedoms.
So the laws look by default way more strict and harsh when it comes e.g. to starting a business. That is since there are restrictions to prevent you from failing on the cost of someone else. Of course this is restricting and sometimes it is really hard to get something up am running due to those restrictions. But, as far as I'm concerned, it's actually not a bad thing, so the rate of failing businesses is smaller and less people risk to ruin themselves following an unprofitable Schnappsidee.
But yes, it's sometimes a pain doing the paperwork-dance 😃
Pretty sure that guy just doesn't like Germany because he has to contribute to society here and in cyprus he doesn't
You can get your drivers licence at age 17 in Germany but you have to drive with an accompaning adult until you reach age 18. Your parents, your older siblings, your neighbours or anyone approved by your legal guardians could be an accompaning adult.
Love your vids. ☺️
They have to be over 30 and had their licence for 5 years or so?
But yeah
@@blitzfuria4623 Wasn't it 25? And I believe max 2 points
true and there r 45 cars that only go 45kmh and u can drive them when ur 16
Thank you!
And that only applies to cars. You can get a driver's license for scooters/vespas etc with your 16th birthday.
She talks about how great German beer is and then holds up a Radler to the camera😵💫
Tbh... I think all germans have mostly bad things to say about germany, we complain all the time about everything. That is until we talk to an American or about America. Because then suddenly it's all not that bad anymore. "At least I don't live in AMERICA bro". That's kind of the light at the end of the tunnel for us. The last thread that keeps us from jumping ship. Knowing it could be much worse 😂
Yeah. That's pretty much the big sad part about that. You can consider your self real lucky to live in Germany because most other places are way worse. No matter if it's the US, China, Nigeria, Chile or even some other European countries. But that doesn't mean that Germany is this kind of perfect Paradise Place as many Americans or even some Germans like to depict it. Its not at all. Germany may do some things better than many other countries but it does some things way worse than anywhere else. Most people are just blinded with stereotypes and unnecessary examples like bee, bread, meat, old cities, castles and other shit. Its a little bit paradox but u can be very happy and unhappy at the same time by living here. The Scandinavian Countries, especially Finland, are a way better place to live.
I say that as a german that lives here for 31 years now.
It´s always about perspective ^^
For one thing, it's not. What is the case is that Germans think they complain more than others which is not true. It is like that almost everywhere. And besides that: Complaining a lot is one of the reasons why Germans are doing so well, because only through open criticism things change and improve.
@@vomm Yes, people complain a lot in other countries too. But as I understand it, there it is usually seen as rude to do so. Less so in Germany.
Which fits very well if you are a hacker/programmer, because then complaining is seen as the polite thing to do. You can't learn anything from praise. When someone points out your mistakes though, you can fix it. ;)
Nah, I still wanna move to the US as soon as possible, can't wait to get out of here
"Doch" is actually quite a complex one. I once wrote a word document for a German learning friend about the uses of "doch" with explanations and examples for formal and informal German. Before looking into it, I would have never thought it could be so hard to explain, but the longer you think about it, the more crazy it gets. 🙈
Tja!
I actually don't get how people can live without this word. This word is the holy grail of words. Yeah it really difficult to explain to someone who is not speaking or learning German.
Hast du recht. Doch ist doch nicht so leicht zu erklären wie manch einer doch denken könnte.
It's just a short word for "no, in the opposite" or "no, that's not the case at all" when responding to a negated assumption. You don't need essays to explain it...
Of course you can now respond with "Doch" 😅
But all the other ways of using it, except for the one mentioned in the video, have straightforward English translations, don't they? So I don't see how it was such a problem.
I am German and I must say I have never seen Funiculars ( 12:33 ). I had to google the translation and I never heard the german word either. It might be a Bavarian thing but not sure. I love when I see these videos and react with "We have that??" Or "We do that??".
Despite that, great content! I really enjoy your Videos!
And if you ever come to Germany, as an advice, Don't just check out one Region/State. Visiting Bavaria is just so different from visiting Hamburg or Saxony. I could imagine that you might like Wiesbaden or Trier!
As a 38 year old german, living in one of the biggest citys... i have never ever seen something like that train thingy... it looks awesome!
Hab's zum ersten Mal in Frankfurt gesehen als Ubahn Ausgang
Das war die Heidelberger Bergbahn, Grüße aus der Stadt im Süden ✌
Don't take it too seriously, those vids are from Americans who only saw southern Bavaria and think the rest of the country looks the same. 🙄
Dresden has one, but not in addition to short stairs but as an element of public transport, climbing a steep part of the right bank of the Elbe. It's right next to the bridge Blaues Wunder. Oh, and it's about 130 years old.
Ich kenn so ne Zahnradbahn auch nur aus'm Bergischem
You only say "doch" when someone negated something beforehand. So the example with the shellfish allergy wouldn't be answered with it, but you'd say "no, I eat crabs every day" instead. So if he said "You aren't eating shellfish, because you're allergic, right?" then the answer would be "doch".
Btw. Heidelberg (one of the Bucket list places) has a University that was founded in 1386 and is the Oldest University in Germany.
But not the oldest german university.
Because the Karls university in Prague was founded in 1348 and the founder was Karl IV., roman-german king (1346) and later emperor of the HRR since 1355.
Ich selbst als Heidelberg-Leipziger halte mich bei diesem Thema ein wenig zurück, da sich beide Städte drüber streiten, welche Uni älter ist^^ habe gerade eben noch einmal nachgeschaut und tatsächlich ist Heidelberg älter, let's goo!
@@Jxst_E-Rex nice Zurückhaltung xDD
aber was muss das muss i guess :D
@@kevkuehnertskuelerkuehlschrank yaa xD
When you see a "Budweiser" in Europe its most likely the Chech Lager from the town of Budějovický. Its a good beer in contrast to the american Budweiser.
About the "Danke" part
It means "thank you", but usually if you are offered something and just say "danke" people use it as a short for "no, thank you".
While you could say "Bitte" or "Ja, Bitte" which would be "yes, please" when offered something.
I never thought about it that way, but i mean ususally people also do some some kind of little gesture to signify intent with it (like shaking your head a lil bit)
...but i guess thats also subjektive
@@Conartist666 Well, while of course there usually is a gesture as well, I have yet to hear someone say "Danke" to agree with a waiter asking if you want another drink.
I think it is largely understood that you only say "Danke" if you don't want another one.
But there is a chance that it is a regional thing, it is definitely like that in the South of Germany as far as I can tell.
Funiculars are kinda very specific. You only see them at some places where you have a mountain or hill. But the other two things at the end of the video are absolutely true.
true, I've never seen this in my 24 years
In Germany you can get a drivers license with 17, but you only allowed to drive with another experienced person until you are 18.
You also have to get your driver's license from a certified driving instructor
You can also always start your driving lessons at 17 and even take your driving test. But you are not allowed to use it until you turn 18 (unless you use that accompanied driving exemption mentioned above)
The moment he said that sparkling water tastes like weird beer sais so much about american beer lol 😂
Another reason why there is less alcohol on streets: When you are caught with alcohol in your body while driving and being younger than 21/during the first 2 years of having a drivers licence, you can easily loose it or pay a massive amount for additional stuff you have to do
I am sure the traffic is safer in germany but the guy saying we have less alcoholics is talking bs
I think you really should get into Calvin & Habs. They're doing great skits on German-American differences. Their German lullaby shorts had me cry laughing.
Well, as a rule of thumb, if a name of a region or city has "-burg" in it or starts with "Burg-" there is or used to be a castle (or what was thought to be the nearest thing to a castle at the time). Sometimes, there were multiple, each build upon the ruins/foundations of the older one. Similar things with something having "-brook" meaning the is/was a spring or stream nearby. There are tons of names like that which was one of the things that helped when estimating the numbers of castles that once where but are gone by now. Fun fact: so far the city of Hamburg has still not found their origin point. They found stone foundations dating back around an estimated 800-900 years, but not the wooden ones that were the first "Burg" build to defend against the pesky Danish that liked to come invade and pillage at that time. Yeah so castles can vanish and only the name remains.
I'd like to add, even though you did in no way imply the contrary, that many castles don't have a burg named village attached.
The paperwork for tying shoes is only one page, so not a big deal 🙂 and you have to renew it only every 5 years
Well, depends on the color. With red laces it’s every three years.
not kidding😂 I’m studying German and yesterday I had to read a 20 page long essay about the meaning and the usage of the word „doch“ - and the essay was in english btw💀😂
@DnDShorts2023.... doch!
11:58 He got the meaning of "doch" wrong.
It is only used to negate a negative.
So "doch" is not a proper answer to "I thought you were allergic to shellfish".
A direct translation would be "yes I am!", "yes it is!" or a myriad other things in that vein.
So "Yes it is!", "No it isn't", "Yes it is!"... usually devolves into "Nein!", "Doch!", "Nein!"... in Germany
The thing with the legal prostitution is underestimated imho (and its an exception they offer their services in a shop-window... in deed this is only in Hamburg in a special street, closed for children).
Prostitutes are registered, health-tested, pay tax and get insurances in return. They can officially rent an appartment, offer their services on websites (with age restriction) etc.
And - as it's a legal service - if the customer does not pay - guess what - they can sue him.. which if you think about it takes a lot of power away from pimps, "club-owners" etc. Result is, that in deed the "business" is much more controlled and less involved with criminality, than in countries, where there still is prostitution anyway, but it must be hidden and the workers can't ask police or healthcare for help, when needed... at least from what I see from the outside.
doch, in most cases, means "yes, it is", "yes, i do" or "yes, i am" when the opposite is stated. for example, if someone said "you're not an american!" then you could say "doch" and it would translate to "yes, i am"
nein...doch...neeeiiin...doooch. The most important word, when you are 10 years old😂
Nein! Doch! Oh!
@@marcgyver677 Wer? Ich?
@@marcgyver677 famouuuuuuus!!! 🤣🤣🤣
3:19 The beer she mentions is a 'Radler', which is beer mixed with lemonade, so it's definitely sweeter then the average beer. Although most people would hardly argue whether 'Radler' is real beer or not, because it's so 'soft'.
Nah its not a beer because its doesnt follow the "Reinheitsgebot".
Beer can be soft or hard, doesnt matter. What matters is what you put inside.
And well.... besides the water in it lemonade fails all criteria for beer :D
On the point of german sounding angry. In casual conversation it really doesn't. Mark twain famously argued that german was too soft. (And too complicated)
He wrote a hillarious essay on that titled: "The awful german language"
And it makes sense because back then german was very differently chronographed as a language. Since na*is weren't a thing in twains time and there was a shitton of german poetry he percieved the language as not that hard. I would even argue that this cultural bias applies to russian as well to a degree.
(Also if you want to know how english sounds to non english speakers Listen to: prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano, who made a point that people will listen to every crap if it sounds english and proceded to make the Charts with his Song. )
Edit: Tf is this half train elevator thingy, i have been to a few german cities and never in my entire life have i seen or heard from that? ....i want more of those, they look cool
DOCH! we had a fantastic time with you dear Ryan! Looking forward to the next episode!
Regarding prostitution: Many brothels are "apartment-brothels", meaning just a normal apartment with some red neon signs in the windows. And in some regions you'll notice camper trailers or vans beside the road, some even painted pink to indicate what's going on there.
RYAN, when are you FINALLY going to take a trip to Germany? It's one thing to watch videos and talk about Germany, but nothing beats ACTUALLY traveling there!!! Take that next step!👍🏻
we all germans know that the first thing that comes to your mind when visiting germany is: beer, lederhosen, bratwurst. no we dont wear lederhosen or something like that everyday 😂 not everyone thinks that, i was just saying it here ;)
and at 8:24 nope „Danke“ means thanks or thank you it doesnt mean „no“
In my middleschool I was going to a school which was right behind a castle. It was even named "Schloss Schule" (Castle school), we had always a view at the back of the castle and we needed to go past it to get to the bus station.
To be honest, there are sometimes moments when I forget that this is also a real castle, cause it was so common at this time in my life..
"Really? And this last guy said you guys are so conservative!" made me laugh 😂
The thing with "Danke" is, that the "nein" is implicated. Normally it would say "Nein, danke" or "Danke, nein".
"Doch" also is sort of a filler word: "Du hast dir doch gestern den Film angesehen." ("You watched the movie yesterday, right?")
12:31 Me who was born in Leipzig but live in Heidelberg cannot exactly agree with all points, the "Bergbahn" is a very famous tourist attractation in Heidelberg where you can drive up to the "Königsstuhl" (a little mountain of ca. 600 meters) and that is not typical for every city in Germany but the point with the castles (also to see the "Heidelberger Schloss" in the vid) is absolutely true, these things are EVERYWHERE...And of course the milka bars you can buy them as well everywhere. I'm sorry for my terrible english!
My family in Germany thinks it's freaking hilarious that Americans won't let a 16 year old have a beer every now and then, but you'll entrust that same kid to drive something as expensive as an automobile. It just seems backwards to a German. As a teenager, I had so much more freedom in Germany despite the fact that I couldn't drive. When I moved to the states as an older teenager I felt like I had regressed to a young child because of the way adults treated me. I absolutely hated it!
As an German/American growing up in Germany most of my time, i find it entertaining to watch these reaction videos. it reminds of alot of things that i have forgotten lol.
I lost it at the point with the Toilet Paper!! 🤣🤣🤣
Ryan, they have between 5 to 6 thousand different beers in Germany. Chances are very high you might find one you like.
Danke indeed means thank you, but it can be used also to say, No thank you. So in cases like restaurants, bars etc when people ask if you want something and you say Danke, it means No thank you.
"Doch" can actually be translated as "but/though" and is also commonly used in that sense, however it's also used to say "yes" in a kind of way you would say it to really prove your point after someone denied what you just said. For example: "Billy Talent are better than Green Day" - "No, they're not" - "Doch, they are" Or after questions like "haven't/didn't you..."
I would also say that doch can in some situations be translated to "yet" also, but not very often
the castles i can confirm are EVRYWHERE. i live in around a small sub-urban village, and the local park where everyone likes to take a stroll around got a damn castle smack-dab in the middle of the park.
and yes, Kindergarten is something the Americans borrowed from the German vocabulary, it literally means "children garden".
3:02 in germany we say: Radler ist kein Alkohol
German beer culture is everywhere, and when people at the age of 14 are allowed to drink beer with their parents and alone with 16, they get a feeling for it and dont end up as an Alcoholic the other day. (Drinks with a high amount of Alcohol like Wodka are legaol at the age of 18).
A reason why there are less car accidents in Germany even tho we most of the time dont have any speed limits on the highways is because German drivers license tests are way stricter and harder than Americans are, also more expensive
Nein!
Doch!
Oh!
The beer the lady presented is a "Radler" from the brewery "Diestelhäuser". "Radler" is the name of a mixture of beer and lemonade like Sprite, so this has about half alcohol but some sweetness instead. Good choice, anyway. And, btw., in northern Germany they do not call it "Radler", they call it "Alsterwasser". But typically both expressions are understood everywhere.
Ricardo ist im Kindergarten ganz oft von der Schaukel gefallen.Das tat weh. Wir wünschen Ricardo gute Besserung ❤️🩹
Lot's of German people UNDERSTAND English but don't WANT to speak it because we think that it's disrespectful to German people not to talk German to us. If you are a tourist, it's OK, we don't expect tourists to learn our language but if you are a foreigner who wants to live in Germany you have to speak German to be accepted.
As somebody who was born and raised in Mannheim and is also currently living here: Soccer games in Mannheim including the team Waldhof Mannheim are not soccer games one should compare to other soccer games in Germany. There are living lots of hooligans in Mannheim who visit the Waldhof games not for watching soccer but for roughing people up, lighting things up and indulging in general vandalism. Most people from Mannheim are more into ice hockey or handball than into soccer. For the Waldhof fans (the non Hooligangs), the situation in Mannheim is quite frustrating, because the actual Waldhof soccer team has to pay a lot of fines for the damage the hooligans are creating... Waldhof games have up to three times more police supervising the games than any other team in Germany. I don't take my kids into Luisenpark anymore when there is a soccer game. The park is just next to the soccer field and some years ago when we went, we were told it's better for our own safety not to leave the park. - When we finally got out the street was full of ambulances and police cars and injured, bleeding people were filling the sidelines. It was really horrible. - However I've been to a bunch of soccer games from other teams in my life and they were ALL completely safe!
Ich als Heidelberger finde tatsächlich das Planetarium am Besten, aber die Waldhof Fans machen auch gut Stimmung 😂auch gegen Sandhofen im Handball zu spielen macht sau viel Spaß, ehrlich.
Well less accidents... not espescially because of the higher driving age, but rather because of the really extensive (and expensive) driving schools and testing process.
Plural of Kind is actually Kinder. "Kinders" looks and sounds really odd, like some kind of double plural.
Btw. the best translation for "doch" is "no, quite the opposite actually". You can elaborate afterwards, but you don't have to, it does work as a one word answer.
Its similar to english: child -> children (not "childrens")
Ey Kinners, kommt ma ran, gibt Futter!
@@Gaukh Meinste de Puten?
A box of crackers labelled Kraecker seems weird to me.
2:52 I agree that our beer is good,but RADLER is no beer
Thx for the vid.
It's Kinder not Kinders
Btw dude in 6:15 is capping. U can follow rules AND follow ur passion
And with separation of powers it’s not the government that punishes. It’s the court having jurisdiction. 😊
12:59 haha mood as a teen I was so extremely bored of being dragged to so many castles by my medieval loving family. xD
The Beer the woman is holding in 03:24 is called a "Radler". a Radler is always beer mixed with some lemonade, which makes it sweeter and less bitter. But because it's mixed, most germans don't really call it beer, its only lemonade for us xD
RAAADLER IST KEIN ALKOHOL :D
@@annikaParnda hahaha ist ja auch so! Deswegen sag ich auch immer, dass ich kein Bier mag, obwohl ich Radler trinke. Aber Äbbelwoi ist eh mein Favorit
@@dietoni803 oh yes! Danke Hessen, für diese vorzügliche Gesöff :D
@@annikaParnda Jaa. bin gebürtige Hessin und konnte es gar nicht fassen, als ich gesehen habe, dass es Bembel with Care einfach in Berlin zu kaufen gibt :D und das beste ist einfach, dass das hier fast keiner kennt und deswegen immer volle Paletten da sind xD (Schon iwie funny, dass wir darüber schreiben 15 min. nachdem ich für den Geburtstag von meinem Freund ne Palette Bembel bestellt habe :D)
@@annikaParnda es geht nichts über ein kühles Bembel Pur!
"The one in the back looks like Budweiser"
-That's the water-
I'm like 70% sure that that guy who moved to Cyprus is just being sarcastic. There is a little truth about what he's saying though.
Based on his over-the-top-look with the hair gel and not at all fitting white shirt, I hope you are right and this is sarcasm... Or he got caught doing something illegal, got rightfully punished in Germany, fled to Cyprus and will probably get punished there as well because.... that's how states with a law system work ;) True, different law system but Cyprus is not a lawless place where you can do what you want as implied by this clip. Therefore: Yeah, probably sarcasm but if not... oh dear what a .
@@demonmurasame733 He kinda gives me those "I am a victim, because I had to wear a mask for 2 years, people don't like my firecrackers and if I spew bs I'm being held accountable, also Christian Lindner is my hero" vibes
He looks like one of thos those 'They expect me to pay taxes and respect other peoples property' victims....
He could have been completely serious though. And there's more than just a little truth if he was talking about being independent or self employed in a field that is not typical german (like tax consultant). There's a reason why so many younger influencers (speaking of youtuber and streamer) who didn't make it REALLY big in a really short time moved to Madeira and similar places. It's really hard to live your dreams in Germany when your dream goes beyond being a good employee, start a family and raise children.
@@olgahein4384 in fact thats what the commenters above said: He has the mindset of an angry toddler...
12:26 Your pronounciation of DOCH sounds perfect german! Congrats! 👏
2:59 Even if you love beer, you will hate Distelhäuser.
Gibts bei uns zum Glück nicht...
@@eagle1de227 Sei froh!
I stayed in cologne/Köln during a school trip and I absolutely loved it
It was so clean and I found the locals to be very nice
I like it when you try to speak German 😂 Sounds good 😎👍🏻
There are approx. 25.000 castles and palaces in Germany, but most of them are ruins. There is an overview wikipedia page: List of castles in Germany.
Regarding the "awesome toilet paper"... yeah, you can get good quality toilet paper in cheap shops... but maybe it's that good and comfortable, because at least one layer has to go to the archives after use. Bureacracy is everything in good old Germany :)
"Doch" is just one of the best words ever, there is not even a word like this in english. I could not live without this word.
I have never seen this train escalator thingy ever before...I am from Germany...
As a german: neither have I...
@@timbuktu8936 As a german: You don't visit other cities? 😉
@@ElGreco291 before being snobby tell us, in which city you can find this
@@melaniewolf5855 we have one right in the neighborhood at Baden-Baden and i think there's one in Karlsruhe as well. There's about 40 of them in Germany. Of course you need to have mountains or at least hills for these. Sorry northern germans !
@@eagle1de227 lol
I am from BAVARIA
I live in the Fichtelmountains...but i lived in the metropolarea of Munich for 12 years...never seen that
Amd thank you for the information!
"Doch" is a nifty little word that acts like a double negative. For example "It's not cold outside, is it?" "Doch!" - essentially means "the statement negating that it is cold outside, is wrong, it is not not cold outside". And "doch" expresses that in a single syllable. One of the very few words I miss when I speak and write English.
In general German is far more formally ridgid with its double negatives than english. For example something like "I ain't done nothing" if you are not familiar with how double negatives are kinda ignored in English often, would be an admission of guilt if understood with the logic of the German language.
Here on youtube there are two videos somewhat intresting in that regard "Why Germans Can Say Things No One Else Can" and a TedX from Vienna titled "How learning German taught me the link between maths and poetry".
Hi, it's cool you create so regularly videos. It would be cool if you would react more often to videos about the life in Germany for example from "my merry messy life" than on tiktoks or reddits. you will learn a lot more about us in this videos.
My merry Life would be such a great channel for him
And The Black Forest Family 🌸
Both very informative. Very good suggestion. Ryan often comes to wrong conclusions, like wonder bread being sold in Germany.
There is a funicular train in Los Angeles called "Angels Flight" and the Incline-Railway in Chattanooga (TN).
Radler isn't really a type of beer, it's beer mixed with lemon flavoured soda.
The guy ranting about freedom is probably tax evading from the way he talks and him moving to cyprus.... i can't really take him serious.
No we dont have Wonder Bread TM as far as i know, but we have untoasted sandwich slices, I don't know how close they are to this thing
4:21 HAHA laughing so hard, he finally get it that the german word "Kinder" means "kids/childreen" in English and it literally means "kids-garden" to Kindergarten...having also some Kinder-Schokolade from Ferrero there :D
Hello, can you please make another video about Rammstein (Deutschland and Amerika). But the music video with english subtitles. I'm very interested about your thoughts about it.
Greets from Germany :)
Yeeeees Rammstein is so fucking sick. And Germanys most successfull music export
@@kevkuehnertskuelerkuehlschrank Do you also know till Lindemann's Solo tracks and with Peter Tägtgren?
@@freshmaurice Sure do
When my Dog died i blasted STEH AUF the entire day xD
in my opinion better than some Rammstein songs simply because Lindemanns voice is just so perfect for this kind of Music. They were a fucking strong duo
@@kevkuehnertskuelerkuehlschrank oh I'm sorry to hear that :/
I like the skills and pills album because ist so nasty :D
The Böhmermann parody on Rammstein, Germans on the rise, is great for a reaction too.
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You usually buy here Toilet Paper with several layers of paper so that it doesn't tear when you are using it. Most ppl I know buy 3 Layered Toilet Paper some 4 with special smells
Greetings from germany bro ^^
In Germany you need a few month to get a driver license and you pay around 3000$
Honestly wondering what kinds of dreams and passions that one angry guy has, that he's apparently not allowed to follow here in Germany. He mentioned creativity, but there's lots of people following their creative passion both in the classic arts and the new media fields. Don't really get what he's talking about. Must be something very specific he was trying to do, which was probably not allowed for a reason then?
I looked him up and he's apparently a digital entrepreneur and youtuber. Apparently he founded some online business in Indonesia and was probably not happy with all the regulations he had to follow when he returned to Germany + realised that you pay less taxes in Cyprus. I also woulnd't be surprised if he's exaggerating for clicks since he has a handful of tiktoks shitting on Germany.
@@fiprosha Ah... Well, thank you. So much for that, I guess. Pretty much speaks for itself :/
beers....thats a topic i dont know hw many hundred brands we have but theres plenty. And yes we have beers that dont taste bitter. Though the one she is talking about Radler is actually a beer MIX (mixed with lemonade usually sprite) and thats what makes it sweet. my favorite is real munich made paulaner. Thats a beer so rich in taste you dont nptice any bitterness
Depending on who speaks it I find British English to be a pretty angry-sounding language
Have you ever heard a spanish shout at someone? THEN you know what angry is!
@@eagle1de227 Spanish mothers are terrifying. Almost as much as Chinese mothers.
The fact that you think sparkling water tastes like weird beer says a lot more about American beer than about German water lol!!! This so exactly the reason why Germans always say American beer tastes watered dwon lol 😂😂😂
5:39 i am German and I can say Germany is pretty depressing especially in the winter but still it's a great country but pretty similar to the USA and i love the USA .
Winter is the best.
@@AntiProElite no the summer is better
@@diesegeties8918 well. I guess we can say that it is Geschmackssache.
@@AntiProElite Geschmackssache kann man immer sagen.
Aber es ist interessanter zu sagen was besser und was schlecht ist und die Argumente des jeweils anderen zu verstehen aber ich kann Objektiv sagen ich als sommerkind geboren am 4. Juli dass ich den Sommer deutlich angenehmer finde als im Winter.
Aber nur meine Meinung
@@diesegeties8918 na aber wenn du sagst das es deine Meinung ist, dann ist es ja subjektiv. Man kann beiden Jahreszeiten Positives und Negatives abgewinnen.
Also Januar Kind bevorzuge ich die kühle klare Luft, Schnee, Regen und Kuscheldecken. Ich hasse schwitzen :D
There are 3 castles around 15 km from my home. And only cause of your videos I realized how crazy that is.
Hey Ryan, love your content! :) How am i supposed to send you packages from Germany? Do you have any PostBox or something? Would like to see you testing some weird german candys, chocolate and weird stuff haha :D :D
sparkling water tastes like wierd beer. made me laught so hard. American beer is like watered down Beer from over here so that adds up 😂
Yeah the funny thing is everybody loves germany except germany
6:19 Talk about following your passion and dreams... XD
Jewish people in Germany are not as unusual as they wanted to point out :-(
Within my German (and mostly Catholic) family, and all my different aunts and uncles I used to have as a kid, my only Jewish uncle was the nicest person of them all!
4:50 "German infested" I love these auto subtitles 🤣
Radler ist kein Bier...
Hey, go easy on the American lady...She's used to the dishwasher broth they call "beer" over there, so it's a step in the right direction ;-)
Your videos make me want to visit the states just to figure out what it really is to be there 😂 😅 It is really smth on my life to do list! You are also verry verry welcome to visit germany! Pls make some UA-cam stuff about your journey! I am so curios about your reaction ❤
There is a famous scene from an older French comedy movie with Louis de Funés.
One of his skits was dialogue where two people repeatedly said "Non! - Si. - Oh?", or in German: "Nein! - Doch. - Ohh." (English: "No way! - For sure. - Wow…")
In a similar way like "Dinner for One", they are a part of German culture by now:
Fr: ua-cam.com/video/GioEH34fhxE/v-deo.html
De: ua-cam.com/video/WJlZLG9UXSY/v-deo.html
Also, Funiculars (dt: Zahnradbahnen), just like Paternoster lifts are still around some places in Germany and Europe, but even here they are rarities.
The best part, for some reason it's often not mentioned, of that scene is that the person played by Louis de Funes is only feigning his ignorance, which makes it all the more funnier, as the longer it goes on, the more obvious it becomes, yet he still insists. :D
Getting along without knowing German depends on where in Germany you are. I could get well along with people in Northern Germany speaking Swedish. In southern Germany I was totally lost. Almost like two different languages!
😂😂🤣🤣👍👍 DOCH! - you described the literal sense of it perfectly at 12:03 (I couldn't have done that so well! Not necessarily in combination with "idiot" however, instead often smart-alecky or opinionated 😉)
Radler is no Bier!
6:41 😂😂😂😂😂
12:49 ..those little trains go up the hill..😊😂😂😂👍