2 Asian Guessing 12 European's Nationality! European Look all same?

[@nagillim7915]

The French girl threw me saying her country was in central Europe. You go west from there and your feet get wet.

[@Void_Dweller7]

Same!!! I was actually so confused.

[@Simonsvids]

Unlike everybody else, she thinks of Europe from north to south, not east to west lol

[@AK-jm1sc]

Often France is lumped in with "central European countries" despite being in the West

[@fablorenz]

And funnily they both thought Switzerland was in the north, when it's literally the one in the middle LOL

[@maja-kehn9130]

Yeah! me too, because of that and the cheese I thought she is Swiss.

[@remo-nouri]

the german guy is an undercover vampire

[@kju5020]

When I heard his voice I was OMG who is that? And now I want to know more about him. He looks and sounds very interesting

[@jewc_pusc]

I need his details haha, his voice is so beautiful

[@osasunaitor]

He must be from Berlin. People from Berlin are quite.... odd. It's a weird city

[@Myria83]

@@kju5020 His voice is SO SEXY, and he's hot!

[@hakanstorsater5090]

His voice feels rather theatrically brit-ish. Doesn't sound a lot like most Germans I have met...

[@jameso4053]

18:06 "How we dress doesn't necessarily represent our country." I love that. I really like all of people in this video.😊 So nice and good people. Thank you.

[@Pidalin]

But he actually looks exactly how people imagine a typical German, if 90s German music videos were a person, it would be him. 😀

[@febriandosiregar4133]

​@@Pidalinyaahhh.. I thought the same thing😂😂😂

[@aurorasdawn4681]

@@Pidalin Ironically, trying to be "better" and more self-reflective than everyone else is typical German behaviour. Even though he actually isn't a native German as becomes obvious when he speaks.

[@Pidalin]

@@febriandosiregar4133 He looks like a villian from Kobra 11. 😀

[@febriandosiregar4133]

@@Pidalin 🤣🤣🤣

[@chaosPneumatic]

That German man was the most Europeanish European to ever Europe. Like, if I were to type "young European man" into an AI generator, his entire being is what I'd expect to see. EDIT: A lot of pedantic whiny nationalists in this thread who don't understand stereotype jokes, assume way too much about a guy they know nothing about, and completely miss the point of my comment smh.

[@aurorasdawn4681]

I think they cheated a bit though because as a German I can assure you that this is not a native speaker. Even the way he pronounces his name isn't German at all.

[@ootts456]

@@aurorasdawn4681 you don't necessarily have to be a native speaker to represent the country. If you're german by nationality, you're german, it doesn't matter native or not here

[@enekoeneko69]

@@ootts456, uhmmm, no

[@aurorasdawn4681]

@@ootts456 Yeah sure, why not have a Korean represent Germany then in front of these Asians? Or a Maori? After all, it doesn't matter at all whether the person is German or not, right? All that matters is that the right word is written on a piece of paper. *Facepalm* What you're suggesting here, completely reduces the game to absurdity. It's already a problem that this guy states that how he dresses doesn't necessarily represent his country - because guess what? The whole game revolves around making a guess based precisely on this kind of stereotypes. Apart from "potatoes", Joshua wasn't able to give ANY kind of information about his country, which makes a lot of sense considering that he isn't German and therefore obviously has a difficult time confidently representing the country.

[@BruineBeer-zb3xs]

@@ootts456 Title says nationality but we all know they mean ethnicity here

[@RamsiAyrani]

As a fellow German, my immediate thought to the german guy entering the screen was "He's 100% a German from Berlin"

[@ela_seo]

I am a Romanan who only saw Germans in movies but I guessed right away Germany and Berlin. He says people dressed individualistic there, but every german movie with Berlin action has the same character in it dressed just like that + piercings.

[@TheTyke]

I'm British and instantly said Berlin before even saying Germany.

[@MolaMola996]

He is not Berlin, he is cringe

[@MrFunkyfranky]

Same and i'm a french who never gone in Germany haha

[@affanhasby822]

And he listens to techno all the time 😂

[@vinterglitter]

Hi this is Sofia from Sweden!😊💕 Jean and Gagas had prepared so many good questions, I was so impressed how fast they guessed right! So lovely meeting them both.💕 I hope you all enjoy this video. 🤗

[@alfavtec544]

IKEA is famous in Indonesia and their specialty is meat and potato. Easy for Indonesian

[@petergustafsson1670]

Du kunde ha gett svårare hintar! Surströmming?

[@jonijohansson1792]

Hi from Finland. I was trying to guess everyone's nationality and when it was your turn i thought straight away Sweden. But then you said that "If you looked at me you wouldn't guess i was from this country." And come on marabou is pretty good although not quite as good as Fazer. 😅

[@vinterglitter]

@@jonijohansson1792 haha I mean, most people when they think of a Swedish person thinks of blond hair and blue eyes! 😅 no one ever guesses I’m from Sweden on the first try 😂 And yes, I do love me some Marabou chocolate but if I said yes I think she would have guess Swiss 😂 (and also, Fazer Geisha is the best chocolate ever! 🤫🤫) Thanks for watching! 😂🙌

[@vinterglitter]

@@al1999 haha I have brown/hazel eyes but yes I agree I have a more north Nordic look 🤗

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6795]

Haha, the German guy was nuts. 😂 I’m German, too, but I hardly understood what he was talking about in German. Funny, but completely bonkers. I love him. 😅

[@PaldadobeyLP718]

Dann musst Du wohl mal Deinen Wortschatz erweitern und ein paar Wörter lernen die heutzutage nicht mehr so oft genutzt werden.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6795]

@@PaldadobeyLP718 Ich denke mein Wortschatz ist so schlecht nicht, aber danke für den Hinweis.

[@jakobbauz]

@@PaldadobeyLP718 Sorry aber was er am Anfang sagt ist einfach eher Nonsens. Er startet mit "Wie ich da... blabla... die Videos ausgecheckt habe..." - soweit verständlich. "In journalistischer Feinarbeit" - okay, von mir aus. Aber dann kommt "Die Amerikaner geschockt, gefolgt von etwas trivialem". Äh... was? Das lässt sich höchstens als reden in zusammenhanglosen Stichpunkten beschreiben; der Satz jedenfalls, der mit "Wie ich da" beginnt, wird auf-, aber nicht wieder zugemacht. "Versteht" man höchstens mit viel Phantasie, sowas.

[@dselent]

@@jakobbauz Er hat offensichtlich versucht zu verbergen, dass er deutsch spricht und deswegen Anglizismen und Fremdwörter aneinandergereiht. So zumindest meine Interpretation, was das sollte...

[@jakobbauz]

@@dselent Ja, ergibt Sinn. Ich habe mit dem Typ auch kein Problem, sondern mit der Idee, dass man irgendwie seinen Wortschatz erweitern müsste, wenn man ihn nicht versteht. Denn das ist nicht das Problem; der Typ redet einfach unverständliches Zeug...

[@olgahein4384]

'Joshua, introduce yourself in your language'. Joshua starts a philosophical monologue about the comments section of the last video of this channel.

[@masaru340]

not the comment section, he is bashing all this channel’s stupid clickbait titles lmao

[@masaru340]

my German is bad but I think he is laughing about how all their titles are: “American SHOCKED that” followed by trivial sh**

[@captainobvious8037]

​@@masaru340 That's exactly what he said.

[@LCdic09]

​@@masaru340 If that's what he did, then he's the king of trolls 😂

[@hakanstorsater5090]

@@LCdic09 "Der Erlkönig"...

[@Blackchain119]

Love Joshua. "I don't think it's French." 😂

[@nikolay9001]

Finally a Bulgarian representative! :))) NICE! and she is so cool and beautiful!

[@qmqmqm]

right i thought she was the prettiest!

[@AntonM.-bc7rs]

@qmqmqm you thought wrong.

[@qmqmqm]

​@@AntonM.-bc7rs my opinion

[@mimieyaka5106]

@@AntonM.-bc7rsboohoo

[@EtherealSunset]

Rose oil was the biggest give away for me. The second I heard that, it could be nowhere but Bulgaria.

[@daisy9910]

When Joshua walked out, I knew he was German immediately. His fashion style is very 1980's German. His English is excellent.

[@longyearbyen9356]

he is not German though

[@daisy9910]

@@longyearbyen9356 how so?

[@longyearbyen9356]

​@daisy9910 he has a thick accent and his German is very scholar and not spontaneous like a native speaker

[@daisy9910]

@@longyearbyen9356 another comment from a German says he is.

[@longyearbyen9356]

​@@daisy9910another comment from another German says he isn't What do we do now😂?

[@invalidsheep]

why did the dutch girl say that the netherlands is a Scandinavian? it isn't it's a western European country.

[@invalidsheep]

also the belgian girl

[@invalidsheep]

also the french girl saying that france is a central european country

[@roxannehoff2889]

Dutch person here, we're definitely not Scandinavian.

[@Onnarashi]

She mentioned in another video that she's originally Ukrainian. It's the only explanation for the confusion, aside from a translation error, because I don't see a native Dutch person confusing themselves with us Scandinavians (I'm Norwegian).

[@vincent6058]

Largely share same dna and culture is similar

[@erwanmarie8756]

Where is your country in Europe? "In the middle", " I m from France" xD Why am I not surprised that my countrymen thinks they are in the middle of Europe lol

[@beltrangarrote1982]

No European was surprised by their thinking and Every non-European was.

[@razzledazzle488]

I had the same discussion with a French guy once too xD

[@tayloryoung9803]

Easy answer , in France we dont think much east /west but more north south and in such case France is central : Neither northern neither south ( France itself is north sout divided so its an obvious geogrpahical mindset) Thanks for all the dumb haters who come up with thinking it means french people think they are the center : NO it only means you yourself are closed minded who see every opportunity to let go some stupid bias

[@tayloryoung9803]

@@beltrangarrote1982 thats because some of you just like to stop at cliché yourselves; hence you become as sensless as what you trying to mock

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6795]

Germans think they are in the centre of Europe, and so do the Poles. 😂

[@beltrangarrote1982]

“Are you French?” Spanish girl: “definitely not”. Any other country would have been just a simple “no”. 😂😂😂 EDIT: I expected no less from my European hommies. France never misses a chance to show their true colours but we love them anyway. I guess. They are ours to roast.

[@konrad_m_rataj]

I'm pretty sure the English would say something very similar :D

[@Angelcynn_2001]

​​​@@konrad_m_rataj and far more aggressively. I'm sick of the french trying to claim we are the same people / family.

[@blackgearRF]

tbh i think most of france neighbors would say something similar xD

[@olgahein4384]

@@blackgearRF True.

[@Matro97]

@@blackgearRF true! germans would say the same thing

[@lelovena]

"introducing himsself in German" this guy did a lot but not THAT XD hahaha like seriously how he even came up with a line like this xD

[@anarchyadi]

As a German learner (begginer), I was expecting the Ich bin 😂

[@syase]

His German sentence was somehow weird, completely out of context. You're right, it was a lot of something, but nothing of an introduction. And finally his German sounds to me as it was spoken by a Brit, who is very good at speaking German, but can't avoid a tiny lil bit of English accent gazing through. And his voice sounds rather made for the show. People I heard talking like that were actors, 80 yrs old or seriously ill.

[@lexxx177]

@@syase right? i also had a feeling i can hear an accent. I feel like with a hard language like german it doesnt matter how long you learn it - you will never fully sound like a native unless you really are one

[@triplesharigan]

Being surrounded mostly by a foreign language can have an Impact on your own. I studied for 3 years in Belgium and even though I could speak my native language as I'm Dutch. Flemish influences would seep into my speak. My Aunts that live for years in Switzerland have problems speaking Dutch even though they grew up in the Netherlands and when they do it has a (Swisser)German accent to it. As the German is very good at English, it might have affect on how he speaks German.

[@lexxx177]

@@triplesharigan while I get what you mean I really don't think that's the case here. Flemish and Dutch are still inherently the same language, its just more like two different dialects..but the way this guy speaks German is just off. Its the sentence structure, the pace, the tone, all the little nuances. It just sounds weird to the German ear. I live abroad as well, speaking mostly English in my every day life, but it does absolutely not affect my German.

[@kilanspeaks]

Proud of Gagas, he definitely earned the bragging rights 👍 TBH most Indonesians wouldn’t be able to guess countries like Bulgaria, Sweden or Finland because we’re just not familiar with them. Also the fact that the Spanish girl wanted to make it more difficult for him by saying “tomatoes” but he was able to guess it anyways. And getting Sweden from “meat and potatoes” is wild, because I’d just scream in frustration “But that’s just the entire Europe!” 🤣 _Sabi Gagas_ 👍 And kudos to Jean for being well-prepared and actually made the effort to do some research beforehand! 👏

[@ikapuchino]

We are proud of our Geography education. it is not as bad as USA😂

[@Onnarashi]

As a European (Norwegian) I can say he did very well. I'm surprised he was so on point and I rarely see non-Europeans do that well. It's clear that he has European friends, as he mentioned, and he seems to pick up on what he's learned from them.

[@henrisiregar5980]

The Indonesian is clearly good at geography and has broad knowledge about European countries and the culture.

[@sedaentertainment]

Related to Arysio Santos' theory about the legendary Arya-Sundaland race which currently only remains in a small percentage, Why? Because actually the legendary race of Arya is hidden in the genetic results of intermarriage between Austronesian-Sundaland and Caucasian-white, producing Arya (nobility in Javanese language) superior in physical and intelligence has been proven from their physical characteristics you can see for yourself in the naturalized football players in Indonesia ... There are many types of Arya race, but only one that is legendary, they are Arya-Sundaland.

[@oliviiasandra]

Gagas we proud of u ♡♡

[@wilkatis]

"Is your country humid?" The BRITISH girl: "No, it's wet." Come on!

[@drazantodoric6040]

HA,HA...

[@tova1412]

well, when you think of humid countries most people start to think tropical so that might be why

[@EtherealSunset]

@@tova1412 that's probably the case if you live in a country with low humidity. If you live in the UK, most people know that you don't have to have a tropical climate to be humid because we know about our own humidity. Somehow that's gone over the head of the woman in the video.

[@anonracer95]

What's she on about? It's literally been very humid in the summer these past few years in the UK..... You have nearly 90% humidity with 25°C weather that makes it feel like 34°C+

[@irishkabyle3406]

BY her accent, she sounded very Irish...

[@Guarlaon]

wow Joshua voice is incredible!!!!

[@voyance4elle]

actually when he speaks German he has a lisp and sounds very funny but the tone of his voice is beautiful!

[@hakanstorsater5090]

@@voyance4elle I would guess it would rather be a feminine hint than a lisp per se, but then I might be a prejudiced.

[@lanternwaste8361]

I thought he sounded very creepy. Unsettling guy

[@LadyVoldemort]

I think he's hot. 😂

[@Barock.Johnson]

The German guy who speaks the most sophisticated English, more than Jenny and I, says Germans aren’t particularly good at speaking English 😂

[@Sensibar007]

He is an unusual guy, good voice. Not an uneducated yob.

[@MissSlovakia2]

And that is actually a very german thing to say 😊. They'll tell you, they speak English a little bit. And they would start to speak an Oxford English 😂. Very humble people.

[@Livingtree32]

@@MissSlovakia2True. When I was in China and living with my parents in law, I actually got a bit annoyed when they were emphasizing my humbleness and said “Oh, you already learned Chinese humbleness!” Like the way they said it was to imply that Westerners aren’t humble and I’m doing it on purpose to assimilate to their culture. When in reality it’s just natural to us, it’s just the way a German answers a question. When you’re asked if you’re good at something you usually reply something along the lines of “quite ok, I guess”, if you’re saying something is “not bad” that actually already means it’s REALLY GOOD.

[@alexaaba9064]

He's right. Germans say: You are in germany, speak German. Even knowing english they won't use it. They rather you say something chaotically misspoken than a perfectly well made english phrase. Of course there are exceptions (like him), esp. people from some big cities but it is not the norm.

[@Warentester]

Germans will ALWAYS* say they don't speak English well. It is independent of actual ability. *The exception are business students who spend a semester abroad in the US. They apparently can't speak German any more upon their return.

[@RandomLifeOfDarren]

I love the German guys accent. It’s so soothing like asmr

[@Altrantis]

German guy is REALLY German. He's like a living stereotype.

[@xxklesx1]

@@Altrantis Hes the north german stereotype :D

[@liv0003]

​@@Altrantis I like the way he presents himself, he looks like a member of a Krautrock or Industrial music band 😅

[@herlittledove]

​@@xxklesx1 he is actually central German...Most likely from Thuringia, Saxony or may Saxony-Anhalt. I think he was trying to speak without an accent. Maybe because he doesn't live in this region anymore. Got family north central and south in the German speaking places. His style also looked like he is from central Germany. Glad he showed how smooth German actually sounds😊

[@andyx6827]

​@@herlittledove Lmao, your weird Eastern German states sounds nothing like him. He is so obviously from Hamburg or the surrouding Hamburg area.

[@oliverfa08]

The Dutch people may be tall as the scandinavian ( some even taller ) , but they aren't scandinavian

[@Onnarashi]

Yes, as an actual Scandinavian (Norwegian) I was confused by that comment. Was that a translation error or did Elle really say that?

[@gillsejusbates6938]

yes we arent scandinavian but have a common germanic anscestor

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

We are not in Scandinavia but technically we are genetically the same people XD, many Dutch people in fact have Scandinavian DNA especially the North of our country. Even I as a Southern in my country we have Swedish, Denish and Norwegian DNA and some English/Scottish. I did the DNA test and actually we are North-Western European. With DNA testing our country does not really exist because we are just Germanic or Scandinavian or english. @@Onnarashi

[@yo2trader539]

They're all Germanic, and migration period and route should be around the same era. There is an identifiable DNA admixture/concentration difference between Germanic (Y-DNA R1b) and Slavic (Y-DNA R1a) people, but it would be increasingly challenging to separate within Germanic people just by genetic ancestry. DNA tests often group French and Germans in one category, since French are also descendants of Germanic migrants who Latinized. However, we do know from various research that based on native/first language, facial muscles and expressions develop differently. So a Germanic descendant who migrated to South America or to Russia, could have slightly different facial muscles and appear differently from somebody who lives in Germanic countries. If I recall, Omsk in Siberia has a higher concentration of people with German ancestry (due to Stalin-era policies), but they do look and behave as Russian as one can be. (German ancestry is one of the largest groups in the US as well, but they clearly look and behave differently from Germanic people in Europe.)

[@Nils.Minimalist]

The Dutch are the tallest people in Europe.

[@petersaysthings]

Joshua's voice is 😍 From his accent though, it's hard to tell he's German. Either he was making an effort to disguise it, or at least one of his parents is not from Germany.

[@JZBich]

really because to me he sounds so extra German (and overall comes across German)

[@LCx829]

That guy the second he spoke I knew he was German.

[@AmethystDew]

Forget French and Italian - I swoon at a German accent. 🥰

[@larsedik]

I couldn't tell he was German when he was speaking English, but of course I could tell the second he started speaking German.

[@QQzs]

Oh no, that was an incredibly German accent. The moment he opened his mouth. He sounds exactly like a few of my German friends.

[@alexisramongeronimo4491]

Right now I just desire Joshua, the German guy, to whisper at my ear, anything 😂😅❤

[@vop4813]

Yess I want him to read a book! Like I will listen the book on one sitting

[@Myria83]

His voice is so sexy! Perfect for ASMR, too!

[@marvin2678]

​@@Myria83nah over the top

[@c.jensen44]

Oh, yes. And those eyebrows are such a turn on.

[@YoujubPlu]

As someone who is also from the UK, I would hardcore disagree with the British girl saying that the UK is not humid at all. It can get pretty humid in some places in the UK, especially in summer.

[@drazantodoric6040]

Yeah, she definitely talked a lot of bull..it. England is known for its huge amount of humidity and fog.

[@drazantodoric6040]

She was talking nonsence...

[@EtherealSunset]

Even in winter the humidity is really high. It's rare humidity is below 90% in the colder months, usually it's over 95%. This is why our cold (much milder than a lot of other European countries) is less pleasant to be out in because it's a damp cold that gets into your bones and in the summer, it's a humid heat rather than dry heat, so it makes it harder to breathe. I've been out in temperatures between -7°C and -20°C and was happy to be out in it for hours in other European countries. 3°C here feels worse, somehow colder and you need to have a bath when you get in to warm your bones. The UK is very humid all year.

[@fmcm7715]

@@EtherealSunsetsame as Ireland. And then it feels colder with the wind chill factor too.

[@wkt2506]

I'd say damp. But when it's hot it's not very humid.

[@dmtrv.m]

omg Bulgarian representation!! thank you for including my country, felt great 🫶🏻 also everyone was so lovely in this video

[@mrazimusheta1899]

@@irishkabyle3406 How about go f your mom? Who are you to tell people what they should be proud of. Also read more history before commenting dumbo.

[@arandomsoul2407]

​@irishkabyle3406 what are you talking about? This is a video about guessing the European nationality.

[@lemonstealinghorse]

The Bulgarian girl's accent is so cute

[@lemonstealinghorse]

​@@irishkabyle3406seek help

[@mary-janereallynotsarah684]

Lol when she said yogurt I thought Bulgaria or Greece! Ha! 😂 I was right! I love Bulgarian yogurt I was brought up with it!!! So yummy

[@zhabo3963]

The german guy looks like SO BERLIN! 😂 black! Everyone dresses differently ahahah

[@whitegold2960]

The man is certainly from Berlin or Hamburg And now he is from Wuppertal yk

[@Affluent_Pomegranate]

@@whitegold2960 in another video he said that he is from Baden Wurttemberg, which is the south west of the country

[@criskity]

When she said rose oil, I immediately thought Bulgaria.

[@donyknox]

Stage 11 guy looks like a character, he has some uncommon manners.

[@Pharaoh_The_Great]

Yeah like a villain in a 007 film or something 😂

[@blarfroer8066]

He's quite flamboyant.

[@sklutz]

He would be an old guy in a random quiz show in germany

[@user-ok1vf6qx4k]

The stage 11 guy was easy, he was the only one who was talking a bit critical about his country...the food, the ability to speak English...that's typical German. A total give away.

[@marvin2678]

​@@user-ok1vf6qx4k yeah kinda cringe

[@henri191]

It is difficult for people from the West to guess the nationality of people from the East, but the opposite also happens, looking at Western girls and the tips they said makes it even easier , great video 😊

[@user-yt3xd2jl6d]

I am South American and it is easy for me to differentiate Europeans from the North, South and East, for example the chuca Filandeza I knew was from Eastern Europe because of the shape of her nose, but I thought she was from Ukraine or Russia, although Finland in In reality, the Northeast is next to Russia, I can differentiate the Asian populations but it is more difficult for me, what I can differentiate is Southeast Asia from East, then I learned to differentiate the Japanese from the Chinese very slightly but it is difficult for me.

[@enricacantori2984]

Si riconoscono da come si vestono

[@user-yt3xd2jl6d]

@@enricacantori2984 Italian

[@Pidalin]

@@user-yt3xd2jl6d There is something what I call a "russian face" and even a lot of Ukrainians look like that (but psst, don't tell them), but part of it is broken nose and shaved hair with that typical stupid arrow on their foreheads. 😀 But when you look on Europe out of Russia, you can't guess anything because everyone looks completely randomly. Like for example here in Czech Republic, we are result of hundreds of years of beying under attack and occupied by other countries and all armies had to go thru our land and result is that we look totaly average and mixed. I would say that people from Netherlands sometimes have some typical features, like they are very tall and all women look like singers from symphonic metal bands, but rest of Europe is completely random, you can't guess anything, for example you see a redhair girl, you guess Sweden or something, but nope, she is from Spain, it's completely random.

[@user-yt3xd2jl6d]

@@Pidalin It is not random, the Redhead of Spain is due to Celtic blood and is usually more common in the Northwest, in fact the Redhead is rare in Spain, unless it is from this region, the Redhead is found more frequently and is common in the British Isles and one in the central north of Russia, the Scandinavians have more red hair than other regions of Europe but not as much as these two, and the blondest country in the world is Finland, closely followed by the Baltics, Sweden and Norway. If centrist Europeans are quite average, that is true.

[@anomalousdelirium]

Bulgaria was the hardest one for me. Nice to know more about it.

[@EtherealSunset]

The second she said "rose oil" I knew it was Bulgaria.

[@Desy.Ginting]

Gagas daymn 😂 youre awesome dude! 🫡

[@SilvieFicova]

very good video ! I enjoyed watching it ... I am amazed how good both the contestants were in their guessings ! Two bright people. German guy was top, amusing and I laughed with him, when the lady said that his language sounded poetic - the first time in the human history anybody said that about German language. But truth is that his German really sounded untypically poetic and soft - he knew how to confuse the lady, ha ha .. really funny fella, thumb up.

[@user-lz9oi5ye7b]

If French is central, then what is western? Only Spain and Portugal? 😅 If we take "central Europe" into consideration, not only west and east, then central would be countries like Czech Republic, Poland, Germany.

[@jeanpaulbeuh8678]

I was going to say the same thing

[@titteryenot4524]

There’s geographical ‘central’ and geopolitical ‘central’. France isn’t the former, but is very much the latter. That may be the confusion here.

[@user-lz9oi5ye7b]

@@titteryenot4524 I know that... But whichever way I look at it, French is western Europe. So what is geopolitical central for you? And what would be geopolitical western?

[@carthkaras6449]

@@user-lz9oi5ye7b Nobody in your so called "western europe" consider to be western of anything... Austria is almost already considered east european for all the great euorpean powers.

[@titteryenot4524]

@@user-lz9oi5ye7b ‘Geopolitical western’ is anyone who currently buys the EU. Geographical? Well, my own opinion is that that starts at about Vienna, longitudinally. Others will disagree. That’s fine.👍

[@alexanderl9721]

I'm European and i can't tell the difference between different Europeans from looks alone.

[@pbasswil]

Exactly, Europe is probably as genetically homogenous as anywhere in the world - it's probably easier to distinguish Chinese/Japanese/Korean folks (by looks) than it is to distinguish e.g. Swedish/Austrian/Slovakian. Only when you get to people from Medditeranean countries can you start to witness the genetic melting pot between Africa, the Near East, and Europe - skin/hair colour and features.

[@mecha-sheep7674]

Most of those people did not have very obvious accent. I can assure you that most french people speak english with a very recognizable accent... It would be nearly impossible to tell their country from their look as well, as none of them were stereotypical. Even their first names were "generic european".

[@BucyKalman]

The French and Spanish girls had very characteristic accents in my opinion and so did the (Francophone) Belgian girl (but, in the latter case, you couldn't tell if she was from France or Belgium). Normally Italians also have a clearly distinctive accent, but I didn't hear it in this particular case. I think the Austrian girl had a clear German accent (the way she said December for example), but, again, I wouldn't be able to tell if she was from Germany or Austria. It is always hard to identify the accent of people from the Netherlands or Sweden because they normally speak English very well and are really good at imitating native speakers. Thankfully they gave easy clues like tullips and meatballs. I was surprised with the Polish girl, who didn't have the characteristic Slavic accent either. and I had no clue about the Bulgarian participant based on her accent alone. Of course the British girl was impossible to miss because, in addition to being the only one with a British accent in English, she also looked and dressed like a girl from the UK.

[@mr.strange7593]

​@@BucyKalman the Belgian didnt sound francophone at all

[@denislavgeorgiev4839]

Thanks for including Bulgaria! ❤

[@nikaswords17]

this is so much more fun with asians compared to Americans since they are actually educated about other cultures :)

[@EternityCliffSTARS]

what do you mean by Americans? people living in the US can research you know? plus, "Americans" do you mean white Americans

[@martinbenitez13]

She simply did a little research

[@badshooter85]

@@EternityCliffSTARS He/She didnt mean to offend all Americans. Of course, there are some Americans from the United States who also have extensive knowledge of the geography and culture of other countries. However, from most of the videos I've seen on this channel. I can see that these 2 participants from South East Asia are an example. Asians tend to be interested in understanding the geography, and culture of other countries. This doesnt mean that Asians show off or whatever. In other words, they appreciate every difference and respect other countries.

[@draculakickyourass]

@@EternityCliffSTARS The most complicated question about geography you can ask an american is ,,where are you?'' ,especially when they are visiting Europe.😆 99% would answer ,,at a Mc Donalds''

[@josemancunian2723]

@@EternityCliffSTARS It's crystal clear to everyone outside the US that many US citizens don't have a good education in terms of geography and basic knowledge about foreign countries. I'm not saying all Americans are like that but many of them are, it's a fact and it's not their fault. It's because of the poor education received in these specific topics and how the US education is only focused on themselves for the most part. I'm not saying with this they are stupid. Not at all. You can find stupid people all over the world. Many of them just have a lack of knowledge and understanding in this field. I'd also say they have got a good education in other fields. For instance they are encouraged to understand their real market and differentiate themselves from the rest to compete with others and have more possibilities of success in a specific industry. This looks simple but it's not. And many other countries like some European countries should learn from them instead of forcing their students to pass so many subjects that are definitely not going to be useful in their future life.

[@oxycrat]

Moomin are from Finland NOT The Netherlands!

[@KOSOVOisSERBIA222]

no, they are from Bosnia :)

[@mikaelranki]

@@KOSOVOisSERBIA222 ehmn what. lol. I could accept both Finland or Sweden because the creator of moomin was a Swedish woman who lived in Finland (born and raised in Helsinki, Finland, but spoke Swedish and considered herself as Swedish) However I will never be able to understand how anyone could think that the moomin are from Bosnia. lol

[@entuudestaantuttu]

What the hell are you yapping 😂​@@KOSOVOisSERBIA222

[@voyageur8208]

Nice to see a person from Poland !

[@sirihsirih4938]

Bulgaria ❤ rose oil. Bulgaria women are so beautiful.. impossible lol

[@Mlqkoskakao1]

As a Bulgarian, it is really nice to see a representative from my country in the video. 😭 And also the people who had to guess the countries did a reaally nice job, they were so close.

[@treygarvey]

and now for the advanced test, let's bring out someone from North Macedonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Belarus, Andorra and Estonia.

[@mihaivasilescu3638]

It hurts so much as a Romanian to watch this. The second that girl said ~rose oil~ i knew she was from the cucumber country-Bulgaria. We, as a small country learn a lot of things from our neighbors. It s so easy to know where all are from.

[@aDionisss]

Cucumber country?

[@CathrynAnn98]

The way the German guy stands/swayed gave it away for me. My grandparents were from Germany and they both stood and did that when they talked

[@TheRyanos]

That's the most expressive and extrovert German guy I have ever seen in my life. Most of them are so quiet and reserved haha.

[@captainobvious8037]

9:57 "It depends.. are you a big art fan?"

[@MetalPhantom1984]

10:07 Wait what?! Palachinka (Палачинка) is the same in Bulgarian too. xD

[@biancawolf8116]

Also most former Yugoslavia countries say it that way too. But don't quote me on it lol.

[@Lucien234-i2z]

The UK is an incredibly humid, it's just a cool climate but the humidity is very high.

[@dorianosatane7244]

Bulgarian girl is very cute! pozdrawiam z Polski!

[@nikolainikolov4620]

The Bulgarian girl is the most beautiful

[@damagedheather]

8.21 The UK is absolutely a humid country- it's considered a humid temperate oceanic climate. That's part of why our summer highs are unbearable despite their lower temperature when compared to other countries.

[@mercurialfox]

Exactly!

[@roseonrift]

from a scientific perspective you are right, but personally i wouldn't consider it as such when you consider the humidity levels of other countries

[@mr.pearly7478]

​@roseonrift for Europe we're very humid, that's what makes our summers so unbreathable. Of course compared to a tropical climate we're not so humid, but overall we still are. And you can feel it.

[@drazantodoric6040]

Yeah, she definitely talked a lot of bul...it. England is known for its huge amount of humidity and fog.

[@EtherealSunset]

It's also why 3°C in the winter feels cold and gets right into your bones, when -7°C or less can feel totally fine elsewhere. The really high humidity makes both summer and winter temperatures feel more extreme than they are.

[@ilai7893]

Lol giving the first letter is a cheat code P.S. the Belgian girl is gorgeous

[@leontnf6144]

Actually, depending on the country, the first alphabet might not give away too much. Unless you are from those super famous and touristy country like the Spanish girl. For countries starting with S in Europe, you can have Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, San Marino. But of course for an Asian that doesn't know too much about European geography and has never been to the continent, they probably won't know about the Eastern side and microstates in Europe.

[@nikkoNine]

I just felt a bit weird she balked at Ghana chocolate. She could have said that’s where the raw ingredient comes from not chocolate. I mean without cocoa no one will have chocolate.

[@Yut00bisSUS]

French and British, and German were obvious by the accent. This was enjoyable, thanks World Friends

[@exalt715]

Illie did a unique job. Looking forward to more videos with her😊😊😮

[@SRB.4S]

A beautiful Belgian girl, as well as a girl from Bulgaria.

[@Charl_es19]

Sorry , but Joshua speaking german is so f... good and sexy 😂 , i can't believe it , he made german sounds poetic , even though i know german isn't like the stereotype of being agressive , but many think that way , Joshua's accent is perfect 😂

[@reklamy_iq]

It actually sounds like he’s speaking Swiss dialect 😂

[@tcyxicirzt3011]

@@reklamy_iq Actually quite the opposite. He doesn't sound Swiss at all, he sounds like he's from northern Germany.

[@EllieOK]

@@tcyxicirzt3011 True i'm from the south, bordering Switzerland. He doesn't sound like a swiss-german speaker at all

[@Tenseiken_]

@@EllieOK I wouldn't have guessed southern Germany, but I'm a northern german and he doesn't sound like that at all either. It's really hard to tell because when he speaks in german his pronunciation doesn't really lead to any specific region, he just has a very particular speech pattern I'd say. Maybe it even adapted with the english that's why it became what it is. To be fair, he really is very different in just about everything people would think a german is and the way he talks and presents itself is definitely VERY unique. Dude's an enigma. lol

[@abdelouadoudelkahali6678]

​@@Tenseiken_ is it true that you as germans are not good at English as he said Because I heard others saying that Germans are good at it

[@febriandosiregar4133]

The guy from Germany has a deep voice. I like hearing it 🤣🤣 He's like a Gentle Man 👏

[@dqvolskashterka]

Yogurt and rose oil, lol, I immediately recognized my Bulgarian girl :D

[@RoteKirschbluete]

If one of them asked me what Germany is famous for, I think I would have come up with answers like: - "We are famous for our sausages and our beer." - "We have famous mountains and castles but we also have other popular sightings in big cities like a gateway or a big church." - "We are a social state." - "We have famous musicians and poets and their classical works are used up to today." Now, saying anything about the World Wars would have been very obvious but If I was to give another big clue about Germany, I would probably say "We had a female president for 16 years and there were talks about her being one of the most powerful women." Of course, mentioning everything above could have been a very obvious hint about me being from Germany but it also depends how much a person knows about Germany in the first place.

[@CryptoC4T]

What is Germany famous for? Not naming kids Adolf anymore. 😉

[@emxilyk]

I'm genuinely sorry to be that guy (girl is more accurate, but whatever), but we've never had a female president, as Merkel held the position of chancellor. It's rather amusing how easy it is to forget that we have an actual president as well, you rarely hear anything about president Steinmeier and I doubt that out of a group of 10 foreign people, even one person will know that Germany has a president at all lol.

[@captainobvious8037]

"Alright, i can do this. Don't sound french, don't sound french, don't sound french, let'sgoo!!!" 14:36 CÚHNTRAÉL!

[@yetcha]

🤣🤣🤣. The French girl says that France is in central Europe 😱😱😱. Well well well.... Il faudrait revoir ta géographie. La France c'est l'Europe de l'ouest, sans aucune hésitation, tu n'as pas vu la côte atlantique ???

[@kathilisi3019]

European countries west of France: Spain, Portugal, maybe Ireland? Iceland too, although I guess that's more north than west. European countries east of France: I don't have enough time to list them all 😅

[@mobzero7746]

Oui et à cause de ça les commentaires pensent qu'on est égocentrique, quelle cruche

[@maja-kehn9130]

Yes, in what wolrd is France in central Europe? It's one of the most western countries in Europe. The others are ether south/west or north/west.

[@jor.g3i]

I'd love to see Joshua more frequently, he's just so sweet 😭

[@MoniqueZR]

That was so fun to watch! I work in an EU agency with representatives from each country and, by now, I am used to differentiate the accents or other features that reveal something about the person. I love the fact that for the outer world we remain "one big European family" and yet we have kept these nuances that make us outstand among the other family members. Oh, and yeah, I am a Bulgarian, and when seeing and hearing that first girl on screen say "Ili" (most likely short for "Iliana"), my brain literally screamed: "Come oon, she cannot not be Bulgarian!". How beautiful is that!

[@ikapuchino]

Indonesian guy is very smart, I may not be able to guess everything 😊

[@muratferguson4534]

btw ... in the south in germany we eat more noodles then potatos.

[@Onnarashi]

Did Elle really say the Netherlands is a Scandinavian country? Well, she mentioned origiinally being Ukrainian, so maybe that's why she might be confused. I doubt a native Dutch person would confuse the Netherlands as being Scandinavian.

[@Ama94947]

Dutch people know that they are NOT Scandinavian lol

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

Yes but genetically we are the same people actually. With DNA testing we are Scandinavian, Germanic and English/Irish/Scottish and Netherlands falls under gemanic and Scandinavia is the family of the Germanic tribes so geographically we are not Scandinavia, but we are both North and Western European even the vikings came in our country and you can see that since Dutch people have high amounts of Scandinavian in the North even I as Southern have Scandinavian DNA from countries like Norway, Denmark and Sweden.

[@Onnarashi]

@@-_YouMayFind_- If you go far enough back all humans are related. We have drifted apart over the millennia though. Also, some of that Scandinavian DNA could be linked to the Norwegians who immigrated to the Netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries. Did you know that the entirety of Amsterdam was propped up by Norwegian timber, and it was Norwegian workers who did the hard work? At some point, literally half of the Dutch navy was made up of Norwegians. The second in command on the Dutch ship that first sailed to Manhattan in the New World was Norwegian.

[@Fandechichounette]

No, she didn’t say Netherlands is a scandinavian country.

[@liv0003]

but when does she say she's Scandinavian? I don't remember hearing this from her🤔

[@paulaguerrero9461]

The german guy is soo attractive. He has like that mysterious aura

[@drazantodoric6040]

This is because they have a lot of Slavic blood in their genes, who are the most beautiful people in Europe.

[@ashley1919100]

@@drazantodoric6040no they aint

[@drazantodoric6040]

@@ashley1919100 Your taste. Tastes are not discussed

[@vop4813]

If it is prefences then why you commented on it in the first....like no it is not about that, it is about that guy happend to be attractive both in his looks and way he be himself, wors strss etc.

[@SamS.7598]

He's extremely pretentious, playing an elaborate character. Met many people like him, get a few beers with them, and they show their true selves. All of them are insecure about themselves and hide ot behind such flamboyance and smoke.

[@dlwlrma7082]

instantly knew Bulgaria when she mentions rose lol

[@MrKennyclftn]

I Love These Videos. They Are So Wholesome and Interesting.

[@Ama94947]

That German guy is so strange, I am probably the only one who don't think he is sexy, but he is probably a good person lol

[@negkenp]

I think he tried to hide his accent i guess.

[@DavidEmery-tn2dh]

I would guess that he spent time in the UK. It wasn't an English accent but some of his words definitely sounded like an English person would have pronounced them.

[@elfenengel162]

​@@DavidEmery-tn2dhwell germans learn british english in school.

[@glbrtgillie]

@@DavidEmery-tn2dh I think he tried to hide his accent while speaking both English and German hence the stupid thing he did with his voice

[@yellowbentley]

@@elfenengel162nah im german and this dude definitely either isn’t german, extremely weird or he never spent time in germany and just learnt it as a second language from his parents or smth. The words hes using are hella unnatural too, like it doesn’t make much sense. He still speaks great tho, but certainly he has other linguistic influences

[@AFCAUltra]

We can actually see the Northern lights in the Netherlands a couple of times per year, in the Northern parts of the country. Just only 1/2 per year.

[@AFCAUltra]

Northern lights are visible today in the Netherlands!

[@biking-viking-claus-andersen]

I think that Europeans trying to guess Asians would do considerable worse.

[@mrphantom8608]

Asians actually look more diverse than Europeans. For instance, East Asians look pretty different from Southeast Asians, and then u have Indians who look even more different. I don’t think people cannot distinguish Chinese from Indonesian, those two populations look different in general.

[@biking-viking-claus-andersen]

@@mrphantom8608 Most Europeans have no idea what each nationality looks like. They can mostly tell the difference between a Chinese and an Indian. But most Europeans do not know what an Indonesian or a Cambodian looks like, for instance.

[@basseyotudor]

The moment Lada said "Moi" I knew it's Finland. The most obvious giveaway.

[@glennoc8585]

Thank you for representing indigenous ethnicity in the people selected for Europe.

[@matxsk8]

Bulgaria is a name of a yogurts brand in Japan ? I just know that Bulgaria is Bulgarie in French and it’s a big Italian (but now French) fashion brand. It’s also written BVLGARI.

[@user-ok1vf6qx4k]

Bulgur Yogurt

[@kiimm999]

Yogurt brand in Korea

[@cocophy]

It's quite popular in Indonesia too, I like the mixed berries one.

[@axelk4921]

As a German, I would answer the question what is a “famous food” with a “feared” one "METTBRÖTCHEN"!!!! also called bread roll with mason's jam.

[@molon___labe]

I could listen to the german dude speak for hours!

[@tazzz1783]

I didnt know that in Austria there is palachinka, its a bulgarian pancake called exactly the same even with the way she said it.

[@mino7154]

*Palatschinken, and yes xD

[@amitafimhuolla3615]

I feel like the Österreich-Ungarisches Reich would explain that

[@frostflower5555]

I thought she was Hungarian.

[@sal78sal]

I thought Palaćinke is Bosnian. My mum made it all my life. would never associate it with Austria. you learn something new I guess.

[@Nichiyoobiko]

Why she chose that over Apfelstrudel, Germknödel, Salzburger Nockerl, Sachertorte, Marillenknödel, Kaiserschmarrn, etc. is anyone's guess...

[@Hadesillo]

Once I was accompanying a couple of friends that had come from China to Barcelona in a wedding trip and at some point they were feeling very ashamed but told me that they couldn't distinguish the people. That was so fun, specially on summer when the city is full of europeans blonde as the sun and pakistanese shopkeepers. To them, all the same.

[@hannahcracknell6483]

Bulgaria having the same/similar population as Australia despite the unbelievable size/land mass difference is WILD (Australia land mass is basically the same size as America - the island of Australia fits onto America on the world map)

[@willvangaal8412]

Neen

[@ImVeryOriginal]

Yeah I was surprised by that. My country (Poland) is three times as big but our population is seven times bigger. I expected something more like 20 milion.

[@Black-ls2yy]

Bulgaria is famous in indonesia coz of yoghurt commercial l!🥰

[@GlitchedDemons025]

" Yogurt and rose oi- " BULGARIA

[@mohamedwael4457]

Joshua was entering like a dragon and I feel the poor guy was afraid of him 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mariamadalena7495]

I liked the video very much. But was so sorry for not having seen Portuguese people there. Cheers!

[@aekstasic]

The Polish girl was so cute ❤️

[@owen8500]

I'm not even Polish but i flinched when they asked if the Polish girl was Russian. I work with Polish people and they have a severe dislike of Russia, at least the ones i have met, probably not all.

[@nikkoNine]

I was also shocked !! She was very nice and polite that she didn’t balk at that sentence especially after what’s happening in Ukraine and the history

[@DaniStenko]

@@vjacobvhs yeah, exactly... we're CENTRAL Europe, along with Czechia for example... Eastern is e.g. Ukraine.

[@mars1pluto]

As an Asian, I wouldn't know the difference. Geographically to us, Poland is in eastern Europe. Sorry

[@ImVeryOriginal]

@@DaniStenko Nah we're Eastern Europe. Poles who are adamant about being Central Europe are funny, they really want to think we're in one club with Germany and Switzerland lol. And yeah, many of us dislike or outright hate Russia (not necessarily all Russian people, but definitely the state), for very good historical reasons.

[@ImVeryOriginal]

@@vjacobvhs Get over yourself, how do you equate Eastern Europe with Soviet Russia? You can describe Poland as both Central Europe and Eastern Europe, big fucking deal. Culturally and historically we have pretty much as much in common with Germany as we do with Ukraine or Lithuania. Typowy ból dupy zakompleksionego polaczka. xD

[@G_L_2023]

I didn't know there're five languages in Spain, was convinced she was Swiss because of that. But happy I got 8 right. Phew.

[@kingsteel2972]

That's because there isn't one spanish but two, at least from what i know

[@Evega607]

Spanish or Castilian,Galician,Euskera,Catalan and Valencian

[@Intaberna986]

@@ablib Aranese is not a dialect from catalan, it's basically occitan. Hence the five languages in Spain.

[@Intaberna986]

​@@ablib You seem to have a problem understanding what's being explained. Aranese is a dialect of Occitan, it's not a dialect of Catalan, Castilian, Basque, or Galician. Which means it's basically the Occitan language, which means it's a separate language. Which makes it the fifth official language spoken in Spain. I really don't know how to explain it more clearly.

[@Intaberna986]

@@ablib You're spiralling my friend. Let's keep things simple shall we? ANY dialect is itself a language spoken in a particular dialectal variation, and Aranese is OFFICIALLY considered a dialectal variation of occitan, which means it's occitan language. Not "the whole occitan", this is something you came up with, not me. Maybe because you're not keeping track of what's being said. Anyway, here you can see the Aranese recognised as the "occitan language spoken in Arán". www.boe.es/buscar/pdf/2010/BOE-A-2010-17710-consolidado.pdf Sooo back to the original point, yup it's a recognised official language in Spain.

[@supersayan6318]

Is your country in the west, north, east, south? French girl: it's in the center BRUH! If France is in the center, what's to the west?!!

[@mr.pearly7478]

She really said the UK isn't humid?

[@drazantodoric6040]

Yeah, she definitely talked a lot of bul...it. England is known for its huge amount of humidity and fog.

[@FarfettilLejl]

She was right. It’s wet but not particularly humid in the way some warmer places are

[@wthiskubaa]

Zuzia shouldn't say pierogi as our national food, i would say something to confuse them like oscypek or żurek

[@NoctLightCloud]

at least you didn't have someone like the Austrian girl who said what sounds like "palachinka"😂 It's Palatschinken🤌😆

[@wthiskubaa]

@@NoctLightCloud When she said palachinka i thought of Hungary, Serbia and Croatia byt they don't have famous skiing resorts

[@NoctLightCloud]

@@wthiskubaa 100% agree! I was born in Austria and even I thought of the countries you mentioned when she said that😂🤌

[@worldclassyoutuber2085]

rosół, bigos, kiełbasa, chleb

[@wthiskubaa]

@@worldclassyoutuber2085 chleb jest w całej europie

[@IsabelRodriguez-gb7tu]

Bro... Joshua is just so book coded... The voice, the mannerism, he's quite unique... I'd fall in love if I knew a man like him lol

[@Myria83]

I wonder if he has his own KZbin channel or social media...

[@erin6945]

He was ridiculous.

[@usefulrandom1855]

How is France central haha. It essentially has coastline on the Atlantic Ocean!

[@StAcE253]

I was confused as well

[@carthkaras6449]

France is literally in the middle and surrounded by the other great european powers, and demographicaly the center of mass of the european population is in France/Belgium... But you can place the center of Europe somewhere in Russia if you want....

[@StAcE253]

@@carthkaras6449 Bro France is in Western Europe that's it

[@beltrangarrote1982]

At least she did not say they are the center of the world.

[@CKwoi]

@@carthkaras6449 You realize that Europe ends at the Urals, right? But even ignoring that, France isn't even in the middle of the EU...

[@RandomNorwegianGuy.]

Europa's diversity in hair and eye color is unmatched, and it's not even close

[@richman2601]

8:35 Would be fun if you had people from England, Wales, Scotland or even northern ireland.

[@Firespirit233]

German guy: we are all dressed different - wears black clothes and listens to techno 😂😂😂 nothing German about his looks 😂

[@yellowbentley]

Its very german tho. What he meant is that theres no universal form for german people to dress like. He didn’t say they dress different than other countries. Just that there’s no standard ( although he looks very standartly Berlinish 😂)

[@wessudol9708]

Germans dress code is black or brown. These are the most favorable colors, they remain them the Nazi times 😂

[@fral.2708]

It is typical Berlin. I live there and I see every day thousand Joshuas on the street 😂.

[@rayg9344]

'Oaight fam, bet yous looking to guess where I'm from innit?' - the Brit

[@anonracer95]

Her accent gave her away very quickly for me. 😂

[@mr67927]

Europeans all “look the same” just as Asians look the same and Africans/ and or Africans Americans and White Americans all look the same. When you come from the same area or region/ country/ continent the people have similar features.

[@Bear-c4x]

America has nothing to do with this. You’re really obsessed.

[@itsraining3000]

Joshua spoke German, but it didn't sound like his native language. Something was very off there. His infliction or something.

[@GSAnroedh]

Great video + great commentsection 😍

[@majorfallacy5926]

The Austrian sounded more German than the German