8 Incredible Life Hacks The Germans Taught Me 😱

Life hacks are all the rage right now, and I'm 100% on board! Funny enough, most life hacks I swear by, were shared with me by Germans around me (friends, family, YOU ALL). 🤩
Here are 8 incredible life hacks that Germans taught me which have changed my life for the better! How many of these have you heard about before?
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00:00 - Intro Chats
01:26 - Tea Kettle Hacks
02:14 - Measuring Tape Hacks
03:03 - Sandwich Hacks
03:51 - Beer Hacks
04:49 - Bedroom Hacks x 2
07:57 - Hanging Frame Hacks
10:03 - This Biggest Hack
11:16 - Outro chats

[@Amandafusion1]

ha ha, As a British girl who moved here 5 months ago, the sandwich tray with everything you need is just brilliant, and being frank and honest also was a great observation to point out. Love the video , have a great week.

[@flamedealership]

Haha, what kind of fridges do you guys have - are they the walk in types where you have to roam for endless hours to find the cheese and ham? Seeing it first in one of Jenna's other videos left me a little at a loss. But hearing you chime in on that tune keeps me wondering what I have done wrong all my life stacking my fridge the way I do...😁💛💛

[@Amandafusion1]

@@flamedealership Like you , I thought the same just grab what you need, but its just more efficient to put sandwich stuff in a box then you grab one box instead of lots of individual packages :)

[@flamedealership]

@@Amandafusion1 So what now - are you suggesting that I should give in and move over to the dark side as well?🤣🤣💛

[@Amandafusion1]

@@flamedealership 'May the Force be with you'😜

[@flamedealership]

@@Amandafusion1 And with you🙇‍♂. Btw, I got curious and took a look at your channel. I'm glad I did - as a complete and utter hopeless cooking dyslexic I will try to reproduce some of your recipes. Even if I'm in danger of being expelled from my home country, you know, as a German who took cooking advice from an English lady😁. And before you ask: of course I subscribed...

[@suenaable]

Hahaha, 9:04 she says "Zack", she is Germanized 😅😅

[@lifeingermany_]

🤣🙈 I hadn’t even noticed!

[@NeinDochOhh]

I let my 4 year old daughter always choose between "Zacki Zacki" or "Rucki Zucki" when we have to hurry to do something or to go somewhere. It is important to her to make her own decisions. 😀 Greeting from Kiel.

[@say_whuat]

You just earned yourself a new subscriber ✌🏻 as a German it is always very interesting to hear from foreigners what they find odd/curious in Germany. You don't realize it when you live your whole life there 😅

[@heha6984]

"Being honest is the best life hack" - that is really great and really true, for every case and for every circumstances! Thanx! Liebe Grüße

[@RustyDust101]

Definitely. In addition be honest with your failures. Own up to them, don't obfuscate them, and you will find that people are much more forgiving if they believe you haven't tried to weasel out of your responsibility.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6795]

“Are you free on Friday night? Shall we meet up for dinner?” “Yes, I’m free. But I hate you, so no thank you.” We Germans don’t beat around the bush, that’s a fact. 😅

[@oliveranan4881]

Messed up? "HI I messed up and I am not sure how to proceed." you would be amazed how far many people will go to help you IF you are honest.

[@uliludwig2798]

"What's Dübel" (in English)? - That was great! 😃

[@silmuffin86]

I feel like the beer bottle opening thing is a flex young guys do in Italy as well 😅 And I'm not German but it never occurred to me to fill the kettle completely, I didn't know it was a thing anywhere

[@Donnerfink]

yep. why would one wait for a completely filled kettle to boil to fill up just one cup or mug? Less water, less time and energy lost until it is boiling.

[@uliwehner]

there is another hack for the duvet covers. you can put the buttons on the inside! that way your feet don't ever touch the cold buttons, and it looks neater, too. just go through the button hole from the top. Once you do it you will wonder why you ever did it differently.

[@philiprennert7730]

Mit meinem Zollstock hab ich wahrscheinlich schon mehr Bier geöffnet als Meter gemessen

[@Martin-iz7uh]

I was cracking up when you showed opening the beer with different things 😂 the flex is real!

[@rolandratz1]

Hi Jenna, ...a little fun by the way: the thing with the hot water heater. You say, many Germans make the container only partly full; you're right - it makes more sense to make the kettle completely full and boil up. What is then left over can be conveniently put in the fridge - hot water is always needed at short notice! (LOL)

[@nothingspecial123Q]

Even as a German I learned sth new in your video: the pillow-trick - thanks a lot! It was always so annoying 🤣

[@stefankaiser3354]

Same here! No more _Gewurstel_ in the middle of the night... 😌💤

[@pelle7771]

Same here, just made it with the pillow of my wife.

[@nikomangelmann6054]

ther are at least 3 possibilities to use a folding rule as a bottle opener. and you can use the folding rule to look very important by folding out one part and point with it at random things.

[@Joelina456]

wow, I don´t get how anyone couldn´t think of filling the kettle only with as much as you need. Why wait ages until the whole liter of water finally boils, if you only need a cup? i was completely oblivious that some people would do it differently 😀

[@MaryannFernandes]

Yeah. Me too! I don't understand why one would fill more than one would need

[@flamedealership]

AND the heating coil will not calcify as much...

[@flamedealership]

On the other hand, you could always freeze the rest of the heated water and use it later...😉🤣💛

[@tasminoben686]

@@flamedealership ja, einfrieren kannst du es Punktpunkt wenn du es vorher nicht hast anbrennen lassen Punktpunkt

[@flamedealership]

@@tasminoben686 🤣Und genau deswegen fülle ich immer nur soviel Wasser ein, wie ich für eine Tasse brauche - dann muss ich im Fall der Fälle nicht soviel angebranntes Wasser wegschütten🤣 Frohes neues Jahr und eine schöne Woche

[@udomann9271]

I love your attitude, your freshness, your way of seeing the world.

[@lifeingermany_]

Aww thanks so much 🥰💛

[@robertzander9723]

It's so much fun to watch you, great content 🙂

[@CaptianInternet]

It actually IS my first of your videos. And it is amazing to see an Canadian talking about Germany. Because everyone knows Canadians are loved by everyone. It is awesome to know you enjoy your time.

[@CaptianInternet]

@Phillip Banes it's a stereotype. And thanks for improving my English. Since I learned my fourth and fifth language I struggle a little bit with my first two one. My apologies.

[@DarianVerwood]

Haha gut gemachtes Video! vor allem das Lächeln immer weiter so :)

[@pkorobase]

Hi Jenna, with the tape on the backside, hmm, it can be tricky if the sides are not reversible, because the adhessive side is _facing away_ from thew wall when measured, and _to the wall_ when attached to it. I use a somewhat different trick: i steal the ballpen "inner pen", which is small enough to go through any drill hole, and simply write a mark through the hole on the wall. (will be drilled away anyway).

[@lifeingermany_]

What a good idea!!! Thanks!!

[@hp8825]

Yeah, *laugh* ... just want to write the same at this moment as I saw your comment 😂😂😂

[@TheCovenant2]

I mean, well, in this case she had a shelf with a "full hole" - but for stuff that only got a "half hole" (not going thru all the way) this hack is still viable :D

[@lifeingermany_]

@@TheCovenant2 yep! I usually use this hack when there are no holes

[@andrecostermans7109]

As you have marked those holes , don't rip off immediately the tape. First connect those holes/points on the tape with a pencil/marker ( draw a line), when putting the tape on the wall you will have a clear line to put your leveler up . I myself like to use a piece of cardboard .

[@fraeuleinsommer75]

Totally unrelated to the video, but i loooove your background! 🥰

[@blackshaddow5005]

I think it is easiest to put bed sheets on the bed diagonally... start with the corner hardest to reach. then go for the coner furthest away. repeat with the last two corners, hardest to reach first

[@flamedealership]

You know, watching your videos I always had a feeling that somewhere along the line I would benefit grealty from doing so. And now the day has come: I was always annoyed by the half-sized pillow and the full-sized pillow cases I have and the fighting with the two of them to agree to a good nights sleep without being endangered of strangling myself at night🚑🙇‍♂😁. Thank you very much for pushing my life expectancy up a few years for showing that hack! And as someone who's avoiding sugar for health reasons I can't even coat this statement in a fashion you might've been used to in the past...😉💛💛

[@RolfKni]

Tolles Video 😎👍👍

[@no1leader135]

Bei 09:04 "Zack" ist so untypisch für Kanadierinnen. 😉

[@umbrellacorporation3206]

Nice Video!! Dankeschön!! 🇨🇦♥️🇩🇪

[@Herdatec]

For the Fitted sheets I found a nice hack. I have some that are a tad too big. For that I got some kind of Garter belt straps, but for bed sheets. you put them on the bottom and they will keep the sheet tight to your mattress.

[@bechri9573]

Das mit dem Bettbezug habe ich auch von meiner Mama gelernt, aber ich wundere mich darüber, dass das alles so typisch deutsch sein soll. Manche Dinge liegen einfach auf der Hand. Aber ich habe auch eine "typisch deutsche" Eigenart: Wenn ich in Hamburg zur U-Bahn gehe und ich sehe, dass ich noch ein paar Minuten warten muss, überlege ich schon vorher, wo sich der Ausgang befinden wird, dort, wo ich aussteige, damit ich hinterher nicht mehr so weit laufen muss. Dann laufe ich lieber jetzt, Zeit habe ich ja noch, bis die Bahn kommt. 😇🤣 - ja, ich weiß, das machen viele so ...

[@schmidtikovsky2825]

For 7:50 i do it diagonal corners and then you can nicely pull the other two corners and it will fit perfectly

[@tranceyy]

You're great!

[@insulanerin7601]

When buying a new kettle, I made sure the minimum was 0,25 l (one cup of tea or coffee), not 0,5 l. Saves a lot of energy, as heating water uses much more electricity than using a laptop, vacuuming etc. etc.

[@AluraHjaldisdottir]

A couple of days ago I saw two roofers using their Zollstock as a shoehorn. They had taken of their shoes not to pollute my house.

[@MaryannFernandes]

Nice trick with the shelf. I will try it next time! I've never seen anyone boil more water than they need. That is new to me! I also don't like the giant square pillows here. So I ended up buying UK sized pillows. But pillow cases are harder to find. At first I bought German pillow cases and would just fold them (not so nicely like you did), but when my mum visited, she cut and sewed 2 of them into 3 pillow cases. 😃 Now I just buy them from India when I visit. I tuck each corner of the fitted sheet at a time, starting from the most difficult side. But when the sheet is smaller, then instead of going corner by corner, I do opposite corners. That's why I like to buy ones that are for a mattress height more than my mattress so that it's easier to put. The excess just gets tucked in nicely.

[@schattensand]

Did your mom teach you to cut and sew eventually?

[@MaryannFernandes]

@@schattensand she had already. But i don't enjoy it.

[@MaryannFernandes]

@@n.n.7668 Nice! I'll keep that in mind

[@CaptianInternet]

After watching this video I subscribed. You can expect some bad jokes... :) Great content, tank you.

[@cristianc.6302]

For the fitted shetes I found that the easiest way to put them (for me at least) is to first put 2 opposite corners, and then the other 2 corners.

[@june4976]

Or, if possible, pop the mattress up on its side so you don't have to climb over it trying to fit the sheet. Great with kids' beds, you can check what toys are buried underneath at the same time :D

[@DNAisWookieUSER]

how is this even a problem to need a lifehCK for i dont get human anymore no one thinks or ues logic

[@DNAisWookieUSER]

just do one corner after the other wtf

[@uschil228]

I needed the pillow trick. I have a not square pillow in austria. So only sqaure pillow cases.

[@mizapf]

I'm using the Zollstock when I want to measure wider spaces, e.g. from one wall to the other, or measure along the ceiling. You unfold it completely, and if you are careful and the joints are not too worn out, you can hold it at its end and push it against the wall with the other end, so it is like a solid 2m rod.

[@Nikioko]

You can open a beer bottle with a Zollstock. You can't do that with measuring tape. But my favourite tool to open a beer bottle is the rim of a beer box.

Some commenters said they can open a bottle with a newspaper… I'm sure they could do it with a measuring tape :D

[@crunchyscorpio9186]

@ Doubt it. The way of using a newspaper is by folding it until you get a hard"ish" edge. But then, there are some measuring tapes that come in a metal container/shell (?) and those can be used no problem.

[@lenakohl2339]

Can you lift the matress? I lift mine and slide it to the side, on the edge of the bed frame. With this, I can reach the corner that is at the wall (with which I start) standing beside the bed. And it is easier to wrap the corners this way.

[@jackybraun2705]

Always do up the buttons on the duvet cover before washing it. I once forgot and the duvet cover filled up with all the rest of the washing in the machine and it started to spin off kilter and the washing machine finally fell over. Wasserwaage = spirit level Dübel = rawlplug

[@jorgbratschke4054]

Germans can open a beer bottle with any object in a room, including the room itself :)

[@abciii]

I wont recomment it but just use your body to open it :D

[@nicolettarope6030]

👍🤣🤣

[@annasaddiction5129]

But be careful to not be using German directness when going back home. I only know English speakers online and that " directnesd" got me in trouble more than 2 time. 🤭

[@NachtvogelHH]

Just out of curiosity: What is the brand and model of the tea kettle at 2:00? I do have one with temperature preselection but it has only few hardwired presets and I would love one with digital display.

[@lifeingermany_]

This one I got back in 2019 and absolutely love it! It’s the AICOK Wasserkocher, 1,7L .. it doesn’t seem to be on Amazon anymore, but there are a few similar ones! 🙂

[@Kivas_Fajo]

To anyone it might concern. A bed that is covered and made is a cesspool for mites. A bed that is open and devoid of anything is a much healthier option. Hang the sheets somewhere to completely dry out. Any humidity left in the bed from night's sleep together with what we shed is food and environment for them, so make it as uncomfortable as possible for them and not cozy, because of some outdated sense of order...

[@axelk4921]

Ich hab viele Leute ( natürlich Besucher/Urlauber aus dem Ausland ) verwundert indem ich Bierflaschen mit der Zeitung aufmache...! ;))) Frei nach dem Motto " Wo ein Wille ist, da ist auch ein Weg! "

[@uliwehner]

schon seit jahrzehnten keine zeitung mehr :)

[@franhunne8929]

oh, oh, my German citizenship, which I carry since birth, will be revoked - I cannot open a beer bottle with anything but a bottle opener ...

[@Nemshee]

Me neither, but then I'm not a big beer drinker.

[@franhunne8929]

@@Nemshee neither am I

[@Bioshyn]

the kettle thing blew my mind, as a German, as in not doing the obvious...

[@Leberteich]

9:43 we call it a spirit level.

[@AlecTrevalyn]

7:55 ... wenn finished the head corners, try to bend the mattress, pull over the foot corners, release the mattress and watch it doing the work ....

[@yutubl]

@water kettle: I cook full water cooker kettle for morning coffee (stored in thermos pot) and put the rest of heated water after cooling down in my water filter pot. So I have good water quality for the rest of the day. @pillow half side folding: thanks I can really use that nice hack as I fod my small pillow just on the outside.

[@kratzikatz1]

Take the rest of the hozt water in your freezer! So you have fresh hot water when ever needed😉😉😉😉🤭

[@hydrochloridrix]

Another way to open a bottle of beer is with a bank note. Just fold it up lengthwise in a tight roll and then bend it into a u-shape. Hold the u-shape really tight since it's pretty short and boom, you got yourself a beer bottle opener. Tried and tested! Worked better with the old D-mark bank notes than the Euro notes, though 😉

[@lifeingermany_]

Hahahaha that’s next level German for me! I’ll have to test it out when I’ve been around for 30+ years I think!

[@eva-mariacoughlin9456]

I loved that you decided to be honest or ehrlich I am so often in trouble here in the STATES FOR BEING HONEST, Oder EHRLICH! I think people think me rude but its not so , I am just trying to be honest and not waste my time and theirs! Thank you for addressing this. It’s hard to be German here in the Midwest !

[@abuth14]

I'm thankful that hospitals are not that way in the US. I am though temporarily on Medicaid and went to a dentist and that experience was horrible in comparison to my private insurance dentist.

[@Kutchulu]

If you hang a lot of things you should get a Galerielineal (Gallery ruler). It has two moveable measuring bars with marking hole and marking V and two build in spirit level for horizontal and vertical adjustment. Normally 60 cm long it should be around 10 bucks.

[@tgdomnemo5052]

... the point of a hack is that you don't need a special tool . . . 😳

[@CassieLopez]

The reason filling the kettle only a little ways is that if you fill it all the way up every time you use a LOT more electricity. Fill it only part way, it boils a lot quicker, and it uses less electricity.

[@summersun6536]

9:04: "Zack!" Yes, you are officially assimilated.😉 (That sounded so cute! 😀)

[@fraenkiboii]

I’m an 80 by 40 pillow kind of guy and I didn’t know that stuffing across hack. It looks complicated tho. I think imma have to replay this video a couple of times in order to get this right 🤔🤯

[@Patrick-on2ty]

die unteren Enden einfach im Bezug ,auf der selben Seite , nach oben ziehen und fertig

[@mikebegonia6134]

Internet shopping?

[@fraenkiboii]

@@mikebegonia6134 sustainability?

[@astridkupfer9274]

Just sew or ask someone to sew the pillowcover in half ! Problem solved.

[@elbrover]

All top life hacks. 4:19 concentration pur!😄

[@petebeatminister]

Why would someone fill the kettle all the way, to make just one or two cups? It takes much longer until the water is boiling that way. But the trick with the sticky tape is really good. But measuring corners with a Zollstock like that I have never seen before. Whats that good for? And also it doesn't really work, unless the hinge happens to be in the right place. And even then the measure is crooked. But a Zollstock can have advantages: because its rigid and not floppy like a tape. For example to measure from a spot that you cannot reach to. Also, Zollstöcke are a pretty old invention, dating back before there were tape measures.

[@reinhard8053]

If it is just a few cups you just use the cup as a measurement with maybe one extra and you are exactly done. If you need more water later you won't gain much by having the kettle full the first time. You need to use the right sticky tape ! If it is streched you won't be happy.

[@kratzikatz1]

Ein mess-o-meter kann man auch als Streichkuh verwenden wenn man von nem Brett / Brettern ein langes ,oder mehrere kurze Stücke abschneiden möchte.

[@berulan8463]

It's quite hilarious that in country that uses the metric system this measuring device still is called "Zollstock" which means "inch stick".

[@tschaytschay4555]

We always call it Meterstab.

[@fineflavour4493]

You can choose the official name: Gliedermaßstab 😁

[@aka99]

I bet the term Zollstock comes from a time, when germans used inches, instead of Meter.

[@nikomangelmann6054]

@@tschaytschay4555 meterstab is more common in the south. (baden würtemberg / bavaria)

[@berulan8463]

@@aka99 Excactly, the term is quite outdated but still in use. Although nowadays it's most often called a "Meter" here in the southwest of Germany.

[@aka99]

Happy new year! Well, if i would use my tea kettle often, i would also left some water in it. The sandwich box is a great idea indeed. I couldnt manage to open a beer bottle with a feuerzeug, with another beer or a zollstock. You did very well! it seems you have to be a bit talented for that. i tried often, but i failed often. Seldom i was scuccesfull. To my knowledge, opening a beer bottle without a bottle opener comes from Handwerker auf dem Bau, who need to to open a bottle, because not everybody had a bottle opener or it was just practical to a zollstock. the bedtoom hacks i usee too. the thing with the picture frame is also a great idea. By the way, do you consider another video is somtehing about german language? Please nothing with gramma!😅

[@reinhard8053]

Apart from Handwerker everyone doing his service time in the military seems to learn it there.

[@aka99]

@@reinhard8053 i was never in military, neither in a handworker job

[@gastonkawitzke3272]

That pillow case is made for a down pillow 80x80

[@gabortoth3706]

I noticed, you have a hungarian sign on the wall :)

[@gottliebheinrich8413]

Inzwischen gibt's reichlich Kissenbezüge in 0,4×0,8m² Aber man kann auch, (wenn man diese Größe mag) sich die große Hülle leicht umarbeiten, mit dem sogenannten #Hotelverschluss spart man sich auch noch Knöpfe oder Reißverschluss

[@kratzikatz1]

m² ?

[@kwalty1]

@@kratzikatz1 Natürlich, was sonst? 0,4 m x 0,8 m = 0,32 m²

[@wiedapp]

The word you were searching for was Dübel, translation would be wall anchor. In addition: In German the word Dübel can define two things (getting a little bit technical here and I am not accounting for medical uses): 1. A wall anchor in general construction work, to fixate things on walls or ceilings without searching for wall studs or trusses. There are even wall anchors specifically for stone walls, concrete walls or concrete ceilings (concrete screws are not very common in German construction, they are there, though) 2. A dowel for everything regarding wood work. I think that doesn't need any more explanation...

[@fabianfluss6043]

3. A Dübel is also colloquial for a joint.

[@thomas.thomas]

@@fabianfluss6043 uhm no? a joint isn't a wall anchor, or did i get something wrong?

[@fabianfluss6043]

@@thomas.thomas To "dübeln" means smoking a joint.

[@tubekulose]

@@fabianfluss6043 In Austria we say "Ofen". 😊

[@GBZOholika81]

@@fabianfluss6043 I just wanted to comment the same thing

[@art.ikulation-stimme2123]

Putting tape on the shelf "zack!" Most german thing to say :D

[@thorstenkoethe]

Don´t open your beer bottle with a cell phone! It seems to be tough but it may have micro splits you won´t notice. Watched a yt short recently.

[@starrkilla3269]

Get a sheet of paper to open a beer bottle don't destroy your phone XD

[@mathiasdreke180]

To this day I thought I invented the sandwich ingredient box trick 15 years ago. I didn't realize other people put their stuff in the fridge the same way.

[@phillipsmejkal1]

As a lazy guy this came natural to me. 😅

[@betteryourgerman]

.... ja !!! ...die Deutschen sind sehr effektiv !!! ....greetings from London !!!

[@stefanbeyer7391]

Try to open ur Beer with ur MessBand :)

[@kratzikatz1]

No challenge.🤨😉

[@kosa4038]

In German supermarkets you can buy cheese, sausage, cold cuts, salami, but also fruit, vegetables, pulses, nuts etc. without packaging - to reduce plastic waste!

[@wWvwvV]

I'm from Germany. I can't open a beer bottle with another bottle. 😥 That really is skillful. I guess you must be willing to make a real mess a couple of times before mastering it.

[@Arltratlo]

i boil just the cold water from the cup i will use for my coffee/tea! Zollstock = Gliedermaßstab = named by some German construction workers Zölligen...

[@Liedton]

Iam glad u use the metric system 😂 Is it common for canadians?

[@njordholm]

As you have already mentioned in one of your other videos, how we Germans react on your mistakes while speaking German, I felt it right now! I found it funny and 'cute', how you say Dübeln (meaning dowels). Well, it's not like Nachricht (singular) und Nachrichten (plural), but like news (singular and plural, or better say no singular). It is 'der Dübel' (singular) and 'die Dübel' (plural) - no trailing 'n' or 'en' as you may have learned from other words. But for the task of putting these dowels into the wall, we actually have the verb 'dübeln'. Ich düble, du dübelst, er/sie/es dübelt, wir dübeln, sie (plural) dübeln. And to make it even more difficult to learn for english speakers, we have the genitive form of 'des Dübels' which looks like it would be the plural with trailing 's', but isn't. Example: Die Anbringung des Dübels mit dem gezeigten Lifehack war kinderleicht. Edit: And if you have more than one Dübel the article 'der' has to be used in the example and not 'die' as you might think. Die Anbringung der Dübel (Mehrzahl) mit dem gezeigten Lifehack war kinderleicht. Die Dübel gingen alle leicht rein, bis auf ein Dübel, der beim Einschlagen splitterte.

[@hinnerkfeldkamp5422]

Regal anbringen: Ein Regalloch an der Wand befestigen (so das das Regal noch drehbar ist), Wasserwaage auf Regal, ausrichten, durch das andere Loch anzeichnen, zurückschwingen lassen, Loch bohren Dübel rein, Regal in Position drehen, Schraube rein - fertig. Kein Klebeband nötig und ein 100%ig waagerechtes Regal.

[@vbvideo1669]

Super Video! :)

[@axelpalfy7597]

Zollstock, the name comes from the time when it was measured in inches, just for the sake of interest,here in Central Europe we call it that too, not only in German-speaking countries

[@stapelchips6559]

4:48 a newspaper. It works. trust me.

[@Enhaneunzig]

Another hack: You can also freeze leftover hot water, then you have hot water when you need it

[@utebellasteinweg3976]

„Zack“😂😂😂😂😂you‘re german 😂😂😂😂

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

Meiner einer nutzt den Zollstock als Grillzange , beim Trockenbau als Anschlagsführung mit Maßangabe für das Messer , Winkelanreißer oder als Keil ! Oder : kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5fSk2NshZ2nl6c

[@tasminoben686]

Oder auch, um etwas, dass unter den Kühlschrank gerollt ist hervor zu holen! Noch immer ein verspätetes, aber gut gemeintes, neues Jahr zu dir! Wir sind am 20. Dezember aus dem Haus aus und in eine Mietwohnung umgezogen. Du kannst dir sicherlich vorstellen, wie Weihnachten und Silvester uns gewesen sind Tour war Nix! Liebe Grüße aus Ahrensburg ich bin😅

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

@@tasminoben686 schön zu hören und Dito für´s neue Jahr .

[@Dolocahn]

The thing with the shelfs and the tape is a bit complicated... why not allign the shelf to the wall and use the holes to directly print the marks on the wall with a pencil? And for the rest, i think all germans know these things especially open beer bottles. You can use litterally everything to open them. Even Newspaper. 😉 Nice Video.

[@laktho]

Open a beer with .. whatever. That's 1. semester on EVERY German university!

[@hsyeswellitsme]

When I saw the "Zollstock" I immediately missed the hack to open a beer. :D :D This is very German, but only, because we drink mostly beer out of bottles (in case not tapped, and the use of cans is very little). Being honest is indeed one thing I really appreciate too. It nails it to the point and it saves a lot of time with negotiations. In Germany you can say "... and exactly that is wrong" without offending the other person. The other may react "And your fault is that ..." and it is OK too. Indeed in the German Bundestag the debates sometimes become really offending, but also funny too. And several delegates of different parties are good friends. Germans have a kind of black humour too, not as much as the Austrian people, but everyone understands when it is a joke. These jokes are made with "known people", e.g. colleagues, neighbors, etc.. People you know that spark on that wave length. I would say, Germans are funny people, of course they are serioous too, but making jokes to deal with the daily madness is pretty common. And now I combine first and second paragraph, beer and humour. A German band once had the slogan "Dosenbier macht schlau". Germans don't really like cans, and too much alcohol is of course no solution, but making jokes about it is always allowed. The band became little popular, only for the humour. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmGkhIOcr99lg6M

[@MacToecutter]

"Zollstock" is a very common used word in Germany, but it is not the "right" name. This correct name is "Holzgliedermaßstab". More or less "Wood links measure rod" ;)

*Gliedermaßstab"… because they're not all made out of wood. :D But that's only "correct" for people who will tell you that you didn't cut your bread but sawed it…

[@m_amen]

Das ist kein "Zollstock", sondern ein Gliedermaßstab. Schau mal drauf, da findest du keine Zoll-Einheiten. Klugscheissmodus: AUS! Aber sowas lernt man in der Handwerkskammer Düsseldorf. Grüße aus Hilden.

[@waltertanner7982]

Ich hatte einen echten Zollstock: cm auf der einen, Zoll auf der anderen Seite!

[@flamedealership]

@@waltertanner7982 Mein Zollstock (zugegeben: er ist schon etwas älter) hat das heute noch...

[@linat3429]

bei uns in der Schweiz heisst das Ding schlicht Doppelmeter 😅

[@waltertanner7982]

@@flamedealership Gut drauf aufpassen 🤓

[@kuldan5853]

Hey, your tape "hack" is really nice, but can be a bit tricky with things like picture frame hangers etc - for that case there was a product that debuted on the German version of "Shark Tank" a few years back called "Drillstamp". It's a quite obvious solution if you think about it, and I've been using it ever since: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHrMan2npsxjnLc

[@knaninch]

Wie blöd ist denn das Video der bohrt ja neben seine eigene Markierung...

[@frizznmckrauser3187]

It´s not a Zollstock! Zoll is Inch. That thing is a Meterstab.

[@TheCovenant2]

The tape-hack got me... I facepalmed myself why I never did that - I also kinda measured.. or put the object in an angle so I can see the holes and just use a "Bleistift" to draw a line upwards from the holes and then simply use the "Wasserwage" to get a nice crosscut drawn where I can drill the holes (which obviously leaves space for mistakes if youre not able to draw a straight line) xD Good thing I saw this video since I wanted to put some "Regale" in my kitchen soon - this may help if I choose some with such holes :D The last one got me.. If I ever visited Canada and someone would give me answers like that I'd prolly stand there, scratching my head, askin: "Is that a yes or a no??" xD

[@lifeingermany_]

Hahaha I’m so glad my trick could help! It actually works perfectly for shelves or frames without these holes too!

[@rainermarx5217]

LOL 😂

[@dedeegal]

Den Begriff "life hacks" finde ich hier etwas komisch. Weil.... kann man das denn auch irgendwie anders machen? Naja, mal abgesehen von dieser RegalBohrungsMarkierungs-Variante mit Krepp-Band.... 🙂 das geht auch ohne Klebe-Rückstände vom Krepp-Band auf der Tapete. Aber : solange ich die weniger "hackige" Art nicht kenne, wie man etwas erreicht, kann ich auch den Hack nicht angemessen würdigen. Wäre es nicht eine tolle Idee, beide Seiten/Macharten zu zeigen!? Also auch die "umständliche" Variante. So ein Format könnte viral gehen. ....für mich zumindest... ;-) Und natürlich gerne in beide Richtungen. Bei der einen Richtung könnte ich mitleidig schmunzeln, bei der anderen könnte ich was lernen ... und ggf. sogar mein Leben optimieren.

[@agn855]

"Spannbettlaken" - über die erste Matratzenecke drapieren, anschließend über die diagonal gegenüber liegende Matratzenecke spannen. Das Gleiche für die verbleibenden zwei Matratzenecken. Done Flaschenöffner - *Nicht mit den Zähnen*, ansonsten freut sich der Zahnersatzhersteller (siehe Emaille-Schild im Hintergrund des Intro)

[@solokom]

Why would you need a bottle opener on your keychain, when you can use a key to open a beer?! *German confusion* 🤔🤔

[@lifeingermany_]

Hhaha we aren’t all as talented as the Germans!

[@erikweber8514]

Interesting, the pillow trick was new to me. And measure corners with a Zollstock - no, this shakes the millimeter fetishists.

[@Wolf-jg9fl]

As a german, I feel obligated to tell you that a "Zollstock" is actually called a "Gliedermaßstab".

[@SplendidMisanthropy]

Metrischer Gliedermaßstab, bitteschön!

[@waltertanner7982]

… but only freaks call it by this academic name :-) / Similarly Lampe vs. Leuchtmittel

[@hinekde]

I hope you call a train Stahlbahn, then...

[@waltertanner7982]

@@hinekde we don't have it with steel in the names like in "those days, you know", since 77 years, Eisen is good enough for us.

[@felixb.3420]

It used to be measuring in "Zoll" (inch) but nowadays it's centimeter. Some of them still show both but if you mix them up, you're in big trouble ... 🙈

[@juricarmichael2534]

To be honest you cannot sit in front of that Werbeschilder without showing the whole wall. One hand holds Zollstock and bottle neck, both parallel, zollstock's metal part under the cap, hit the Zollstock firmly from below with the flat of your free hand. Result: loud "plopp" and the cap flies away. No beer fountain wanted and no bottle drop, too. And down the hatch! Well, you forgot to mention how many liters to use on that Wasserwaage? Tsch__au

[@uliwehner]

maybe it is an imperial wasserwaage?

[@kristofferholst6053]

Servus, beer thing is not particularly German, everybody does this. Ps. the word you were looking for were plugs or wall anchors

[@michaelbuttner4262]

I know this !

[@ErdoganIstKeinZiegenfi...]

another life hack, dear foreign friend, is to take that sandwich stuff out of the plastic and put it into a sealable glass box. You can get such at Ikea for low prices and you ll have less transfers between your food and the plastic.

[@mattesrocket]

according to your last life hack: Das Video war gut.

[@-Alemann]

Great Video and i want to give you another real Lifehack here : BLOWING BOILED EGGS! After this you will never spend time to peel you eggs anymore. 1. Just ditch your boild egg on both sides. 2. Peel of just a tiny little bit on the tipy point of the egg and a bit more on the belly side off the egg. 3. Take your egg now between your second finger and your thumb like inside here👌 and blow in to the pointy side of the egg in you little hole ( keep your other hand below)😅 cause the hole egg will fall immediately out of its shell into your hand! For little kids it's always fun and like a magic trick. The rest off the eggshell stays even intact. Try it out and you'll love it 🎉