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[@fritz3778]

Ryan is already so German he needs english subtitles for an english video that already has subtitles haha

[@drachenfliger1368]

As well as correcting Grammer 😂

[@reinhard8053]

Even when the subtitles block the view to the video texts. So you really can't miss that.

[@blendonaut3015]

yeah....no....

[@YunaMiyamoto]

Is anyone else from Germany triggered by the bin colors? I only know it as Paper is blue Plastic is yellow Rest is black Bio is brown And for glass there are more independent seperations

[@Thor555555]

that´s very different based on the location. Here for example there are 4 kinds of trash. 1 Restmüll dark gray/black 2 Green green can but isn´t based on the so called green point, almost everything based on paper, plastik, metal, the metal get sortet out, the rest used as "fuel" to burn down the Restmüll, nothing but the metal is recycled. 3 Bio brown which includes weed from the yard and everything that can be composted 4 Glas little blue bucket for al ind of glas. different cities have different solution to optimice trash payment. Recycling is more like cushion the conscience just goggle the docu Die Recycling Lüge

[@StellaOrihara]

We have green for paper 😂 rest the same colors

[@steemlenn8797]

It's very different depending on (waste) area. Here it's only paper (blue), plastic (yellow), everything else (brown).

[@Modestonis]

In our area it is: blue paper green bio black rest yellow/yellow bag plastic

[@Nekomancer1983]

That is a very regional thing. For me paper is green, plastic is yellow, rest is black and bio is brown. There is no blue here.

[@Blaps911]

Fun fact: You have twice as many subscribers than people live in Liechtenstein.

[@steemlenn8797]

Das "Miniaturwunderland" in Hamburg has more miles of train than the US has miles of high speed train. A fact that is both impressive and tear inducing.

[@piiinkDeluxe]

😂😭

[@Marco-zt6fz]

Thats a great place to visit when you are in Hamburg

[@kanodourden]

Fingerspitzengefühl means like "fingertipps-feeling" and above all means that you handle certain matters or communications with people with the needed amount of carefulness and sensitivity.

[@TanjaHermann]

Thanks for that, the video definition was not at all what it really means.

[@jessican.7295]

The word is by no means related to efficiency nor punctuality. Thanks for clearing that up!

[@Melanie-qm6yj]

Most spoken languages in Europe: 1. Russian, 2. German, 3. French, 4. English, 5. Turkish

[@Groffili]

"Currywurst" is not so much a specific sausage, as a "streetfood dish". The sausages themselves can be all sorts of fried or steamed sausage, but it's the special spicy sauce (spiced tomato ketchup) and curry power that turns it into "currywurst".

[@danilopapais1464]

Never had Currywurst with a steamed sausage (not even heard about it). Usually either with boiled or grilled sausages.

[@stef987]

I too think that Currywurst refers to the dish, although there are sausages sold under the name "Currywurst" - the mere sausages for making the dish. Funnily, VW makes them too, along with Currysauce. I once heard or read that they make more sausages than cars, but I don't know if this is true, or if they still make as many of these sausages, or if they still make them at all.

[@dirkvornholt2507]

@@stef987 Have you ever wondered where all the retired VW workers have gone? 🤣

[@stef987]

@@dirkvornholt2507 well, they moved to Spain or other nice and sunny places. Right?....... Right?

[@dirkvornholt2507]

@@stef987 Old age pensions are bad for the budget and VW is known to be stingy. Maybe some make it to Spain.

[@enoiladoe]

'I just wouldn't be able to point [Liechtenstein] out on a map'. To be fair, it's pretty tiny 😂

[@wolsch3435]

If you come to Germany as a tourist for maybe 2 weeks, it is not necessary to learn German. A few words and phrases can be helpful. If you want to live in Germany for a long time or permanently, you should definitely learn German. If you don't do it, you exclude yourself from many areas of everyday life, and it doesn't make your life any easier. Then you are limited to the "bubble" of English speakers that exist in Berlin, Hamburg or Munich etc.

[@holladiewal6812]

Especially when you plan to stay longer in Germany, knowing German is a really great stepping stone to learning "bureaucracy German".

[@piiinkDeluxe]

Yes, and the Amt will not care and send their letters in Kauderwelsch (ehm German) anyway

[@user-no4rf9hm6k]

Excluding yourself form many areas of everyday life applies to any country.

[@laurafelicis1895]

Why would you learn another language? Because you understand the culture and mindset of a country 100x more if you understand/speak their language fluently (phrases/sayings/humor)

[@claudiakonig7771]

Right, every language is the entry to a new world. Currently I'm learning language no.8.

[@piiinkDeluxe]

​@@claudiakonig7771wow, that's impressive! Which languages do you speak?

[@claudiakonig7771]

@@piiinkDeluxe German, English, French, Spanish, basic Swedish, basic Finnish, basic Hindi, learning Italian and Greek

[@piiinkDeluxe]

@@claudiakonig7771 wow, that's pretty neat. 😊 i speak German, Englisch, Plattdeutsch (which is a separate language, yes), basic French, basic Spanish, veeeery basic Arabic, currently learning Romanian and Korean I didn't realize it were this many until i listed them 😳

[@claudiakonig7771]

@@piiinkDeluxe That's very neat, too 😀

[@user-ij1zo3ly7v]

Currently, the longest highway tunnel is the Rennsteigtunnel in Thuringia with about 7800 m (4.8 miles). It has a speed limit of 80 km/h (50 mph).

[@klarasee806]

In parts of Belgium they speak German, too.

[@nomaam9077]

Italy (South Tyrol), France (Alsace) ...

[@stevenvanhulle7242]

Yes, but only about 80 000 people. Wait, that's twice the population of Liechtenstein 😄

[@hendrikwiekenberg]

Learning another language is a kind of respect. If i travel to France it is very likeful to speak french. Same as travelling to Spain, Italy or other countries. To say "Hey, they speak MY language", is a little bit egoistic.

[@cdhagen]

true, and you will have a different connection to the people if you speak their language. You will get around in English in Germany, Spain or even France but you will always be "the tourist" that people deal with in a professional way. You'll hardly get to know any locals on a deeper level.

[@herb6677]

I don't need no Americans speaking German. I would be pleased, if the French und the Italian and everyone else could also speak English. Esperanto was a nice try but English is THE universal language nowadays. I do know some dutch words, but sooner or later I would have to switch to English or German to communicate.

[@tubekulose]

@@herb6677 When I was younger I always wanted Latin to become THE international language. 🙂

[@nicobendig6597]

As a German I am sitting here and Ryan saying "What is currywurst?" - you know that people died for less? 🤣

[@Santa_83]

Yes, we have tunnels at the Autobahn. But these parts mostly have speed limits of about 80km/h.

[@reinhard8053]

There are also tunnels with 100km/h. But still you need to decelerate often on some parts which are unlimited otherwise.

[@Flohtute]

Asking a German what a Currywurst is, is like asking an American what a Burger is.

[@tulpe3332]

Maybe not.... Bratwurst to Germans is as Burgers to Americans. And Currywurst is just a Bratwurst with a Curry souce..... Its like the biggest Wurst-Scam :D It is not a different Wurst, it is the same Bratwurst, just with a souce.....

[@AchimE]

If I had to live without any kinds of sausages, this would be my wurst case scenario… 😆🤣 Like your reactions! 👍

[@juwen7908]

Learning a foreign language is just a question of respect for the people you talk to!! By learning a language you also learn a lot about the mentality and the culture of the people in this country.

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

Learning a language is not only a need, it opens up a whole new experience. I‘m Swiss btw my mother tongue is Swiss German (think a strong dialect of German, but we value it somewhat more than Germans do their own dialects). We have 4 language in Switzerland (Swiss German, French, Italian, Romanic) We learn many languages in school even though everyone else here also speaks a language we understand yet it makes connections and insights possible that are not when you only speak English.

[@obiwanfisher537]

"Strong dialect" lol .I understand bavarians, but man, you swiss guys, that's a whole language of it's own. And no one needs to learn a second language if their first one is english. they get by fine. It's a good thing to learn another language, but not a necessity.

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

@@obiwanfisher537 Let‘s say for everyone who does not speak English as a mother tongue. But even if you do, ‚getting by‘ is not really opening a culture or country to you.

[@obiwanfisher537]

@@MrsStrawhatberry Most countries I travelled I didn't speak the language of, yet I met the culture and got along with people thanks to our mutural language "english". Learning another language is nice but stop pretending like it's 100% necessary. It's not, most people speak english and you can communicate well. I remember I was on a long distance bus for 12 hours next to a russian girl who spoke neither of my languages and I spoke none of her. Yet I found out her name, how old she is, where she's travelling to and from, what her plans are, and we even talked about car licences and I had a difficult time explaining to her that you "can't just bribe the official to get a car licence, you HAVE TO pass the tests or you won't get the licence" lol She had a hard time believing. I have travelled every country in Europe, I travelled the whole of North Africa along the Mediterranean, I have been to Cuba and the Dominican Republic, Thailand and the Philippines, all without speaking the languages of those countries, although I might say I got a long with basic french and spanish a little bit, but you could always find some people who speak english and help you locally. Unless you live there, it's not really that necessary to learn a language. Admittedly I had trouble in country side areas where people don't speak english well, but as I said: If you don't intend to live there, you still get by by talking with your hands and feet, google translator and so on. It's always best to speak the local language totally fluid, but not being able to is not holding you back as much as you pretend.

[@emmasly123]

Local language is key to a country's people and culture. Basically, if you say you are not interested in other languages, you say you are not interested in other cultures. At least not enough to learn a little bit the language, so you can communicate some basic stuff. I learnt English so well because I came to love the literature, the people and the culture. Lived there for a while, loved it. I also learnt some French and Russian but could not connect with the cultures to the same extent.

[@prunabluepepper]

The English use of the word curry indeed revers to a whole dish style. While the German use of the word is strictly limited to the actual spice. So a curry wurst is a sausage with curry spice.

[@Bierzgal]

If I lived in the US I would 100% learn spanish. If learning any language makes sense to Americans, that's probably the one.

[@afjo972]

It doesn’t make sense at all. In order for migrants to blend in, they need to learn the language of the host country, NOT vice versa

[@piiinkDeluxe]

And French. Because Canada.

[@judischi]

I think we should comment in German ... so you could practice a little bit more 😏😉

[@ich6885]

5:50 Btw "Fingerspitzengefühl" is also one of those compund words and would translate to something like "fingertip feel" :D

[@blatterrascheln2267]

And often its used metaphorically, like, not for precise work, but for acting sensible and tactful or managing something very aware and appreciative. 😅 This video didn't feel like fun facts, more like Cptn Obvious facts, but well, probably content really was collected by AI. The occasional weird language seems like it.

[@michaelkruse4864]

Fingespitzengefühl means much more. It also means for example if you have tricky negotiations that you have the right feeling for how far you can get or wihich is the right way for this situation without getting over the top.

[@skloodzi]

English is the 4th most spoken language in europe. Russian comes on top, french is 3rd.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

English is the most popular second language at schools in Europe, however.

[@abram6282]

Nope english is the most spoken language in europe, russian is on top if you only count native speakers

[@xrecix]

Native speakers: 1: Russian(106), 2: German(97), 3: French(81) Total Speakers: 1: English(260), 2: French(210), 3: German(170)

[@steemlenn8797]

To be fair, pointing out Liechtenstein or Luxemburg on any map that is not about those 2 is really hard. Not for people with thick fingers.

[@Sofnastia]

You can improve your memory by learning languages ;-)

[@stefanb4375]

Fact is, I don't find the fun.😅

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

good reaction! You're right: it could be AI-generated. Many of the "facts" are either well-known or not-so-true clichés. Sausages: Germany may be famous for its sausages, but they are only a minor part of German cuisine. Bread is far more important, for example. Curry is the name of different spicy Indian dishes, but also short for Curry powder, which are (different) spice mixes invented in former British India for making Curry, similar to garam masala. Currywurst is a sliced Bratwurst (grilled sausage) served with a sauce of ketchup and curry powder (or with a special curry ketchup, which is already premixed), invented in Berlin after WW II where Herta Heuwer mixed curry powder, ketchup and possibly Worcestershire sauce - ingredients all provided by British soldiers - and sold it with grilles sausage at her street stand. Castles: Neuschwanstein is not the most visited castle in Germany (anymore) - that title goes to the Palatine Palace/ Castle at Heidelberg. Football is currently in crisis in Germany, at least at the national team level. But to everyone's surprise Germany won the basketball world cup... Languages: Difficult to measure. If you count native speakers, Russian will have the lead in Europe (106 million) before German (97m), French (81m), Italian (65m) and English (63m). If you include all speakers, English goes up to 1st place (260m), French up to 2nd (210m) and German down to 3rd (170m). Another source gives percents: 38% of all Europeans can speak English, 12% can speak French, 11% can speak German (all figures from 2015/16). Liechtenstein is the "forgotten county" between Switzerland and Austria. Like Luxembourg it was a member state of the German Federation until the federation was defeated by Prussia in 1866 and then dissolved. After that war Prussia annexed most of Northern Germany and tried to win the Southern German states except Austria as allies, in which it succeeded enough to start the Prussian-French war of 1870/71. After winning that war, Prussia and its allies proclaimed in Versailles a new federation called "Deutsches Reich" (German Empire), whose hereditary president was the King of Prussia (Prussia being the biggest and most powerful state within the Empire) under the title of "German Emperor". Luxembourg was allowed to opt out (due to a neutrality declaration from 1867 regarding French-German conflicts as well as the fact that the Grand Duke of Luxembourg at the time was also the King of the Netherlands), Liechtenstein was happy to not even been asked, but it also declined to join the Austrian-Hungarian empire instead, even if it stayed a close if weak ally. The interpretation of "Fingerspitzengefühl" seems a bit weird. Literally it means the sensitivity in your fingertips and translates officially to "tact, sensibility, sure instinct, flair". Handling sth with "Fingerspitzengefühl" translates to "finesse" it. So there is a simple English word for it... 6:05 Also strange to speak of Karl Benz, but showing a car that looks like a Porsche (designed by Ferdy Porsche, son of Ferdinand Porsche who constructed the VW Beetle as well as some WW II tanks). Black Forest picture: googled cliché image. Real images here: www.mein-schwarzwald.de/ and here: img1.outdoor-magazin.com/od-2018-Hochschwarzwald-Schluchtensteig-Lotenbachklamm-jpg--169FullWidth-22ad3a02-1565782.jpg Volkswagen owns also Audi, Porsche, Bentley Bugatti, Cupra, Ducati, Lamborghini, Seat and Škoda. Additiionally its subsidiary Traton owns the truck & bus producers MAN, Neoplan and Scania. At the same time Porsche SE (the family company of Austrian families Porsche and Piëch) holds 53% of Volkswagen shares, the state of Low Saxony 20% and the Emirate of Qatar 17%.

[@THORIONONE]

5:15 punctuality is pünktlichkeit and Fingerspitzengefühl (fingertips feeling ) is tact

[@BpuhlwmhsiR]

In Germany the spice is called curry, not only the dish.

[@WSV2024]

9:32 The moment you recognize your own city center again, I thought I wasn't seeing properly. Man, how proud am I :-D

[@kroetengnom]

We also sort our glass by color so that it doesn't get mixed up

[@derdunklenotenritter]

There are some tunnels on German highways. The longest is the Rennsteig Tunnel in Thuringia at 7.9 kilometers

[@klarasee806]

True, but I think it must be said that there are speed limits in all of our tunnels of course! You are only allowed to drive 80 - 100 km/h there, as is the case in many other parts of our Autobahn where driving too fast would be risky. Ryan should know it better after having watched so many videos on that topic, but he still automatically thought „no speed limits“ when he heard the term „Autobahn“.

[@yannickurbach5654]

@@klarasee806 To be fair, the video did talk about sections without speed limit *while* showing a tunnel. It's pretty misleading.

[@klarasee806]

@@yannickurbach5654 You are right, I thought the same!

[@einsannika1167]

4:54 It's called "to better your brain" . It's proven, that learning another language doesn't only teach you that language, but it also improves other parts of the brain and other skills and looking on things from another perspective and so much more. Your brain overall gets better, the more languages you learn. (feel free to add something if you know more)

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

About "Fingerspitzengefühl": the explanation was correct. For example as a watch maker you'll need Fingerspitzengefühl. However it was covering only the more literal meaning. Additionally, to have Fingerspitzengefühl (Fingerspitzengefühl haben) means that you're empathic, and that you're able to sense the real atmosphere of a social situation or the mood in which somebody finds himself. It can be applied to someone's ability to solve difficult social or diplomatic situations too.

[@Thor555555]

Currywurst: Sausage which is cut in slices about 1/2 inch long served in alot of ketchup sprikled with curry powder

[@Chuulip]

Learning another language makes a huge difference when you're in a country where said language is the main language. Granted, in most of europe it's probably fine. But once you visit countries like Japan you'll discover a whole new country almost when you're able to understand what they say and the nuances. I think this is especially true for countries with a huge different language system where nuances are intranslatable.

[@cutlers3618]

English is the national language in 4 / 5 rather small countries. It's the 4th most spoken language. Germany is 2nd cause Germany is one of the biggest countries by population in Europe. First is russian.

[@dh1ao]

I recommend "Lauren in Germany". Very nicely made views on smaller places in germany (she has two videos out from the island I live on :-)

[@dirkvornholt2507]

The Autobahn certainly leeds through tunnels, but usually there's a speed limit in tunnels. The ICE train tracks run through even more tunnels. In fact some tracks have about a third of tunnels, plain ground and bridges. They run up to 300 kph but still are usually late 😂.

[@Akasha92]

The currywurst is a bratwurst that is served with a spicy curry sauce and curry powder. It was invented in Berlin and is a local specialty when it comes to street food. Currywurst is usually sold in food trucks.

[@Nel-ep9qc]

I think it’s interesting to add to the recycling point, that we also have a recycling system for plastic bottles. When you buy, for example, a coke either in a can or bottle you pay a deposit (mostly 25 cents) and you get the money back when you bring back the bottle to a deposit return scheme machine. I think Germany is the only country in the world with a system like this

[@claudiakonig7771]

Currywurst is a sausage made of beef, served with a red, savoury ketchup-like sauce, seasoned with curry powder on top. This curry powder can have different types of spicyness.

[@villmox]

"A sausage for every occasion. From bratwurst to currywurst" is so funny to me. Like "did you know the Americans are crazy about meal? they have a meal for every occasion. From oatmeal to meal supplements

[@Auvas_Damask]

Here in Germany these are completely normal brands, Volkswagen for rich people? The brand consists of the words people and car because it is for the people of pretty much every class.

[@alexanderantoninsommerkamp4714]

I see new Ryan video I click

[@simonl.6338]

4:50 if you actually want to learn a language its not really about memory. It's alot easier to make out similarities in etymology and grammatics and then learn by hearing the language being used. By living among people who speak the language, using it yourself and watching movies in that language for example. Other than that your right, with english you are kinda lucky but learning another language is not only good for basic nescessities and to get around but also to understand the world better. Also if you want a second and third language to really have an easy time everywhere on the planet besides english learn spanish and french. (and maybe Mandarin)

[@steemlenn8797]

Yes, similarities rule in learning languages. If you know German and English and know a few basic rules, you can already understand 90% of dutch. If you also learn that "fiets" = "bike", it's up to 92% already.

[@stevenbodum3405]

most spocken first language in europe is russian. english is on rank 5 or six if im right. french, italian and turkish are before english. german is spocken in some parts of other countries too. like parts of belgium, parts of france, in romania, in russia and so on, but this are small comunities.

[@stefansoap9717]

Before you buy a Kukuck-clock in germany, turn it around and look if there is written " Made in Cina" 😊

[@Attirbful]

Germany has 80 mio citizens alone. add the Austrians and Swiss, parts of Luxemburg and you have the second largest language. Now, Germany is central in Europe and employs many seasonal workers from outside. Poof, you have many other Europeans learning German as their second or third language. And - learning another language opens your mind! You learn to think literally differently; by speaking a second, third or whatever many language quite literally opens your mind to seeing the world in different ways and keeps you from solipsistic self-centeredness…

[@tl1897]

You have to try a good currywurst. It`s german Streetfood. You mostly eat it with a portion of Fries. But don´t eat the Fries with the Curry Ketschup. Order Majonaise for them. I heard you can find Curry wurst also in some US City´s

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

At this time of year, when kids begin school, the fun fact unique to Germany and Austria is the bringing of Sugar Cones to class on the first day of school for first graders. It's a tradition going back well over 200 yrs in some areas. Feli from Germany has a great video about this.

[@markusbruckner785]

Not to be that guy, but I think "sugar cone" will definitely come across wrong. It has nothing to do with sugar (well, sort of). It's a cardboard upside-down cone (usually quite big and heavily decorated), filled with (usually) stuff kids need for school (pens, rollers and the like) and (most importantly) with sweets (that's where the "sugar" in the name comes from). For all the non-German speakers: google "Zuckertüte" (or "Zuckertuete" if you don't have the ü).

[@MrHerbertbauer]

currywurst is a sausage with a sauce made with spicy ketchup and curry spices and then usually a bit of additional curry powder on top of the dish. how the sausage is prepared doesnt rlly matter tho there is a lot of variation. wether the sausage is steamed or fried, cut into pieces or seved whole doesnt rlly matter, just have a sausage and the sauce and ur good to go.

[@HalfEye79]

"Fingerspitzengefühl" is the feeling of your finger tips.

[@Guderian2]

Technically speaking currywurst isn't a sausage, it's a name of 1 or rather 2 dishes. It's a sausage with a sauce and there is an East/West divide between what kind of sauce should be on there. One is a tomatosauce with currypowder, one is a curry ketchup

[@majordisorder73]

The most American phrase ever “How do they make money out of that?"

[@SushiElemental]

And yes, the Black Forest is basically a Dark Souls area. Doubly so, since that is where a lot of the German folk tales come from.

[@LexusLFA554]

You have to differ between the Curry dish and Curry seasoning.

[@Magic_Kamikaze]

Fun fact about the cuckoo clock - at least 90% of cuckoo clocks that you can buy in the black forrest region are made in china 🤣🤣🤣

[@Warentester]

Fingerspitzengefühl also means handling things with tact.

[@damiandorhoff719]

Yes most people in Germany can speak English. But i am not sure if I can say the same about France.

[@dorotheamoesch846]

They could ... if they would :D. But lots of French refuse to speak any English ... goes back to the 100 years of war between England and France, in the medieval ages. Since then, they look at each other if not as enemys, then as rivals.

[@daniels.545]

"Germany is known for its efficiency and punctuality" untill you visit your first train station

[@damitschi7666]

For your memory, try a course of Hericium erinaceus (double extraction) for a few months. Greetings from germany!

[@jessicas253]

As someone living in the Black Forest, the depiction of it in the video was pretty offensive. They definitely just googled the term on a royalty-free media platform and took the first image they got. The forest isn't black at all as the name might suggest. It's just called this way as it mainly contains needle-leaved forest which gives it its dark green shade on the outside. It's a beautiful area to enjoy hiking and visiting some lovely waterfalls and historic buildings/ruins. You should definitely visit it if you ever come to Germany.

[@sigourneyburton3387]

how can he not know that Russian is the most spoken language in Europe 😂

[@shenjahofflin7675]

"Fingerspitzengefühl" down't only talk about a sense for detail though, like in technical stuff. It also means like for example, in a hard and emotional conversation, you maybe know when to say something, when to shut up and how to talk to a person having an emotional crisis for example. It also includes mostly having tact and empathy

[@Fischerbootsinkt]

Fun Fact about the Made in Germany would have been that it should mark the low quality products of german. So i was meant to be a warning.

[@user-kq5ke5yb6k]

Um, that wasn't a cello he was holding up.

[@gemini-tq1jv]

I think you should ask youtube for "VW Commercial "The Force" Extended version" 😀

[@ItzDrazko]

Learning German is difficult if you don't grow up directly with the language. And "Volkswagen" is made for the "Volk" so you don't need to be rich to buy a "Volkswagen".

[@raimundkeller6115]

the reason why the AI giggled when it started talking about food was, that it couldnt believe how beneath him we humans are. Stupid humans, need food to survive. How silly of them!

[@Grasdrache]

I know it's fun facts and I don't deny them, it's just funny to me that many of these German culture things don't play a role in the daily life of many modern Germans. But maybe that's because there are so many cultural offers (in probably every country) that you can really pick and choose. I personally don't know anyone who has a coocoo clock or commonly celebrates the Oktoberfest or listens regularly to classical music 😁 And I wish that meat culture would be a lot smaller. "Fingerspitzengefühl" (literally "fingertips feeling") means to be careful, tactful or precise, means you can say it when you park your car, repair something or handle a social situation or something in that manner, but it doesn't have to do anything with being punctual 😄

[@ChokyoDK]

We have the same recycling system in Denmark :)

[@derfeldi4650]

i only can say the black forest is wonderful. hiking there is very cool too.

[@Erdbeerschorsch2011]

Another fun fact: The weight of an ordinary cello is between 3 and 4 kg. Even my 10 year old niece can hold that with one arm.

[@steemlenn8797]

Fun Fact: The concert musician who has it easiest to carry their instrument is the piano player. Because that is never moved around.

[@Erdbeerschorsch2011]

@@steemlenn8797 That is correct. A close second would be the conductor. He/she only has to carry a tiny little stick.

[@steemlenn8797]

@@Erdbeerschorsch2011 But that doesn't count as instrument. So it's probably the triangle.

[@j-mil9136]

Curry is a spice. And Currywurst is a sausage (differs depending on region) with a sauce similar to ketchup and a lot of Curry spice in it.

[@mischadorn6037]

In tunnel it give speed limits. 80 or 100 km/h. Greetings from Germany. 😊

[@user-kq5ke5yb6k]

Efficiency? More like BUREAUCRACY.

[@pikkozoikum8523]

Fingerspitzengefühl - "finger tip sense" or something like that

[@esrohm6460]

Curry is literally just a word that says mix of different spices so Curry Wurst Just means sausage with a spice mix.

[@b.b.8163]

10:30 I am a Bavarian from Germany and in my entire life I have never met a German who owns one of these tasteless cuckoo clocks! Even my grandma didn't have anything like that... I only know it from the typical tourist shops in the usual tourist locations. 😄

[@nicht_bemerkenswert]

4:14 also in Österreich

[@kingofshit303]

The biggest wine fest in the world is taking place right now in Germany, in Bad Dürkheim. The sausage market: 9 days of celebration, 36 Schubkarch stands, 300 wines and sparkling wines, 600 years of tradition, 700,000 Visitors, unique. By the way, why are these "Fun Facts"? Simply Facts, I would say ... 🤔

[@user-zb4rg4sy6y]

Currywurst is a Bratwurst with Ketchup and Currypowder and is either served with Pommes (french fries) or a Brotchen (Breadroll)

[@tehSunBro]

About the currywurst. Thats not a specific type of sausage, but rather sausage in a curry based sauce. There are many different versions of sausages but i believe the most common are Bockwurst and Bratwurst based. Liechtenstein is a very small country (40k people) to the west of Austria.

[@Nekomancer1983]

To be fair, a Cello weighs only about 5-7 pounds. So not being able to lift that would be rather embarrassing. Those are hollow, not solid.

[@drunkoctopuswantstoplay7029]

As a german the sentence "What is Currywurst" destroy my heart ☹️

[@klejjxd]

Even though i'm polish, trust me, mine too hahahah

[@klejjxd]

Also while he was asking, it was a picture of some kind of wurst on the screen and he still had to pause and google it hahah

[@lowad6805]

Most Autobahn Tunnels in Germany have a speed Limit of 80 km/h

[@diegedankensindfrei2052]

I dont have any need to learn other languages as well - but i do it anyway! At the moment I learn dansk und german sign language. Just for fun! I learned english at school - I dont need it for my job. Just to watch and understand your videos ;). It is fun to know other languages!

[@MrCamelfilter]

Fingerspitzengefühl: Empathy in dealing with people and things Example: "negotiations must be conducted with political tact" information from video clip is wrong!

[@herbertbisdorf2717]

Fun fact about Liechtenstein, it's one of two countries in the world who are surrounded by landlocked countries. That makes it double landlocked. The other one is Uzbekistan.

[@CodeNascher_]

being color blind doesn't mean you're unable to read

[@tulpe3332]

Rayan, you are sooooo American in the sweetest way possible :)

[@Jan_Seidel]

Currywurst is spiced ham sausage, covered with a tomato/curry sauce

[@ganjalord4203]

at 9:32 i was so blown away :D i thought like what wait i know this scene i know this city thats the city i lived in 8 years :D thats a view into the city from the main station in the city of essen in december :D

[@Auvas_Damask]

Okay, how could you have missed that Swiss people speak German? Seriously, how can he not know?

[@tobyk.4911]

as a German, I would almost say it's debatable whether (most of) Switzerland is really German speaking - or if we should consider their version of German an own language. Danish and Swedish people seem to understand each other (almost?) better.

[@icetwo]

When Disnex built the Cinderella Castle, Neuschwanstein was about as old as the Cinderella Castle is today

[@lukaswalker2342]

Now i see why everyone thinks we have no humor, with such videos being labeled fun facts about Germany