Brit Reacts to Geography Now! Germany

[@Feieraufsicht]

300 types of bread is no longer up to date. According to the official bread register of the Central Association of German Bakers from 2010, there are now 3200 types of bread

[@dnocturn84]

This wasn't correct when the video was made either. He propably forgot a 0 in the 300.

[@Vant1ca]

well - >300 is technically correct :D because 3200>300 :D

[@KoenigTamar]

If you really want to call every slight change of recipy by adding a couple of seeds here and there a new type of 'bread'... I find this very silly. Yes, I'm a German and I'm very fond of our bread but I highly dislike the stupid number game.

[@beatemeyer1242]

>320 types of bread and at least 2-14 different variations for each type is more likely than there being >3200 uniquely different types of bread.

[@Feieraufsicht]

Even if the number sounds incredible, a second organization, the German Bread Institute, says: "The German Bread Institute's German Bread Register currently lists over 3,000 different speciality breads that are baked and sold in Germany every day. The actual number is probably even higher. Earlier estimates of 300 types of bread in Germany are considered outdated." Why do some people not want this to be true? Why not be happy that we have such a large selection :-) PS: It's not just about fresh bread, it also includes toast, grains and crispbread etc.

[@Voolex.]

In Germany we don’t dub a lot… we dub EVERYTHING!

[@Anubis2705]

But unlike he said the lip-movements fit the spoken words quite well.

[@Kajatan78]

What does "dub" mean?

[@m.f.r5141]

Germans perfected dubbing on a very high Level !

[@bremade0486]

​@@Kajatan78translating and then acting over a original movie. So basically the spoken words you hear are no longer the original but get translated and than spoken by actors to fit the image the best possible way.

[@Kajatan78]

@@bremade0486 OK thank you. We call that "synchronsprechen" wich is done by the "Synchronsprecher" "Synchronsprecherin" Word translation ist synchron Talk Synchron talking

[@shadesmarerik4112]

most of those "tornados" are small to very small. Yes there can be a vortex of air appearing sometimes, but its not like in the American plains. Because the area is mostly hills and woods where this supposed "tornado alley of Europe" lies, so its not really "extreme weather" but rather a peculiar weather phenomenon.

[@Anson_AKB]

there are a few dozen F3 per year (they still can do damage and cause a few fatalities from falling trees), maybe one F4 in a decade, and less than a handfull of F5 overall in many centuries, while the usa have lots of F5 every year. thus yes, it is a "tornado alley", but its danger is very relative ... you can search youtube for "tornado germany" or "windhose germany".

[@danika9411]

Yes I have seen a few, but it's more something funny to look at. They are for the most part really weak and don't do any damage. We call them Windhose "wind pants" 😅

[@lukasrentz3238]

You should also know that 85% of Tornadoes in the US are considered weak.

[@lukasrentz3238]

​@@danika9411 Are you sure you have seen Tornados or Dust Devils? These are different things.

[@danika9411]

@@lukasrentz3238 I have never heard dust devils. So idk. It's called windhose, "windpants" or something like that. They look tornado like, but are really weak. Edit: I looked it up. I have seen both. I used to live in a more rural area in middle Germany. We don't have much mountains where I'm from. It's just fields and farms and a few houses.

[@VerenaPliska]

I have lived in Germany my whole life and I have never experienced a single tornado.

[@JohannesGrundmann]

we have the geographical predisposition to have many tornadoes in the country but 99% are strong gusts of wind that have nothing to do with real tornadoes 😉

[@vold1543]

Me too

[@siggim5681]

The kuckuck, Clocks, Definitely don’t come from Bawarien they Come from the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg.

[@arengone]

Yes! I was just abt to point that out lol

[@Quox.-.]

Also Kommata und Groß- und Kleinschreibung außen vor gelassen... Bavarian mit V und Schwarzwald ist ein Eigenname, den kann man auch so nennen.

[@alphonsbretagne8468]

@@Quox.-. Nun, die US Amerikaner tendieren dazu, alles zu übersetzen. Vielleicht sollten wir auch damit anfangen, lieber Neu York oder Braunschweig (Georgien) zu sagen. Wäre bestimmt lustig die Reaktionen zu sehen.

[@CoL_Drake]

they still very famous in bavaria xD

[@JoeMoeGaming]

@@alphonsbretagne8468 was hat denn bitte Braunschweig mit Georgien zu tun

[@uddelhexe3545]

I am happy to see, that the comment section is no part of Germany too LOL...as always. We have a spidersence for videos about Germany. After we sense them, we flock to the accounts and fload the comment section. Can i say that i love to listen to your accent! I have a thing for british english and it is nice to hear more brits on youtube, not only americans. You also have a wholesome vibe in your videos. Perfect to relax in the evening.

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

Germany dubs everything- There are some movies vastly improved in the German dub, such as _Highlander_ and _Avatar the Last Airbender._ With the German dub of _The Last Unicorn,_ Christopher Lee dubbed himself as he was fluent in German, but he retains a slight British accent while speaking High German which gave his King Haggard an interesting "old-fashioned" cadence perfect for the character.

[@_axxika_3715]

Das letzte einhorn😢 ewig nicht gesehen

[@Snotoleks]

Thank you for mentioning Avatar the Last Airbender, the german voices are incredible! The szene, where Jeong Jeong talks to Aang in his tent goes under your skin.

[@xxXLonewolf87Xxx]

@@_axxika_3715 habs zu einen ritual gemacht dass zu weihnachten zuschauen mach dass mometan mit nevven und nichten einfach der nostalgie wegen

[@FuNoK83]

Krass... Danke schon wieder was neues gelernt

[@Chara_Lar]

There really are some highlights when a phrase is translated. Sometimes the German version sounds better. Dogma: "Nicht geboren - in die Welt geschissen" has a certain melody. Way nicer than "Not born - shit into existence", which is kind of hard.

[@divosdariel8128]

But the thing with our school system is: In the end of our primary school every student gets a letter of recommendation for a specific school type, mostly based on primary school grades. It's an early separation of children which eventually COULD have problems in Gymnasium or Realschule or another school type.

[@g.o.a.t.y.g.u.y]

Yeah... The school system is not that good in reality...

[@Vampirzaehnchen]

Funfact: When it comes to dubbing, Christopher Lee dubbed many of his roles by himself. His German was amaizing.

[@angussharington2374]

He was amazing, but a little bit intimidating too. Just watch him telling Peter Jackson what noise someone makes when getting stabbed from behind

[@ksbrst2010]

Well as long as you don't ask him why he speaks so good german. He was secret Service.

[@angussharington2374]

@@ksbrst2010 and he hunted down war criminals

[@007Marke]

Same for the amazing Sir Peter Ustinov.. some actors are just another level...

[@jacquie2004]

The world cup in 2006 really started a change in national pride, I felt. The weather was amazing, the football brilliant, the visiting fans mostly behaved and had a great time, the home team got to the semis. It let Germany feel really good about itself, and it was such a lovely feeling.

[@THeDoMeTB]

as a german, i actually believe we and you brits are better friends than you think

[@christinehorsley]

The street sign shown at 6:03 with the 3 parallel diagonal black stripes actually means: “all restrictions are off” (like speed limit, no passing and such) and is found on other streets besides the Autobahn - however then you’re restricted to the general speed limit of maximum 100 km/h outside town limits.

[@Pete_1887]

After 48 years in Germany and having lived in 3 different federal states, I can say that the North Germans are by far the warmest people I have ever met here. Yes, they are a little quieter but incredibly friendly. They don't always look like that but... believe me 😉 I don't want to offend anyone, it's just MY experience. The further south you go in Germany, the more arrogant people become. Of course not all of them, I don't want to generalise, but on the whole these are my experiences. That was also the reason why I moved away from Baden Württemberg. I feel completely at home here in the north on the coast.

[@danika9411]

Yay welcome to the north ❤

[@ello7222]

❤

[@KiraX30]

I'm from Rostock at the baltic sea and I can confirm what you said. First, we are a bit reserved but if we know someone better and the ice is broken, we open up more. If we become friends we'll really loyal. We tend to be more direct and honest as in the south.

[@Sergedanilow]

I have to agree with you. I myself grew up in the Ruhr area, lived in different parts of Germany for professional reasons and have to say that I like the North German way best. Especially the North Frisians. I don't get on so well with the mentality in the south, west and east of Germany (the Ruhr area is an exception). The people from Cologne are really bad. They're narcissistic and superficial. There are two big clichés in Germany: That the North German is humourless and "dry" and the person from Cologne is humorous and cosmopolitan. On closer inspection, the opposite is actually true. The only difference is that people from Cologne are not "dry", but loud and brash.

[@Pete_1887]

It's funny that some of these clichés aren't true at all. In Germany, Cologne is considered the most open and friendly city. It's always better to see for yourself first. In my particular case, it was the city of Mannheim, which was horrible for me. Living there is really bad and stereotypes about Germans really come to the fore. This staring, this stubbornness, this constant complaining. I also found them to be very hostile towards people from other cities/countries

[@marco1941]

The thing about the flags, you described really well. It’s pretty much the way you said, here too. (I still get confused with comma placement in English, so please forgive the mistakes I probably made - I would actually really like to learn those rules again, I actually looked them up once again, but still I find them confusing and can’t really remember them when I’m writing.)

[@pascalbrauer3210]

The thing about this school system in germany is, that it is completely based on your grades in the 4th class. Many people criticise this because your way in life is determined at a very young age and your true talents aren't developed yet.

[@schneewolkes266]

Ja und leider ist unser Schulsystem komplett kaputt... Bitte einheitliche Bildung im ganzen Land einführen, das alle dieselbe Chance haben können :(

[@ph3737]

In Berlin it's seperated from 7th class. And there are Gesamtschule, where up from class 7 you can have courses e.g. in maths on an easy level and other courses on a middle or advanced level. And every year you can upgrade. So even if you haven't a academic family background or so, every teen get the chance to get A level in the end, if they really want to. This is such a blessing.

[@schneewolkes266]

@@ph3737 bei uns im Land Brandenburg werden die Gesamtschulen immer weniger, weshalb es vielen Kindern leider die Möglichkeit nimmt, doch kurzfristig zum Abi zu wechseln. Es wurden Oberschulen daraus und das Gymnasium ist überfüllt

[@Quox.-.]

​@@schneewolkes266Das Gymnasium hat auch kaum noch was mit dem Gymnasium zutun... Inzwischen kann jeder, der in der Grundschule aufpasst aufs Gymnasium. ABI ist kaum noch eine Intelligenzfrage, sondern ob du aufpasst und der Lehrer dich mag... Auch mündl. Beteiligung hat bei den meisten Lehrern nichts mehr mit Qualität zu tun, sondern ob du dich traust dich zu melden und Scheiße zu labern

[@Susarou]

@@Quox.-. klar, weil die Union nach dem ersten Pisa-Dissaster mega Angst davor bekommen haben, dass wir in Zukunft schlecht vor der anderen Ländern dar stehen. Deshalb hatten sie das Ziel, dass deutlich mehr Schüler das Abi machen und studieren. Dummerweise hatte das Ganze halt zur Folge, dass wir deutlich weniger Schüler hatten, die sich für praktische Berufe interessiert haben. Und das Ergebnis davon sehen wir ja heute.

[@Felix-qq6sx]

Yes, we do dub a lot. We are a large consumer market consisting of many people who still struggle with English. A lot of voice actors are spezialised "Synchronsprecher" here, so our dubbing is really amazing in comparison. I still prefer original voices nowadays.

[@chrisrudolf9839]

It's true that German dubs practically everything from foreign media into German. I don't consider it annoying, though, because the dubbing is usually very high quality (at least on popular movies and shows) and done by professional actors. Unless you actually learned to lip read, you usually can't tell that the dubbing and the lip movements are out of sync, because the dubbings are written to be as much in sync with the lip movements as possible. For famous actors, they also try to get everything that actor has done dubbed by the same voice actor, so you have a recognizable voice to go with the face, even if it isn't actually his real voice. In some cases, they are even better than the original. E.g. I never understood why everyone was bashing Kristen Stewart so much - I mean, the Twilight movies obviously didn't have very good plots and the staring and mouth breathing was a bit silly, but I thought the delivery of her lines was quite good .... until I first watched some scenes of those movies in the original language. X-D

[@Vampirzaehnchen]

This is true except for anime. German dubs of anime tend to be like the voice actors reading out something from the newspaper. I really don't know why.

[@theoneandonly3435]

@@Vampirzaehnchen it depends. i personally prefer to watch the original with english subtitles but i find the german dubs to be better than the english ones quite often. the mood of the language (schwer auf enlisch zu beschreiben aber was ich meine ist wie der klang der deutschen sprache die atmosphäre beeinflusst) can be hard for very emotional settings in an anime but usually its fine

[@cobmo]

Movies are dubbed because there are more than a 100 Million german speaking people in Europe. Would not make sense for Sweden or Norway ;-) I can‘t stand it, but I think german dubbing is some of the best in the world.

[@petergonska2663]

German synchronisation work is even saluted of the makers of original. Have a look at kevin james (king of queens) or leonardo dicaprio. They liked their synchro voice more than theirselfs. In germany, either you consume the "translated" media or you learn english and get access to more informations

[@PsycHoOone]

At the very least Devil is a Part Timer and Suzume stand against that :D But I still respect, if you don't like the German dub

[@katrincarstens5125]

Dear Wayne, this was so charming. Found you by chance this morning and I will be a new subsciber .🥰 I am looking forward to see all of your videos now. Thank you so much for this one. Very nice! ,😃👍🏻 Best regards from Hamburg, Katie

[@katrincarstens5125]

I am so sorry... Your name is Dwayne! Now I will never forget! Sorry...😊🙏🏻

[@alexandergrundt6261]

There are over 1.500 different types of Wurst/sausages in Germany. How in the world did they came up with the number of 50?

[@satakrionkryptomortis]

probably those are on sale in dumbfuckistan.

[@guntersteinbring4067]

Ich vermute das die das geschätzt haben. Nicht alle Wurstsorten sind im Ausland bekannt.

[@ganage6599]

@@guntersteinbring4067 das ist dann sehr dreist und sehr faul.

[@8Flokati8]

@@ganage6599 Selbst wenn die Zahl nicht stimmt. Ich freue mich ehrlich gesagt, dass es Videos gibt die sich nicht über uns lustig machen. Es heißt ja, die ganze Welt lacht wegen unserer Politik über uns, auch wenn sie nicht wissen (können) wie viele von uns diese gut finden oder nicht.

[@arcanummortis440]

@@ganage6599bei Wurst und Brot hört der Spaß auf!

[@fs556]

This video and your attitude made me very proud to be German in the most positive sense! Of course, the "image video" is presented very positively and does not deal with current problems in the country. But it really reminded me what a beautiful, strong, peaceful and friendly country we are. At the moment, I think we as a country have partly forgotten what we are good at, what our values ​​are and what we have achieved. We should rely on this much more and stick together more. Many people don't see that anymore these days, and I also have mixed feelings about the future. There will be a way to improve the current situation, so far we as Germans have always managed to do that ;). Thank you again and all the best!

[@nitefact]

We dub all media into german... the lips and mouths fit 100% because it is perfect german work😊 The flag is just a flag, I'm a Frankonian wich is a part of the Bavarian State... both have their own flags... just flags...and dialects and culture... Deutschland is a puzzle of folks. Proud of Germany? How can I be proud of what people did the last 1000years forming this country? I'm not proud to be German, I'm glad to be one.

[@jan-simonkrause9188]

Beautiful elaborated ☺ Being proud of something because of being born there, literally rolled the dice, is just hilarious 😅

[@embreis2257]

ofc everything of greater interest is dubbed for the German speaking market in Europe. over 100m people are German native speakers and they expect films and tv shows to be dubbed - at least they did expect this for the past 60yrs or so. nowadays, with English almost a second language for everyone under the age of 50 and new streaming services offering content in its original version this might change. smaller countries with much smaller language families simply couldn't afford dubbing foreign media for their home markets. but the French and the Germans could and did dub almost everything.

[@renataostertag6051]

So are we - my family and I. We have been saying this for years - namely that we feel lucky to be Germans.

[@troedeluschi]

I love to watch un-dubbed films. BUT I grew up with Bud Spencer! And I have to tell y‘all that the German dubbed is the art around their movies!

[@kohlenstoffeinheit5298]

That's a really good summary! I'm not proud to be German, I'm glad to be one! Love it

[@jekk7444]

We had a pretty significant tornado in Radeberg (close to Dresden, Saxony; also famous for the beer "Radeberger"). It took place 2010 when I was almost 2 years old. My dad and my brother told me about it but other than that I don't know about any tornado events of significant size in all of Germany.

[@MathisJonathanWienicke]

I have never been so proud of beeing a german:) man thats wholesome.

[@8Flokati8]

I feel the same way by watching those reactions. And it is a very good feeling to see Britians and Americans who don't laugh about us. I see about four people which are seems to be very interested, just because for information, not to make funny about us or our country the last days. Mein Englisch ist so grottig, wie habe ich es nur durch die Schule geschafft...

[@Schon1Kevin]

the dubbing in germany is actually extraordinary good. its so good that the lip movements wont mismatch the voice line. the problem is that because of this a big part of the german people cant speak nor understand proper englisch. a study that ive read about a year ago with more than 50k participants has shown that the millenials are the generation with the best overall english skills in germany. and not just by a little bit. the reason for that is probably because millenals have been the generation that has grown up with the rapid growth of the internet and back in the days most sides on the internet has been in englisch. like facebook or youtube when they first launched. also when you wanted to watch a tv show from the US back in those days you had to download them from websites and those shows have been most likely in englisch because back then dubbing sometimes took about a year back then.

[@falk6121]

My personal experience, having friends around the world: Brits and Germans have most in common in almost all aspects. No wonder, because of identical roots.

[@Quox.-.]

Even the english language was brought to them by germanic and scandinavian Vikings

[@Kayser-i-Rum1453]

​@@Quox.-.you mean Anglo-Saxons

[@Quox.-.]

@@Kayser-i-Rum1453 which are the ancestors of the Germans and Scandinavians, but yeah.

[@clauslangenbroek9897]

@Quox.-. 'Vikings' is a term for a social group amongst the medieval Norse and Danish peoples and not a Germanic people per se. It is not used for continental Germans, either, let alone pre medieval Germans. If you are interested, I can write a short paragraph were in Europe you could find Germanic settlements at one time or another (which is a lot of places.) 😊

[@Quox.-.]

@@clauslangenbroek9897 yeah i'd like to know where. But still Vikings are also ancestors of people that live in Germany today.

[@MarieBMusic]

"Really? I didn't know that..." Believe me, I didn't for most things either... and I was born and raised there.

[@Nxtive]

as a german I can tell you tornados are not so often here. Never seen one in my life and i‘m 28. Its more in the north but no one is talking about it because its really not that dangerous. ☺️ nice video my friend - keep up

[@ChriseyLP]

I'm 27, never seen one too. Thought its more in the middle of germany. Its hard windy here in Schleswig-Holstein but no tornados

[@mijalheinrich4331]

I grew up in the north sn I have never seen a tornado.

[@mijalheinrich4331]

I grew up in the north sn I have never seen a tornado, and I'm 41.

[@mijalheinrich4331]

I grew up in the north sn I have never seen a tornado, and I'm 41.

[@mijalheinrich4331]

I grew up in the north sn I have never seen a tornado, and I'm 41.

[@merulanya]

We have small winds which circles but not as fast as Tornados. This is called "Windhose"

[@biloaffe]

Anyone who completes vocational training in Germany receives dual training. This means that in addition to the practical training, there is also theoretical training at school. This is 1 - 2 times a week depending on your job. For craft professions this means, for example, materials science, for hairdressers, for example, chemical composition of the products, etc. Depending on the profession, vocational training takes 2 - 3.5 years.

[@Geographer_der_I]

Im from germany and we have a tornado each 10 to 200 years but we have massive floods.

[@nikibordeaux]

The German school system is not as good as it sounds. The recent Pisa study showed 1/3 of Geman pupils struggle with at least one of the tested fields. The distinction between the 3 school forms is mainly based on grades and "intelligence", not on special interests or talents. The fact that Hauptschüler usually end up learning a trade or a physically demanding job is the result of the low attractiveness of these jobs in the past and not a result of a preference for these kind of jobs.

[@arschsonne5097]

these can only with more refugees end

[@mumumeme8496]

ja deutschland hat schon im jahr 2000 bei pisa abgeloost

[@m.e.k.8810]

Just because we slacked off a bit in the Pisa study doesn't mean that we have a bad school system! After all, we used to do very well in the PISA study with the same school system. I think it is one of the best systems compared to most European school systems! And talent and, above all, interests play a big role, because after all you can choose which of the 3 sections of the German school system you want to do! After the 5th grade, I was initially considering going to secondary school, but then I decided on the secondary school system, i.e. the middle school system, and completed my secondary school leaving certificate, which then allowed me to become a professional soldier. With a secondary school diploma I would only have been able to achieve this to a limited extent. That's why interests and talents play a big role, because without my interests I wouldn't have been able to pursue a career in the Bundeswehr.

[@rudolfdirks9253]

​@m.e.k.8810 sadly, while there is the option of going to 3 different types of schools, the system is cracking horrendously. I see it with many of my former classmates, friends, and family (mostly nephews). I went to Hauptschule first, now I'm studying to become an engineer, in a relatively good "Hochschule" (college/uni with a curriculum resembling the one from uni, but being far more focused on practicalities rather than theory). Nearly no classmates from my time in the hauptschule do hard physical labour. They have either become bums or they pursued some sort of further education. Those I know that did real schule (the middle school), are on average the best. Many do a decent "Ausbildung" (apprenticeship), while others do one and pursue an academic degree afterwards. The gymnasium is where the real problems lies. The kids here are suffering. Unnecessary amounts of homework and pressure. Practically no real free time for the kid. It is very similar to high schools in america or just general diplomas that are required for Uni (Abitur is what its called). So many kids just get broken here. And if they do thrive, their social skills are what becomes lacking. There is something called "Berufsgymnasium" which is an actually good thing I believe (I did the "Technisches Gymnasium"). It is "only" 3 years and only available for students after the 10th grade, or rather realschulabschluss/mittlere reife. This is in my eyes, the only "Gymnasium" part that should exist. Get rid of the "Allgemeinsbildendes Gymnasium" and allow students that are a bit older, after having done 2 or 3 mandatory internships for 1-2 weeks, to choose which profession to pursue. This would give kids more of their childhood while they are young and it would not throw students into the harsch world of jobs and applications, rather guiding them towards a profession they take an interest in and where they could specialise in.

[@DeepJiesel]

The PISA test is a scam. Germany tests random schools but guess what, Singapore South Korea Japan and China test only in hand picked classes in hand picked schools. PISA is bullshit and the OECD is bullshit.

[@oCjLn]

Fun fact about dubbing: Back in the days even The Beatles recorded some of their songs in German because the German market was interesting, but foreign lyrics were harder to sell. There is an interesting English article on wikipedia "Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich".

[@kai_plays_khomus]

He missed a former german colony - the chinese coastal city Qīngdǎo formerly known as Kiautschou was a german colony in China just as Hong Kong was british. The city is known for its beer of the brand Tsingtao, beeing the largest brewery of China and getting served in chinese restaurants around the world. Of course the brewing tradition goes back to german colonial times when the colonialists introduced Siemens brewing equipment to bring a little home to China which are in service to this day. Tsingtao still adheres to _"German Purity Law"_ dating back to medival times which limits the ingredients for any beverage sold as beer to hops, barley malt, yeast and water only.

[@Quox.-.]

Deutsch Samoa was also not mentioned. There they speak kaputte(r/s) Deutsch/schlechte(r/s) Deutsch (broke(n) German/ bad German) which was never intended. The German colonists wanted them to stop speaking German the wrong way, but the ppl on Samoa just kept speaking it their own way. Until today older Generations and a few younger people speak it on the Island. Germany never really had a bad relationship with the people. It was the calmest and the least cruel colonie

[@wtf_ofw]

The QingDao Beer is brewed with rice!!!!!!! Recipe is nearly that of Holsten!

[@HomoHumanitatis]

hi or as we northern Germans say “moin”. I discovered your videos today and I really like them. You're incredibly philanthropic and that's just heartwarming. Here are a few facts that might interest you. English and Germans (and also French) even have the same ancestors. they were called germanic tribes or in German "Germanen". hence the names “German” and “Germany” in the English language. In particular, they even came from "Niedersachsen" what is called Lower Saxony in english. For example, this had an influence on the fact that the name England or English became established. Niedersachsen is "Lower SAXONY" and the English were Anglo-Saxons so "Angle SAXONY". "A" changed to "E" over the years "Engle" to England. They were people from northern Lower Saxony, where there is a region (the northernmost on the coast) that we call "Ostfriesland". Here a dialect called "Plattdeutsch" (what in German literally means the opposite of "High German") is used. "hochdeutsch" = high German "plattdeutsch" = low or flat German) This Low German has an incredible number of vocabulary in common with English. They are pronounced the same, just sometimes spelled slightly differently. I'm not a linguistic scientist and can therefore only estimate, but I suspect that the proportion of the same words as in English is at least 30%, possibly varying regionally and even higher in one or two villages. That is a lot. An Englishman and a German understand this dialect about equally well (or possibliy don't understand, but equally 😄), even though it's just the north of Germany. This shows once again pretty well that we all, all people, are actually one big family and all this difference is just unnecessary and stupid fiction.

[@seanickle4781]

Germany has around 60 to 70 tornados yearly, mostly very small and rarely long-lasting (longer than 10 minutes) and they also rarely causes damage. Germany had also some years, where it had over 100 tornados like in 2007. These tornados happens mostly in late spring into autumn (April-Oktober) usually in combination with strong thunderstorms (supercells)

[@Xyz-ij6rh]

Gotta say something about the Schools in Germany this Video made it look like its some fancy system where people can go somewhere fitting to there personal skills ... Its just 3 levels of Education mostly made of the same stuff and teaching and around 60% huste to get the first lv because its the licence to go to University. Its not like you learn skills of a trade more than to a very limited time of the school week like maybe 10% and only in the higher grades. What we do have is the "Duale Ausbildung" a School parallel to an apprenticeship which is really something great :D

[@berlindude75]

3:18 The German colonial possessions in Africa were Togo (Togoland), Cameroon (Kamerun), Namibia (German South West Africa), and Tanzania (German East Africa). The others shown on the map were all in the Pacific: Papua New Guinea (German New Guinea), Palau, Solomon Islands, Mariana Islands, Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Samoa (German Samoa), and the 99-year lease of Qingdao (Tsingtao) and environs on mainland China as the German "Hong Kong".

[@insanitired]

Another German here! I really love your video first of all, and secondly I actually prefer the original version of movies and series over the German dubbed version too by now, because of the same reason as you stated! I always find it weird how the mouth movements do not match the words and how, when the actor stopped speaking, sometimes the dub would continue speaking. 😂😂😂😅

[@trythis2006]

i usually hate dubs too but in my honest opinion while i heard also a lot of dubs over the years, germany has one of the best ones, germany has really famous voices and i like some of them more then the original, they are really good. one great example would of course be the legendary DBZ show and gokus voice in german, he crushed it but NA did also very well

[@Quox.-.]

We have alot of good voice actors. Like our Spongebob sounds way better than the english original...

[@value-yourself4425]

We had 3 different types, maybe there are still some in other regions but where I'm from they threw two of the middle schools together. Hauptschule and Realschule are now one school and Gymnasium stayed the same

[@1889jonny]

I'm a Brit, but I've lived in Germany (Lower Saxony) for a loooong time. Dubbing or as the Germans call it, language synchronizing, is big business here, they do it very well, and find voices that have characteristics close to the original. Because of digital/smart TV I watch a lot of things in English these days, especially comedy which doesn't always translate very well.

[@familiewansing1509]

You lived in Germany? Sag Mal "Lower Saxony" in Deutsch

[@1889jonny]

@@familiewansing1509 Nein, nicht "gewohnt", sondern, ich wohne seit langem hier

[@dr.v.rumpler5230]

often german "subbing" is even better than the original

[@jonasjunge638]

try to find a small bakery not a big chain cooperation and get a "Schwarzbrot"

[@Humpelstilzchen]

Yes every country have a dark past, blood on its hands so to say that nobody can change but it's on us how we treat and learn about our past and take responsibility to make sure that history can not repeat itself. I'm not against national pride but against the mindset of national superiority. 😊

[@frankbreuhahn2245]

I find you so likeable and would really like to get to know you better. The countries we live in have so many bad pasts. Let's make the future better. Awesome video! Very fast but extremely accurate

[@saiyasha848]

One sad addendum: There are no Bears in the Black fores. The Last recorded bear in Germany was killed about 200 Years ago and since then, there are no more wild bears in germany. there are some bear parks, where you can visit the, but no wild ones. One a positive note, we_do_ have wolves again!

[@nebelland8355]

Tornados usually happen somewhere in the country side. But sometimes in cities. Some years ago a little tornado hit a street in Frankfurt and destroyed the roofs 🤷‍♀️

[@leaspauli7807]

Dwayne a lot of brits who served thair armytime in Germany are still connected. We have a lot uk people who moved over after brexit. Im from Berlin and a good friend comes over every two years for vacation, food and a good time. There are a lot Brits that actually live in Berlin and Hamburg.

[@willjankuvic9387]

@@frankjch5123 So you have to be a Tree Lover or a tough guy , however , you´re truly welcome !

[@sandrahufnagel7167]

Thank you for being so appreciating! Welcome to Germany!!!

[@balli7836]

As a german, i wouldn't say that we and the UK really had a sad and tragic past. The only times where we were enemies was during the first half of the 20s century (World War 1 + 2) and at that point we were enemies of most of the world not only the UK. Before that we actually had pretty good relations. In Waterloo during the final battle of the Napoleonic Wars, a prussian army led by General Blücher helped the british to defeat France, for example.

[@dr.v.rumpler5230]

u forgot bomber harris. a sad story of its own. its nothing positive about it, or hunger blockade in ww1 its true, british is the most brotherly people of germany about ancestry but to WW did cut it off big time

[@balli7836]

@@dr.v.rumpler5230 I did not forget these things. I mentioned the World Wars and that we were enemies at that time. Yes, we did pretty messed up things to each other during these times, but i think, that it doesn't entirely wipe out the centuries of good relationship we had before and also after it.

[@007Marke]

To quote Wellington at Waterloo... "Night or the Prussians must come." and boy, Blücher delivered😅

[@FearbreedOrginal]

6:00 this sign only lifts the previous speed limit. On the Autobahn it might equal to "go as fast as you want"

[@Attirbful]

Our relationship with France during the war was even worse than with GB. We occupied them, for God‘s sake…. So, still, we have been able to patch things up. It is weird though that, since almost everyone learns English in school here in Germany, that we are in fact, not closer. Brexit has not exactly helped in that and for a while, especially where exchanges between schools and universities have been disrupted quite seriously…

[@jakobbeyersdorfer935]

So true

[@wunwun9974]

Well you have to take the disputes between GB and Germany into account. WWll happened not to long ago and we all know what Germany did back then. Adding to that we also look at what GB did during that time. Many of our politicians parents or grandparents on both sides experience WWll. For GB it's like dealing with the Na*is that did all this horrible stuff and that started the war their parents/grandparents had to deal with and for the Germans it's like dealing with the people that for example carpet bombed densely populated citys with phosphorus bombs. Stuff like this sits deep in both sides and there never really has been a real reconnecting moment so far

[@Attirbful]

@@wunwun9974 I WAS talking about WW II and don’t see how that contradicts what I said. Especially since it worked both ways… Many German cities were nearly erased by the British. Have you ever seen pictures of Frankfurt or Dresden after the war? Of course that kind of stuff lingers. WHat I was saying was that we were occupying French (and Polish, and Norwegian etc,) soil! After the was, the French, the British, the Russians AND the Americans occupied German soil (some of which are still in Germany today)! That must have been a notch more humiliating and forcing the French into much more subversive and individual acts of resistance and caused even more problems (with soldiers looting and raping as soldiers so frequently do) than what the British experienced… In other ways, it was even more personal than what GB experienced.

[@wunwun9974]

@@Attirbful oh I didn't mean to contradict your comment at all. I just meant to add to it by further shining light on the hard past for both sides as you now again explained and digged even more into

[@stevenmustchin193]

Hello Dwayne from over here bro, i like watching and learn a lot from your videos! Thank you for doing i love the way you are reacting. I'm british german and you got a friend over her! Geetings and cu have a good time

[@stevenmustchin193]

We say Windrose to tornados

[@stevenmustchin193]

We are brother countys so we had the same hyme sound in the past thats why maybe the one used in his video over german direcness

[@lockssista]

In Deutschland gibt es fast 3200 Brotsorten! Es gibt einige Brotsorten die es bei jedem Bäcker gibt, aber jeder Bäcker "erfindet" auch seine eigenen Brotrezepte.

[@Why-D]

Ist es nicht auch immer ein "Meisterstück", was auch ein Brot sein kann oder ein Kuchen?

[@hideyoshinagachika3360]

das kommt ganz drauf an. das meisterstück eines angehenden bäckermeisters ist aus brotteig gemacht. das meisterstück eines angehenden konditors ist zum großteil schokolade@@Why-D

[@8Flokati8]

Welcher Bäcker bäckt noch selbst? Das gibt es in Deutschland doch fast gar nicht mehr? Die meisten Bäckereien sind Ketten die sich Rohlinge liefern lassen.

[@alexxander4572]

Hey, I´m from a small German town called Coburg which was the Hometown of Prince Albert, the Husband of Queen Victoria. Your Royal Albert Hall is named after him. Your Royal Family had close bonds to Germany which they skipped during WW2 and they even changed the family name during WW1 from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.

[@matthewrandom4523]

I agree! It's so sad that Germans and Britains have such a sad common past. I love the UK and the Britains so much, but to be honest: You don't like us the same way. We all know why. Maybe we'll have the chance to become friends in the future. I hope so. Kisses from Germany.

[@frankjch5123]

Bad opinions are taught and are only dispelled with every good interation ❤

[@thorwaldjohanson2526]

I suspect that the British are a bit envious of Germans. Their empire was still quite strong 100 years ago and their influence and power has been ever crumbling. After the war, Germany has become a respected democracy and economic powerhouse. Idk, just a guess

[@oliverwestphal3082]

@@thorwaldjohanson2526 during the 19th century, the UK simply wasn't able to notice that their world empire disintegrated. This in my opinion holds on until nowadays.

[@guntersteinbring4067]

​@@thorwaldjohanson2526ja die Briten trauern noch um ihr Empire. Manche wollen es nicht wahrhaben das sich die Zeiten ändern können.

[@BlaueHose]

My friends house doesn't use any company electricity anymore. They get the electricity from the solarpanals on top there house. For the hole year. They even used it for there warm swimming pool ❤

[@fusola9612]

5:29 I actually live below this castle "Burg Hohenzollern" it has a small role in this movie "A cure for wellness" (the scene where they move up this round car ramp into the castle -it is also in the trailer) it is located in the community of Hechingen and is on the northen side of the swabian alps. I can see it literally EVER. SINGLE. MORNING when I go where ever I have to. But true... it is impressive.

[@HarryCaneNo1]

Let me list my"but I'm the german here" points :D - federal republic yes, like the US... no its very different - lower Saxony is lower in altitude, bro - cultures in the Bundesländer are not that different with few tiny exceptions - our tornados are only small and pretty much never cause any damage - we have exactly zero bears in Germany, absolutely zero - Bavaria sucks, thanks for spreading that information :D - with dialects its the same for each region; if you want to you can talk in a way nobody understands you - "mehrdrutig" is not a word, what you meant is "mehrdeutig" (mehr=more, deuten=interpret) - Backpfeifengesicht is how you pronounce it, cant remember having ever used it though - funny thing with dubbing and subtitles is that it makes the audio crystal clear while german productions (for example the movie All Quiet on the Western Front) are usually very muffled and you need good speakers or headphones to understand everything - the 60% christians are mostly christians that got baptized by tradition or because its (used to be) easier to find a spot in Kindergarten etc. If you compare believers here with lets say evangelicals in the US those are two different worlds. And numbers of registered church members are more and more decreasing, hopefully down to zero soon! - a lot of people want to erase the system of three school types, the argument is usually that it kinda brands you so that only tier1 kids get tier1 jobs because their parents were tier1 as well and so on, complex topic overall - watch some stuff about the Fifa World Cup in 2006, it's very interesting concerning the national pride thing, highly recommending this. Overall it is about how your country handles its past. Germany did a lot of that while for example the US tends to silence this coping with the past. Denying the Holocoust especially is punished by law. - fun fact about our passport, we let everyone in but we are one of few countries worldwide that only allow one citizenship (with rare exceptions) - the way he described the French/German role in the EU made me laugh so hard, its true though

[@Talkshowhorse_Echna]

When it comes to dubs you will be surprised about the german once. Over the years it has become its own thing and we have a lot of good voices. Its also done in a way where they try to come very close to the meaning of the original and they are very good in lip syncing. So it does look natural. Its so good I often watch the german and the english version of new shows and decide wich one to watch fully only on how the voices sound. And its a 50/50 split. But I will defenetly prefere a german dub over every sub I can get.

[@mrtveye6682]

Doing dub-work is a good additional income for German actors too, as the TV and movie-market is not that big in Germany. That might be a reason why the dubs are really good in Germany, you have real good, trained actors as voice-actors. I'm pretty old, so before DVDs (and later streaming services) with an additional original language-track, you didn't even had the chance to chose between original and dubs. And it never bothered me. I tend to watch the original versions nowadays, so I have the comparison if I knew the German version beforehand, and I never feel like the original version is a lot better. Only exception is, if the movie or show relies heavily on the difference of English or American accents and slang, be it regional, ethnic or social classes. It's nearly impossible to translate accents without getting ridiculous by picking regional German accents as a replacement (for example dubbing a Scottish English accent to a Bavarian accent). That just don't work, it would be just silly.

[@raffaelezingariello8304]

Actually ... there are some american actors who like their "german voice" more than their own ... it´s true 😁

[@art.ajk_2020]

​@@mrtveye6682I agree with your points. The Last one u mentoined could be hilarius thought maybe Not as a full on movie but a short Clip dub. If done right. But yeah in a serious manner that won't Work

[@reinhard8053]

@@raffaelezingariello8304 But sometimes the german voices are a but dull compared to the english ones. I recognized that when I switched from the english to the german versions of Star Trek Next Generation (couldn't get the british channels anymore). On the other hand some of the female voices with very high squeaky tone are nice to be transfered to better sounding ones.

[@kaltaron1284]

Some things can't be translated. Most often jokes and word plays. For example how do you translate the "jamming the radar" gag in Spaceballs? Or in School Rumble there is a good one where a male character when asked who a woman is to him "Watashi no Itoko." The gag being that itoko means cousin (different spelling for male and female) but is also her first name. So to the girl he is speaking to it sounds like she is his lover.

[@flomann7515]

Und wir haben über 5000 biersorten und die kleinen privat brauer denke so ca 15000 verschiedene und das mit dem reinheitsgebot vielfalt mit 4 zutaten

[@Vant1ca]

Hauptschule, Realschule and Gymnasium. Original this separation was specific designed to school kids for a specific path in life. Hauptschule was meant as the lowest education standard and for Manual workforce like Plumbers, Carpenters, Electricians etc. Realschule was the typical school level in the middle ground for simpel Bureau, chemistry etc and Gymnasium with the highest level and absolute needed for studying at University which was needed for jobs in the Medical field etc. Nowadays Hauptschule is gone mostly because of time changes :) mostly Realschule is needed for even Manual Labor Jobs. In 1990 a Car Mechanic could learn this job from Hauptschule, today Realschule is needed because of the increase in Electric and Electronics in cars - so we changed the job name from Carkmechanic to Carmechatroniker (Mechanik and Elektronik = Mechatronik) to include the aspect Electronic in cars (and many other Jobs have made this transition) And because of that we are nowadays left with Realschule and Gymnasium.

[@i3loody-rainbow736]

yeaaah only that the tornados are not really dangerous and almost only a metre high. but you can see those hoses often when there a leaves on the ground

[@nettcologne9186]

- No...lol...we don't translate TV shows, we produce them ourselves directly in German :-) - Are you kidding? Britain is full of flags. The Union Jack is everywhere, you can even see it on your food packaging, you feel like you're being chased by the flag, there's no escaping it. - We don't even have the national flag in town halls.

[@SpikeTheDog84]

smart-arse-mode on: it´s not the union jack, it´s the union flag. i´ts only called union jack when it´s on a ship.charlieissocoollike taught me that, back when she was a huge thing on youtube.

[@nettcologne9186]

@@SpikeTheDog84 You're right, I just read it. But we still say “Union Jack”, just as we say “Großbritannien (= Great Britain)” and not “UK”, or "Ärmelkanal (= sleeve Channel) instead of English Channel. This is how it is colloquially passed down through many generations. Here in the country everyone understands what is meant, but it's good to know what the British call it. Thank you

[@marvman2887]

I live in the „tornado zone“ but never seen one. So theres like one per year and then not a US-Type Tornado. Its more like a strong wind😂

[@NicosLeben]

The Geography Now video is quite outdated unfortunately. But it gets a lot of things right. For example our solar energy is still growing but we are nowhere near the amount we wanted to be as government changed and had other ideas because lobbying is present a bit too much here. Also not everyone here likes these different kind of schools because if you don't go to the "Gymnasium" to get your "Abitur" you don't have too much possibilities and sometimes it's quite hard to get it again. They are discussing about a school model that combines all these different school types but Germany lacks in teachers to give students more individual teaching.

[@jacquie2004]

Came to Baden Wurttemberg 25 years ago from the east coast of Scotland. I love it here, absolutely love it. I miss the sea, but that's about it.

[@alf9]

If you miss the sea, go to Lake Constance ;-)

[@Adi-kf6bq]

Important note: the book "Mein Kampf" got reworked and has a lot of notations on why wich things are bad etc. It was a big discussion couple years ago on if we should allow the reworked version to be sold or not. The original version however is still banned.

[@christianle357]

Lower saxony is called like that because its close to the coast, so it lies low compared to the mountain side in the south. I guess its similar for the nether-lands..

[@janastratmann-severin1892]

Yes, we northern Germans are a little quieter than the other German ethnic groups, but not really more reserved. It just seems that way. I moved to the coast from Hanover 16 years ago and I love the people here. Extremely friendly, helpful and approachable, but also more considerate (hence quieter) and always trying not to disturb others. As a result, you don't get approached or involved in small talk that often. People smile when you speak to them, but not when they are just being, e.g. when shopping, walking, working. Looking each other in the eye is considered polite and so it can happen that someone looks at you without smiling, which can be misinterpreted as staring. If you look away, you miss the twitch in the corner of the mouth and the implied nod that corresponds to a polite greeting and miss the opportunity to get to know someone. But if you have a beer or tea with them, they won't be able to stop chatting.

[@olafborkner]

But you are quite talkative😂

[@janastratmann-severin1892]

@@olafborkner Yes, I am, but I also have a beer 😂👍🏼

[@Quox.-.]

Hab den Text jz nur überflogen, aber Hannover ist mir aufgefallen. Das schreibt man mit Doppel N

[@janastratmann-severin1892]

@@Quox.-. englischer Text, englisches Hannover 😉

[@Quox.-.]

@@janastratmann-severin1892 Achso ok... Auch wenn ich sie trotzdem Deutsch benennen würde, falls man mal in Deutschland ist helfen einem die englischen Namen kaum. (Auch wenn es bei Hannover ziemlich egal ist)

[@zasou571]

My thoughts about the "pride-thing": from the 5th grade onwards, we had the topic of WW2 prepared every year in an age-appropriate manner. But no sense of guilt or shame was ever forced upon us as children. My parents told me a lot about how they endured the war (escape, bitter poverty after the war, .....) and in our home it was expressly desired that we children ask questions and deal with the topic. I'm not proud of our country either - but for a completely different reason: Why should I be proud of a more or less abstract construct? I can only be proud of something that I have created/done myself. to my son, to whom I was able to convey my values and thus raise him to be a great young man. to help others as much as I can. Don't get me wrong: I love my homeland - the beauty, the history, the culture... but why should I walk around waving flags? I just don't see the point in it; it wouldn't matter at all which country I was born in - this strange national pride / patriotism is simply not in my nature ^^ (and it's not just me; I know many countrymen who have exactly the same basic feeling when it comes to pride to be on something for which they are not responsible) Another thing is the "natioanal feeling of guild": It really annoys me that the whole world still points the finger at "the evil Germans" - but always forgets that many other countries also have their dark past! It wasn't just Germans who were responsible for millions of deaths! China has Mao Zedong, Russia Stalin, France Napoleon... not to forget the genocide of the Indians in the USA, the deaths caused by the dropping of the two atomic bombs (the consequences of which the inhabitants of Japan still suffer today). what about enslavement and colonialism? Not only is there a cloak of secrecy surrounding these atrocities - sometimes these acts / the perpetrators are almost glorified (see Mao, who is still revered as a HERO)! Nobody says many words about the Vietnam War, the war in Afghanistan, the Gulf Wars or other cruel butchers like Idi Amin... so why always point at the Germans? Of course, the crimes of the Nazi regime were monstrous - but as I said, we are not the only ones who bear a great deal of guilt! In summery: do i feel guilt? NO! Do i feel shame? NO! Why should i??? It was neither me, who done these horrible things, nor my family... But I felt (and still feel) incredible sadness at what people can do to each other. I always cry when I watch documentaries about the WW2... It tears my heart apart to see all these atrocities and only be able to imagine how much suffering these poor, innocent people went through! THAT is what I feel: sadness...

[@YezaOutcast]

yes we have tornados, but they are usually quite small. Classes range from F0 to F3.

[@lukasrentz3238]

F4 and F5 Tornadoes have also happened in Germany in the past. As in the US, most Tornadoes (ca. 85% in both Nations) are considered Weak (F0-F1)

[@guntersteinbring4067]

F4 und F5 Tornados sind Ereignisse die in der Region in der sie Auftraten in die Geschichte eingingen. Manche Orts kann man Gedenktafel sehen die an solchen Ereignissen erinnern.

[@lukasrentz3238]

@@guntersteinbring4067 Was soll das Argument überhaupt Aussagen? Ist in den USA übrigens auch so.

[@guntersteinbring4067]

@@lukasrentz3238 das solche Windhosen durchaus vorkommen können aber zum Glück recht selten sind.

[@lukasrentz3238]

@@guntersteinbring4067 Das ist aber aus deinem "Argument" wirklich nicht herauszulesen.

[@jansmejkal8088]

A few years ago we had a tornado 1 km from my place. 1 former friend of mine actually was the only victim, he needed to relearn how to walk. You still see the destruction it caused in a wood.

[@olivertripp5412]

Depending on the region Tornados are actually relatively frequent in Germany, but they're usually not that intense and out there in the nowhere, therefore no big deal. Compared to the US-Tornado-alley we've it easy.

[@andreaskeil204]

We dub everything here, but with a lot of efford - so the same actor has the same dubbing-voice in different movies (most of the time). And in times of streaming you have the original audio tracks availablemost of the time, so a lot of people watch in original language

[@Silphiroth]

But if I go to the cinema, I have only the dubbed version available (smaller town here). Havent been to any cinema in 15 years, dubbing is horrendous

[@martingerlitz1162]

I am from the north and whenever I drive "home", people are even talkative and very friendly. The thing we are reserved is told by the southerners.

[@Heyji92]

I know what you mean, but I had my training in Husum (North Frisia) and there the cliché is true, people are really more introverted and also in a few villages in the area

[@matthewrandom4523]

Das kann ich bestätigen. ich komme aus dem Saarland und ich liebe Hamburg, und habe auch Freunde dort. Wenn man euch erst kennenlernt, seid ihr genau so offen und liebenswert wie alle anderen! Salût aus dem Südwesten.

[@DanteDevonshire]

Thüringerin hier: Ich wurde im Norden immer herzlich aufgenommen. Kann also nur zustimmen, dass der Norden herzlich ist. Bayern sind sehr arrogant, das liegt aber daran, dass ich ein Ossi bin (nach der Wende geboren, versteh ich also eh nicht) und die Bayern da noch am meisten in der Vergangenheit leben.

[@martingerlitz1162]

@@DanteDevonshire Du bist im Grunde immer a Preiß. Da darf man sich nichts draus machen. Auch wenn Du Schwäbin wärst 😉

[@DanteDevonshire]

@@martingerlitz1162 Dabei bin ich technisch gesehen Nordfranke :'D

[@leanahn2361]

There was a Tornado in Kreis Soest in 2022. Destroying a part of a Forest and damaging some buildings. But regularly there are just really small ones that damage nothing or if they do then it's most of the time rather small objects like a trash can. Oh, but I once saw a flying trampoline, flew out of the garden of my neighbours and landed maybe 50m father away completely broken.

[@PeterBuwen]

As a German, born in 1964, living in Germnay, I've never seen a single tornado in my life.

[@brittakriep2938]

Haben sie noch nie eine Windhose gesehen? Die sind allerdings im Allgemeinen harmlos.

[@PeterBuwen]

@@brittakriep2938Nein, noch nie in Deutschland. Einmal eine Wasserhose über dem Mittelmeer in Südfrankreich.

[@Landra372]

I've seen 2 bigger Tornadoes in Germany but not as big as the us ones. I am 51 years old.

[@frankjch5123]

Same here in Thuringen?

[@brittakriep2938]

@@PeterBuwen : Bin Brittas Freund, wohne in Baden-Württemberg. Als meine Eltern noch eine kleine Nebenerwerbslandwirtschaft betrieben, kam es ab und zu vor , daß während der Heu- bzw. Öhmdernte eine Windhose durch das zum trocknen ausgebreitete Gras hindurch ging. Das leichte Gras wurde dabei wie bei einem kleinen Wirbelsturm in einer Art kreisenden Säule hochgerissen. Sah immer spektakulär aus und war, aufgrund der Kleinheit altwürttembergischer Wiesen, ruck-zuck vorbei. Das war überhaupt nicht gefährlich, nur ein Ärgernis, da man das zerwirbelte und teils fortgewehte Gras wieder zusammenrechen musste.

[@p.gr.6887]

We had a Tornado this year in Cologne. The damage was insane and the average speed of the Tornado was 240kmh. In Cologne the firefighter had to move out over 450 times in 24h. Edit: there is one more dialect you can learn in germany , its called Kölsch which is spokem in cologne and some smaller regions around Rheinland/cologne

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

14:25 Swabians are also sometimes descried as reserved, because most of them don't trust strangers (defined as persons addressing them in Standard German, which many Swabians descry as uppity or (with fast talkers) even as superficial). By the way: The "Swabian" dialect is for the most part not as thick as he states (except maybe for some villages in the Swabian Jura, but the same goes for some villages in the East of Bavaria) - Swabian is a North Alemannic dialect, which is closer to Standard German than other Alemannic dialects. Especially Lower or Neckar valley Swabian is heavily influenced by Standard German, while East Swabian (spoken around Ulm and in the Bavarian district Swabia) is more influenced by Bavarian. The most peculiar Swabian dialect would be Southwest Swabian, which in the South slowly fades into Lake Constance Alemannic. In the West of Baden-Württemberg they have an Upper Rhine Alemannic dialect, in the Southwest High Alemannic (which is virtually the same as Swiss German), and in the North Neckar Franconian and Tauber Franconian. 14:33 Cuckoo clocks have nothing to do with Bavaria. They were an export product of the Black Forest, made primarily for the British market. In the spring clockmakers and -traders from the Black Forest would shoulder their backpacks, often use the timber rafts of Black Forest trees floating down the Rhine to the Dutch shipyards and then ferry to England to sell their products. In the 19th century and the beginning 20th century some of them even moved to England and opened clockmaker's shops there, selling the clocks produced by their relatives back home. 16:00 Pfiat di Gott is the Bavarian translation for á dieu or adieu. In the Southwest you'll rather hear "adé", loaned from northern French, while in the Rhineland you'll hear variants of wallonic "adjuus" like "adjus" which became in Cologne and in middle German "Tschüss". 16:03 "Rindfleisch­etikettierungs­überwachungs­aufgaben­übertragungs­gesetz" was the "short title" (putting "the most relevant" words of the "long" title into a single word) of a law in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern between 1999 and 2013. Such long compound words are in nearly any instance the "short title" of a minor law - I presume there is some kind of secret competition between law makers. In normal life you'll never hear something like that. The longest one so far was the decree "Grundstücks­verkehrs­genehmigungs­zuständigkeits­übertragungs­verordnung", valid from 2003 to 2007 in Berlin. 17:30 German actors are by now very good at dubbing. In more as 90% of all cases the mouth movement will match the words. 17:45 The numbers differ. Since the Protestant churches lost more members than the Catholic church, the number of Catholics is now slightly higher: 24.8% of the population were registered as Roman Catholic in 2022, 23.7% as Protestant (but in both churches only about 3/4 say they believe in God). 43.8% are undenominational or irreligious, 3.2% Sunni Islam, 0.8% Alevi Islam.

[@agamagreen]

Hi Dwayne! Thank you for your sweet reactions! ☺️🙏 I agree, our countries should be best buddies! I have colleagues in the UK, we have friends in Scotland and I love Scottish whisky, London and the beautiful landscapes in the UK! 😁 I was very sad, when UK has stepped out of EU, but it’s like it is… A fact, that wasn’t mentioned, is, that we start learning English in school in 5th year (at least when I was a school kid 😁, today some kids can learn English in the Kindergarten), the next language (Latin or French or Spanish) follows later. Most Germans are trying their best to understand a foreigner… ☺️ I‘m from North Germany, living for quite some time in Northrine-Westphalia and yes, people appear to be more ‚open‘ here, but this is only at the surface. Becoming friends is as difficult or easy in North Germany or Northrine-Westphalia - it depends on your personal way of communicating 😁 You would have a blast in Hamburg: they have the nicest accent in German imho and are very friendly! Talking to a North German, you should be quite clear on phrasing 😁 like, if you ask „Excuse me, do you know the time?“ a North German might tell you: (look at the watch) „Yes! Do you want to know it, too?“ 😁 My tipp: be precise or enjoy the answers! 👊😀 I hope, you find the time to visit Germany one day! You are welcome! 🤗

[@MeinName-x4y]

About northern Germany he's a bit wrong.. The East part of Germany has a also northern region, which is way more similar to the part he describes as North Germany. Btw, both northern regions speak partially plattdeutsch, but in different variations of this dialect. And both regions have much in common, while still be different; and both a very different to the south.

[@hightidemidafternoon]

As a low german speaker from Ostholstein , both Mecklenburg and Vorpommern feel nothing but northern to me or at least the coastal regions do. It's the food, the landscape, the language and the weather that unites all of us along the baltic.

[@MeinName-x4y]

@@hightidemidafternoon ..yep. Agree, Not much to add.

[@e.albrecht4033]

We have hurricanes but tornados are very rare. I've never seen a tornado!

[@SuperWitch40]

You can see all those monuments, just watch "This is Germany" by Dr. Ludwig.

[@8Flokati8]

I think he like to see it in real, not just a video/picture.

[@SuperWitch40]

And i hope he will one day. But for now we are here on a KZbin channel where the whole point is watching Videos together, so i recommended one. :) @@8Flokati8

[@Trampelschrat]

I went to the UK several times for holidays. I strongly suggest going to countries not just for the weather. There is an unique beauty to the countries that are not just beach and sun.

[@Pharo02]

Yes, the UK and Germany are very close and we both speak a Germanic language but that’s because the Germanic tribes (Jutes, Angles and Saxons) invaded the UK or rather London after the Romans left. They created Old English and it later got changed a bit by British people and now you have the English you speak today which is a Germanic language

[@BlaueHose]

The "Tornado" speed is about 20-40km/h in germany "the Brocken"

[@merlehennig9462]

I‘m German and I can say, that for me the school system doesn‘t work! Not even a bit! I‘m at a Gymnasium and we are so many Children in class, that the teacher can‘t focus on teaching us properly. We learn so much that is not necessary! It‘s most time really loud in class and the better students are bored, becasue they are not beeing promoted enough. We have to less teacher, because no one wants to become a teacher, because the school system is so horrible! Greetings from Germany!

[@Sensibar007]

I am very sorry for you. That’s awful! The school system has been formed by well-meaning but stupid ideologues and doesn’t work. It was totally diff during my youth thirty years ago. Yes, large classes, but quiet concentration up to grade 13 and due to teacher focused learning a feeling of class community. Viel Erfolg trotzdem für dich und hoffentlich wird es in Zukunft wieder norz!

[@guntersteinbring4067]

Das Schulsystem wurde kaputt gespart. Dazu kamm einige Ideologiesche Experimente. Es wurden Jahrzehnte lang zuwenig Lehrer eingestellt.

[@nolie7730]

achtually there are 4 types of school where you can go after you turn 10th/11th. the fourth one is IGS which is an intergrated, pedagogical school for everyone with extra teachers for the ones who need more help. there is also an extra course-system on IGS‘s where the students get classified between advanced class, average class (and at the beginning also between a class for those with learning abilities). all these classifications have the same courses but on different levels.

[@nosferatusbride8724]

I prefer media to be dubbed. Either I watch it in the original without subtitles or, if I don´t speak the language, I watch the dubbed version. I don´t want to have to look at the TV for 3 hours straight instead of listening and cuddling my dogs.

[@Angel-hv3xq]

5:36 fun fact. The dude, I think it was a king, who built this went around bankrupt building this thing. He wanted the castle to look fancy, but that did cost him. I'd say for the building it is now it was worth it

[@JohnHazelwood58]

"Germany has the third largest music market in the world..." < I don't know why every reactor skips this part! Especially from the UK (Beatles, Stones, Queen, S-Pistols... aso.). I do love german music! As Trump would say: "German music ist the best music in the world - period!" ... ok, Trump wouldn't say that! XD ... But I do comment that! XD

[@quietschbaer]

Sure, Trump would say that, adding "And I made it single handed, but THEY won't talk about it."

[@TheFryBr]

Never heard about tornados in Germany...

[@Microtubui]

you should react to volker pispers.^^ german humor ;-) ( its subtiteld)

[@NotM3li]

Fun fact: Karneval starts on the 11th of November at 11: 11 o’clock and ends somewhere in February, It’s basically an opposite Halloween and a LONG one, very colorful, more interaction, festivals, you can cosplay/dress how you like and no one says anything and the beer obsessed ones have an excuse to drink a lot of beer 😅. Particularly people from Cologne are fond of it very much tho the most huge festival/parade takes place in Düsseldorf on Rosenmontag (=Rose Monday). Not the entirety of Germany celebrates it, mostly the minority only, most from NRW (Nordrhein-Westfalen).

[@NotM3li]

@Neo_Vandole either on the cheek or just those French air kisses but only ppl they know, it’s like a tradition, at least that’s what I was told my entire life, it doesn’t mean many ppl are drunk just that they took in a bit of alcohol but still are cautious of what their doing, besides that point, majority of drunk ppl on Karneval are male, I don’t know why but I’ve been to many Karneval parties with my father when I was little and majority at those parties were just male, I was at the drinks section handing out drinks, collecting the cups and washing them, again majority of the alcohol consistent drinks I handed out were towards male people. Ofc my experience with handing out drinks at large Karneval parties as a child don’t say a lot and are not everywhere accurate but I am going of multiple of those experiences since I handed out drinks at those parties for at least over a decade.

[@shadesmarerik4112]

did u know that the Windsors were a German house once? They changed their name due to ww1. Prussia and the UK were allies against France and Germany had very good diplomatic relations up until the Great War, not only because the German emperor and the English king were close family

[@wanderschlosser1857]

Well the name Saxe Coburg Gotha was no longer well liked. First of all it proves the German family heritage, second, Gotha was also the brand name of the main bomber type bombing England in WW1. Btw. Gotha, where I was born, and the whole area along the Thuringia part of the A4 Autobahn incl. Jena, Weimar, Erfurt and Eisenach is worth visiting. Beautiful cities, towns and landscape. And great food!

[@hightidemidafternoon]

he did mention it!

[@phintor]

Yes, we have tornado's. In Germany they called traditional "Windhose" over land and "Wasserhose" over See. But they are mostly F1 and F2 sice

[@Kellermits]

As a German, I watch everything in english because I've noticed several times (mostly in comedy movies) that some jokes or references simply get lost, especially in those clever old movies you'd see Leslie Nielsen in or something. And I also like watching interviews and podcasts and I know what voice they actually have, so hearing the same famous German dubbers for everyone would throw me off. BUT what I will say is, that the German dubbing is very very good and I feel like they even mix the movies better than the original. German dubbed movies are more balanced and the voices aren't soo incredibly quiet compared to the action, so I don't feel like constantly having to adjust the volume.

[@bianca2pack]

7:07 i was in a little tornado last year in Leipzig, and it was irreplaceble. As quickly as it came, it was gone again. We were completely wet, as were the house facades on all sides too and it was very difficult to breathe in them

[@daveking3494]

60% of the Germans might say they are religious, but the churches are mostly empty here every Sunday.

[@K0T0CH4N]

i never had a tornado in germany, we have something thats called airrose, its just a bit wind swinging on fields.