Can You Guess These 5 German Gestures?

While Germans are not as known for their hand gestures as much as their Italian counterparts, they do still have a language all their own! Can you guess what these gestures mean? Read the full article: bit.ly/2F27LPa
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[@sofilons]

Crazy as a German to watch this- for me everything was so obvious! I didn't know that it was a German thing.

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

I would have never guessed the rock gesture 🤟🏻 meant "shut up"

[@sofilons]

@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor don't worry, it's not exactly the Rock Gesture- you press the thumb against your middle finger while doing the sign. Also it's not an assault- it's mainly used in school or when speaking to kids. It literally means "the silent fox". :)

[@henningbartels6245]

The "silent fox" is not a standard gesture, rather used by teachers in elementary school to their pupils. The "eye" rather stands for: Don't try to fool me with your story - I don't believe you. "Peeling Turnips" is rarely used by adults, it's more a gesture of children to express schadenfreude.

[@mobiedyche9266]

Maybe so, but I'd die for the cute French girl...

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

@@mobiedyche9266 which one is the French girl?

[@rodjones117]

I think you're right - I'm half German, speak German, and I've spent a lot of time in Germany over many years. I've never seen the silent fox or the turnip peeling gestures.

[@sofialodigiani5328]

The "shut up" one is very similar to the Italian "your partner is cheating on you" 😂

[@carold8]

1:10 "I have beers" HAHAHHAHAHAH the girl with the blue hair is the best person ever! hahahahhahaha

[@user-rh2xz5sd8o]

1:33 “I’m not getting deported” 😂

[@angrynotwhiteman]

1:33 hahahaha

[@arwinjampour2838]

Und ich dachte der Scheibenwischer wäre was weltbekanntes.

[@user-fu6ct3tc1c]

"hi, I'm a goat"

[@unicornpink7953]

1:32 "i´m not getting deported" hahahahahhahaha

[@yukisato5490]

very funny to watch as a german lol

[@rlenn6512]

@1:34 We use that in USA, at least where I live, to mean, "Naughty!", like "You're in trouble..." but in a not serious way. So kind of similar.

[@laylastaks6321]

1:46 was the first thought i had

[@mappel3428]

In some regions, where i am from it means bad luck when you press both thumbs for someone. To be save, just do one thumb pressing, its enough 😂

[@BabbelPlus]

😅 From now on, only one then! Haha.

[@Cebok_barengan]

Nice video, may i repost this video and refer to your youtube as the source

[@davidgo2019]

As a German... I've never seen the first one in my whole life. It's definitely not common

[@laylastaks6321]

I have only seen it in schools

[@Bob-wr1md]

its a schhol/kindergarten gesture

[@axolotlhappy2340]

Warst du nicht in der Schule oder was? Standardgeste der Lehrer lol

[@fionatasarek910]

All pf my teachers did this

[@Simmi0312]

it is common in Germany, especially if you visited a Kindergarten or a School in your life :D

[@juliobennyfloreslabrado3696]

grandioso! ..

[@dimahaurylkou]

Julio Benny Flores Labrado hjkjjjiokil

[@kabadujoin5368]

First gesture means wolf gesture and most known gesture in turkey it came from mytholigical stories

[@martinn.6082]

It means a bunch of things, but yeah, the nationalist, violent bozkurts use it as well.

[@iShootClickers]

Wir hatten keinen Stillefuchs sondern ein Einhorn und haben immer den Mittelfinger gezeigt ✋😎

[@ece.e13]

I wanna learn German

[@alikayklk8450]

Lan olum o kurt işareti Alamanlar da milliyetçiymiş

[@ilozeet]

could you not put the german she sayson the video also please?

[@BabbelPlus]

Just added some English subtitles for the parts where she is speaking German.