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I can see why she’s so successful. Her mind, her delivery, her charisma. Off the charts.
Ja. Das Fraulein! =)
German doesn't sound angry to me. The more I learn German, the more I fall in love with it.
Thanks a lot for nice video😊
Perhaps with Americans that if we hear German spoken it is often from a movie about WW2 and NAZIs weren't exactly lovable characters.
@Revenir à la raison Indeed.
This is the Hitler cliché...
Same 😍
Always sounds angry to me. However, my parents and grandparents only spoke in German when they were angry or secretive which made us kids angry. Great inspiration to learn that language.
We went to Germany last year and it was amazing. It’s a beautiful country. We did visit the Dachau camp and it was very sad. But it was nice to see the way Germany is very upfront with the history. Nothing was sugarcoated or made out to be less that what it was. I felt almost guilty walking around the camp knowing that many people came there and couldn’t leave. Besides that though Germany was gorgeous and the people were so nice.
That is very nice of you. You know? I go to a school in Munich and it is part of our lessons to visit Dachau camp and the topic is of course really sad so I think it is really important to visit this place.
@@rafaelpreisenberger2404 Yep. It's sad, but must remember that it's propaganda both ways. Nazis told people that this was done for the right reasons and so on. Just like USA is today doing things in Guantanamo Bay, for the nations safety or world peace or what ever, but nobody really knows who are they keeping there and why. So even today it is easy to keep things secret and off topic if wanted. And of course after the war everything Nazis did is been labeled as horrible and nasty and bad. Although Messerschmitt was quite a step forward in aviation, and 'käfer' was originally a Nazi project as were Autobahns.
I imagine she would be a really good German teacher considering she speaks English far better than many native speakers.
I had a terrible American teacher of German in middle school in California. I had lived there for three years, but learned a different dialect than the book. She had never been there, and knew nothing of hoch Deutsch and mit deutsch, etc.
@@markdettinger4899 huh? Which Dialekt did she teach you? Because if you learn German usually they teach you Hochdeutsch. I never heard about someone who was thought a dialect.
@@st4ndby I think that in our school in Wiesbaden, it was hochdeutsche. However, I have been told that mittdeutsche is what’s spoken in Hesse. I was in 5th and 6th grade when I took the 2 years of German required of American kids in Germany.
@@markdettinger4899 hmm ok 🤔. In Hesse they have the hessian dialect. A generalized Mitteldeutsch dialect doesn’t exist. A bit strange that they told you that. Maybe they don’t know it better. But usually they should have thought Hochdeutsch because that is what every teacher in german schools have to teach. They are not allowed to teach a dialect instead of Hochdeutsch. And there are no rules for the dialects like rules for writing a certain word etc. so they can’t teach that anyways. Maybe the teacher was not able to speak Hochdeutsch properly.
@@st4ndby You’re much better versed than I. I know the classroom German was different than what was spoken in town. I was barely getting by in German in common transactions by the time we left. I loved living in Wiesbaden, but I was never really able to grasp the German language at a high level.
I'm an older guy, and have two German great-grandparents who were born in Wurttemburg and Bavaria before Germany unified into a single country. My great-grandfather emigrated in the early days of the German empire because he didn't want to serve in the army. At one time the second largest German city after Berlin was the Bronx, New York where my great-grandparents met and married. You have already noticed many German influences in parts of the USA, some of which are now fading due to German assimilation into the US population. On a positive note, it shows just how remarkably successful German immigrants have been after coming to the USA and that they have made positive contributions to the country.
That's why my great-granddad emigrated too! Ironically, the only way he could get into the US at the time was to join the calvary, but I guess that was still better than being in an actual war.
She speaks better English than 99% of Americans.
Idk about that
True, but still, that bar is very low ... Right?
Speaks better English than 90% Canadians too
Her smile alone could light up a small country. :)
so true!
German women are gorgeous!
And the sparkle in her eyes.
She's a cutie.
Yes. And no one likes ass crawlers.
My favourite condom advert, of all time, has been a photo of Darth Vader with the caption "I will NOT be your father!"
Wtaf. That's the most ingenious ad anyone could ever make😂😂
"TINA, was kosten die Kondome?" is the most famous in Germany. czcams.com/video/XEe2t3nRB9U/video.html
I also liked this one: On the wrapping of the condom was a photo of Vladimir Putin grinning and it read: "PUT IN".
@Feeds Ravens thanks for sharing, i just made the first comment on it! lol
Scott Douglas app was good but the only way it would make
Tell someone you love them today, because life is short.
But shout it at them in German, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
People say that my German sounds angry. I learned to speak German by listening to Rammstein songs for 3 weeks straight without sleeping.
Ramstein is not the best reference lol
haha. super idea! respect for learning by yourself, but Rammstein really plays with the nazi vibes, hollywood will not let germany out of. so logically your german sounds like Adolf now, haha, no prob, rammstein are no nazis :-)
that`ll do it ! a friend of mine who is a trekkie says that german sounds like klingon ! lol
@@joemummerth8340 what was first?
right...klingon sounds like german....not
Hahahaha ich glaub nicht dass du mit Rammstein deutsch lernst... I think when a non native German listening any german music he'll just confused as fuck 😅
Servus Felicia, ich finde dass du Deutschland wirklich gut repräsentierts und dabei auch noch sehr sympathisch wirkst. Ich wünsche dir weiterhin viel Spaß mit deinem Kanal.
Ich denke seiner gros Brust gewonnt
Me speaking German.
American: "Oh my god! You don't sound like Hitler!"
Me: "Of course not. I'm German. Why I should sound like an Austrian?"
I am from Austria, Braunau(yes That Braunau) and also dont sound like Hitler
🤣😂🙈 I love that answer, that's a German being annoyed about this whole german sounds aggressive thing 😂👍🏻👍🏻
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Sehr coole Antwort!
I realize Im kind of off topic but do anybody know of a good website to stream new tv shows online ?
A year in Germany in my twenties made me fall in love with Germans and Germany - I play German radio for background just to hear the lovely music of the language. The American reaction to the German language, though, is rooted in WWII movies (the cliches) as German Girl mentions. And it still casts a shadow over the sound of German for a lot of people. Especially Americans who rarely travel, who consider the sounds of other places and people an existential threat to them. But there are also a lot of us who adore it. Thanks, German Girl. You refresh my love of Germany every time I see you.
I took a trip to several cities in Germany this last December, and I fell in love with the melody and rhythm of it. Can you tell me how you listen to German radio? I'd love to listen to it too!
www.br.de/radio/radio114.html
www1.wdr.de/index.html
www.ndr.de/
www.radio21.de/
A few German radio stations
@Pizza Pizza "... an bourgeosie Biden supporter"? Do you mean "a bourgeois Biden supporter?" Perhaps English is your second language? Perhaps you are an old communist stuck in half-witted Marxist insults? Perhaps you are a Russian bot, programmed with the crazy uncle generalities of the propaganda factory?
It depends which part of Germany they come. In South Germany they speak more aggressively. In the north German is more musical.
I wonder how many people realise that Colonel Klink and Sergeant Schultz in "Hogan's Heroes" were actually native German speakers? And their accented English was very real?
I love your videos! I was an exchange student to Sweden and it really influenced the person I am today ethically and politically. I also love language and have participated in German, Swedish, French, and Spanish clases. I am in awe of multilingual people. Thank you for your work!
Regarding how history is taught: my experience in Texas is that we felt the same way about our history. By the time we got through 8th grade, we were tired of hearing about the Revolutionary War and the founding of our country. By the time we were graduating high school, we were also sick of hearing about the American Civil War. I suspect every country has a historical touchstone that they harp on too much. History was taught poorly in the schools I attended. Since leaving the public school system, I have discovered a love of history and its impact in our lives that could not be fostered in the dry and lifeless classes provided in public schools.
For South Florida we didn't harp on US history that much. South Florida harped on the Holocaust. I guess the reason why is because Florida has one of the biggest Jewish populations. I lost how many times I was required to read the Diary of Anne Frank. In 9th grade literature class we read Night, Dawn, and Day. A man wrote about he and his father living in a Concentration camp and his thoughts about going into the Concentration camp and his thoughts on after the Jews were freed. Night, Dawn, and Day was the most difficult books I have ever read in my life.
The Germans made sure their darkest era would be remembered and hopefully never repeated. In Japan, it’s not taught or hardly at all , with many young Japanese thinking the US dropped atomic bombs on their homeland out of nowhere for no apparent reason. While there are debates as to if the bombs were necessary, the fact that a couple of generations hardly know that there was a war , much less that their nation was an aggressor responsible for some of the worst atrocities in modern history is a worrisome thing!
The sum of the victims of Hirohito and the Knights of Bushido exceeds the total of either Hitler's Nazis or Stalin's Communists. Modern Japanese students probably don't learn much about the Code of Bushido. The atomic bombs may or may not have been necessary, but more Japanese died in the fire bombing of Tokyo than either Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
Hauke Holst that’s one of the common opinions on the subject. The blind spot is that the leadership who wanted to surrender weren’t capable of stopping the military from persecuting the war to national suicide. If they were there might not have been a war to begin with. They all knew Japan could not defeat the US. The problem was that at least one , maybe two generations had been indoctrinated to the point of fanaticism on the manifest destiny and racial superiority of Japan. Senior leadership who didn’t follow that doctrine were assassinated by junior officers. It did take the bombs to finally break that hold, and they still tried to assassinate the Emperor Hirohito before he could broadcast the surrender orders. A lot more nuanced than what you might have believed.
Hauke Holst You need to learn something about force projection. The Imperial Army had not way to bring any significant forces to bear against the US. No way of getting from there to here. The troops in the islands and the Imperial Navy was all they had . Hopeless . The best they could do was delay the US for a year, while they steadily grew weaker due to lack of fuel. The army could not be withdrawn from Manchuria for fear of the Soviets, and that region was the primary source of metals and minerals for their critical industries. The occupation of SEA was critical for rubber, and a small amount of oil production. There were no more troops to spare, and no way to get them there. The only way they got home was allied shipping after they surrendered. Again, hopeless. The only way they could have concentrated their army against the US in 1941 would be if they never invaded Manchuria or the rest of China SEA and Oceania. And if that were the case there would not have been a conflict between our nations to begin with.
@@jeffreyroot6300 Hauke wants so much to be right that he will resort to outrights lies. You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink.
@@bungholeshagnasty - Wikipedia says, the number of victims of Japanese war crimes was 3-14 millions. So no, it was not higher than that of the victims of either nazism or communism.
3:30 I think you're right, in the US our exposure to the German language is through WWII, but I can't deny the language's beauty when I hear Nina sing 99 Luftballons.
@Klaus Toth Thanks! I'll look into them.
very good and smart german music: wir sind helden ....for those who are interested and like nena s 99 red balloons...
❤love your videos!
Well from many Americans perspectives yes. For us German Americans the two world wars meant the abondonment of the German language. All the Lutheran churches in Pennsylvania had their services in German before the world wars.
Americans believe in the lie that they won WW2. While it really was Russians. Germany lost every 4 out of 5 soldiers in Russia. Russians stoped Germans before the winter in 1941. Beat Germans in 1942 in Stalingrad by overmanuvering them. And the final strike was in Kursk in 1943. Germans never had offensive since then. Even Japan surrendered not after bombs but after Russians beat 1 million Japanese army in China.
Nena not Nina
You girl is such a good ambassadeur for Germany.
I loved visiting Germany! I loved getting to know the German people and eating local food. I would love to learn German and even live in Germany for a while. I spent most of my time in Bavaria and was in Munich for a week. I was part of a touring choir and actually got to sing in Neuschwanstein Castle. I hope one day to return.
My mum got to do the same thing! She was part of a choir that toured German. I'm not exactly sure where they went, I believe it was more up North in like Hamburg, or Berlin but yeah. Cool. The same choir went to Russia too I'm pretty sure
I'm an American who is presently in Berlin and have been here most of the time since early last year. Amongst other things I did go to my neighborhood sauna, until Corona shut them all down. At least here in Berlin all saunas that I am aware of are mandatory textile free. They are also generally coed, although some have a dedicated woman only day or part of a day. People of all ages come, from young couples or groups to retirees. Nobody is coming to check out the other than the occasional American or British tourist. It is considered very impolite to talk in the sauna or stare any other people. My local has relaxation areas, both nude and covered (usually a bathrobe or towel) separated by a line. There people relax together, get a drink from the bar and chat. I notice that in the afternoon during normal working hours there seem to be a couple of groups of 40ish women who obviously are friends and/or neighbors who come together. There are also some very attractive young mothers who come with their children, The sauna actual has someone reading fairy tales to the kids on Saturday afternoons in the Bio (60C) sauna. I like to alternate between the Bio-sauna and the quiet room, where some of us just kick back and read. I can stay forever in the Bio-sauna, it's so relaxing. I do go into the Finnish (90C) sauna for maybe 10 minutes a couple of times a visit, but it's still too hot for me to last very long. As for someone's foolish statement about smelly people, everyone has to take a shower before they go in the sauna. I've never encountered anyone who had any odor.
As Feli pointed out, people in Germany just don't care about nudity - people sunbathe nude in the parks, swim nude in the lakes and cheerfully strip down and change in public. Last weekend my roommate and I went to the Ostsee since we were finally allowed to travel. There were a number of men and women who changed into or out of their bathing suits in full view of the world despite it not being an official FKK beach. My roommate herself took off her jeans because she was hot in the middle of a park to put on some shorts.
The only incident I've seen in almost two years was in the Westin Hotel in the middle of Berlin last year when I was checking in because my wife came to visit. An American and his wife were yelling at the concierge because a nude man had entered the sauna while they were in it. The poor concierge was trying unsuccessfully to calm them down by pointing out there were several signs clearly posted in both English and German that the sauna was textile free.
I am happy you are enjoying German Sauna culture my friend and that you also seem to appreciate the FKK culture in general 😊
We Germans may love our order, but sure as hell do we love our nature and feeling free as well 🙌🏻
My father was in the military, and we lived in Giessen back in the early 70's. I went to a school that was located on base, but we had a German teacher come in once a week to teach us German. He was a teen-ager during WWII. We watched a lot of WWII films (reel to reel). Just an amazing perspective he was able to teach us on what was known and not known outside the political stage at that time.
I think the German language is beautiful. I remember a college friend who sounded like a kitten when she was on the phone with her parents back home in Germany.
I actually LOVE the way the German language sounds when spoken/sung correctly.
I liked what you shared about the German approach to teaching about Hitler, the Third Reich, and the Holocaust. You’ve probably heard about the debate here regarding America’s history with slavery, racial oppression and exploitation. I am convinced that part of the problem is our failure to admit the truth and teach it effectively and consistently to our children. Though slavery has been officially illegal for over one hundred years, many of the attitudes and discriminatory practices remain because we haven’t learned.
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“Because we haven’t learned” that’s hilarious considering the topic you’re speaking about
@@thc_ps1101 liberalism is a mental disorder.
As an erasmus exchange student living in Germany for a while now and planning to move to United States after my graduation, I think I found one of the best youtube channels to reflect the similarities and differences between the cultural backgrounds, social norms of both sides and their relations and interactions with each other and it's all from a perspective of a peer of mine. I appreciate the content.
Wow. I’ve encountered more than a few Bavarian english speakers in the United States, most have a very noticeable accent. While speaking English, it’s as if she traded it in for an almost straight midwestern accent. It’s quite impressive really.
yeah, I even have a bavarian accent speaking German. Feli doesn't have a bavarian accent speaking german though. I guess it's because she's from Munich. Standard German is much more common and normally spoken there than on the countryside. Here in the Bavarian Forest, Bavarian is spoken with family, friends and even in school apart from German class.
Yes, it's closest to General American accent. Devoid of all the weirdness of all the
other American accents. She is a language phenomenon.
@@bruceverdi2627 i don't think that is true (the phenom part). She explained that she had language coaching while in Germany for her job training. She speaks German very clean, which means she speaks both bavarian and german already. She has an ear for that. I had language training in Germany, shoutout to FASK in Germersheim. I am from Unterfranken, and i speak both high german and fraenkisch. Here in the US (over 20 years) i have adopted the slow drawl of the south (atlanta) and i allow for a hint of german accent on purpose to not lose my german identity. I can speak without a hint of german accent easily and for hours, and i am certainly not a phenom. Just well trained in public speaking. I host conferences with over 100 participants in average weekly. training works, no need to be a phenom. oh, and yes, allowing for my german identity to drift in adds interest for the audience, they pay better attention. maybe i should do a collab with Feli some time. just so y'all can see\hear the difference between an older german male and a young german woman. then again, my german is getting rustier than i like by now :)
Most people in the Midwest are descended from Germans, anyway. There’s a lot of German in their accent.
@@5roundsrapid263 And she has settled in Cincinnati, which is VERY German-oriented. Her English is perfect, better than most native Americans. My German is woeful, even though I had 2 years in college....50 years ago....and my mother's side of the family was 100% German immigrants coming to USA in 1840s.
Sigh, Germans simply do sauna the same way they have seen it done in the place where sauna comes from. Finland. Sauna literally is a Finnish word. And yes, Finns do sauna naked, just like you do not take a shower with your clothes on.
Sauna has been in Finnish culture for centuries - maybe even millenniums - and it is more than just a place to relax. Sauna has been the place to wash as there has not been a separate shower room. The stove is used not only to heat sauna up, but also heat water in a water container that is part of the stove. Finns still use these stoves in their summer cabins, where there might not be running water or boilers. But in modern homes saunas and showers are separated. Yes, people have their own saunas in houses and flats, there are over 2 million saunas in a land of 5.5 citizens - roughly one sauna for every three person.
As these old saunas have been heated by wood and you would like to have the water boiling hot before mixing it with cold water for washing, you would have to heat up the sauna to pretty hot, 60-90 celsius. All these reasons explain why sauna has been the cleanest room in the household, and back in the days Finns treated illness with sauna, women gave birth in sauna, and even deceased were washed in sauna before burial.
I found that there was more emphasis on flavor than on sweetness in the German ice cream and desserts.
I wonder if there's any way of getting that directly imported to the United States without it spoiling in transit? Dad is frequently complaining about how things just don't taste as good as they did when he was growing up, and since he grew up in the 60's, and the sugar content of our foods has been steadily increasing since then, your comment makes me think that he's not as crazy as we all think he is: if everything's so sugared up, there's no flavor left to taste.
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@@c182SkylaneRG Sugar (and artificial sweeteners) are flavor ENHANCERS. When people become full, their brains suppress appetite and food becomes less rewarding (tasty).
However, sweetness EXTENDS appetite by delaying this satiety, thus allowing continued consumption of sweet foods. (This is why dessert is served last.)
No doubt, American food and beverage manufacturers and restaurants increase sales by increasing the sweetness of their foods. Such is why America's the leader in obesity rates and associated health problems.
Of course we go to the sauna naked. There is no sense to keep the clothes on. And German sounds aggressive because the words are separated and not connected in a liaison like in French or Italian.
And there no reason to go to Starbuck'S in Germany as there are so many small cafés that serve real coffee.
but there is no need to mix man and woman together naked!
@@adnanjusic4890 But there is no need to separate them either.
@@Nikioko moral, etics..
@@adnanjusic4890 False moral, false ethics. Underneath your clothes you are naked. Ever thought about that?
@@adnanjusic4890 We're all merely human.
I think a lot of Americans say the German language sounds “angry” because their most memorable experiences with the language seem to be WWII speeches and/or Ramstein songs.
I, on the other hand, went to Germany as a young teenager and still remember the sexy German female AI voice that announced the stops on the Deutsche Bahn (commuter rail train) from the village of Schwaig, where my dad’s company hotel was, to the Nuremberg factory where he was working. It all comes down to perspective!
“Nextehalt, Nurnberg! Haltstop!!” LOL
I hear the same thing and don't understand it. To me hearing German reminds me of happy memories of my Oma and Opa.
Along the same lines, people always tell me how sexy French sounds, but when I was in France I thought the language was kind of ugly. English spoken by a pretty girl with a thick French accent, though... whooh!
My mother was born in Germany and moved to the US at 10yrs old. She spoke fluent German her entire life, it never left her. I wish I had tried harder to learn the language from her.
You can start now and in a few months, have a good idea of what it's like. i did. Good luck.
Well, if you ever want to go back to your roots, you can always learn it
I took German in high school back in the 1970s. The prepositions are still stuck in my brain: an auf, hinter, in, neben, uber, unter, vor, zwischen. Ausgezeichnet, ja?
Well, you can spell "ausgezeichnet"right. I think you're good xD
"um" is missing I think ;)
@@MetalJaska "um" is among the 'accusative only' preps: durch, für, gegen, ohne ... :-)
Exzellent...!😁👍🏻
Those all require the accusative, no? Aus, ausser, nach, bei, zu, mit von, and maybe one more require the dative?
In terms of learning German: I am German and yes: our grammar might be hard for English natives. But in general, it is not that hard. I am also fluent in Italian and Czech, Italian is very easy, whereas Czech with its 7 cases is more difficult than German.
But most importantly: If you are trying to learn German, speak to as many Germans as possible. We love when people are trying to speak our language and are always up to help you :-)
I'm a native US English speaker who learned a lot about English grammar by studying German & I still wouldn't know where to start, trying to teach the big fraction of English grammar that is exceptions to the complicated rules.
Rico Herwig - The Dutch brag that the Dutch language is the Chinese of the European languages. After a couple of months in the Netherlands, I'd have to agree! (They also think that the Netherlands is not only the largest country on planet Earth, but that they reside in the center of the known Universe and have invented everything known to man. It is not possible to dissuade them from that delusion; I tried!)
De Oppresso Liber
I find the cases in German are extremely difficult to master, especially for English speakers as that language doesn't have cases. Some people learning German joke, "I would rather decline two German beers than one German noun."
I think it's a little supercilious of some Americans to just reproachfully assume Germans don't know/learn enough or anything about the Holocaust and WWII, at times seemingly almost wanting to teach them in an overly didactic way, while actually the extreme opposite is true. I wonder where such a hubristic stance comes from. Germans learn tons about all these topics throughout school, with a justified emphasis on the dark parts of history as a cautionary tale that can't be allowed to ever happen again, and quite probably know more about the Holocaust and Hitler's rise to power than the average American.
It's not about guilt though, it's all about responsibility! I do believe a nation that manages to critically reflect on its own past is something to be proud of. In this context, I also wonder if all US students compulsory learn in detail about the dark patches of their own country's history, for example the Trail of Tears or slavery, and to what extent.
It's my experience Americans don't know enough about WWII to know who perpetrated the holocaust. In general, Americans don't know what countries fought WWII or which were on which side. So they wouldn't generally know to assume Germans would or should know anything about WWII or the holocaust.
No most do not know to the extent they should USA tends to downplay racism while fully being racist
At university, in one history proseminar, I researched a comparison between the settlement of Australia (especially Tasmania) and the US with its westward expansions (Manifest Destiny). There's a number of eye-witness accounts, some journals only recently discovered. I thought it was particularly shocking with what in part industrial precision the natives were herded up and deported, with their tragic deaths being not only willingly accepted by the governments and those in charge, but often actively facilitated.
President Andrew Jackson was openly hating the natives and wanted entire peoples and their cultures to completely disappear. If you read the Indian Removal Act and other documents of the time about these topics, it definitely evokes echoes and connotations of fascist speech and national socialist terminology of Germany in the 1930s and 40s.
I am not at all doubting the singularity status of the Holocaust already because of its gruesome magnitude alone. Yet genocide in general is sadly something more countries around the world are guilty of than one would believe at first glance, or at least part of a common history that should be remembered. I think it would be very unfortunate if young Americans mainly learned about the patriotic success story of their nation without ever consciously delving deeper into the grim flipside of the coin.
@@MegaChaosGelee Interesting Proseminar by the way
@Professor Shibe Agreed. Personally, I think the case of Turkey is particularly vexing, since the Armenian Genocide is so very well documented.
i am fascinated with how WELL you PRONOUNCE all your words!
(this is a compliment, btw! :)
Why is her American accent so good 💯👌🏾 seriously impressed
You have such a bright and beautiful face, I can spend hours just watching you talk.
Interesting vid. I love to hear about the rest of the world's differences. Hey, your vocabulary and pronunciation is flawless, but don't totally lose that german accent, it is pretty.
When I was stationed in Germany I used to go to a lake that was open to what ever. You saw people topless and a few nude. Once you got used to it you didn’t even notice
Your English is so flawless.. You sound like a native ohioian
And I am born ohioian
@@rrr44333 Do they speak English in Ohio?
IDK. I hear the accent clearly.
Her english is very very good. She sounds to me though, as if she is purposely speaking with an American accent. What do I know, though.
She speaks English well... but I do hear a slight accent. I wouldn't guess "German" as the accent, but I wouldn't guess native English speaker.
I always struggled with the gender thing, even when living in Germany. So I - probably to the great amusement of Germans - by using the term "diederdas" when I was unsure. They would provide the correct article - usually with a smile.
that's really cute
There actually IS a noun for which all three German article options are correct:
Der/die/das Nutella. 😉
@@hoppeltrottel7484 Woo! Thanks!
@@hoppeltrottel7484 I think "Jura" too. Isn't it?
@@hoppeltrottel7484 Nutella ist nur ein Markenname und Namen haben eigentlich keinen Artikel, daher ist es so uneindeutig.
Until COVID-19, I worked in the service industry in a job where I got to sing Italian songs in a private setting nightly. Very often, the subject of other languages would come up and German would be mentioned as a rough language. I would then recite a German poem or sing to them songs like, "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" from Franz Lehar's "Das Land des Lächelns"or "Allerseelen" by Richard Strauss. They were always very surprised at how beautiful German can sound. Since I would translate it for them first, line by line, saying first the German lyrics and then the English translation, it took on extra meaning for them. Ich mag die Deutsche Sprache sehr!
Very interesting about what students are taught. In the end you come out with that it must never happen again. Very informative. Thanks.
I come from german and we learned things about WW2 and anything about this topic by the Time of two years. And I live near Nürnberg and so we live on a central place of these Events. And after two years learning it became really annoying.
I have NEVER heard of going into a sauna WITH clothes on. But then ... I'm from Scandinavia and what do I know of saunas.
I seem to recall that the word "sauna" originates from Finland. The concept of the sauna though have various origins (ancient Rome, Anatolia, Russia, Maya to name a few)
Same here (from the Netherlands). Can't imagine going to the sauna dressed XD
Well in my town, you are im swimming shorts that are light and heat can go through them and you feel like you are naked, so it's not a big deal. Saunas are real healthy.
@@Enforcedcraft True. Saunas can be healthy - but they can also be lethal if you do not take care. According to da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauna you might evolve miliaria (a skin desease in the sweat glands - NOT to be confused with malaria!!) when going to a sauna with clothes on as you prevents sweat leaving parts of your body (or trap sweat in a closed environment) . It isn't actually lethal but very annoying and sometimes even painful. But it's all up to yourself if you wish to take the risk. But then ... I'm from Scandinavia :)
The American saunas I've been to usually ask you to wear a towel around your waist, that you should sit on so you don't leave behind sweaty butt cheek prints when you get up.
@@kev9460 in Belgium, most important thing is to have towel with to sit on it , not leaving behind sweat is important ;)
otherwise the sauna would start to stink i imagine :) .
you can indeed use the towel to partly cover yourself a bit, bit main thing that will do is a lot of people trying to to look at you ;-)
while they would barely look if you didn't really try to hide.
clothes days and woman days exist in a lot sauna's, but mainly as easier way to taste it for those affraid to try to go naked ..
a constant bathing clothes sauna is a spa-corner sauna in a tropical swimming pool ;-)
I love learning all these things I never really thought about
Another great video. I was in Germany for three years during my time in the U.S. Army and was required to learn German. I have since forgotten most of it but have retained some. Having been in Berlin when the wall was still up I did learn about Hitler and the holocaust. I was also required to pull guard duty at Spandau prison during the time that Rudolph Hess was a prisoner there. Again I just want to compliment you on another excellent video. I also have experienced the openness the Germans have about the human body. It was very common to see the men and women walking or swimming naked. We as American soldiers were forbidden to be seen in public without clothes.
In 94, a bunch of my US Army buddies went with some German girls to a nude park and broke that rule. Luckily, I was with my German girl on a camping trip.
Re: German nudity....excuse my ignorance, but isn't it pretty cool/cold there year around? Like Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota??? Granted you could have some warm, even hot days, but generally isn't the climate much cooler?
Wow, you speak so beautifully. After 3 years in the US? I'm impressed.
we germans learn english in school. strange thing to native english speakers to learn a second language fluently.
Whenever I go to Germany, I love how it sounds when some people speak in English. They just sound cheery it seems! 🤗
I was surprised how light and airy most of the German desserts were, in addition to being not nearly as sweet as American desserts.
Just dessert, a comparison with another English-speaking country, the homeland of the English language: czcams.com/video/dDT84luSSPQ/video.html
If you want more sweetness(?), you could eat the sugar right away. Why bothering with cooking?
I personally think that a lot of deserts in germany still have way too much sugar in it.
If you use too much spices (e.g. sugar or salt) all the time, your body will become used to it and you will need to use more to get the same taste as before. Gladfully you can mostly revert this by just using less for some time.
@@balduran So like drugs? Cool!
That's why you guys are fat
@@balduran I wasn't insulting. I was making simple observation.
I grew up in Germany, and upon moving back to the US, I had an interesting situation at a public pool due to me diving in naked. Yep, brown teenageer diving into public in Morrow, Ga. in 1983.
You are my hero.
BS
Not Morrow😭🪦
@@georgschmidt5281 I'm wondering if that story is BS too. When I lived in Germany, I never saw a child over the age of 4 jump in a public pool naked.
Am I the only one who finds it AMAZING that you speak English with no German accent?? Well done!!
Charlie Wallace - The German accent is there, but one has to listen really, REALLY closely to hear it, and even then, determining the dialect is next to impossible! Then again, I went with a German gal for quite some time, so my ear may be attuned to the general accent, and at the time, I could distinguish between several accents from different places in Germany.
De Oppresso Liber
Negative. She has a German accent in nearly every word.
When I wouldn´t know she is German I would think she´s American. I mean I´m German too so maybe I can´t decide the difference between German accent, British accent or American accent.
I'm from Dallas. Her pronunciation sounds like a perfect American accent to me.
I can't believe she achieved that in only five or six years. She must have a very unusual talent for languages.
Most adults have an accent even if their vocabulary and grammar are perfect. English has so any subtle vowel sounds that are very hard for non-native speakers to duplicate.
I can order beer and ask where is the toilet in three languages, I'm good to go.
Do you understand the answer as well?
¿Dónde está el baño?
That was my initial plan - to learn how to say "Two beers, please" and "Where is the toilet?" in every language. Then I figured out that if I said the first one enough times, I could make them understand the second one no matter how I said it.
@@wora1111 As long as he understands "Down ze hall. On ze left!" XD
😂
I taught myself German, using a self-instruction kit I bought in a bookstore. The hardest part -- for me, anyway -- was the case system, which requires a lot of memorising. But it can be done if you figure out a systematic approach to it. My only remaining problem with learning German is that here in Malaysia it's not easy to find someone, _mit wem ich das Gesprach üben kann_ .
I was stationed in Germany, while in the army. Many times the GI’s would all locals about the Holocaust. The younger people would talk about it but ask the not be held responsible for it. No more than I was responsible for slavery. You answered the question very well.
This argument is what I use when people tell me how proud they feel for their ethnicity and how big their nation is.
And I like it so much when I see their minds burst into flames cause they agree with it until they realize the reverse
doesn't work for them. How/why can you/should you feel good or bad for something you never did or participated in?
The US does not teach us about how slavery started or was allowed in the first place. They also sugar coat segregation. They also do not talk about the mass slaughter of Native American's. We do not teach our children lessons so we can never let it happen again.
I am a retired US soldier. On my last assignment, I lived in Pirmasens Germany. One time my wife and I took four Geman teens from our neighborhood to Bayern. We visited the castles and also Dachau concentration camp. These kids were oblivious to what happened at Dachau. After the visit, they were very quiet.Maybe it was because they weren't from Bayern like you are but most of the stuff I showed them seemed to be new to them. The oldest one in the group knew a little about King Ludwig but the trip was a real education to them. By the way, I am almost as German as you are American. I was stationed in Bad Kreuznach and Baumholder from 77-80, in Berlin from 82-85, where I worked with the Berliner Polizei and in Pirmasens and Kaiserslautern from 92-95. I went back for a visit in 2006. I love your channel. I have been to Neuschwanstein so many times it's ridiculous. Every time relatives would come to visit they would say "Can we see the Disney castle?" One time we went there and arrived too late to go on the English tour but the guide offered to translate during the German tour for us. As we went through the castle, my Mother in Law kept asking what the guide was saying, so I was translating and giving information on the tour myself. At the end of the tour, the guide said I should come back and be a guide because I was doing such a good job and I knew things that she didn't even know. :-)
I am glad you had such a good time in Germany :)
I went to German high school in the 90s in Berlin and I have to agree with her. I learned a LOT about Nazi Germany in high school. Just like she said , it was a topic in various classes from about 8th to 10th grade. To the point we were a little annoyed with it. But I think it was very important ! We learned about all the political developments after WW1 and what let Hitler rise to power. We read Anne Franks Diary, visited a concentration camp and we had holocaust survivors tell their story to us on two occasions (very impressive!) and so on. I can really not imagine how any one who attented a German high school can be oblivious to these facts. Those boys you met must either have never paid attention in school or have left school very early 😅 I really hope these boys are an exception.
I think it's more to do with time than space. The original poster is a retired US soldier, so the kids he interacted with are likely middle age by now. This matters, because German historiography of WWII itself changed in the 60s. The immediate postwar generation tried to minimize and forget the war, but Germany's version of the hippies forced their parents and German society at large to confront the war more directly in the 60s. Although the initial denazification happened at the behest of Allied occupation authorities, denazification intensified of Germany's own accord beginning in the 60s. Feli obviously went to school after this process was mature, while the kids in the original post probably lived way before then.
Stuart Richards Yes. That could very well be the case. My parents told me that they learned almost nothing on that topic in school. They also went to school in east Germany in the late 60s and 70s. But I don’t know the east handled that later. I went to school in West Berlin in the late 80s and 90s.
Stuart Richards I also think it could become a problem in the future when no people that lived through WW2 are alive anymore. It becomes far away history. I can already observe that with younger people who were born after the Wall in Berlin came down. They just cannot understand what that meant and felt like to live in a divided city with divided families.
I was stationed at Crailsheim 74-75, Illesheim 78-80 and Garlstedt 85-88.
I finished high school with Stuttgart American High School in 74.
I studied German language, history and culture with Uní. Of Maryland and received a certificate of German Studies while at Garlstedt.
I thoroughly enjoyed my seven years in Germany and was speaking German at an intermediate level by the time I left.
Good times.
I took 3 years of German in high school and the grammar is what killed me. Trying to figure out whether the case is nominative, accusative, dative, or genitive and then trying to remember what gender the noun is, and then what ending it needed. It got to be too much lol.
finnish is much more difficult than german, but i understand your struggle, many germans in school struggle with this if they have to point out which is which too :D
@@sgtnumi
France is much more difficult than German, English spelling is terrible, just ridiculous
Ryan Rothenbach at least the Spelling makes always sense unlike english
As a German i used to learn norse - the spelling and pronouncing is even worse, since theres a huge difference between the written norse and the common spoken norse. Same letter-combos are often pronounced very oddly, so you have to know about many vocabularys to have even a Chance to speak unfimiliar word the right way. Anscheinend gab es nie eine Rechtschreibreform, obwohl sich die Aussprache mit der Zeit veränderte? Very confusing.
I feel your pain. Regarding the proper inflexions for adjectives in German, there are 48 proper ways to end an adjective in German. There are 3 genders and a plural in one box, die, der, das, and die, and the other boxes are whether the adjective precedes a die, das, der, or the plural die, whether the adjective precedes a diese word, or whether neither of those two situations precedes. You also have the four cases, nominatve, accusative, dative and genitive to juggle. So my calculation indicates that you have to chose from the endings e, en, es, er, em in 48 different situations. Nice. Of course one could forget all that and use just one ending for every situation, Incorrect grammar but surely you would be understood.
As an Englishman abroad, I am always intrigued by the number of people I encounter on foreign holidays who can't tell the difference between the two languages. In Spain, I was regularly answered in German when I asked a question in English (being an English speaker). I think this disproves the "always angry" theory and that English and German share a lot of vowel sounds and other speaking "noises". We pretty much share the same language register and if Englishmen don't sound "angry" then neither do Germans.
I think this happens because a lot of Germans, when they are on vacation in Spain, talk to Spanish people in English first, because they don't expect them to speak German. So if you're in a part of Spain where many Germans vacation, Spanish people might think you're German speaking English, and they're trying to do you a favor by switching to German.
Sehr gut! I took German all four years in high school, didn't learn a lot about the culture, but the Guten Tag, Wie Gehts films were interesting...
über die Kultur lernt man meist erst zuletzt, wichtig ist die Kommunikation zu festigen, damit man sich angemessen unterhalten kann. Denn dann kann man auch einfach deutsche fragen, was sie für kulturell Wertvoll erachten ;)
The hardest part about German is that everyone speaks English in Germany. The separable verbs were a little odd.
That is definitely true.
My neighbor is from the US and he has lived in Germany for 7 years now and his German is pretty bad. We always speak English.
He asked me the other day if we could speak some more German so he can practice it.
I so enjoy speaking English to him that I didn't even consider that it is essential for him to learn German and I should force him a little.
That sucks, I don't speak German, but I think it's a beautiful sounding language.
the verbs get me. there are analogues in english, but i could never handle the split verbs.
Go out into the more rural areas or the former East Germany and especially talk to people 40+ years old to find people who don't. Something like 40% of Germans don't speak conversational English, so that's quite a few, they're just concentrated geographically and generationally.
@@ryanweible9090 If you just speak in the present tense and in the past tense then you don´t have to split verbs..just saying..
And splitting verbs is not that complicated..
Present perfect tense:
On second place of the sentence is the present tense form of "haben or sein" = "to have or to be" for I, you , he/she/it etc and at the end of the sentence is then the present perfect tense infinitive form of the verb...always.
Past perfect tense: is the same BUT the form of "to have or to be" is in the past tense
Future tense: On second place is always the present tense form of "werden" (= the english "will") for I, you , he/she/it ..etc and at the end of the sentence is the present tense infinitive form of the verb.
I will end with those 3 time forms that´ll be enough to start with. Although I will add for a subjunctively meaning you use the future tense but instead of "werden" (=will) you have to use "würden" (= would)
All in all the difference to english is that the second part of the verb stands always at the end of the sentence and not as like as in english mainly side by side to the first part. It is simply not the mindset of - "totally simplfied spoken" = "I have done this" but the mindset of "I have this done" or instead of "I will do this" it is "I will this do" ..when you adapt that mindset splitting verbs in geman should become easy.
She's got a smile that could light up a planet
3 minutes advertisment was too much for me... sorry, aber muss mal gesagt werden.
People gotta earn a living, she's still learning this CZcams game
Sie hatte 3 min normales Video,der Rest war Werbung :(
Na ja wenigstens ist es Werbung, die mit ihrem Inhalt zu tun hat (Sprachen lernen) und nicht RAID WARS oder irgendein random bs.
Alles ist in dichtem Nebel gehüllt
@@Ryan-wu1oi Ok, if she talks about the Second World War, she should also mention the genocide of the Polish nation by the Germans (called for confusion: Nazis) and the massive plunder of Polish private and state (national) property. Not only one nation has suffered during Second World War.
I wrote a comment in which people can find out about it (briefly but in detail: amounts, dates) and this comment has disappeared. German Girl in America wrote that if CZcams censorship passes the comment, she will delete it. Is German Girl in America afraid of this that others might read the truth?
However, as I can see, German Girl in America didn't delete all my comments.
Wie gehts. I love your videos and am super psyched your making videos for this channel again. I just want to point out that you are "blowing your focus." Camera lenses have a minimum focal distance; meaning that if you are too close the camera can't focus. You're last couple videos have been out of focus. Try moving yourself a little further from the camera if you want to be in focus. The other thing you can do is move the camera a little further away and zoom in for that nice, tight framing. Pro-tip: the eyes are where you want the focus to be because the human mind prioritizes the eyes when looking at a face. That said, congrats on your green card and keep up the great vids.
agreed, this video is too 'in your face' being a bit further away is more comfortable for the viewer. imho
People sound aggressive when they're being aggressive, people sound angry when they're angry. I think it has a lot more to do with that than what language they're speaking.
For being a German you sound more American than some Americans plus your beauty.
I visited Germany for a few weeks back in the early 90's and it seemed that German people were much more compliant than Americans. We were going to eat at a restaurant across the street from where we had parked which was in the middle of the block. I attempted to cross the road in front of the restaurant since there were no cars coming and no one was even in sight. The German people we were with stopped me and said it was against he law and we had to go to the corner to cross. Here in the US it is likely illegal too, but given the same conditions most people would cross and there would be few police officers that would cite you for it. I had a friend that lived there and he was also American and he showed me his in ground fence for his dog, this was back when the fences were new. He explained that the neighbors would report him if they knew had fence, since there was a fee for having a device that used radio waves. He said that you had to pay a fee for each TV and radio and that a neighbor would report you if they found out a device was not registered. The people over there were awesome but I would have a problem with that attitude. My cousin studied German in college and spent several months over there without being outed as an American since he spoked German so well. I was looking forward to see the country and I was not disappointed the country was beautiful, and the forests were amazing.
Wow this is a very extrem example. Here in Germany there's a kind of bourgeois attitude sometimes but i think this is mostly from boared old people.
Don’t worry, that attitude is changing. Slowly of course but surely!
Danke Feli fuer Deine niveauvollen Beitraege! Keep up the good quality, Lady. Deine Qualitaetsbeitraege werden Dir langfristig nutzen. Keep staying away from any eye-catching low quality content...
I have a German friend that asked me why all the villains in American movies had German accents. He said in German movies all the villains had Russian accents. Lol.
And in Russian movies the villains have Chechen accents!
@Nehemiah Scudder glad we got a mention🇬🇧
I was reading a travel blog from a conservative woman from the USA. She was angry that the beaches in Spain weren't listed as "nude". "There were: old, fat, young, skinny... just running and laying around...naked.... like there was nothing wrong ".
Sounds like a Karen tourist lol 😂
Americans have PhDs in body shaming, from their own to everyone else's. Its been culturally conditioned since WW2 and Madison Ave advertising propaganda. We are still a nation in the pubescent stage.
On teaching your friends German, have you ever considered getting a teaching certificate in foreign languages, specifically German? I m not sure about any of your other subscribers, but I feel that the limited amount of German that I speak has both increased and improved just from watching your vids. One can only imagine how much more could be learned from you in a classroom environment, either at a school or online learning. I find you entertaining and informative. And most importantly for any learning experience, fun!
The German women who married the U.S soldiers and airmen never really lost their accent. They had German clubs where they all got together. Then they all moved to Florida.
oh, that was a suprise
I don't speak it, but I love the sound of the German language. It doesn't sound aggressive to me.
oh finally someone mentioned that
I'd also recommend 'night and fog' very difficult to see but very important
Greetings from Columbus, Ohio! My grandfather was a WWII veteran and was taken POW by the Germans. Needless to say he wasn't very fond of the Germans and since he was the family patriarch, that rubbed off on me. Thank you for showing me the Germans aren't the people I've believed them to be. I'm going to use your channel to learn more about Germany. Many thanks!
German (Chemnitz) to America here (Wellington, FL). I love your channel! Prost🍻
Shoah is almost universally recognized as one of, if not THE best documentaries about the Holocaust. I remember in the 80's, when reviewing this for his TV show Gene Siskel (who was Jewish) had to struggle not to become emotional when doing his review.
You are absolutely mesmerizing 🤩 I love your videos!
When I was living in Germany I saw the subject of the War, Hitler, and the Holocaust as taboo something you just did not talk about. Because I thought of it as sensitive to people there, and they might not to talk about it so I just left it alone. I never brought it up and it never came up in any conversations I had there. The Germany of today is everything that Hitler hated.
When was that?
@@FelifromGermany I was there from Nov 1986 to Dec 1988, and Dec 1990 to Oct 1994.
@@ericmapsens3901 The following is just speculation on my part, but when you visited Germany in the 1980's and 1990's, there were still many Germans alive who were adults during the 1930's and 1940's. Felicia was born in the 1990's and her parents were probably born in the 1950's, 1960's, or 1970's. Therefore, there was sufficient time between World War II and Felicia's generation to lessen the emotional connection to the Nazi era, unlike those who were alive during that time.
Those Germans who were alive during the World War II era may be more likely to feel a sense of guilt, even though there may have been little that they could have done to change the overall events that transpired. The younger people of Germany today learn about World War II, the Nazis, and the Holocaust just like the younger people of the United States today learn about slavery, segregation, and the Trail of Tears, but since these events happened long ago from their perspective, it is more academic than emotional.
Consequently, it may be easier for younger Germans to discuss the World War II era than the older Germans who actually lived during that time period.
@@ericmapsens3901 I feel like in the 90s it shouldn't have been taboo anymore but after the war, people didn't talk about it for a long time and part of the reason for that was that a lot of the perpetrators or men who fought in the war were part of the society and it was difficult to talk about it without putting all the blame on them. People also just wanted to move on and build a good life after the war. That slowly started changing in the 70s though.
@@FelifromGermany That makes sense, and that here, or at least for me you do not throw salt on open wounds. If you understand what I mean by that. It was a very tough time for Germany after the war.
One thing I failed to mention when I was there where I lived. I have been to your beautiful city and I did take part in the Oktoberfest I still have a 1.4L Bier mug from there it has 'HB' on it Muchen below cost me 5 marks about 3$ US at the time. I did not live in any big city my first town was called Winnieler it is near Kaiserlautern. Winnwieler had a bier brewery there that made this bier called Bischoff which was pretty good bier I liked it it came in these 1L bottles and the Gasthaus' around there had it. The other place I lived was called Idenheim near a city called Bitburg. My favorite fest was in a city called Bad Durkhiem that was a wine fest I still have really good memories of that.
I really liked the part about German education regarding the Holocaust. I especially like how you said that it was very victim-focussed which left you with very little to say about Hitler as a person. Personally, I feel that the most effective lessons on crime and wrongdoing in general are the ones that hammer home the impact on people and community. Pain is a very recognizable feeling in everyone so it’s best to use it where appropriate to teach effective lessons. Nobody needs an in-depth background on the people who do wrong unless it’s their job to fight against them and it’s beneficial to recognize behavioural patterns, motivations, etc. Time and attention is what gives worth to anything. In the case of dark history and true crime, I prefer to give it to those who deserve it.
You are right that we Germans are more relaxed about sexuality but mor important we are able to distinguish nudity from sexuality
@@tompeled6193 proving my point!
@@Trantor you are "relaxed" because you are castrated. Female nudity _is_ sexual, whatever you say.
You have a beautiful voice and speak amazing English as well as German. Live to hear toy speak both languages
#askagerman I've heard the German perspective on WW2 before, and the first time I ever heard it, I was shocked. For years, my parents generally refused to buy German products because growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950's, they saw a lot of people with numbers tattooed on their arms to make a long story short. When I was living in China, I had a roommate named Johann, and he was a very nice person. I asked him about this, and I was blown away by his answer, which is very similar to that of the maker of this video. I was impressed with their openness about the subject. I was also very surprised to find out that a lot of Jewish people don't actually harbor resentment toward German people. I learned that when I shared a courtesy ride from the Mercedes-Benz dealership with an orthodox Jew, the kind with a big beard and no hat. He told me he understands the resentment that some Jews have had, but told me that there are a lot of people like him that can look past that and enjoy a nice quality luxury product.
Naked saunas with German girls?! I am moving to Germany.
I'm sure that's an Ill-advised reason to move to Germany, for five others watch?v=fWG1GsIVmrY
unfortunately when you go there will be several 60ish german frauleins checking out your package
Fred Durst I’m coming too
@@Captain-ln3vh Hell yea buddy!
@J. D. i would say older than that
We like sweet things. That's why we like you.
Smoothe, dude.
Calling her "a thing" ... good job, dude.
@@DreaMeRHoLic Definitely don't think he meant it that way.. O.o
Well done 😂
Are that's sweet. 🍚🍰🍬
This proud American of German ancestry finds this content very informative. Subscribed.
In Heidelberg, we had adult swim in the evenings and at night, mostly nude. As a child in Frankfurt and Berlin, lakes and pools tended to be naked or at least topless. When Germans go on holiday, like to Tenerife, everrryone is naked. It’s natural and normal in Germany. I’m indifferent to it having lived in Germany from 1969-1972, 1984-1986, 2008-2016. Also lived in the UK for several years and in Asia for 5 years. Military families get around, especially multigenerational military families.
Stationed outside of Bayrueth 84 to 87. My first experience with thr German body culture was walking on a wooded path, rounding a turn and seeing two women picking blue berries. They had removed their tops to keep from staining them. I guess my jaw dropped, because they laughed and said oh..an American, you just arrived?
The sweetness/sugar thing is also a thing in Europe as a whole: If you look at fast food chains' foods per country from North to South, it gets sweeter the farther south you go. I don't think any European country has as much sugar as the US, but there seems to be a general progression. I think it was roughly related to environmental factors somehow.
I went to Germany on a military exercise in 1989. We were way out in the rural, southern areas. We would roll into a small town and the kids would come out to see us. They would trade us beer for our MRE’s. I was impressed how well they spoke English, like they were from Indiana. I went back in 2010 and once again I went to small towns in Southern Germany and few people spoke English. Those who did spoke with heavy accents. My friend is an American who lived in Germany for 30 years and he said that after the Berlin wall came down, US forces decreased dramatically and so did the influence they had on Germany. Fewer people spoke English or they only did it in school. They did not interact with as many Americans in everyday life. BTW a wurst salat is not a salad.
Were you in REFORGER in 1989? I was stationed over there from 1988-1990. I had a wonderful time. I was planning a trip back this summer to see all the places I enjoyed. I think it probably won't happen now. But I'd like to agree with you about how nice the people were and how much fun I had interacting with the kids. My experience in Germany was a very positive one.
Germany has some different salads. potato salad, noodle salad, fruit salad, sausage salad and much more. I think we love our salads. :D
Back in the late 70's I was a young man stationed in Germany near Stuttgart. No one told me about the "clothing optional" saunas...so after the physical activities of the gym time to hit the sauna, only a towel and in I go ( my eyesight was pretty bad so no glasses). it was very relaxing and soothing, sweating all that out...in walks 2 people and between the thick fog of steam and bad eyesight....till they sat on their towels and dropped the top...I thought those are some weird lookin guys.....and then realized those are NOT guys...if I was not red from sweating anyway I would have been from blushing...
I would ask if that was a big embarrassment for you and expect you to respond.......Bigger than Stuttgart.
Haha. I also was stationed in West Germany in the late 70's and the 80'. I was in Giessen stationed at Rivers Barracks.
I love watching your videos! I served in the US Army and was stationed in Zirndorf Germany. I loved being there, and love the German culture.
Cool when do you come back?
@@sofiab.9129 not sure, with everything going on in the world today it will be a wait and see.
Hi Felicia. Do Germans relate to their pre-unification heritage, the German Empire, or the First World War? Did you learn about any of that in your history classes?
Yeah, we do, or at least it was the case in my childhood in the 90s. Class 5 to 9 were stone age to European antiquity, early German history like Charlemagne, King Otto etc, through medieval times, 30 years war, holy roman empire through the German Empire. History of Great Britain and France and I think some basic Russian history too. 9th Grade was mostly 1st world war and Weimar Republic I think. WW2 to recent history after that.
Yes we learn about all of that. Not so much about the GDR though.
@@hmpeter Same in 60s and 70s. How come I suddenly feel old? ʘ‿ʘ
@Hauke Holst Just to let you know of my own personal interest, I've done some reading on Prussian history (for instance "Iron Kingdom", by Christopher Clark), and I have done a lot of reading about the First World War, because I think that is the great hinge of history, the change from past to present. I know that prior to the unification under Prussia in 1871, Germany was a collection of many smaller kingdoms. I guess I'm surprised that present day Germans don't get any of that detail, about those smaller kingdoms in their history classes.
@@nedmerrill5705 Yes, that's right. The same with me: I could never relate to anything before 1945, in a positive way, or before 1918, at all. German history is just such a mess. (Not only morally, but also becaue of this massive plurality 'Germany' was before 1870. There are kings and princes everywhere. It is simply very difficult to keep an overview.) And then there is this massive emotional break with 1945.
I'm 48 now and reading a lot about philosophy, a bit less about history. But my emotional bonding with Germany does not look back before 1945 (or perhaps before 1918).
@German Girl in America I am really really happy that you spoke on WW2. From the Germans I have spoken with both here in the U.S. and in Germany, some of them admitted that in their education they learn a lot about the topic, to the point that there is a very small movement that questions if it is even necessary. But as an American and as someone who identifies as both a Latino and as Native American, I tell them that it is better to learn lessons as they all did, than here where all the genocides are denied, and hate is allowed and encouraged. It's absolutely awful many times in the U.S. since you meet so many people here who are just apathetic to everything that has happened before and now. Especially, when I am told in my face that my people deserved what happened to them. This is why I actually feel joy when I meet Germans who are all horrified at Trump's presidency and asks me in shock, "How the hell did we ever let that happen?!" Which I then tell them that I didn't vote for him. I'm from NYC and Latino, I understand what it means to be persecuted, but unfortunately U.S. culture is not apologetic for anything, for any wrong doing. And legacy of hate in this country is what allowed such a man to take power. I hope that you continue to have a great time here in the states, but I will be joining your countrymen In Germany or fleeing to Spain as soon as humanely possible.
Things are sweeter in the US because of the agricultural industry, corn specifically. Back in the 50s high fructose corn syrup was invented as an alternative to cane sugar and sugar beets. It exploded as a sweetener and was basically incorporated into everything because it's easier to handle, lasts longer, tastes almost as good, but most of all it's much cheaper than real sugar since the US grows a ridiculous amount of corn, so it wound up being incorporated into almost everything. For example, anything labeled "low fat" probably has added high fructose corn syrup to make up for the loss in flavor from removing fat. Take out fat, add in sugar, and trick people into thinking it's a healthier option.
I was in one of those saunas some years ago, with my German boss. It was actually a place with many different saunas and hot baths, where cloths were not allowed.
It was an experience that I'm glad I did. I'm from Denmark, where nudity is not that big of a deal either. But it was still a bit like crossing a line.
I'm Dutch and went to Saunas in the Netherlands, Germany and the Czech republic. All nude of course. I can't imagine going with my boss. Maybe with a college that became a friend.
I think nowhere in Europe nudity is such a big deal like in the USA. Americans are literally more scared of naked bodies than of guns.
Love your stuff. I'm just the opposite, I'm an American living in Germany, so I get a lot of the same questions. It took me forever to get fluent and I still get the genders wrong all the time. The biggest problem I have is mixing Sie und Du. The suger thing is great. Night and day difference between German and US Fanta and Nutella. The US versions are much sweeter.
You have to go to the sauna (naked of course) in the winter and then take a walk outside afterwards when there is snow everywhere, and you don't feel the cold. You feel pretty warm, although you are outside naked when it is cold.^^ Great experience!
Very interesting comments about Germany teaching about the holocaust. Thank you so much for sharing......I really enjoy your channel
It’s very good they are, and America has no history classes at all. Those that don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
@@kevinlimo696 The history doesn't like to repeat itself... It enjoys rhyming with itself instead...
usa gotta be one of the few countries where people are genuinely scared by nudity.
i think scared would be wrong.... well... unless perhaps talking about parents of younger children, but then again perhaps some are.
The only country to call a toilet a bathroom or restroom
@@rogertaylor6386 Makes more sense than "water closet".
I'm not going to lie, while I've watched your other videos, I clicked on this one because of the thumbnail. You got me:P
Sad how nudity is treated by many. It's natural and should be way more normal than it is rn on the world
I agree full heartedly
@@michaelsegal3558 I do not. There are natural barriers for people and 80% of human civilizations understood that nudity is a sign of barbarism and moral emptiness. I am right next door from Ohio in Pennsylvania and if those weird movements get here I can safely say that America is finished.
@@MrAnimason let's hope that happens soon then.
@@MrAnimason If god wanted us to walk around naked, we would be naked, when we are born.... ;)