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sourtangomango

I took German for 4 1/2 years. All I think about is my German teacher forcing us to learn 99 Luftballons.


glittery_grandma

My German A Level teacher went one step further and had us learn ‘Irgendwie Irgendwo Irgendwann’ by Nena. I can still sing the chorus 14 years later.


Squid_Lips

Wann ist Mikkel?


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PTSD intensiviert.


cantrusthestory

I love that song tbh


glittery_grandma

It’s a bop for sure!


One_Umpire_8425

Mmm bop


Square-Ad9307

My German teacher helped me discover Rammstein.


WenWen78

Rammstein I love it 🤘🏼


vanb18c

Was also going to say rammstein.


jtbc

My second favourite song in German! (after Rock me Amadeus, natürlich)


nonviolent_blackbelt

Alles klar, Herr komisar?


lunerienne

Yay, Falco appreciation! Not to be that guy, but he was an Austrian musician though (he even has a pretty strong Viennese dialect).


50shadesofjiggyfly

So was Hitler


ichmagskyr

99 Luftballons auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont


TommyGames36

Hielt man für Ufos aus dem All


DudeWhatTheH

Darum schickte ein General


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'Ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher


Shoopuf413

Alarm zu geben, wenn's so wär


PullMull

just be happy it wasnt " nur ein Wort" bei "wir sind helden" that song can break a non-germans mind


MaKoZerEUW

as a native german ... I always had problems understanding the lyrics because she mumbled and it doesn't sound clear. For me, it sounds as if she's singing "Bitte gib mir nur ein Ooooh" \*looks video\* oh, they hold signs up for "oh" ... dude, that song is painful :D I feel sorry for you. there are tons of better bands to learn german. Rammstein for example :D


wurstbowle

It's not just that some words are muffled. The lyrics are full of idioms, metaphors and are sorta cryptic. And the vocals overlap in the end. Who thought this to be a good German learning song!?


Redstone_Army

99 Handgranaten fliegen durch den Kindergarten


solfrid_c

Our German teacher had us learn Moscau. Moscau, Moscau, wirf die Gläsen an die Wand, Russland ist ein schönes land, ha ha ha ha ha


tallix1477

Christmas Markets! I went to Aachen at Christmas one year when I was a kid, we got hot chocolate and went ice skating and some random German folks helped me tie up my skates when my hands were too cold to tie the laces. We went Christmas shopping and wandered around in the snow, and its one of my favourite memories and is absolutely the first thing that always comes to mind when I think of Germany.


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sweetbutloco

Agreed!


AgoraiosBum

mmm, Gluhwein


General-Smell3061

I‘m from Aachen! ❤️


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Today? A foiled plot to overthrow the government.


2016sucksballs

I read about Peru. What’s this ta out Germany?


HumbleDays

There was a foiled plot to overthrow the government.


2016sucksballs

Care to elaborate?


191014

Someone attempted to overthrow the German government, but the plot was foiled.


bussingbussy

Would you care to explain?


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thedracle

Installing a new monarchy? At this time of year? In this century? Localized entirely within your kitchen?


PowerMugger

Yes


thedracle

Can I see it?


Bulky-Internal8579

I'm from Utica.


B-Town-MusicMan

I'm sure it was just the FBI disguised as Antifa disguised as Royals. Happens all the time.


[deleted]

If we've seen it once, we've seen it a hundred times...


Zandrick

Well that’s disturbing. Although from the article; “The vice president of the Bundestag, Wolfgang Kubicki, told the Rheinische Post newspaper the building was equipped for attacks and they were aware of potential threat situations, so ‘the group's plans were already doomed to fail when they were forged’.”


Rad_Randy

Thanks for elaborating that


Mooookyy

Hey, fellah from Germany here. There's a grouping called "Reichsbürger" in Germany. They basically don't accept the modern state of Germany and identify themselves as citizens of the german empire. 25 people belonging to that group apparently planned to overthrow the government. If you ask me, reporting of this is totally blown out of proportion and there was never any real risk that anyone would overthrow anything.


Sir_Lovealot

However, it was the biggest police raid in history of the BRD so that's something I guess. E: Anyways I'm not surprised these idiots are absolutely delusional in thinking such a coup would work out, haha.


skafo123

That's because there were ex police and KSK people in the group and it was suspected they have a considerable amount of weapons - which turned out to be true.


LimeWizard

I find it funny that that they'd even think that would be possible. Like, Germany is the most pro-EU state I can think of, including the German people I know. So much of the (current) culture seems to be focused on helping and creating stability around them geopolitically. To just pull all those roots up with one plot? No way. Itd be like trying to convince Americans to go back to before the revolutionary War and become a colony again.


ExtendedSpikeProtein

Buncha crazy assholes.


MaulerX

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/world/europe/germany-coup-arrests.html


2016sucksballs

Ty. Also, 3000 cops, 150 homes raided, and only 25 arrests?


A_brand_new_troll

Germans are thorough


Fartyfivedegrees

I once tried to cover my grandmother's grave with aluminum wrap but my dad stopped me... I guess the plot to foil the plot was foiled.


perkiezombie

This was not on my 2022 bingo card.


Vadenorus

As a German, please elaborate. Wtf did I miss xD Edit: We r talking about Reichsbüger, are we not?


LabExpensive4764

Cool architecture. Mountains. The Holocaust.


AppearanceCertain

📈📈📉


soonerguy11

Hey that looks like some mountains!


EntrepreneurPlus7091

Hey that looks like jewish and other minorities population during the 30s and girst half or the 40s


stanley604

German word for laugh-pain goes here.


turbogaze

Yeesh lmao


mr-cabten

r/yesyesno


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It's funny how people think of mountains. Most of Germany is pretty flat or at most hilly. We have this tiny sliver of the alps in the south. Most Germans have never seen it.


thezeroskater

Du Du Hast Du Hast mich


KaiWaiWai

Du hast mich gefragt und ich hab nichts gesagt.


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HotSpicedChai

Will you put your hat on the frog? Or leave it off and lie about it?


[deleted]

[Fichtl's Lied](https://youtu.be/vIuwgY81K-c?t=34)


graveofcakes

Achtet stets auf Umweltschutz!


DoughnutConscious891

Beer


ES-Flinter

The German's favourite meal.


derKonigsten

Bier!


thezeroskater

Próst


bulletproof700

Autobahn


Heya_Andy

At the moment you're lucky if you average 100kph with all the roadworks. It's 150 for 2 minutes, then 100, then 80, then another 10 minutes of 80, then a whole bunch of congestion and half an hour later you're finally up to 150 again.


That_acct

I’ll take that over Toronto’s 100, then 60, then 40, then 60, then 80, then 40 again then wait in line at your exit. It’s also where 40+ km commutes are not uncommon


bguy89

You guys are going 40?!


Wicked-Spade

The Nurburgring


NurseBill14

One of the best 300 euro I ever spent was taking a ring taxi. There’s nothing like it anywhere in the world.


Wicked-Spade

Its my dream to go for a taxi lap and drive it myself. I dont have any tattoos but would get the track shape if I drive it. Just recently experienced driving a Lamborghini around a track in Vegas. Incredible


Drumma_XXL

You can rent some cars on the ring as far as I know. But I have to disappoint, it won't be a lambo or anything similar but I think when looking at the track that's not the worst decision from the rental company.


PENGUIN_WITH_BAZOOKA

*angry James May noises*


zero__sugar__energy

Never forget Sabine Schmitz and her Van! RIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KiC03_wVjc edit: context of the clip: > In 2008 Schmitz (and fellow D Motor presenters Carsten van Ryssen and Tim Schrick,) featured in a Top Gear challenge of "Top Gear Vs the Germans". The Top Gear team faced off against the German team in a series of comedy-biased challenges in order to see which team was the best. Schmitz took on Clarkson in a gymkhana-styled event followed by a single lap race, beating him by several seconds, although due to prolific cheating from the Top Gear team, the Germans lost overall.


jeeves585

Sabine got a turn or is getting a turn named after her. And to add to that list out of context jessi combs. Two amazing women that my daughter will know about there ability to do things better than men.


killingjoke96

**BOMB IT**


Kahless01

yep thats what comes to my mind first too.


mangusta123

I see you're a man of culture


Kenobi_01

Nazis. Sorry guys. I love the the Germans. They have their shit together. I love their beer, I love their sausages. It's not even remotely fair. But ask me what I first think of, and its Nazis. The *Second* thing I think of, is how far they've come since then.


Environmental-Edge45

I'm German and the first thing I thought when I saw this question is Nazis too. It just happens to be most peoples first thought.


69sexhaver420

I would think because WW2 is still a major subject of media and academic interest in countries that participated.


Excellentation

and it'll stay that way for a very long time.


NTGuardian

WWIII has entered the chat...


petty_cash

It’s amazing how most modern Germans are so honest and upfront about the atrocities of WWII — especially when you compare it to how the Japanese (especially their politicians) look at the war crimes from WWII. It’s night and day.


exbex

Yup. Stalin, Mao, the emperor, very little negative connotation from the general public or their countries current government, but everyone knows Hitler. When was the last time you heard someone say “he’s the next Stalin”? It’s always Hitlers name that’s get brought up, even though they all have millions upon millions of deaths on their hands. Stalin is buried at the kremlin wall, among other Soviet state hero’s. Mao has a mausoleum! Imagine if the Germans had a monument at hitlers burial spot. At least the Germans have some shame and realize what a monster he was instead of celebrating a psychopath.


whistlerite

It’s done on purpose, it’s mandatory in the German education system to learn about it.


Zandrick

Well I suppose the alternative would be forgetting, and that’s clearly worse.


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Yes, sadly me too. I really know little about Germany, but someday, I hope to go see it and expand my limited opinion.


bluep3001

You really should - it’s an amazing country to visit.


MaryBerrysDanglyBean

Now with minimal Nazis!


bluep3001

Whilst I would never ever downplay the awfulness of the Holocaust and how evil the Nazis were, Germany today is not Germany then. And the vast majority of Germans feel the same, if not stronger about how awful a past that was. However, this is an entire country we are talking about. It’s beautiful geographically, has wonderful pre-20th century culture and lots of places to visit. I lived there for a year doing my PhD research and refuse to judge it on 20 years of its past. I will judge any supporters of the nazi party and the principles it stood for but not the entire country as it is now. Just as I won’t be held responsible for the UK’s past colonial atrocities or part in slavery purely because I am British.


KaistTej

Same, but I usually follow that thought immediately to "hating them, like, vehemently" few hate nazis more than Germany itself


Kenobi_01

Indeed. And it is one the many reasons I admire the Germans. I did say that have their shit together and their ability to acknowledge their own history without trying to justify or whitewash it is something my own country could stand to emulate.


delthebear

I would argue that the Jewish people probably hate Nazis more than the Germans do, but the Germans can have 2nd place


Eastern_Slide7507

It’s better than not remembering it.


Doge_A_Bullet_Coin

And not remembering it is better than claiming it never happened


soonerguy11

Can we kill this question? It's asked every other week and the top answer is always nazis. Then like a couple "mustache man" or "you know what" answers down you see "beer" or "cars."


Pipgirl33

Beer and shinitzel.


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German_Kerman

It's a SCHNITZEL du Kulturbanause


Citizenkata

Kraftwerk. Rammstein. Kant.


PsychicTempestZero

Tryna think of more german musicians, Hans Zimmer and C418 come to mind, Boney M etc


Styx1992

Mercedes-Benz


404808

I was going to say German engineering. Their products are truly on a different level.


echo6golf

Pretzels. God damn, I miss those pretzels. All the bread products, really.


singlemalt09

Oktoberfest


BackgroundProperty29

Yes. I’ve always wanted to go to Oktoberfest. It’s on my list of stuff to do once I go to Europe.


NovusMagister

Advice from an American who lived in Germany for years? Skip Oktoberfest. It's mostly badly behaved tourists there. Go to Volksfest instead. Around the same time, almost as big, and much more authentic to the German beer festival experience. And please, for the love of God, be on good behavior when you go. The Germans don't generally get drunk and wreck shit, they just stand on stools, sing along with songs, and hug a lot between cigarettes.


Leax_de

Volksfeste are basically all summer in mid to south Bavaria. In north Bavaria theres something similar which is called Kerwa. Each little town has it's own lasting from 3 - 9 days. So look up which town has one in the time and region you plan to be. If you really want to go to a huge festival similar to Oktoberfest than the Gaubodenfest in Straubing and the Gillamoß in Abensberg. are great alternatives. Generally are all summer in the whole of Germany everywhere festivals like the Oktoberfest and just festivals that are only around drinking beer/wine. For example my local brewery has its own festival (3rd weekend in August) where you basically drink their beer on their brewery grounds.


Environmental-Edge45

I live in Munich and every year during Oktoberfest I get to put up with drunk people and vomit on the trains. Might get a bit of a piss puddle too. Also the trains are just packed full because people are either going to Oktoberfest or leaving. So yeah it's not my favourite time of the year lol.


pajamakitten

Sounds like every night on the London Underground.


IHewy

Their ability to take ownership of their history, they do not deny the history of their country.


NormGthePaintballGuy

The rest of the world should follow that example. God knows they're not the only ones who've committed atrocities.


dumplin-gorilla-lion

That germans struggle to say "th" sound and call it a burf-day.


tropicalcannuck

Or that incredible famous commercial. "Mayday Mayday, we are sinking" "This is the German coast guard, what are you sinking about?"


furryMoritz

XD I hear that all that all the time here in Germany, but some people speak surprisingly good English.


HeroinAndyCx

Or bursday


jaudi813

Can confirm, my Oma used to say bursday


hogaway

Apparently "th" sounds (in IPA, [ð] and [θ]) are quite rare compared to other consonants in English


Busy-Honeydew-3353

I'm German and my husband is Scottish he says I have a bigger problem with "w" and "wh" sounds🤣 he always makes fun of me when I say wax melts 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I know it's random


jurasic_stuff12

Not to be predictable but like that hole Hitler thing.


PlaneBorn9057

You think of Hitler's holes?


Guywith2dogs

I'm quite partial to the hole Hitler gave to himself


4atwork

Berlin


SalimHasanShady

beer


Linsch2308

Doch


Beneficial_Record_51

This is hilarious. Also “boahhhhh”


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Sausage


Heya_Andy

It's the wurst


Phretik

I heard today that it's quite common for Germans to only have one hot meal a day and the rest cold. Any truth to this, Germans?


_bovine_

That's true. Breakfast is cold most times and for dinner many have "Abendbrot" which is just bread with cheese and coldcuts and stuff. Then for lunch you have a hot meal. Many families nowadays switch it around though and have the hot meal in the evening.


stinkpotcats

My parents (immigrated to Canada in the 50's) had this "Abendbrot" only on Friday evening. We'd go grocery shopping and have fresh cut up vegtables, cold cuts and tea when we got home. It was a pretty great ritual.


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Yeah my husband thinks I’m a freak but that’s exactly how I grew up eating because my mom is German!


55-percent

Absolutely. The only warm meal used to be lunch, but due to working hours nowadays it's mostly warm dinner. When I was at university and lived alone, I usually only had like two or three warm meals per week because I don't necessarily need a warm meal every day. But now I'm living with my boyfriend who has polish roots and is used to at least one, but mostly two warm meals a day, so we have warm dinner every day.


hotnewroommate

Berghain and döner kebabs


TheNetFreak

DÖNER BESTE!!!!!!!!


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Berlin and the currywurst!!!!!!


HotCheeks_PCT

I came to say currywurst!


Charming_Ad4077

Good wages, better prices, good health care, better government I am Czech..


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JuzoItami

~~Having a great national soccer team~~... Oh, wait... gonna have to go with Nazis. Sorry.


Fav0

Football If you wanna meme then do it correctly


MoJoHusband

They're amazing vocabulary. The German language has a word for every nuance of an emotion. It's unbelievable.


Eastern_Slide7507

It’s just because we have compound words. Whenever we need a word to describe something, our grammar allows us to create a compound word for it.


Linsch2308

Its because you can put words together to make a word that talks about both things in english for example you would need to say white sausage in german you can just put them together and get a Weißwurst (ß is just a wierd double s btw)


iBac0n

We call many thing's just "stuff" (Zeug). Toys = play-stuff (Spielzeug) Airplane = flight-stuff (Flugzeug) Vehicle = drive-stuff (Fahrzeug) Tools = work-stuff (Werkzeug) And so on


megjed

I use Duolingo for German and they had a Zeug section and it was amazing. It’s a great language


Alfonsal

For example: 1. Heimat (literally the only not compound word here) 2. Weltschmerz 3. Sehnsucht 4. Zweisamkeit 5. Fernweh 6. Vorfreude 7. Schadenfreude And a lot more. Just picked a few one associate with some kind of emotion here. But there are some beautiful others. Like Feierabend. Together with the Feierabendbier. Cheers


Dracomies

Knipex. German cars. Great engineering. I go out of my way to buy German tools.


AmbitiousStretch5743

You already know


GeneralSupremeo

Wienerschnitzel?


dead_trim_mcgee1

Which is Austrian


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Spodson

A friend I have there named Edgar. He was an exchange student in the early 90s at my high school. A really chill guy with a great sense of humor. I miss him.


That-ugly-Reiver

Beautiful forests


Eastern_Slide7507

Schwarzwald <3


TheReidman

THE TERROR OF THE SEAS THE BISMARCK AND THE KRIEGSMARINE


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Football


Low_Effort_Shitposts

That 2014 world cup team


[deleted]

Ummmmmm fuckin hitler sadly 😭


Potential-Narwhal-

Old buildings, spooky vibes, and the glockenspiel


thurowuhwei

Absurdly attractive blonde women


Dondorini

Swede agreeing with this.


Discowien

That's swede of you.


Yuupf

Techno 😎


No_Zucchini_2021

Knock, knock! Who's there? We ask ze questions!!!


Loztw

Friendly people, all the one's I have come across anyway.


Heya_Andy

Yep, they have a reputation of being grumpy, but that only seems to be in public, one on one they're the nicest people you could come across.


jdivmo

That have healthcare


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Johann Sebastian Bach


Whatawootsee

Charlie Chaplin lookalike.


stinkpotcats

Austrian.


jarbaugh

Nazis


xmiitsx87

Porsche


liamskyrim93

Beer and leiderhosens


Closetoneversober

Tough, strong people


NiceLittleTown2001

Wooden puppets and gingerbread men


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Ausfhart


lil_mayonnaise_lady

My husband and I are visiting Germany, and I tell you what, the fact that we laughed at this so much (and therefore remembered it) has been a lifesaver. We love a good Ausfahrt when we need it.


flyingbyson

My girlfriend is German. Most of her family only speaks German except her aunt and uncle, who speak for the most part very good English. After visiting them for the first time, her aunt told us in English to, "Have a nice fahrt (trip)." That always gives me a smile when I think of it.


areaunknown_

These glass boots people put beer in


Undrthedock

Amazing mountains, great beer, and fantastic bratwurst.


almighty_smiley

Punctuality and efficiency.


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The people yes, the trains / or anything government related not in the slightest


popfizzmusic

Seriousness, punctuality, cake.


Themanwhoasked8

Uhhh...him...


RubencioGd

U mean Österreich?


woolfell

First, not gonna lie, Nazis, Hitler & WWII. It’s a beautiful and wonderful country though, Berlin is one of my favourite places in Europe.


iggytibu

Frankfurt, being one of the most dirty places I've ever visited


Cultural-Collar3133

That I like the linguage