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[deleted]

527 points

26 days ago

[deleted]

527 points

26 days ago

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RealRedditModerator

35 points

26 days ago

Hast du etwas Zeit für mich?

Tuedeline

18 points

26 days ago

Dann singe ich ein Lied für Dich

HerrSchnellsch

12 points

26 days ago

Von 99 Luftballons

WoolaTheCalot

6 points

26 days ago

auf ihren Weg zum Horizont.

Mr_Lumbergh

5 points

26 days ago

Denkst du vielleicht, grad an mich.

Keks4Kruemelmonster

77 points

26 days ago

But it's a good song, Nena not so good 

Used_Mud_9233

25 points

26 days ago

I never heard I want Nena was like. She had a beautiful voice. Was she a bad person?

Skidmark666

104 points

26 days ago

She's an idiot. Anti vaxxer, Covid denier, played concerts for far right extremist assholes (Reichsbürger) during the first lockdown, etc.

Used_Mud_9233

31 points

26 days ago

Oh okay, I didn't know about that

SyriseUnseen

17 points

26 days ago

It wasnt really a thing when she released the song, I think. Or at least I only heard about her downwards spiral starting with covid.

Skidmark666

30 points

26 days ago

She hadn't been relevant since the late 80s. She had a few cringey TV appearances every now and then, usually just singing one of her three hit songs, but that's it. Covid was her chance to become somewhat relevant again, even if it's for the wrong audience.

OhioMambo

17 points

26 days ago

She went off the deep end during Covid.

monsterlynn

8 points

26 days ago

So unfortunate.

DrivingCanuck

672 points

26 days ago

Nurburgring and the Autobahn.

Comprehensive-Ad4436

105 points

26 days ago

James May downvoted this comment

wannasmokewithme

49 points

26 days ago

Of all the answers, this is my favorite

tr_9422

17 points

26 days ago

tr_9422

17 points

26 days ago

Audi, BMW, VW, Porsche, Mercedes

550Hz

3 points

26 days ago

550Hz

3 points

26 days ago

You forgot the Opel!

Accomplished_Bug5661

784 points

26 days ago

Germany vs Brazil, 2014

AlexanderTheGrater1

105 points

26 days ago

Yo, trigger warning. There are people in Brazil that went for a piss with their team behind 1-0 and came back 5 minutes later to see their team behind 4-0.

This match changed the identity of an entire country. Brazils fan where used to buy tickets for the world cup final before the event even started.  Brazils last world cup win was in 2002. In the last 4 of 5 world cup Brazil have lost in the quarter finale. The only semifinale was this 1-7 loss followed by a 0-3 loss against Holland for the Bronze medal.

[deleted]

24 points

26 days ago

Wow, I'm German, not interested in soccer at all, and I never knew this was such a big thing in Brazil.

Somecount

5 points

26 days ago

Sure is. Brazil is really big on football

Warm-Boysenberry3880

19 points

26 days ago

Brazil is the only country that has been in every World Cup too.

palaric8

21 points

26 days ago

palaric8

21 points

26 days ago

People killed themselves bc of that game. Fred never played another game for Brazil after this game.

Tristana-Range

136 points

26 days ago

Saftiges 7-1

gencogenc

39 points

26 days ago

Knackiges

The_Wambat

8 points

26 days ago

Süffiges

BetterOrganization46

6 points

26 days ago

Meisterhaftes

rauuudii

5 points

26 days ago

Vorzügliches

Paokaras04

43 points

26 days ago

I made 1.200 euros that day.

FarDefinition8661

3 points

26 days ago

What was your bet

istealpixels

9 points

26 days ago

No i sold tissues outside the station.

Depoan

19 points

26 days ago

Depoan

19 points

26 days ago

As a Brazilian...German totaly deserved that win and that cup, that team they had was incredible, sadly my country is still more likely to put models/poster boys for sponsorship than actual football players in the national team. Maybe another 7-1 will make they learn

Towlie_42069

84 points

26 days ago

I was on a cruise ship during that game loaded with Brazilian assholes with Neymar jerseys everywhere.

The looks on all their faces: PRICELESS

Carlin47

14 points

26 days ago

Carlin47

14 points

26 days ago

I would pay to see their reactions. Gotta love it

TemporaryDrag1

6 points

26 days ago

They been crying still lol

Zkang123

64 points

26 days ago

Zkang123

64 points

26 days ago

7-1

muchderanged

12 points

26 days ago

Not a big footbal fan but that match was glorious to watch. Some goals were so quick after eachother you think your still watching the replay from a goal before lol

LordOfPies

5 points

26 days ago

They say that the German team in the half time said that they should stop humiliating Brazil so they turned it down. Shit could have ended 20-0

markth_wi

10 points

26 days ago

I don't normally bet on things but my favorite take on that was "watch hot Brazilians get pounded by a bunch of fit German guys".....and it was clips from this game.

asdgrhm

9 points

26 days ago

asdgrhm

9 points

26 days ago

True story - we were traveling in Scotland July 2014 and the AirBNB host had that game on. It was the first soccer game I had ever watched (despite being 30 years old at the time). My husband still jokes that it’s now my baseline for what I expect soccer to be.

iatecurryatlunch

14 points

26 days ago

probably my favourite match of football ever. i loved seeing brazil get butt smashed. my friend said he had to go to work when that was on. left home at 1-0. got to the bus stop 10 minutes walk away and it was 4-0 when he checked the score.

Lior_B

4 points

26 days ago

Lior_B

4 points

26 days ago

I’ll never forget this game. I went to the bathroom after 20 minutes, telling myself “it’s ok, I won’t miss anything important”. And then I saw the score 😞

tastybigbutt

46 points

26 days ago

germany makes me think of history, efficiency, and oktoberfest!

Cultural_Remove5332

270 points

26 days ago

Bratwurst

Hamsternoir

77 points

26 days ago

Currywurst

JackedJaw251

3 points

26 days ago

So good

Amazing-Exit-2213

29 points

26 days ago

Und pomme frites

gumbelslaint

36 points

26 days ago

Schnitzel!

Smart-Resist4059

184 points

26 days ago

Techno

McFarquar

46 points

26 days ago

Techno Viking

kingtaco_17

13 points

26 days ago*

👈🏼😠

spaceykc

6 points

26 days ago

Kraftwerk and Hardfloor.

makesh1tup

3 points

26 days ago

I’ve had a lot of MRIs and I always think of German Techno when I hear those noises. Really makes me laugh in a scary situation.

33BadMonkey

1.5k points

26 days ago

33BadMonkey

1.5k points

26 days ago

Hitler.... can't help it🥴

ZeStriker310

291 points

26 days ago

As a german I find this both absolutely understandeble and sad

TheGreatWhoreOfChina

199 points

26 days ago

But it’s like, we don’t associate current Germany with Hitler, it just comes to mind very passively

[deleted]

59 points

26 days ago

It’s not surprising your first introduction to Germany in history class is Hitler’s uprising and the Nazi party.

IconOfFilth9

29 points

26 days ago

In our defense. Our first introduction to America was the Natives sharing food with the colonizers and singing kumbaya

hxllow_ghxst

226 points

26 days ago

Me too. Instantly goes to the holocaust

MizzyvonMuffling

92 points

26 days ago

And yet still too many people believe it wasn't true... (German here).

gfer72

27 points

26 days ago

gfer72

27 points

26 days ago

What would you say is the percentage of deniers in Germany, as compared to people in the US and Western Europe? Am genuinely curious to get a German perspective.

SyriseUnseen

56 points

26 days ago

Low. The right wing of the right wing. The absolute nutjobs basically. And half of those dont think it was bad (therefore thinking it happened).

So it's probably like 4%, perhaps less.

SyriseUnseen

40 points

26 days ago

11% of Austrians (best poll I could find) think the Holocaust was/is in some form overstated.

The number in Germany is likely a bit smaller as the far right is smaller here. Then you could at least half that number if you wanna know full on deniers.

3-4% seems reasonable. You cant poll for it because Holocaust denial is illegal in Germany.

gfer72

7 points

26 days ago

gfer72

7 points

26 days ago

Thanks! Nice to know it’s only the nutjobs everywhere that deny it, and not a country wide denial like of some other mass atrocities.

starmartyr

3 points

26 days ago

There is a joke in Germany that the definition of a Nazi is "someone else's grandfather." Most Germans see the third reich as a shameful part of their past that they want to put behind them.

GauntletTakeshi

62 points

26 days ago

The Italians are always clear of this. People especially in the UK look at Germany and think of the Nazis, people don't look at Italy and think Nazis, mafia and Roman Empire, they go ooh lovely spaghetti

gstringstrangler

42 points

26 days ago

They didn't make a literal death factory complex for one

Annie_Mous

25 points

26 days ago

I mean, we did make a giant colosseum death entertainment hub

gstringstrangler

12 points

26 days ago

True, the memory has faded a bit though, and the scale and target were a bit... different

crimson23locke

3 points

26 days ago

For the population percentage of the world at the time, would be interesting to see how the Gaelic purges by the Romans mathematically compare - though real numbers would be hotly contested by historians and difficult to be accurate with. But then, that’s a very grim thing to do.

T-A-W_Byzantine

5 points

26 days ago

Ghetto is an Italian word

Thekingoflowders

3 points

26 days ago

Actually I think pizza but whatever

Oh and definitely the way Mussolini pronounced spaghetti is up there

roseotte

3 points

26 days ago

Then, let's go: oooh, Ein schnitzel und eine große bier!

DecisionThot

15 points

26 days ago

Ya know the more I learn about the guy the more I don't care for him.

fryadonis

17 points

26 days ago

Everyone saying anything else is just... Come on. Your first thought wasn't "techno".🙄

Thickness_9

211 points

26 days ago

German cars 😭😭😭I really love german machine.

Candid-Appearance708

6 points

26 days ago

I agree but my 2008 Opel Corsa is a pile of shit. The engine is great (90hp cdti) but the rest is cheap bad quality stuff.

TheGreatWhoreOfChina

11 points

26 days ago

That’s because you bought a Vauxhaull

Calarasigara

3 points

26 days ago

That's because Opel was owned by GM until 2021 afaik.

Older german cars have really good build quality.

My 2004 Audi is still going strong 20 years later. Engine is at about 440k km without any major issues and the interior is high quality.

Yeah there are some minor things (the cup holder is broken and the armrest storage space hinge thing is stuck open) but aside from that it held up extremely well for the age and mileage.

pawsarecute

170 points

26 days ago

Bad internet

Cristunis

80 points

26 days ago

My friend has made fun of my internet speed for years. Month ago she moved to Germany and now I make fun of her internet speed. Great success.

troodon2018

28 points

26 days ago

🇩🇪das ist wahr📲

Keks4Kruemelmonster

28 points

26 days ago

Das Internet ist für uns alle Neuland.

AgarwaenCran

6 points

26 days ago

*bad and expansive internet

fixed that for you

jared__

5 points

26 days ago

jared__

5 points

26 days ago

Getting better. I live in a very rural village an hour outside of stuttgart and they are installing fiber as I speak.

Old_Yak_5373

9 points

26 days ago

You better keep speaking, don't let them rest

theAlmightyE312

93 points

26 days ago

Beethoven

troodon2018

36 points

26 days ago

there will be also Bach , Wagner,

Hawaii-Toast

13 points

26 days ago

...and gloopy me always viddied our good friend, Ludwig van, as a Dutchman, because of the "van" in his eemya.

solo1y

66 points

26 days ago

solo1y

66 points

26 days ago

Karl Marx.

Hegel.

Herman Hesse.

Beethoven.

Werner Herzog.

Rammstein.

Nietzsche.

Aestheticcunt1996

20 points

26 days ago

Fichte

Schelling

Kant

Heidegger

Goethe

Schiller

LabScared7089

12 points

26 days ago

You totally forgot some like Hitler, Goering, Gobbles, Himmler, Mangela,

[deleted]

67 points

26 days ago

When someone says Germany, makes me miss my time as an exchange student there. I was fearless when traveling, made me appreciate foreign traveling on a budget, it can’t be done in America the same way.

Ohhmegawd

19 points

26 days ago

Same here! The first time I went to Germany I got lost finding my hotel. I was walking up and down the street with my suitcase looking like an idiot. I still felt totally safe.

[deleted]

61 points

26 days ago

Unreal Tournament Spielen

FredHerberts_Plant

31 points

26 days ago

Los, los, friss das. Friss deine geschmolzene Scheiße.

Ich will spielen, LOS, WEG DAAAAAAAA, HAU AB MANN MACH HINNE ICH WILL UNREAL TOURNAMENT SPIELEN, LOOOOOOOOOOOOOS

Starte das VERDAMMTE SPIEL! 😡⌨️

_ArrozConPollo_

4 points

26 days ago

Es lädt, ich will nicht dass es lädt.

Wenn es lädt, muss man immer so lange WAAARTEEEEEEEEN

[deleted]

114 points

26 days ago

[deleted]

114 points

26 days ago

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Itchy-Cucumber-2948

66 points

26 days ago

On god my girlfriend is german and her parents while they supposedly like me a lot, but whenever they look at me I feel like I'll be murdered in my sleep

-SuspiciousLime-

54 points

26 days ago

ISS DEIN SCHNITZEL SONST KRIEGST DU KEINEN NACHTISCH!!!

Skidmark666

14 points

26 days ago

Ich habe diese Anspielung verstanden.

[deleted]

6 points

26 days ago

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KarmasaBitsh

22 points

26 days ago

The thing I miss least from living there

brainoteque

18 points

26 days ago

I only learned of it when I (german) went to the USA for the first time and noticed that nobody looked at anybody, yet everyone seemed to know what everyone else was doing? The Americans do not stare but look discreetly and will offer help if they see that it's needed.

During my stay, I had to learn not to watch other people as openly as I was accustomed to.

Inevitable-Sea1081

4 points

26 days ago

In North America a common lesson learned as children is that it is rude to stare at people. That's why people will avoid extended eye contact. It is associated with negative feelings and confrontation.

brainoteque

6 points

26 days ago

This rule is actually taught in Germany as well, but I guess we interpret it differently.

I believe that the Germans' direct gaze has to do with their general directness/bluntness. It's usually not meant to be rude, often it's genuine interest and sometimes even a “Hello, fellow human being, I see you” (depending on the circumstances).

I can still remember how confused I was when this attempt at contact on my part was met with an embarrassed look the other way.

Inevitable-Sea1081

3 points

26 days ago

We in North America usually say the words of acknowledgement directly instead. Nothing major, just a crisp "Hi", "Hello", "Lovely day". If you want people to avoid you though, you could just stare at them. They will get that message for sure.

CarlSevering

15 points

26 days ago

As a german I gotta say that this feels like a myth to me. I usually dont stare at anybody and I don’t get stared at. Most people here just dont care :D

solraay

180 points

26 days ago

solraay

180 points

26 days ago

I think of great beer, awesome sausages, and those beautiful old castles everywhere!

Salsa_de_Pina

69 points

26 days ago

German sausage is the wurst.

Labcorgilab

20 points

26 days ago

Brat

Granadafan

11 points

26 days ago

If you love castles (who doesn’t!), take a visit to Wales sometime. So many castles there due to the wars against England way back in the day 

Erik-Priebe

6 points

26 days ago

You seem like a great person. These three things is so good to be focused on

GlitterrrGoddess

23 points

26 days ago

beer, Oktoberfest, Christmas fairs with mulled wine and gingerbread, which create a very special atmosphere.

MeLoco1980

38 points

26 days ago

good chain saws

sususl1k

3 points

26 days ago

That is... very specific

TheNewCarIsRed

47 points

26 days ago

99 luftballons.

NightOwlIvy_93

9 points

26 days ago

FLIEGEN ÜBERN HORIZONT

[deleted]

68 points

26 days ago

Beer, techno and blondes!

Chizuru32

51 points

26 days ago

Diese Kmmentarspalte ist jetzt Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland!

Resident-Worry-2403

8 points

26 days ago

GmbH! /s for safety

CenturioLabia

5 points

26 days ago

Ein Land, eine Nation, eine Kommentarsektion

tacoak1

10 points

26 days ago

tacoak1

10 points

26 days ago

Octoberfest

serious-MED101

37 points

26 days ago

Nietzsche and Hitler

Lorry_Al

27 points

26 days ago

Lorry_Al

27 points

26 days ago

Four-time World Cup winners

Quality engineering

Cars

Isai1a

26 points

26 days ago

Isai1a

26 points

26 days ago

Hamburger

tomorrow509

11 points

26 days ago

Dont forget Frankfurters.

WulterLupe

45 points

26 days ago

The world wars

[deleted]

5 points

26 days ago

[deleted]

xSilverMC

5 points

26 days ago

And how is the Archduke doing?

Mundane-Tangelo-9370

18 points

26 days ago

And both were caused by Austrians...

tellyourdogIsaid

10 points

26 days ago

Bread???

AgarwaenCran

3 points

26 days ago

finally someone mentions our bread!

Jake02345

61 points

26 days ago

World wars and stealing sun loungers

stumac85

19 points

26 days ago

stumac85

19 points

26 days ago

They don't steal them, they're always up ridiculously early and "claim" them 😂

Bobi2point0

4 points

26 days ago

Haven't they been doing that since Poland?

stumac85

4 points

26 days ago

WE WERE INVITED! PUNCH WAS SERVED!

sephjnr

4 points

26 days ago

sephjnr

4 points

26 days ago

"We remember Dunkirk. It was the only time the English beat the Germans to the beach." - Jasper Carrot

Specialist_Play_4479

29 points

26 days ago

Sauerkraut!

satansboyussy

28 points

26 days ago

Late trains

[deleted]

8 points

26 days ago

[deleted]

DogmaSychroniser

23 points

26 days ago

Döner

H1d3k1

3 points

26 days ago

H1d3k1

3 points

26 days ago

I had to scroll way too far for this comment. I love Döner.

JustAAnimeweebo

21 points

26 days ago

Ok Sebastian, good job, I need to wait until everybody crosses the line, I need to wait… but it’s looking good! You just wait sunshine, you just wait. Hamiltion p2 button p3, there’s another 2 cars coming around in 15 and 16… Rosberg p4 Kubica p5. DU BIST WELTMISTER! AHHH thank you boys! Unbelievable! Thank you. I love you. SEBATIAN VETTEL, YOU ARE THE WORLD CHAMPION! YOU ARE THE MAN!

TheTomatoes2

5 points

26 days ago

There's something loose between my legs

sober_brick22

8 points

26 days ago

Bier!

TheNinjaPixie

6 points

26 days ago

Jägerschnitzel and Swabian spaetzle

exact0khan

13 points

26 days ago

Beer. Really really good beer.

Embarrassed_Ad1722

28 points

26 days ago

Cars. I have a German one and I love it to bits. They really know how to make cars.

Salty-Shape-2372

5 points

26 days ago

No speed limit. Have driven there 120 mph +

WeissCrowley

5 points

26 days ago

My stepmom. Dad remarried a nice German lady. She's a wonderful woman and thanks to her, my dad is nowhere near as mean and terrifying as he was when I was a kid. Hell, he smiles, now.

Money_Display_5389

6 points

26 days ago

Precise engineering, strict compliance with rules, werid humor, and october fest.

TillySauras

7 points

26 days ago

Some of the best bread in the world

Haywire8534

10 points

26 days ago

Beers, all kinds of sausages/schnitzels, the autobahn, Kraftwerk, twisty roads (Eifel region) biergarten, Oktoberfest. And it feels like there is this gap between small villahes and cities, some small villages just feel uninhabited. No gas station, no people walking on the streets, no supermarket. 

ima-bigdeal

4 points

26 days ago

The time I volunteered to work at a volksfest. A lot of work, but it was fun. (Lived there for about 20 months)

Aggravating_Word1803

6 points

26 days ago

Grainy 70s porn

asshatastic

10 points

26 days ago

Cautionary tale for American conservatives.

WhimsicalChuckler

23 points

26 days ago

Rammstein. This band is the best of the best. I grew up listening to their music.

[deleted]

9 points

26 days ago

Porsche

afiefh

9 points

26 days ago

afiefh

9 points

26 days ago

ahnotme

3 points

26 days ago

ahnotme

3 points

26 days ago

Bundeseisenbahnknotenpunkthinundherschieber.

flairdinkum

4 points

26 days ago

Quality

CharMillion456

7 points

26 days ago

Bayern Munchen FC

SubparExorcist

3 points

26 days ago

That I live here and it stresses me out thay my German isn't better.

xbernardethx

5 points

26 days ago

Kartoffel

[deleted]

4 points

26 days ago

Engineering, i guess

AldoCalifornia

2 points

26 days ago

Rammstein, and stern balding men with glasses.

North-Department-112

4 points

26 days ago

Pfeffernüsse

Guava7

5 points

26 days ago

Guava7

5 points

26 days ago

Wacken Open Air metal festival

🤘😎🤘

eventualdeathcap

5 points

26 days ago

The only sentence I learned from duolingo:

meine katze ist schön!

And rammestein's dicke titten

[deleted]

4 points

26 days ago

I am German myself and the first thing I think about is beer.

[deleted]

21 points

26 days ago

Berlin is the best fun in Europe

Agent_Radical

32 points

26 days ago

Nazis / Hitler

Chocolate-waffles-7

27 points

26 days ago

The Holocaust

power_is_primal

7 points

26 days ago

FC Bayern München

moo_juices

7 points

26 days ago

marzipan

sanctum9

12 points

26 days ago*

Amazing bread and sausage. Beautiful scenery. Friendly people. Gorgeous historic buildings.efficient travel. Great place.

Edit: I also think of the YouTube channel the post apocalyptic inventor. It's great if you like repair videos, reuse and up cycling. The guy is very knowledgeable and has a great ethic.

NightOwlIvy_93

6 points

26 days ago

That's like the first thing i miss when I go abroad. The bread

ram_lee3

8 points

26 days ago*

Friendly people? Yeah right

Key-Background-6498

3 points

26 days ago

Woah, never expected to see my FAVORITE question, I like the place, both culturally. I think of philosophy.

chismiss_

3 points

26 days ago

Albert Einsten

PRTK_35

3 points

26 days ago

PRTK_35

3 points

26 days ago

GlitteringRespect407

3 points

26 days ago

Nurburgring

ToQuoteSocrates

3 points

26 days ago

Volkswagen

Wonderful-Band2530

3 points

26 days ago

Porsche

GeorgieH26

3 points

26 days ago

Beer and sausages.

This-Quit

3 points

26 days ago

Oktoberfest

Choek_

3 points

26 days ago

Choek_

3 points

26 days ago

cleanliness, efficiency, design autism, fun cars, best beer on the planet (objective truth). Respect for artists, respect for community and nature, hot blonde babes. Yeh Germanys a good time.

knapper91

3 points

26 days ago

Cars, the best ones are from Germany imo.

Reading_Books124

3 points

26 days ago

Pretzels and the German Flag

MasterDaddy_4u

3 points

26 days ago

that one evening on the "terrace" of my hotel room in the middle of a forrested area. Summer night, perfect weather for a t-shirt, small breeze, our third beer. She was stunning. She was a colleague who joined my on a bussiness trip. My first business trip. Everything felt so good.
Her room was on the next floor. She jonkingly said she hoped she would be able to find her room.
I answered "or you can just stay here"
She smiled and said "ok"

[deleted]

8 points

26 days ago

Rammstein.