HOW TO SPOT A GERMAN ANYWHERE 🇩🇪

hey guys welcome back to my channel and if you're new here it is so great to have you I'm Antonette a New Zealander living in the beautiful wine region of lower Franconia Germany so a while back now some of you may remember that I made a video titled how to spot a German a lot of you especially my German subscribers just really enjoyed this video found it pretty hilarious many of you were just really curious to know how us non dumans are able to quick pleas spot a German who is visiting our country and honestly it's not very hard I can probably 95% of the time Peck out a German anywhere I thought do you know what maybe people are interested in seeing a follow-up video on how to spot a German and I did a little bit of a research on the topic sometimes I will do this because I just want to know if other people agree with my opinions and I actually stumbled upon uh Reddit feed talking about this exact topic so this gave me an idea I thought why not put a little bit of a Twist on how to spot a German and react to how other people other non-germans can spot a German anywhere so make sure you keep watching I'm going to be getting into that really soon but first I want to give just a quick shout out to an incredible learning platform for school a children here in Germany it's called sofa sofa is a fun Interactive Learning platform for school age children hearing in Germany from first grade right up until the end of school right up until aatur it helps kids with basically every area of the German curriculum and it's done in a really fun interactive way so it's done through all of these games like fun interactive games and also through learning videos with really cool funny cartoons seriously Mato my 7-year-old is obsessed with soapa tutor he just loves it he can't get enough and he loves it because he gets like instant rewards for getting right answers it's just really motivating for him and it makes learning really fun so if any of you have school-aged kids in Germany 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also visible by how they walk can't really explain why but it always looks like they own the place when they're here hold on there was a lot in that comment okay so I'll break it down the first part that either overdressed or underdressed note in between I kind of agree with this and I have talked about this in more recent videos actually I've talked about how I feel as though many Germans overdress their children at the start of spring I feel like many Germans are just really slow to adapt to the changing season if that makes sense it usually takes a good month or so for most Germans to finally be ready to break out their sandals and their sort of sumy clothes and I'm not saying this is the case for all Germans just a lot of Germans I see seem to have this issue it's kind of understandable because the weather in Germany can be quite unpredictable and you can have five seasons in one day during early Springtime I don't think Germans have that problem with winter I feel as though they are super quick to get into their winter clothes as soon as there is a little bit of cooler weather this person talks about being able to spot a German because they're wearing a huge backpack and Hiking clothing and boots and those big hiking poles um and 100% yes like I used to be able to spot German Backpackers in New Zealand by their trekking gear and particularly like the labels of the treking gear You Know Jack wolfkin most of the time if you see somebody in New Zealand just decked out in trekking gear from head to toe it's a pretty reliable indication that this person is German or Dutch maybe but mostly German also the hiking poles I never saw hiking poles in New Zealand I only discovered them and knew that they were a thing when I got to Germany because a lot of Germans particularly sort of I don't know middle-aged to sort of older Germans will use hiking poles to just help them along when they are tricking and it's just a very typical German thing to do so yes I agree on that part also the backpacks backpacks are such a German thing and that is definitely something that I have caught on to I love wearing backpacks especially as a mom and especially when my kids were little honestly backpacks are so practical and so comfortable and I still wear backpacks and I never wore them in New Zealand and so yeah Germans a lot of Germans wear backpacks and it's just a very German thing to wear so yeah agree with that part the part about being able to spot a German just by the way they walk I don't agree with that I don't think you can spot a German purely based on the way they walk I wish that person had been a little bit more specific about this because no I can't spot a German by the way they walk okay so the next one I had to laugh a little bit big ass camper van that takes up 2/3 of the roads up in the north goes for the Dutch as well you almost have to drive off the road every time you see one coming against you one 100% Germans love to drive these big flesh camper van I don't know what it is Germans just love this luxury camping or glamping you could call it I made a video a while ago now after I went camping in Germany about how German camping is totally different to New Zealand style camping and how most Germans they have all like the flashh expensive camping gear and these big camping Vans and that is not considered camping in New Zealand New Zealand style camping is rugged off grid you don't need a lot of fancy gear and this luxury glamping that the Germans love to do it's definitely a dead give way that you are German okay so this next comment I thought was interesting I don't necessarily agree with it but I'll read it out anyway unlike every other tourist they don't try to talk in English but use German instead they seem to think everybody speaks their language I don't think there is much difference in appearance between between a German and a Dutch person though I don't know who wrote that comment but I definitely don't agree with that I think it is the complete opposite actually so Germans out of all the Backpackers in New Zealand are really good at speaking English like I feel as though the average German Backpacker speaks a really high level of English at least they're able to communicate with you in English and I don't ever recall a German back peeck trying to speak German with me like I don't know where that comment came from so compared to Backpackers from other countries say French Backpackers or South American Backpackers or you know Eastern European Backpackers in New Zealand German Backpackers speak awesome English and they never speak German to people who obviously don't speak German so yeah that's my thought on that part the last part about not being able to tell the difference between Germans and the Dutch I agree with I think it can be a little bit tricky just like new zealanders and Australians it can be hard to tell the difference with their style and how they dress um and same goes with the Germans and the Dutch okay next comment in Australia incredibly sunburnt nearly getting themselves killed regularly in small groups found around typical Backpackers SL tourist areas in Europe fashion style back uh black jeans shirt and SL or coat and general manner of behavior I can't describe it but I can often spot it immediately probably cuz I live here since I can also do it with Aussies okay let me dissect this comment the part about Germans been incredibly sunburn nearly getting themselves curled regularly um I agree with that to a certain extent the sun here in Germany is completely different to the sun in the Southern Hemisphere and I think Germans a lot of Germans traveling to New Zealand or Australia get themselves into a pretty bad situation with just assuming that our sun is the same so in New Zealand for example I've talked about this in other videos but we have a massive hole in our ozone layer and so we have hardly any protection from the sun's harmful Rays so it is very very easy to get very very badly sunburned if you are not aware of this you need to be very very cautious about you know the Sun and you need to protect yourself well from the Sun with you know a high SPF Sun cream and you know hats and that type of thing and avoid the Sun at certain times of the day and obviously if you come to New Zealand from another country you may not be aware of this so I do kind of agree with that person's comment but I don't think it's just Germans you see who are bright red and sunburnt um I think think it is just Backpackers in general who are you know in the southern hemisphere the part about they're in small groups found typically around Backpacker tourist areas um yeah I guess but all Backpackers hang around in groups you know around these tourist areas so I don't know I don't think that comment is really specific to Germans just Backpackers in general so the last part um in Europe fashion style black jeans shirt and slash coat and general manner of behavior I don't necessarily agree on like the black jeans and the shirt or coat um but I agree on the fact that it can be quite easy to pick out a German because of their style um and I go more into that in a video that I made a while back how to spot a German um I think many Germans have a very specific way of dressing um a very particular style um but not like black jeans or I mean maybe some Germans wear black jeans but it's not a typical German thing to wear um what else does he say um typical manner of behavior um that's a little bit vag but definitely some things Germans do can indicate that they are German for example just say you're in like a public pool area Germans think it's okay to reserve their spot by just placing their towel on their seat and that is just not something that is done in New Zealand and I definitely think this is a typical German thing to do if I saw somebody doing that I would know straight away that is a German um and just other little mannerisms Germans have um I could probably make a whole video on this but yeah you can definitely tell um if a person's German just by certain things they do okay so the next comment simply says Jack Wolf clothing and I hate to laugh at this one this is 100% on point Jack wol skin for those of you who don't know it is a trekking brand jack wolkin equals German middle-aged man I'm sorry I am completely stereotyping here but there is definitely some truth to this a lot of truth actually okay and the next comment two words socks and sandals and unfortunately I have to agree with this this is a very German thing to do to wear socks and sandals and it's mostly tricking sandals so maybe they're even Jack wolin sandals but um yeah Germans do wear socks and sandals not all of them like the majority of Germans don't do this but a lot of Germans do so in New Zealand you'll see them the Backpackers I don't understand what is the point in wearing socks and sandals if it's a little bit colder wouldn't you just wear socks and shoes maybe it has something to do with the fact that Germans can be a little bit unsure when it comes to like dressing appropriately for the weather so they're wearing socks just in case so they may think it's not warm enough to just wear sandals on their own so just to be on the safe side they will put on socks with these sandals so maybe if it gets a little bit warmer later they can take off their socks so they're just in their sandals I don't know that is just a theory I've come to but who knows don't get me wrong there are so many really stylish Germans I think a lot of Germans know how to dress really well but unfortunately socks and sandals are definitely a German thing so anyway guys I have come to the end of this video this was just a little bit of light-hearted fun hopefully no one takes offense to anything I've talked about and you know feel free to point out anything about me that sticks out as a New Zealander I don't mind um I think it's always really interesting 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