For northern Germany you can use "moin" as a greeting. 24 h a day. It is always right.

After “hello”, I find that the question “do you speak English?” is incredibly important, whether in German or in English, because it just comes across as incredibly arrogant when it is simply assumed that everyone understands you.

I found German to be rather easy to understand in context.  Didn't help me speak it, but I didn't have too difficult a time understanding it when it was printed

If you're meeting a German for the first time, it's better to use the formal "Wie geht's Ihnen" rather than the informal "Wie geht's dir".

Moin, this will work evertime in the north of germany.

Well, I like that I will not need my two years of German, aber ich möchte ein bisschen Deutsch sprechen. I still remember when I went to Italy  and I got complimented on speaking Italian as an obvious American as well as I did. That is kind of my high, learning languages that will impress native speakers. Italian was easy after two years of high school Latin und Deutsch für mir war immer einfach and next Japanese so I can take my Fiancée there once we are married.

Can’t wait to see how much I remember since our last posting to Lahr in 1977.

If you want to give them a tip, you give them the amount and if it's over, you say "Das Stimpt" eg, this is correct amount...

As a person from cologne I don’t agree with every point you mentioned 😅 of course these are generalizations anyway - but THANK YOU for pointing out the n*zi Joke thing!! I have watched a lot of videos in the style of yours but this point has never been made and it is soooo crucial!! I can’t tell you the amount of times I went to other countries , even as far away as Australia, and the n*zi jokes kept coming - or the times people came here and joked about it! Not only is it an immediate turn off but also in my case, as my grandpa was a resistant fighter (Edelweisspirat) and used his time of life to go to schools and podiums etc. and talk about the time back then - I grew up hearing all of these terrible stories (which I am sure a lot of Germans have) making me feel super super anxious when I even just see any type of symbolism anywhere today (like in movies and museums etc.) etc. let alone being associated with these inhumane crimes that have happened! It’s a very dark and traumatizing part of german history - and this is me saying that, without even being Jewish or anything so I can’t even imagine how it must be for them - and it has resulted in Germany in general having a very weird relationship with national pride. It would be unimaginable here to have a german flag in every classroom, every house outside on the street - this immediately would give off n*zi vibes and I feel like people over here (who are not ‘rechts’) try really hard to be open minded and not to step on anyones toes or anything because of our history in worry that It might repeat itself!
Millions of people lost their lives and if left more than a whole generation traumatized which is still reflected in generational trauma in the younger generations today. So yeah…not funny at all 🙈

Just listen to a bunch of Rammstein before you go 😆

GREAT video!!!!!

Excellent! Very helpful!

My husband's first language is German but he has grown up in North America. Wherever we went throughout Germany the minute they heard him speak about 4 German words with his North American accent they would switch completely to English. He was quite surprised how quickly they knew he was a tourist and how well the English language is known there.

Hey mark Im traveling to Germany in a few weeks, and it’s my first time traveling abroad, I’m so nervous! I appreciate the germany videos, I’m watching all of your videos to prepare😀🇩🇪

Currently traveling in Germany, and I am so grateful for all of your awesome videos!!

The southern German greeting "Grüß Gott" doesn't mean "Greetings to God." It's the short form of "Grüß Sie/dich/euch Gott." In English "May God greet you." So it's the other way round.

WC means Water closet.

I ❤️ GERMANY! I wish to live there.

It's crazy how they say English and Deutsch come from the same family tree, because a lot of things are different. English and Spanish are more mutually intelligible, and yes, modern English has a heavy Latin influence on it.

I like to watch German Pod 101