The Germans do have some strange habits which seems weird to people who are not used to it. J

Here some examples.

1.       The majority of Germans do not say “excuse me” when needing to get by in a crowd spot. For example in a market like Walmart. They would rather just stand behind you and huff and puff than simply saying “excuse me, may I pass?”.

2.       Also weird that Germans, who are thought to be people of order and organization, cannot seem to walk in a straight line while shopping.

3.       On the German Autobahn , the equivalent to the U.S. interstate highway system, there are section without any speed limit. Means when you have a Porsche 911 for example you are allowed to go 160 miles per hour or even faster. J Be careful when you go on German highway. It`s your fault when you drive with 60 miles/hr on the left line and a Porsche hit you in the  trunk with 160 miles/ hour. J

4.       In German language sometimes you put the verb at the end of the sentence. Isn`t that strange? For me, that makes it easier to study NIHONGO. Because the Japanese do the same crazy thing. J

5.       German words can be very long. That concerns most likely the attribute nouns.  For example “a small blue car” is called “ ein kleines blaues Auto’.  But on the other hand “heating oil storage room” is a noun  – Heizoellagerraum – 😉 a Noun can be as long as a row in your textbook 🙂 crazy crazy, I am glad that I dont have to study German 🙂

6.       Germans are used to celebrate a lot. Each town has their annual beer festivals , wine festivals, carneval etc.  But that is sometimes not enough on possibilities for a German  to celebrate. Means when nothing is coming up at the weekend or during the week we make up a reason to celebrate.  Like “ Hey Michael got a new dog….. awesome let`s celebrate it. I am going to buy the cases of beer and meat for bbq. Let everybody know about the bbq party tonight at 7.00 pm at my house”

7.       Germany is called the Schnitzel-Republik. J Schnitzel is like a fried pork cutlet with fries and side salad. We love it. Its like the Hamburger in the U.S.

I am going to think about more weird things Germans usually do and consider as part of their culture. It might be interesting for some of you guys here at the bloq. 🙂 At least Michiko will be interested in this. hihi.

Aloha

Christian