Differences between Austrians and Germans

Great video. Are you now living in Germany and what are you doing for work there atm? Your German has seriously improved well done! I think you should have asked that pretty girl out fur einer kaffee :)

Biggest difference in this video: Germans have only nice things to say about Austria and Austrians, while Austrians describe Germans as arrogant and stingy, less open, less fun, more serious with annoying accent and overall worse... while considering themselves friendly and open minded.

Der Deutsche:"Die Lage ist ernst, aber nicht hoffnungslos." Der Österreicher: " Die Lage ist hoffnungslos, aber bei weitem nicht ernst. " 😂🇩🇪🇦🇹

A British family adopts a baby from Germany. They name the boy Gus, short for Gustav. He’s a studious infant, rarely crying and rarely causing much a fuss. The baby grows into a serious but healthy little boy, the only hiccup is that he doesn’t talk. The parents don’t care, they love Gus and he’s a great kid overall. Then, one day, when Gus is seven, the family is at a restaurant and out of nowhere, for the first time EVER, Gus lifts his head and tells the waiter his soup is cold. His parents are blown away, Gus can speak!! They wipe the tears from their eyes and ask if he can speak, why hasn’t he spoken til now? Gus ponders for a moment and replies: “Up until now, everything has been satisfactory”.

The difference between Germany and Austria is that German chancellors stay in office for 16 years (sometimes) while Austria seems to get a new chancellor every few weeks.

I'm a Bavarian living in Greece. From my experience the cultural differences are not so much between Austria and Germany as between the traditionally catholic and protestant regions. Whenever I meet Austrians it's very easy for me to connect, because we're culturally so similar. I feel culturally closer to Austrians than to people from Hannover or Berlin or Dresden. I also can connect easier with people from Köln than with people from Bremen.

The most remarkable thing about the Austrians is they have managed to convince the world that Hitler was German, usually by not saying a thing.

What people say about others reveals more about their own character than the people they are trying to describe.

As an Austrian having lived in the U.K. Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and France (overseas department) I would say that Austrians think that they are at the center of the world, a very important country. If you lived like me in any of the before mentioned countries you actually never hear about Austria.

I've always admired people like you who are so comfortable with talking to strangers on the street. It requires a lot of confidence! Well done! Fun interview! 😊

Ich bin Österreicher und ich muss eher widersprechen, was die Offenheit betrifft: Deutsche sind im Allgemeinen viel offener als Österreicher. Ich war schon an vielen Orten in Deutschland und habe festgestellt, dass die Menschen dort uns Österreichern gegenüber meistens sehr interessiert und überhaupt nicht arrogant sind. Vor meinen Reisen dorthin hatte ich auch diese Vorurteile. Vielleicht sollten jene Menschen in diesem Video, die das Gegenteil behaupten sich selbst mal ein Bild davon machen. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Deutsche sind meist ganz einfach selbstbewusster als Österreicher, was fälschlicherweise als Arroganz interpretiert wird. Aber eines muss ich schon auch noch loswerden: Österreich hat viel mehr als nur Berge zu bieten 😉

Germans and Austrians will focus the small differences between them and blow them out of proportion, people from neither countries visiting them will notice the massive similarities rather than the minor differences

I've never seen your channel before...I like it! Working for a German company in Austria I consider myself kind of an expert regarding this particular matter. First, it needs to be mentioned that it is not possible to draw a line and say "above this line people are like...and below people are like..." The mentality changes gradually from North to South. Yet, there are obvious, macroscopic differences. The relation between Austrians and Germans is very much like between Scots and English. Really. Austrians have funny accents and dialects. Germans have too, but there's only one dialect that might be hard to understand for Austrians: Plattdeutsch. The rest is nothing that would ever make an Austrian scratch his head. Germans will have a much harder time to understand an Austrian once he engages the dialect-turbo. Germans do have a hilarious sense of humour, as well as Austrians, however the Austrian humour is much darker, more sarcastic and soaked with irony. Actually very british (a fact that was confirmed by John Cleese), whereas the German humour reminds one of the American humour. Now to differences concerning how they work philosophy-wise: Germans love to make plans, love discussing details and try to be prepared for the case, if... Austrians are very "hands-on": Start doing it, problems can be resolved on the fly. That's one reason why Austrians tend to be slightly annoyed if they work for German companies... they hate wasting time for imaginery problems that are unlikely to occur. I guess the golden path is somewhat in the middle, however the Germans seem to fear complications and being responsible for them. So nothing will move before fifty-eleven people had a look at it and didn't express their doubts. So in this field the point goes to Austria, I think. Points for being open-minded rather belong to Germany. Austrias society is quite divided. The younger generations indeed are open but there is a strong conservative generation in opposition with the elderly. One thing that was mentioned in your interviews, which is correct, is: Austrians hate it if they get a feeling of being treated arrogantly by the Germans. Like "oh, aren't they cute, those little mountain-ewoks. Now shut up and let the big guys tell how it is done" That really happens from time to time. Just like the Scots, Austrians are quite proud people. As long as you show some respect, Austrians are very warm-hearted people. If you want to know anything specific let me know.

I'm Austrian and I like Germany a lot. Frequently going to Berlin or Munich for long weekends and meeting locals. Currently living in Switzerland, which is awesome too. I never understood why people tend to repeat stupid little negative stereotypes, there are just different types of people, outgoing ones, more reserved ones, great ones and less great ones in every culture/country. What the 3 German-speaking countries all have in common: they offer an amazing quality of living! We should be proud, although we're constantly shittalking about our countries. They don't deserve that (be we know anyway).

Austria is wedged between southern Germany and Italy and Slavic countries. And that's exactly how it's people are. Even within Austria people north of the Alps are slightly different in language and customs to the southern people who live closer to Italy and Slovenia. And there also are differences between western and eastern Austria in language, culture and mentality. There also is a Beer/Wine border within Austria.

Danke Dir für Deine tollen Videos! Its a pleasure to have you here!! 😁👍

I love this video, it's very inspirational for me as a German learner. It's obvious you were a beginner in this vid, but I mean that as a compliment, because you made complete sense and were able to confidently communicate. Incredible, I want to be as confident as you.

What a lovely video, nice topic. I absolutely enjoyed it. Videos like this are a nice way to improve the skills. The difference is that Germany is much more of an issue in Austria than the other way around. In Austria you often lean back a bit and see what is happening in Germany and then decide what to do yourself depending on how things are going and there is a kind of inferiority complex that finally needs to be overcome. In Austria, at the beginning you often make yourself look smaller than you actually are, but when things go well, you quickly become the best of all.

visit this regions for all versions of germany like in the in south: Baden-Baden, Franken, Bavaria, Vienna, Tirol, swabia, basically along rhine river in the west up north into netherlands and then along elbe river in the east. travel the north west and north east coast line, so you complete almost all different german states and cultural lands. you can also include switzerland to the rhine river tour. you will notice the massive differences yourself. it is similar to Londoners vs scousers vs irish vs welsh vs scots, so massive differences indeed but still one country and almost one language.

Ich lerne Deutsch selbe und ich habe dieses Video sehr interessant gefunden. Ich habe dein Akzent sehr gemocht und es war sehr toll zu sehen wie die andere Leute ihre Sprache entwickeln. Sehr gut gemacht und ich warte auf dein nächstes Video!!!