German Culture?

Question

Is it a german culture when the guy kiss the girl (friend) on the cheek before saying goodbye?

Answer 1

Not where i come from, unless your a relative, The double kisses are new to me, they're more italien then german.

Answer 2

yes it seems so..cause i live in germany now and its 2 kisses on the left cheek and right one..friend or girlfriend or meeting someone for the first time...it seems normal....and guys do it too!!!!

Answer 3

Not really, that tradition is rather common in France.

In Germany, especially in Bavaria, you normally only do that kind of thing with (female) family members or (female) friends. I ve spent about half of my life in Germany and I ve never seen any guys doing that.

So in general, when you meet a girl for the very first time, you wouldn t do that.

@Amy Beware:

If your mom really was German, you should know that you misspelt all the words there, it s:

Bier

Oktoberfest

Lederhosen

Bratwurst

Sauerkraut

Wiener Schnitzel

Volkswagen

.....

Answer 4

I don't think so. Most Europeans kiss both cheeks of girls and guys. I think it's the kiss on the hand when introduced to a girl or when saying goodbye.

German culture includes;

Beer- {October fest}

Laterhosen- Short leather pants

Bratworst- Fried sausage

Sour kroutt-Cabbage

Viener schnittzel- Veal

Folkswagon- Cars built for "the people"

Answer 5

It is not really a culture but to say goodbye to your boyfriend/girlfriend, mom, dad, grandparents you often give them a short kiss on a cheek.

The habit of kissing the right and left cheek of nearly everybody is commen in france!..

Some youngsters like to do that in Germany too, but it is not commen...

Answer 6

Nope, not that I`ve ever seen, maybe if they are GOOD friends, then it`s okay. If you do it they will probably think it`s an american thing...lol

Answer 7

Yeah, sometimes if they are real close or family

Answer 8

yes it is !!

Answer 9

It is not actually german, but we do it. It came from France, but we took it on.

Answer 10

I think it is a European thing in general.  Good friends of ours are half Italian and half German.  Once he felt that we were close enough in friendship, he kisses me once on each cheek while holding my right hand upon arrival and then departing.

** Chris:  yes, you put the correct spelling, BUT the other person was putting the phonetic spelling....**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheek_kissi...

http://www.aboutmarmaris.com/culture/cul...

http://www.american.edu/IRVINE/lisa/cult...

Answer 11

id say it a European thing not just german.oh and we hug just as much as we kiss (on the cheek)

add

i see alot of ppl writing lederhosen here.dont get the wrong impression that everyone wears them in fact noone even does anymore that was 50 years ago.

our standard restaurant food is schnitzel

Answer 12

The German culture is to shake hands when saying "Hello" and "Goodbye". Kisses while saying this, are not German. They are "imported" from countries in Southern Europe.

Answer 13

sometimes..its different in every city... in my town its normal taht the girl kiss her friends ( just girls) on the mouth to say hello and good bye.

But girls just hug boys to say hello or good bye.

They never kiss the friend when they are boys on the cheek.

Im from Germany so I know that.. and I was reallly confused when I was in Uk with my english friends in the pub and when I say goodbye they all kissed me on the cheek and that was really strange... *lol*