German Info?

Question

I need some fun German facts to write on a board for work

Answer 1

Germans are fine to be naked on the beach,even when small children are around

school children only learn English at age 11

eat nothing with their hands

smell bad

even if you go to a foreign restaurant,you can still find schnitzel (pound pork)

contrary to beliefs,Germans do not wear lederhosen and dirndls

hope that helps!

Answer 2

England's King George I did not speak English. He spoke and wrote only German.

The last words of Albert Einstein will never be known. They were spoken in German & the attending nurse did not understand German.

Germans eat french fries using their forks, and with ketchup and mayonaise on them.

German shopping establishments charge for plastic bags.

Hope this helps :)

Answer 3

Dur to the fact that it used to be cut in halves, Berlin has two of everything: two zoos, two tv towers etc. They ven have different versions of the walk/don't walk pictographs:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampelm%C3%A...

Depending on where you go in Eurpoe, people have different names for Germans, depending on which of the tribes from today's German territory they first got into contact with. Thus, they are called Germans in English (after the Germanic tribes), allemands in French (after the Alemanni) and the Finnish word is something like Saksa or Saksan after the Saxons. The Germans call themselves Deutsche, which is not connected to any tribe.

Answer 4

John F Kennedy visited Berlin in 1963 and said:

"Ick bin ein Berliner!"...

funny thing about it is, that a "Berliner" here is

a jelly filled dough nut...

more "funny" facts here...

http://www.bangkok-online.com/

Answer 5

I of the every 10 books published in the world is written in German