How can you tell an Austrian and German person apart?

Question

Let's take accents out of the equation. Just by looking at them, how can you tell them apart?

Answer 1

Germans are highly educated perfect people and Austrians are well...i don't have much to say about them anyway!!!!

Answer 2

Well, austrians have a very strange sense of humour. Tend to use their hands a lot for speaking. They love to make fun of everybody. But for this you need to hear them speak, even if you do not care for their accent.

If they wear traditional clothing: the austrian man wears a green jacket and a black hat.

Answer 3

How can you tell a Canadian and U.S.Citizen apart?

Answer 4

As there's the Euro now and Germany defeated Austria last night the Germans look happy today and the Austrians really sad!;-) Have been to Vienna 2 weeks ago and I didn't saw a difference between Austrians and Germans.

Answer 5

Austrians cut potatos with a knife, whereas Bavarians would squash and squeeze them with a fork.

By looking at them, other than from accent, you couldn't keep them apart.

Answer 6

You cant tell them apart just by looking at them, unless you have some magic power or something. Its like going from one state to the next in the US. Their country dress, (like when they do plays and stuff) when in full costume is different but I personally never took the time to figure it out.

Answer 7

Not really. Ethnically, they're really the same people. So just from a physical standpoint, you can't really tell who is German and who is Austrian. Just don't call person the other though!