You know you're turning German when...

[Sweetypie 17]

When you have stopped laughing and wonder what's there to smile about !

When you become penny wise and pound foolish - drive 50 kms to get a few cents' discount !

When you become paranoid about personal space and wait for a lift which will only take you!

When you start telling people back home things in their faces without beating around the bush, going around the houses!

When you keep saying BMWhey, Fauwhey, WheyM etc. !

[mrbobke 95]

I have some of these things done. but must it mean, that I have german become, relatedly bavarian? Nayes.

[James_Runner 12]

12b. When you bump into people without saying 'excuse me'.

[der_Engländer 27]

When you start letting doors swing into peoples faces behind you.

[DDBug 1,665]

When you no longer steal glasses from the bar. Not that I ever did, those really cool cocktail glasses always just appeared in my apartment in the states. Really.

[Carm 74]

You change a statement into a question by adding an "or" on the end: We're not going to be able to play today because of the weather, or?

busted!

when you talk to your family back home and don't understand that they don't understand your Denglish!

[lilplatinum 7,142]

Immediately after exiting a train with dozens of people behind you, you stop in front of the door to talk on the phone, look at your map, or just wax philosophical. Alternatively, you just abruptly stop in any crowded thouroughfare, and stare rudly at the person behind you who did not have the prescience to predict your decision and bumps into you.

[Nicole 817]

When you start randomly telling people off, like I did last week when a lady and her kids were riding bikes along the path at night with no lights on and appeared out of nowhere and almost run me over. I told her it was dangerous and illegal. My teenage daughter was mortified and she told me "My God mum you're acting just like a German"

[Mik Dickinson 443]

Not too forget asking to close the windows on a boiling hot day because of the 'Zug'

[guv981 8]

how about making people stand on the train or the bus because you have put your shopping on the seat next to you...

[sunny 17]

I had a similar experience to Nicole on Saturday.

A smiling group of Danes were cycling through the park and one of them almost collided with me and I went off, using words like "forbidden" and "illegal". The poor lady's smile faded right off of her face. It was a low moment for me :ph34r:

[mayank 1]

- When you have to think a lot to find the English word for 'Staubsauger'.

- When you start going for Urlaubssss.

- When you say 'Genau' after every sentence of your partner.

[Guy 196]

When you produce a printed map to the hotel on a business trip and your German colleague laughs at you for being 'German'.

[Mauddib 221]

... you are standing at the correct spot just to the right hand side of the door to your carriage of the ICE... before its even pulled into the station.

[HEM 11,160]

 

Immediately after exiting a train with dozens of people behind you, you stop in front of the door to talk on the phone, look at your map, or just wax philosophical.

Or you do similar on exiting the baggage claim area at an airport (often observed in Hamburg Terminal 2) and throw your arms around whoever is collecting you whilst ignoring the other passengers behind you who cannot get past. You then look hurt at their sarcastic comments like "can we also get out of here?".

[Jeeves 41]

 

Immediately after exiting a train with dozens of people behind you, you stop in front of the door to talk on the phone

This is so true. A large (German) bloke did exactly that to me and a couple of others once. We were kind of stuck behind him. I asked him if he could step to one side before getting his phone out. He called me a wanker. I replied that I sure am and didn't he just wish that he could be too.

 

 

you just abruptly stop in any crowded thouroughfare, and stare rudly at the person behind you who did not have the prescience to predict your decision and bumps into you.

Got into a fight over this once. Bloke in front didn't just stop, he took a step backwards. I trod on the back of his heel. He said people usually apologise for doing that. Did I apologise? Did I heck...

[antred 1]

Are you guys saying that those are distinct German traits?? Don't you think you may be exaggerating a bit there?

[Boxing Roo 4]

Oh my, now you've gone and done it.

 

Defending 'The Hun' here on TT is not a wise thing to do. Prepare yourself for a barrage of abuse and questions about, as a Kraut, WTF you are doing on an English speakers forum.

 

I'd advise checking out the thread,Germans why are you here?

 

And prepare yourself to be Woofed at.

[antred 1]

Hehe, alright I'm in, bring it on. :P

[Mariposa 1,281]

And remember the dogs who bark (or woof) don't bite (or can't). ;)