Germans have no humour, are always overly formal and uncomfortably blunt.
These comments are just as stereotypical as the statement that Germans continuously eat sauerkraut, earning them the post-war nickname ‘Krauts’.
Of course there’s a grain of truth in these observations. Germans do eat sauerkraut in certain regions and seasons. And yes, they don’t have the dry British sense of humour, nor do they generally go for the American slapstick approach, but they certainly do have heaps of humour. It’s just exclusively expressed in the German language and if you’re not a great connoisseur of their language, you’ll undoubtedly miss out on subtleties like humour...
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