Are there any German stereotypes?

I think the germans are suppose to be heavy drinkers!! & are said to be mostly blonde!

Hi,

Dear susila2, I’m from Germany. I must accentuate that humor in Germany is not a laughing matter. It has to be taken seriously. The typical German witz (joke) is efficient, punctual, blond, clean and (nowadays) politically correct.

A good German joke-teller will laugh at his own joke, so the audience precisely knows which part is funny. We also recycle jokes to save the environment.

greetings from Germany TheSheep

love mayonnaise cold & distant recycling fanatics organized punctual heavy drinkers mostly blonde take life VERY SERIOUSLY make good coffee clean politically correct

some of my friends who have german ancestors we call them nazi’s and black german ancestors we call them neo-nazi’s even though I think neo-nazi’s kill black people I think… not sure… thats something to google

Well, I’ve studied in Germany and have worked with Austrians… and it’s never a good idea to generalize, but my goodness, some Germans certainly seem to take life Very Seriously - either that, our their sense of humour is very different from mine!

Also the Austrians I’ve worked with have indicated about the same thing - and they’ve been much easier to get along with on an everyday basis…