What is Knigge?
The moment I realized…Knigge is a thing…especially when it’s Kaffee und Kuchen time.
Tag: german culture
The Schlepp Life
There are random words that appear in English that have German roots: Kindergarden, Kaputt, and Schlepp. It is no wonder why we took that word the latter word from the German language, now is it? You might feel as though you have become a pack…
Nur Bares ist Wahres €
Yes it’s 2019. Yes Germany has the third largest economy in the world. And yes, “nur bar ist wahr”, or only cash is real. Germans have a very strong liquidity preference. Perhaps it’s due to the hyperinflation, which historians[1] will argue led to the rising of…