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Germans in fiction are often stereotyped in one of two ways: Nazis, or as being dour, serious and frustrated to the point of ridicule. This is a mild Truth in Television: While Germans do, indeed, have a sense of humour, they also strictly divide work time and leisure time (see Oktoberfest). And since chances are you'll encounter German people in business situations, this means they will be perceived by others as downright serious during the former. This has also contributed to the additional stereotype of Germans being portrayed as ruthlessly efficient. May be known as German Gründlichkeit in other nations.

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  • Germanic Depressives
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  • Germans in fiction are often stereotyped in one of two ways: Nazis, or as being dour, serious and frustrated to the point of ridicule. This is a mild Truth in Television: While Germans do, indeed, have a sense of humour, they also strictly divide work time and leisure time (see Oktoberfest). And since chances are you'll encounter German people in business situations, this means they will be perceived by others as downright serious during the former. This has also contributed to the additional stereotype of Germans being portrayed as ruthlessly efficient. May be known as German Gründlichkeit in other nations.
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  • Germans in fiction are often stereotyped in one of two ways: Nazis, or as being dour, serious and frustrated to the point of ridicule. This is a mild Truth in Television: While Germans do, indeed, have a sense of humour, they also strictly divide work time and leisure time (see Oktoberfest). And since chances are you'll encounter German people in business situations, this means they will be perceived by others as downright serious during the former. This has also contributed to the additional stereotype of Germans being portrayed as ruthlessly efficient. May be known as German Gründlichkeit in other nations. Also, Germans, like several other European countries, tend to be just a tad more reserved than more laid-back, open Americans are accustomed to. Unfortunately, this reserved-ness is often mistaken for coldness. This trope exists even inside Germany, as North Germans are often perceived that way by the rest of Germany. Not so much Truth in Television: TV Germans also seem to get angry quite easily, often yelling and having fits that make them sound like, well... you know. (Of course, everything sounds angrier in German.) Another variant of the "serious German" trope is to have a German character attempt to tell a joke, and fail miserably, thus providing us with the quote page's horrible joke. Really, we apologize. Although German Humor does include a lot of untranslatable puns itself... See also Germanic Efficiency. And as to the current quote at the top of this page: it's "flauschig" or "fluffig". Examples of Germanic Depressives include:
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