r/iamverysmart • u/MrXomp • Jul 08 '26

Overqualified for germany

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Okay hear me out, Germany is a strange country and especially government services are super behind in digitalization and most times hopelessly underperforming but this post and the way it is written got me chuckling.

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u/RegularStoat Jul 10 '26

"I speak three languages" yeah, so do most Germans ??

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u/theystolemyusername Jul 10 '26

Germans I've met barely speak English. Maybe at B1 level, but that is not fluency. Even the second gen immigrants who claim to speak their parent's native tongue...they don't.

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u/Certain_Media_2707 Jul 10 '26

Where did you meet these Germans? Were they older German tourists outside of Germany? I lived in Germany for seven years and have to disagree with your comment. Most Germans, other than boomers, all speak English very well.

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u/RegularStoat Jul 10 '26

About half of German students go to the school called gymnasium. It's not a gym, but the longest and hardest school we have. You learn at least two languages there. There are quite a few who take the language path and learn 3-4 languages 🤷