Fun Facts
- The 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is an American movie, but was filmed in Germany to save money.
- You will hardly ever see ice cubes in Germany. If you ask for ice, you get ice cream instead.
- Many buildings are hundreds or even thousands of years old.
- The legal age for alcohol consumption is 16.
- In advanced placement schools, there is a 13th grade.
- There are three ways of saying the word 'the' in German.
- Water is not free in restaurants.
- English is required for German students to take in school.
- Every noun in the German language is capitalized.
- Genders are given to nouns by the way they sound. (der Paprika, das Kind, die Bank: translated as the pepper, the child, the bank).
- There is no speed limit on the Autobahn, which is a large highway.
- Drinks are much more expensive in Germany than America.
- Most music on German radios are in English.
- Germans refer to their country as 'Deutschland.'
- W's are pronounced like V's and V's are pronounced like F's.