German Jokes
158 german jokes and hilarious german puns to laugh out loud. Read jokes about german that are clean and suitable for kids and friends. We've covered all the best german shepherd jokes, german stereotype jokes, german football jokes.
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Funniest German Short Jokes
Short german jokes and puns are one of the best ways to have fun with word play in English. The german humour may include short culture jokes also.
- Bad news: a message in German sent 110 years ago by homing pigeon was just found. Worse news: it was an acceptance letter to art school.
- What's the difference between a tea bag and the German football team? A tea bag stays in the cup for longer...
Bit of British humour right there ;) - As a German, you know what really grinds my gears? Nothing. German engineering is flawless.
- A German was going to a trip in France... He reached passport control and the officer asked:
"Name?"
"Hans Kleiner"
"Age?"
"31"
"Occupation?"
"No no, just visiting" - A German joke from 1944 How do you tell an Optimist German from a Pessimist German? The Optimist studies English, while the Pessimist studies Russian.
- My grandfather killed 30 german planes during World War 2 He was easily the worst mechanic the Luftwaffe ever had.
- I asked my German friend, What's a three letter word for compete? Friend: Vie.
Me: Because I'm trying to finish a crossword. - A German tourist comes to France ...a border control asks him
"Occupation?"
German: No just visiting. - classic germans Angela Merkel arrives at Passport Control at Paris airport.
"Nationality?" asks the immigration officer.
"German," she replies.
"Occupation?"
"No, just here for a few days." - A German walks into a bar and says, "can I have a martini please?"
"Dry?"
"No, just one."
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German One Liners
Which german one liners are funny enough to crack down and make fun with german? I can suggest the ones about language and history.
- I built a 1:1000000 model of a German submarine. It's a pretty good µ-boat.
- Translated from German, I hope this works: What's 3x3? No
- What do you call a game where Germans throw bread at each other Gluten tag
- What does a German snake sound like? ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß....
- What is the German word for a bra? stoppenfromfloppen
- Why is a German stone intelligent? Because its not just a stone, it's ein Stein
- I asked a German girl for her number today. Apparently it is 999-999-9999. Weird right?
- What do you say when a German shares a meme with you? Danke.
- TIFU by climbing into a German U-Boat Whoops. Wrong sub.
- No matter how kind you are, German children are always Kinder.
- I have a phobia of German sausage Yes, I fear the wurst
- What did one German wheat farmer say to the other German wheat farmer? Gluten tag
- Some weird German kid just gave me a gold coin. Thanks for the gold, strange kinder!
- I asked my german friends if they had Oculus Rifts yet they said "V.R. Ready"
- I recently got rid of all the German contacts on my phone Now it's Hans-Free
German Nein Jokes
Here is a list of funny german nein jokes and even better german nein puns that will make you laugh with friends.
- What did the German bandit say when he was finally apprehended by Peralta? Nein nein!
- What do you get when you crossbreed a Chihuahua with a German Shepherd? A que-nein.
- 2 Germans in a bar in London \- 2 Martinis, please.
\- Dry?
\- NEIN! ZWEI! - A German is at the border to go to Poland. The officer asks him:
Name?
Hans Gruber.
Address?
123 SpiegelStrasse, Berlin
Occupation?
Nein, just visiting. - How did the german spy get caught? He went into a pub in London and ordered two whiskeys.
The bartender asked him: "Dry?"
To which he replied: "Nein, zwei" - A german tourist arrived at Charles de Gaulle The immigration officer greets him, " Bonjour Monsieur, Welcome to paris, Name?"
"Wolfgang Schmidt."
"Occupation?"
"Nein, Tourism." - All children go through a phase of saying "no" to everything. For german children it's the age of "nein".
- Out of ten My German girlfriend gave my proposal a nein.
- Why do Germans believe in procrastinating? Because a stitch in time saves nein.
- What do you call a German scientist who runs out of beer glasses? Nein Stein
German War Jokes
Here is a list of funny german war jokes and even better german war puns that will make you laugh with friends.
- During World War II, my grandpa single-handedly killed 30 German pilots. He was the crappiest mechanic the Luftwaffe ever recruited.
- A German goes into a library and asks if he can borrow a book on war. The librarian says, 'No, you've already lost it twice, you'll only lose it again!'
- I was on holiday in Belgium... Apparently it was obvious that I am German, because an elderly man came to me and said "you lost something ".
"What?" I asked surprised.
"The war" he replied. - What do you call a German involved in WW2 who went undercover after the war? A veteranaryan.
- TIL during World War Two, a cheese factory in France was bombed by the Germans. De brie was everywhere!
- What was the common understanding between the French and German generals during World War I? *You win Somme, you lose Somme."*
- How did Russia win the second World War? By stalin' the german advance
- How did the British prevent war with the Germans in 1938? They wrote them a Czech.
- WW3 due to Ukraine The scariest thing about this World War Three starting is that we are on the Germans' side.
They've never won a World War yet. - Why did the Germans have a vitamin C deficiency during World War II? All the juice was put in concentrate camps
German Sausage Jokes
Here is a list of funny german sausage jokes and even better german sausage puns that will make you laugh with friends.
- With everything so expensive this year, it could be just German sausage and cheese for Christmas dinner. But that's a Wurst-Käse scenario.
- My company was recently bought out. Now, instead of making baseball equipment we're making German sausages... ...things have gone from bat to wurst.
- I thought I might try my hand at telling a German sausage joke I mean, what's the wurst that could happen?
- I recently went on holiday to Europe after studying languages when I was younger... It's turns out my German has gone from Bath to Sausage
- I was in a pub and I ordered a large cup of beer and a German sausage. It took them 20 minutes just to get me the cup of beer. I am afraid the wurst has yet to come.
- My German friend really hates sausage He thinks its the wurst
- Germans don't have bad sausages.. They have Wurst
- What do you think of german sausages? I think they are the wurst...
- I love eating German sausage.... but it always gives me the wurst farts.
HA HA HAHA Ha....ha....^ha ^ha^ha......^i'llshowmyselfout - I recently got into a heated argument with my German neighbour. I insulted him, to which he replied Sticks und stones may break my bones aber vurds can never hurt me! So I threw a sausage at him.
German Shepherd Jokes
Here is a list of funny german shepherd jokes and even better german shepherd puns that will make you laugh with friends.
- A German Shepherd and a Sheep are out on a date... German Shepherd: "What do you mean I'm too controlling?!"
Sheep: "You herd me." - "I have the brain of a german shepherd and the body of a teenage boy. They're both in my trunk and I want you to see them."
- What do they call pastors in Germany German shepherds
- Hi, I'm from Brazil and I can't go to the backyard, I'm afraid my german shepherd will laugh instead of bark at me...
- What do you call a German Shepherd in a U-boat? A sub woofer
- Wanna see my impression of a German Shepherd? "*ACHTUNG! ACHTUNG!* YOU SHEEPS *VILL* GO INTO ZE PASTURE, UND YOU *VILL* HAVE A GOOD TIME!"
- My dad grew up herding sheep in Germany He was a German shepherd.
- What should you do if you get attacked by a German Shepherd? Take his crook
- How does a German Shepherd greet you? Guten dog!
- What's Brown and Black and looks good on an escaped prisoner A German Shepherd

Entertaining German Jokes to Laugh Out Loud Fun with Everyone
What funny jokes about german you can tell and make people laugh? An example I can give is a clean travel jokes that will for sure put a smile on everyones mouth and help you make german pranks.
Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Athens.
Angela Merkel arrives at the Athens airport & stops by the immigration check.
"Nationality?" asks the Immigration officer.
"German," she replies.
"Occupation?" he asks.
"No, just visiting for a few days."
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What did the NSA agent say to the other NSA agent when he saw the German Chancellor?
I'd tap that.
Best read out loud
I was walking past my local athletics track when I saw a man carrying a very long, thin bag. I asked him "are you a pole vaulter?"
He said "Nein, I am German, but how did you know my name was Walter?"
A German boy pushed his brother off a cliff.
He then turned to his mother and said "Look Mom! No Hans!"
British clock in german hands
During world war II, a british clock found its way into german hands. The strange thing about this clock was it went tick-tick-tick-tick, instead of tick-tock-tick-tock. The germans could not figure this out.
Finally, it went to the gestapo. Their chief interrogator softly whispered to the clock " We haff ways to make you tock"
My dad is German and dropped this one on me the other day.
Dad: I never told you this but, my great grandfather died in the holocaust.
Me: Oh, man thats terrible.
Dad: Yeah, he got really drunk one night and fell off of the guard tower.
A German man walks up to a immigration desk in Warsaw.
Immigration offcier: "Occupation?"
German man: "No, just holiday."
TIL that in 1940 a German U-Boat captain found himself aboard a British vessel.
Whoops, wrong sub.
Did you hear about the pessimistic German vegetarian? He feared the wurst
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When German children play a game involving touching each other with bread...
it's called gluten tag.
I'll show myself out.
Why do Germans fear hotdogs with cheese?
Because for them, it is a Wurst-Käse scenario.
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No matter how kind you are...
No matter how kind you are, German kids are kinder.
German women love me...
I'm a ladies man. I saw this fine German woman. I didn't even have to chat her up for her to hastily give me her number. It was easy to remember 999 9999.
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Where do german parents send their ADD kids?
Concentration Camps
A German man goes on holiday
to Poland, he gets stopped at the border (because it's an out of date joke), and the border guard checks his papers and decides to ask him a few questions
"Name?"
"Hans Schmidt"
"Age?"
"32"
"Place of birth?"
"Dusseldorf"
"Occupation?"
"No, just visiting"
In a huge lecture hall once I only had four international students turn up - English, French, Spanish and German. I asked if they could all see me. They said...
Yes, Oui, Si, Ja
My German friend told me to pick him up dry wine.
I brought the bottle to his house and he said, "Thanks, where are the other two?"
A Russian grandpa arrives at German airport
He goes to the young girl who is in charge of border control and she asks after checking the passport
"Good morning, First time in Germany?"
"First time I'm visiting my son who lives here, but I've been here before"
"Weird, your passport doesn't have a stamp on it, How did you arrive last time?"
"T-34, I was the gunner"
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How does a Japanese person distinguish between a German and an extraterrestrial?
He doesn't, they are both Aryans.
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Germans be like:
Been there, Done that.
[WP] You are an assassin in WWII trying to find a German defector on a U-boat. Unfortunately you got a little lost on the dock...
Whoops, wrong sub.
How many Germans does it take to change a light bulb?
None. German light bulbs are quality products.
A German got pulled over by the police in France
*Police officer:* "Name?"
*German:* "Heinrich Klimt"
*Police officer:* "Age?"
*German:* "31"
*Police officer:* "occupation?"
*German:* "No, no. Just visiting"
..Trump said "Buy american, Hire american"
Standing on an Ikea podium from *Sweden*, behind bullet proof by Saint Gobain Glass from *France*, smiling at a 4K Sony *Japanese* Video camera, speaking into a Dolby Sennheiser *German* microphone, with vigorous hand gestures giving a glimpse of a Rolex under the cuff made in *Switzerland*
he patriotically said ..*"Buy American, Hire American, Stop Immigrants".* while standing beside a *Slovenian wife*
What did the German clockmaker say to the clock that only went "tick tick tick"?
"Vee haf vays to make you tock"
A cowboy walks into a German car showroom and says,
"Audi".
A guy meets his buddy at the bar.
He says, "I don't want to brag, but when I walked in, those two girls by the door looked at me, then both said to each other, 'nine' ". His buddy said, "Really? When I walked in, they were speaking German!"
The German dream
The teacher is talking about the American Dream in class and then asks the one German kid if they had a German dream. He responds, "We did, but nobody liked it."
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I was having s**... with this german schoolgirl the other day
I was really into it, but she totally killed the mood by shouting her age the entire time
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i'm not german, but this is a little jokie joke
Overheard at the White House:
Trump to Vice-President Mike Pence: "the less immigrants we let in the better."
Pence to trump: "The FEWER.."
Trump interrupts Pence and says: "don't call me that in public".
A German man was crossing the border into France...
The French border guard asked to see his papers, as he skimmed through them he ran off a stream of questions.
"Name?"
The German smiled, "Hans Lehrer"
"Age?"
The German replied, "37"
"Occupation?"
The German shook his head,
"No, not this time."
Two toothpicks are hanging out in a forest,
... when all of a sudden they see a hedgehog passing by. So, one of them shrugs and goes like, "Hm, I didn't even know they had public transportation here."
[my gf's fav joke, literal translation from German]
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I had s**... with this girl that would constantly remind me of her age
I guess it's a German thing
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In WW2 you could identify which nationality your opponent was from by observing their behaviors
If they respond to threats with precise rifle shots, they're British
If they respond with heavy machine gun fire, they're German
If they retreat, they're French
If they switch to your side, they're Italian
If they apologize, they're Canadian
If nothing happens for a few minutes then suddenly your camp is leveled to the ground, they're American
Trump, Merkel and Kim Jong-un are in the Middle East being chased by ISIS:
Trump turns to them and shouts: "Stop chasing us and I'll pay you a million dollars!" The terrorists continued.
Then Merkel turns to them and shouts: "Stop chasing us and I'll give you German citizenship!" The terrorists still kept chasing.
Then Kim Jong-un turns and shouts: "You are about to cross the border into the People's Democratic Republic of Korea. Welcome!"
The terrorists screamed and turned to run away.
An English man, German, French and Italian are standing at the side of a street watching a street performer
The street performer noticed that they all have poor eye sight so he asked them whether they can see him and they responded:
"Yes"
"Oui"
"Sì"
"Ja"
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The most German joke I know (source: am German): Why are there so few crimes in Germany?
Because its i**....
A German, Italian, And Irishman are sitting at a bar...
when 3 flies fly into the room and into the 3 drinks.
The German puts down the drink, and says "i cant drink this!'
the Italian takes out the fly, and says "that's good enough for me" and continues drinking.
The Irishman starts vigorously shaking the fly, and yells "SPIT IT ALL OUT!!"
Otto the German was driving from Germany to Paris to visit some relatives.
A French cop stops him and asks the usual questions:
cop: name?
Otto: Otto
cop: address?
Otto: 341 Brandenburg Street, Berlin
cop: Occupation?
Otto: no, just visiting...
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That awkward moment when you're having s**... with a German girl and she keeps yelling "Nine!"
Like, are you just yelling your age or are ten of us too many?
I found out some sad news today. My German teacher passed away.
Au revoir, amigo.
Old German joke
An eight-year old boy had never spoken a word. One afternoon, as he sat eating his lunch he turned to his mother and said, The soup is cold."
His astonished mother exclaimed, Son, I've waited so long to hear you speak. But all these years you never said a thing. Why haven't you spoken before?"
The boy looked at her and replied, Up until now, everything has been satisfactory."
So President Trump got into his Bunker because of the Riots.
As a german Guy I can say from experience that from this moment its not getting any better.
German joke translated, hope you get it: "Yesterday my wife ran off with my best friend..."
"Yesterday my wife ran off with my best friend..."
"With who?"
"Thomas."
"But since when is Thomas your best friend?"
"Since yesterday."
Joke translated to English from German
A blonde is driving home when she gets pulled over by a police officer.
"Mam, may i see you driving license?!"
"What's a driving license? "
"You know this thing in your purse with your face on..."
She starts digging through her purse, finds her cosmetic mirror, and hands it over to the policeman.
The policeman takes a look at the mirror and responds-
"Should have told me right away your a police officer too "
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I tried to translate my German grandfathers' favorite joke
A woman walks past a pet shop. In front of the store there is a cage with a parrot, that suddenly starts talking to the woman: "You're ugly"
The woman quickly walks away.
At the next day the woman again walks past the shop and the parrot again says "You're ugly".
This time the woman goes in the shop and complains to the salesman.
The salesman apologizes and tells the parrot to not say this ever again.
The next day the woman again walks past the pet shop and is happy to see the parrot turned completely silent. Provokingly she slows down. Suddenly the parrot starts screeching:
"I'm not saying anything but you know it!"
Grandma yells across the room: "Billy, what's the name of that german guy who drives me crazy?"
"It's Alzheimer, grandma".
Here's a joke for English and irish
So 3 people go to the middle East, a German a English and a irish. They get captured and sent to a Prince, the Prince gives them each one wish and 20 whips to the back. The German goes first and asks for a pillow on his back, he gets the pillow and the whips but it doesn't work. Next is the English he asks for two pillows and again it shreds throgh them. Next is the Irish, the prince's wife grants him one more since she likes his people. The Irish man first asks for 100 whips, and for the English guy to be strapped to his back.
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My grandad used to say "If it wasn't for me, you'd all be speaking German right now"
Lovely man, terribly bad foreign language teacher. No idea why the school hired him.
One of the British national daily newspapers was asking readers: "What it means to be British?".
Some of the emails were hilarious but this one from a Swiss was a winner.
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for
a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a
Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on a Swedish furniture and watch
American shows on a Japanese TV. He buys a holiday home in Spain, Skis in France, fancies Swedish birds and has a Romanian au-pair.
And the most British thing of all?
"Suspicious of anything Foreign "
A German Shepherd, a Doberman, and a cat died.
In Heaven, all three faced God, who wanted to know what they believed in.
The German Shepherd said, I believe in discipline, training, and loyalty to my master.
Good! said God. Sit at my right side. Then God asked, Doberman, what do you believe in?
The Doberman answered, I believe in the love, care, and protection of my master.
Aha, said God, you may sit on my left.
Then God looked at the cat and asked, And what do you believe in?
I believe, replied the cat, that you are sitting in my seat.
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The soviet soldier asked the german how to get to Berlin
Soviet soldier:how do i go to Berlin ?
German: two hundred meters later take the third r**....
(it was my first english joke ever probably it gonna be the last one sorry for my broken english)
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I just don't get how the german people could fall for h**... and the n**...
There were an awful lot of red flags.
A German boy never uttered a single word growing up.
Then ,one day, aged 5, while sitting at breakfast, he looked up from his plate and said in perfect German - 'The toast is burnt'...to which the family were amazed at. 'You can speak, that's amazing, why have you never spoken until now?'
He replied: 'There was nothing wrong until now'
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After dying h**... arrives at the gates of heaven
God asks him his name and on hearing "h**..." instantly remarks that he should be sent to h**.... h**... pleads to God to atleast consider some merit for him in heaven. To this God rumbles " You persecuted millions of Jews, led a second world war to happen and caused the German people to suffer a lot. On what possible merit would we consider admitting you into heaven ?"
h**... calmly replies "My Lord, I am also responsible for killing that man"
They currently think the person who ruined the Tour de France might have been German.
Well, she did try to take down a whole race...
A Frenchman, a Dutchman and a German walk into a bar...
Normally there also would've been a Belgian, an Englishman and an Italian, but they couldn't come since they're still at the European Championship.

