🗣️ Proverbs of Germany

Europe · 2 traditional sayings

Germany contributes 2 proverbs to this collection. A country’s sayings reveal what its people prize most. See the full profile of Germany for its geography, languages and history.

Das Ende vom Lied ist immer dasselbe

das ˈɛndə fɔm ˈliːt ɪst ˈɪmɐ dasˈzɛlbə

“The end of the song is always the same”

No matter how the story starts, it finishes the same way — a weary remark about recurring bad outcomes.

German · Germany

Ordnung muss sein

ˈɔrdnʊŋ mʊs zaɪn

“There must be order”

Things must be kept tidy and structured — order in life and work is a virtue (famously associated with Kant).

German · Germany

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