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    Wer hat eine Vorstellung davon, wie viele deutsche Bürger in Deutschland gut Englisch sprechen können?

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    3. agrammatic on

      > Germany is #1 in Europe for total non-native English speakers

      That must be *completely* unrelated to Germany being the most populous country entirely in Europe…

    5. Dr_Penisof on

      Total numbers are stupid. Germany is the most populous country in Europe, so no surprise there.

    7. ElBehaarto on

      Highly doubt this. The majority of people I know had English class in school but that does not mean that they speak it. Even young people working in service often just refuse to speak English.

      In the Netherlands or Nordic countries I feel like people are way more comfortable speaking English 

    8. rupturedegg on

      I assume this only includes the demographic of sales staff with products to export.

    12. xwolpertinger on

      Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

      Could you try rephrasing that question?

    13. sofia-online on

      what does this mean? germans are good at english? compared to other europeans? as a non-german speaking swede, living in germany, i don’t agree. does it mean that.. germany has MANY non-native english speakers? sure

    14. Kirdan5 on

      I’m quite sure I saw data claiming more than 95% of Dutch people speak English and it was the highest number by far. Can confirm that almost every single Dutch person I know indeed speaks decent English, even had conversations with elderly guys fishing in canals, which was surprising. On the other hand I most often end up speaking my broken German in Germany if I want anything done.

    16. Neo_75 on

      Define “good.” Most (>50%) Germans are likely to have had English as their first foreign language for several years at school. In my opinion, more people understand (reading and listening) and write English „good“ than can speak it „good“.

    17. andreasmodugno on

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      |**Ireland #1**|Doesn’t Count|
      |**Netherlands**|85.9%|
      |**Sweden**|76.2%|
      |**Denmark**|73.2%|
      |**Malta**|79.2%|
      |**Finland**|53.3%|
      |**Germany**|41.8%|
      |**Austria**|37.8%|
      |**Greece**|35.1%|
      |**Croatia**|34.3%|
      |**Slovenia**|45.2%|
      |**Estonia**|43.8%|
      |**Latvia**|31.8%|
      |**Lithuania**|30.5%|
      |**Slovakia**|29.8%|
      |**Portugal**|28.5%|
      |**Italy**|28.2%|
      |**Spain**|26.3%|
      |**France**|24.6%|
      |**Bulgaria**|23.5%|

    19. juliusklaas on

      If the title gore is anything to go by, it probably is not Germany. Also, as others have mentioned, total number is kind of irrelevant.

    20. Psychological_Ad7650 on

      Where are the dutch? We need someone to scream PER CAPITA 🗣️🗣️

    24. ZupaDoopa on

      Germans really underestimate their level of English whenever I meet them. Most are really good even if they think they aren’t.

    25. TheSquadLeader on

      Source? This is bullsh…t in my opinion. I travel to Germany quite often and it surprises me how Germans cannot speak English at all.
      If we look at the Dutchies and the Swedish they speak so good English for not native speakers. So I don’t know who messed up with this poster, in my opinion it is not true at all..

    26. seanpbnj on

      Honestly I would rate Germany damn near top 10 in everything…… The FOOD shocked me the most….. I have craved Doner for like the past decade…….

    31. wasgayt on

      I had this expectation before coming to Germany only to get disappointed lmao.

      I feel like the survey was done in the biggest German cities and after that they just call it a day.

      At the university I was really surprised by how many professors and 1,0 class peers did not speak English at all.

    32. alderhill on

      This is probably counting by theoretical numbers. X numbers of students, etc. 

      It’s absolutely not reality. 

      In theory, for most of Germany’s states, those leaving Gymansium (Abi) with English as one of their main subjects, and a high grade, “should” have B2 English. That’s what the state aim is. Some are better, some are on the peak of the bull curve, but frankly the majority aren’t there. And then you have Realschule et al. And everyone older than 40-45 who hasn’t used English in 20 years apart from a few internet ads now and then. 

    33. MntyFresh1 on

      All I can say is from personal experience, is that the level of English fluency is horrible in NRW, as a native German and English speaker. What surprised me the most is actually how poorly people around my age speak (20-25).

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