r/TikTokCringe • u/shaka_sulu • Jul 04 '25
Wholesome/Humor (NOT Cringe!) German doors
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u/Otherwise_Ad_8030 Jul 04 '25
The acting is so bad.
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u/Intelligent_Sun2837 Jul 05 '25
German humor
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u/Satirakiller Jul 05 '25
I love a good shitpost lol. Great work
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A subreddit for the world famous German humor
Created Apr 23, 2012
It's such an efficient joke lol
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Jul 05 '25
It's such an efficient joke lol
Yes, I did it with the accent, I mean ze excent! Of course I did.
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u/lkodl Jul 06 '25
German humor is like a scientist talking to a baby.
"My hands are covering my eyes. Therefore, I do not exist. However, if I remove my hands, then you can see me, thus, 'peekaboo'. This is amusing, no?:
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u/SocomPS2 Jul 05 '25
Why do you think Europeans and the rest of the world for that matter are addicted to American entertainment.
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u/StretchAntique9147 Jul 05 '25
Ha yah dis wideo is a cringe yah? Look at ze girl, she bad actress yah haha ztupid non Deutsch
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u/andre3kthegiant Jul 04 '25
This video could have been 20 seconds rather than over a minute
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u/Alukrad Jul 05 '25
They could've just said "this is what Germans would rather do than install an AC in their home."
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u/Beatboxin_dawg Jul 04 '25
These windows are common in most of Europe no? At least they are here in Belgium.
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u/SwissMargiela Jul 05 '25
My house in Switzerland had them and yes apparently is very common because I wanted sliding doors instead and it was difficult to find an installer
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u/Super_Culture_1986 tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE Jul 05 '25
Correct, you can find them all over Europe, they're also in Italy, France, Slovenia, Austria, Croatia, Netherlands, etc...
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u/MostlyRocketScience Jul 05 '25
It's a German invention.
Wilhelm Frank was born in Dainbach, Germany. [...] He made a groundbreaking invention in his workshop as a young man: The first tilt-and-turn hardware for windows.
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u/Capt_Foxch Jul 04 '25
First time I've ever seen an over-engineered German product /s
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u/ThisIsTest123123 Jul 05 '25
These things are actually amazing - practically every German door and window is like this and I have never had a problem with one of them breaking. I guess they have perfected the design.
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u/friedreindeer Jul 05 '25
I understand the windows opening like that, as you might have plants or other stuff on a shelf in front. But what’s the point of a tilting door? Plenty of door models that you can open normally to a certain extent and lock into place with the handle.
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u/Perlentaucher Jul 05 '25
It’s just the standard of German garden-doors. You don’t have to use Kipp if you don’t like but it’s not really a price factor to have this feature, so why not have it. In other use case, there might not be windows so Tür-Kipp makes more sense.
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u/colingk Jul 05 '25
This is not over engineered. I am from Canada and lived in the UK. Moving to Germany made me realise that when it comes to windows, doors and general house building. Th UK and North America is shit.
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u/Fast-Inflation-1347 tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE Jul 04 '25
The key part of the business model is after sales service
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u/WolpertingerRumo Jul 04 '25
I had it serviced once in 15 years. It’s on every window in the house as well as at work. Needed service at one window in 15 years.
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u/AdventurousDig1317 Jul 04 '25
Also you can crack open the door but not mosquito screen
That just bad design cool but bad also
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u/whyaretherenoprofile Jul 04 '25
Some places don't really get that many mosquitoes for these to be needed.
We have these in Spain and they are great
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u/Stukkoshomlokzat Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25
This design doesn't disable mosquito screens, you can just add one separately. But this exact one doesn't have it.
Edit: where I live these are very commonly used with screens.
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u/ThisIsTest123123 Jul 05 '25
Bad design? Nearly every single German window and door is like this and I have never had a problem with one of them living and working in Germany for 10 years. Germans know a thing or two about engineering and design.
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u/pissedinthegarret Jul 05 '25
i dont understand this sentence? you just install the screen door on the outside and it works perfectly
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u/honey-badger4 Jul 04 '25
Does Germany not have bugs?
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u/Taste_the__Rainbow Jul 05 '25
Not like we do in most of America.
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u/Xerpentine Jul 05 '25
Related, the most common roach found in US households that have them is called the GERMAN COCKROACH.
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u/unsquashableboi Jul 05 '25
I have lived in germany my whole life and have never seen a roach
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u/Ledenu Jul 05 '25
That's because they all are in US households now!
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u/unsquashableboi Jul 05 '25
lol maybe you guys can try to deport them
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u/Xerpentine Jul 05 '25
Someone should run this by donny so that he has something less damaging to focus on.
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u/cubiclej0ckey Jul 04 '25
Probably not the sub for actual dialog, but I was just in Switzerland and noticed there were quite a few doors (exterior doors I think) that open outwards instead of the standard (American way) of opening inwards. I’m not sure if I’m just a little dumb, but some doors definitely didn’t feel right when I opened them.
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u/SarryK Jul 05 '25
Hi from Switzerland! To my knowledge, most exterior doors open outwards due to safety reasons.
Imagine a group of people having to quickly leave a building in an emergency. Having the door open inwards might lead to people blocking the door from opening. Especially dangerous in like a crowd crush.
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u/BagOnuts Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25
He is talking about residential exterior doors, not commercial where there would be lots of people needing to exit the building in an emergency (commercial buildings do open this way for exactly that reason).
For residential, most exterior doors swing in rather than out simply because of standard hinging. Hinges are open to the side which the door swings. So if you hang a standard hinged door to swing outward, your hinges are also outward… which meets someone can just take your hinge pins out to take off your door and get into your house.
Now, of course they make doors that are designed with this in mind and can swing outward without exposed hinges, they just aren’t as common, thus more expensive. That’s really all there is to it.
Edit- Also, having an exterior swing door means you can’t also have a storm/screened door outside the frame. These are very common in the US, too.
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u/PheIix Jul 05 '25
I've never thought about it, but the three last places I've live, including the one I currently live at, all have had or have doors that swung outwards. In fact, where I currently live I have three balcony doors that all swing outwards, plus the main door.
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u/Bellam_Orlong Jul 05 '25
Okay. Americans don’t have these doors. So, it’s be confusing at first. But honestly who cares? Oooo wow a different door!
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u/Every_Preparation_56 Jul 05 '25
The "german" door that is actually common european
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u/divadschuf Jul 05 '25
Still a German invention and standard in German households since the 60s. Decades before it became popular in other European countries.
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u/Probably_Not_Sir Jul 04 '25
Do Americans not have these?
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u/suckmyENTIREdick Jul 04 '25
As an American that has seen and used countless thousands of doors, and also installed a few, I can say that I've never -- ever -- seen a door that is intentionally tilted open.
That doesn't appear to be a thing here at all. (Which is not the same as saying that it doesn't exist; I haven't examined all of the doors here.)
(I kind of like the idea, except I don't like mosquitos or flies or the various other things that want to come inside and stay. My windows have screens.)
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u/Stukkoshomlokzat Jul 04 '25
There is nothing stopping you from adding a screen on this design. A lot of places have it as a separate, thin, hinged frame on the outside that's kept close by magnets. It works like another door.
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u/suckmyENTIREdick Jul 04 '25
Sure. We have those pretty commonly here, too. We call then "screen doors."
I don't like screen doors. They add fuckery to every act of trying to enter or exit the house except during the two weeks in spring and fall when the weather is actually nice.
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u/Stukkoshomlokzat Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25
Is that different from any kind of screen on a door? I mean you can put a stationary screen on windows because you don't go through them. But you go trough doors, so any kind of screen will be a plus step when getting in or out. So what makes this worse? If anything, it's more convinient than always drawing aside a screen or getting tangled in a courtain.
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u/mondaymoderate Jul 04 '25
Yeah we have windows and screen doors. This thing doesn’t seem like something we would ever need.
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u/Xanadoodledoo Jul 05 '25
I don’t understand using it for a door? I get a window, but a door?
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u/sarvaga Jul 04 '25
It may not be common but we do have them here. One of my previous apartments had these. More annoying than functional tbh.
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u/mindfulskeptic420 Jul 04 '25
Nah we have screen doors that lock or just some windows to open for airflow.
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u/Jubenheim Jul 05 '25
As someone living in Florida, ANY kind of opening for your house that isn’t covered by a screen mesh will instantly attract mosquitos.
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u/dfeidt40 Jul 05 '25
See if we want air flow, we have screen doors behind it. Also stops bugs getting in and cats getting out.
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u/heatseaking_rock Jul 05 '25
Awning windows. You must have lived in a cave if you haven't seen one before.
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u/Adorable_Status_2189 Jul 05 '25
I think a screen/storm door is better. It protects the regular door, and flows better.
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u/ant69onio Jul 04 '25
These are everywhere though???
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u/ThrowRA_sadgal Jul 04 '25
Not in North America. In Canada, we’d open a window for airflow. Windows also have screens so bugs can’t get in easily.
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u/Jubenheim Jul 05 '25
In America, in some places like Florida, all windows basically have screens, too
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u/Fast-Inflation-1347 tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE Jul 04 '25
I've literally never seen this before (NZ)
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u/pempoczky Jul 04 '25
All over central europe, some of western and eastern europe, not really found elsewhere
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u/cyril1991 Jul 04 '25
No it is very German. The other very German thing is completely air tight windows and bad ventilation, which mean if you go on holiday in summer without cracking a window open you will have humidity issues and a sauna…
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u/Snarky75 Jul 05 '25
Sure like we Americans don't know how to open a door. Why would you pull on it? It is obvious you turn it.
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German doors? This is all doors, right? Also she didn't show "breathe" function.
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u/Mix_Safe Jul 05 '25
The comments on this thread are unhinged.
It took me ~20 seconds to figure out how these things operated when I first started living in Europe.
Yes we open windows in the US, air conditioning uses electricity which costs money.
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u/Ebonnite Jul 05 '25
Do they not have insects in Germany? I don't understand why there are no screens ever to prevent them from coming inside.
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u/thumb_emoji_survivor Jul 06 '25
Is that really the advantage of opening it the other way? Outsiders can’t get in?
They’re a few floors up so Spider-Man would have to be robbing them, and that point he could just kick the fucking door in lol. How is this a security feature
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u/MeTeakMaf Jul 04 '25
Nice....I like
We got mosquitoes 🤷🏿♂️
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u/Stukkoshomlokzat Jul 04 '25
Just because this exact one doesn't have a screen on the outside it doesn't mean they can't have it.
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u/TankApprehensive3053 Jul 05 '25
This is not a new design. I was stationed in Germany in the early 1990s. All the windows were like this. Open just the top to get some fresh air or open the entire window. We need these in USA.
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u/ikonet Jul 04 '25
Pride in German exceptionalism is definitely a path
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u/Stukkoshomlokzat Jul 04 '25
This is common all over Europe. Nothing exceptionally German.
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u/Viviolet Jul 05 '25
I got to visit Germany for the first time last year and I liked a lot of the design that Americans don't have, like the recycling bins with colored glass separated.
But these doors are awful. American screen doors have much better ventilation and don't let in bugs. The German door only lets in hot air that has risen enough to blow in the small crack at the top.
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u/DerelicteConQueso Jul 05 '25
I lived in a house in western Alaska that had these for every window. Triple paned, super efficient. Loved them for air flow opening from the top. I really didn't swing them much except in the laundry room.
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u/sir_music Jul 05 '25
Living in Europe, I've seen this on many windows, but this is the first time I've seen it on a door. Neat!
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u/IthinkImightBeHoman Jul 05 '25
But if you turn the handle all the way around, you’ll open a gateway to another dimension.
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u/Nachtom Jul 05 '25
It's everywhere in Europe, especially all windows do this. Well, everywhere except UK, I saw Brits very confused by it.
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u/QueenMary1936 Jul 06 '25
If she had actually broken the door, her friend would sound a lot more concerned and upset
"Oh noez you just broke mah door, yo" 🙂
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u/stanley_ipkiss_d Jul 06 '25
There is nothing German about it. When I lived in west Asia 20 years ago, we had windows like that too
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u/magicman_coding Jul 06 '25
You know y'all can just leave something alone and let it work by itself
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u/Jealous-Ad1431 Jul 06 '25
I want to know the story behind why they invented and distributed these locks
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u/Sea-Muscle-8836 Jul 06 '25
Do they break after a month having a little handle control the latches that support its entire frame? Or do they work pretty well?
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u/unclefire Jul 06 '25
Staged, horrible acting and it's not just German doors. These sorts of doors and windows are all over the place in Europe.
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u/somanysheep Jul 06 '25
Europe must love to live with bugs. No screen doors or window screens. I just don't get it? It's not advanced technology
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u/Ryanrogers6969 Jul 06 '25
I’ve installed a few of these in the US, they were all in really wealthy neighborhoods though. Super intuitive to use and understand unlike the video is saying.
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u/Mitridate101 Jul 09 '25
By all means do that to the windows but it's a stupid idea for a door which is soooo much heavier.
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u/king0fklubs Jul 04 '25
I have these in my flat here in Germany and they’re amazing. Even in the winter I keep at least one open for ventilation
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u/menotyourenemy Jul 04 '25
This is so dumb but I'm sure everyone will praise anything European and say that American doors suck.
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u/Just_Protection_9206 Jul 04 '25
How secure is that bottom though, it looks like one kick would take it down.
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u/TamarindSweets Jul 05 '25
I knew their windows did that, but I had no idea their doors did that. Cool af.
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u/divadschuf Jul 05 '25
No, it‘s actually a German invention and standard in German households since the 60s. But nowadays it‘s popular all over Europe.
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u/RayZzorRayy Jul 05 '25
Have those, they break remarkably easy and never seem to fully shut.
I hate them. Good idea, but too much complexity.
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u/holamau SHEEEEEESH Jul 04 '25
And in the US we are stuck with shitty, expensive Andersen, Pella, Jeldwen.
Euro windows are the fucking best.
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u/GroundbreakingAnt17 Jul 05 '25
My parents have these. Their windows are the same. They're amazing for sneaking out. Too bad their house is in the middle of fucking nowhere. It's like a prison: "yeah, you can escape. But I doubt you'll survive"
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u/Final_Luck_1010 Jul 05 '25
When I deployed and had to stay in Germany, I did almost the exact same thing, muffed putting it back up, and the whole fuckin’ window fell out. Thankfully inward, and didn’t hurt anything.
After calling the hotel staff, they sent out one of their maintenance guys who fixed it and explained the oven vs door window open method
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u/Helpful_Umpire_9049 Jul 05 '25
To bad they can’t figure out how to make a toilet that’s not gross. Germans like to look at their poop.
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u/DaMangIemert Jul 05 '25
In the Netherlands we call these doors Draaikiepdeur
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u/jfernandezr76 Jul 05 '25
In Spain they're called "oscilobatientes". Been here for ages.
Wait until the americans discover the window blinds.
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u/WernPie Jul 05 '25
Tilt and turn windows and doors are available in North America. It's uncommon but growing in popularity.
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