We are headed to wacken open air festival, we are first timers to this event, we are traveling from San Antonio, Texas. Excited but nervous about language we don't know german language we hope other people there speak English.
2 days before we jump on a plane to Germany
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prvt_pauler
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Dont worry, most people in Germany speak English, at least a bit. 
won‘t be a problem.
Travel Safe and have a good time
won‘t be a problem.Travel Safe and have a good time
There is no need to worry. With the exception of a few old people, everyone in Germany understands and speaks at least basic English... the pronunciation might suck though 
Quark
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I confirm! No worries!
And (apart from outside the airport, railway stations and Wacken, where everything sould be bilingual) people do an effort to speak English if needed.
And (apart from outside the airport, railway stations and Wacken, where everything sould be bilingual) people do an effort to speak English if needed.
mad_milchmann
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usually the pronounciation sucks in direct correlation to the number of beers consumed... so at wacken in probably sucks much of the time for most peolpe.There is no need to worry. With the exception of a few old people, everyone in Germany understands and speaks at least basic English... the pronunciation might suck though
Don't worry. as the others said, most people can communicated more or less eloquently in english. Some people think their english is to bad and hesitate to speak to native speakers. If you want to get a laugh try to learn a few funny/useless german words. if someone realizes your german is worse than their english, they wont bother how good their english is.
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this is not too far from reality: https://youtube.com/shorts/RwU3APlPUFY?si=TL12_1a78arGeuT8
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Quark
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Er, you're sure??usually the pronounciation sucks in direct correlation to the number of beers consumed... so at wacken in probably sucks much of the time for most peolpe.
I tend to think my English gets better with every beer I drink - but that might be only my experienceusually the pronounciation sucks in direct correlation to the number of beers consumed... so at wacken in probably sucks much of the time for most peolpe.
Quark
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No, the same here. And also for German and French! (Native tongue is Dutch)I tend to think my English gets better with every beer I drink - but that might be only my experience
So I wouldn't worry too much 'bout it.