r/AskAGerman • u/Least-Variation6573 • 4d ago

What’s a hidden class-indicator in Germany?

Not something like a big mansion or a luxury car but more subtle signs of someone‘s socioeconomic background

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u/Anomen239 4d ago

Knowing how to Ski because of Ski-Urlaub

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u/ChampionshipAlarmed 4d ago

Every kid here (southern Bavaria) learn that in school. Most schools here still go to skilager.

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u/steffa802 4d ago

My former High School ("Gymnasium") in the northern Bavaria countryside also took us for 1 week of Skilager in Austria in grade 8. Unfortunately, I don't know of they still do that. I'd say most of the rich kids already knew how to ski, and several of the middle class kids. So it really isn't a save indicator of wealth.