It’s a small part on the German border which we got as compensation for WWI. It has a population of roughly 80.000 people, less than 1% of the Belgian population. The two main languages are Dutch (60ish %) and French (40ish %), but German is technically a national language.

I suspect that people in Flanders encounter way more Germans than German-speaking Belgians.

Can’t speak for the Netherlands, but here in Belgium the first thing anyone thinks of when you speak German is the war. I know I’m not supposed to mention it…

That being said, German usually sounds like angry Dutch to us, so I guess we both agree on where we are on the funny-angry spectrum.

Also, most of your examples are more common in the Netherlands, which are definitely further along the funny axis.

To be fair, based on the (lack of) spelling and grammar in his e-mails, that might actually be how he writes letters.

They mean 4000 on a single day once per week, i.e. not just 4000 steps per week spread over multiple days.

I don’t know of any television series, but Maple from Zelda Oracle of Seasons/Ages eventually swaps out her broom for a vacuum cleaner:

I myself only ever visit chewbac.ca!

It is an ancient being, so probably? If it helps, it now has a blue one and a small one to keep it company in its old age.