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[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

German windows are (like a lot of things in Germany) extremely well engineered. This is a point of pride and whenever I have hosted Germans at my house (I'm Australian) they have actually brought this up with me.

It's become a bit of a meme.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 hours ago

If handle is rotated 180 degrees up from the closed state, window would tip slightly but not fall down. This allows room to ventilate while not opening window fully. Possible pros: doesn't make room too cool, doesn't let rain inside, presumably wouldn't let burglars inside as tip point is too narrow to squeeze through. Maybe something more, dunno.

If handle is rotated 90 degrees, window opens as normal.

I havent met so many Americans or non-EU people in my life who have different windows in their homelands. But those who I've met, like our type of windows more than theirs. Also, these are sturdy AF and foolproof. Never saw one with a broken frame.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Two different directions depend on the handle orientation. The handle correlates to the pic below it.

Took me a minute.