This is a custom among the Germans.

这是德国人特有的习俗。

Jerry has some 200 dive-bombers at Spitzbergen.

德国人在斯匹次卑尔根岛大约有200多架俯冲轰炸机。

My crapy German only got me as far as asking them whether they were Germans or Austrians.

我的破烂德语只问他们是德国人还是奥地利人。