temptress (plural temptresses) 1  An alluring woman who seduces or exploits men. 2  A woman considered sexually attractive by men. Marilyn Monroe, the iconic temptress of the 20th century.
Sarcasm is difficult to understand when crossing any language barrier, but yes it is a popular stereotype that the Germans have little sense of humour. I work with several german clients and they don't put up with anything let's put it that way. Just Google it.
But even if people make an effort to speak accentless high german, you can still distinguish between people from different parts of Germany by paying attention to the words they use: People from Bavaria would call a roll Semmel, while people from the more northern part would call it BrÃ¶tchen.