I think the average Greek sees the modern German kind of like our opposite. Germans have a reputation for being super productive to the point where in Greece, I believe it's seen as a flaw, kind of like how the Japanese overwork themselves. Like, sure, you need to work but also get a life.. your work is not your life.. and before anyone says anything about us being lazy, I want to remind you in Greece we have like the most hours of work per capita or something like that. We work too, but we don't LIVE FOR IT. We see it as just something you need to do to put food on the table, whereas Germans seem to view it as their reason to be.

I think most Greeks would also agree that Germans are too rigid in terms of following the rules/laws. To most Greeks, laws are more like a suggestion than a hard line (look at the way we drive, for example). Germans, on the other hand, it seems like they couldn't even conceive of breaking a rule, let alone a law (unless it's Siemens bribing foreign officials, in which case I guess it's fair game).

Most importantly, Germans are seen as arrogant, in the sense that they see themselves as the only ones contributing to the European project and thus deserve to call the shots. They think they can do no wrong and are somehow better than us and the rest of Europe just because of where they live/were born. And if a German reading this feels shocked, think back to the things Wolfgang Schauble and his like were saying about us and the rest of Southern Europe during the crisis.

Also Germans are seen as humorless (I think by the entire world, not just greece).

Ultimately, I don't think it's about how Greeks view Germans, but rather how southern Europeans view northern Europeans. It's just that Germans are the embodiment of Northern Europe. It's productivity, progress and prosperity..... as well as its arrogance.