What's "German Clutch"??

[PermaNoob]

I've got an old(2008) manual SEAT Cordoba sedan. Sometimes when I want to put it into reverse, it makes a weird noise and doesn't move upon clutch depressing. To put it into reverse I need to press in the gear and go very left and up, by the way.
When I asked my old driving instructor he laughed and called it "German Clutch." He also gave me a weird solution that works to this day: return gear to neutral, quickly depress and press clutch fully back in before putting it back in reverse.
Is this common? Is German Clutch an actual thing??

[Casca]

That happens on my bimmer 6-speed manual, but not just with reverse. Got in the habit of pressing clutch and releasing it and pressing again and then shift. Never happens shifting from one gear to the next, just when I go to neutral and release clutch at a stop. I think it only happens going from neutral to 1st and occasionally reverse.

[PermaNoob]

That happens on my bimmer 6-speed manual, but not just with reverse. Got in the habit of pressing clutch and releasing it and pressing again and then shift. Never happens shifting from one gear to the next, just when I go to neutral and release clutch at a stop. I think it only happens going from neutral to 1st and occasionally reverse.

Maybe it is a thing then, huh. Could also be something that happens to manual cars in general, and not just the German ones. Pretty neat.

[Jax05]

German = broken

[PermaNoob]

Every MT I drove required pushing down on the stick to move to reverse. None of this German clutch bullchit

Well yeah, but did they also not fully go into gear sometimes, when you were trying to go into 1st or reverse from neutral?