The thing wasn't about pride, it was about the fact that Germany literally could not because most of their economic output was destroyed during the war.

It was an unrepayable debt at the time.

That's what caused Hitler's rise to power because people were struggling, young mothers would bring their daughters to engage in prostitution just to survive, the currency was so worthless they used it as wall paper.

This wasn't oh Germany were poor loser, it was a survival instinct.