German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on Germans to 'pull together' through the 'crisis of trust' that has been created in Germany amid the COVID-19 pandemic during a rare Easter address in Berlin that was released on Saturday.

"People increasingly feel frustrated and helpless, and this adds another dimension to worries about health, school, work and the economy - a crisis of trust," the president explained.

Steinmeier emphasised that the country was in the middle of a third wave of infections, stressing that "it will take all of our strength, all of us together, to break this wave."

"The coming weeks will once again require harsh restrictions; you know that as well as I do," he warned.

The president underlined that while it was understandable that Germans wanted to tell their leaders to "pull yourselves together," a collective effort was needed.

"We must all pull together, my dear fellow Germans! We must give it everything we have! It is no use settling for outrage about what our neighbours or our leaders are doing," he exhorted.

While Germany initially was regarded having dealt with the pandemic well, public dissatisfaction with the government's handling of the issue has risen rapidly since the start of 2021, as a third wave of infections has beset the country amid a sluggish vaccine roll-out.