(CNN) Americans and Germans are sharply divided over their countries' decades-long relationship, according to a new Pew Research Center and Körber-Stiftung public opinion survey.

Some 70% of Americans described relations between the US and Germany as good, while 73% of Germans said the relationship is bad -- which Pew says is a "sharp elevation in negative assessments since 2017." Last year, it noted that 56% of Germans said their country's relationship with the US was bad.

The survey, which was conducted by telephone in September among 1,006 adults in the US and 1,002 respondents in Germany, found that "Americans and Germans are worlds apart in views of their countries' relationship."

Those surveyed were not only divided on bilateral relations, but also the importance of how they ascribe to each others' foreign policy and whether the two countries should cooperate with each other more, or less.

While 70% of Americans said the US should cooperate more with Germany, only 41% of Germans thought their country should cooperate more with the US.