yeah, but they saw it first as an armistice that they needed.
Both sides were losing a lot of men on the western front.
According to All quiet on the Western Front, the german diplomats hesitated to sign the paper at first, after having seen the details.

yes

pov germany

pov germany when they were told to take blame for the war

True, but, the treaty of Versailles was unfair and German was forced to take full blame, though it was Serbia's fault, or, more rather, the black hand's fault for assassinating Franz Ferdinand