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03/11/2021

Bandwurmwörter: "Tapeworm Words." Like Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz ...

... (RkReÜAÜG for short, beef-labeling-monitoring-delegation-law), Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherung (car insurance), Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschafte (legal protection insurance company, which sounds redundant), or "Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft," the "Association for Subordinate Officials of the Head Office Management of the Danube Steamboat Electrical Services." Don't say I'm not looking out for your kulturlichnichtineinmeinschaftgefalllenheit (culturally-not-down-a-mineshaft-fallingness).

Why Germans bid 'Auf Wiedersehen' to the longest word in the language

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Posted at 12:31 PM in Foreign Languages, Words |

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