A long time ago, rather than coming up with new words, the smart Germans just got words they already had and shoved them together to create words that any “Dummkopf” could figure out.įlugzeug: der Flug = flight/flying das Zeug = thing. The German language is, thus, very descriptive. The meanings of the individual words have a direct bearing on what the compound noun means. Many words in the German language are formed by combining two or more words, known in English as compound nouns. German is definitely known for its ϋber-long words. Mark Twain once wrote, “Some German words are so long that they have a perspective.” He wasn’t far off the mark.
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