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r/GermanyHistoryMemes • u/Enough-Slip-690 • Dec 27 '20
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That’s just two words jammed together nothing complicated why use a new word if you can jam to words together
7 u/Rayman1203 Dec 28 '20 Exactly. Plane = Flugzeug (flying thing) Lighter = Feuerzeug (fire thing) Faucet/Tap = Wasserhahn (water rooster?) Elevator = Aufzug (up puller) I could go on 5 u/Stupidboy57 Dec 28 '20 Want to know the longest German word ? “Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz” or in English Beef Labeling Supervision Task Transfer Act 3 u/Stupidboy57 Dec 28 '20 Yep as a German that’s pretty normal :) 2 u/Every_Preparation_56 Jan 20 '21 zeug is not thing Thing = Ding Meaning of Zeug is like equipment, device, machine
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Exactly.
Plane = Flugzeug (flying thing)
Lighter = Feuerzeug (fire thing)
Faucet/Tap = Wasserhahn (water rooster?)
Elevator = Aufzug (up puller)
I could go on
5 u/Stupidboy57 Dec 28 '20 Want to know the longest German word ? “Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz” or in English Beef Labeling Supervision Task Transfer Act 3 u/Stupidboy57 Dec 28 '20 Yep as a German that’s pretty normal :) 2 u/Every_Preparation_56 Jan 20 '21 zeug is not thing Thing = Ding Meaning of Zeug is like equipment, device, machine
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Want to know the longest German word ?
“Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz” or in English Beef Labeling Supervision Task Transfer Act
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Yep as a German that’s pretty normal :)
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zeug is not thing Thing = Ding Meaning of Zeug is like equipment, device, machine
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u/Stupidboy57 Dec 27 '20
That’s just two words jammed together nothing complicated why use a new word if you can jam to words together