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For all those who love hilariously long German words, I give you...

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bottersnike · 29/01/2014 13:30

:)

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AlbertGiordino · 30/01/2014 18:00

my favourite compound German noun is...
FuÃ?ballweltmeisterschaftschiedsrichterin

MmeLindor · 30/01/2014 20:06

My all-time favourite German word is Dunstabzugshaube

We are buying a kitchen this year, and I will have ample opportunity to talk about my Edelstahldunstabzugshaube and whether it should be an Umluft-Edelstahldunstabzugshaube, or a Abzug-Edelstahldunstabzugshaube.

bottersnike · 31/01/2014 09:08

Like it, Mme Lindor :)

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chateauferret · 08/02/2014 15:15

Ye Gods and little fishes. If I'd seen that 30 years ago there's no way I'd have done a degree in it Grin

Reminds me of the English sentence with 11 instances of the same word one after another with no repetition. I shall post it tomorrow.

chateauferret · 15/02/2014 17:54

bit late, sorry.

"John, where James had had 'had', had had 'had had'; 'had had' had had the teacher's approval."

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