what is the longest German word?

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Re: what is the longest German word?

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Debs wrote:
nez wrote:Goodness knows how Austrians get off the motorway.


Sie fahren, fahren, fahren auf der Autobahn! :D


Jede Frau die
Fährt mit Audi

Hmm...
Have we got time for another cuppa?
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'Curmudgeon' is one of my favourite English words, what would be the German equivalent?
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Audax67 wrote:It's nice to be a Preuß
But it's higher to be a Bayer.

Said in the right regional German accent Preuß really does rhyme with nice. The way house does in certain circles.


Tyrol pronunciation of Preuß. They really don’t like them, do they?
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'Proys' is about how to pronounce it
Bayern has a sort of semi-detached relationship with the RoG, rest of Germany, +1?

'Fahrtwind' is a useful German word, is there an English equivalent?
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Cyril Haearn wrote:'Proys' is about how to pronounce it
Bayern has a sort of semi-detached relationship with the RoG, rest of Germany, +1?

'Fahrtwind' is a useful German word, is there an English equivalent?


is it what I think it is? :wink: fart-wind?
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mercalia wrote:
Cyril Haearn wrote:'Proys' is about how to pronounce it
Bayern has a sort of semi-detached relationship with the RoG, rest of Germany, +1?

'Fahrtwind' is a useful German word, is there an English equivalent?


is it what I think it is? :wink: fart-wind?

Sorry, meant to explain, it denotes the breeze one creates by tootling along
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Staatsfunkzwangsabgabe

Compulsory contribution to state broadcaster

€17.50 a month for each household :?
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Nice one
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Audax67 wrote:
Jede Frau die
Fährt mit Audi

Hmm...


??
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Wackeldackel
Nodding dog for the parcel shelf [Hutablage, hat shelf] in a car

Wackelkontakt
Dodgy electrical join, often found with cycle lights

Wackelkandidat
Dodgy politician

Wackeldackelbefestigungsanlagesicherungssechskantschluessel
Allen key to fasten holder for nodding dog
(Just dreamed that one up :wink:)
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Cyril Haearn wrote:Wackeldackel
Nodding dog for the parcel shelf [Hutablage, hat shelf] in a car

Wackelkontakt
Dodgy electrical join, often found with cycle lights

Wackelkandidat
Dodgy politician

Wackeldackelbefestigungsanlagesicherungssechskantschluessel
Allen key to fasten holder for nodding dog
(Just dreamed that one up :wink:)



who says the Germans dont have a sense of humour :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: with words like those. Maybe they are so exhausted by them they dont have any energy left for real jokes
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Seereederei
A nice word with lots of 'e's, means "sea shipping firm"
Hochseeschifffahrt, high-sea shipping
Dampfschifffahrt
Steam ship transport, note the three fffs!
..
Menschenaffen
Human apes, our nearest relatives
There was a big fire at a zoo in Krefeld, many Menschenaffen perished :(
The fire was apparently caused by chinese lanterns which should be banned (they are banned)
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.. Wackelpudding, wobbly jelly desert, comfort food, Plus One!
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Cyril Haearn wrote:Seereederei
A nice word with lots of 'e's, means "sea shipping firm"


Sounds more like a place to buy laverbread to me. :lol:
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Re: what is the longest German word?

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Brot - The german word with the longest chew over
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