An Animated Take on German Compound Words
This short animation plays on the linguistic reputation of the German language, specifically the tendency to create long compound words by stringing multiple terms together. The video features a character attempting to bridge a chasm using a single, elongated word, poking fun at the complexity and length of German vocabulary. While the animation uses a fictionalized, exaggerated word to illustrate the concept, it reflects a common cultural observation regarding how German grammar functions compared to other languages.
Guinness Book Said Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft 80 Letters
My german friends ... I know why I choosed Spanish in school .
Acording to google the longest word in a major English dictionary is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters), which refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust. But technicaly the longest englisch word is the chemical name (literal
I mean... It get the joke, but this is not even a complicated word.
Easy
Couldve been a decent joke if he kept going and overkilled it. And pronounced it well
Imagine how long this took to animate. Just for a joke that wasn't very funny
one of the shortest finnish words is: yhdeksäntuhattayhdeksänsatayhdeksänkymmenenyhdeksän (9999)
Yes, Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz is actually a German word. No, the pronunciation isn't even close.
Yes. In german we build new words by sticking them together instead of "describing" them. One of the longest is: Rinderkennzeichnungsfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz Which means: Cattle Identification and Meat Labeling Monitoring Task Delegation Act