http://www.babbel.com/magazine/funny-animal-names-in-german
"The German language is famous for some really long nouns
(Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän comes to mind). This is
because German nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives are like lego
bricks; you can stick them together in almost any way to create new
words that encapsulate new concepts."
An entertaining and informative infographic!
Via Jürgen Hubert.
Share and enjoy,
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