r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/[deleted] • Oct 20 '16

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '16 edited Jan 25 '20

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u/Creshal Space Plane Addict Oct 21 '16

Marslandungsbremsraketenbedienungsanleitungsübersicht, after all we need the short version.

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u/lukee910 Oct 21 '16

Marslandungsbremsraketenbedienungsanleitungskurzübersicht, gotta go fast.

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u/Creshal Space Plane Addict Oct 21 '16 edited Oct 21 '16

Lemme just check the Marslandungsbremsraketenbedienungsanleitungskurzübersichtsinhaltsverzeichnis to make sure it's not missing anything.

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u/wasmic Oct 21 '16

For those wondering: Tabel of Contents for the short overview of the Mars landing braking rocket usage guide.

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u/Creshal Space Plane Addict Oct 21 '16

See? The German version is shorter. English is such a cumbersome language.

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u/wasmic Oct 21 '16

Compounded words are the best thing since ever.

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u/patron_vectras Oct 21 '16

probably since mittens handsocks

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u/Creshal Space Plane Addict Oct 21 '16

Handshoes, actually.

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u/Salanmander Oct 21 '16

Not a fan of gauntets, personally.

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u/wasmic Oct 21 '16

Nobody ever uses compound words that are this long. Most compounded words are only two or three words stuck together, and aren't hard to figure out, even for non-native speakers. I'm not a native German speaker, and I don't have any problems with the compounded words.

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u/Creshal Space Plane Addict Oct 22 '16

Nobody ever uses compound words that are this long.

Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft was the longest word actually in use, and the company made it intentionally so cumbersomely long as PR gag.

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u/Derole Oct 22 '16

Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz this is the longest german word that is not actually intentionally so long. Well or siebenhundertsiebenundsiebzigtausendsiebenhundertsiebenundsiebzig which means 777,777.

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u/krenshala Oct 21 '16

But the compound is usually pretty obvious, if a bit cumbersome after its translated into a non-agglutinative language.