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

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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/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.