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    "allthingslinguistic",
    "the-lax-disciple",
    "thatswhywelovegermany",
    "mareebrittenford",
    "randomgerman",
    "linguistness",
    "woolhattery",
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    "my german is still too basic for this but I desperately want a compound word for how much these compound words piss me off",
    "@shiplocks-of-love",
    "@thatswhywelovegermany"
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  "textContent": "allthingslinguistic:\n\n> the-lax-disciple:\n>\n>> thatswhywelovegermany:\n>>\n>>> mareebrittenford:\n>>>\n>>>> randomgerman:\n>>>>\n>>>>> linguistness:\n>>>>>\n>>>>>> thatswhywelovegermany:\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>>> woolhattery:\n>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>> a-german-learning-clown:\n>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>> melmey-fanfics:\n>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>> shiplocks-of-love:\n>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>> meetinginsamarra:\n>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>> shiplocks-of-love:\n>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>> thatswhywelovegermany:\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wildflower182:\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thatswhywelovegermany:\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> linguistikforum:\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thatswhywelovegermany:\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thiswontbebigondignity:\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thatswhywelovegermany:\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> latveriansnailmail:\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thatswhywelovegermany:\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Honestly, as a German I can not quite understand the obsession of the English speaking world with the question whether a word exists or not. If you have to express something for which there is no word, you have to make a new one, preferably by combining well-known words, and in the very same moment it starts to exist. Agree?\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Deutsche Freunde, could you please create for me a word for the extreme depression I feel when I bend down to pick up a piece of litter and discover two more pieces of litter?\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     * _um_ = around\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     * _die Welt_ = world\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   * _die Umwelt_ = environment\n>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     * _ver_ = prefix to indicate something difficult or negative, a change that leads to deterioration or even destruction that is difficult to reverse or to undo, or a strong negative change of the mental state of a person\n>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     * _der Müll_ = garbage, trash, rubbish, litter\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     * _-ung_ = -ing\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   * _die Vermüllung_ = littering\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     * _ver-_ = see before\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     * _zweifeln_ = to doubt\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     * _-ung_ = see before\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   * _die Verzweiflung_ = despair, exasperation, desperation\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **_die Umweltvermüllungsverzweiflung_ = …**\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is a german compound on the spot master class and I am LIVING\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #my german is still too basic for this but I desperately want a compound word for how much these compound words piss me off\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   * _das Monster_ = monster\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   * _das Wort_ = word\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   * _der Groll_ = grudge, anger, malice, rancor\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **_der Monsterwortgroll_ = …**\n>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Monsterwortbildungsimitationsunfähigkeitsverzweiflungsgroll\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   * _die Bildung_ = formation\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   * _die Imitation_ = imitation\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   *     * _un-_ = un-, in-\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     * _fähig_ = able\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     * _-keit_ = -ility\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   * _die Unfähigkeit_ = inability\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> _der Monsterwortbildungsimitationsunfähigkeitsverzweiflungsgroll_ = anger about the inability to imitate the formation of monster words\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> _Linguistikfehdenhandschuhwurf_\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   * _die Linguistik_ = linguistics\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     * _die Fehde_ = feud\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     * _der Handschuh_ = glove\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   * _der Fehdehandschuh_ = gauntlet\n>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   * _der Wurf_ = throw\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **_der Linguistikfehdenhandschuhwurf_ = throwing down the linguistic gauntlet**\n>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>> *slowly backs in fear*\n>\n>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>> @shiplocks-of-love, @thatswhywelovegermany\n>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>> **Monsterwortbildungsunfähigkeitsangstverzweiflungsrückzugsecke**\n>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>> Monster=monster // wort=word // bildung(s)=formation\n>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>> unfähigkeit (s)=incabability // angst=anxiety\n>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>> verzweiflung(s)=desperation // rückzug(s)=retreat // ecke=corner\n>>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>>> =the corner in which you retreat when you´re desperate because of your fear when being unable to form monster words\n>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>> *eye twitch*\n>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>> But what I want to see now is two germans arguing over the construction of one of these monster words.\n>\n>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>> @shiplocks-of-love I don’t think that will happen. The words make perfect sense. I think if German is your mother tongue you get a feeling for combining words, like a\n>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>> **Monsterwortbildungsgespür**\n>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>> Monster = monster\n>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>> Wort = word\n>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>> Bildung(s) = formation\n>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>> Gespür = intuition\n>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>> ;-)\n>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>> 🤡\n>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>> Sprachirrgartenbelustigungsbeitrag\n>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>   * _die Sprache_ = language\n>>>>>>>   * • _irren_ = to become lost (also: to err, to be mistaken; to wander, to stray)\n>>>>>>>   * • _der Garten_ = garden\n>>>>>>>   *  _der Irrgarten_ = maze, knot garden\n>>>>>>>   * • _be-_ = prefix with a variety of functions: **¹** as part of a compound word, it denotes a processing or change of state; **²** as part of a compound word, it denotes a touch; **³** as part of a compound word, it denotes a more intensive preoccupation with or thematization of something; **⁴** it forms from a noun an adjective with a pseudo-participle form because the corresponding verb does not exist; **⁵** as a prefix, it forms a transitive verb from a previously intransitive verb; **⁶** as a prefix of a verb, it shifts the focus and thus changes the sentence structure\n>>>>>>>   * • _lustig_ = funny\n>>>>>>>   * • _-ung_ = suffix turning an adjective/adverb into a noun\n>>>>>>>   *  _die Belustigung_ = amusement, entertainment, merriment\n>>>>>>>   *  _der Beitrag_ = contribution, article in a newspaper or magazine, posting on social media, input to a discussion\n>>>>>>>\n\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> Bloody love this language <3<3<3\n>>>>>\n>>>>> The thing is, since in German you have to decline/conjugate many words in relation to the noun they are refering to those monster words actually serve a purpose of making the language simpler.\n>\n> A common example is a (as in any) red wine (_ein roter Wein_) as compaired to the compound a red wine (_ein Rotwein_). If _rot_ is an adjective it has to be conjugated: _der rote Wein - des roten Weins - die roten Weine_ - and many more. But it if _rot_ is part of the noun you only have to decline _Wein_ : d _er Rotwein - des Rotweins - die Rotweine_.\n>\n> So, _die Verzweiflung über die Vermüllung der Umwelt_ is way longer than _Umweltvermüllungsverzweiflung_ and you would have to know three grammatical genders and the words’ respective declinations. Whereas for _Umweltvermüllungsverzweiflung_ you only need to know that _Verzweiflung_ is grammatically feminine (_die_) and its deklinations.\n>>>>\n>>>> Ok, now I want to see Germans playing Scrabble\n>>\n>> Doomscrollaufhellungsrepost\n>>\n>> Doom scroll // self explanatory\n>>\n>> auf- // lit.: „up“ indicates rising, or something becoming bigger, better, healthier\n>>\n>> hell // bright\n>>\n>> aufhellen // to brighten something up\n>>\n>> -ung // makes a verb a noun\n>>\n>> -s- // the glue that keeps german compound words together\n>>\n>> repost // self explanatory\n>>\n>> Doomscrollaufhellungsrepost // a repost to brighten up your doom scroll\n>>\n>>\n>\n>>\n>> You‘re Welcome!\n>\n> The thing that I always want to point out to English speakers marvelling at German compounds is that we do this too! It’s a thing that Germanic languages are especially prone to!\n>\n> It’s just conventional in English to keep writing spaces in between larger compounds, whereas in German it’s conventional to remove them. But they sound the same! Grammatically, they’re identical!\n>\n> You could call it the…\n>\n> English-German compound word space omission overadmiration fallacy",
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