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Originally Posted by rostasi
Yeah, you're right - nobody would use that. 
...and, yes, I'm very familiar with the word "Freundschaft" -
especially since it's the title of a major piece of music from
a composer I studied under. Kind of unable to escape it for a while.
I think these long words are probably only on government forms.  |
Yes. Before I use a word that's as long as the one I created, I just describe what I mean to the other person. You can have a lot of fun with the German language, but building the most long word ever, is not very fun
They're not even on government forms (at least not that much of them), because there's a HUGE difference between sophisticated German, and standard German and also between older German and modern German. Me, for example, I talk like an old man, when I talk German. Many people don't get the heck of what I'm saying and ask me all the time what I meant by the words I used...For example: When you say cinema in German, most people would tend to say the word "Kino", which is a very modern word.. but I usually say "Lichtspielhaus", which means "Lightplayhouse", and is a very old word...80% of young germans do not understand what I mean by that.