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[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think that was intended as an example of a long German word being short in English. Rather, it was an example of the meaning of a word being clear from the word itself.

[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

To me it was both. The descriptive nature of words on the one hand and the word length which often comes with it on the other.

Eichhörnchenschwanz is one more nice example (it also works with dialects: oachkatzlschwoaf - an oak cat's tail) :D

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

🇳🇱 Eekhoorntjesstaart! (And vlammenwerper of course.)

[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago

Google insists that I must have mistyped eekhoorntjestaart. Who am I to argue? 🤷‍♀️