▲ 972 ▼ Jimmy Kimmel Pulled “Indefinitely” By ABC After Over Charlie Kirk Comments (deadline.com) submitted 11 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 244 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (1 child) We do, because it's very easy to construct new and rather specific nouns in the German language. The famous "Schadenfreude" is nothing else but a combination of "Schaden" (damage) and "Freude" (joy). Wanna mildly insult someone... by saying he's not man enough to take a cold shower? Call him a "Warmduscher" (warm + person taking a shower). by saying he used to be the stupid kid at school who always forgot his gym bag? "Turnbeutelvergesser" (gym bag + person who forgets) by saying he's too scared to swim in the center of a swimming pool? "Beckenrandschwimmer" (pool's edge + swimmer) There are countless synonyms like that, it even used to be some kind of trend inventing new ones. In short, I think we Germans are expert "Wortneuschöpfer" (creators of new words). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) There’s an English idiom that states; “If it’s stupid and it works, it’s not stupid”. Something similar to that can be said about the German language’s ability to form compound words. Now, could you please humour me and let me know if there is one word that could describe a person who is too afraid to swim in the centre of a pool, can only take hot showers, always forgets their gym bag, and takes joy in the misery of others? 😆 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glorkon@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) Ah, I'm afraid that's where even the German language reaches its limits. As soon as you try to convey several separate notions in one word and you're forced to use "and" in it, it breaks the word. A fine example is the word previously mentioned in this thread: "Rinderkennzeichnungs- und Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz" It's a law (Gesetz) on the assignment (Übertragung) of tasks (Aufgaben) concerning the supervision (Überwachung) of cattle identification (Rinderkennzeichnung) AND the labelling (Etikettierung) of beef (Rindfleisch). Hence the "und" in there. In other words, German compound words are very specific and usually don't carry more than one meaning, I'm sorry to say. :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) There’s an English idiom that states; “If it’s stupid and it works, it’s not stupid”. Something similar to that can be said about the German language’s ability to form compound words. Now, could you please humour me and let me know if there is one word that could describe a person who is too afraid to swim in the centre of a pool, can only take hot showers, always forgets their gym bag, and takes joy in the misery of others? 😆 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glorkon@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) Ah, I'm afraid that's where even the German language reaches its limits. As soon as you try to convey several separate notions in one word and you're forced to use "and" in it, it breaks the word. A fine example is the word previously mentioned in this thread: "Rinderkennzeichnungs- und Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz" It's a law (Gesetz) on the assignment (Übertragung) of tasks (Aufgaben) concerning the supervision (Überwachung) of cattle identification (Rinderkennzeichnung) AND the labelling (Etikettierung) of beef (Rindfleisch). Hence the "und" in there. In other words, German compound words are very specific and usually don't carry more than one meaning, I'm sorry to say. :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) Ah, I'm afraid that's where even the German language reaches its limits. As soon as you try to convey several separate notions in one word and you're forced to use "and" in it, it breaks the word. A fine example is the word previously mentioned in this thread: "Rinderkennzeichnungs- und Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz" It's a law (Gesetz) on the assignment (Übertragung) of tasks (Aufgaben) concerning the supervision (Überwachung) of cattle identification (Rinderkennzeichnung) AND the labelling (Etikettierung) of beef (Rindfleisch). Hence the "und" in there. In other words, German compound words are very specific and usually don't carry more than one meaning, I'm sorry to say. :) permalink fedilink source parent