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0 pointsHackbraten8h ago0 comments

And, of course, Germans have a dedicated composite noun for it: Kabelbaum (literal translation: cable tree).

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I always like to point out that Germans don’t, in fact, have a word for everything.

It’s just a phrase or sentence with spaces removed.

Knowhatimsayin.

In German that's called Wortbildungsfähigkeit, or in English, WordStructureCapability

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0 pointsHackbraten8h ago0 comments

And, of course, Germans have a dedicated composite noun for it: Kabelbaum (literal translation: cable tree).

I always like to point out that Germans don’t, in fact, have a word for everything.

It’s just a phrase or sentence with spaces removed.

Knowhatimsayin.

In German that's called Wortbildungsfähigkeit, or in English, WordStructureCapability

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse