• OmegaLemmy@discuss.online
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        2 months ago

        Hilfe (help or assistance)

        Leistung (act, performance or service)

        Lösch (delete, remove, extinguish)

        Fahrzeug (vehicle)

        Hilfeleistungloschgruppenfahrze, or Extinguishment help service vehicle

          • UNY0N@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            Yes. German is a Lego-block language. The example in the image is extreme, but there are lots of “combination” words like that.

            For example, glove is Handschuh, which means hand-shoe. A shoe for your hand.

            • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
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              2 months ago

              I used to work in a plant with a lot of people from Bosnia. One of them said when she first started working there her English was limited, but she knew the German word for “glove” and asked for some “hand shoes.”