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German palindromes range from given names (Anna, Otto) to animals (Reittier – “mount”, Uhu – “eagle owl”) to objects (Lagerregal – “Storage rack”, Rotor – “Rotor”) and everything in between.
German palindromes range from given names (Anna, Otto) to animals (Reittier – “mount”, Uhu – “eagle owl”) to objects (Lagerregal – “Storage rack”, Rotor – “Rotor”) and everything in between.
It is a widely known fact that the German language gives you the opportunity to stack words on top of each other to create genuine lexical monstrosities.
We all agree that German grammar was made by the devil himself—and he was not in a good mood. When it comes to spelling, however, the language is far less diabolic. Except for some cases….
You won’t believe how complex the topic of quotation marks is until you do what I am doing in this very moment: write a text in a language other than your own.
The German language is notorious for the humongous amount of consonant you can string together. However, there seams to be a consensus that 8 is the maximum.
It is a widely known fact that the German language gives you the opportunity to stack words on top of each other to create genuine lexical monstrosities.
This blog is a love letter to the curiosities of the German language that give it its poetic and, at times, oddly humorous qualities.
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