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 Some weird and wonderful German words:

The German language consists of lots of compound words. Whereas in English the words stay as two (or more), in German they are often joined together. For example, a taxi driver in English is a Taxifahrer in German. 

So, what happens if the first word ends in two consonants or vovels and the second word starts with the same letter?

Yes, you've guessed it: since the new spelling reform these words now have three consonants or vovels.

  • die Brennnessel - stinging nettle
  • die Kunststoffflasche - plastic bottle
  • die Schifffahrt - shipping, navigation
  • die Schneeeule - snowy owl
  • die Kennnummer - identification number
  • helllila - light purple
  • fitnesssüchtig - addicted to keeping fit
  • das Teeei - tea infuser
  • grifffest - (colour, which is) dry to touch
  • schnelllebig - fast moving
  • fetttriefend - greasy
  • der Balletttänzer - ballet dancer
  • die Hawaiiinseln - Hawaiian Islands
  • die Nussschale - nut shell

 

                  I like using jokes in my lessons. This is one of them:

 Fußballweltmeisterschaft - World Cup 2010

31 German football related words, one for each day of the tournament:

  1. die Fußballmannschaft - football team
  2. der Verteidiger - defender
  3. der Stürmer - striker
  4. der Außenverteidiger - outside defender
  5. der Innenverteidiger - inside defender
  6. der Libero -  sweeper
  7. der Flügelstürmer - winger
  8. das Tor - goal
  9. der Torwart - goalkeeper
  10. der Strafraum - penalty area
  11. der Schiedsrichter - referee
  12. der Linienrichter - linesman
  13. die gelbe Karte - yellow card
  14. die rote Karte - red card
  15. der Mittelfeldspieler - midfield player
  16. der Elfmeterpunkt - penalty spot
  17. das Elfmeterschießen - penalty shoot-out
  18. die Fans - supporters
  19. die Ersatzbank - substitute bench
  20. der Ersatzspieler - substitute player
  21. der Trainer - coach
  22. die Eckfahne - corner flag
  23. der Freistoß - free kick
  24. Abseits - offside
  25. die Halbzeit - half time
  26. das Trikot - football shirt
  27. das Halbfinale - semi final
  28. der Verlierer - loser, die Verlierer - losers
  29. die Nachspielzeit - extra time
  30. der Kopfball - header
  31. Spanien ist Fußballweltmeister - Spain is the World Cup champion

 One of my favourite Youtube videos on why learning a foreign language isn't a bad idea ;-)
 

 

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