{"id":176590439,"date":"2018-07-25T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog-new\/?p=176590439"},"modified":"2025-05-19T11:28:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:28:01","slug":"long-german-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/long-german-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Untangling Long German Words and Making Your Studying Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lot of people have the unfair assumption that German is a hard language. <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>Erbst\u00fcckskristallteller!)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

They say it\u2019s complicated, strict, and even harsh on the ears.<\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>Fahrtreppenbenutzungshinweise!)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Such baseless stereotypes only divide people and put them off from experiencing an amazing language and culture…<\/span><\/p>\n

(Donaudampfschiffahrtskapit\u00e4nskaj\u00fctenschl\u00fcsseletuiverschlussknopfemailleverzierungspreis!)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Okay, seriously? <\/span>What\u2019s going on with all these long German words?<\/span><\/p>\n

Does anybody even use them? Does anybody know what they mean?<\/span><\/p>\n

(Germaniclanguagewordformationclarificationarticle!)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Wait, that one seems a little familiar…<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Untangling<\/span><\/p>\n

In today\u2019s article, we\u2019re going to break apart the truth and the myth of these seemingly endless German words – and by the end, you\u2019ll learn how to make them yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get two main points out of the way first:<\/span><\/p>\n

German words <\/b>are <\/i><\/b>often longer than English words, <\/b>but <\/i><\/b>nobody really uses the longest ones.<\/b><\/h2>\n

What makes German words long?<\/span><\/p>\n

They\u2019re just noun phrases without the spaces. <\/span>Or, more directly, they\u2019re just short words stuck together. <\/span><\/p>\n

In English grammar, people are traditionally taught that adjectives modify nouns. However, if you think about it, nouns modify nouns just as much. <\/span><\/p>\n

What kind of table is that? It\u2019s a <\/span>heavy<\/b> table. <-adjective modifying a noun<\/span><\/p>\n

What kind of door is that? It\u2019s a <\/span>refrigerator<\/b> door. <- noun modifying a noun<\/span><\/p>\n

In English, we have to put spaces between nouns and other nouns they modify. <\/span><\/p>\n

Very occasionally, you\u2019ll find words in English that have done away with the space over time. Try <\/span>headdress<\/span><\/i>, for instance. What kind of dress? One for your head. <\/span>Just scale that concept up and you\u2019ll see that it can be applied to any word you can think of. <\/span><\/p>\n

That monster of a word up in the beginning, the one that took up more than an entire line on a word processor – I made it up. Or more accurately, I found an existing very long word and made it longer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why did I do it? Because I could.<\/span><\/p>\n

But more importantly, to show that making a long German word is the same as making a long English sentence. <\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s break it down.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Donau<\/span><\/td>\nDanube<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dampf<\/span><\/td>\nsteam<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
schiff<\/span><\/td>\nship<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
fahrt<\/span><\/td>\nvoyage<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
kapit\u00e4n<\/span><\/td>\ncaptain<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
kaj\u00fcten<\/span><\/td>\ncabin<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
schl\u00fcssel<\/span><\/td>\nkey<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
etui <\/span><\/td>\ncase<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
verschluss<\/span><\/td>\nfastener<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
knopf<\/span><\/td>\nbutton<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
emaille<\/span><\/td>\nenamel<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
verzierung<\/span><\/td>\nembellishment<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
preis<\/span><\/td>\nprice<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This noun, then, can be translated roughly as \u201cthe price of the embellishment on the enamel of the button on the fastener on the case for the key of the Danube steamship voyage captain\u2019s cabin.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Untangling<\/span><\/p>\n

Long German words are rather specific and mainly used in official documents<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As you can see, the longer the German word, the more specific it gets. This one contrived example is perhaps going too far, but take a look at another one from the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fahrtreppenbenutzungshinweise <\/span><\/i>can be broken up into three main parts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Die Fahrtreppe<\/span><\/i> is the word for an escalator or moving staircase. This word itself is made of two roots, <\/span>fahr-<\/span><\/i> meaning <\/span>journey<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>treppe<\/span><\/i> meaning stairs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Die Benutzung<\/span><\/i> is the noun form of <\/span>benutzen<\/span><\/i>, meaning <\/span>to use.<\/span><\/i> Therefore the noun is <\/span>the use (of something)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Lastly, <\/span>der Hinweis<\/span><\/i> is <\/span>advice<\/span><\/i> or <\/span>tips<\/span><\/i> about something. <\/span><\/p>\n

Translated into English, \u201cescalator usage advice\u201d doesn\u2019t sound so bad after all – especially if you imagine it as a sign or poster near an escalator. <\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, that\u2019s where you\u2019ll find most of these German monster words. They\u2019re used for official things, like laws, rules and regulations, and signboards. <\/span>It even sounds more natural in English to have a sign saying something like \u00a0\u201cPool Rules\u201d than the more conversational \u201cRules for the use of the pool.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Untangling<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of rules, what are the rules for making these compound nouns?<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, there are no perfect rules here, only guidelines. If you examine our monster Danube captain key box decoration price word carefully against the chart breaking it down, you\u2019ll see that the single word has a couple of little extra connectors. <\/span><\/p>\n

…<\/span>schiffahrt<\/span><\/i>s<\/i><\/b>kapit\u00e4n\u2026<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

…verzierung<\/span><\/i>s<\/i><\/b>preis\u2026<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Those are included just to make the elements flow together better. They\u2019re called <\/span>die Fugen<\/span><\/i> – connectors – and they appear in about a third of German compound words. <\/span><\/p>\n

The most common connectors are -n-, -en-, -s-, -es- and sometimes just -e- by itself. <\/span><\/p>\n

The bad news: They appear rather inconsistently. Take the word <\/span>der Tag<\/span><\/i> for instance. By itself it means <\/span>day<\/span><\/i> but, naturally, it can be attached to other words like so:<\/span><\/p>\n

das Tagblatt<\/span><\/i> (a daily newspaper), <\/span>die Tagesaktivit\u00e4t<\/span><\/i> (diurnal activity), <\/span>der Tagelohn<\/span><\/i> (daily wages)<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll see that these show three different <\/span>Fugen<\/span><\/i> – no connector, -es-, and -e-. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, if you have access to a dictionary with a wildcard search, you can easily start to see some rough patterns. <\/span><\/p>\n

Search for Tag* and you\u2019ll notice that the <\/span>vast<\/span><\/i> majority of results have -es- connectors. <\/span>Tageshitze, Tagesdosis, Tagesfahrkarte\u2026<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\"Learn<\/a><\/p>\n

The root <\/span>Zeit <\/span><\/i>(meaning <\/span>time<\/span><\/i>), by contrast, has far more compound words without any <\/span>Fugen<\/span><\/i>. Try it out yourself with some more common nouns and see what you find. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now take a look at those three examples with <\/span>Tag<\/span><\/i> again. You\u2019ll note that they all have different noun genders. <\/span>That\u2019s because German compound nouns always take the gender of the last noun in the word. <\/span>Our Danube mega-word up there ends with <\/span>Preis<\/span><\/i>, so the whole thing is masculine. If we add on <\/span>die Herabzeichnung <\/span><\/i>(reduction) then it\u2019s feminine – because, of course, we\u2019re talking about an entirely different thing. <\/span><\/p>\n

What kind of reduction? The price reduction on the decoration of the enamel\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

As a quick note, long German words aren\u2019t limited to nouns. Some of these compound nouns can become adjectives or even verbs. In my Tag* research I found<\/span> tagesrhythmisch, <\/span><\/i>a respectable 15-letter word for <\/span>circadian.<\/span><\/i> You can see that it too has an -es- connector.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Untangling<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s not so bad after all<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Like all irregularities in language, the inconsistency between connectors just needs to be learned by heart. After learning enough compound nouns and creating your own, you\u2019ll gain an intuitive sense for following whatever patterns exist. <\/span><\/p>\n

German isn’t that hard<\/a> and the best way to learn is to get plenty of exposure to a wide variety of German resources. You’ll soon learn that a lot of the language is related to English, something that Steve Kaufmann mentions in his video<\/a> on learning German. Also, here on LingQ (available for both iOS<\/a> and Android<\/a>), there\u2019s enough to keep anyone from getting bored.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Untangling
\nLong German words come up in everyday conversation just as much as they do in newspapers and novels, so it\u2019s crucial to read and listen to all kinds of natural, interesting German content. <\/span><\/p>\n

Check out LingQ today to discover the <\/span>best way to learn German<\/span><\/a> from content you love!<\/span><\/p>\n

(Auf Wiedersehen!<\/span><\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alex Thomas is a writer and teacher interested in all things language, all the time. He began teaching himself German after high school and has never looked back.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Want to learn German from content you love?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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