How Difficult Is It to Learn German?

Nov 30 2022

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German likes its long words

As with every foreign language, there are, of course, aspects that are a lot harder to grasp, and in German, long words are one of them. This trend has led to beauties like, Mehrebenenparlamentarismus (a political term meaning multilevel parliamentarianism) or Lebensabschnittgefährter (essentially just meaning ‘partner’). This feature of German becomes quite frustrating when dealing with big numbers.

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