Some of the commenters here might be interested in the wonderful essay by Mark Twain: "The Awful German Language": https://www.cs.utah.edu/~gback/awfgrmlg.html

Some of the commenters here might be interested in the wonderful essay by Mark Twain: "The Awful German Language": https://www.cs.utah.edu/~gback/awfgrmlg.html https://www.cs.utah.edu/~gback/awfgrmlg.html It is a great read but you really need to understand German to read it.