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We don't have a word for it because we don't see it as overengineering, we see it simply as engineering ;) On a more serious note, there is this idea that at t
by ema 7y ago
We don't have a word for it because we don't see it as overengineering, we see it simply as engineering ;)
On a more serious note, there is this idea that at their core systems are about accepting inefficiency in order to gain consistency and simplicity. From this perspective us Germans accept inefficiency for consistencies sake but not for simplicity.
- zmix 7y ago> We don't have a word for it because we don't see it as overengineering, we see it simply as engineering ;) Haha! Yes, totally! No German engineer "overengineers". Ever! It's called "refinement", "evolution" and "sophistication". There is no language to criticise engineers in a nation dominated by engineers (and businesspeople). ;)
- kaybe 7y agoThere is no 'underengineer' either though, is there?
- zmix 7y agoIf one would really want to name the two terms in question, one might say: * überentwickelt for overengineered (not really used) * unterentwickelt for underdeveloped (matches the word, even) "Unterentwickelt" is a term we do not use lightly, since it is a word we often used in elementary school to bully some kids, so that has that smell to it. (Usually you also add a howling sound to that word and give yourself a smack on your forehead ;))
- LargoLasskhyfv 7y agoWhen it's not 'hochwertig' und 'langlebig', dann ist es 'Schrott'.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoAs can be seen in the design of German ww2 Panzers Compared to say a Sherman.