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To be fair, the Germans have a word for everything Look, a man with a duck on his head We Germans have a word for that: Quacksalberaufdekopfmann

• Detrytus 2y ago
  To be fair, German form such words just by writing the whole sentence without any spaces or hyphens, like "Amanwithaduckonhishead"
  • throwbadubadu 2y ago
    Get the point, but no, actually not, we join nouns, not sentences ;) (but english does, too, just with spaces between?) Further especially that word few germans could tell you why it is called like that: Spieß is spear, so Spießbürger/Spießer is just a spear citizen, or a speary?! ;) (One explanation is the medieval simple citizen that could not afford a better weapon than a simple spear. Not even sure if the only explanation attempt though..)
    • em-bee 2y ago
      the funny thing is that a Spießbürger is someone who in english could be described as having a stick up their rear.