As someone who only learned enough German to insult, I'd say it's part of the identity in the languages. English borrows from everyone. German borrows from its

As someone who only learned enough German to insult, I'd say it's part of the identity in the languages. English borrows from everyone. German borrows from itself (to create elephant words). Many of the phrases in German are single words that amount to sentences. English has some of the same, but it doesn't feed on/into itself