The Germans are famous for using long words used to describe hyper-specific, complex sentiments. For instance, the 26-letter word vergangenheitsbewaeltigung describes the inability to cope with the ...

If you plan to visit Germany, the list of 15 easiest German words and phrases to learn for tourists will be very useful to read. Have you ever been in a situation to visit a foreign country without ...

There is a long list of long German words. Sometimes, they even show up in the real world. The longest word in the German language—the 63-letter-long ...

A singular German word overflowing with length and precision can flummox an English speaker: from its number of letters to its complex meaning. In the age of COVID-19, more than 1,200 words in German ...

Mark Twain, mocking "the awful German language," once wrote that "these things are not words, they are alphabetical processions." Which is both the point and delight of Schottenfreude: German Words ...

There’s something so satisfying about a good German word. As The Awl entertainingly demonstrated with their spot-on “There Oughta Be a German Word For This” column, German words somehow define complex ...

The word “shitstorm” was institutionalized in the latest edition of Duden, the most-respected German-language dictionary, which was published in July. The English profanity had previously spread ...