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 ...

The 27th edition of the Duden, the dictionary considered the ultimate arbiter of the German language is out and the book contains 5,000 new additions to the Deutsche vocabulary, reports the German ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Exclusion of Yiddish words from the German language was demanded today by the Voelkischer Beobachter in a special article. The newspaper demanded that in the future Germans refrain from using the ...