06/11/2026
German doesn’t have long words. It just glues short ones together. 🇩🇪
Once you see the pattern, a lot of German paperwork gets less scary: almost every insurance word ends in -versicherung (insurance), and the part in front tells you what’s covered. Hausrat = household contents. Zahn = teeth. Reise = travel.
Which word broke you – and what’s the longest one you’ve met in a German letter so far? 👇