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Quiz: Can you figure out what these untranslatable German words mean?

Finn Provan
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18 July 2018
16:54 CEST+02:00
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Quiz: Can you figure out what these untranslatable German words mean?
A entry in a German dictionary. Photo:DPA
Finn Provan
news@thelocal.de
@FinnProvan
18 July 2018
16:54 CEST+02:00
German is famous for its long compound nouns and logical word formations, but it isn't always that straight-forward. These words have no exact English translation but can you decipher what they really mean?
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