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werefreeatlast@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Say you got a pen … Now add apple, it’s a applepen. Say you got a pen … Now add pineapple, you got pineapplepen.

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  • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s going to be in my head for a while. Bastard.

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• Saleh@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Meanwhile there is many words that are just two words in english instead of a compound word.

  Lets take a typical example for “business” compound-words:

  IT-Sicherheitsdienstleister -> IT security service provider.

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  • dojan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I don’t know about German, but in Swedish it looks really messy if you sunder your compound words. In general I think people know what you mean regardless, but you can end up with peculiar double meanings. There are plenty of signs, notes, and what have you that people have posted online for a laugh.

    Off the top of my head

    • Gå lättpackad i fjällen
      • Travel lightly (as in luggage) in the mountains
    • Gå lätt packad i fjällen
      • Travel slightly intoxicated in the mountains
    • Sjukgymnast
      • Physiotherapist
    • Sjuk gymnast
      • Diseased/Sick gymnast
    • Årets sista svenskodlade tulpaner
      • The last Swedish-grown tulips of the year
    • Årets sista svensk odlade tulpaner
      • The last Swede of the year cultivated tulips

    It’s also worth noting that the tones can be different, so if you “hear” the words as you read them, then “lättpackad” and “lätt packad” sounds different.

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    • MutilationWave@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s very interesting that sick/sjuk have the same slang meaning, thanks.

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      • dojan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah! I wonder if it’s because of the prevalence of English media here in Sweden. We unlike the Germans don’t really do much dubbing unless the target audience is children/families.

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• bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  English has large compounds like this too, we just usually add spaces and/or hyphens so it doesn’t look quite as extreme when written out.

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  • samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    We tend to limit it to two words most of the time, and most compound words in English are Germanic in origin.

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    • bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Well yeah I didn’t think about that but that’s usually true for the roots. The crazier ones I’m thinking of are with stacked prefixes/suffixes.

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