How German Compound Words Work: The Complete Guide

Open any German newspaper and you will trip over words that look like entire sentences with the spaces removed: Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften, Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän, Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz. They look intimidating, but they run on a beautifully simple machine. Once you understand how German compound words…