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Compound nouns (Komposita)

German is famous for its long words: 'Hausaufgabe', 'Krankenversicherung', 'Geburtstagsgeschenk'. These are actually just words you already know joined together. Once you learn the rule, long words stop being intimidating, and you can even guess the meaning of new words yourself.

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German is famous for its long words: 'Hausaufgabe', 'Krankenversicherung', 'Geburtstagsgeschenk'. These are actually just words you already know joined together. Once you learn the rule, long words stop being intimidating, and you can even guess the meaning of new words yourself.

10 min4 example sentences 6-question quiz