Why Does German Have So Many Longwords?

<p>In 1999, the government of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern enacted new rules for the labelling of beef products. The legislation was called the Cattle Marketing and Beef Labelling Supervision Duties Delegation Law, or&nbsp;<em>Rinderkennzeichnungs- und Rindflesichetikettierungs&uuml;berwachungsaufgaben&uuml;bertragungsgesetz</em>.</p> <p>The routine agricultural regulation made national headlines. Most Germans snickered, while some more modern stylists lamented it as a case-in-point for grammatical laziness. But, perhaps surprisingly, no one had much trouble pronouncing it. Like other lengthy words, the Mecklenburg law is not really one long word, but many shorter ones rammed together.</p> <p><a href="https://sjquillen.medium.com/why-does-german-have-so-many-longwords-e13e867aa076"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>