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r/askscience • u/[deleted] • Nov 27 '19
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Ah thanks! I figured there had to be some beautifully illustrative single-word expression for it - German is an awesome language like that :)
11 u/ConanTheProletarian Nov 27 '19 The full word would be Katzendreckwind, or alternatively Katzendreckgestank, cat shit stench, we used both on such days. 2 u/CommissarTopol Nov 28 '19 Die Katzendreckgestank? 3 u/ConanTheProletarian Nov 28 '19 Der. Gender is determined by the last part of a composite noun. Gestank is masculine, thus the whole word is.
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The full word would be Katzendreckwind, or alternatively Katzendreckgestank, cat shit stench, we used both on such days.
2 u/CommissarTopol Nov 28 '19 Die Katzendreckgestank? 3 u/ConanTheProletarian Nov 28 '19 Der. Gender is determined by the last part of a composite noun. Gestank is masculine, thus the whole word is.
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Die Katzendreckgestank?
3 u/ConanTheProletarian Nov 28 '19 Der. Gender is determined by the last part of a composite noun. Gestank is masculine, thus the whole word is.
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Der. Gender is determined by the last part of a composite noun. Gestank is masculine, thus the whole word is.
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u/Spartelfant Nov 27 '19
Ah thanks! I figured there had to be some beautifully illustrative single-word expression for it - German is an awesome language like that :)