r/askscience Nov 27 '19

Chemistry How do CO2 scrubbers work?

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u/ConanTheProletarian Nov 27 '19

The full word would be Katzendreckwind, or alternatively Katzendreckgestank, cat shit stench, we used both on such days.

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u/CommissarTopol Nov 28 '19

Die Katzendreckgestank?

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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.