A singular German word overflowing with length and precision can flummox an English speaker: from its number of letters to its complex meaning. In the age of COVID-19, more than 1,200 words in ...

Germany’s nearly four-month lockdown has entailed no restrictions on the language’s propensity for multisyllabic, often tongue-twisting words. Germans have coined more than 1,200 of them to ...

What was once the longest word in the German language, a tongue consisting of many ridiculously lengthy words, is no more. The term ...

TikTok, Ghosting, and Triggerwarnung were new additions, as well as Mocktail and Gojibeeren. Words about the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine were also added. https://p.dw.com ...

"Emoji" is now a German word, as are "Darknet" and "Tablet." The official dictionary of the German language, the Duden, is getting an update, adding 5,000 new words taken from contemporary society.