What Exciting Language Discoveries Will You Make? (Part I)

When you learn a new language it is a step into the known, isn’t it? When else in your adult life are you likely to be faced with so many unknowns waiting to be discovered?

Long Words in German

If there is one thing which puts me off the idea of learning German it is the thought of all those incredibly long words. If you are taking German lessons Leeds or any other UK city must seem like a strange setting in which to be saying things like donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft, although a worryingly large number of other words are also contenders for the longest word in German. What ones will make your jaw drop open as you learn the language?