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by LouisSayers 329 days ago
Fremdschämen is a good one.

My favourite though: Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher. It's one of those things that you never knew you needed.

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>Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher

That's not actually what they're called, it's an overly descriptive contrived way to get a long word, like "Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän". Imagine someone in english saying "Ink-to-paper-writing-implement" instead of "pen".

You'd call it an "Eieröffner"(Egg opener) or "Eierköpfer"(Egg beheader).

Nope, it's actually called that.

You can go on Amazon an order a Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher.

The reason I know about this is from eating at the breakfast table in Germany.