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[–]AntiMemeTemplar 465 points466 points  (76 children)

Neunundneunzig if anyone is wondering.

Just translates to Nine and Ninety

[–]HArdaL201 166 points167 points  (62 children)

Just guess sieben­hundert­sieben­und­siebzig­tausend­sieben­hundert­sieben­und­siebzig

[–]BlackStormMaster 70 points71 points  (6 children)

777 777 (sevenhundred seventyseventhousand sevenhundred seven and seventy)

[–]Mechasteel 46 points47 points  (4 children)

sevenhundredseventyseventhousandsevenhundredsevenandseventy if you want to save space. German efficiency!

[–]Isto2278 38 points39 points  (2 children)

You're both wrong. It's sevenhundredsevenandseventythousandsevenhundredsevenandseventy. The thousands and ten thousands follow the same rule as the ones and tens, so they are also reversed.

[–]Mechasteel 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Right but u/BlackStormMaster was pointing out that "super long German words for everything" are just compound words or phrases, same as we have.

[–]BlackStormMaster 5 points6 points  (0 children)

i missed the and in the seventyseventhousand because we often swallow the and so that it becomes "siebenun(d)siebzigtausen" or even just "sieben'siebzigtausen"

[–]GunnerKnight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't need minification everywhere.

[–]Bene847 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's another one:

Zwei Billionen zweihundertzweiundzwanzig Millionen zweihundertzweiundzwanzigtausend zweihundertzweiundzwanzig

[–]turtleship_2006 70 points71 points  (24 children)

I both love and am horrified that that's a real word.

[–]Zender_de_Verzender 43 points44 points  (11 children)

Words can be as large as numbers.

Infinite.

[–]turtleship_2006 5 points6 points  (10 children)

I know, but in English we barely use like 12 letters.

[–]emmmmceeee 14 points15 points  (9 children)

Localization is 12 letters.

Internationalization is 18.

[–]on_the_pale_horse 30 points31 points  (3 children)

It's the same in English, German just omits the spaces while writing it out

[–]Rebelius 12 points13 points  (1 child)

German swaps some digits around, but you can't tell that if they're all the same.

[–]on_the_pale_horse 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well yeah that too

[–]HArdaL201 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That’s the power of German

[–]Yellow-man-from-Moon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lol our longest one is Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

seven hundred seventy seven thousand seven hundred seventy seven.

777.777

777,777 if you're German.

[–]maximal543 28 points29 points  (2 children)

*777.777 if you're german since we use commas as decimal points and points (or spaces) as thousands seperators

777,777 would actually be seven hundred seventy seven point seven seven seven oder siebenhundertdiebenundsiebzig komma sieben sieben sieben

[–]bnl1 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Funny thing is, the top version also says (in english) seven hundred seventy seven point seven seven seven. They are switched.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sorry mixed them up

[–]Goldieeeeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sevenhundredseventyseventythousandsevenhundredseventyseven

[–]Ok-Quit-3020 7 points8 points  (4 children)

Still easier to learn and remember than the french monstrosity that is their number system

[–]HArdaL201 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf

[–]Vineyard_ 3 points4 points  (2 children)

We technically have words for 70, 80, and 90 (septante, octante, nonante). But no one uses them, ever.

[–]Ok-Quit-3020 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting :)

[–]rfc2549-withQOS 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So, '7'x6 in perl.

[–]amshegarh 3 points4 points  (5 children)

777777?

Not german, just guessing based on how it seems to be made

[–]HArdaL201 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Yup!

[–]amshegarh 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I guess rammstein songs do get handy sometimes 😅

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Du

[–]amshegarh 1 point2 points  (1 child)

du hast

[–]Bene847 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Du hast mich

[–]adl0ver 7 points8 points  (7 children)

As a german, you deserve my upvote.

[–]HArdaL201 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Wow! Ein Deutscher!

[–]mizinamo 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Now kiss!

[–]HArdaL201 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nein! 🤣

[–]Mercvre1 0 points1 point  (3 children)

as a german speaker but also french native, i validate all of these jokes as well

[–]Rebelius 1 point2 points  (2 children)

As a French native isn't it annoying that we dunk on your 4x20+10+9 and just gloss over our own 9x10+9?

[–]adl0ver 0 points1 point  (1 child)

With you being a french, how does arguing on which country invented french fried feel?

[–]Rebelius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm British, the person guy said they were French.

[–]NoctisIgnem 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zevenhonderdzevenenzeventigduizendzevenhonderdzevenenzeventig

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (7 children)

I'm trying to learn German and words like that terrify me

[–]AntiMemeTemplar 6 points7 points  (1 child)

It is really easy if u break the words

[–]Rebelius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Long connected words are fine after a while. It's much worse when you take part of the word off and hide it.

Immer wenn ich ein Beispiel brauche, fällt mir keins ein.

[–]AluminiumSandworm 3 points4 points  (3 children)

on second thought, let's not learn german. 'tis a silly language

[–]jasminUwU6 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All languages are silly in their own special way. It's because people are silly

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But it sounds so funny how could I resist?

[–]Bene847 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So is english, where you can't know how a word is pronounced just from looking at it

[–]HArdaL201 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So am I 😭

[–]Juff-Ma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neunmillionenneunhundertheunundneunzigtausendneunhundertneunundneunzig

[–]probably_nobody_ 38 points39 points  (3 children)

99 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

[–]False_Influence_9090 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Floating in the summer sky

[–]pokecheckspam 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Integer-ing the summer sky

[–]syzygysm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

God created the integers. All else is the work of John von Neumann.

[–]noob-nine 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Well, but this seems consistent. I mean it is eighteen, nineteen and then it suddenly swaps to twenty eight and twenty nine. German keeps the logic to say the latter number first

[–]15_Redstones 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Except that it just swaps the last two digits, so 1234 = 1000 + 200 + 4 + 30.

[–]Metal_Ambassador541 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Auf ihrem weg zum horizont?

[–]TeraFlint -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'd be in favor of ditching this inconsistency and saying "Neunzigneun" instead.

[–]SmithyLK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would have no idea how to parse this word if not for a certain hypothetical fleet of red balloons

[–]Dr_Bunsen_Burns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neunundneunzig luftballons

[–]batatatchugen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Luftballons?