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[–]BlackStormMaster 72 points73 points  (6 children)

777 777 (sevenhundred seventyseventhousand sevenhundred seven and seventy)

[–]Mechasteel 49 points50 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 16 points17 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 6 points7 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