Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Fun with Words

German words never seem to end. You can basically combine German nouns to create all sorts of monstrosities words. "Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung" is basically your car insurance. Oh my. Can you imagine playing Scrabble in German?

The longest New Testament Greek is word is found in Acts 10:41. It means something like "chosen beforehand." 

English could do the same thing but we're too lazy. Why couldn't we make up our own compound nouns like: 

"cardoorwindowopener" 

"cardoorwindowopenerfactory" 

"cardoorwindowopenerfactoryworker"?

Here's a question for you. How would you say in German "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"? 

It's a nonsense word meaning something like "fantastic" or "extraordinarily wonderful." This will get you started: 

super = above
kali = beautiful
fragilistic = fragile 
expeali = make amends
docious = teachable

Who knew that words could be so much fun?