Susie Dent

‘Bauklotzartigewortzusammensetzung’

Ben Schott's Schottenfreude looks at German's Lego-like capacity. What's the longest word you can build?

Feigning surprise at a surprise party [Shannon Fagan/XiXinXing/iStock] 
issue 19 October 2013

  • Schottenfreude

    Ben Schott

    Hodder, pp. 96

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