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OT: [GERMAN] What does 'Bezirksschornsteinfegermeister' mean...???
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GM
Feb 18, 2021, 4:06:02 PM2/18/21
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Maybe the fellow below is a Bezirksschornsteinfegermeister. What a great word...!!!
https://images.app.goo.gl/935voWCUmz2AjYKa9
https://www.dw.com/en/bezirksschornsteinfegermeister/a-6618490
Learn a funny, quirky German word each week with DW's Word of the Week feature. This week: Bezirksschornsteinfegermeister.
"Apart from being a particularly intimidating word for non-German eyes, "Bezirkschornsteinfegermeister" is a professional title familiar to every homeowner and tenant in Germany. All German residences are required by law to get a yearly visit from the "district chimneysweep master," who runs safety checks on fireplaces, gas lines and heating units. Chimneysweeps have deeply embedded themselves in German culture and law - not only because Germans have strong notions about safety and cleanliness, but also because chimneysweeps have long been believed to carry good luck. Soot-covered men with top hats and ladders are a common image on New Year's cards in Germany, and touching a chimneysweep once a year is said to bring good fortune - and prevent incidents of fatal gas poisoning..."
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bruce bowser
Feb 20, 2021, 6:05:47 PM2/20/21
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(in german translation, it’s the law for the distribution of tasks related to the oversight of the labelling of beef)
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Germany drops its longest word: Rindfleischeti...
ww.telegraph.co.uk - June 3, 2013
-- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/10095976/Germany-drops-its-longest-word-Rindfleischeti....html
Bruce
Feb 20, 2021, 6:17:03 PM2/20/21
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or if, like German, you don't like spaces between your nouns:
beeflabellingmonitoringdelegationlaw
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