It's been said quite a few times that the German language makes things easy, because when they need a new word, they just put two or more old words together, like büstenhalter or fledermaus or Volkswagen. When compounds are compounded, you can get everyday German words of two dozen letters. So why is it so hard for a native German speaker to say hippopotamus? ​<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@laedwards_family" alt="LaEdwards_Family" class="on">LaEdwards_Family</a> is a German-American marriage. He knows what words she has trouble with in English. Let's see her try to say hippopotamus.

That was a mess. Maybe the way he is laying the word parts out is the problem. Let's try again.

By this time, we have all forgotten how to say hippopotamus. We will have to change the name of the animal. This couple has a large collection of hilarious <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@laedwards_family">language and culture lessons </a>that go both ways at TikTok. -via <a href="https://digg.com/funny/link/woman-can-t-say-hippopotamus-cPVEmekLa0" alt="Digg&nbsp;" class="on">Digg&nbsp;</a>​ #pronunciation #English #German #hippopotamus

How to Pronounce Hippopotamus

The word "hospital" comes to us <a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/hospital" alt="from Latin, via the French" class="on">from Latin, via the French</a>. So it only makes sense that it migrated to other languages as well. Right?

There are few things that so many people agree on. And even when we do, Germany has to have the punch line. -via <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/pnh555/hahaha_german_language_is_really_perfect/" alt="reddit&nbsp;" class="on">reddit&nbsp;</a>​ #hospital #language #German

Hospital in Different Languages

An oldie but goodie! Here's a joke that everybody learns in German 101: "No matter how kind you are, German kids are <a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=de&amp;tl=en&amp;text=kinder&amp;op=translate&amp;hl=en" class="on">kinder</a>."#pun #German #children #kids #kinder #funnysigns

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