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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9561226, member: 2844&quot;]It is difficult to give examples that give you an idea of the complexity, you would need to know German yourself.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> But maybe this gives you an idea: German has eight times as many words as the English language.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.actilingua.com/en/al-magazine/5-interesting-facts-about-the-german-language/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.actilingua.com/en/al-magazine/5-interesting-facts-about-the-german-language/" rel="nofollow">https://www.actilingua.com/en/al-magazine/5-interesting-facts-about-the-german-language/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That sounds a lot, and it is, but you have to bear in mind that English has the lowest number of words of all Germanic languages. German has the highest number, and Dutch and the Scandi languages rank in between.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you think about English, you may find that it has many &quot;colourful&quot; expressions. That is because there are fewer exact words, which is compensated by adding more understatements but also exaggerations and comparisons.</p><p>I was taught that English is a &quot;poor language&quot;, because it has so few words. But in the end you can express yourself in any language. The difference is that English has to do it in a more roundabout way, often using more words, whereas the other Germanic languages, especially German, are more precise, and have more specific words.</p><p>If a language has more specific words, it can use fewer words in a sentence. If a language has fewer specific words, it has to use more descriptive words and sentences can be longer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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